South American Athletics Championships 1941
The XII. The South American Athletics Championships took place in Buenos Aires from April 26 to May 4, 1941 and thus lasted over a week for the first time. The most successful athlete was the Argentine long-distance runner Raúl Ibarra with three individual and one team wins; The Argentine sprinter Lelia Spuhr also achieved four victories .
Men's competitions
The men's team championship was won by Brazil with 103 points, followed by the Chileans with 85 points and the Argentines with 84 points. The Peruvian team got 17 points and Uruguay got 8 points.
100-meter run men
| space | athlete | country | time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | José de Assis | BRA | 10.8 s |
| 2 | José Ferraz | BRA | 10.9 s |
| 3 | Roberto Valenzuela | CHI | 11.1 s |
Final: April 27th
200-meter run men
| space | athlete | country | time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | José de Assis | BRA | 21.5 s |
| 2 | Luis Venini | ARG | 21.8 s |
| 3 | Roberto Valenzuela | CHI | 22.4 s |
Final: May 1st
400-meter run men
| space | athlete | country | time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rosalvo Ramos | BRA | 50.2 s |
| 2 | Agenor da Silva | BRA | 50.3 s |
| 3 | Antonio Cuba | BY | 50.4 s |
Final: April 27th
800 meter run men
| space | athlete | country | time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Guillermo García | CHI | 1: 54.2 min |
| 2 | Isidoro Ferrere | ARG | 1: 55.7 min |
| 3 | Roberto Yakota | CHI | 1: 55.7 min |
Final: May 4th
1500 meter run men
| space | athlete | country | time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Guillermo García | CHI | 3: 58.7 min |
| 2 | Isidoro Ferrere | ARG | 4: 02.2 min |
| 3 | Arturo Torres | CHI | 4: 03.1 min |
Final: May 1st
5000 meter run men
| space | athlete | country | time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Raúl Ibarra | ARG | 14: 57.2 min |
| 2 | Reinaldo Gorno | ARG | 15: 12.1 min |
| 3 | Raúl Inostroza | CHI | 15: 13.3 min |
Final: April 29th
10,000-meter run men
| space | athlete | country | time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Raúl Ibarra | ARG | 30: 45.0 min |
| 2 | Reinaldo Gorno | ARG | 31: 39.6 min |
| 3 | René Millas | CHI | 31: 41.8 min |
Final: May 3rd
Road run men
| space | athlete | country | time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tomas Palomeque | ARG | |
| 2 | Saturnino Cuello | ARG | |
| 3 | Eusebio Guiñez | ARG |
Final: May 4th, route length 32 km
Cross country men
| space | athlete | country | time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Raúl Ibarra | ARG | |
| 2 | Raúl Inostroza | CHI | |
| 3 | René Aldana | CHI |
Final: May 1st
110-meter hurdles men
| space | athlete | country | time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mario da Cunha | BRA | 15.1 s |
| 2 | Helio Pereira | BRA | 15.2 s |
| 3 | Julio Jaime | URU | 15.5 s |
Final: April 27th
400 meter hurdles men
| space | athlete | country | time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alfonso Hoelzel | CHI | 56.4 s |
| 2 | Alfonso Rozas | CHI | 56.9 s |
| 3 | Sylvio Padilha | BRA | 57.0 s |
Final: May 4th
4 x 100 meter relay men
| space | Athletes | country | time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Karnick Antonio Nahas José Ferraz Marcio de Oliveira José de Assis |
BRA | 42.3 s |
| 2 |
Nelson Pereira Juan Hoelzel Alejandro Gonzalez Roberto Valenzuela |
CHI | 42.7 s |
| 3 | A. de Anchorena Jaime Slullitel Guillermo Martínez Bo Luis Venini |
ARG | 43.4 s |
Final: April 27th
4 x 400 meter relay men
| space | Athletes | country | time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Raúl Muñoz Riveros Roberto Yakota Jorge Ehlers |
CHI | 3: 21.9 min |
| 2 |
Luis Venini Victorino Triulzi Briggs Eligio Chiapetta |
ARG | 3: 22.3 min |
| 3 |
Carlos Baroffio Alberto Pereyra José Cunéo Julio Jaime |
URU | 3: 27.8 min |
Final: May 3rd
The Brazilian relay has been disqualified.
3000 meter team race men
| space | athlete | country | time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Raúl Ibarra Delfo Cabrera Reinaldo Gorno |
ARG | |
| 2 |
Arturo Torres Raúl Inostroza Gustavo Rojas |
CHI | |
| 3 |
Néstor Gomes T. Santos F. Souza |
BRA |
Finale: April 26th
The fastest runner was Raúl Ibarra in 8: 39.4 minutes.
High jump men
| space | athlete | country | height |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Guido Hanning | CHI | 1.94 m |
| 2 | Alfredo Mendes | BRA | 1.85 m |
| 3 | Faustino Poyo | ARG | 1.85 m |
Final: April 27th
Pole vault men
| space | athlete | country | height |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lúcio de Castro | BRA | 4.00 m |
| 2 | Icaro Mello | BRA | 4.00 m |
| 3 | Erwin Reimer | CHI | 3.70 m |
Final: May 1st
Long jump men
| space | athlete | country | Expanse |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Guillermo Dyer | BY | 7.20 m |
| 2 | Ernesto Juarez | ARG | 7.05 m |
| 3 | Mario Quesada | ARG | 6.94 m |
Final: April 29th
Triple jump men
| space | athlete | country | Expanse |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carlos Pinto | BRA | 15.10 m |
| 2 | Néstor Tenorio | ARG | 14.90 m |
| 3 | Jorge Richard | BRA | 14.59 m |
Final: May 1st
Shot put men
| space | athlete | country | Expanse |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ricardo Nitz | BRA | 14.62 m |
| 2 | Carmine di Giorgio | BRA | 13.71 m |
| 3 | Antônio Lyra | BRA | 13.51 m |
Final: April 27th
Discus throw men
| space | athlete | country | Expanse |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Manuel Consiglieri | BY | 46.40 m |
| 2 | Karsten Brodersen | CHI | 45.05 m |
| 3 | Bento barros | BRA | 45.02 m |
Final: May 3rd
Hammer throw men
| space | athlete | country | Expanse |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Assis Naban | BRA | 49.71 m |
| 2 | Juan Fusé | ARG | 48.98 m |
| 3 | Federico Kleger | ARG | 46.60 m |
Final: April 29th
Javelin men
| space | athlete | country | Expanse |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Egon Falkenberg | BRA | 59.42 m |
| 2 | Alberto mug | ARG | 59.05 m |
| 3 | Efraín Santibáñez | CHI | 56.37 m |
Finale: April 26th
Decathlon men
| space | athlete | country | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Emilio Rüegg | BRA | 6411 |
| 2 | Juan Colin | CHI | 6315 |
| 3 | Karsten Brodersen | CHI | 6037 |
May 3rd and 4th
Women's competitions
The team championship was won by the Argentine team with 25.33 points, ahead of the Chileans with 20 points and the Brazilians with 9.33 points. Uruguay received 3.33 points and Peru and Bolivia one point each.
100-meter run women
| space | Athlete | country | time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lelia Spuhr | ARG | 13.1 s |
| 2 | Maria Malvicini | ARG | 13.3 s |
| 3 | Crista Jane Giese | BRA | 13.3 s |
Final: April 27th
200-meter run women
| space | Athlete | country | time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lelia Spuhr | ARG | 26.0 s |
| 2 | Elizabeth Mueller | BRA | 26.4 s |
| 3 | Julia Yáñez | BY | 27.6 s |
Final: May 1st
80-meter hurdles women
| space | Athlete | country | time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Crista Jane Giese | BRA | 12.4 s |
| 2 | Betty Morales | CHI | 12.5 s |
| 3 | Ursula Hennel | BRA | 13.0 s |
Final: May 3rd
4 x 100 meter relay women
| space | Athletes | country | time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Elsa Irigoyen Noëmi Simonetto Olga Tassi Lelia Spuhr |
ARG | 51.2 s |
| 2 |
Elena Martinelli Betty Morales Lily Warch Ilse Barends |
CHI | 51.8 s |
| 3 |
Elizabeth Müller Kraus Ursula Hennel Crista Jane Giese |
BRA | 52.6 s |
Final: May 4th
High jump women
| space | Athlete | country | height |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lelia Spuhr | ARG | 1.55 m |
| 2 | Use Barends | CHI | 1.50 m |
| 3 | Crista Jane Giese | BRA | 1.45 m |
| Instrud Kastdorff | URU | 1.45 m | |
| Noëmi Simonetto | ARG | 1.45 m |
Final: May 3rd
Long jump women
| space | Athlete | country | Expanse |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Instrud Kastdorff | URU | 5.12 m |
| 2 | Use Barends | CHI | 5.03 m |
| 3 | Noëmi Simonetto | ARG | 4.96 m |
Final: May 4th
Shot put women
| space | Athlete | country | Expanse |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ingeborg Mello | ARG | 11.81 m |
| 2 | Edith Klempau | CHI | 10.74 m |
| 3 | Julia Iriarte | BOL | 10.45 |
Finale: April 26th
Julia Iriarte won the first ever medal for Bolivia.
Discus throw women
| space | Athlete | country | Expanse |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Christel Balde | CHI | 35.59 m |
| 2 | Maria Boecke de Keitel | CHI | 35.04 m |
| 3 | Ingeborg Mello | ARG | 33.80 m |
Final: April 29th
Javelin women
| space | Athlete | country | Expanse |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ruth Caro | ARG | 36.87 m |
| 2 | Ursula Holle | CHI | 36.68 m |
| 3 | Olga Merino | CHI | 34.63 m |
Final: April 27th
Medal table
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Medal table final after 32 decisions |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| space | country | gold | silver | bronze | total |
| 1 | Brazil | 12 | 7th | 9 | 28 |
| 2 | Argentina | 11 | 12 | 8th | 31 |
| 3 | Chile | 6th | 13 | 11 | 30th |
| 4th | Peru | 2 | - | 2 | 4th |
| 5 | Uruguay | 1 | - | 3 | 4th |
| 6th | Bolivia | - | - | 1 | 1 |
literature
- Winfried Kramer: South American Track & Field Championships 1919–1995 . Neunkirchen 1996