1941 South American Championships in Athletics

The 1941 South American Championships in Athletics were held in the Argentine capital, Buenos Aires.

Medal summary

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	José de Assis  Brazil	10.8	José Ferraz  Brazil	10.9	Roberto Valenzuela  Chile	11.1
200 metres	José de Assis  Brazil	21.4 =CR	Luis Venini  Argentina	21.8	Roberto Valenzuela  Chile	22.4
400 metres	Rosalvo Ramos  Brazil	50.2	Agenor da Silva  Brazil	50.3	Antonio Cuba  Peru	50.4
800 metres	Guillermo García  Chile	1:54.2 CR	Isidoro Ferrere  Argentina	1:55.7	Roberto Yokota  Chile	1:55.7
1500 metres	Guillermo García  Chile	3:58.7	Isidoro Ferrere  Argentina	4:02.2	Arturo Torres  Chile	4:03.1
3000 metres	Raúl Ibarra  Argentina	8:39.4 CR	Arturo Torres  Chile	8:47.6	Delfo Cabrera  Argentina	8:48.0
5000 metres	Raúl Ibarra  Argentina	14:57.2 CR	Reinaldo Gorno  Argentina	15:12.1	Raúl Inostroza  Chile	15:13.3
10000 metres	Raúl Ibarra  Argentina	30:45.0 CR	Reinaldo Gorno  Argentina	31:39.6	René Millas  Chile	31:41.8
Road race	Tomás Palomeque  Argentina	2:03:16	Saturnino Cuello  Argentina	2:03:22	Eusebio Guiñez  Argentina	2:03:42
110 metres hurdles	Mário da Cunha  Brazil	15.1	Hélio Pereira  Brazil	15.2	Julio Jaime  Uruguay	15.5
400 metres hurdles	Alfonso Hoelzel  Chile	56.4	Alfonso Rozas  Chile	56.9	Sylvio Padilha  Brazil	57.0
High jump	Guido Hanning  Chile	1.94 CR	Alfredo Mendes  Brazil	1.85	Faustino Poyo  Argentina	1.85
Pole vault	Lúcio de Castro  Brazil	4.00 CR	Icaro Mello  Brazil	4.00	Erwin Reimer  Chile	3.70
Long jump	Guillermo Dyer  Peru	7.20	Ernesto Juárez  Argentina	7.05	Mario Quesada  Argentina	6.94
Triple jump	Carlos Pinto  Brazil	15.10	Néstor Tenorio  Argentina	14.90	Jorge Richard  Brazil	14.59
Shot put	Ricardo Nitz  Brazil	14.62 CR	Carmine Di Giorgio  Brazil	13.71	Antônio Lyra  Brazil	13.51
Discus throw	Manuel Consiglieri  Peru	46.40 CR	Karsten Brödersen  Chile	45.05	Bento Barros  Brazil	45.02
Hammer throw	Assis Naban  Brazil	49.71	Juan Fusé  Argentina	48.98	Federico Kleger  Argentina	46.60
Javelin throw	Egon Falkenberg  Brazil	59.42	Alberto Becher  Argentina	59.05	Efraín Santibáñez  Chile	56.37
Decathlon	Emilio Rüegg  Brazil	6411	Juan Colín  Chile	6315	Karsten Brödersen  Chile	6037
4 × 100 metres relay	Brazil	42.3	Chile	42.7	Argentina	43.4
4 × 400 metres relay	Chile	3:21.9	Argentina	3:22.3	Uruguay	3:27.8
3000 metres team race	Argentina	10	Chile	14	Brazil	26
Cross country	Raúl Ibarra  Argentina	36:11.0	Raúl Inostroza  Venezuela	37:18.0	René Aldana  Chile	37:27.4

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Lelia Spuhr  Argentina	13.1	María Malvicini  Argentina	13.3	Crista Jane Giese  Brazil	13.3
200 metres	Lelia Spuhr  Argentina	26.0	Elizabeth Müller  Brazil	26.4	Julia Yáñez  Peru	27.6
80 metres hurdles	Crista Jane Giese  Brazil	12.4 CR	Betty Morales  Chile	12.5	Ursula Hennel  Brazil	13.0
High jump	Lelia Spuhr  Argentina	1.55 CR	Ilse Barends  Chile	1.50	Crista Jane Giese  Brazil Instrud Kastdorff  Uruguay Noemi Simonetto  Argentina	1.45
Long jump	Instrud Kastdorff  Uruguay	5.12	Ilse Barends  Chile	5.03	Noemí Simonetto  Argentina	4.96
Shot put	Ingeborg Mello  Argentina	11.81 CR	Edith Klempau  Chile	10.74	Julia Iriarte  Bolivia	10.45
Discus throw	Christel Balde  Chile	35.59 CR	María Boecke  Chile	35.04	Ingeborg Mello  Argentina	33.80
Javelin throw	Ruth Caro  Argentina	36.87 CR	Ursula Holle  Chile	36.68	Olga Merino  Chile	34.63
4 × 100 metres relay	Argentina	51.2	Chile	51.8	Brazil	52.6

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Argentina	12	12	9	33
2	Brazil	12	7	9	28
3	Chile	6	13	11	30
4	Peru	2	0	2	4
5	Uruguay	1	0	3	4
6	Venezuela	0	1	0	1
7	Bolivia	0	0	1	1

External links

• Men Results – GBR Athletics
• Women Results – GBR Athletics

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See also: Athletics at the South American Games