1981 South American Championships in Athletics

The 1981 South American Championships in Athletics were held in La Paz, Bolivia, between 5 and 8 November.

Medal summary[]

Men's events[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Katsuhiko Nakaia  Brazil	10.1A =CR	Altevir de Araújo  Brazil	10.3A	Chile	10.3A
200 metres	Paulo Correia  Brazil	20.2A CR	Panama	20.5A	Chile	20.5A
400 metres	Geraldo Pegado  Brazil	46.8A	Gerson de Souza  Brazil	47.8A	Pablo Squella  Chile	48.0A
800 metres	Cristián Molina  Chile	1:53.6A	José Luiz Barbosa  Brazil	1:54.7A	Wilson dos Santos  Brazil	1:55.9A
1500 metres	Emilio Ulloa  Chile	4:07.1A	Bolivia	4:08.0A	Ecuador	4:09.0A
5000 metres	Víctor Mora  Colombia	15:23.9A	Colombia	15:51.4A	Bolivia	15:59.4A
10,000 metres	Víctor Mora  Colombia	31:56.4A	Colombia	32:57.1A	Peru	33:30.9A
Half marathon	Víctor Mora  Colombia	1:10:42A	Colombia	1:13:20A	Bolivia	1:14:54A
110 metres hurdles	Chile	14.2A	Brazil	14.4A	Chile	14.4A
400 metres hurdles	Antônio Dias Ferreira  Brazil	52.3A	Pablo Squella  Chile	52.7A	Brazil	53.0A
3000 metres steeplechase	Emilio Ulloa  Chile	9:53.2A	Bolivia	9:54.2A	Elói Schleder  Brazil	10:19.8A
4 × 100 metres relay	Brazil Paulo Correia Katsuhiko Nakaia Altevir de Araújo	39.6A CR	Chile	40.4A	Peru	40.8A
4 × 400 metres relay	Brazil Agberto Guimarães Geraldo Pegado Gerson de Souza José Luíz Barbosa	3:09.5A	Chile Pablo Squella Emilio Ulloa	3:11.8A	Argentina	3:12.2A
20 kilometres road walk	Osvaldo Morejón  Bolivia	1:51:22A	Ernesto Alfaro  Colombia	1:52:52A	Brazil	1:53:10A
High jump	Brazil	2.15A CR	Cláudio Freire  Brazil	2.10A	Chile	2.05A
Pole vault	Chile	4.90A CR	Uruguay	4.70A	Brazil	4.60A
Long jump	Chile	7.55A	Brazil	7.25A	Brazil	7.25A
Triple jump	João Carlos de Oliveira  Brazil	17.05A CR	Chile	16.23A	Argentina	15.95A
Shot put	Gert Weil  Chile	17.48A	Juan Turri  Argentina	16.54A	Brazil	16.31A
Discus throw	Brazil	52.10A	Alejandro Serrano  Chile	48.94A	Chile	45.44A
Hammer throw	Brazil	62.40A	Brazil	61.22A	Argentina	59.72A
Javelin throw	Brazil	75.02A CR	Luis Lucumí  Colombia	71.76A	Brazil	70.12A
Decathlon	Brazil	7383A	Claudio Escauriza  Paraguay	6702A	Brazil	6607A

Women's events[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Peru	11.2A CR	Chile	11.4A	Brazil	11.4A
200 metres	Colombia	23.6A	Brazil	23.8A	Peru	24.0A
400 metres	Colombia	53.6A CR	Tânia Miranda  Brazil	55.7A	Argentina	56.0A
800 metres	Chile	2:17.7A	Colombia	2:19.1A	Brazil	2:21.5A
1500 metres	Chile	4:57.9A	Ecuador	5:01.9A	Bolivia	5:04.0A
3000 metres	Bolivia	11:04.2A CR	Chile	11:09.0A	Bolivia	11:20.5A
100 metres hurdles	Brazil	13.5A CR	Nancy Vallecilla  Ecuador	13.8A	Beatriz Capotosto  Argentina	13.9A
400 metres hurdles	Conceição Geremias  Brazil	60.0A CR	Nancy Vallecilla  Ecuador	62.2A	Brazil	62.7A
4 × 100 metres relay	Brazil Conceição Geremias	45.3A CR	Peru	46.7A (NR)	Argentina	46.9A
4 × 400 metres relay	Brazil Tânia Miranda	3:49.4A	Argentina	3:51.0A	Chile	3:59.3A
High jump	Brazil	1.84A CR	Brazil	1.77A	Liliana Arigoni  Argentina	1.71A
Long jump	Conceição Geremias  Brazil	6.26A CR	Argentina	6.22A	Uruguay	5.97A
Shot put	Brazil	14.80A	Brazil	13.18A	Patricia Guerrero  Peru	12.97A
Discus throw	Brazil	47.62A	Colombia	44.22A	Chile	41.36A
Javelin throw	Brazil	50.52A	Chile	49.96A	Argentina	47.70A
Heptathlon	Argentina	5451A CR	Brazil	5116A	Chile	5081

A = affected by altitude

Medal table[]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Brazil (BRA)	21	12	12	45
2	Chile (CHI)	9	8	9	26
3	Colombia (COL)	5	7	0	12
4	Bolivia (BOL)	2	2	4	8
5	Argentina (ARG)	1	3	8	12
6	Peru (PER)	1	1	4	6
7	Ecuador (ECU)	0	3	1	4
8	Uruguay (URU)	0	1	1	2
9	Panama (PAN)	0	1	0	1
	Paraguay (PAR)	0	1	0	1
Totals (10 nations)		39	39	39	117

See also[]

• 1981 in athletics (track and field)

External links[]

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