1931 South American Championships in Athletics

The 1931 South American Championships in Athletics were held in Buenos Aires, Argentina between 5 April and 5 May.

Medal summary[]

Men's events[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Argentina	10.9	José de Almeida  Brazil	11.0	Argentina
200 metres	Argentina	21.9 =CR	Argentina	22.2	José Vicente Salinas  Chile
400 metres	José Vicente Salinas  Chile	49.6	Uruguay	49.8	Chile
800 metres	Hermenegildo Del Rosso  Argentina	1:58.6	Leopoldo Ledesma  Argentina	1:59.6	Peru
1500 metres	Leopoldo Ledesma  Argentina	4:05.8	Hermenegildo Del Rosso  Argentina	4:07.0	Chile	4:09.6
3000 metres	Luis Oliva  Argentina	8:46.8 CR	Chile	8:47.0	Juan Carlos Zabala  Argentina	8:48.2
5000 metres	José Ribas  Argentina	15:04.8 CR	Juan Carlos Zabala  Argentina	15:11.6	Chile	15:16.6
10,000 metres	Juan Carlos Zabala  Argentina	31:19.0 CR	José Ribas  Argentina	31:26.8	Chile	32:19.6
110 metres hurdles	Argentina	15.6	Chile	15.6	Valerio Vallanía  Argentina
400 metres hurdles	Sylvio Padilha  Brazil	54.8 CR	Brazil	55.6	Chile	56.0
4 × 100 metres relay	Argentina Juan Bautista Pina	43.0	Brazil ? ? ? José de Almeida	43.6	Uruguay
4 × 400 metres relay	Chile ? José Vicente Salinas	3:25.2	Argentina Juan Acosta Roberto Genta	3:25.8	Brazil	3:28.2
3000 metres team race	Argentina		Chile		Brazil
Cross country	Fernando Cicarelli  Argentina	45:51.0	Argentina	45:52.2	Chile	46:13.0
High jump	Valerio Vallanía  Argentina	1.85	Chile	1.85	Chile	1.80
Pole vault	Argentina	3.70	Adolfo Schlegel  Chile	3.70	Carlos Joel Nelli  Brazil	3.70
Long jump	Héctor Berra  Argentina	6.97 CR	Brazil	6.91	Chile	6.69
Triple jump	Luis Brunetto  Argentina	14.23	Argentina	13.64	Chile	13.63
Shot put	Héctor Benapres  Chile	13.39 CR	Juan Conrads  Chile	13.38	Argentina	13.36
Discus throw	Héctor Benapres  Chile	44.30 CR	Argentina	41.39	Brazil	40.59
Hammer throw	Pedro Goic  Chile	46.50	Federico Kleger  Argentina	45.57	Argentina	45.44
Javelin throw	Brazil	55.74 CR	Chile	55.58	Argentina	54.96
Decathlon	Héctor Berra  Argentina	7065.62 CR	Chile	6962.9	Carlos Woebcken  Brazil	6591.19

Medal table[]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Argentina (ARG)	16	10	6	32
2	Chile (CHI)	5	8	10	23
3	Brazil (BRA)	2	4	5	11
4	Uruguay (URU)	0	1	1	2
5	Peru (PER)	0	0	1	1
Totals (5 nations)		23	23	23	69

External links[]

• Men Results – GBR Athletics
• Women Results – GBR Athletics