1943 South American Championships in Athletics

The 1943 South American Championships in Athletics were held in Santiago, Chile, between 23 April and 2 May.

Medal summary[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Argentina	10.8	Walter Pérez Uruguay	10.9	Chile	11.0
200 metres	Chile	22.2	Argentina	22.2	Argentina	22.3
400 metres	Chile	48.6	Argentina	49.2	Chile	49.8
800 metres	Chile	1:54.6	Chile	1:55.4	Argentina	1:55.5
1500 metres	Chile	4:03.2	Melchor Palmeiro Argentina	4:03.5	Argentina	4:05.4
3000 metres	Raúl Inostroza Chile	8:32.4 CR	Miguel Castro Chile	8:35.0	Delfo Cabrera Argentina	8:44.6
5000 metres	Raúl Inostroza Chile	15:00.0	Miguel Castro Chile	15:09.9	Delfo Cabrera Argentina	15:11.0
10,000 metres	Chile	31:27.4	Chile	31:34.0	Delfo Cabrera Argentina	31:36.8
Road race	Corsino Fernández Argentina	1:45:45	Eusebio Guiñez Argentina	1:45:53	Chile	1:49:03
110 metres hurdles	Uruguay	15.7	Chile	15.8	Chile	15.8
400 metres hurdles	Chile	55.1	Chile	55.6	Chile	57.1
4 × 100 metres relay	Argentina Fernández	42.4	Chile N. Pereira	42.4	Uruguay Gonda Miglierina	43.2
4 × 400 metres relay	Argentina Propato	3:18.8 CR	Chile	3:19.4	Bolivia	3:41.1
3000 metres team race	Chile	10	Argentina	6	Bolivia	4
Cross country	Raúl Inostroza Chile	46:08.0	Eusebio Guiñez Argentina	46:14.0	Chile	46:30.4
High jump	Argentina	1.83	Chile	1.80	Chile	1.75
Pole vault	Chile	4.00 =CR	Erwin Reimer Chile	3.80	Argentina	3.60
Long jump	Chile	7.02	Chile	6.85	Peru	6.80
Triple jump	Peru	14.43	Peru	14.41	Argentina	14.15
Shot put	Argentina	14.33	Argentina	13.50	Chile	12.75
Discus throw	Manuel Consiglieri Peru	44.43	Eduardo Julve Peru	41.64	Chile	39.53
Hammer throw	Argentina	46.81	Juan Fusé Argentina	46.06	Chile	44.82
Javelin throw	Chile	57.08	Uruguay	55.52	Chile	53.99
Decathlon	Chile	6069	Eduardo Julve Peru	6046	Argentina	5912

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Noemí Simonetto Argentina	12.4 CR	Beatriz Kretschmer Chile	12.6	Argentina	12.8
200 metres	Argentina	26.5	Beatriz Kretschmer Chile	26.7	Argentina	27.0
80 metres hurdles	Chile	12.0 CR	Argentina	12.1	Chile	12.2
4 × 100 metres relay	Argentina Noemi Simonetto Elsa Irigoyen	49.5 =CR	Chile ? ? Betty Kretschmer	50.8	Bolivia	53.3
High jump	Chile	1.50	Chile	1.50	Noemí Simonetto Argentina	1.50
Long jump	Noemí Simonetto Argentina	5.27 CR	Chile	5.25	Chile	4.93
Shot put	Chile	11.70	Ingeborg Mello Argentina	10.98	Chile	10.79
Discus throw	Chile	37.16 CR	Ingeborg Mello Argentina	34.60	Chile	34.53
Javelin throw	Chile	34.19	Argentina	34.17	Chile	33.02


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Chile (CHI)	19	16	16	51
2	Argentina (ARG)	11	12	12	35
3	Peru (PER)	2	3	1	6
4	Uruguay (URU)	1	2	1	4
5	Bolivia (BOL)	0	0	3	3
Totals (5 nations)		33	33	33	99

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