1929 South American Championships in Athletics

The 1929 South American Championships in Athletics were held in Lima, Peru between 5 and 10 May.

Medal summary[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Argentina	10.7 CR	Argentina		Argentina
200 metres	Argentina	21.9 CR	José Vicente Salinas Chile		Argentina
400 metres	José Vicente Salinas Chile	49.0 CR	Argentina	49.4	Chile
800 metres	Leopoldo Ledesma Argentina	1:55.2 CR	Hermenegildo Del Rosso Argentina		Chile
1500 metres	Leopoldo Ledesma Argentina	4:01.0 CR	Chile		Argentina
3000 metres	Chile	8:51.0 CR
5000 metres	Chile	15:44.8	Chile		Chile
10,000 metres	José Ribas Argentina	32:10.4	Fernando Cicarelli Argentina		Juan Bravo Chile
110 metres hurdles	Argentina	15.3 CR	Alfredo Ugarte Chile	15.4	Peru
400 metres hurdles	Peru	55.2 CR	Argentina	55.4	Argentina
4 × 100 metres relay	Argentina Cagliardi Pages	42.2 CR	Peru García Serrot Ordoñez	43.2	Chile Viollo Gutiérrez Rozas
4 × 400 metres relay	Chile Gutiérrez José Vicente Salinas	3:22.4 CR	Argentina Roberto Genta Juan Acosta Salas		Peru Souza Bravo Noya
3000 metres team race	Argentina		Chile
Cross country	Chile	33/36:16.0	Argentina		Fernando Cicarelli Argentina
High jump	Argentina	1.80	Chile	1.80	Argentina	1.75
Pole vault	Argentina	3.80 CR	Adolfo Schlegel Chile	3.70	Argentina	3.70
Long jump	Chile	6.87 CR	Argentina	6.74	Argentina	6.63
Triple jump	Luis Brunetto Argentina	14.77	Chile	14.45	Argentina	14.27
Shot put	Chile	13.23 CR	Héctor Benapres Chile	12.77	Chile	12.64
Discus throw	Héctor Benapres Chile	41.64 CR	Pedro Elsa Argentina	41.44	Argentina	40.63
Hammer throw	Federico Kleger Argentina	49.57 CR	Argentina	46.55	Ricardo Bayer Chile	46.42
Javelin throw	Chile	53.31	Argentina	51.76	Chile	49.52
Decathlon	Héctor Berra Argentina	6511.34	Argentina	6264.33	Chile	6075


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Argentina (ARG)	13	12	10	35
2	Chile (CHI)	9	9	9	27
3	Peru (PER)	1	1	2	4
Totals (3 nations)		23	22	21	66

v t Championships of the South American Athletics Confederation
Outdoor (records) Indoor Cross Country Race Walking Marathon Half Marathon Road Mile Mountain Running Under-23 Under-20 Under-18
Senior*	1918U 1919 1920 1922U 1924 1926 1927 1929 1931 1931U 1933 1935 1937 1939 1941 1943 1945 1946U 1947 1948U 1949 1950U 1952 1953U 1954 1956 1957U 1958 1961 1963 1965 1967 1969 1971 1974 1975 1977 1979 1981 1983 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2006 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021
Indoor	2020 2022
Under-23	2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2021
Under-20	1959 1960 1961 1962 1964 1966 1968 1970 1972 1974 1976 1978 1980 1981 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021
Under-18	1973 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2021
Race Walking	2001 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014
Cross Country	1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
^* U = Unofficial Outdoor Championships · See also: Athletics at the South American Games