1926 South American Athletics Championships

The IV. South American Athletics Championships took place in Montevideo from April 15th to 20th . For the first time, the event returned to a city that had previously been the venue. The team championship won the team from Argentina with 86 points ahead of the team from Chile with 44 points and the Uruguayans with 8 points, the team from Peru remained without a medal. The most successful athletes were the Chilean long-distance runner Manuel Plaza and the Argentine all -rounder Valerio Vallanía , who each won four titles. Manuel Plaza had already won four titles in 1924 and was now the most successful athlete with eight titles.

Men's competitions

100 meter run

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Eduardo Albe	ARG	11.0
2	Alberto Barucco	ARG	11.2
3	Juan Carlos Ure Aldao	ARG

Final: April 16

200 meter run

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Eduardo Albe	ARG	21.8
2	Juan Carlos Ure Aldao	ARG	22.0
3	Roberto Genta	ARG	22.1

Final: April 19th

All times were favorable to the wind and therefore not recordable.

400 meter run

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Federico Brewster	ARG	50.0
2	Ángel Prada	ARG	50.4
3	Guillermo Godoy	CHI

Final: April 16

800 meter run

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Leopoldo Ledesma	ARG	1: 58.4
2	Ernesto Medel	CHI	2: 00.0
3	Victor Moreno	CHI

Final: April 18th

1500 meter run

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Leopoldo Ledesma	ARG	4: 11.0
2	Victor Moreno	CHI	4: 12.0
3	Ernesto Medel	CHI

Final: April 16

5000 meter run

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Manuel Plaza	CHI	15: 12.4
2	Pedro Perez	CHI	15: 40.2
3	Fernando Cicarelli	ARG	15: 40.4

Final: April 18th

10,000 meter run

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Manuel Plaza	CHI	31: 54.0
2	José Ribas	ARG	32: 48.2
3	Juan Bravo	CHI	33: 12.8

Final: April 16

Cross-country run

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Manuel Plaza	CHI
2	A. Castillo	CHI
3	José Ribas	ARG

Final: April 15th

110 meter hurdles

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Valerio Vallanía	ARG	15.6
2	Alfredo Ugarte	CHI	15.8
3	César Tartaglia	URU

Final: April 16

400 meter hurdles

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Federico Brewster	ARG	55.4
2	Carlos Mueller	CHI	56.8
3	Raúl Lafitte	URU	56.8

Final: April 19th

4 x 100 meter relay

space	country	Athletes	Time (s)
1	Argentina	Juan Carlos Ure Aldao Mandia Eduardo Albe Juan Piña	43.2
2	Uruguay	Juan Felitto Andres Preve Pastori Mauricio Paiva Lindebak	43.6
3	Chile	Armando Villaroel Fernando Primard Rodolfo Wagner Alfredo Ugarte

Final: April 19th

4 x 400 meter relay

space	country	Athletes	Time (min)
1	Argentina	Ángel Prada Heguy Roberto Genta Federico Brewster	3: 25.2
2	Chile	Elías Catalán Alfredo Ugarte Humberto Jara Guillermo Godoy	3: 30.0
3

Final: April 18th

There were only two seasons at the start.

3000 meter team run

space	country	Athletes	Time (min)
1	Chile	Manuel Plaza Pedro Pérez Juan Bravo
2	Argentina	Fernando Cicarelli Nicasio Santucho Urbano Eyras
3	Uruguay

Final: April 19th

high jump

space	athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Valerio Vallanía	ARG	1.85
2	Carlos Patiño	URU	1.80
3	Atilio Vallanía	ARG	1.80

Final: April 16

Pole vault

space	athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Jorge Haeberli	ARG	3.65
2	Enrique Sansot	CHI	3.50
3	Máximo Virgolini	ARG	3.50

Final: April 17th

Long jump

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Valerio Vallanía	ARG	6.75
2	Julio Moreno	CHI	6.66
3	H. Carvallo	CHI	6.47

Final: April 17th

Triple jump

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Luis Brunetto	ARG	15.10
2	Atilio Vicentini	ARG	14.22
3	Raúl Leal	URU	13.42

Final: April 18th

Shot put

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Benjamin Acevedo	CHI	13.07
2	Custodio Seguel	CHI	13.05
3	Jorge Llobet Cullen	ARG	12.59

Final: April 16

Discus throw

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Jorge Llobet Cullen	ARG	38.46
2	Pedro Elsa	ARG	38.34
3	David Martín Estévez	URU	38.26

Final: April 18th

Hammer throw

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Federico Kleger	ARG	46.46
2	Luis Romana	ARG	44.84
3	Ricardo Bayer	CHI	43.77

Final: April 18th

Javelin throw

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Carlos Maldonado	ARG	51.93
2	Juan Ahlers	URU	48.63
3	Custodio Seguel	CHI	47.93

Final: April 18th

Decathlon

space	athlete	country	Points
1	Valerio Vallanía	ARG	5937,570
2	Guillermo Newbery	ARG	5895,465
3	Erwin Gevert	CHI	5765,415

April 19th and 20th

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	17th	9	7th	33
2	Chile	5	10	9	24
3	Uruguay	-	3	5	8th

literature

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

Web links

• Results of men
• Results of women
• Unofficial competitions