1950 South American Championships in Athletics (unofficial)

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Unofficial South American Championships in Athletics
Host cityMontevideo, Uruguay Uruguay
LevelSenior
Events30

Unofficial South American Championships in Athletics were held in Montevideo, Uruguay in 1950. It is stated that the event was held in celebration of the 30th anniversary of the Uruguayan Athletics Federation.[1] However, the foundation date of the Confederación Atlética del Uruguay (CAU) was already two years earlier on March 1, 1918.[2]

Medal summary[]

Medal winners are published.[1]

Men[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres  Walter Pérez (URU) 10.5   (CHI) 10.7   (URU) 11.1
1922  Walter Pérez (URU) 21.9  Jörn Gevert (CHI) 22.7   (URU) 23.0
400 metres   (URU) 52.1   (URU) 52.1   (URU)
800 metres   (URU) 1:58.9   (URU) 1:59.0   (URU) 2:00.3
1500 metres  Raúl Inostroza (CHI) 4:02.4   (URU) 4:05.3   (URU) 4:09.5
3000 metres   (URU) 8:42.8  Raúl Inostroza (CHI) 8:43.4   (URU) 9:01.2
5000 metres   (URU) 14:51.6  Raúl Inostroza (CHI) 15:15.2   (URU) 15:47.6
10,000 metres   (URU) 31:08.7   (URU) 32:53.4   (URU) 34:07.2
110 metres hurdles  Jörn Gevert (CHI) 15.2  Mario Recordón (CHI) 15.3   (URU)
400 metres hurdles   (URU) 56.0   (URU) 58.6
High jump  Hércules Azcune (URU) 1.95  Jörn Gevert (CHI) 1.85  Pedro Listur (URU) 1.85
Pole vault   (BOL) 3.40   (PAR) 3.40   (URU) 3.30
Long jump  Eduardo Julve (PER) 6.52   (URU) 6.47  Hernán Figueroa (CHI) 6.45
Triple jump   (URU) 13.71  Jörn Gevert (CHI) 13.59   (ECU) 13.35
Shot put  Eduardo Julve (PER) 13.77  Mario Recordón (CHI) 12.80   (URU) 12.43
Discus throw  Eduardo Julve (PER) 47.50  Hernán Haddad (CHI) 44.29   (URU) 41.92
Hammer throw   (URU) 50.29  Edmundo Zúñiga (CHI) 48.80   (URU) 46.61
Javelin throw   (CHI) 59.90   (URU) 51.44   (URU) 48.76
4 × 100 metres relay  Uruguay 43.1  Chile 43.6  Paraguay 45.4
4 × 400 metres relay  Uruguay 3:25.9  Chile 3:35.8  Paraguay 3:45.0
Cross Country 12000 metres   (URU) 38:43.8   (URU) 41:51.8   (URU)

Women[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres  Eliana Gaete (CHI) 12.5  Adriana Millard (CHI) 12.6   (URU) 12.7
200 metres  Adriana Millard (CHI) 26.2   (URU) 27.0   (URU) 27.2
80 metres hurdles  Eliana Gaete (CHI) 11.8   (URU) 13.1   (URU) 13.3
High jump   (URU) 1.45   (BOL) 1.45  Adriana Millard (CHI) 1.45
Long jump  Adriana Millard (CHI) 5.35  Eliana Gaete (CHI) 5.11   (BOL) 4.85
Shot put   (CHI) 10.59   (URU) 10.37   (CHI) 9.68
Discus throw   (CHI) 30.01   (URU) 28.72
Javelin throw  Estrella Puente (URU) 41.14   (CHI) 39.05
4 × 100 metres relay  Uruguay 52.0  Chile 52.9

Medal table (unofficial)[]

  *   Host nation (Uruguay)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Uruguay (URU)*17121948
2 Chile (CHI)916328
3 Peru (PER)3003
4 Bolivia (BOL)1113
5 Paraguay (PAR)0123
6 Ecuador (ECU)0011
Totals (6 nations)30302686


References[]

  1. ^ a b "SOUTH AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIPS (UNOFFICIAL)", Athletics Weekly, retrieved October 29, 2011
  2. ^ ¿Que es la CAU? (in Spanish), Confederación Atlética del Uruguay, archived from the original on 2012-10-17, retrieved October 29, 2011

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