1958 South American Athletics Championships
The XX. The South American Athletics Championships took place in Montevideo from April 19 to 27, 1958 . The most successful participant was the Brazilian sprinter José Telles da Conceição with four titles. In the women's category, Wanda dos Santos won two gold medals and one silver medal, and her victory in the 60-meter hurdles was her fifth victory in a row.
Men's competitions
The men's team was won by the Brazilian team with 242 points, ahead of the Argentines with 178 points and the Chileans with 146 points. Uruguay reached 38 points ahead of the Peruvians with 28 points. Colombia with 9 points was ahead of Ecuador with 4 points and Paraguay with 3 points.
100-meter run men
space | athlete | country | time |
---|---|---|---|
1 | José Telles da Conceição | BRA | 10.5 s |
2 | Luis Vienna | ARG | 10.6 s |
3 | João Pires Sobrinho | BRA | 10.8 s |
Final: April 20th
200-meter run men
space | athlete | country | time |
---|---|---|---|
1 | José Telles da Conceição | BRA | 21.6 s |
2 | Jorge de Barros | BRA | 22.3 s |
3 | Guillermo Sebastiani | BY | 22.4 s |
Finale: April 24th
400-meter run men
space | athlete | country | time |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Argemiro Roque | BRA | 48.6 s |
2 | Ulisses dos Santos | BRA | 49.1 s |
3 | Geraldo Costa | BRA | 49.5 s |
Final: April 20th
800 meter run men
space | athlete | country | time |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Ramon Sandoval | CHI | 1: 49.5 min |
2 | Eduardo Balducci | ARG | 1: 51.3 min |
3 | Argemiro Roque | BRA | 1: 52.6 min |
Finale: April 24th
1500 meter run men
space | athlete | country | time |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Ramon Sandoval | CHI | 3: 47.5 min |
2 | Gilberto Miori | ARG | 3: 51.3 min |
3 | Eduardo Balducci | ARG | 3: 51.3 min |
Final: April 20th
5000 meter run men
space | athlete | country | time |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Osvaldo Suarez | ARG | 14: 26.1 min |
2 | Walter Lemos | ARG | 14: 40.6 min |
3 | Luis Sandoval | ARG | 14: 49.2 min |
Final: April 19th
10,000-meter run men
space | athlete | country | time |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Osvaldo Suarez | ARG | 30: 37.2 min |
2 | Walter Lemos | ARG | 30: 37.4 min |
3 | Armando Pino | ARG | 31: 23.0 min |
Finale: April 24th
Half marathon men
space | athlete | country | time |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Osvaldo Suarez | ARG | 1:12: 37.8 h |
2 | Armando Pino | ARG | 1: 13: 28.4 h |
3 | Juan Silva | CHI | 1: 13: 44.8 h |
Final: April 27th
110-meter hurdles men
space | athlete | country | time |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Wilson Carneiro | BRA | 14.9 s |
2 | Francisco Bergonzoni | BRA | 15.1 s |
3 | Ijoel da Silva | BRA | 15.1 s |
Final: April 22nd
400 meter hurdles men
space | athlete | country | time |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Ulisses dos Santos | BRA | 52.5 s |
2 | Jaime Aparicio | COL | 52.6 s |
3 | Erwino Stobaus | BRA | 54.2 s |
Finale: April 26th
3000 meter obstacle course men
space | athlete | country | time |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Sebastião Mendes | BRA | 9: 20.0 min |
2 | Santiago Novas | CHI | 9: 20.4 min |
3 | Alberto Rios | ARG | 9: 29.8 min |
Finale: April 26th
4 x 100 meter relay men
space | Athletes | country | time |
---|---|---|---|
1 |
Alfonso Coelho da Silva Jorge de Barros João Pires Sobrinho José Telles da Conceição |
BRA | 41.3 s |
2 |
Pedro Marcel Salom Giorgio Luis Vienna |
ARG | 41.8 s |
3 | Bezanilla Teodoro Blaschke Hugo de la Fuente Gert Wagner |
CHI | 42.2 s |
Finale: April 26th
4 x 400 meter relay men
space | Athletes | country | time |
---|---|---|---|
1 |
Ulisses dos Santos Mario do Nascimento Geraldo Costa Argemiro Roque |
BRA | 3: 14.6 min |
2 |
Ramón Sánchez José Laca Guillermo Sebastiani Eulogio Gomes |
BY | 3: 16.1 min |
3 |
Roberto Battistello Victor Lozano Eduardo Balducci Paganesi |
ARG | 3: 16.8 min |
Final: April 27th
High jump men
space | athlete | country | height |
---|---|---|---|
1 | José Telles da Conceição | BRA | 1.90 m |
2 | Alfredo Lopes | BRA | 1.90 m |
3 | Oscar Bartoli | ARG | 1.80 m |
Horacio Martinez | ARG | 1.80 m | |
Reinaldo do Oliveira | BRA | 1.80 m | |
Ernesto Lagos | CHI | 1.80 m | |
Juan Ruiz | CHI | 1.80 m |
Final: April 19th
Pole vault men
space | athlete | country | height |
---|---|---|---|
1 | José Infante | CHI | 4.00 m |
2 | Fausto de Souza | BRA | 3.90 m |
3 | Carlos Cross | ARG | 3.80 m |
Final: April 22nd
Long jump men
space | athlete | country | Expanse |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Fermín Donazar | URU | 7.24 m |
2 | Ary de Sá | BRA | 7.18 m |
3 | Eduardo Krumm | CHI | 7.11 m |
Final: April 20th
Triple jump men
space | athlete | country | Expanse |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Adhemar Ferreira da Silva | BRA | 15.70 m |
2 | Reinaldo de Oliveira | BRA | 14.78 m |
3 | Itiro Nakaie | BRA | 14.60 m |
Finale: April 24th
Shot put men
space | athlete | country | Expanse |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Enrique Help | ARG | 15.41 m |
2 | Isolino Taborda | BRA | 15.00 m |
3 | Ruben Scaraffia | ARG | 14.67 m |
Final: April 20th
Discus throw men
space | athlete | country | Expanse |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Hernán Haddad | CHI | 49.10 m |
2 | Gunther Kruse | ARG | 47.43 m |
3 | Pedro Ucke | ARG | 46.49 m |
Finale: April 26th
Hammer throw men
space | athlete | country | Expanse |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Alejandro Díaz | CHI | 54.45 m |
2 | Walter Kupper | BRA | 51.77 m |
3 | Walter Rodrigues | BRA | 51.69 m |
Final: April 22nd
Javelin men
space | athlete | country | Expanse |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Ricardo Héber | ARG | 65.78 m |
2 | Walter de Almeida | BRA | 65.14 m |
3 | Janis Stendzenieks | CHI | 60.14 m |
Final: April 19th
Decathlon men
space | athlete | country | Points |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Leonardo Kittsteiner | CHI | 5645 |
2 | Yelton Begnasco | URU | 5634 |
3 | Mario Cachile | ARG | 5547 |
April 26th and 27th
Women's competitions
The women’s team championship was won by the Brazilians with 95.5 points, ahead of the Chileans with 74 points and the Argentina team with 52.5 points. With 20 points, Peru was ahead of Uruguay with 12 points and Paraguay with 4 points.
100-meter run women
space | Athlete | country | time |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Martha Huby | BY | 12.4 s |
2 | Marlene Porto | BRA | 12.5 s |
3 | Nancy Correa | CHI | 12.5 s |
Final: April 20th
200-meter run women
space | Athlete | country | time |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Martha Huby | BY | 25.5 s |
2 | Erica da Silva | BRA | 25.6 s |
3 | Teresa Venegas | CHI | 25.8 s |
Finale: April 24th
80-meter hurdles women
space | Athlete | country | time |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Wanda dos Santos | BRA | 11.5 s |
2 | Maria José de Lima | BRA | 12.1 s |
3 | Lucia Fantino | ARG | 12.2 s |
Final: April 27th
4 x 100 meter relay women
space | Athletes | country | time |
---|---|---|---|
1 |
Wanda dos Santos Erica da Silva Melania Luz Marlene Porto |
BRA | 48.7 s |
2 |
Katte Harzenetter Nancy Correa Teresa Venegas Martha Gatica |
CHI | 50.2 s |
3 |
Dolores Bonnacassi Myriam Cabanillas Lucia Fantino Marta González |
ARG | 50.6 s |
Final: April 27th
High jump women
space | Athlete | country | height |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Renate Friedrichs | CHI | 1.55 m |
2 | Deyse de Castro | BRA | 1.50 m |
3 | Cleide Eloy | BRA | 1.50 m |
Finale: April 26th
Long jump women
space | Athlete | country | Expanse |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Iris dos Santos | BRA | 5.54 m |
2 | Wanda dos Santos | BRA | 5.48 m |
3 | Marta González | ARG | 5.32 m |
Final: April 20th
Shot put women
space | Athlete | country | Expanse |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Isabel Avellan | ARG | 12.69 m |
2 | Eliana Bahamondes | CHI | 12.16 m |
3 | Vera Trezoitko | BRA | 12.06 m |
Finale: April 24th
Discus throw women
space | Athlete | country | Expanse |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Isabel Avellan | ARG | 44.57 m |
2 | Pradelia Delgado | CHI | 39.68 m |
3 | Ingeborg Mello | ARG | 39.05 m |
Final: April 19th
Javelin women
space | Athlete | country | Expanse |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Marlene Ahrens | CHI | 43.85 m |
2 | Adriana Silva | CHI | 39.75 m |
3 | Magdalena García | ARG | 39.10 m |
Final: April 27th
Medal table
Medal table final after 31 decisions |
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space | country | gold | silver | bronze | total |
1 | Brazil | 13 | 15th | 10 | 38 |
2 | Chile | 8th | 5 | 8th | 21st |
3 | Argentina | 7th | 8th | 16 | 31 |
4th | Peru | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4th |
5 | Uruguay | 1 | 1 | - | 2 |
6th | Colombia | - | 1 | - | 1 |
literature
- Winfried Kramer: South American Track & Field Championships 1919–1995 . Neunkirchen 1996