1929 South American Athletics Championships
The VI. South American Championships in Athletics were held from the 5th to the 10th of May in Lima instead, with Peru first appeared as organizer. All previous championships had taken place in April.
While the Uruguayans were missing this time, athletes from Bolivia competed for the first time, but they could not win a medal. The team championship was won by the Argentine team with 78 points, ahead of the Chileans with 50 points and Peru with 4 points. The most successful athlete was the Argentine sprinter Hérnan Spinassi with three titles including the relay.
Men's competitions
100-meter run men
| space | athlete | country | time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hérnan Spinassi | ARG | 10.7 s |
| 2 | Carlos Bianchi | ARG | |
| 3 | Juan Carlos Ure Aldao | ARG |
Final: May 7th
200-meter run men
| space | athlete | country | time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hérnan Spinassi | ARG | 21.9 s |
| 2 | José Vicente Salinas | CHI | |
| 3 | Juan Carlos Ure Aldao | ARG |
Final: May 6th
400-meter run men
| space | athlete | country | time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | José Vicente Salinas | CHI | 49.0 s |
| 2 | Santiago Hintze | ARG | 49.4 s |
| 3 | Ernesto Riveros | CHI |
Final: May 7th
800 meter run men
| space | athlete | country | time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leopoldo Ledesma | ARG | 1: 55.2 min |
| 2 | Hermenegildo Del Rosso | ARG | |
| 3 | Ernesto Medel | CHI |
Final: May 8th
1500 meter run men
| space | athlete | country | time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leopoldo Ledesma | ARG | 4: 01.0 min |
| 2 | Ernesto Medel | CHI | |
| 3 | Roger Ceballos | ARG |
Final: May 5th
5000 meter run men
| space | athlete | country | time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Belisario Alarcón | CHI | 15: 44.8 min |
| 2 | Lindor Pizarro | CHI | |
| 3 | Pedro Perez | CHI |
Final: May 6th
10,000-meter run men
| space | athlete | country | time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | José Ribas | ARG | 32: 10.4 min |
| 2 | Fernando Cicarelli | ARG | |
| 3 | Juan Bravo | CHI |
Final: May 5th
Cross country men
| space | athlete | country | time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Belisario Alarcón | CHI | |
| 2 | Arturo Velert | ARG | |
| 3 | Fernando Cicarelli | ARG |
Final: May 7th
110-meter hurdles men
| space | athlete | country | time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Valerio Vallanía | ARG | 15.3 s |
| 2 | Alfredo Ugarte | CHI | 15.4 s |
| 3 | Evaristo Gomes | BY |
Final: May 5th
400 meter hurdles men
| space | athlete | country | time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pedro Gálvez | BY | 55.2 s |
| 2 | Juan Acosta | ARG | 55.4 s |
| 3 | Juan Figueiras | CHI |
Final: May 8th
Gálvez was the first Peruvian South American champion.
4 x 100 meter relay men
| space | Athletes | country | time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Hérnan Spinassi Juan Gagliardi Gaston Pagés Juan Carlos Ure Aldao |
ARG | 42.2 s |
| 2 |
Fernando Ordoñes Somot Ricardo García Pedro Gálvez |
BY | 43.2 s |
| 3 | Viollo Rosas Miquel Juan Gutiérrez |
CHI |
Final: May 7th
4 x 400 meter relay men
| space | Athletes | country | time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Juan Gutiérrez Guillermo Godoy Scachi José Vicente Salinas |
CHI | 3: 22.4 min |
| 2 | Salas Juan Acosta Roberto Genta Santiago Hintze |
ARG | |
| 3 |
Pedro Gálvez Souza Valdes Maya |
BY |
Final: May 8th
3000 meter team race men
| space | athlete | country | time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
José Ribas A. Alonso Nieasio Santucho Juan Carlos Zabala Roger Caballos |
ARG | |
| 2 |
Belisario Alarcón NN NN NN NN |
CHI | |
| 3 |
Final: May 5th
The fastest runner was Alarcón in 8: 51.0 minutes.
High jump men
| space | athlete | country | height |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Valerio Vallanía | ARG | 1.80 m |
| 2 | Luis Garay | CHI | 1.80 m |
| 3 | Pablo Giants | ARG | 1.75 m |
Final: May 5th
Pole vault men
| space | athlete | country | height |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Diego Pajmaevich | ARG | 3.80 m |
| 2 | Adolfo Schlegel | CHI | 3.70 m |
| 3 | Alfredo Escobedo | ARG | 3.70 m |
Final: May 6th
Long jump men
| space | athlete | country | Expanse |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Juan Moura | CHI | 6.87 m |
| 2 | Pedro Aizcorbe | ARG | 6.74 m |
| 3 | Carlos Butti | ARG | 6.625 m |
Final: May 8th
Triple jump men
| space | athlete | country | Expanse |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Luis Brunetto | ARG | 14.77 m |
| 2 | Ricardo Mendiburo | CHI | 14.45 m |
| 3 | Pedro Aizcorbe | ARG | 14.265 m |
Final: May 7th
Shot put men
| space | athlete | country | Expanse |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kurt Pollack | CHI | 13.225 m |
| 2 | Hector Benapres | CHI | 12.765 m |
| 3 | Guillermo Otto | CHI | 12.635 m |
Final: May 5th
Discus throw men
| space | athlete | country | Expanse |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hector Benapres | CHI | 41.635 m |
| 2 | Pedro Elsa | ARG | 41.44 m |
| 3 | Arístides Domínguez | ARG | 40.63 m |
Final: May 6th
Hammer throw men
| space | athlete | country | Expanse |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Federico Kleger | ARG | 49.565 m |
| 2 | Alfredo Wismer | ARG | 46.55 m |
| 3 | Ricardo Bayer | CHI | 46.415 m |
Final: May 7th
Javelin men
| space | athlete | country | Expanse |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tomás Medina | CHI | 53.31 m |
| 2 | Antonio Medvesigh | ARG | 51.76 m |
| 3 | F. Vega | CHI | 49.515 m |
Final: May 8th
Decathlon men
| space | athlete | country | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Héctor Berra | ARG | 6511,335 |
| 2 | Santiago León Amatrián | ARG | 6264,330 |
| 3 | Fernando Primard | CHI | 6075,000 |
Women's competitions
Women's competitions were not held at the South American Championships until 1939.
Medal table
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Medal table final after 22 decisions |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| space | country | gold | silver | bronze | total |
| 1 | Argentina | 13 | 12 | 10 | 35 |
| 2 | Chile | 8th | 9 | 9 | 26th |
| 3 | Peru | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4th |
literature
- Winfried Kramer: South American Track & Field Championships 1919–1995 . Neunkirchen 1996