1954 South American Championships in Athletics explained

1954 South American Championships in Athletics
Host City:	São Paulo, Brazil
Dates:	17–25 April
Previous:	Santiago 1953 (U)
Next:	Santiago 1956

The 1954 South American Championships in Athletics were held in Brazil's largest city, São Paulo, between 17 and 25 April.

Medal summary

Men's events

100 metres (wind: +1.9 m/s)	Paulo de Fonseca	10.6	José Telles da Conceição	10.7	Benedito Ferreira	10.7
200 metres	José Telles da Conceição	21.2 CR	Jaime Aparicio	21.7	Paulo de Fonseca	21.8
400 metres	Mário do Nascimento	48.3 CR	Argemiro Roque	49.1	Ramón Sandoval	49.5
800 metres	Ramón Sandoval	1:50.9 CR	Argemiro Roque	1:53.6	Odilon Netto	1:54.2
1500 metres	Jaime Correa	3:56.5 CR	Guillermo Solá	3:57.2	Santiago Novas	3:57.7
5000 metres	Jaime Correa	15:00.6	Santiago Novas	15:07.8	Edgard Mitt	15:14.1
10,000 metres	Jaime Correa	31:41.0	Geraldo Alves	32:14.5	Luís Rodrigues	32:30.5
Half marathon	Geraldo Alves	1:13:02	Joaquín da Silva	1:13:43	José Pérez	1:15:48
3000 metres steeplechase	Edgard Mitt	9:14.9 CR	Guillermo Solá	9:16.0	Santiago Novas	9:26.6
110 metres hurdles (wind: +4.2 m/s)	Wilson Carneiro	14.3w	Teófilo Davis	14.5w	Juan Leiva	14.8w
400 metres hurdles	Jaime Aparicio	52.2 CR	Wilson Carneiro	53.5	Ulisses dos Santos	54.9
4 × 100 metres relay	Francisco Antonio Kadlec Benedito Ferreira Paulo da Fonseca José da Conceição	40.8 CR	Gerardo Salazar Máximo Reyes Oscar Maldonado Guillermo Sebastiani	41.8	Teófilo Davis Juan Leiva Apolinar Solórzano Guillermo Gutiérrez	42.2
4 × 400 metres relay	Argemiro Roque Ulisses dos Santos Arm. Silva Mário do Nascimento	3:15.6 CR	Segundo Pena Waldo Sandoval Gustavo Ehlers Ramón Sandoval	3:16.9	Filemón Camacho Juan Leiva Apolinar Solórzano Guillermo Gutiérrez	3:21.0
High jump	José Telles da Conceição	2.00 CR	Ernesto Lagos	1.95	Adilton Luz	1.90
Pole vault	Brígido Iriarte	3.90	Carlos Moschen	3.90	Fausto de Souza	3.90
Long jump	Fermín Donazar	7.51w	Mário Gonzales	7.47w	Ary de Sá	7.19
Triple jump	Adhemar da Silva	16.22 CR	Hélio da Silva	14.86	Renato do Nascimento	14.70
Shot put	Alcides Dambrós	15.32 CR	Nadim Marreis	13.81	Armín Neverman	13.79
Discus throw	Eduardo Julve	47.44	Hernán Haddad	46.52	Alcides Dambrós	45.09
Hammer throw	Walter Kupper	50.65	Alejandro Díaz	50.04	Arturo Melcher	49.47
Javelin throw	Carlos Monge	61.33	Janis Stendzenieks	60.88	Francisco Céspedes	56.81
Decathlon	Francisco Moura	6047	Brígido Iriarte	6002	Aldo Ribeiro	5765

Women's events

100 metres (wind: +2.7 m/s)	Benedicta de Oliveira	12.3w	Deyse de Castro	12.3w	Elda Selamé	12.3w
200 metres	Deyse de Castro	25.7	Elda Selamé	25.8	Benedicta de Oliveira	26.2
80 metres hurdles	Wanda dos Santos	11.4 CR	Eliana Gaete	11.9	Delia Díaz	12.2
4 × 100 metres relay	Aurora Bianchi Elda Selame Eliana Gaete Betty Kretschmer	48.4 CR	Benedita de Oliveira Elizabeth Müller Melânia Luz Deyse de Castro	48.5
High jump	Delia Díaz	1.55	Elizabeth Müller	1.55	Deyse de Castro	1.55
Long jump	Lisa Peters	5.75 CR	Deyse de Castro	5.47	Wanda dos Santos	5.42
Shot put	Elizabeth Müller	11.79	Pradelia Delgado	11.70	Vera Trezoitko	11.60
Discus throw	Erika Trömel	39.84	Ilse Gerdau	39.40	Pradelia Delgado	38.23
Javelin throw	Anneliese Schmidt	42.07 CR	Marlene Ahrens	41.68	Carmen Venegas	41.65

External links

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