1981 South American Championships in Athletics

The 1981 South American Championships in Athletics were held in La Paz, Bolivia.

Medal summary

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Katsuhiko Nakaia Brazil	10.1A =CR	Altevir de Araújo Brazil	10.3A	Luis Schneider Chile	10.3A
200 metres	Paulo Correia Brazil	20.2A CR	Héctor Daley Panama	20.5A	Luis Schneider Chile	20.5A
400 metres	Geraldo Pegado Brazil	46.8A	Gerson de Souza Brazil	47.8A	Pablo Squella Chile	48.0A
800 metres	Cristián Molina Chile	1:53.6A	José Luiz Barbosa Brazil	1:54.7A	Wilson dos Santos Brazil	1:55.9A
1500 metres	Emilio Ulloa Chile	4:07.1A	Johnny Pérez Bolivia	4:08.0A	Jaime Punina Ecuador	4:09.0A
5000 metres	Víctor Mora Colombia	15:23.9A	Silvio Salazar Colombia	15:51.4A	Johnny Pérez Bolivia	15:59.4A
10000 metres	Víctor Mora Colombia	31:56.4A	Silvio Salazar Colombia	32:57.1A	Hugo Gavino Peru	33:30.9A
Half marathon	Víctor Mora Colombia	1:10:42A	Alfonso Torres Colombia	1:13:20A	René Moldez Bolivia	1:14:54A
3000 metres steeplechase	Emilio Ulloa Chile	9:53.2A	Johnny Pérez Bolivia	9:54.2A	Elói Schleder Brazil	10:19.8A
110 metres hurdles	Juan Carlos Fuentes Chile	14.2A	Wellington da Nobrega Brazil	14.4A	Andrés Lyon Chile	14.4A
400 metres hurdles	Antônio Dias Ferreira Brazil	52.3A	Pablo Squella Chile	52.7A	Donizete Soares Brazil	53.0A
High jump	Jorge Archanjo Brazil	2.15A CR	Cláudio Freire Brazil	2.10A	Daniel Wolfberg Chile	2.05A
Pole vault	Fernando Hoces Chile	4.90A CR	Fernando Ruocco Uruguay	4.70A	Renato Bortolocci Brazil	4.60A
Long jump	Francisco Pichott Chile	7.55A	Luís de Souza Brazil	7.25A	Cláudio Flores Brazil	7.25A
Triple jump	João Carlos de Oliveira Brazil	17.05A CR	Francisco Pichott Chile	16.23A	Ángel Gagliano Argentina	15.95A
Shot put	Gert Weil Chile	17.48A	Juan Turri Argentina	16.54A	José Jacques Brazil	16.31A
Discus throw	José Jacques Brazil	52.10A	Alejandro Serrano Chile	48.94A	Andrés Pérez Chile	45.44A
Hammer throw	Ivam Bertelli Brazil	62.40A	Celso de Moraes Brazil	61.22A	Daniel Gómez Argentina	59.72A
Javelin throw	José de Souza Brazil	75.02A CR	Luis Lucumí Colombia	71.76A	Amilcar de Barros Brazil	70.12A
Decathlon	Paulo Lima Brazil	7383A	Claudio Escauriza Paraguay	6702A	Fernando Brito Brazil	6607A
20 kilometres road walk	Osvaldo Morejón Bolivia	1:51:22A	Ernesto Alfaro Colombia	1:52:52A	Waldemar da Silva Brazil	1:53:10A
4 × 100 metres relay	Brazil	39.6A CR	Chile	40.4A	Peru	40.8A
4 × 400 metres relay	Brazil	3:09.5A	Chile	3:11.8A	Argentina	3:12.2A

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Carmela Bolívar Peru	11.2A CR	Daisy Salas Chile	11.4A	Sueli Machado Brazil	11.4A
200 metres	Eucaris Caicedo Colombia	23.6A	Sueli Machado Brazil	23.8A	Carmela Bolívar Peru	24.0A
400 metres	Eucaris Caicedo Colombia	53.6A CR	Tânia Miranda Brazil	55.7A	Silvia Augsburger Argentina	56.0A
800 metres	Gloria González Chile	2:17.7A	Luz Villa Colombia	2:19.1A	Sandra Ferreira Brazil	2:21.5A
1500 metres	Norma Vallejos Chile	4:57.9A	Nancy Chiliquinga Ecuador	5:01.9A	Mery Rojas Bolivia	5:04.0A
3000 metres	Maricruz Sangines Bolivia	11:04.2A CR	Norma Vallejos Chile	11:09.0A	Mery Rojas Bolivia	11:20.5A
100 metres hurdles	Juraciara da Silva Brazil	13.5A CR	Nancy Vallecilla Ecuador	13.8A	Beatriz Capotosto Argentina	13.9A
400 metres hurdles	Conceição Geremias Brazil	60.0A CR	Nancy Vallecilla Ecuador	62.2A	Maria Ferreira Brazil	62.7A
High jump	Ana Maria Marcón Brazil	1.84A CR	Beatriz Bonfim Brazil	1.77A	Liliana Arigoni Argentina	1.71A
Long jump	Conceição Geremias Brazil	6.26A CR	Araceli Bruschini Argentina	6.22A	Graciela Acosta Uruguay	5.97A
Shot put	Marinalva dos Santos Brazil	14.80A	Maria Fernandes Brazil	13.18A	Patricia Guerrero Peru	12.97A
Discus throw	Odete Domingos Brazil	47.62A	Selene Saldarriaga Colombia	44.22A	Gloria Martínez Chile	41.36A
Javelin throw	Marli dos Santos Brazil	50.52A	Carolina Weil Chile	49.96A	Ana María Campillay Argentina	47.70A
Heptathlon	Yvonne Neddermann Argentina	5451A CR	Olga Verissimo Brazil	5116A	Paola Raab Chile	5081
4 × 100 metres relay	Brazil	45.3A CR	Peru	46.7A (NR)	Argentina	46.9A
4 × 400 metres relay	Brazil	3:49.4A	Argentina	3:51.0A	Chile	3:59.3A

A = affected by altitude

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Brazil (BRA)	21	12	12	45
2	Chile (CHI)	9	8	9	26
3	Colombia (COL)	5	7	0	12
4	Bolivia (BOL)	2	2	4	8
5	Argentina (ARG)	1	3	8	12
6	Peru (PER)	1	1	4	6
7	Ecuador (ECU)	0	3	1	4
8	Uruguay (URU)	0	1	1	2
9	Panama (PAN)	0	1	0	1
	Paraguay (PAR)	0	1	0	1
Totals (10 entries)		39	39	39	117

See also

• 1981 in athletics (track and field)

External links

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