South American Athletics Championships 1920

The II. South American Athletics Championships took place from April 23 to 25, 1920 in Santiago de Chile . Athletes from Argentina , Chile and Uruguay took part. The team championship won the team from Chile with 61 points ahead of the Uruguay team with 45 points and the Argentines with 24 points. The most successful athlete was the Uruguayan sprinter Isabelino Gradín , who won three competitions including the relay. Since Gradín had already won two competitions at the first South American Championships, he was the most successful athlete ever with five wins.

In addition to Gradín, the hurdler Harold Rosenqvist , the long jumper Ricardo Müller , the hammer thrower Leonardo de Lucca and the javelin thrower Arturo Medina successfully defended their titles.

Men's competitions

100 meter run

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Marcelo Uranga	CHI	10.8
2	Julio Gorlero	URU	11.0
3	Humberto Ramírez	CHI

Final: April 23

200 meter run

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Isabelino Gradín	URU	22.4
2	Humberto Ramírez	CHI	22.6
3	Julio Gorlero	URU	23.4

Final: April 25th

400 meter run

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Isabelino Gradín	URU	54.0
2	Eduardo Flores	URU	54.6
3	Gavino Reginato	CHI

Final: April 25th

800 meter run

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Enrique Thompson	ARG	2: 06.2
2	Juan Campos	URU	2: 06.4
3	Carlos Escobar	CHI	2: 06.8

Finale: April 24th

1500 meter run

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Ángel Entrecasas	ARG	4: 23.2
2	Juan Marshall	CHI	4: 23.4
3	Óscar Guajardo	CHI	4: 26.2

Final: April 25th

5000 meter run

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Juan Jorquera	CHI	16: 11.4
2	Manuel Moraga	CHI	16: 21.8
3	Manuel Plaza	CHI	16: 29.4

Final: April 23

The 5000 meter run was on the program of the South American Championship for the first time.

10,000 meter run

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Juan Jorquera	CHI	33: 13.6
2	Manuel Plaza	CHI	33: 18.2
3	Enrique Calderón	CHI

Final: April 25th

110 meter hurdles

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Harold Rosenqvist	CHI	16.4
2	Carlos Patiño	URU	16.6
3	Otto Dietsch	ARG

Final: April 23

200 meter hurdles

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Harold Rosenqvist	CHI	26.2
2	Andrés Mazzali	URU	26.8
3	Francisco Silveira	URU

Final: April 25th

The 200-meter hurdles were last on the program in 1920.

400 meter hurdles

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Andrés Mazzali	URU	59.0
2	Eduardo Diez	CHI	59.8
3	Francisco Silveira	URU

Finale: April 24th

4 x 400 meter relay

space	country	Athletes	Time (min)
1	Uruguay	Julio Gorlero Eduardo Flores Mario Herrera Isabelino Gradín	3: 34.0
2	Argentina	Garay Pozzi Borshman Enrique Thompson
3

Final: April 25th

There were only two seasons at the start.

high jump

space	athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Hernán Orrego	CHI	1.76
2	Carlos Patiño	URU	1.75
3	Osvaldo Kolbach	CHI	1.70

Final: April 23

Standing vault

space	athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Juan Moliné	ARG	1.44
2	Carlos Asiadacz	CHI	1.43
3	Carlos Fernández	URU	1.42

Finale: April 24th

The stand jumps were on the program for the last time in 1920.

Pole vault

space	athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Hector Berruti	URU	3.26
2	Ernesto Goycolea	CHI	3.25
3	Enrique Sansot	CHI	3.20

Final: April 25th

Long jump

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Ricardo Mueller	CHI	6.52
2	Fortunato Antola	URU	6.105
3	Hector Benapres	CHI	6,095

Finale: April 24th

Stand long jump

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Francisco Japke	CHI	2.995
2	Hernán Orrego	CHI	2.975
3	Juan Moliné	ARG	2.945

Final: April 23

The stand jumps were on the program for the last time in 1920.

Triple jump

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Adolfo Reccius	CHI	13,395
2	Hector Benapres	CHI	13.205
3	Erwin Gevert	CHI	12.69

Final: April 25th

The triple jump was on the program for the first time.

Shot put

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Benigno Rodríguez	ARG	11.96
2	Teodoro Scheihing	CHI	11.54
3	Jorge Llobet Cullen	ARG	11.50

Final: April 23

Rodríguez was the first Argentine South American champion.

Discus throw

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Jorge Llobet Cullen	ARG	35.28
2	David Martín Estévez	URU	34.64
3	Gustavo Kruger	CHI	34.55

Final: April 25th

Hammer throw

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Leonardo de Lucca	URU	34.14
2	Jorge Llobet Cullen	ARG	33.05
3	Teodoro Scheihing	CHI	32.97

Finale: April 24th

Javelin throw

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Arturo Medina	CHI	49.49
2	Hector Berruti	URU	41.51
3	Alberto Asenjo	CHI	40.90

Finale: April 24th

Women's competitions

Women's competitions were not held at the South American Championships until 1939.

Medal table

Medal table final after 21 decisions
space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	Chile	10	10	13	33
2	Uruguay	6th	9	4th	19th
3	Argentina	5	2	3	10

literature

• Winfried Kramer: South American Track & Field Championships 1919–1995. Neunkirchen 1996.

Web links

• Results of men
• Results of women
• Unofficial competitions