1937 South American Championships in Athletics

The 1937 South American Championships in Athletics were held in São Paulo, Brazil between 27 and 30 May.

Medal summary[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Brazil	10.6 =CR	Brazil	10.8	Argentina
200 metres	Argentina	21.6 CR	Brazil	21.7	Argentina
400 metres	Brazil	50.0	Argentina	50.1	Brazil	50.1
800 metres	Argentina	1:56.2	Argentina	1:56.4	Brazil
1500 metres	Brazil	4:04.4	Brazil	4:08.6	Argentina	4:10.6
3000 metres	Argentina	8:53.6	Uruguay	8:54.6	Brazil	8:54.6
5000 metres	Argentina	15:41.8	Argentina	15:52.8	Brazil	16:23.4
10,000 metres	Brazil	33:02.6	Argentina	33:56.8	Brazil
Road race	Argentina	2:07:35	José Farías Peru	2:11:21	Brazil	2:14:30
110 metres hurdles	Juan Lavenás Argentina	15.2	Darcy Guimarães Brazil	15.3	Alfredo Mendes Brazil
400 metres hurdles	Argentina	55.2	Darcy Guimarães Brazil	56.1	Peru
4 × 100 metres relay	Argentina Martínez Bo Juan Lavenás	42.5	Brazil José de Almeida	42.6	Peru Camino Mellet Carlos de la Guerra
4 × 400 metres relay	Brazil	3:20.6 CR	Argentina Martínez Bo	3:20.8	Uruguay Jauregui Saarby
3000 metres team race	Brazil		Argentina		Uruguay
Cross country	Argentina	57:45.2	José Farías Peru	59:09.8	Brazil	59:48.0
High jump	Peru	1.85	Peru	1.85	Alfredo Mendes Brazil	1.85
Pole vault	Brazil	3.90	Lúcio de Castro Brazil	3.90	Brazil	3.80
Long jump	Márcio de Oliveira Brazil	7.37 CR	Brazil	7.31	Uruguay	6.94
Triple jump	Brazil	14.59	Argentina	14.56	Brazil	14.28
Shot put	Brazil	14.14	Héctor Berra Argentina	14.04	Argentina	13.78
Discus throw	Antônio Giusfredi Brazil	44.32 CR	Brazil	42.10	Argentina	41.25
Hammer throw	Assis Naban Brazil	51.39	Federico Kleger Argentina	48.85	Juan Fusé Argentina	48.38
Javelin throw	Brazil	55.47	Brazil	53.62	Argentina	52.40
Decathlon	Brazil	6260	Argentina	6139	Brazil	6015


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Brazil (BRA)	14	10	12	36
2	Argentina (ARG)	9	10	7	26
3	Peru (PER)	1	3	2	6
4	Uruguay (URU)	0	1	3	4
Totals (4 nations)		24	24	24	72

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