1956 South American Championships in Athletics explained

1956 South American Championships in Athletics
Host City:	Santiago, Chile
Dates:	14–22 April
Previous:	São Paulo 1954
Next:	Santiago 1957 (U)

The 1956 South American Championships in Athletics were held in the Chilean capital, Santiago, between 14 and 22 April.

Medal summary

Men's events

100 metres	Paulo de Fonseca	10.6	Gerardo Bönnhoff	10.7	João Pires Sobrinho	10.7
200 metres	João Pires Sobrinho	21.5	Jaime Aparicio	21.7	Gerardo Bönnhoff	21.8
400 metres	Jaime Aparicio	47.7 CR	Zados Guardiola	48.2	Argemiro Roque	49.0
800 metres	Ramón Sandoval	1:49.0 CR	Eduardo Balducci	1:51.5	Argemiro Roque	1:52.4
1500 metres	Ramón Sandoval	3:48.4 CR	Eduardo Balducci	3:53.4	Waldo Sandoval	3:54.5
5000 metres	Osvaldo Suárez	14:30.8 CR	Jaime Correa	14:47.8	Walter Lemos	14:51.7
10,000 metres	Osvaldo Suárez	30:12.2 CR	Walter Lemos	30:27.4	Alfredo de Oliveira	31:41.0
Half marathon	Osvaldo Suárez	1:08:54 CR	Walter Lemos	1:09:00	Juan Silva	1:10:31
3000 metres steeplechase	Santiago Novas	9:09.0 CR	Sebastião Mendes	9:17.4	Guillermo Solá	9:25.8
110 metres hurdles	Ijoel da Silva	14.7	Estanislao Kocourek	14.9	Francisco Bergonzoni	15.1
400 metres hurdles	Jaime Aparicio	52.0 CR	Zados Guardiola	53.1	Anubes da Silva	54.2
4 × 100 metres relay	João Pires Sobrinho Jorge de Barros Paulo da Fonseca Anubes da Silva	41.4	Luis Vienna Roberto Ferrairo Gerardo Bönnhoff Mariano Acosta	41.5	Gilberto Truque Constantino Fascie Antonio Vanegas Aristipo Lerma	42.6
4 × 400 metres relay	Jaime Aparicio Zados Guardiola Carlos Sierra Antonio Vanegas	3:14.6 CR	Argemiro Roque Mário do Nascimento Adhemar da Silva Agenor da Silva	3:16.1	Rodolfo Beltrán Mariano Acosta Gerardo Bönnhoff Eduardo Balducci	3:16.8
High jump	Oscar Bártoli	1.93	Ernesto Lagos	1.90	Alberto Bacán Juan Ruiz	1.85
Pole vault	José Infante	3.90	José Rojas	3.90	Fausto de Souza	3.90
Long jump	Fermín Donazar	7.23	Ary de Sá	7.14	Luís Akuta	7.10
Triple jump	Jorgely Figueira	15.14	Luis Huarcaya	14.59	Carlos Vera	14.63
Shot put	Alcides Dambrós	14.97	Rubén Scaraffia	14.72	Günther Kruse	13.97
Discus throw	Günther Kruse	48.57 CR	Hernán Haddad	47.24	Pedro Ucke	46.56
Hammer throw	Alejandro Díaz	52.88	Edmundo Zúñiga	51.71	Elvio Porta	51.55
Javelin throw	Ricardo Héber	64.45	Néstor Matteucci	61.51	Carlos Monge	59.20
Decathlon	Héctor Menacho	5670	Leonardo Kittsteiner	5499	Aldo Ribeiro	5401

Women's events

100 metres	Gladys Erbetta	12.2 =CR	Beatriz Kretschmer	12.4	Eliana Gaete	12.4
200 metres	Beatriz Kretschmer	25.5 =CR	Gladys Erbetta	25.8	Martha Huby	26.1
80 metres hurdles	Wanda dos Santos	11.5	Eliana Gaete	11.6	Ada Brener	11.9
4 × 100 metres relay	Gladys Erbetta Lilian Buglia Edith Berg Olga Bianchi	48.6	Marlene Hyslop Eliana Gaete Carmen Venegas Patricia Rodoni	49.3	Wanda dos Santos María José de Lima Marlene Porto Hannelore Poetscher	49.4
High jump	Nelly Gómez	1.50	Elizabeth Müller	1.50	María Cañas Cleide Eloy	1.50
Long jump	Gladys Erbetta	5.88 CR	Ada Brener	5.41	Olga Bianchi	5.39
Shot put	Eliana Bahamondes	11.95 CR	Pradelia Delgado	11.84	Elizabeth Müller	11.31
Discus throw	Isabel Avellán	44.08 CR	Rosa Riveros	38.22	Ingeborg Mello	38.08
Javelin throw	Marlene Ahrens	48.73 CR	Carmen Venegas	40.70	Adriana Silva	38.91

External links

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