1959 South American Junior Championships in Athletics

I South American Junior Championships in Athletics
Dates	April 18–19
Host city	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Level	Junior
Events	17
Participation	about 59 athletes from 2 nations
1960 Santiago →

The first South American Junior Championships in Athletics were held in Buenos Aires, Argentina from April 18–19, 1959.

Participation (unofficial)

Detailed result lists can be found on the "World Junior Athletics History" website.^[1] An unofficial count yields the number of about 59 athletes from about 2 countries: Argentina (28), Chile (31).

Medal summary

Medal winners are published for men^[2] and women^[3] Complete results can be found on the "World Junior Athletics History" website.^[1]

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Eduardo Krumm (CHI)	10.7	Hervé Dillan (CHI)	10.9	Alberto Keitel (CHI)	10.9
200 metres	Hervé Dillan (CHI)	22.2	Juan Salom (ARG)	22.7	Juan Mouat (CHI)	22.8
400 metres	Fernando Zapeda (CHI)	51.1	Juan Carlos Dyrzka (ARG)	51.7	Jordi Radmilovic (CHI)	51.9
800 metres	Ernesto Díaz (CHI)	1:58.8	Mario Luengo (CHI)	2:00.1	Carlos Crespo (ARG)	2:01.6
1500 metres	Daniel Cortez (CHI)	4:07.1	Enrique Rodríguez (CHI)	4:09.7	Dagoberto Hernández (CHI)	4:12.4
3000 metres	Enrique Rodríguez (CHI)	9:05.8	Isay Ramírez (CHI)	9:06.0	Daniel Cortez (CHI)	9:06.2
110 metres hurdles	Juan Carlos Dyrzka (ARG)	16.0	Jorge Wagner (ARG)	16.1	Guillermo Vallanía (ARG)	16.3
High jump	Eugenio Velasco (CHI)	1.80	José Ugarte (CHI)	1.75	Julio Verno (ARG)	1.75
Pole vault	Sergio Opazo (CHI)	3.60	Germán Goddard (CHI)	3.50	Luis Meza (CHI)	3.50
Long jump	Carlos Tornquist (CHI)	6.74	Eduardo Krumm (CHI)	6.56	Jorge Wagner (ARG)	6.29
Shot put	Horacio Beluardo (ARG)	16.53	Juan Faist (ARG)	15.49	Leonardo Lee (CHI)	15.44
Discus throw	Orlando Guaita (CHI)	40.86	Horacio Beluardo (ARG)	39.41	Juan Faist (ARG)	38.40
Hammer throw	Juan Miranda (CHI)	49.80	Héctor Núñez (CHI)	49.23	Mario Cáceras (CHI)	45.83
Javelin throw	Claudio Reinke (ARG)	52.55	Juan Pacella (ARG)	47.37	Alberto Kraeft (ARG)	46.89
Pentathlon	Eduardo Krumm (CHI)	2122	Domingo Valenzuela (CHI)	1901	Werner Wischia (CHI)	1884
4 × 100 metres relay	Chile	42.9
1000 metres Medley relay (100m x 200m x 300m x 400m)	Chile	2:02.2	Argentina	2:03.4

Medal table (unofficial)

  *   Host nation (Argentina)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Chile (CHI)	14	9	9	32
2	Argentina (ARG)*	3	7	6	16
Totals (2 entries)		17	16	15	48

References

1. World Junior Athletics History, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), retrieved November 1, 2011
2. SOUTH AMERICAN JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS (MEN), Athletics Weekly, retrieved November 1, 2011
3. SOUTH AMERICAN JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS (WOMEN), Athletics Weekly, retrieved November 1, 2011

External links

• World Junior Athletics History