1945 South American Championships in Athletics

The 1945 South American Championships in Athletics were held in the Uruguayan capital, Montevideo, between 15 and 22 April.

Medal summary[]

Men's events[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Brazil	10.5 CR	Walter Pérez  Uruguay	10.7	Argentina	10.7
200 metres	Brazil	21.3 CR	Argentina	21.4	Argentina	22.4
400 metres	Chile	49.0	Brazil	49.2	Rosalvo Ramos  Brazil	49.4
800 metres	Brazil	1:55.3	Argentina	1:55.8	Chile	1:56.5
1500 metres	Chile	4:05.2	Chile	4:05.9	Chile	4:07.0
3000 metres	Argentina	8:39.4	Raúl Inostroza  Chile	8:41.8	Delfo Cabrera  Argentina	8:48.8
5000 metres	Argentina	15:00.4	Raúl Inostroza  Chile	15:04.6	Reinaldo Gorno  Argentina	15:24.2
10,000 metres	Argentina	31:52.6	Reinaldo Gorno  Argentina	32:38.2	Oscar Ibarra  Argentina	32:48.6
Road race	Corsino Fernández  Argentina	1:46:20	Chile	1:50:48	Brazil	1:54:12
110 metres hurdles	Uruguay	14.7 CR	Uruguay	14.9	Brazil	15.0
400 metres hurdles	Argentina	55.3	Sylvio Padilha  Brazil	55.3	Hércules Azcune  Uruguay	56.3
4 × 100 metres relay	Brazil	41.9 CR	Argentina Ravano	42.0	Uruguay Walter Pérez	43.3
4 × 400 metres relay	Brazil Rosalvo Ramos Sobrinho	3:16.5 CR	Argentina Martín Antonio Pocovi	3:20.0	Uruguay Leal Raimundo Carne García	3:28.7
3000 metres team race	Argentina	11	Brazil	15	Chile	24
Cross country	Reinaldo Gorno  Argentina	44:12.4	Brazil	44:14.6	Argentina	44:29.4
High jump	Hércules Azcune  Uruguay	1.90	Brazil	1.85	Pedro Listur  Uruguay	1.85
Pole vault	Icaro Mello  Brazil	3.90	Brazil	3.90	Chile	3.80
Long jump	Brazil	7.09	Chile	6.89	Chile	6.78
Triple jump	Geraldo de Oliveira  Brazil	14.43	Argentina	14.17	Argentina	14.16
Shot put	Emilio Malchiodi  Argentina	14.69 CR	Brazil	14.39	Argentina	14.21
Discus throw	Emilio Malchiodi  Argentina	44.27	Brazil	43.85	Brazil	42.77
Hammer throw	Juan Fusé  Argentina	48.33	Brazil	48.18	Brazil	47.12
Javelin throw	Uruguay	57.08	Chile	56.05	Chile	55.26
Decathlon	Mario Recordón  Chile	6338	Brazil	6217	Brazil	6060

Women's events[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Beatriz Kretschmer  Chile	12.4 =CR	Noemí Simonetto  Argentina	12.5	Argentina	12.8
200 metres	Elizabeth Müller  Brazil	26.4	Argentina	27.1	Beatriz Kretschmer  Chile	27.1
80 metres hurdles	Noemí Simonetto  Argentina	11.7 CR	Brazil	12.0	Brazil	12.4
4 × 100 metres relay	Argentina Elsa Irigoyen Noemi Simonetto	50.2	Chile Annegret Weller Betty Kretschmer	51.1	Brazil Elizabeth Müller	51.2
High jump	Chile	1.58 CR	Noemí Simonetto  Argentina	1.50	Elizabeth Müller  Brazil	1.50
Long jump	Noemí Simonetto  Argentina	5.44 CR	Elizabeth Müller  Brazil	5.32	Chile	5.03
Shot put	Elizabeth Müller  Brazil	11.79	Chile	11.75	Chile	11.41
Discus throw	Brazil	37.40 CR	Chile	37.28	Chile	36.98
Javelin throw	Chile	38.24 CR	Gerda Martín  Chile	36.25	Chile	34.42

Medal table[]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Argentina (ARG)	13	9	9	31
2	Brazil (BRA)	11	12	9	32
3	Chile (CHI)	6	10	11	27
4	Uruguay (URU)	3	2	4	9
Totals (4 nations)		33	33	33	99

External links[]

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