1919 South American Athletics Championships
The 1st South American Athletics Championships took place from April 11th to 13th, 1919 in Montevideo . Athletes from Chile and Uruguay took part. The team of Chile won the team with 67 points ahead of the Uruguay team with 45 points. The most successful athlete was the Chilean hurdler Julio Kilian , who won three competitions including the relay and took second place once.
The year before, a competition between athletes from Argentina, Chile and Uruguay took place in Buenos Aires , which is now known as the unofficial South American Championships. The only athlete who was able to win the same competition at the championships in 1919 as in 1918 was the Uruguayan Isabelino Gradín in the 400-meter run.
Men's competitions
100 meter run
| space | athlete | country | Time (s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Henry Bowles |
 URU
|
11.8 |
| 2 | Marcelo Uranga |
 CHI
|
12.0 |
| 3 | Ricardo Mueller |
CHI
|
12.1 |
Final: April 11th
200 meter run
| space | athlete | country | Time (s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Isabelino Gradín |
URU
|
23.2 |
| 2 | Julio Gorlero |
URU
|
23.4 |
| 3 | Ricardo Mueller |
CHI
|
23.8 |
Final: April 11th
400 meter run
| space | athlete | country | Time (s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Isabelino Gradín |
URU
|
52.4 |
| 2 | Armando Camus |
CHI
|
53.0 |
| 3 | Carlos Stevens |
CHI
|
54.6 |
Final: April 13th
800 meter run
| space | athlete | country | Time (min) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Juan Campos |
URU
|
2: 04.8 |
| 2 | Armando Camus |
CHI
|
2: 06.4 |
| 3 | Carlos Stevens |
CHI
|
2: 07.0 |
Final: April 12th
1500 meter run
| space | athlete | country | Time (min) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Juan Baeza |
CHI
|
4: 29.8 |
| 2 | Manuel Moraga |
CHI
|
4: 30.0 |
| 3 | Enrique Calderón |
CHI
|
4: 31.4 |
Final: April 13th
10,000 meter run
| space | athlete | country | Time (min) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gilberto Martínez |
URU
|
33: 57.0 |
| 2 | Juan Baeza |
CHI
|
34: 41.2 |
| 3 | Enrique Calderón |
CHI
|
34: 55.6 |
Final: April 13th
110 meter hurdles
| space | athlete | country | Time (s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harold Rosenqvist |
CHI
|
17.0 |
| 2 | Julio Kilián |
CHI
|
17.2 |
| 3 | Adolfo Reccius |
CHI
|
18.0 |
Final: April 13th
200 meter hurdles
| space | athlete | country | Time (s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Julio Kilián |
CHI
|
27.2 |
| 2 | Adolfo Reccius |
CHI
|
??? |
| 3 | Harold Rosenqvist |
CHI
|
28.0 |
Finale: April 12th or 13th
400 meter hurdles
| space | athlete | country | Time (s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Julio Kilián |
CHI
|
59.2 |
| 2 | Adolfo Reccius |
CHI
|
61.4 |
| 3 | Andrés Mazzali |
URU
|
62.0 |
Final: April 12th
4 x 400 meter relay
| space | country | Athletes | Time (min) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Chile
|
Julio Kilián Ricardo Müller Carlos Stevens Armando Camus |
3: 39.0 |
| 2 |
Uruguay
|
Julio Gorlero Mario Herrera Eduardo Flores Isabelino Gradín |
3: 39.4 |
| 3 |
Final: April 13th
There were only two seasons at the start.
high jump
| space | athlete | country | Height (m) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carlos Patiño |
URU
|
1.72 |
| 2 | Hernán Orrego |
CHI
|
1.70 |
| 3 | Arturo Filloy |
URU
|
1.68 |
Final: April 11th
Standing vault
| space | athlete | country | Height (m) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carlos Patiño |
URU
|
1.40 |
| 2 | Carlos Fernández |
URU
|
1.38 |
| 3 | Arturo Filloy |
URU
|
1.38 |
Final: April 12th
Pole vault
| space | athlete | country | Height (m) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eugene Fonck |
CHI
|
3.20 |
| 2 | José Amejeiras |
URU
|
3.15 |
| 3 | Hector Berruti |
URU
|
3.15 |
Final: April 13th
Long jump
| space | athlete | country | Width (m) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ricardo Mueller |
CHI
|
6.68 |
| 2 | Adolfo Reccius |
CHI
|
6.53 |
| 3 | Ricardo Filloy |
URU
|
6.47 |
Final: April 12th
Stand long jump
| space | athlete | country | Width (m) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hugo Krumm |
CHI
|
3.07 |
| 2 | Carlos Patiño |
URU
|
2.95 |
| 3 | Ernesto Ramón |
CHI
|
2.905 |
Final: April 11th
Shot put
| space | athlete | country | Width (m) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Teodoro Scheihing |
CHI
|
11.47 |
| 2 | Víctor Zaragoza |
URU
|
11,215 |
| 3 | Harold Rosenqvist |
CHI
|
10.95 |
Final: April 12th
Discus throw
| space | athlete | country | Width (m) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alberto Warnken |
CHI
|
35.80 |
| 2 | Leonardo de Lucca |
URU
|
33.68 |
| 3 | Fernando Capellini |
URU
|
33,435 |
Final: April 13th
Hammer throw
| space | athlete | country | Width (m) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leonardo de Lucca |
URU
|
32.57 |
| 2 | Evaldo Homberg |
CHI
|
31.965 |
| 3 | Teodoro Scheihing |
CHI
|
30.395 |
Final: April 13th
Javelin throw
| space | athlete | country | Width (m) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arturo Medina |
CHI
|
45.95 |
| 2 | Fernando Capellini |
URU
|
43.27 |
| 3 | Evaldo Homberg |
CHI
|
40.50 |
Final: April 12th
Women's competitions
Women's competitions were not held at the South American Championships until 1939.
Medal table
|
Medal table final after 19 decisions |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| space | country | gold | silver | bronze | total |
| 1 | Chile | 11 | 11 | 11 | 33 |
| 2 | Uruguay | 8th | 8th | 7th | 23 |
literature
- Winfried Kramer: South American Track & Field Championships 1919–1995. Neunkirchen 1996.