1971 South American Championships in Athletics

The 1971 South American Championships in Athletics were held in Lima, Peru, between 9 and 17 October.

Medal summary[]

Men's events[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Félix Mata  Venezuela	10.6	Argentina	10.7	Brazil	10.8
200 metres	Fernando Acevedo  Peru	21.2	Argentina	21.8	Alberto Marchán  Venezuela	21.9
400 metres	Fernando Acevedo  Peru	46.4 =CR	Brazil	47.9	Brazil	48.0
800 metres	Carlos Dalurzo  Argentina	1:50.9	Chile	1:51.6	Chile	1:51.6
1500 metres	Chile	3:48.6	Chile	3:48.9	Brazil	3:49.5
5000 metres	Edmundo Warnke  Chile	14:07.6 CR	Víctor Mora  Colombia	14:08.8	Domingo Tibaduiza  Colombia	14:15.4
10,000 metres	Edmundo Warnke  Chile	29:14.6 CR	Víctor Mora  Colombia	29:17.6	Domingo Tibaduiza  Colombia	29:24.8
Marathon	Colombia	2:26:11 CR	Hernán Barreneche  Colombia	2:32:20	Edmundo Warnke  Chile	2:34:31
3000 metres steeplechase	Víctor Mora  Colombia	9:03.8	Peru	9:17.8	Chile	9:19.6
110 metres hurdles	Venezuela	14.8	Alfredo Deza  Peru	14.8	Patricio Saavedra  Chile	14.8
400 metres hurdles	Juan Carlos Dyrzka  Argentina	52.4	Brazil	53.0	Eduardo Rodrigues  Brazil	53.2
4 × 100 metres relay	Brazil ? ? Luís da Silva	40.7	Venezuela	40.9	Peru ? ? ? Fernando Acevedo	41.2
4 × 400 metres relay	Venezuela Erick Phillips Alberto Marchán	3:14.8	Argentina Carlos Dalurzo Juan Carlos Dyrzka	3:15.8	Brazil	3:16.1
High jump	Luis Barrionuevo  Argentina	2.05 CR	Roberto Abugattás  Peru	2.05	Argentina	2.00
Pole vault	Argentina	4.50 CR	Chile	4.20	Brazil	4.20
Long jump	Chile	7.41	Brazil	7.34	Argentina	7.30A
Triple jump	Nelson Prudêncio  Brazil	15.58	Colombia	14.94	Uruguay	14.75
Shot put	Brazil	16.85	Juan Turri  Argentina	15.73	Argentina	15.63
Discus throw	Brazil	53.82	Brazil	53.14	Colombia	47.78
Hammer throw	Argentina	62.82 CR	Darwin Piñeyrúa  Uruguay	61.36	Brazil	57.74
Javelin throw	Brazil	69.68	Colombia	65.90	Chile	64.72
Decathlon	Héctor Thomas  Venezuela	6880	Venezuela	6662	Argentina	6656

Women's events[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	María Luisa Vilca  Peru	12.0	Irene Fitzner  Argentina	12.3	Josefa Vicent  Uruguay	12.3
200 metres	Josefa Vicent  Uruguay	24.4	Elsy Rivas  Colombia	24.5	Argentina	24.6
400 metres	Josefa Vicent  Uruguay	54.9 CR	Elsy Rivas  Colombia	56.9	Argentina	57.1
800 metres	Chile	2:12.1 CR	Chile	2:13.3	Argentina	2:13.5
100 metres hurdles	Argentina	14.3 CR	Argentina	14.6	Brazil	14.7
4 × 100 metres relay	Argentina Irene Fitzner	46.7	Peru	47.6	Uruguay	48.2
High jump	Brazil	1.65	Brazil	1.65	Argentina	1.60
Long jump	Chile	5.83	Ana Desevici  Uruguay	5.72	Edith Noeding  Peru	5.58
Shot put	Rosa Molina  Chile	14.66 CR	Brazil	13.64	Peru	12.83
Discus throw	Brazil	46.72 CR	Colombia	45.67	Brazil	42.19
Javelin throw	Argentina	43.92	Brazil	42.42	Rosa Molina  Chile	42.32
Pentathlon	Aída dos Santos  Brazil	3716	Edith Noeding  Peru	3635	María Luisa Vilca  Peru	3581

Medal table[]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Brazil	8	7	9	24
2	Argentina	8	6	8	22
3	Chile	7	4	6	17
4	Venezuela	4	2	1	7
5	Peru	3	5	4	12
6	Colombia	2	8	3	13
7	Uruguay	2	2	3	7
Totals (7 nations)		34	34	34	102

External links[]

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