1952 South American Championships in Athletics explained

1952 South American Championships in Athletics
Host City:	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Dates:	3–11 May
Previous:	Montevideo 1950 (U)
Next:	Santiago 1953 (U)

The 1952 South American Championships in Athletics were held in the Argentine capital, Buenos Aires, between 3 and 11 May.

Medal summary

Men's events

100 metres (wind: -0.1 m/s)	Gerardo Salazar	10.7	Gerardo Bönnhoff	10.8	José Telles da Conceição	10.8
200 metres	Gerardo Bönnhoff	21.5	Fernando Lapuente	22.0	Gustavo Ehlers	22.0
400 metres	Gustavo Ehlers	48.7	Argemiro Roque	49.1	Mário do Nascimento	49.7
800 metres	Argemiro Roque	1:53.3 CR	Waldomiro Monteiro	1:53.9	Carlos Gajardo	1:55.3
1500 metres	Nilo Riveros	3:58.5	Guillermo Solà	3:59.6	Luís Rodrigues	4:00.3
5000 metres	Raúl Inostroza	14:59.8	Reinaldo Gorno	15:05.5	Juan Miranda	15:09.0
10,000 metres	Delfo Cabrera	31:05.7	Raúl Inostroza	31:26.9	Corsino Fernández	31:32.3
Half marathon	Delfo Cabrera	1:09:19 CR	Reinaldo Gorno	1:11:28	Corsino Fernández	1:11:28
3000 metres steeplechase	Guillermo Solà	9:32.0 CR	Edgard Mitt	9:34.6	Haroldo Gallardo	9:38.4
110 metres hurdles (wind: -1.7 m/s)	Jörn Gevert	14.9	Estanislao Kocourek	15.0	Wilson Carneiro	15.1
400 metres hurdles	Wilson Carneiro	52.7 CR	Jörn Gevert	53.5	Pedro Yoma	54.6
4 × 100 metres relay	Mariano Acosta Enrique Becles Gerardo Bönnhoff Romeo Galán	41.4 CR	Gerardo Salazar Máximo Reyes Oscar Maldonado Armando Zapata	42.0	Gastão Mesquita Neto Rui Lima Geraldo Murgel Ary de Sá	42.2
4 × 400 metres relay	Wilson Carneiro Mario do Nascimento Geraldo Maranhão Argemiro Roque	3:17.5	Máximo Guerra Enrique Kistenmacher Adan Torres Gerardo Bönnhoff	3:18.0	Ramón Sandoval Carlos Gajardo Reinaldo Martín Gustavo Ehlers	3:18.1
High jump	José Telles da Conceição	1.90	Ernesto Lagos	1.85	Alberto Bacán	1.85
Pole vault	Hélio da Silva	4.00 =CR	Jaime Piqueras	3.90	Luis Ganoza	3.90
Long jump	Ary de Sá	7.39 CR	Carlos Vera	7.13	Ahylton da Conceição	7.08
Triple jump	Adhemar da Silva	15.39 CR	Geraldo de Oliveira	15.11	Jorgely Figueira	14.75
Shot put	Reidar Soerlie	14.44	Augusto Maalstein	13.86	Emilio Stelig	13.77
Discus throw	Reidar Soerlie	47.72 CR	Elvio Porta	45.27	Hernán Haddad	45.15
Hammer throw	Arturo Melcher	50.75	Elvio Porta	49.73	Emilio Ortiz	49.25
Javelin throw	Ricardo Héber	67.68 CR	Gerardo Mielke	63.10	Janis Stendzenieks	60.51
Decathlon	Hernán Figueroa	6698	Hernán Alzamora	5849	Carlos Vera	5844

Women's events

100 metres	Julia Sánchez	12.2 CR	Adriana Millard	12.4	Lilián Buglia	12.4
200 metres	Deyse de Castro	25.5* CR	Adriana Millard	25.5* CR	Lilián Heinz	25.8
80 metres hurdles	Wanda dos Santos	11.7	Marion Huber	11.7	Adriana Millard	12.2
4 × 100 metres relay	Lilian Heinz Lilian Buglia Gladys Erbetta Ana María Fontán	48.8 CR	Lucila Pini Helene Menezes Deyse de Castro Benedita de Oliveira	48.8	Betty Kretschmer Adriana Millard Norma Díaz Aurora Bianchi	49.1
High jump	Elizabeth Müller	1.53	Deyse de Castro	1.53	María Cañas	1.45
Long jump	Gladys Erbetta	5.52	Adriana Millard	5.39	Wanda dos Santos	5.26
Shot put	Ingeborg Mello	11.48	Ingeborg Pfüller	11.35	Ilse Gerdau	11.25
Discus throw	Ingeborg Mello	40.14 CR	Ingeborg Pfüller	40.07	Ilse Gerdau	36.78
Javelin throw	Gerda Martín	39.16 CR	Edith Thomas	38.80	Estrella Puente	37.89

• = after run-off, both athletes ran 25.5 in both races

External links

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