1977 South American Championships in Athletics

The 1977 South American Championships in Athletics were held in Montevideo, Uruguay, between 4 and 6 November 1977.

1977 South American Championships in Athletics
Dates	4–6 November
Host city	Montevideo, Uruguay
← Rio de Janeiro 1975 Bucaramanga 1979 →

Medal summary

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: +1.5 m/s)	Rui da Silva Brazil	10.3	Katsuhiko Nakaia Brazil	10.4	Miguel Sulbarán Venezuela	10.6
200 metres (wind: 0.0 m/s)	Rui da Silva Brazil	21.3	Katsuhiko Nakaia Brazil	21.7	Hipólito Brown Venezuela	22.1
400 metres	Delmo da Silva Brazil	47.70	Ariel Santolaya Chile	47.71	Djalma de Oliveira Brazil	48.24
800 metres	Agberto Guimarães Brazil	1:52.4	Omar Amdematten Argentina	1:52.8	Ricardo Vigo Argentina	1:53.3
1500 metres	José González Venezuela	3:51.7	Emilio Ulloa Chile	3:51.7	Cosme do Nascimento Brazil	3:51.7
5000 metres	Domingo Tibaduiza Colombia	14:24.4	Darcy Pereira Brazil	14:25.4	Jairo Correa Colombia	14:26.0
10,000 metres	Domingo Tibaduiza Colombia	29:44.2	Aloisio de Araújo Brazil	29:57.0	Carlos Alves Brazil	30:12.3
Marathon	Héctor Rodríguez Colombia	2:19:56	Víctor Rodríguez Colombia	2:24:48	Elói Schleder Brazil	2:26:48
110 metres hurdles (wind: 0.0 m/s)	Oscar Marín Venezuela	15.0	Jesús Villegas Colombia	15.0	Carlos dos Santos Brazil	15.2
400 metres hurdles	Moisés Zambrano Venezuela	53.7	Donizete Soares Brazil	54.1	Joelmerson de Carvalho Brazil	54.4
3000 metres steeplechase	Jairo Correa Colombia	9:00.5	Lucirio Garrido Venezuela	9:01.5	Abel Córdoba Argentina	9:13.0
4 × 100 metres relay	Brazil Antonio Carlos Nunes Nelson dos Santos Rui da Silva Katsuhiko Nakaya	41.4	Venezuela José Chacín Manuel Briceno Ely Zabala Hipolito Brown	41.7	Uruguay Servio Labruna Luis Sánchez Luis Barbosa José Gonçalves	42.1
4 × 400 metres relay	Brazil Delmo da Silva Donizete Soares Pedro Teixeira Djalma de Oliveira	3:15.1	Venezuela Héctor López Hipolito Brown Alexis Herrera José Moisés Zambrano	3:17.4	Chile Emilio Ulloa Cristián Molina Rafael Rossi Ariel Santolaya	3:23.1
20 kilometres road walk	Enrique Peña Colombia	1:37:21 CR	Osvaldo Morejón Bolivia	1:39:23	Rafael Vega Colombia	1:40:14
High jump	Iraja Cecy Brazil	2.05	Luis Arbulú Peru	2.00	Luis Barrionuevo Argentina	2.00
Pole vault	Renato Bortolocci Brazil	4.40	Tito Steiner Argentina	4.30	Fernando Hoces Chile	4.10
Long jump	João Carlos de Oliveira Brazil	7.95 CR	Hugo Meriano Argentina	7.31	Ronald Raborg Peru	7.22
Triple jump	João Carlos de Oliveira Brazil	16.40	Ángel Gagliano Argentina	15.15	Francisco Pichott Chile	14.87
Shot put	José Carbolante Brazil	16.83	José Carreño Venezuela	15.70	José Jacques Brazil	15.62
Discus throw	Sérgio Thomé Brazil	52.24	Modesto Barreto Colombia	50.64	José Jacques Brazil	46.42
Hammer throw	Daniel Gómez Argentina	64.66 CR	Celso de Moraes Brazil	63.52	Ivam Bertelli Brazil	63.40
Javelin throw	Mario Sotomayor Colombia	66.96	Paulo de Faría Brazil	66.50	Ramón Ángel Garmendia Argentina	65.72
Decathlon	Tito Steiner Argentina	7411	Renato Bortolocci Brazil	7076	Ramón Montezuma Venezuela	6976

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: +0.5 m/s)	Beatriz Allocco Argentina	11.97	Beatriz Capotosto Argentina	12.20	Carmela Bolívar Peru Carla Herencia Chile	12.27
200 metres	Beatriz Allocco Argentina	24.7	Sueli Machado Brazil	25.2	Flavia Villar Chile	25.3
400 metres	Eucaris Caicedo Colombia	55.3	Adriana Marchena Venezuela	56.48	Marcela López Espinosa Argentina	56.69
800 metres	Alejandra Ramos Chile	2:12.3	Adriana Marchena Venezuela	2:15.8	Aparecida Adão Brazil	2:15.8
1500 metres	Alejandra Ramos Chile	4:39.8	Maria Dias Brazil	4:46.8	Mery Rojas Bolivia	4:46.8
100 metres hurdles (wind: -0.5 m/s)	Edith Noeding Peru	14.47	Themis Zambrzycki Brazil	14.76	Maria Luisa Betioli Brazil	14.80
4 × 100 metres relay	Argentina Araceli Bruschini Susana Perizzotti Beatriz Capotosto Beatriz Allocco	46.7	Chile Flavia Villar Carla Herencia Veronika Kinzer Pía Ábalos	47.8	Brazil Maria Levien Sueli Ferreira Conceição Geremias Barbara do Nascimento	47.8
4 × 400 metres relay	Brazil Tânia Miranda Sueli Machado Joyce Felipe dos Santos Inoilde Cruz	3:49.7	Argentina Graciela Escalada Beatriz Allocco Marcela López Silvia Augsburger	3:53.4	Venezuela Adriana Marchena Elsa Antúnez Yaneth Carvajal Lourdes Nicola	3:55.2
High jump	Maria Luisa Betioli Brazil	1.80 CR	Beatriz Bonfim Brazil	1.70	Beatriz Arancibia Chile	1.60
Long jump	Yvonne Neddermann Argentina	5.65	Themis Zambrzycki Brazil	5.49	Conceição Geremias Brazil	5.49
Shot put	Maria Boso Brazil	13.80	Lorena Prado Chile	13.26	Marinalva dos Santos Brazil	12.59
Discus throw	Odete Domingos Brazil	51.56 CR	Thea Reinhardt Brazil	49.68	Patricia Andrus Venezuela	40.86
Javelin throw	Patricia Guerrero Peru	45.46	Neuza Trolezzi Brazil	42.92	Magali Lopes Brazil	41.18
Pentathlon	Conceição Geremias Brazil	3863	Themis Zambrzycki Brazil	3856	Yvonne Neddermann Argentina	3425

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Brazil (BRA)	17	16	15	48
2	Colombia (COL)	7	3	2	12
3	Argentina (ARG)	6	6	6	18
4	Venezuela (VEN)	3	6	5	14
5	Chile (CHI)	2	4	6	12
6	Peru (PER)	2	1	2	5
7	Bolivia (BOL)	0	1	1	2
8	Uruguay (URU)	0	0	1	1
Totals (8 entries)		37	37	38	112

External links

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