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These are the results of the 1979 South American Championships in Athletics which took place at the Estadio Alfonso López Pumarejo in Bucaramanga, Colombia, between 31 October and 4 November.

Men's results

100 metres

Heats – 31 October
Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 1 Altevir de Araújo  Brazil 10.4 Q
2 1 Manuel Ramírez  Colombia 10.6 Q
3 1 Luis Alberto Schneider  Chile 10.8 Q
4 1 Eduardo de Brito  Argentina 10.9 Q
5 1 Carlos Rodríguez  Panama 10.9
6 1 Ely Zabala  Venezuela 11.0
7 1 José Valverde  Peru 11.2
1 2 Reinaldo Lizardi  Venezuela 10.4 Q
2 2 Milton de Castro  Brazil 10.7 Q
3 2 José Luis Elías  Peru 10.8 Q
4 2 Gustavo Dubarbier  Argentina 10.9 Q
5 2 Fabio García  Colombia 11.0
6 2 Héctor Fernández  Chile 11.1
7 2 Alfonso Pitters  Panama 11.3
Final – 1 November
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Altevir de Araújo  Brazil 10.1 CR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Manuel Ramírez  Colombia 10.4
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Reinaldo Lizardi  Venezuela 10.6
4 José Luis Elías  Peru 10.6
5 Eduardo de Brito  Argentina 10.7
6 Gustavo Dubarbier  Argentina 10.7
7 Luis Alberto Schneider  Chile 10.8
8 Milton de Castro  Brazil 10.8

200 metres

Heats – 3 November
Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 1 Altevir de Araújo  Brazil 21.0 Q
2 1 Héctor Daley  Panama 21.1 Q
3 1 Fabio García  Colombia 21.7 Q
4 1 José Luis Elías  Peru 21.9 Q
5 1 Ely Zabala  Venezuela 22.0
6 1 Enrique Tapia  Chile 22.1
7 1 Ricardo Donda  Argentina 22.3
1 2 Manuel Ramírez  Colombia 21.1 Q
2 2 Katsuhiko Nakaya  Brazil 21.2 Q
3 2 Luis Alberto Schneider  Chile 21.5 Q
4 2 Reinaldo Lizardi  Venezuela 21.6 Q
5 2 Eduardo de Brito  Argentina 21.7
6 2 Carlos Rodríguez  Panama 22.1
7 2 José Pérez  Peru 22.6
Final – 4 November
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Altevir de Araújo  Brazil 20.5 CR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Katsuhiko Nakaya  Brazil 20.8
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Héctor Daley  Panama 21.1
4 Luis Alberto Schneider  Chile 21.1
5 Manuel Ramírez  Colombia 21.2
6 Fabio García  Colombia 21.2
7 Reinaldo Lizardi  Venezuela 21.5
José Luis Elías  Peru ?

400 metres

Heats – 31 October
Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 1 Ramón Reyes  Venezuela 47.7 Q
2 1 Antônio Ferreira  Brazil 48.0 Q
3 1 Héctor Daley  Panama 48.1 Q
4 1 Felipe Mascaró  Chile 48.1 q
5 1 Jesús Olier  Colombia 48.6 q
6 1 Moisés del Castillo  Peru 51.8
1 2 Geraldo Pegado  Brazil 48.1 Q
2 2 Patricio Valenzuela  Chile 48.5 Q
3 2 Gabriel Lopera  Colombia 48.7 Q
4 2 Alexis Herrera  Venezuela 48.7
5 2 Gabriel Castellá  Argentina 49.2
6 2 Luis Otoya  Peru 50.7
Final – 1 November
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Geraldo Pegado  Brazil 46.2 CR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Antônio Ferreira  Brazil 46.9
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Héctor Daley  Panama 47.4
4 Ramón Reyes  Venezuela 47.5
5 Felipe Mascaró  Chile 47.7
6 Gabriel Lopera  Colombia 47.9
7 Jesús Olier  Colombia 48.4
8 Patricio Valenzuela  Chile 48.4

800 metres

Heats – 3 November
Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 1 Cristián Molina  Chile 1:49.9 Q
2 1 José Velázquez  Venezuela 1:50.3 Q
3 1 Omar Amdematten  Argentina 1:50.4 Q
4 1 Cosme do Nascimento  Brazil 1:50.4 Q
5 1 Abel Godoy  Uruguay 1:51.5
6 1 Óscar Carrillo  Colombia 1:52.0
7 1 Roger Soler  Peru 1:52.5
1 2 William Wuycke  Venezuela 1:49.3 Q
2 2 Pedro Cáceres  Argentina 1:49.4 Q
3 2 Felipe Mascaró  Chile 1:49.7 Q
4 2 Cristóbal Méndez  Panama 1:50.4 Q
5 2 Wilson dos Santos  Brazil 1:50.4
6 2 Gabriel Lopera  Colombia 1:51.2
Final – 4 November
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Cristián Molina  Chile 1:47.8 CR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) William Wuycke  Venezuela 1:47.9
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Pedro Cáceres  Argentina 1:48.5 NR
4 Felipe Mascaró  Chile 1:48.8
5 Cosme do Nascimento  Brazil 1:49.1
6 Omar Amdematten  Argentina 1:49.8
7 José Velázquez  Venezuela 1:50.5
8 Cristóbal Méndez  Panama 1:51.1

1500 metres

2 November

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Emilio Ulloa  Chile 3:47.0 CR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) José Velázquez  Venezuela 3:47.6
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Wilson de Santana  Brazil 3:47.9
4 José Bautista  Colombia 3:48.5
5 Omar Ortega  Argentina 3:49.8
6 Johnny Pérez  Bolivia 3:50.6 PB
7 Jairo Cubillos  Colombia 3:50.9
8 Cosme do Nascimento  Brazil 3:52.1
9 Abel Godoy  Uruguay 3:52.9
10 Omar Amdematten  Argentina ?
11 Roger Soler  Peru 3:53.0
12 Víctor Ríos  Chile 3:53.8
13 Gonzalo Huggins  Venezuela 3:54.1

5000 metres

2 November

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Alejandro Silva  Chile 13:57.2 CR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Domingo Tibaduiza  Colombia 14:03.4
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Johnny Pérez  Bolivia 14:16.1
4 Víctor Maldonado  Venezuela 14:19.8
5 Cláudio Ribeiro  Brazil 14:24.3
6 José João da Silva  Brazil 14:37.0
7 Jairo Cubillos  Colombia 14:53.8
8 Bruno Carrasquel  Venezuela 14:55.2

10,000 metres

2 November

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Silvio Salazar  Colombia 28:50.4
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Domingo Tibaduiza  Colombia 28:51.2
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Víctor Maldonado  Venezuela 29:37.3
4 Alejandro Silva  Chile 29:55.9
5 Lucirio Garrido  Venezuela 29:58.5
6 José João da Silva  Brazil 30:10.2
7 Edson Bergara  Brazil 30:30.6
8 Fernando Marrón  Argentina 31:50.8

Marathon

4 November – Distance too short

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Luis Barbosa  Colombia 1:56:12
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Alfonso Torres  Colombia 1:57:25
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Lucirio Garrido  Venezuela 1:59:30
4 Elói Schleder  Brazil 2:00:23
5 Raúl Llusá  Argentina 2:04:38
6 Osvaldo Cornejo  Chile 2:06:07
7 Hélio Aguiar  Brazil 2:06:56
8 José Ramírez  Chile 2:12:29

110 metres hurdles

Heats – 31 October
Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 1 Andrés Lyon  Chile 14.4 Q
2 1 Wellington da Nóbrega  Brazil 14.6 Q
3 1 Aníbal Vallenilla  Venezuela 15.3 Q
4 1 Guillermo Gago  Argentina 15.3 Q
5 1 Salvador Ruiz  Panama 15.7
1 2 Alfredo Piza  Chile 14.5 Q
2 2 Roberto González  Peru 14.9 Q
3 2 Carlos dos Santos  Brazil 15.0 Q
4 2 Óscar Marín  Venezuela 15.1 Q
5 2 Rodolfo Iturraspe  Argentina 15.1
6 2 Amos Millwood  Panama 15.1
Final – 1 November
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Wellington da Nóbrega  Brazil 14.4
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Carlos dos Santos  Brazil 14.6
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Andrés Lyon  Chile 14.9
4 Roberto González  Peru 14.9
5 Aníbal Vallenilla  Venezuela 15.0
6 Óscar Marín  Venezuela 15.2
Alfredo Piza  Chile ?
Guillermo Gago  Argentina ?

400 metres hurdles

Heats – 2 November
Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 1 Antônio Ferreira  Brazil 52.2 Q
2 1 Darío Cano  Colombia 53.1 Q
3 1 Salvador Ruiz  Panama 53.7 Q
4 1 Freddy Aberdeen  Venezuela 53.8 Q
5 1 Rodolfo Iturraspe  Argentina 53.9
6 1 Alfredo Piza  Chile 54.3
7 1 Luis Otoya  Peru 55.7
1 2 Jesús Betancourt  Colombia 52.4 Q
2 2 Donizete Soares  Brazil 52.7 Q
3 2 José Gregorio Davis  Venezuela 52.7 Q
4 2 Gustavo Arellano  Chile 53.6 Q
5 2 Guillermo Gago  Argentina 53.8
6 2 Amos Millwood  Panama 57.6
Final – 4 November
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Antônio Ferreira  Brazil 50.7 CR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Donizete Soares  Brazil 51.1
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) José Gregorio Davis  Venezuela 51.1
4 Jesús Betancourt  Colombia 51.8
5 Darío Cano  Colombia 52.9
6 Freddy Aberdeen  Venezuela 54.2
7 Salvador Ruiz  Panama 55.9
8 Gustavo Arellano  Chile 57.5

3000 metres steeplechase

31 October

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Germán Aranda  Colombia 8:52.3
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Elói Schleder  Brazil 8:57.4
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Johnny Pérez  Bolivia 8:58.6 NR
4 Henry Carvajal  Colombia 8:58.7
5 Gentil de Mello  Brazil 9:05.2
6 Emilio Ulloa  Chile 9:12.0
7 Luis Palma  Chile 9:13.6
8 Rafael Colmenares  Venezuela 9:14.6

4 × 100 metres relay

2 November

Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Venezuela Reinaldo Lizardi, Ely Zabala, Esteban Briceño, Miguel Condé 40.0 CR
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Brazil Milton de Castro, Geraldo Pegado, Katsuhiko Nakaya, Altevir de Araújo 40.2
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Argentina Angel Gagliano, Gustavo Dubarbier, Carlos Gambetta, Ricardo Donda 40.4
4  Chile Enrique Tapia, Luis Alberto Schneider, Patricio Valenzuela, Héctor Fernández 41.3
5  Peru José Valverde, José Luis Elías, Luis Otoya, Roberto González 41.4

4 × 400 metres relay

4 November

Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Venezuela Hipolito Brown, Alexis Herrera, Oswaldo Zea, William Wuycke 3:09.8
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Argentina Gabriel Castellá, Carlos Gambetta, Pedro Cáceres, Angel Gagliano 3:10.5 NR
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Brazil Donizete Soares, Wilson dos Santos, Antônio Ferreira, Geraldo Pegado 3:10.5
4  Colombia Jesús Olier, Jesús Betancourt, F. Valois, Gabriel Lopera 3:12.7
5  Chile Patricio Valenzuela, Felipe Mascaró, Cristián Molina, Emilio Ulloa 3:15.6
6  Peru Moisés del Castillo, Luis Otoya, José Pérez, José Luis Elías 3:22.8

20 kilometres walk

1 November – Distance too short

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Ernesto Alfaro  Colombia 1:29:31
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Waldemar da Silva  Brazil 1:29:37
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Jorge Quiñonez  Colombia 1:29:51
4 Marcial López  Venezuela 1:32:56
5 Reinaldo Luces  Venezuela 1:39:58
6 Juan Yañez  Chile 1:42:12

High jump

3 November

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Daniel Mamet  Argentina 2.12 CR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Geraldo Rodrigues  Brazil 2.09
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Irajá Cecy  Brazil 2.09
4 Carlos Gambetta  Argentina 2.09
5 Rodrigo de la Fuente  Chile 2.06
6 Víctor Migliaro  Chile 2.03
7 Carlos Izquierdo  Colombia 2.00
8 Ricardo Padmore  Panama 1.90

Pole vault

1 November

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Fernando Ruocco  Uruguay 4.70 CR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Tito Steiner  Argentina 4.60
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Henry Gómez  Colombia 4.45
4 Juan Carlos Meza  Chile 4.30
5 Roberto Steinmez  Argentina 4.30
6 Carlos de Souza  Brazil 4.20
7 Enrique Goytisolo  Peru 4.20
8 Sebastián Errázuriz  Chile 4.20

Long jump

1 November

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Oswaldo Torres  Venezuela 7.67
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Carlos Gambetta  Argentina 7.58
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Francisco de Oliveira  Brazil 7.57
4 Eduardo Labalta  Argentina 7.31
5 José Salazar  Venezuela 7.13
6 Ronald Raborg  Peru 7.12
7 Jaime Cifuentes  Colombia 6.84

Triple jump

4 November

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) José Salazar  Venezuela 16.23
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Francisco de Oliveira  Brazil 16.15
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Celso Pereira  Brazil 15.83
4 Angel Gagliano  Argentina 15.75
5 Jaime Cifuentes  Colombia 15.29
6 Jorge Mazzeo  Argentina 15.19

Shot put

4 November

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Gert Weil  Chile 16.42
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Jesús Ramos  Venezuela 16.22
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) José Carlos Jacques  Brazil 16.20
4 William Romero  Venezuela 15.60
5 José Luís Carabolante  Brazil 15.28
6 Modesto Barreto  Colombia 14.86
7 José Pérez  Chile 14.74
8 José Orozco  Colombia 14.02

Discus throw

31 October – Light implement (1.75 kg)

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Sérgio Thomé  Brazil 56.10
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Luis Palacios  Venezuela 54.42
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) José Carlos Jacques  Brazil 53.10
4 Modesto Barreto  Colombia 52.86
5 Wilfredo Jaimes  Venezuela 51.30
6 Juan Ortega  Colombia 50.36
7 Alejandro Serrano  Chile 48.70
8 Eduardo Vieira  Chile 45.88

Hammer throw

4 November

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) José Alberto Vallejo  Argentina 63.44
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Celso de Moraes  Brazil 61.44
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Daniel Gómez  Argentina 57.60
4 Ivam Bertelli  Brazil 56.60
5 Pedro Díaz  Colombia 47.70
6 Manuel Consiglieri  Peru 41.46
8 William Romero  Venezuela 38.96

Javelin throw

2 November – Old model

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Angel Garmendia  Argentina 72.32 CR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Orángel Rodríguez  Venezuela 70.32
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Paulo Hasse  Brazil 68.84
4 Héctor Carabalí  Colombia 68.64
5 Eustacio de León  Panama 68.00
6 Mario González  Venezuela 66.30
7 Amílcar de Barros  Brazil 62.00
8 Pablo Cangiani  Argentina ??.??

Decathlon

1–2 November – 1962 tables (1985 conversions given with *)

  The highest mark recorded in each event is highlighted in yellow
Rank Athlete Nationality 100m LJ SP HJ 400m 110m H DT PV JT 1500m Points Conv. Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Alfredo Silva  Chile 11.3 6.63 12.38 1.94 51.6 15.3 36.66 3.60 55.68 4:42.4 6991 6814*
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Ángel Montezuma  Venezuela 11.3 6.53 12.28 1.80 50.4 15.3 43.88 3.40 53.80 4:40.8 6964 6794*
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Claudio Escauriza  Paraguay 11.2 6.64 12.92 1.83 52.0 16.4 41.56 3.50 56.26 5:03.9 6788 6791*
4 Luiz Felix dos Santos  Brazil 11.1 6.19 11.04 1.80 49.9 15.7 35.18 3.10 53.06 4:34.0 6609 6443*
5 Fernando Brito  Brazil 11.2 6.64 11.26 1.83 52.1 16.2 34.26 4.00 45.64 4:56.4 6583 6378*
6 Juan Ríos  Venezuela 11.1 5.90 11.98 1.70 52.8 17.0 36.34 3.90 54.14 5:01.8 6371 6163*
7 Óscar Vélez  Colombia 11.4 6.39 6.86 1.86 52.4 15.1 17.98 3.70 43.66 4:40.1 5845

Women's results

100 metres

Heats – 31 October
Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 1 Esmeralda de Jesus Garcia  Brazil 11.7 Q
2 1 Belkis Fava  Argentina 12.2 Q
3 1 Martha Meléndez  Colombia 12.3 Q
4 1 Carla Herencia  Chile 12.4 Q
5 1 Brigitte Winter  Peru 12.5
6 1 Yaneris Guerra  Venezuela 12.6
1 2 Carmela Bolívar  Peru 11.7 Q
2 2 Beatriz Allocco  Argentina 11.9 Q
3 2 Sheila de Oliveira  Brazil 12.2 Q
4 2 Glenis Báez  Venezuela 12.3 Q
5 2 Patricia Morales  Colombia 12.6
6 2 Zaida Núñez  Panama 12.6
7 2 Flavia Villar  Chile 12.7
Final – 1 November
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Beatriz Allocco  Argentina 11.7 =CR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Carmela Bolívar  Peru 11.8
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Esmeralda de Jesus Garcia  Brazil 11.8
4 Sheila de Oliveira  Brazil 11.8
5 Glenis Báez  Venezuela 12.0
6 Martha Meléndez  Colombia 12.0
7 Belkis Fava  Argentina 12.1
Carla Herencia  Chile ?

200 metres

Heats – 3 November
Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 1 Carmela Bolívar  Peru 24.1 Q
2 1 Esmeralda de Jesus Garcia  Brazil 24.2 Q
3 1 Miriam Rojas  Colombia 24.4 Q
4 1 Elsa Antúnez  Venezuela 24.7 Q
5 1 Belkis Fava  Argentina 24.7
6 1 Flavia Villar  Chile 25.1
1 2 Beatriz Allocco  Argentina 24.0 Q
2 2 Tânia Miranda  Brazil 24.2 Q
3 2 Martha Meléndez  Colombia 24.5 Q
4 2 Glenis Báez  Venezuela 24.7 Q
5 2 Carla Herencia  Chile 25.1
6 2 Zaida Núñez  Panama 25.5
7 2 R. Heredia  Peru 26.5
Final – 4 November
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Beatriz Allocco  Argentina 23.5
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Tânia Miranda  Brazil 24.1
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Esmeralda de Jesus Garcia  Brazil 24.1
4 Miriam Rojas  Colombia 24.2
5 Carmela Bolívar  Peru 24.3
6 Elsa Antúnez  Venezuela 24.3
7 Martha Meléndez  Colombia 24.3
8 Glenis Báez  Venezuela 24.9

400 metres

Heats – 31 October
Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 1 Tânia Miranda  Brazil 55.4 Q
2 1 Margarita Grun  Uruguay 56.1 Q
3 1 María Ocoro  Colombia 56.7 Q
4 1 María Eugenia Guzmán  Chile 57.1 Q
5 1 Anabella dal Lago  Argentina 57.7
6 1 Carmela Bolívar  Peru 58.3
7 1 Virginia Davis  Venezuela 59.9
1 2 Adriana Marchena  Venezuela 55.8 Q
2 2 Joyce dos Santos  Brazil 56.4 Q
3 2 Miriam Rojas  Colombia 56.5 Q
4 2 Marcela López  Argentina 57.0 Q
5 2 Nancy González  Chile 58.4
Final – 1 November
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Tânia Miranda  Brazil 54.2 CR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Margarita Grun  Uruguay 54.8
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Miriam Rojas  Colombia 54.8
4 Adriana Marchena  Venezuela 55.5
5 Marcela López  Argentina 56.0
6 María Eugenia Guzmán  Chile 56.4
7 María Ocoro  Colombia 56.4
8 Joyce dos Santos  Brazil 58.5

800 metres

Heats – 2 November
Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 1 Alejandra Ramos  Chile 2:11.5 Q
2 1 Yamila Medina  Colombia 2:12.0 Q
3 1 Joyce dos Santos  Brazil 2:17.0 Q
4 1 Virginia Davis  Venezuela 2:18.9 Q
5 1 Margarita Grun  Uruguay 2:19.0
6 1 Olga Caccaviello  Argentina 2:22.5
1 2 Nancy González  Chile 2:13.2 Q
2 2 Marcela López  Argentina 2:13.4 Q
3 2 Adriana Marchena  Venezuela 2:14.8 Q
4 2 Luz Villa  Colombia 2:14.8 Q
5 2 Rosa de Souza  Brazil 2:14.9
Final – 3 November
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Alejandra Ramos  Chile 2:04.2 AR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Nancy González  Chile 2:09.8
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Adriana Marchena  Venezuela 2:10.4
4 Yamila Medina  Colombia 2:12.4
5 Joyce dos Santos  Brazil 2:13.5
6 Rosa de Souza  Brazil 2:14.2
7 Luz Villa  Colombia 2:15.1

1500 metres

31 October

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Alejandra Ramos  Chile 4:23.2 CR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Teresa Rodríguez  Colombia 4:32.6
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Mónica Regonesi  Chile 4:36.1
4 Bernarda Osorio  Chile 4:39.5
5 Maricela Montañez  Venezuela 4:47.6
6 Rosa de Souza  Brazil 4:48.2
7 Soraya Telles  Brazil 4:50.5
8 Olga Caccaviello  Argentina 4:54.8

100 metres hurdles

2 November

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Yvonne Neddermann  Argentina 14.2
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Olga Verissimo  Brazil 14.4
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Beatriz Capotosto  Argentina 14.7
4 Carla Campusano  Peru 14.7
5 Patricia Deck  Chile 14.7
6 Maria José Ferreira  Brazil 15.1
7 Leonor Santana  Colombia 15.1
8 Jule Araya  Chile 15.3

4 × 100 metres relay

2 November

Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Argentina Marisol Besada, Belkis Fava, Yvonne Neddermann, Beatriz Allocco 46.0
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Brazil Maria Soares, Olga Verissimo, Esmeralda de Jesus Garcia, Sheila de Oliveira 46.1
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Venezuela Glennis Báez, Adriana Marchena, Elsa Antúnez, Yaneris Guerra 46.6
4  Colombia Miriam Rojas, Martha Meléndez, Álvarez, Luz Villa 46.7
5  Peru Carmela Bolívar, Brigitte Winter, R. Heredia, Carla Campusano 47.6
6  Chile Carla Herencia, Flavia Villar, Paz Abalos, María Eugenia Guzmán 47.7

4 × 400 metres relay

2 November

Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Brazil Maria Soares, Joyce dos Santos, Conceição Geremias, Tânia Miranda 3:42.0 AR
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Chile Maria Eugenia Guzman, Carla Herencia, Nancy González, Alejandra Ramos 3:44.6
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Colombia Ángela Mancilla, Luz Villa, Maŕia Ocoro, Miriam Rojas 3:45.1
4  Argentina Anabella dal Lago, Marcela López, Yvonne Neddermann, Marisol Besada 3:48.2
5  Venezuela Piñango, Virginia Davis, Adriana Marchena, Elsa Antúnez 3:56.3
6  Peru R. Heredia, Brigitte Winter, Carla Campusano, Carmela Bolívar 3:56.3

High jump

1 November

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Ana Maria Marcon  Brazil 1.75
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Liliana Arigoni  Argentina 1.75
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Beatriz Dias  Brazil 1.70
4 Beatriz Arancibia  Chile 1.70
5 Elizabeth Huber  Chile 1.70
6 Iraima Parra  Venezuela 1.55

Long jump

3 November

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Themis Zambrzycki  Brazil 6.03
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Conceição Geremias  Brazil 5.95
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Yvonne Neddermann  Argentina 5.92
4 Araceli Bruschini  Argentina 5.75
5 Beatriz Arancibia  Chile 5.56
6 Tania Sangronis  Venezuela 5.42
7 Ximena Mesa  Chile 5.40
8 Alix Castillo  Venezuela 5.24

Shot put

4 November

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Magdalena Gómez  Colombia 13.94
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Themis Zambrzycki  Brazil 13.84
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Maria Boso  Brazil 13.24
4 Alejandra Bevacqua  Argentina 13.04
5 Patricia Andrews  Venezuela 13.04
6 Alicia Vicent  Uruguay 12.94
7 Patricia Guerrero  Peru 12.86
8 Jazmín Cirio  Chile 12.92

Discus throw

2 November

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Sandra Peres  Brazil 46.11
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Maria Boso  Brazil 42.54
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Selene Saldarriaga  Colombia 41.78
4 Miriam Yutronic  Chile 41.14
5 Patricia Andrews  Venezuela 40.24
6 Susana Diez  Argentina 40.14
7 Lucía Azcune  Uruguay 39.88
8 Ana Elena Gambaccini  Argentina 36.14

Javelin throw

31 October

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Marli dos Santos  Brazil 50.92 CR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Neusa Trolezzi  Brazil 45.07
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Ana María Campillay  Argentina 42.30
4 Patricia Guerrero  Peru 41.47
5 Susana Diez  Argentina 40.47
6 Marbella Navas  Venezuela 40.46
7 Rosa Chamorro  Chile 36.04

Pentathlon

31 October – 1 November

  The highest mark recorded in each event is highlighted in yellow
Rank Athlete Nationality 100m H SP HJ LJ 800m Points Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Themis Zambrzycki  Brazil 14.4 13.28 1.75 5.89 2:33.1 4117
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Conceição Geremias  Brazil 15.0 12.26 1.63 4.99 2:14.8 3880
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Yvonne Neddermann  Argentina 14.5 11.36 1.50 5.64 2:19.4 3833
4 Alix Castillo  Venezuela 15.0 10.94 1.60 5.30 2:32.0 3632
5 Evelyn Jabiles  Peru 14.9 11.20 1.66 5.29 2:42.1 3617
6 Ximena Mesa  Chile 16.7 8.50 1.53 5.26 DNF 2560

References

  1. Detailed results (pp 270–277)
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