1952 South American Championships in Athletics

The 1952 South American Championships in Athletics were held in the Argentine capital, Buenos Aires.

Medal summary

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	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
10000 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	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
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
4 × 100 metres relay	Argentina	41.4 CR	Peru	42.0	Brazil	42.2
4 × 400 metres relay	Brazil	3:17.5	Argentina	3:18.0	Chile	3:18.1

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
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
4 × 100 metres relay	Argentina	48.8 CR	Brazil	48.8	Chile	49.1

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

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Argentina	12	10	6	28
2	Brazil	10	6	12	28
3	Chile	7	12	11	30
4	Peru	2	3	1	6
5	Uruguay	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