1963 South American Championships in Athletics

The 1963 South American Championships in Athletics were held in Cali, Colombia, between 29 June and 7 July.

Medal summary[]

Men's events[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Arquímedes Herrera  Venezuela	10.2 CR	Brazil	10.4	Brazil	10.7
200 metres	Arquímedes Herrera  Venezuela	20.9 CR	Hortensio Fucil  Venezuela	21.0	Gerardo Di Tolla  Peru	21.2
400 metres	Hortensio Fucil  Venezuela	46.7 CR	Juan Carlos Dyrzka  Argentina	47.6	Víctor Maldonado  Venezuela	48.5
800 metres	Colombia	1:52.2	José Neira  Colombia	1:52.9	Venezuela	1:53.1
1500 metres	Álvaro Mejía  Colombia	3:53.5	José Neira  Colombia	3:54.4	Brazil	3:55.9
5000 metres	Osvaldo Suárez  Argentina	14:59.8	Colombia	15:00.5	Domingo Amaisón  Argentina	15:01.2
10,000 metres	Osvaldo Suárez  Argentina	31:09.6	Domingo Amaisón  Argentina	31:17.0	Brazil	31:20.9
Half marathon	Brazil	1:09:41	Colombia	1:09:55	Hernán Barreneche  Colombia	1:11:29
3000 metres steeplechase	Domingo Amaisón  Argentina	9:13.0	Brazil	9:28.7	Brazil	9:29.7
110 metres hurdles	Venezuela	15.0	José Telles da Conceição  Brazil	15.2	Brazil	15.5
400 metres hurdles	Juan Carlos Dyrzka  Argentina	51.0 CR	Víctor Maldonado  Venezuela	51.5	Anubes da Silva  Brazil	51.8
4 × 100 metres relay	Brazil Affonso da Silva	40.9	Colombia Francisco Gutiérrez Pedro Grajales	41.2	Argentina Juan Carlos Dyrzka	41.6
4 × 400 metres relay	Venezuela Víctor Maldonado	3:13.0 CR	Brazil Anubes da Silva	3:14.7	Argentina Juan Carlos Dyrzka	3:15.3
High jump	Roberto Abugattás  Peru	1.97	Argentina	1.94	Brazil	1.88
Pole vault	Argentina	4.10 CR	Colombia	3.80	Brazil	3.70
Long jump	Héctor Thomas  Venezuela	7.22	Venezuela	7.16	Venezuela	6.97
Triple jump	Asnoldo Devonish  Venezuela	15.09	Venezuela	15.01	Brazil	14.90
Shot put	Brazil	15.08	Argentina	15.06	Colombia	14.02
Discus throw	Colombia	48.84	Daniel Cereali  Venezuela	47.85	Argentina	46.37
Hammer throw	Daniel Cereali  Venezuela	56.07 CR	Brazil	55.08	Chile	54.64
Javelin throw	Héctor Thomas  Venezuela	64.79	Brazil	63.49	Patricio Etcheverry  Chile	63.18
Decathlon	Héctor Thomas  Venezuela	6825	Brazil	6269	Venezuela	5991

Women's events[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Brazil	12.0 CR	Margarita Formeiro  Argentina	12.1	Susana Ritchie  Argentina	12.3
200 metres	Brazil	24.3 CR	Susana Ritchie  Argentina	25.2	Argentina	25.4
80 metres hurdles	Argentina	11.5	Brazil	11.5	Brazil	11.8
4 × 100 metres relay	Brazil	47.6 CR	Argentina Margarita Formeiro Susana Ritchie	47.8	Colombia	49.8
High jump	Brazil	1.58	Aída dos Santos  Brazil	1.58	Brazil	1.50
Long jump	Argentina	5.74	Brazil	5.37	Venezuela	5.31
Shot put	Ingeborg Pfüller  Argentina	12.82 CR	Brazil	12.43	Brazil	12.31
Discus throw	Ingeborg Pfüller  Argentina	46.36 CR	Colombia	39.42	Ingeborg Mello  Argentina	39.05
Javelin throw	Marlene Ahrens  Chile	44.67	Aída dos Santos  Brazil	38.29	Venezuela	37.93

Medal table[]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Venezuela (VEN)	10	5	6	21
2	Argentina (ARG)	9	7	7	23
3	Brazil (BRA)	7	12	12	31
4	Colombia (COL)	3	7	3	13
5	Chile (CHI)	1	0	2	3
6	Peru (PER)	1	0	1	2
Totals (6 nations)		31	31	31	93

External links[]

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