1956 South American Championships in Athletics

The 1956 South American Championships in Athletics were held in the Chilean capital, Santiago, between 14 and 22 April.

Medal summary[]

Men's events[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Brazil	10.6	Gerardo Bönnhoff  Argentina	10.7	João Pires Sobrinho  Brazil	10.7
200 metres	João Pires Sobrinho  Brazil	21.5	Jaime Aparicio  Colombia	21.7	Gerardo Bönnhoff  Argentina	21.8
400 metres	Jaime Aparicio  Colombia	47.7 CR	Colombia	48.2	Argemiro Roque  Brazil	49.0
800 metres	Ramón Sandoval  Chile	1:49.0 CR	Argentina	1:51.5	Argemiro Roque  Brazil	1:52.4
1500 metres	Ramón Sandoval  Chile	3:48.4 CR	Argentina	3:53.4	Waldo Sandoval  Chile	3:54.5
5000 metres	Osvaldo Suárez  Argentina	14:30.8 CR	Chile	14:47.8	Walter Lemos  Argentina	14:51.7
10,000 metres	Osvaldo Suárez  Argentina	30:12.2 CR	Walter Lemos  Argentina	30:27.4	Brazil	31:41.0
Half marathon	Osvaldo Suárez  Argentina	1:08:54 CR	Walter Lemos  Argentina	1:09:00	Juan Silva  Chile	1:10:31
3000 metres steeplechase	Chile	9:09.0 CR	Brazil	9:17.4	Guillermo Solá  Chile	9:25.8
110 metres hurdles	Brazil	14.7	Estanislao Kocourek  Argentina	14.9	Brazil	15.1
400 metres hurdles	Jaime Aparicio  Colombia	52.0 CR	Colombia	53.1	Anubes da Silva  Brazil	54.2
4 × 100 metres relay	Brazil João Pires Sobrinho Jorge de Barros Anubes da Silva	41.4	Argentina Ferrairo Gerardo Bönnhoff Mariano Acosta	41.5	Colombia Truque Fascie Lerma	42.6
4 × 400 metres relay	Colombia Jaime Aparicio Carlos Sierra	3:14.6 CR	Brazil Argemiro Roque Adhemar da Silva	3:16.1	Argentina Beltrán Mariano Acosta Gerardo Bönnhoff	3:16.8
High jump	Argentina	1.93	Ernesto Lagos  Chile	1.90	Brazil  Chile	1.85
Pole vault	José Infante  Chile	3.90	Chile	3.90	Brazil	3.90
Long jump	Fermín Donazar  Uruguay	7.23	Ary de Sá  Brazil	7.14	Brazil	7.10
Triple jump	Brazil	15.14	Peru	14.59	Carlos Vera  Chile	14.63
Shot put	Brazil	14.97	Argentina	14.72	Günther Kruse  Argentina	13.97
Discus throw	Günther Kruse  Argentina	48.57 CR	Hernán Haddad  Chile	47.24	Argentina	46.56
Hammer throw	Alejandro Díaz  Chile	52.88	Edmundo Zúñiga  Chile	51.71	Argentina	51.55
Javelin throw	Ricardo Héber  Argentina	64.45	Argentina	61.51	Peru	59.20
Decathlon	Héctor Menacho  Peru	5670	Chile	5499	Brazil	5401

Women's events[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Gladys Erbetta  Argentina	12.2 =CR	Beatriz Kretschmer  Chile	12.4	Eliana Gaete  Chile	12.4
200 metres	Beatriz Kretschmer  Chile	25.5 =CR	Gladys Erbetta  Argentina	25.8	Peru	26.1
80 metres hurdles	Wanda dos Santos  Brazil	11.5	Eliana Gaete  Chile	11.6	Argentina	11.9
4 × 100 metres relay	Argentina Gladys Erbetta Lilian Buglia Edith Berg	48.6	Chile Eliana Gaete	49.3	Brazil Wanda dos Santos Mattos	49.4
High jump	Chile	1.50	Elizabeth Müller  Brazil	1.50	Chile  Brazil	1.50
Long jump	Gladys Erbetta  Argentina	5.88 CR	Argentina	5.41	Argentina	5.39
Shot put	Chile	11.95 CR	Chile	11.84	Elizabeth Müller  Brazil	11.31
Discus throw	Isabel Avellán  Argentina	44.08 CR	Chile	38.22	Ingeborg Mello  Argentina	38.08
Javelin throw	Marlene Ahrens  Chile	48.73 CR	Chile	40.70	Chile	38.91

Medal table[]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Argentina (ARG)	10	11	9	30
2	Chile (CHI)	9	12	8	29
3	Brazil (BRA)	7	4	13	24
4	Colombia (COL)	3	3	1	7
5	Peru (PER)	1	1	2	4
6	Uruguay (URU)	1	0	0	1
Totals (6 nations)		31	31	33	95

External links[]

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