South American Athletics Championships 1963
The XXII. The South American Athletics Championships were held in Cali from June 29 to July 7, 1963 . The most successful participant was the Venezuelan all-rounder Héctor Thomas , who not only won the decathlon but also won the long jump and javelin competitions. In the women's category, the Brazilian Erica da Silva also won three gold medals.
So far the South American Championships have always taken place in April or May. Since the Pan American Games were held at the end of April 1963 , the South American Championships were first held in June and July.
Men's competitions
The men's team was won by Venezuela's team with 181 points, ahead of the Brazilians with 163 points and the Argentines with 114 points. Behind the Colombians with 103 points, Peru achieved 37 points, Chile 11 points and Uruguay 7 points. Ecuador didn't score a point.
100-meter run men
space | athlete | country | time |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Arquímedes Herrera | VEN | 10.2 s |
2 | Joe Satow | BRA | 10.4 s |
3 | Alfonso Coelho da Silva | BRA | 10.7 s |
Final: June 30th
200-meter run men
space | athlete | country | time |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Arquímedes Herrera | VEN | 20.9 s |
2 | Hortensio Fucil | VEN | 21.0 s |
3 | Gerardo di Tolla | BY | 21.2 s |
Finale: July 4th
400-meter run men
space | athlete | country | time |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Hortensio Fucil | VEN | 46.7 s |
2 | Juan Carlos Dyrzka | ARG | 47.6 s |
3 | Víctor Maldonado | VEN | 48.5 s |
Final: June 30th
800 meter run men
space | athlete | country | time |
---|---|---|---|
1 | José Rivera | COL | 1: 52.2 min |
2 | José Neira | COL | 1: 52.9 min |
3 | Leslie mentor | VEN | 1: 53.1 min |
Finale: July 4th
1500 meter run men
space | athlete | country | time |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Álvaro Mejía | COL | 3: 53.5 min |
2 | José Neira | COL | 3: 54.4 min |
3 | José Azevedo | BRA | 3: 55.9 min |
Final: June 30th
5000 meter run men
space | athlete | country | time |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Osvaldo Suarez | ARG | 14: 59.8 min |
2 | Harvey Borrero | COL | 15: 00.5 min |
3 | Domingo Amaison | ARG | 15:01.2 min |
Final: June 29th
10,000-meter run men
space | athlete | country | time |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Osvaldo Suarez | ARG | 31: 09.6 min |
2 | Domingo Amaison | ARG | 31: 17.0 min |
3 | Luiz Caetano | BRA | 31: 20.9 min |
Finale: July 4th
Half marathon men
space | athlete | country | time |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Luiz Caetano | BRA | 1: 09: 40.8 h |
2 | Luis Navas | COL | 1: 09: 54.9 h |
3 | Hérnan Barreneche | COL | 1: 11: 28.8 h |
Finale: July 7th
110-meter hurdles men
space | athlete | country | time |
---|---|---|---|
1 | John Muñoz | VEN | 15.0 s |
2 | José Telles da Conceição | BRA | 15.2 s |
3 | Cleomenes da Cunha | BRA | 15.6 s |
Finale: July 2nd
400 meter hurdles men
space | athlete | country | time |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Juan Carlos Dyrzka | ARG | 51.0 s |
2 | Víctor Maldonado | VEN | 51.5 s |
3 | Anubes da Silva | BRA | 51.8 s |
Finale: July 6th
3000 meter obstacle course men
space | athlete | country | time |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Domingo Amaison | ARG | 9: 13.0 min |
2 | Sebastião Mendes | BRA | 9: 28.7 min |
3 | José Primo | BRA | 9: 29.7 min |
Finale: July 6th
4 x 100 meter relay men
space | Athletes | country | time |
---|---|---|---|
1 |
Joe Satow Joel Costa Alfonso Coelho da Silva José Telles da Conceição |
BRA | 40.9 s |
2 |
Jaime Uribe Francisco Gutiérrez Pedro Grajales Leonel Pedroza |
COL | 41.2 s |
3 |
Carlos van Poecke Juan Carlos Dyrzka Guillermo Vallanía Carlos Biondi |
ARG | 41.6 s |
Finale: July 6th
4 x 400 meter relay men
space | Athletes | country | time |
---|---|---|---|
1 |
Arístides Piñeda Leslie mentor Víctor Maldonado Hortensio Fucil |
VEN | 3: 16.0 min |
2 |
Alfonso Coelho da Silva Joel Carvalho da Rocha Geraldo Costa Anubes da Silva |
BRA | 3: 16.9 min |
3 |
Mario Rivet Guillermo Vallanía Juan Stocker Juan Carlos Dyrzka |
ARG | 3: 18.1 min |
Finale: July 7th
High jump men
space | athlete | country | height |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Roberto Abugattas | BY | 1.97 m |
2 | Eleuterio Fassi | ARG | 1.94 m |
3 | Manuel César | BRA | 1.88 m |
Final: June 29th
Pole vault men
space | athlete | country | height |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Mario Eleusippi | ARG | 4.10 m |
2 | César Quintero | COL | 3.80 m |
3 | Marcelo de Souza | BRA | 3.70 m |
Finale: July 2nd
Long jump men
space | athlete | country | Expanse |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Héctor Thomas | VEN | 7.22 m |
2 | John Muñoz | VEN | 7.16 m |
3 | Roberto Caravaca | VEN | 6.97 m |
Final: June 30th
Triple jump men
space | athlete | country | Expanse |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Arnoldo Devonish | VEN | 15.09 m |
2 | José Lopez | VEN | 15.01 m |
3 | Mario Gomes | BRA | 14.90 m |
Finale: July 4th
Shot put men
space | athlete | country | Expanse |
---|---|---|---|
1 | José Jacques | BRA | 15.08 m |
2 | Luis di Cursi | ARG | 15.06 m |
3 | Dagoberto González | COL | 14.02 m |
Finale: July 2nd
Discus throw men
space | athlete | country | Expanse |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Dagoberto González | COL | 48.84 m |
2 | Daniel Cereali | VEN | 47.85 m |
3 | Luis di Cursi | ARG | 46.37 m |
Finale: July 6th
Hammer throw men
space | athlete | country | Expanse |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Daniel Cereali | VEN | 56.07 m |
2 | Roberto Chapchap | BRA | 55.08 m |
3 | Orlando Guaita | CHI | 54.64 m |
Final: June 30th
Javelin men
space | athlete | country | Expanse |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Héctor Thomas | VEN | 64.79 m |
2 | Walter de Almeida | BRA | 63.49 m |
3 | Patricio Etcheverry | CHI | 63.18 m |
Final: June 29th
Decathlon men
space | athlete | country | Points |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Héctor Thomas | VEN | 6825 |
2 | Cleomenes da Cunha | BRA | 6269 |
3 | Roberto Caravaca | VEN | 5991 |
July 6th and 7th
Women's competitions
The women’s team championship was won by the Brazilians with 110 points, followed by the Argentina team with 93 points and the Colombians with 18 points. Behind Venezuela with 15 points, Chile received ten points, Peru 6 points and Uruguay 2 points. Like both men, there was no point for the women from Ecuador.
100-meter run women
space | Athlete | country | time |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Erica da Silva | BRA | 12.0 s |
2 | Margarita Formeiro | ARG | 12.1 s |
3 | Susana Ritchie | ARG | 12.3 s |
Final: June 30th
200-meter run women
space | Athlete | country | time |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Erica da Silva | BRA | 24.3 s |
2 | Susana Ritchie | ARG | 25.2 s |
3 | Marta Buongiorno | ARG | 25.4 s |
Finale: July 4th
80-meter hurdles women
space | Athlete | country | time |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Emilia Dyrzka | ARG | 11.5 s |
2 | Leda dos Santos | BRA | 11.5 s |
3 | Maria Teixeira | BRA | 11.7 s |
Finale: July 7th
4 x 100 meter relay women
space | Athletes | country | time |
---|---|---|---|
1 |
Edir Ribeiro Ignes Pimenta Leontina dos Santos Erica da Silva |
BRA | 47.6 s |
2 |
Margarita Formeiro Marta Buongiorno Emilia Dyrzka Susana Ritchie |
ARG | 47.8 s |
3 |
Gloria Aguirre Ana Alvarado Smirna Paz Amparo Ramos |
COL | 49.8 s |
Finale: July 7th
High jump women
space | Athlete | country | height |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Maria da Conceição | BRA | 1.58 m |
2 | Aída dos Santos | BRA | 1.58 m |
3 | Irenice Rodrigues | BRA | 1.50 m |
Finale: July 6th
Long jump women
space | Athlete | country | Expanse |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Mabel Farina | ARG | 5.74 m |
2 | Iris dos Santos | BRA | 5.37 m |
3 | Gisela Vidal | VEN | 5.31 m |
Finale: July 2nd
Shot put women
space | Athlete | country | Expanse |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Ingeborg Pfuller | ARG | 12.82 m |
2 | Vera Trezoitko | BRA | 12.43 m |
3 | Maria de Lourdes Conceição | BRA | 12.31 m |
Finale: July 4th
Discus throw women
space | Athlete | country | Expanse |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Ingeborg Pfuller | ARG | 46.36 m |
2 | Isolina Vergara | CHI | 39.42 m |
3 | Ingeborg Mello | ARG | 39.05 m |
Final: June 29th
Javelin women
space | Athlete | country | Expanse |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Marlene Ahrens | CHI | 44.67 m |
2 | Aída dos Santos | BRA | 38.29 m |
3 | Carmen Brea | VEN | 37.93 m |
Finale: July 7th
Medal table
Medal table final after 31 decisions |
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---|---|---|---|---|---|
space | country | gold | silver | bronze | total |
1 | Venezuela | 10 | 5 | 6th | 21st |
2 | Argentina | 9 | 7th | 7th | 23 |
3 | Brazil | 7th | 12 | 12 | 31 |
4th | Colombia | 3 | 7th | 3 | 13 |
5 | Chile | 1 | - | 2 | 3 |
6th | Peru | 1 | - | 1 | 2 |
literature
- Winfried Kramer: South American Track & Field Championships 1919–1995 . Neunkirchen 1996