1958 South American Championships in Athletics

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

Medal summary

Men's events

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

Women's events

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

Medal table

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

External links

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