1939 South American Championships in Athletics

The 1939 South American Championships in Athletics were held in Lima, Peru. This edition marked the introduction of athletic events for women competitors between 25 and 28 May.

Medal summary[]

Men's events[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Brazil	10.6 =CR	Chile	10.8	Peru	10.9
200 metres	Brazil	21.4 CR	Chile	21.9	Argentina	22.0
400 metres	Sylvio Padilha  Brazil	49.1	Antonio Cuba  Peru	49.4	Raúl Muñoz  Chile	49.6
800 metres	Peru	1:55.6	Argentina	1:56.3	Chile	1:56.3
1500 metres	Miguel Castro  Chile	3:57.6 CR	Chile	3:58.6	Argentina	4:01.8
3000 metres	Miguel Castro  Chile	8:42.4 CR	Argentina	8:44.0	Chile	8:48.2
5000 metres	Miguel Castro  Chile	15:06.0	Argentina	15:09.8	Argentina	15:12.2
10,000 metres	Argentina	31:48.0	Argentina	31:53.6	Argentina	31:57.4
Road race	Manuel Ramírez  Chile	1:58:59	Chile	1:59:46	Chile	2:01:10
110 metres hurdles	Alfredo Mendes  Brazil	15.0	Brazil	15.6	Brazil	15.6
400 metres hurdles	Sylvio Padilha  Brazil	53.6 CR	Peru	55.0	Argentina	55.5
4 × 100 metres relay	Brazil Márcio de Oliveira Sylvio Padilha	42.1 CR	Chile	42.4	Argentina Chane Antonio Fondevilla	42.4
4 × 400 metres relay	Brazil Sylvio Padilha	3:19.0 CR	Argentina	3:19.8	Chile Reyes Raúl Muñoz	3:20.2
3000 metres team race	Chile	10	Argentina	11	Brazil	33
Cross country	Chile	49:56.0	Argentina	50:16.6	Peru	50:23.4
High jump	Peru	1.85	Icaro Mello  Brazil	1.85	Brazil	1.85
Pole vault	Erwin Reimer  Chile	3.85	Brazil	3.80	Chile	3.80
Long jump	Márcio de Oliveira  Brazil	7.29	Peru	7.25	Peru	6.97
Triple jump	Peru	15.22 CR	Argentina	15.19	Brazil	14.40
Shot put	Brazil	13.88	Chile	13.59	Brazil	13.55
Discus throw	Brazil	44.47 CR	Chile	41.55	Antônio Giusfredi  Brazil	41.39
Hammer throw	Juan Fusé  Argentina	49.77	Assis Naban  Brazil	49.05	Chile	47.74
Javelin throw	Brazil	62.84 CR	Brazil	60.14	Chile	58.85
Decathlon	Chile	5932	Brazil	5887	Chile	5862

Women's events[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Ecuador	12.6	Argentina	12.7	Argentina	12.7
200 metres	Argentina	25.9	Ecuador	26.2	Chile	27.1
80 metres hurdles	Argentina	12.5	Peru	13.1	Argentina	13.1
4 × 100 metres relay	Argentina Elsa Irigoyen [1]	49.5	Chile Raquel Martínez	50.8	Peru	50.9
High jump	Chile	1.45	Chile	1.45	Argentina	1.45
Long jump	Raquel Martínez  Chile	5.13	Argentina	5.12	Peru	4.80
Shot put	Argentina	11.22	Chile	10.96	Argentina	10.71
Discus throw	Chile	32.61	Peru	30.61	Chile	28.98
Javelin throw	Argentina	36.85	Chile	31.91	Argentina	30.28

Medal table[]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Chile (CHI)	11	11	11	33
2	Brazil (BRA)	11	6	6	23
3	Argentina (ARG)	7	10	11	28
4	Peru (PER)	3	5	5	13
5	Ecuador (ECU)	1	1	0	2
Totals (5 nations)		33	33	33	99

References[]

External links[]

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