1958 South American Championships in Athletics

The 1958 South American Championships in Athletics were held in Montevideo, Uruguay, between 19 and 27 April.

Medal summary[]

Men's events[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: -2.0 m/s)	José Telles da Conceição  Brazil	10.5 =CR	Argentina	10.6	João Pires Sobrinho  Brazil	10.8
200 metres	José Telles da Conceição  Brazil	21.6	Jorge de Barros  Brazil	22.3	Peru	22.4
400 metres	Argemiro Roque  Brazil	48.6	Ulisses dos Santos  Brazil	49.1	Brazil	49.5
800 metres	Ramón Sandoval  Chile	1:49.6	Argentina	1:51.3	Argemiro Roque  Brazil	1:52.6
1500 metres	Ramón Sandoval  Chile	3:47.5 CR	Argentina	3:51.3	Argentina	3:51.3
5000 metres	Osvaldo Suárez  Argentina	14:26.1 CR	Walter Lemos  Argentina	14:40.6	Argentina	14:49.2
10,000 metres	Osvaldo Suárez  Argentina	30:37.2	Walter Lemos  Argentina	30:37.4	Argentina	31:23.0
Half marathon	Osvaldo Suárez  Argentina	1:12:38	Argentina	1:13:29	Juan Silva  Chile	1:13:45
3000 metres steeplechase	Brazil	9:20.0	Chile	9:20.4	Argentina	9:29.8
110 metres hurdles	Wilson Carneiro  Brazil	14.9	Brazil	15.1	Brazil	15.1
400 metres hurdles	Ulisses dos Santos  Brazil	52.5	Jaime Aparicio  Colombia	52.6	Brazil	54.2
4 × 100 metres relay	Brazil Jorge de Barros João Pires Sobrinho José da Conceição	41.3	Argentina P. Marcel Giorgio	41.8	Chile	42.2
4 × 400 metres relay	Brazil Ulisses dos Santos Argemiro Roque	3:16.3	Peru R. Sánchez Laca de la Torre	3:17.4	Argentina Batistelo Losgann Paganesi	3:18.5
High jump	José Telles da Conceição  Brazil	1.90	Brazil	1.90	Argentina  Brazil Ernesto Lagos  Chile  Argentina  Chile	1.80
Pole vault	José Infante  Chile	4.00 =CR	Brazil	3.90	Argentina	3.80
Long jump	Fermín Donazar  Uruguay	7.24	Ary de Sá  Brazil	7.18	Chile	7.11
Triple jump	Adhemar da Silva  Brazil	15.70	Brazil	14.78	Brazil	14.60
Shot put	Argentina	15.41 CR	Brazil	15.00	Argentina	14.67
Discus throw	Hernán Haddad  Chile	49.10 CR	Günther Kruse  Argentina	47.43	Argentina	46.49
Hammer throw	Alejandro Díaz  Chile	54.45 CR	Brazil	51.77	Brazil	51.69
Javelin throw	Ricardo Héber  Argentina	65.78	Brazil	65.14	Chile	60.14
Decathlon	Chile	5645	Uruguay	5634	Argentina	5547

Women's events[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Peru	12.4	Brazil	12.5	Chile	12.5
200 metres	Peru	25.5 =CR	Brazil	25.6	Chile	25.8
80 metres hurdles	Wanda dos Santos  Brazil	11.5	Brazil	12.1	Argentina	12.2
4 × 100 metres relay	Brazil Wanda dos Santos Melânia Luz	48.7	Chile	50.2	Argentina Bonacassi Cabanillas	50.6
High jump	Chile	1.55	Deyse de Castro  Brazil	1.50	Brazil	1.50
Long jump	Brazil	5.54	Wanda dos Santos  Brazil	5.48	Argentina	5.32
Shot put	Isabel Avellán  Argentina	12.69 CR	Chile	12.16	Brazil	12.06
Discus throw	Isabel Avellán  Argentina	44.57 CR	Chile	39.68	Ingeborg Mello  Argentina	39.05
Javelin throw	Marlene Ahrens  Chile	43.85	Chile	39.75	Argentina	39.10

Medal table[]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Brazil (BRA)	13	15	10	38
2	Chile (CHI)	8	5	8	21
3	Argentina (ARG)	7	8	16	31
4	Peru (PER)	2	1	1	4
5	Uruguay (URU)	1	1	0	2
6	Colombia (COL)	0	1	0	1
Totals (6 nations)		31	31	35	97

External links[]

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