South American Athletics Championships 1927

The 5th South American Athletics Championships took place from April 14th to 19th in Santiago de Chile . The team championship was won by the Chilean team with 77 points, followed by Argentina with 66 points and the Uruguayans with 1 point. The most successful athlete was the Chilean long-distance runner Manuel Plaza , who again won four titles and, with twelve titles, was still the most successful athlete.

Men's competitions

100 meter run

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Juan Piña	ARG	10.8
2	Rodolfo Wagner	CHI
3	Alex Hannig	CHI

Final: April 15th

200 meter run

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Juan Piña	ARG	22.0
2	Rodolfo Wagner	CHI
3	Alex Hannig	CHI

Final: April 17th

400 meter run

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Ángel Prada	ARG	50.0
2	Roberto Genta	ARG
3	José Vicente Salinas	CHI

Final: April 14th

800 meter run

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Serafín Dengra	ARG	1: 58.2
2	Leopoldo Ledesma	ARG	2: 00.0
3	Guillermo Godoy	CHI

Final: April 17th

1500 meter run

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Leopoldo Ledesma	ARG	4: 10.2
2	Luis Suarez	ARG
3	Victor Moreno	CHI

Final: April 14th

5000 meter run

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Manuel Plaza	CHI	15: 36.0
2	Belisario Flores	CHI
3	Pedro Perez	CHI

Final: April 15th

10,000 meter run

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Manuel Plaza	CHI	32: 11.2
2	Juan Bravo	CHI
3	José Ribas	ARG

Final: April 14th

Cross-country run

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Manuel Plaza	CHI
2	Florida's Castillo	CHI
3	Pedro Arancibia	CHI

Final: April 16

110 meter hurdles

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Valerio Vallanía	ARG	15.6
2	Alfredo Ugarte	CHI
3	Héctor Fischer	CHI

Final: April 15th

400 meter hurdles

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Carlos Mueller	CHI	56.4
2	Roberto Genta	ARG	56.4
3	Humberto Lara	CHI

Final: April 19th

4 x 100 meter relay

space	country	Athletes	Time (s)
1	Argentina	Alberto Barucco Roberto Genta Juan Gagliardi Juan Piña	42.8
2	Chile
3

Final: April 17th

There were only two seasons at the start.

4 x 400 meter relay

space	country	Athletes	Time (min)
1	Argentina	Roberto Genta Ángel Prada Escobar Acosta	3: 24.2
2	Chile
3

Final: April 15th

There were only two seasons at the start.

3000 meter team run

space	country	Athletes	Time (min)
1	Chile	Manuel Plaza NN NN
2	Argentina	Fernando Cicarelli NN NN
3

Final: April 17th

high jump

space	athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Valerio Vallanía	ARG	1.86
2	Carlos Japke	CHI	1.80
3	Luis Garay	CHI	1.80

Final: April 19th

Pole vault

space	athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Jorge Haeberli	ARG	3.70
2	Julio Bertini	ARG	3.60
3	Humberto Giraldes	CHI	3.40

Final: April 16

Long jump

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Óscar Alvarado	CHI	6.69
2	Julio Moreno	CHI	6.65
3	Valerio Vallanía	ARG	6.63

Final: April 17th

Triple jump

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Luis Brunetto	ARG	14.64
2	Atilio Vicentini	ARG	14.28
3	Humberto Giraldes	CHI	14.07

Final: April 15th

Shot put

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Benjamin Acevedo	CHI	12.685
2	Custodio Seguel	CHI	12.25
3	Luis Romana	ARG	12.18

Final: April 14th

Discus throw

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Pedro Elsa	ARG	38.56
2	Hector Benapres	CHI	38.43
3	David Martín Estévez	URU	37.30

Final: April 15th

Hammer throw

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Federico Kleger	ARG	46.69
2	Pedro Goic	CHI	45.74
3	Ricardo Bayer	CHI	45.70

Final: April 17th

Javelin throw

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Guillermo Newbery	ARG	53.98
2	Custodio Seguel	CHI	52.86
3	Pedro Ceballos	CHI	52.45

Final: April 17th

Decathlon

space	athlete	country	Points
1	Erwin Gevert	CHI	6668.060
2	Serapio Cabello	CHI	6410,070
3	Carlos Japke	CHI	6408,080

April 18th and 19th

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	14th	7th	3	24
2	Chile	8th	15th	15th	38
3	Uruguay	-	-	1	1

literature

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

Web links

• Results of men
• Results of women
• Unofficial competitions

Footnotes

1. ↑ The result follows the description of Winfried Kramer, according to gbrathletics Plaza won ahead of his compatriots Floridas Castillo and Pedro Arancibia.