South American Athletics Championships 1975

The XXVIII. The South American Athletics Championships took place in Rio de Janeiro from August 26 to 31, 1975 , around six weeks before the Pan American Games in Mexico City .

The most successful participant was the Brazilian sprinter Rui da Silva with three gold medals. His compatriot Silvina Pereira also won three golds and another silver medal. Brazil won both team championships in 1975, as it did at all South American championships after 1975. (As of 2009)

Men's competitions

The men's team championship was won by the Brazilian team with 254 points, ahead of the Colombia team with 156.5 points and the Argentines with 138 points. Behind the Chileans with 70 points, the Uruguayans achieved 24 points, followed by Peru with 7.5 points and Ecuador with 7 points.

100-meter run men

space	athlete	country	time
1	Rui da Silva	BRA	10.5 s
2	Nelson dos Santos	BRA	10.7 s
3	Gustavo Dubarbier	ARG	10.7 s

Final: August 27th

200-meter run men

space	athlete	country	time
1	Rui da Silva	BRA	20.9 s
2	Jorge Mathias	BRA	21.5 s
3	Gustavo Dubarbier	ARG	21.5 s

Final: August 29th

400-meter run men

space	athlete	country	time
1	Delmo da Silva	BRA	47.0 s
2	Jesús Villegas	COL	48.0 s
3	Pedro Teixeira	BRA	48.4 s

Final: August 27th

800 meter run men

space	athlete	country	time
1	Carlos Villar	ARG	1: 50.6 min
2	Darcy Pereira	BRA	1: 51.4 min
3	Agberto Guimarães	BRA	1: 51.8 min

Final: August 28th

1500 meter run men

space	athlete	country	time
1	Jesús Barrero	COL	3: 50.2 min
2	Abel Cordoba	ARG	3: 50.9 min
3	Cosme do Nascimento	BRA	3: 52.4 min

Final: August 29th

5000 meter run men

space	athlete	country	time
1	Domingo Tibaduiza	COL	14: 01.2 min
2	Victor Mora	COL	14: 02.2 min
3	Edmundo Warnke	CHI	14: 05.6 min

Final: August 28th

10,000-meter run men

space	athlete	country	time
1	Victor Mora	COL	28: 45.8 min
2	Domingo Tibaduiza	COL	28: 45.8 min
3	Edmundo Warnke	CHI	28: 46.2 min

Final: August 26th

Marathon men

space	athlete	country	time
1	Héctor Rodríguez	COL	2: 12: 08.2 h
2	Brígido Ferreira	BRA	2: 21: 55.4 h
3	César Pastrano	ECU	2: 28: 55.0 h

Final: August 30th

The distance run is classified as doubtful.

110-meter hurdles men

space	athlete	country	time
1	Márcio Lomónaco	BRA	14.2 s
2	Jesús Villegas	COL	14.4 s
3	Alfredo Guzman	CHI	14.8 s

Finale: August 31

400 meter hurdles men

space	athlete	country	time
1	Jesús Villegas	COL	50.8 s
2	Fabio Zúñiga	COL	51.2 s
3	Aroldo da Silva	BRA	51.7 s

Final: August 29th

3000 meter obstacle course men

space	athlete	country	time
1	José Romão da Silva	BRA	8: 46.0 min
2	Victor Mora	COL	8: 53.8 min
3	Jesús Barrero	COL	9:00, 4 min

Finale: August 31

4 x 100 meter relay men

space	Athletes	country	time
1	Ronaldo Lobato Nelson dos Santos Oliveira Rui da Silva	BRA	40.3 s
2	Benjamin Herrera Jasús Villegas Fabio Zúñiga Julio Escobar	COL	40.7 s
3	Carlos Martínez Carlos Bertotti Raúl Ham Gustavo Dubarbier	ARG	41.1 s

Finale: August 31

4 x 400 meter relay men

space	Athletes	country	time
1	GP da Silva Aroldo da Silva Pedro Teixeira Delmo da Silva	BRA	3: 09.2 min
2	Gustavo Dubarbier Ruben Buscalia Hugo Tanino Carlos Bertotti	ARG	3: 14.6 min
3	Alfredo Guzman Santiago Gordon Francisco Pichott Silva	CHI	3: 22.1 min

Finale: August 31

20-kilometer walk

space	athlete	country	time
1	Ernesto Alfaro	COL	1: 39: 12.0 h
2	Rafael Vega	COL	1: 39: 52.0 h
3	Adalberto Scorza	ARG	1: 42: 14.8 h

Finale: August 31

High jump men

space	athlete	country	height
1	Benedito Francisco	BRA	2.10 m
2	Luis Barrionuevo	ARG	2.03 m
	Daniel Mamet	ARG	2.03 m

Finale: August 31

Pole vault men

space	athlete	country	height
1	Renato Bortolocci	BRA	4.50 m
2	Ciro Valdez	COL	4.50 m
3	Fernando Ruocco	URU	4.00 m

Final: August 30th

Long jump men

space	athlete	country	Expanse
1	João Carlos de Oliveira	BRA	7.66 m
2	Emilio Mazzeo	ARG	7.39 m
3	Ronaldo Lobato	BRA	7.33 m

Final: August 27th

Triple jump men

space	athlete	country	Expanse
1	João Carlos de Oliveira	BRA	16.48 m
2	Nelson Prudêncio	BRA	16.45 m
3	Francisco Pichott	CHI	15.07 m

Final: August 26th

Shot put men

space	athlete	country	Expanse
1	Juan Turri	ARG	18.21 m
2	José Jacques	BRA	16.53 m
3	José Carbolante	BRA	16.39 m

Final: August 26th

Discus throw men

space	athlete	country	Expanse
1	Sergio Thomé	BRA	50.84 m
2	José Jacques	BRA	49.64 m
3	Mario Peretti	ARG	47.82 m

Final: August 27th

Hammer throw men

space	athlete	country	Expanse
1	Darwin Piñeyrúa	URU	61.20 m
2	José Vallejo	ARG	61.10 m
3	Celso de Moraes	BRA	60.84 m

Final: August 30th

Javelin men

space	athlete	country	Expanse
1	Jorge Peña	CHI	71.74 m
2	Mario Sotomayor	COL	71.16 m
3	Paulo de Faria	BRA	69.40 m

Finale: August 31

Decathlon men

space	athlete	country	Points
1	Tito Steiner	ARG	7615
2	Geraldo Rodrigues	BRA	6939
3	Alfredo Silva	CHI	6794

August 28th and 29th

Women's competitions

The Brazilian team won the women's team with 197 points, ahead of the Argentinians with 111.5 points and the Chile team with 33.5 points. Behind the Uruguayans with 32 points, Peru received 27 points, Colombia 10 points and Ecuador 2 points.

100-meter run women

space	Athlete	country	time
1	Silvina Pereira	BRA	11.7 s
2	Carmela Bolivar	BY	11.9 s
3	Beatriz Allocco	ARG	11.9 s

Final: August 29th

200-meter run women

space	Athlete	country	time
1	Silvina Pereira	BRA	23.4 s
2	Beatriz Allocco	ARG	24.2 s
3	Margarita green	URU	24.9 s

Final: August 27th

400-meter run women

space	Athlete	country	time
1	Alejandra Ramos	CHI	55.7 s
2	Valdea Chagas	BRA	55.9 s
3	Miriam da Silva	BRA	56.0 s

Final: August 29th

800 meter run women

space	Athlete	country	time
1	Ana María Nielsen	ARG	2: 10.7 min
2	Rosângela Verissimo	BRA	2: 10.8 min
3	Alejandra Ramos	CHI	2: 12.1 min

Finale: August 31

1500-meter run women

space	Athlete	country	time
1	Ana María Nielsen	ARG	4: 27.0 min
2	Iris Fernández	ARG	4: 31.9 min
3	Mara Fuhrmann	BRA	4: 34.7 min

Final: August 28th

100 meter hurdles women

space	Athlete	country	time
1	Maria Luisa Betioli	BRA	14.3 s
2	Emilia Dyrzka	ARG	14.6 s
3	Viviane Nouailhetas	BRA	14.7 s

Final: August 27th

4 x 100 meter relay women

space	Athletes	country	time
1	Belkis Fava Angela Godoy Liliana Cragno Beatriz Allocco	ARG	45.9 s
2	Pacifico Maria Amorin Elisabeth Nunes Silvina Pereira	BRA	45.9 s
3	Adriana Caruggi Beatriz Pacheco Carmela Bolivar Simone Krauthausen	BY	48.5 s

Finale: August 31

4 x 400 meter relay women

space	Athletes	country	time
1	Maria da Silva Rosângela Verissimo Valdea Chagas Miriam da Silva	BRA	3: 43.8 min
2	Angela Godoy Rita Maria Femia Adriana Britos Graciela Ghelfi	ARG	3: 52.6 min
3	Alicia Vicent Laura Oyhantcabal Josefa Vicent Margarita Green	URU	3: 56.4 min

Final: August 27th

High jump women

space	Athlete	country	height
1	Maria Luisa Betioli	BRA	1.75 m
2	Jurema da Silva	BRA	1.68 m
3	Rosemarie Boeck	BY	1.62 m

Final: August 27th

Long jump women

space	Athlete	country	Expanse
1	Silvina Pereira	BRA	6.11 m
2	Marlene Nascimento	BRA	5.84 m
3	Yvonne Neddermann	ARG	5.77 m

Final: August 29th

Shot put women

space	Athlete	country	Expanse
1	Maria Boso	BRA	14.05 m
2	Rosa Molina	CHI	13.52 m
3	Veronika Brunner	BRA	13.33 m

Final: August 29th

Discus throw women

space	Athlete	country	Expanse
1	Odete Domingos	BRA	50.78 m
2	Maria Boso	BRA	45.18 m
3	Gladys Ortega	ARG	42.24 m

Final: August 26th

Javelin women

space	Athlete	country	Expanse
1	Mariela Zapata	COL	43.72 m
2	Barbara dos Santos	BRA	41.10 m
3	Maria Rojas	CHI	40.68 m

Final: August 27th

Pentathlon women

space	Athlete	country	Points
1	Conceição Geremias	BRA	3904
2	Themis Zambrzycki	BRA	3790
3	Emilia Dyrzka	ARG	3708

August 30th and 31st

Medal table

Medal table final after 37 decisions
space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	Brazil	21st	16	12	49
2	Colombia	7th	10	1	18th
3	Argentina	6th	9	10	25th
4th	Chile	2	1	8th	11
5	Uruguay	1	-	3	4th
6th	Peru	-	1	2	3
7th	Ecuador	-	-	1	1

literature

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

Web links

• Results of men
• Results of women

Individual evidence

1. ^ Kramer: South American Championships, p. 102