1952 South American Championships in Athletics

1952 South American Championships in Athletics
1952 South American Championships in Athletics
Dates	3–11 May
Host city	Buenos Aires, Argentina
	← Montevideo 1950 (U) Santiago 1953 (U) →

The 1952 South American Championships in Athletics were held in the Argentine capital, Buenos Aires, between 3 and 11 May.

Medal summary

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: -0.1 m/s)	Gerardo Salazar Peru	10.7	Gerardo Bönnhoff Argentina	10.8	José Telles da Conceição Brazil	10.8
200 metres	Gerardo Bönnhoff Argentina	21.5	Fernando Lapuente Argentina	22.0	Gustavo Ehlers Chile	22.0
400 metres	Gustavo Ehlers Chile	48.7	Argemiro Roque Brazil	49.1	Mário do Nascimento Brazil	49.7
800 metres	Argemiro Roque Brazil	1:53.3 CR	Waldomiro Monteiro Brazil	1:53.9	Carlos Gajardo Chile	1:55.3
1500 metres	Nilo Riveros Argentina	3:58.5	Guillermo Solà Chile	3:59.6	Luís Rodrigues Brazil	4:00.3
5000 metres	Raúl Inostroza Chile	14:59.8	Reinaldo Gorno Argentina	15:05.5	Juan Miranda Argentina	15:09.0
10,000 metres	Delfo Cabrera Argentina	31:05.7	Raúl Inostroza Chile	31:26.9	Corsino Fernández Argentina	31:32.3
Half marathon	Delfo Cabrera Argentina	1:09:19 CR	Reinaldo Gorno Argentina	1:11:28	Corsino Fernández Argentina	1:11:28
3000 metres steeplechase	Guillermo Solà Chile	9:32.0 CR	Edgard Mitt Brazil	9:34.6	Haroldo Gallardo Chile	9:38.4
110 metres hurdles (wind: -1.7 m/s)	Jörn Gevert Chile	14.9	Estanislao Kocourek Argentina	15.0	Wilson Carneiro Brazil	15.1
400 metres hurdles	Wilson Carneiro Brazil	52.7 CR	Jörn Gevert Chile	53.5	Pedro Yoma Chile	54.6
4 × 100 metres relay	Argentina Mariano Acosta Enrique Becles Gerardo Bönnhoff Romeo Galán	41.4 CR	Peru Gerardo Salazar Máximo Reyes Oscar Maldonado Armando Zapata	42.0	Brazil Gastão Mesquita Neto Rui Lima Geraldo Murgel Ary de Sá	42.2
4 × 400 metres relay	Brazil Wilson Carneiro Mario do Nascimento Geraldo Maranhão Argemiro Roque	3:17.5	Argentina Máximo Guerra Enrique Kistenmacher Adan Torres Gerardo Bönnhoff	3:18.0	Chile Ramón Sandoval Carlos Gajardo Reinaldo Martín Gustavo Ehlers	3:18.1
High jump	José Telles da Conceição Brazil	1.90	Ernesto Lagos Chile	1.85	Alberto Bacán Brazil	1.85
Pole vault	Hélio da Silva Brazil	4.00 =CR	Jaime Piqueras Peru	3.90	Luis Ganoza Peru	3.90
Long jump	Ary de Sá Brazil	7.39 CR	Carlos Vera Chile	7.13	Ahylton da Conceição Brazil	7.08
Triple jump	Adhemar da Silva Brazil	15.39 CR	Geraldo de Oliveira Brazil	15.11	Jorgely Figueira Brazil	14.75
Shot put	Reidar Soerlie Argentina	14.44	Augusto Maalstein Chile	13.86	Emilio Stelig Brazil	13.77
Discus throw	Reidar Soerlie Argentina	47.72 CR	Elvio Porta Argentina	45.27	Hernán Haddad Chile	45.15
Hammer throw	Arturo Melcher Chile	50.75	Elvio Porta Argentina	49.73	Emilio Ortiz Argentina	49.25
Javelin throw	Ricardo Héber Argentina	67.68 CR	Gerardo Mielke Chile	63.10	Janis Stendzenieks Chile	60.51
Decathlon	Hernán Figueroa Chile	6698	Hernán Alzamora Peru	5849	Carlos Vera Chile	5844

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Julia Sánchez Peru	12.2 CR	Adriana Millard Chile	12.4	Lilián Buglia Argentina	12.4
200 metres	Deyse de Castro Brazil	25.5* CR	Adriana Millard Chile	25.5* CR	Lilián Heinz Argentina	25.8
80 metres hurdles	Wanda dos Santos Brazil	11.7	Marion Huber Chile	11.7	Adriana Millard Chile	12.2
4 × 100 metres relay	Argentina Lilian Heinz Lilian Buglia Gladys Erbetta Ana María Fontán	48.8 CR	Brazil Lucila Pini Helene Menezes Deyse de Castro Benedita de Oliveira	48.8	Chile Betty Kretschmer Adriana Millard Norma Díaz Aurora Bianchi	49.1
High jump	Elizabeth Müller Brazil	1.53	Deyse de Castro Brazil	1.53	María Cañas Chile	1.45
Long jump	Gladys Erbetta Argentina	5.52	Adriana Millard Chile	5.39	Wanda dos Santos Brazil	5.26
Shot put	Ingeborg Mello Argentina	11.48	Ingeborg Pfüller Argentina	11.35	Ilse Gerdau Brazil	11.25
Discus throw	Ingeborg Mello Argentina	40.14 CR	Ingeborg Pfüller Argentina	40.07	Ilse Gerdau Brazil	36.78
Javelin throw	Gerda Martín Chile	39.16 CR	Edith Thomas Chile	38.80	Estrella Puente Uruguay	37.89

* = after run-off, both athletes ran 25.5 in both races

Medal table


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Argentina (ARG)	12	10	6	28
2	Brazil (BRA)	10	6	12	28
3	Chile (CHI)	7	12	11	30
4	Peru (PER)	2	3	1	6
5	Uruguay (URU)	0	0	1	1
Totals (5 entries)		31	31	31	93

External links

Men Results – GBR Athletics
Women Results – GBR Athletics
Medallists

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