1956 South American Championships in Athletics

The 1956 South American Championships in Athletics were held in the Chilean capital, Santiago, between 14 and 22 April.

1956 South American Championships in Athletics
Dates14–22 April
Host citySantiago, Chile

Medal summary

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Men's events

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres Paulo de Fonseca
  Brazil
10.6 Gerardo Bönnhoff
  Argentina
10.7 João Pires Sobrinho
  Brazil
10.7
200 metres João Pires Sobrinho
  Brazil
21.5 Jaime Aparicio
  Colombia
21.7 Gerardo Bönnhoff
  Argentina
21.8
400 metres Jaime Aparicio
  Colombia
47.7 CR Zados Guardiola
  Colombia
48.2 Argemiro Roque
  Brazil
49.0
800 metres Ramón Sandoval
  Chile
1:49.0 CR Eduardo Balducci
  Argentina
1:51.5 Argemiro Roque
  Brazil
1:52.4
1500 metres Ramón Sandoval
  Chile
3:48.4 CR Eduardo Balducci
  Argentina
3:53.4 Waldo Sandoval
  Chile
3:54.5
5000 metres Osvaldo Suárez
  Argentina
14:30.8 CR Jaime Correa
  Chile
14:47.8 Walter Lemos
  Argentina
14:51.7
10,000 metres Osvaldo Suárez
  Argentina
30:12.2 CR Walter Lemos
  Argentina
30:27.4 Alfredo de Oliveira
  Brazil
31:41.0
Half marathon Osvaldo Suárez
  Argentina
1:08:54 CR Walter Lemos
  Argentina
1:09:00 Juan Silva
  Chile
1:10:31
3000 metres steeplechase Santiago Novas
  Chile
9:09.0 CR Sebastião Mendes
  Brazil
9:17.4 Guillermo Solá
  Chile
9:25.8
110 metres hurdles Ijoel da Silva
  Brazil
14.7 Estanislao Kocourek
  Argentina
14.9 Francisco Bergonzoni
  Brazil
15.1
400 metres hurdles Jaime Aparicio
  Colombia
52.0 CR Zados Guardiola
  Colombia
53.1 Anubes da Silva
  Brazil
54.2
4 × 100 metres relay   Brazil
João Pires Sobrinho
Jorge de Barros
Paulo da Fonseca
Anubes da Silva
41.4   Argentina
Luis Vienna
Roberto Ferrairo
Gerardo Bönnhoff
Mariano Acosta
41.5   Colombia
Gilberto Truque
Constantino Fascie
Antonio Vanegas
Aristipo Lerma
42.6
4 × 400 metres relay   Colombia
Jaime Aparicio
Zados Guardiola
Carlos Sierra
Antonio Vanegas
3:14.6 CR   Brazil
Argemiro Roque
Mário do Nascimento
Adhemar da Silva
Agenor da Silva
3:16.1   Argentina
Rodolfo Beltrán
Mariano Acosta
Gerardo Bönnhoff
Eduardo Balducci
3:16.8
High jump Oscar Bártoli
  Argentina
1.93 Ernesto Lagos
  Chile
1.90 Alberto Bacán
  Brazil
Juan Ruiz
  Chile
1.85
Pole vault José Infante
  Chile
3.90 José Rojas
  Chile
3.90 Fausto de Souza
  Brazil
3.90
Long jump Fermín Donazar
  Uruguay
7.23 Ary de Sá
  Brazil
7.14 Luís Akuta
  Brazil
7.10
Triple jump Jorgely Figueira
  Brazil
15.14 Luis Huarcaya
  Peru
14.59 Carlos Vera
  Chile
14.63
Shot put Alcides Dambrós
  Brazil
14.97 Rubén Scaraffia
  Argentina
14.72 Günther Kruse
  Argentina
13.97
Discus throw Günther Kruse
  Argentina
48.57 CR Hernán Haddad
  Chile
47.24 Pedro Ucke
  Argentina
46.56
Hammer throw Alejandro Díaz
  Chile
52.88 Edmundo Zúñiga
  Chile
51.71 Elvio Porta
  Argentina
51.55
Javelin throw Ricardo Héber
  Argentina
64.45 Néstor Matteucci
  Argentina
61.51 Carlos Monge
  Peru
59.20
Decathlon Héctor Menacho
  Peru
5670 Leonardo Kittsteiner
  Chile
5499 Aldo Ribeiro
  Brazil
5401

Women's events

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres Gladys Erbetta
  Argentina
12.2 =CR Beatriz Kretschmer
  Chile
12.4 Eliana Gaete
  Chile
12.4
200 metres Beatriz Kretschmer
  Chile
25.5 =CR Gladys Erbetta
  Argentina
25.8 Martha Huby
  Peru
26.1
80 metres hurdles Wanda dos Santos
  Brazil
11.5 Eliana Gaete
  Chile
11.6 Ada Brener
  Argentina
11.9
4 × 100 metres relay   Argentina
Gladys Erbetta
Lilian Buglia
Edith Berg
Olga Bianchi
48.6   Chile
Marlene Hyslop
Eliana Gaete
Carmen Venegas
Patricia Rodoni
49.3   Brazil
Wanda dos Santos
María José de Lima
Marlene Porto
Hannelore Poetscher
49.4
High jump Nelly Gómez
  Chile
1.50 Elizabeth Müller
  Brazil
1.50 María Cañas
  Chile
Cleide Eloy
  Brazil
1.50
Long jump Gladys Erbetta
  Argentina
5.88 CR Ada Brener
  Argentina
5.41 Olga Bianchi
  Argentina
5.39
Shot put Eliana Bahamondes
  Chile
11.95 CR Pradelia Delgado
  Chile
11.84 Elizabeth Müller
  Brazil
11.31
Discus throw Isabel Avellán
  Argentina
44.08 CR Rosa Riveros
  Chile
38.22 Ingeborg Mello
  Argentina
38.08
Javelin throw Marlene Ahrens
  Chile
48.73 CR Carmen Venegas
  Chile
40.70 Adriana Silva
  Chile
38.91

Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Argentina (ARG)1011930
2  Chile (CHI)912829
3  Brazil (BRA)741324
4  Colombia (COL)3317
5  Peru (PER)1124
6  Uruguay (URU)1001
Totals (6 entries)31313395
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