1947 South American Championships in Athletics explained

1947 South American Championships in Athletics
Host City:	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Dates:	25 April–3 May
Previous:	Santiago 1946 (U)
Next:	La Paz 1948 (U)

The 1947 South American Championships in Athletics were held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, between 25 April and 3 May.

Medal summary

Men's events

100 metres	Gerardo Bönnhoff	11.0	Santiago Ferrando	11.2	Carlos Isaack	11.3
200 metres	Alberto Triulzi	22.0	Gerardo Bönnhoff	22.3	Alberto Labarthe	22.4
400 metres	Gustavo Ehlers	49.0	Antonio Pocovi	49.2	Guillermo Avalos	49.5
800 metres	Adán Torres	1:53.7 CR	Nilo Riveros	1:54.3	Alfonso Rozas	1:54.9
1500 metres	Melchor Palmeiro	3:57.8	Nilo Riveros	4:00.1	Raúl Inostroza	4:01.7
3000 metres	Ricardo Bralo	8:44.3	Raúl Inostroza	8:45.0	Delfo Cabrera	8:46.9
5000 metres	Raúl Inostroza	15:07.8	Eusebio Guiñez	15:14.0	Sebastião Monteiro	15:15.2
10,000 metres	João Oitica	33:01.2	Sebastião Monteiro	33:17.6	Delfo Cabrera	33:19.0
Road race	Armando Sensini	1:56:23	Eusebio Guiñez	1:57:17	Joaquín da Silva	1:59:00
110 metres hurdles	Alberto Triulzi	14.7 =CR	Hélio Pereira	15.3	Jorge Undurraga	15.4
400 metres hurdles	Sergio Guzmán	54.8	Hermenelindo Alberti	54.9	Víctor Henríquez	55.2
4 × 100 metres relay	Carlos Isaack Alberto Triulzi Gerardo Bönnhoff Adelio Marquez	42.3	Mario Fayos López Testa Helio Giordano Walter Pérez	42.9	Rui Moreira Lima Geraldo da Luz Osmar Bruno Romano Guilherme Puschnik	43.5
4 × 400 metres relay	Rodolfo Carrera Guillermo Evans Guillermo Avalos Antonio Pocovi	3:16.0 CR	Jaime Hitelman Jorge Ehlers Sergio Guzmán Gustavo Ehlers	3:17.0	Benedito Ferreira Osmar Bruno Romano Rosalvo Ramos Bernardo Blover	3:19.9
Cross country	Sebastião Monteiro	37:28.9	Reinaldo Gorno	38:39.0	Manuel Díaz	38:48.0
High jump	Alfredo Jadresic	1.91	Francisco Moura	1.91	Carlos Altamirano	1.88
Pole vault	Lúcio de Castro	3.90	Federico Horn	3.80	Sinibaldo Gerbasi	3.80
Long jump	Francisco Moura	7.10	Guillermo Dyer	7.08	Enrique Kistenmacher	7.07
Triple jump	Geraldo de Oliveira	15.16	Carlos Vera	15.03	Juan Gallo	14.33
Shot put	Emilio Malchiodi	14.30	Nadim Marreis	14.05	Julián Llorente	13.94
Discus throw	Karsten Brödersen	45.24	Eduardo Julve	44.07	Emilio Malchiodi	43.92
Hammer throw	Edmundo Zúñiga	49.07	Juan Fusé	47.95	Dário Tavares	45.97
Javelin throw	Ricardo Héber	59.59	Lúcio de Castro	57.37	Efraín Santibáñez	56.59
Decathlon	Enrique Kistenmacher	7011	Eduardo Julve	6460	Raimundo Rodrigues	6328

Women's events

100 metres	Noemí Simonetto	12.4 =CR	Anegret Weller	12.7	Melania Luz	12.8
200 metres	Anegret Weller	26.6	Melania Luz	26.6	Adriana Millard	27.1
80 metres hurdles	Noemí Simonetto	11.5 CR	Wanda dos Santos	12.1	María Spuhr	12.2
4 × 100 metres relay	Alicia Gómez María Spuhr Nelida Cajide Noemi Simonetto	49.9	Stella Ardinghi Melania Luz Lucila Pini Helena de Menezes	50.3	Lucy Lake Norma Díaz Adriana Millard Annegret Weller	50.5
High jump	Ilse Barends	1.60 CR	Noemí Simonetto	1.55	Alice Willhöft	1.45
Long jump	Noemí Simonetto	5.40	Wanda dos Santos	5.16	Eliana Gaete	5.13
Shot put	Ingeborg Mello	11.58	Edith Klempau	11.27	Elma Klempau	11.11
Discus throw	Ingeborg Mello	38.40 CR	Elma Klempau	36.49	Noemia Assunção	34.02
Javelin throw	Gerda Martín	38.22	Ingeborg Mello	36.08	Ursula Holle	35.87

External links

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