| 1929 South American Championships in Athletics | |
| Host City: | Lima, Peru |
| Dates: | 5–10 May |
| Previous: | Santiago 1927 |
| Next: | Buenos Aires 1931 |
The 1929 South American Championships in Athletics were held in Lima, Peru between 5 and 10 May.
| 100 metres | Hernán Spinassi | 10.7 CR | Carlos Bianchi Lutti | Juan Carlos Ure Aldao | |||
| 200 metres | Hernán Spinassi | 21.9 CR | José Vicente Salinas | Juan Carlos Ure Aldao | |||
| 400 metres | José Vicente Salinas | 49.0 CR | Santiago Hintze | 49.4 | Ernesto Riveros | ||
| 800 metres | Leopoldo Ledesma | 1:55.2 CR | Hermenegildo Del Rosso | Ernesto Medel | |||
| 1500 metres | Leopoldo Ledesma | 4:01.0 CR | Ernesto Medel | Roger Ceballos | |||
| 3000 metres | Belisario Alarcón | 8:51.0 CR | |||||
| 5000 metres | Belisario Alarcón | 15:44.8 | Lindor Pizarro | Pedro Pérez | |||
| 10,000 metres | José Ribas | 32:10.4 | Fernando Cicarelli | Juan Bravo | |||
| 110 metres hurdles | Valerio Vallanía | 15.3 CR | Alfredo Ugarte | 15.4 | Evaristo Gomes | ||
| 400 metres hurdles | Pedro Gálvez | 55.2 CR | Juan Acosta | 55.4 | Juan Figueiras | ||
| 4 × 100 metres relay | Hernan Spinassi Cagliardi Pages Juan Carlos Ure | 42.2 CR | García Serrot Pedro Gálvez Ordoñez | 43.2 | Viollo Gutiérrez Rozas Luis Miguel | ||
| 4 × 400 metres relay | Gutiérrez Humberto Scacchi Guillermo Godoy José Vicente Salinas | 3:22.4 CR | Roberto Genta Juan Acosta Santiago Hintze Salas | Pedro Gálvez Souza Bravo Noya | |||
| 3000 metres team race | | | |||||
| Cross country | Belisario Alarcón | 33/36:16.0 | Arturo Velert | Fernando Cicarelli | |||
| High jump | Valerio Vallanía | 1.80 | Luis Garay | 1.80 | Pablo Riesen | 1.75 | |
| Pole vault | Diego Pajmaevich | 3.80 CR | Adolfo Schlegel | 3.70 | Alfredo Escobedo | 3.70 | |
| Long jump | Juan Moura | 6.87 CR | Pedro Aizcorbe | 6.74 | Carlos Butti | 6.63 | |
| Triple jump | Luis Brunetto | 14.77 | Ricardo Mendiburo | 14.45 | Pedro Aizcorbe | 14.27 | |
| Shot put | Kurt Pollack | 13.23 CR | Héctor Benapres | 12.77 | Guillermo Otto | 12.64 | |
| Discus throw | Héctor Benapres | 41.64 CR | Pedro Elsa | 41.44 | Arístides Domínguez | 40.63 | |
| Hammer throw | Federico Kleger | 49.57 CR | Alfredo Wismer | 46.55 | Ricardo Bayer | 46.42 | |
| Javelin throw | Tomás Medián | 53.31 | Antonio Medvesigh | 51.76 | F. Vega | 49.52 | |
| Decathlon | Héctor Berra | 6511.34 | Santiago León Amatrián | 6264.33 | Fernando Primard | 6075 |