1958 South American Championships in Athletics

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

1958 South American Championships in Athletics
Dates	19–27 April
Host city	Montevideo, Uruguay
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Medal summary

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: -2.0 m/s)	José Telles da Conceição Brasilien	10.5 =CR	Luis Vienna Argentinien	10.6	João Pires Sobrinho Brasilien	10.8
200 metres	José Telles da Conceição Brasilien	21.6	Jorge de Barros Brasilien	22.3	Guillermo Sebastiani Peru	22.4
400 metres	Argemiro Roque Brasilien	48.6	Ulisses dos Santos Brasilien	49.1	Geraldo Costa Brasilien	49.5
800 metres	Ramón Sandoval Chile	1:49.6	Eduardo Balducci Argentinien	1:51.3	Argemiro Roque Brasilien	1:52.6
1500 metres	Ramón Sandoval Chile	3:47.5 CR	Gilberto Miori Argentinien	3:51.3	Eduardo Balducci Argentinien	3:51.3
5000 metres	Osvaldo Suárez Argentinien	14:26.1 CR	Walter Lemos Argentinien	14:40.6	Luis Sandoval Argentinien	14:49.2
10,000 metres	Osvaldo Suárez Argentinien	30:37.2	Walter Lemos Argentinien	30:37.4	Armando Pino Argentinien	31:23.0
Half marathon	Osvaldo Suárez Argentinien	1:12:38	Armando Pino Argentinien	1:13:29	Juan Silva Chile	1:13:45
3000 metres steeplechase	Sebastião Mendes Brasilien	9:20.0	Santiago Novas Chile	9:20.4	Alberto Ríos Argentinien	9:29.8
110 metres hurdles	Wilson Carneiro Brasilien	14.9	Francisco Bergonzoni Brasilien	15.1	Ijoel da Silva Brasilien	15.1
400 metres hurdles	Ulisses dos Santos Brasilien	52.5	Jaime Aparicio Kolumbien	52.6	Erwino Stobaus Brasilien	54.2
4 × 100 metres relay	Brasilien Ijoel da Silva Jorge de Barros João Pires Sobrinho José da Conceição	41.3	Argentinien Pedro Marcel Juan Salom Vicente Giorgio Luis Vienna	41.8	Chile Eduardo Bezanilla Teodoro Blaschke Hugo de la Fuente Gert Wagner	42.2
4 × 400 metres relay	Brasilien Ulisses dos Santos Mário do Nascimento Geraldo Costa Argemiro Roque	3:16.3	Peru Ramón Sánchez José Laca Guillermo Sebastiani Eulogio Gomes	3:17.4	Argentinien Roberto Batistelo Víctor Lozano Eduardo Balducci Francisco Paganesi	3:18.5
High jump	José Telles da Conceição Brasilien	1.90	Alfredo Lopes Brasilien	1.90	Oscar Bártoli Argentinien Reinaldo de Oliveira Brasilien Ernesto Lagos Chile Horacio Martínez Argentinien Juan Ruiz Chile	1.80
Pole vault	José Infante Chile	4.00 =CR	Fausto de Souza Brasilien	3.90	Carlos Kreuz Argentinien	3.80
Long jump	Fermín Donazar Uruguay	7.24	Ary de Sá Brasilien	7.18	Eduardo Krumm Chile	7.11
Triple jump	Adhemar da Silva Brasilien	15.70	Reinaldo de Oliveira Brasilien	14.78	Itiro Nakaie Brasilien	14.60
Shot put	Enrique Helf Argentinien	15.41 CR	Isolino Taborda Brasilien	15.00	Rubén Scaraffia Argentinien	14.67
Discus throw	Hernán Haddad Chile	49.10 CR	Günther Kruse Argentinien	47.43	Pedro Ucke Argentinien	46.49
Hammer throw	Alejandro Díaz Chile	54.45 CR	Walter Kupper Brasilien	51.77	Walter Rodrigues Brasilien	51.69
Javelin throw	Ricardo Héber Argentinien	65.78	Walter de Almeida Brasilien	65.14	Janis Laipenieks Chile	60.14
Decathlon	Leonardo Kittsteiner Chile	5645	Yelton Bagnasco Uruguay	5634	Mario Cachile Argentinien	5547

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Martha Huby Peru	12.4	Marlene Porto Brasilien	12.5	Nancy Correa Chile	12.5
200 metres	Martha Huby Peru	25.5 =CR	Erica da Silva Brasilien	25.6	Teresa Venegas Chile	25.8
80 metres hurdles	Wanda dos Santos Brasilien	11.5	Maria José de Lima Brasilien	12.1	Lucía Fantino Argentinien	12.2
4 × 100 metres relay	Brasilien Wanda dos Santos Erica da Silva Melânia Luz Marlene Porto	48.7	Chile Katte Harzenett Teresa Venegas Nancy Correa Marta Gatica	50.2	Argentinien Dolores Bonacassi Miriam Cabanillas Lucia Fantino Marta González	50.6
High jump	Renata Friedrichs Chile	1.55	Deyse de Castro Brasilien	1.50	Cleide Eloy Brasilien	1.50
Long jump	Iris dos Santos Brasilien	5.54	Wanda dos Santos Brasilien	5.48	Marta González Argentinien	5.32
Shot put	Isabel Avellán Argentinien	12.69 CR	Eliana Bahamondes Chile	12.16	Vera Trezoitko Brasilien	12.06
Discus throw	Isabel Avellán Argentinien	44.57 CR	Pradelia Delgado Chile	39.68	Ingeborg Mello Argentinien	39.05
Javelin throw	Marlene Ahrens Chile	43.85	Adriana Silva Chile	39.75	Magdalena García Argentinien	39.10

Medal table

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

External links

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