| 1924 South American Championships in Athletics | |
| Host City: | Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Dates: | 17–25 April |
| Previous: | Rio de Janeiro 1922 (U) |
| Next: | Montevideo 1926 |
The 1924 South American Championships in Athletics were held in Buenos Aires, Argentina between 17 and 22 April.
| 100 metres | Miguel Enrico | 10.9 | Augusto de Negri | Luis Miguel | ||
| 200 metres | Félix Escobar | 22.1 CR | Luis Miguel | Roberto García | ||
| 400 metres | Félix Escobar | 49.4 CR | Francisco Dova | 49.4 | Federico Brewster | |
| 800 metres | Francisco Dova | 2:02.9 CR | Alfredo Iglesias | |||
| 1500 metres | Víctor Moreno | 4:11.9 CR | Luis Decouvieres | 4:13.0 | Juan Baeza | |
| 3000 metres | Manuel Plaza | 8:56.3 CR | ||||
| 5000 metres | Manuel Plaza | 15:37.2 CR | Juan Baeza | Luis Celis | ||
| 10,000 metres | Manuel Plaza | 32:19.8 CR | Juan Bravo | 33:04.5 | Luis Celis | 33:12.8 |
| 110 metres hurdles | Guillermo Newbery | 15.8 CR | Otto Dietsch | Leandro Gómez | ||
| 400 metres hurdles | Humberto Lara | 56.2 CR | Enrique Thompson | Carlos Müller | ||
| 4 × 100 metres relay | Camilo Ribas Augusto Negri Otto Dietsch Miguel Enrico | 42.9 CR | Isabelino Gradín Jesús Posadas Carlos Bastos Juan Felitto | ? ? Marcos Loyola Luis Miguel | ||
| 4 × 400 metres relay | Casanova Félix Escobar Francisco Dova Federico Brewster | 3:23.4 CR | Elias Catalan Fernando Primard Carlos Müller David Aste | ? Isabelino Gradín ? Raúl Lafitte | ||
| 3000 metres team race | | |||||
| Cross country | Manuel Plaza | 58:17.3 | Juan Baeza | Víctor Moreno | ||
| High jump | Valerio Vallanía | 1.80 CR | Hernán Orrego | 1.75 | Carlos Fernández | 1.70 |
| Pole vault | Jorge Haeberli | 3.60 CR | Ernesto Goycolea | 3.50 | Roberto Holm | 3.50 |
| Long jump | Ramiro García | 6.63 | Luis Brunetto | 6.63 | Juan Felitto | 6.41 |
| Triple jump | Luis Brunetto | 14.64 CR | Alfredo Miserere | 13.72 | Ángel Colombo | 13.55 |
| Shot put | Domingo Minetti | 12.74 CR | Benjamín Acevedo | 12.49 | Jorge Llobet Cullen | 12.46 |
| Discus throw | David Martín Estévez | 38.34 CR | Héctor Benapres | 37.81 | Jorge Llobet Cullen | 36.83 |
| Hammer throw | Alfredo Wismer | 41.61 CR | Jorge Llobet Cullen | 40.39 | Luis Romana | 39.50 |
| Javelin throw | Arturo Medina | 53.70 CR | José Jiménez | 50.18 | Guillermo Newbery | 48.45 |
| Decathlon | Enrique Thompson | 5876.67 CR | Guillermo Newbery | 5851.7 | Benjamín Acevedo | |