1946 South American Championships in Athletics (unofficial)

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Unofficial South American Championships in Athletics
DatesApril
Host citySantiago, Chile Chile
LevelSenior
Events31

The unofficial South American Championships in Athletics were held in the Chilean capital, Santiago, during April 1946. The event, entitled "II Campeonato Sudamericano Extraordinario Barón Pierre de Coubertin", was held in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the modern Olympic Games.[1][2]

Medal summary[]

Medal winners are published.[1]

Men[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres  Alberto Labarthe (CHI) 10.5   (BRA) 10.6  Carlos Silva (CHI) 10.8
200 metres  Alberto Triulzi (ARG) 21.9  Alberto Labarthe (CHI) 22.0   (ARG) 22.1
400 metres   (CHI) 49.0  Antonio Pocovi (ARG) 49.1  Rosalvo Ramos (BRA) 49.2
800 metres   (BRA) 1:53.8  Antonio Pocovi (ARG) 1:54.0   (CHI) 1:54.3
1500 metres   (BRA) 4:00.3  Ricardo Bralo (ARG) 4:01.9   (CHI) 4:04.6
3000 metres  Miguel Castro (CHI) 8:44.8  Delfo Cabrera (ARG) 8:47.7  Melchor Palmeiro (ARG) 8:55.8
5000 metres  Raúl Inostroza (CHI) 15:06.2  Miguel Castro (CHI) 15:17.6  Reinaldo Gorno (ARG) 15:21.6
10,000 metres  Delfo Cabrera (ARG) 32:35.0  Raúl Inostroza (CHI) 32:35.2   (CHI) 33:00.8
 Reinaldo Gorno (ARG) 1:09:03  Corsino Fernández (ARG) 1:10:05   (CHI) 1:12:10
110 metres hurdles  Mario Recordón (CHI) 14.4  Alberto Triulzi (ARG) 14.6   (CHI) 14.9
400 metres hurdles  Hércules Azcune (URU) 54.0   (CHI) 55.3  Gustavo Ehlers (CHI) 55.7
High jump  Carlos Altamirano (CHI) 1.90   (ARG) 1.90  Alfredo Jadresic (CHI) 1.90
Pole vault  Lúcio de Castro (BRA) 3.90   (CHI) 3.80   (ARG) 3.60
Long jump  Geraldo de Oliveira (BRA) 7.03   (CHI) 7.01   (CHI) 6.86
Triple jump  Geraldo de Oliveira (BRA) 15.00  Hélio da Silva (BRA) 14.84   (ARG) 14.60
Shot put   (ARG) 14.35  Emilio Malchiodi (ARG) 14.08   (BRA) 13.75
Discus throw  Eduardo Julve (PER) 43.12   (CHI) 42.96  Emilio Malchiodi (ARG) 41.66
Hammer throw  Assis Naban (BRA) 48.69  Juan Fusé (ARG) 48.67  Edmundo Zúñiga (CHI) 47.14
Javelin throw   (CHI) 56.51   (CHI) 54.71  Lúcio de Castro (BRA) 54.31
Decathlon  Mario Recordón (CHI) 6886   (BRA) 6325   (BRA) 6261
4 × 100 metres relay  Argentina 41.9  Chile 42.6  Uruguay 42.6
4 × 400 metres relay  Chile 3:17.4  Argentina 3:18.8  Brazil 3:20.7

Women[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres  Beatriz Kretschmer (CHI) 12.3   (CHI) 12.3  Elizabeth Müller (BRA) 12.7
200 metres   (CHI) 25.8  Elizabeth Müller (BRA) 25.8   (CHI) 26.6
80 metres hurdles  Beatriz Kretschmer (CHI) 12.7   (BRA) 13.4
High jump   (CHI) 1.63  Elizabeth Müller (BRA) 1.50  Gerda Martín (CHI) 1.45
Long jump  Beatriz Kretschmer (CHI) 5.20  Elizabeth Müller (BRA) 5.11   (CHI) 4.96
Shot put   (CHI) 11.55  Elizabeth Müller (BRA) 11.44   (CHI) 10.93
Discus throw   (CHI) 35.03   (CHI) 34.71   (BRA) 34.71
Javelin throw  Gerda Martín (CHI) 35.78   (BRA) 33.84   (CHI) 33.63
4 × 100 metres relay  Chile 49.5  Argentina 50.7  Brazil 50.8

Medal table (unofficial)[]

  *   Host nation (Chile)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Chile (CHI)*18111544
2 Brazil (BRA)69823
3 Argentina (ARG)511622
4 Uruguay (URU)1012
5 Peru (PER)1001
Totals (5 nations)31313092


References[]

  1. ^ a b "SOUTH AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIPS (UNOFFICIAL)", Athletics Weekly, retrieved October 29, 2011
  2. ^ Historia – cronología del atletismo en Chile (in Spanish), Federación Atlética de Chile, archived from the original on 2012-04-03, retrieved October 29, 2011

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