1975 South American Championships in Athletics

The 1975 South American Championships in Athletics were held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, between 26 and 31 August.

Medal summary[]

Men's events[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Rui da Silva  Brazil	10.5	Nelson dos Santos  Brazil	10.7	Argentina	10.7
200 metres	Rui da Silva  Brazil	20.9 =CR	Jorge Mathias  Brazil	21.5	Argentina	21.5
400 metres	Delmo da Silva  Brazil	47.0	Jesús Villegas  Colombia	48.0	Brazil	48.4
800 metres	Argentina	1:50.6	Brazil	1:51.4	Agberto Guimarães  Brazil	1:51.8
1500 metres	Colombia	3:50.2	Argentina	3:50.9	Brazil	3:52.4
5000 metres	Domingo Tibaduiza  Colombia	14:01.2 CR	Víctor Mora  Colombia	14:02.2	Edmundo Warnke  Chile	14:05.6
10000 metres	Víctor Mora  Colombia	28:45.8 CR	Domingo Tibaduiza  Colombia	28:45.8	Edmundo Warnke  Chile	28:46.2
Marathon	Colombia	2:12:09 CR	Brazil	2:21:56	Ecuador	2:28:55
3000 metres steeplechase	Brazil	8:46.0 CR	Víctor Mora  Colombia	8:53.8	Colombia	9:00.4
110 metres hurdles	Brazil	14.2 CR	Jesús Villegas  Colombia	14.4	Chile	14.8
400 metres hurdles	Jesús Villegas  Colombia	50.8 CR	Colombia	51.2	Brazil	51.7
4 × 100 metres relay	Brazil Nelson dos Santos João Carlos de Oliveira Rui da Silva	40.8	Colombia ? ?	41.3	Argentina	41.5
4 × 400 metres relay	Brazil Delmo da Silva	3:09.2 CR	Argentina	3:14.6	Chile	3:22.1
20 kilometres road walk	Ernesto Alfaro  Colombia	1:39:12 CR	Rafael Vega  Colombia	1:39:52	Adalberto Scorza  Argentina	1:42:15
High jump	Brazil	2.10 CR	Luis Barrionuevo  Argentina	2.03	Argentina	2.03
Pole vault	Brazil	4.50 =CR	Colombia	4.50	Uruguay	4.00
Long jump	João Carlos de Oliveira  Brazil	7.66 CR	Argentina	7.39	Brazil	7.33
Triple jump	João Carlos de Oliveira  Brazil	16.48 CR	Nelson Prudêncio  Brazil	16.45	Chile	15.07
Shot put	Juan Turri  Argentina	18.21 CR	Brazil	16.53	Brazil	16.39
Discus throw	Brazil	50.84	Brazil	49.64	Argentina	47.82
Hammer throw	Darwin Piñeyrúa  Uruguay	61.20	Argentina	61.10	Brazil	60.84
Javelin throw	Chile	71.74 CR	Colombia	71.16	Brazil	69.40
Decathlon	Tito Steiner  Argentina	7615 CR	Brazil	6939	Chile	6794

Women's events[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Silvina Pereira  Brazil	11.7 =CR	Peru	11.9	Argentina	11.9
200 metres	Silvina Pereira  Brazil	23.4 CR	Argentina	24.2	Uruguay	24.9
400 metres	Alejandra Ramos  Chile	55.7	Brazil	55.9	Brazil	56.0
800 metres	Argentina	2:10.7 CR	Brazil	2:10.8	Alejandra Ramos  Chile	2:12.1
1500 metres	Argentina	4:27.0 CR	Argentina	4:31.9	Brazil	4:34.7
100 metres hurdles	Maria Luisa Betioli  Brazil	14.3	Argentina	14.6	Brazil	14.7
4 × 100 metres relay	Argentina	45.9 CR	Brazil ? ? ? Silvina Pereira da Silva	45.9	Peru ? ? ? Carmela Bolivár	48.5
4 × 400 metres relay	Brazil	3:43.8 CR	Argentina	3:52.6	Uruguay ? ? ?	3:56.4
High jump	Maria Luisa Betioli  Brazil	1.75 =CR	Brazil	1.68	Peru	1.62
Long jump	Silvina Pereira  Brazil	6.11 CR	Brazil	5.84	Argentina	5.77
Shot put	Brazil	14.05	Rosa Molina  Chile	13.52	Brazil	13.33
Discus throw	Brazil	50.78 CR	Brazil	45.18	Argentina	42.24
Javelin throw	Colombia	43.72	Brazil	41.10	Chile	40.68
Pentathlon	Conceição Geremias  Brazil	3904	Themis Zambrzycki  Brazil	3790	Argentina	3708

Medal table[]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Brazil	21	16	12	49
2	Colombia	7	10	1	18
3	Argentina	6	9	10	25
4	Chile	2	1	8	11
5	Uruguay	1	0	3	4
6	Peru	0	1	2	3
7	Ecuador	0	0	1	1
Totals (7 nations)		37	37	37	111

External links[]

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