1924 South American Athletics Championships

The III. The South American Athletics Championships were held in Buenos Aires from April 17-22. The team from Argentina won the team with 141 points, ahead of Chile with 112 points and the Uruguayans with 36 points. The most successful athlete was the Chilean long-distance runner Manuel Plaza , who won three individual titles and was part of the winning team in the 3,000-meter team run. The Chilean javelin thrower Arturo Medina was the only athlete to win his competition for the third time in a row.

Men's competitions

100 meter run

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Miguel Enrico	ARG	10.9
2	Augusto de Negri	ARG
3	Luis Miguel	CHI

Final: April 19th

200 meter run

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Félix Escobar	ARG	22.1
2	Luis Miguel	CHI
3	Roberto García	ARG

Final: April 20th

400 meter run

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Félix Escobar	ARG	49.4
2	Francisco Dova	ARG	49.4
3	Federico Brewster	ARG

Final: April 19th

800 meter run

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Francisco Dova	ARG	2: 02.9
2	Alfredo Iglesias	URU
3

Only two runners came into the ranking.

1500 meter run

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Victor Moreno	CHI	4: 11.9
2	Luis Decouvieres	CHI	4: 13.0
3	Juan Baeza	CHI

Final: April 17th

5000 meter run

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Manuel Plaza	CHI	15: 37.2
2	Juan Baeza	CHI
3	Luis Celis	CHI

Final: April 19th

10,000 meter run

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Manuel Plaza	CHI	32: 19.8
2	Juan Bravo	CHI	33: 04.5
3	Luis Celis	CHI	33: 12.8

Final: April 17th

Cross-country run

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Manuel Plaza	CHI
2	Juan Baeza	CHI
3	Victor Moreno	CHI

The date of the event is not known.

110 meter hurdles

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Guillermo Newbery	ARG	15.8
2	Otto Dietsch	ARG
3	Leandro Gomez	URU

Final: April 17th

400 meter hurdles

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Humberto Lara	CHI	56.2
2	Enrique Thompson	ARG
3	Carlos Mueller	CHI

Final: April 20th

4 x 100 meter relay

space	country	Athletes	Time (s)
1	Argentina	Camilo Ribas Augusto de Negri Otto Dietsch Miguel Enrico
2	Uruguay
3	Chile

Final: April 20th

4 x 400 meter relay

space	country	Athletes	Time (min)
1	Argentina	Francisco Dova Eduardo Casanovas Félix Escobar Federico Brewster
2	Chile
3	Uruguay

final

3000 meter team run

space	country	Athletes	Time (min)
1	Chile
2
3

All that is known about the 3,000-meter team race in 1924 is that the Chilean team won and that Manuel Plaza was the best individual runner in 8: 56.3 minutes.

high jump

space	athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Valerio Vallanía	ARG	1.80
2	Hernán Orrego	CHI	1.75
3	Carlos Fernández	URU	1.70

Final: April 17th

Pole vault

space	athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Jorge Haeberli	ARG	3.60
2	Ernesto Goycolea	CHI	3.50
3	Roberto Holm	ARG	3.50

Final: April 17th

Long jump

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Ramiro García	CHI	6.632
2	Luis Brunetto	ARG	6.62
3	Juan Felitto	URU	6.412

The date of the event is not known.

Triple jump

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Luis Brunetto	ARG	14.64
2	Alfredo Miserere	ARG	13.715
3	Ángel Colombo	URU	13.55

Final: April 19th

Shot put

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Domingo Minetti	ARG	12.743
2	Benjamin Acevedo	CHI	12,494
3	Jorge Llobet Cullen	ARG	12,455

Final: April 17th

Discus throw

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	David Martín Estévez	URU	38.34
2	Hector Benapres	CHI	37.81
3	Jorge Llobet Cullen	ARG	36.825

The date of the final is not known.

Hammer throw

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Alfredo Wismer	ARG	41.61
2	Jorge Llobet Cullen	ARG	40.39
3	Luis Romana	ARG	39.50

Final: April 19th

Javelin throw

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Arturo Medina	CHI	52.695
2	José Jiménez	ARG	50.18
3	Guillermo Newbery	ARG	48.45

The date of the final is not known.

Decathlon

space	athlete	country	Points
1	Enrique Thompson	ARG	5876.665
2	Guillermo Newbery	ARG	5851.6975
3	Benjamin Acevedo	CHI

The first decathlon at the South American Championships took place after the other competitions on April 21 and 22, 1924.

Women's competitions

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

Medal table

Medal table final after 22 decisions
space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	Argentina	13	9	7th	29
2	Chile	8th	10	8th	27
3	Uruguay	1	2	5	8th

literature

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

See also

• Sports year 1924

Web links

• Results of men
• Results of women
• Unofficial competitions