1939 South American Championships in Athletics

The 1939 South American Championships in Athletics were held in Lima, Peru. This edition marked the introduction of athletic events for women competitors.

Medal summary

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	José de Assis Brazil	10.6 =CR	Roberto Valenzuela Chile	10.8	Eulogio Higueras Peru	10.9
200 metres	José de Assis Brazil	21.4 CR	Roberto Valenzuela Chile	21.9	Jaime Slullitel Argentina	22.0
400 metres	Sylvio Padilha Brazil	49.1	Antonio Cuba Peru	49.4	Raúl Muñoz Chile	49.6
800 metres	Luis Espinoza Peru	1:55.6	Luis Elorga Argentina	1:56.3	Guillermo García Chile	1:56.3
1500 metres	Miguel Castro Chile	3:57.6 CR	Guillermo García Chile	3:58.6	Juan Herrera Argentina	4:01.8
3000 metres	Miguel Castro Chile	8:42.4 CR	Ubaldo Ibarra Argentina	8:44.0	Guillermo García Chile	8:48.2
5000 metres	Miguel Castro Chile	15:06.0	Roger Ceballos Argentina	15:09.8	Ubaldo Ibarra Argentina	15:12.2
10000 metres	Roger Ceballos Argentina	31:48.0	Raúl Ibarra Argentina	31:53.6	Ezequiel Bustamente Argentina	31:57.4
Road race	Manuel Ramírez Chile	1:58:59	Julio Montecinos Chile	1:59:46	Segundo Rosas Chile	2:01:10
110 metres hurdles	Alfredo Mendes Brazil	15.0	Mário da Cunha Brazil	15.6	Hélio Pereira Brazil	15.6
400 metres hurdles	Sylvio Padilha Brazil	53.6 CR	Marcelo Julca Peru	55.0	Roberto González Argentina	55.5
High jump	Julio Mera Peru	1.85	Icaro Mello Brazil	1.85	Carlos Pinto Brazil	1.85
Pole vault	Erwin Reimer Chile	3.85	Luís Taliberti Brazil	3.80	Fernando Montero Chile	3.80
Long jump	Márcio de Oliveira Brazil	7.29	Guillermo Dyer Peru	7.25	Carlos Iturri Peru	6.97
Triple jump	Oscar Bringas Peru	15.22 CR	Néstor Tenorio Argentina	15.19	Carlos Pinto Brazil	14.40
Shot put	Francisco Scabello Brazil	13.88	Karsten Brödersen Chile	13.59	Carmine Di Giorgio Brazil	13.55
Discus throw	Bento Barros Brazil	44.47 CR	Karsten Brödersen Chile	41.55	Antônio Giusfredi Brazil	41.39
Hammer throw	Juan Fusé Argentina	49.77	Assis Naban Brazil	49.05	Antonio Barticevic Chile	47.74
Javelin throw	Egon Falkenberg Brazil	62.84 CR	Luís Pagliari Brazil	60.14	Oswaldo Wenzel Chile	58.85
Decathlon	Juan Colín Chile	5932	João Rehder Netto Brazil	5887	Karsten Brödersen Chile	5862
4 x 100 metres relay	Brazil	42.1 CR	Chile	42.4	Argentina	42.4
4 x 400 metres relay	Brazil	3:19.0 CR	Argentina	3:19.8	Chile	3:20.2
3000 metres team race	Chile	10	Argentina	11	Brazil	33
Cross country	Manuel Carreño Chile	49:56.0	Raúl Ibarra Argentina	50:16.6	Domingo Ticona Peru	50:23.4

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Carola Castro Ecuador	12.6	Lelia Spuhr Argentina	12.7	Julia Druskus Argentina	12.7
200 metres	Lelia Spuhr Argentina	25.9	Carola Castro Ecuador	26.2	Lily Warch Chile	27.1
80 metres hurdles	Sofía Dreyer Argentina	12.5	Rosa Marticorena Peru	13.1	Olga Tassi Argentina	13.1
High jump	Ilse Barends Chile	1.45	Gabriela Sprenger Chile	1.45	Lelia Spuhr Argentina	1.45
Long jump	Raquel Martínez Chile	5.13	Olga Tassi Argentina	5.12	Zoila Garcés Peru	4.80
Shot put	Ruth Caro Argentina	11.22	Edith Klempau Chile	10.96	Kate Fastner Argentina	10.71
Discus throw	María Boecke Chile	32.61	Ernestina Casaverde Peru	30.61	Edith Klempau Chile	28.98
Javelin throw	Ruth Caro Argentina	36.85	Olga Merino Chile	31.91	Kate Fastner Argentina	30.28
4 x 100 metres relay	Argentina	49.5	Chile	50.8	Peru	50.9

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Chile	11	11	11	33
2	Brazil	11	6	6	23
3	Argentina	7	10	11	28
4	Peru	3	5	5	13
5	Ecuador	1	1	0	2

External links

• Men Results - GBR Athletics
• Women Results - GBR Athletics