1979 South American Athletics Championships

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The XXX. The South American Athletics Championships took place from October 31 to November 4, 1979 in the Colombian city of Bucaramanga .

The most successful participant was the Brazilian sprinter Altevir de Araújo with two gold medals and one silver medal. In the women's category , the Argentinean Beatriz Allocco won three gold medals.

Men's competitions

The men's team championship was won by the Brazilian team with 189 points, ahead of the Venezuelans with 145 points and the Colombian team with 105 points as well as the Chileans with 94 and the Argentines with 90 points. Behind the Peruvians with 14 points, the Uruguayans got 10 points as did Panama, Bolivia got 9 points and Paraguay got 8 points.

100-meter run men

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1 Altevir de Araújo BRA 10.1 s
2 Manuel Ramírez COL 10.4 s
3 Reinaldo Lizardi VEN 10.6 s

Final: November 1st

200-meter run men

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1 Altevir de Araújo BRA 20.5 s
2 Katsuhiko Nakaia BRA 20.8 s
3 Hector Daley PAN 21.1 s

Final: November 4th

400-meter run men

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1 Geraldo Pegado BRA 46.2 s
2 Antônio Dias Ferreira BRA 46.9 s
3 Hector Daley PAN 47.4 s

Final: November 1st

800 meter run men

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1 Cristian Molina CHI 1: 47.8 min
2 William Wuycke VEN 1: 47.9 min
3 Pedro Caceres ARG 1: 48.5 min

Final: November 4th

1500 meter run men

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1 Emilio Ulloa CHI 3: 47.0 min
2 José Velásquez VEN 3: 47.6 min
3 Wilson de Santana BRA 3: 47.9 min

Final: November 2nd

5000 meter run men

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1 Alejandro Silva CHI 13: 57.2 min
2 Domingo Tibaduiza COL 14: 03.4 min
3 Johnny Pérez BOL 14: 16.1 min

Final: November 4th

10,000-meter run men

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1 Silvio Salazar COL 28: 50.4 min
2 Domingo Tibaduiza COL 28: 51.2 min
3 Víctor Maldonado VEN 29: 37.3 min

Finale: October 31

Marathon men

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1 Luis Barbosa COL
2 Alfonso Torres COL
3 Lucirio Garrido VEN

Final: November 4th

The length of the course was about 37 kilometers.

110-meter hurdles men

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1 Wellington da Nobrega BRA 14.4 s
2 Carlos dos Santos BRA 14.6 s
3 Andrés Lyon CHI 14.9 s

Final: November 1st

400 meter hurdles men

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1 Antônio Dias Ferreira BRA 50.7 s
2 Donizete Soares BRA 51.1 s
3 José Davis VEN 51.5 s

Final: November 4th

3000 meter obstacle course men

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1 German Aranda COL 8: 52.3 min
2 Eloi Schleder BRA 8: 57.4 min
3 Johnny Perez BOL 8: 58.6 min

Finale: October 31

4 x 100 meter relay men

Final: November 2nd

4 x 400 meter relay men

Final: November 4th

20-kilometer walk

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1 Ernesto Alfaro COL
2 Waldemar da Silva BRA
3 Jorge Quiñones COL

Final: November 1st

The distance was less than 20 kilometers.

High jump men

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1 Daniel Mamet ARG 2.12 m
2 Geraldo Rodrigues BRA 2.09 m
Iraja Cecy BRA 2.09 m

Final: November 3rd

Pole vault men

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1 Fernando Ruocco URU 4.70 m
2 Tito Steiner ARG 4.60 m
3 Henry Gomez COL 4.45 m

Final: November 1st

Long jump men

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1 Oswaldo Torres VEN 7.67 m
2 Carlos Gambetta ARG 7.58 m
3 Francisco Carlos de Oliveira BRA 7.57 m

Final: November 2nd

Triple jump men

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1 José Salazar VEN 16.23 m
2 Francisco Carlos de Oliveira BRA 16.15 m
3 Celso Pereira BRA 15.83 m

Final: November 4th

Shot put men

space athlete country Expanse
1 Gert Weil CHI 16.42 m
2 Jesus Ramos VEN 16.22 m
3 José Jacques BRA 16.20 m

Final: November 1st

Discus throw men

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1 Sergio Thomé BRA
2 Luis Palacios VEN
3 José Jacques BRA

Finale: October 31

Instead of the mandatory 2-kilogram disc, a 1.75-kilogram disc was thrown.

Hammer throw men

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1 José Vallejos ARG 63.44 m
2 Celso de Moraes BRA 61.44 m
3 Daniel Gomez ARG 57.60 m

Final: November 4th

Javelin men

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1 Ramón Ángel Garmendia ARG 72.32 m
2 Organ Rodríguez VEN 70.32 m
3 Paulo Hasse BRA 68.84 m

Final: November 2nd

Decathlon men

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1 Alfred Silva CHI 6991
2 Ramon Montezuma VEN 6964
3 Claudio Escauriza PAR 6791

November 1st and 2nd

Women's competitions

The Brazilian team won the women's team with 174 points, ahead of the Argentines with 93 points and the Chile team with 59 points. Behind the Colombians with 48 points, the Venezuelans achieved 37 points, Peru 24 points and Uruguay 7 points.

100-meter run women

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1 Beatriz Allocco ARG 11.7 s
2 Carmela Bolivar BY 11.8 s
3 Esmeralda de Jesus Garcia BRA 11.8 s

Final: November 1st

200-meter run women

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1 Beatriz Allocco ARG 23.5 s
2 Tania Miranda BRA 24.1 s
3 Esmeralda de Jesus Garcia BRA 24.1 s

Final: November 4th

400-meter run women

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1 Tania Miranda BRA 54.2 s
2 Margarita green URU 54.8 s
3 Miriam Rojas COL 54.8 s

Final: November 1st

800 meter run women

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1 Alejandra Ramos CHI 2: 04.2 min
2 Nancy González CHI 2: 09.8 min
3 Adriana Marchena VEN 2: 10.4 min

Final: November 3rd

1500-meter run women

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1 Alejandra Ramos CHI 4: 23.2 min
2 Teresa Rodríguez COL 4: 32.6 min
3 Mónica Regonesi CHI 4: 36.1 min

Finale: October 31

100 meter hurdles women

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1 Yvonne Neddermann ARG 14.2 s
2 Olga Verissimo BRA 14.4 s
3 Beatriz Capotosto ARG 14.7 s

Final: November 2nd

4 x 100 meter relay women

Final: November 2nd

4 x 400 meter relay women

space Athletes country time
1 MT Soares
Joyce dos Santos
Conceição Geremias
Tania Miranda 		BRA 3: 42.0 min
2 Maria Guzman
Carla Herencia
Nancy González
Alejandra Ramos 		CHI 3: 44.6 min
3 Mancilla
Estela Villa
Maria Ocoro
Miriam Rojas 		COL 3: 45.1 min

Final: November 4th

High jump women

space Athlete country height
1 Ana Maria Marcon BRA 1.75 m
2 Liliana Arigoni ARG 1.75 m
3 Beatriz Bonfim BRA 1.70 m

Final: November 1st

Long jump women

space Athlete country Expanse
1 Themis Zambrzycki BRA 6.03 m
2 Conceição Geremias BRA 5.95 m
3 Yvonne Neddermann ARG 5.92 m

Final: November 3rd

Shot put women

space Athlete country Expanse
1 Magdalena Gomez COL 13.94 m
2 Themis Zambrzycki BRA 13.84 m
3 Maria Boso BRA 13.24 m

Final: November 2nd

Discus throw women

space Athlete country Expanse
1 Sandra Peres BRA 46.11 m
2 Maria Boso BRA 42.54 m
3 Selene Saldarriaga COL 41.78 m

Final: November 2nd

Javelin women

space Athlete country Expanse
1 Marli dos Santos BRA 50.92 m
2 Neuza Trolezzi BRA 45.07 m
3 Ana María Campillay ARG 42.30 m

Finale: October 31

Pentathlon women

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1 Themis Zambrzycki BRA 4117
2 Conceição Geremias BRA 3880
3 Yvonne Neddermann ARG 3833

October 31st and November 1st

Medal table

Medal
table final after 37 decisions
space country gold silver bronze total
1 Brazil 13 18th 12 43
2 Argentina 7th 4th 7th 18th
3 Chile 7th 2 3 12
4th Colombia 5 5 4th 14th
5 Venezuela 4th 6th 6th 16
6th Uruguay 1 1 - 2
7th Peru - 1 - 1
8th Panama - - 2 2
Bolivia - - 2 2
10 Paraguay - - 1 1

literature

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

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