Athletics at the 1938 Bolivarian Games

Athletics competitions at the 1938 Bolivarian Games were held at the Estadio El Campín in Bogotá, Colombia, in August 1938.

Athletics at the I Bolivarian Games
Dates	August 6–22
Host city	Bogotá, Colombia
Venue	Estadio El Campín
Level	Senior
Events	27 (23 men, 4 women)
1947/8 Lima → 1938 Bolivarian Games

A detailed history of the early editions of the Bolivarian Games between 1938 and 1989 was published in a book written (in Spanish) by José Gamarra Zorrilla, former president of the Bolivian Olympic Committee, and first president (1976-1982) of ODESUR. Gold medal winners from Ecuador were published by the Comité Olímpico Ecuatoriano.

A total of 27 events were contested, 23 by men and 4 by women. Unusually, cross country events (individual and team) were part of the games.

Medal summary

Medal winners were published.

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Manuel Valega (PER)	11.0 A	Luis Derteano (PER)	11.1 A	Roberto Temple (PER)	11.3 A
200 metres	Manuel Valega (PER)	23.2 A	José Sánchez (COL)		Luis Derteano (PER)
400 metres	Antonio Cuba (PER)	51.2 A	Luis Luna (PER)	51.6 A	Carlos Uribe (COL)	52.1 A
800 metres	Luis Espinoza (PER)	2:02.0 A	Luis Gómez (COL)	2:03.2 A	José Carrizales (PER)
1500 metres	Manuel Alandia (BOL)	4:29.4 A	José Carrizales (PER)	4:29.8 A	Evaristo Torres (ECU)
5000 metres	Héctor Toscano (ECU)	16:50.0 A	Luis Calderón (ECU)	16:51.0 A	Manuel Alandia (BOL)
10000 metres	Luis Calderón (ECU)	36:55.8 A	Domingo Ticona (PER)	37:33.0 A	José Cadena (ECU)
Half Marathon	Jorge Nova (COL)	1:34:18 A	Segundo Cadena (ECU)	1:35:00 A	Miguel Orihuela (BOL)
110 metres hurdles	Tulio Pescheira (PER)	16.1 A	Marcelo Julca (PER)	16.2 A	Luis de la Guerra (PER)	16.4 A
400 metres hurdles	Marcelo Julca (PER)	56.9 A	Enrique Valdivia (PER)	58.7 A	Raúl Pardón (PER)
High Jump	José Castro (PER)	1.80 A	Julio Mera (PER)	1.80 A	Eduardo Murata (PER)	1.70 A
Pole Vault	Modesto Santa María (PER)	3.50 A	Guillermo Chirichigno (PER)	3.50 A	Eduardo Murata (PER)	3.40 A
Long Jump	Guillermo Dyer (PER)	7.23 A	Carlos Iturri (PER)	6.74 A	Julio Mera (PER)	6.64 A
Triple Jump	Oscar Bringas (PER)	15.40 A	Humberto Perea (COL)	14.20 A	Julio Mera (PER)	13.93 A
Shot Put	Manuel Consiglieri (PER)	12.90 A	Tulio Pescheira (PER)	12.61 A	Abraham Woll (PER)	11.36 A
Discus Throw	Manuel Consiglieri (PER)	42.01 A	Atilio Accinelli (PER)	38.76 A	Campo Gutiérrez (COL)	35.60 A
Hammer Throw	Manuel Consiglieri (PER)	40.20 A	Atilio Accinelli (PER)	39.66 A	Fernando Saco (PER)	35.35 A
Javelin Throw	Tulio Pescheira (PER)	52.40 A	Manuel Falkonert (COL)	52.15 A	Vicente Acevedo (PER)	48.31 A
Pentathlon	Vicente Acevedo (PER)	2775 A	Abraham Woll (PER)	2546 A	Elias Gutiérrez (COL)	2164 A
4 x 100 metres relay	Peru	43.3 A	Ecuador	44.5 A	Colombia
4 x 400 metres relay	Peru	3:28.9 A	Colombia	3:31.6 A	Ecuador	3:51.4 A
Cross Country - Individual	Domingo Ticona (PER)	42:32 A	Silverio Pérez (PER)		Luis Carrillo (COL)
Cross Country - Team	Peru

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
50 metres	Carola Castro (ECU)	7.1 A	Cecilia Navarrete (COL)		Raquel Gómez (COL)
100 metres	Cecilia Navarrete (COL)	15.3 A	Adela Jiménez (COL)		Carola Castro (ECU)
Discus Throw	Cecilia Navarrete (COL)	23.24 A	Elvira Balbuena (COL)	21.29 A
4 x 100 metres relay	Colombia	54.9 A	Ecuador

Medal table (unofficial)

  *   Host nation (Colombia)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Peru (PER)	19	14	12	45
2	Colombia (COL)*	4	8	6	18
3	Ecuador (ECU)	3	4	4	11
4	Bolivia (BOL)	1	0	2	3
Totals (4 entries)		27	26	24	77