1954 South American Championships in Athletics – Results

none These are the results of the 1954 South American Championships in Athletics which took place at the Estadio Municipal de Pacaembu in São Paulo, Brazil, between 17 and 25 April.Detailed results (pp 172–179) Only the top 6 athletes have been reported for some finals. Men's results 100 metres Heats – 17 AprilWind: Heat 1: +7.0 m/s, Heat 2: +3.8 m/s, Heat 3: +3.8 m/s Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 José Telles da Conceição 10.5 Q 2 1 Hugo Krauss 10.8 Q 3 1 Wilfredo Sanguinetti 10.8 4 1 Aristipo Lerma 11.0 1 2 Benedito Ferreira 10.4 Q 2 2 Jaime Aparicio 10.7 Q 3 2 Gerardo Salazar 10.7 4 2 Amadiel Cortez 10.8 5 2 Néstor Ibarra 11.2 1 3 Paulo da Fonseca 10.4 Q 2 3 Máximo Reyes 10.9 Q 3 3 Patricio Letelier 10.9 4 3 José Ravell 11.0 NT Final – 18 AprilWind: +1.9 m/s Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Paulo da Fonseca 10.6 José Telles da Conceição 10.7 Benedito Ferreira 10.7 4 Jaime Aparicio 10.7 5 Hugo Krauss 11.0 6 Máximo Reyes 11.0 200 metres Heats – 20 April Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Benedito Ferreira 21.9 Q 2 1 Apolinar Solórzano 22.2 Q 3 1 Jaime Aparicio 22.3 Q 4 1 Gustavo Ehlers 22.4 Q 5 1 Wilfredo Sanguinetti 22.7 1 2 Paulo da Fonseca 21.9 Q 2 2 Hugo Krauss 22.1 Q 3 2 Guillermo Gutiérrez 22.3 Q 4 2 José Ravell 22.6 Q 5 2 Óscar Maldonado 22.7 1 3 José Telles da Conceição 21.5 Q 2 3 Amadiel Cortez 22.6 Q 3 3 Juan Leiva 22.6 Q 4 3 Guillermo Sebastiani 22.6 Q 5 3 Néstor Ibarra 22.9 6 3 Aristipo Lerma 23.7 Semifinals – 20 April Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 José Telles da Conceição 21.4 Q 2 1 Benedito Ferreira 21.9 Q 3 1 Apolinar Solórzano 22.0 Q 4 1 José Ravell 22.5 5 1 Juan Leiva 22.7 6 1 Gustavo Ehlers 23.6 1 2 Paulo da Fonseca 21.5 Q 2 2 Jaime Aparicio 22.0 Q 3 2 Hugo Krauss 22.1 Q 4 2 Amadiel Cortez 22.2 5 2 Guillermo Sebastiani 22.3 6 2 Guillermo Gutiérrez 22.4 Final – 21 April Rank Name Nationality Time Notes José Telles da Conceição 21.2 AR South American Jaime Aparicio 21.7 Paulo da Fonseca 21.8 4 Benedito Ferreira 21.8 5 Apolinar Solórzano 21.9 6 Hugo Krauss 22.3 400 metres Heats – 17 April Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Mário do Nascimento 49.8 Q 2 1 Segundo Peña 50.5 Q 3 1 Juan López 50.9 1 2 Argemiro Roque 50.5 Q 2 2 Gustavo Ehlers 50.9 Q 3 2 Rogerio Gómez 51.6 4 2 Emir Miller 53.0 1 3 Ramón Sandoval 49.9 Q 2 3 Ulisses dos Santos 50.4 Q 3 3 Óscar Nietzel 51.4 4 3 Felipe Chará 52.6 Final – 18 April Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Mário do Nascimento 48.3 AR South American Argemiro Roque 49.1 Ramón Sandoval 49.5 4 Gustavo Ehlers 49.7 5 Segundo Peña 50.0 6 Ulisses dos Santos 50.5 800 metres 21 April Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Ramón Sandoval 1:50.9 CR South American Championships in Athletics, NR Chilean Argemiro Roque 1:53.6 Odilon Dias Netto 1:54.2 4 Waldo Sandoval 1:55.4 5 Orlando Arévalo 1:56.0 NR Uruguayan 6 Juan López 1:56.4 1500 metres 18 April Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Jaime Correa 3:56.5 CR South American Championships in Athletics Guillermo Solá 3:57.2 Santiago Novas 3:57.7 4 Antônio Roque 3:58.4 NR Brazilian 5 Edgard Mitt 4:04.2 6 Benedito de Paula 4:04.5 5000 metres 17 April Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Jaime Correa 15:00.6 Santiago Novas 15:07.8 Edgard Mitt 15:14.1 4 Luis Campusano 15:33.5 5 Luís Rodrigues 15:38.4 6 Edgar Freire 15:39.4 9 Viterbo Rivero 9:99.9 DNF 10,000 metres 21 April Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Jaime Correa 31:41.0 Geraldo Alves 32:14.5 Luís Rodrigues 32:20.5 4 Nelson Abreu 32:38.3 5 Alfonso Cornejo 33:08.4 6 José Emiliano Fonseca 33:27.2 7 Segundo Torres 33:27.3 NT 7 Marcelino Serrano 33:27.3 NT 7 Gustavo Ramírez 33:27.3 NT 7 Julio Chavarría 33:27.3 NT Half marathon 25 April Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Geraldo Alves 1:13:02 Joaquim da Silva 1:13:43 José Eliáas Pérez 1:15:48 4 José Emiliano Fonseca 1:18:03 5 Segundo Torres 1:19:07 6 Geraldo Felipe 1:19:18 7 Gustavo Ramírez 1:19:19 NT 8 Enrique Tapia 1:19:20 NT 9 Julio Chavarría 1:19:21 NT 99 Juan Guau 9:99:99 DNF 99 Marcelino Serrano 9:99:99 DNF 110 metres hurdles Heats – 18 AprilWind: Heat 1: +2.5 m/s, Heat 2: +2.5 m/s Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Teófilo Davis Bell 14.9 Q 2 1 Carlos Claro 15.2 Q 3 1 Hernán Alzamora 15.2 Q 4 1 Ijoel da Silva 15.4 5 1 Andrés Jeanerett 15.8 1 2 Wilson Carneiro 14.9 Q 2 2 Juan Leiva 15.1 Q 3 2 Aldo Ribeiro 15.2 Q 4 2 Carlos Ávila 15.5 5 2 Ariel Standen 15.5 6 2 Luis Huarcaya 15.7 Final – 20 AprilWind: +4.2 m/s Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Wilson Carneiro 14.3 Teófilo Davis Bell 14.5 Juan Leiva 14.8 4 Hernán Alzamora 14.8 5 Aldo Ribeiro 15.5 6 Carlos Claro 17.5 400 metres hurdles Heats – 21 April Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Wilson Carneiro 55.0 Q 2 1 Pablo Eitel 55.7 Q 3 1 Erwino Stobaus 55.7 Q 4 1 Felipe Chará 57.6 5 1 Óscar Nietzel 57.6 1 2 Ulisses dos Santos 55.5 Q 2 2 Jaime Aparicio 55.6 Q 3 2 Emir Miller 55.8 Q 4 2 Alfonso Rozas 56.5 Final – 24 April Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Jaime Aparicio 52.2 CR South American Championships in Athletics Wilson Carneiro 53.5 Ulisses dos Santos 54.9 4 Erwino Stobaus 55.5 5 Pablo Eitel 55.9 6 Emir Miller 57.8 3000 metres steeplechase 24 April Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Edgar Mitt 9:14.9 AR South American Guillermo Solá 9:16.0 NR Chilean Santiago Novas 9:26.6 4 Haroldo Gallardo 9:39.6 5 Edgar Freire 9:49.1 6 Rómulo Gomes 9:51.3 7 Viterbo Rivero 9:51.4 NT 8 Orlando Arévalo 9:51.5 NT 4 × 100 metres relay 24 April Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes Francisco Kadlec, Benedito Ferreira, Paulo da Fonseca, José Telles da Conceição 40.8 CR South American Championships in Athletics, NR Brazilian Gerardo Salazar, Máximo Reyes, Óscar Maldonado, Guillermo Sebastiani 41.8 NR Peruvian Apolinar Solórzano, Guillermo Gutiérrez, Juan Leiva, Teófilo Davis Bell 42.2 4 Hugo Moya, Patricio Letelier, Amadiel Cortez, Hugo Krauss 42.3 5 Fermín Donazar, Néstor Ibarra, Hércules Azcune, José Ravell 42.4 4 × 400 metres relay 25 April Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes Argemiro Roque, Ulisses dos Santos, Armando da Silva, Mário do Nascimento 3:15.6 CR South American Championships in Athletics Segundo Peña, Waldo Sandoval, Gustavo Ehlers, Ramón Sandoval 3:16.9 NR Chilean Guillermo Gutiérrez, Apolinar Solórzano, Filemón Camacho, Juan Leiva 3:21.0 4 Óscar Maldonado, Santiago Ferrando, Juan López, Rogerio Gómez 3:26.6 5 Néstor Ibarra, José Ravell, Orlando Arévalo, Emir Miller 3:28.1 High jump 17 April Rank Name Nationality 1.80 1.85 1.90 1.95 2.00 2.02 Result Notes José Telles da Conceição o o o o xo xxx 2.00 AR South AmericanPampa Don Chile ha lucido en Pacaembu https://www.bibliotecanacionaldigital.gob.cl/visor/BND:154820#item_1_18_1 7 May 2026 Estadio (magazine) 571 24 April 1954 14 Spanish Ernesto Lagos o o o xo xxx 1.95 Adilton Luz 1.90 4 Carlos Puebla 1.85 5 Hajime Nakajima 1.85 6 Luis Huarcaya 1.85 7 Hércules Azcune 1.80 8 Cecil Dalmage 1.80 9 Carlos Vera 1.80 Pole vault 20 AprilPampa Don Cuatro grandes en dos días https://www.bibliotecanacionaldigital.gob.cl/visor/BND:154820#item_1_18_1 7 May 2026 572 1 May 1954 8–9 Spanish Rank Name Nationality 3.20 3.40 3.50 3.60 3.70 3.80 3.90 4.00 Result Notes Brígido Iriarte – – – o o o o xxx 3.90 Carlos Moschen – – – xxo 3.90 Fausto de Souza 3.90 4 Hélcio da Silva 3.80 5 Ricardo Pigni 3.70 6 Carlos Vera 3.60 7 Carlos Puebla 3.50 9 Gonzalo Rojas – o 0.00 NM 9 Hugo García xxx 0.00 NM Long jump 18 April Rank Name Nationality Result Notes Fermín Donazar 7.51w Mário Gonzales 7.47w Ary de Sá 7.19 4 Carlos Vera 7.18w 5 Wladimiro Leighton 7.11w 6 Jorge Mendoza 6.86 7 Ariel Standen 6.53 Triple jump 21 April Rank Name Nationality Result Notes Adhemar da Silva 16.22 =AR South American Hélio da Silva 14.86 Renato do Nascimento 14.70 4 Carlos Vera 14.37 5 Wladimiro Leighton 14.04 6 Jorge Mendoza 13.84 7 Luis Huarcaya 13.77 8 Fermín Donazar 13.64 Shot put 18 April Rank Name Nationality Result Notes Alcides Dambrós 15.32 CR South American Championships in Athletics Nadim Marreis 13.81 Armin Neverman 13.79 4 Leonardo Patiño 13.75 5 Leonardo Kittsteiner 13.45 6 Armando Faustini 13.27 7 Hernán Figueroa 12.66 8 Alfonso Rodríguez 11.26 Discus throw 24 April Rank Name Nationality Result Notes Eduardo Julve 47.44 Hernán Haddad 46.52 Alcides Dambrós 45.09 4 Héctor Menacho 43.95 5 Nadim Marreis 42.00 6 Mauricio Rodríguez 41.63 7 Gabriel Mueller 41.46 8 Walter Yager 39.94 9 Armin Neverman 39.56 Hammer throw 20 April Rank Name Nationality Result Notes Walter Kupper 50.65 Alejandro Díaz 50.04 Arturo Melcher 49.47 4 Walter Rodrigues 48.93 5 Bruno Strohmeyer 46.04 6 Manuel Consiglieri 44.96 7 Antono Vodanovic 44.59 8 Enrique Lagoyette 39.39 Javelin throw 17 April – old model Rank Name Nationality Result Notes Carlos Monge 61.33 NR Peruvian Janis Stendzeniecks 60.88 Francisco Céspedes 56.81 4 Orlando Couto 55.09 5 Hans Illman 54.47 6 Armin Neverman 53.74 7 Osmar Duque 52.66 8 Rafael Gulfo 52.03 9 Antonio dos Anjos 51.89 Decathlon 24–25 April – 1952 tables (1985 conversions given with *) #F2F5A9 The highest mark recorded in each event is highlighted in yellow solid 1px #AAAAAA RankAthleteNationality100mLJSPHJ400m110m HDTPVJT1500mPointsConv.Notes Francisco Moura 10.9 7.05 11.15 1.80 51.8 16.1 36.12 2.90 50.91 4:45.8 6049 6425* Brígido Iriarte 11.3 6.80 11.98 1.63 53.4 16.5 39.30 4.00 50.44 4:54.6 6002 6368* NR Venezuelan Aldo Ribeiro 11.3 6.58 11.03 1.73 51.7 15.6 33.99 3.20 49.35 4:50.8 5767 6205* 4 Hernán Figueroa 11.5 6.43 12.99 1.76 53.7 16.5 35.70 3.50 50.43 5:08.5 5630 6110* 5 Héctor Menacho 11.2 6.39 11.98 1.67 50.5 16.2 39.55 3.00 34.78 4:50.3 5559 6028* 6 Luís Fernandes 11.4 6.41 10.31 1.63 51.2 16.1 32.28 3.10 44.58 4:23.0 5551 6031* 7 Raúl Osorio 11.4 6.55 10.40 1.60 50.0 17.4 26.46 3.40 49.63 4:23.0 5520 5999* 8 Hernán Alzamora 11.3 6.41 10.58 1.73 52.9 15.0 30.34 3.20 46.52 5:22.8 5229 5769* 9 Manuel Gómez 11.4 6.77 10.12 1.85 56.7 18.8 33.00 3.30 47.72 9:99.8 ? 3526 1 – 10 Leonardo Kittsteiner 11.8 5.98 12.53 1.55 53.3 18.0 32.07 0.00 ? 00.00 DNS 9:99.9 – 0 DNF 0 – Women's results 100 metres Heats – 17 AprilWind: Heat 1: +4.0 m/s, Heat 2: +3.0 m/s Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Benedicta de Oliveira 12.3 Q 2 1 Betty Kretschmer 12.5 Q 3 1 Alejandrina Correa 12.6 Q 4 1 Delia Díaz 13.6 1 2 Elda Selamé 12.3 Q 2 2 Deyse de Castro 12.4 Q 3 2 Aurora Bianchi 12.5 Q 4 2 Melânia Luz 12.5 9 2 Beatriz Daher 99.9 DQ Final – 18 AprilWind: +2.7 m/s Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 3 Benedicta de Oliveira 12.3 2 Deyse de Castro 12.3 1 Elda Selamé 12.3 4 4 Aurora Bianchi 12.5 5 5 Betty Kretschmer 12.5 6 6 Alejandrina Correa 12.8 200 metres Heats – 20 April Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Deyse de Castro 25.8 Q 2 1 Melânia Luz 26.7 Q 3 1 Aurora Bianchi 26.9 Q 4 1 Teresa Venegas 28.3 1 2 Elda Selamé 25.8 Q 2 2 Benedicta de Oliveira 25.8 Q 3 2 Alejandrina Correa 26.9 Q 4 2 Beatriz Daher 27.2 Final – 21 April Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Deyse de Castro 25.7 Elda Selamé 25.8 Benedicta de Oliveira 26.2 4 Melânia Luz 26.5 5 Aurora Bianchi 26.7 6 Alejandrina Correa 27.1 80 metres hurdles Heats – 24 April Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Wanda dos Santos 11.7 Q 2 1 Delia Díaz 11.7 Q 3 1 Betty Kretschmer 12.2 Q 4 1 Maria José de Lima 12.3 1 2 Eliana Gaete 11.9 Q 2 2 Margot Ritter 12.4 Q 3 2 Norma Beckmann 12.4 Q Final – 25 April Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Wanda dos Santos 11.4 CR South American Championships in Athletics Eliana Gaete 11.9 Delia Díaz 12.2 NR Uruguayan 4 Betty Kretschmer 12.3 5 Norma Beckmann 12.5 6 Margot Ritter 12.7 4 × 100 metres relay thumb|right|The winning Chilean team after the event 25 April Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes Aurora Bianchi, Elda Selamé, Eliana Gaete, Betty Kretschmer 48.4 CR South American Championships in Athletics, NR Chilean Deyse de Castro, Elizabeth Müller, Melânia Luz, Benedita de Oliveira 48.6 High jump 24 April Rank Name Nationality Result Notes Delia Díaz 1.55 NR Uruguayan Elisabeth Muller 1.55 Deyse de Castro 1.55 4 Margot Ritter 1.45 5 María Ramos 1.45 6 Adriana Millard 1.40 Long jump 18 April Rank Name Nationality Result Notes Lisa Peters 5.75 CR South American Championships in Athletics, NR Chilean Deyse de Castro 5.47 Wanda dos Santos 5.42 4 Beatriz Daher 5.38 NR Uruguayan 5 Adriana Millard 5.28 6 Betty Kretschmer 5.12 7 Eliete Zanardo 4.87 Shot put 21 April Rank Name Nationality Result Notes Elizabeth Müller 11.79 Pradelia Delgado 11.70 Vera Trezoitko 11.60 4 Marlene Ahrens 11.46 5 Julia Huapaya 11.32 6 Christina Brugger 10.93 Discus throw 21 April Rank Name Nationality Result Notes Erica Trömmel 39.84 NR Chilean Ilse Gerdau 39.40 Pradelia Delgado 39.40 4 Vera Trezoitko 37.23 5 Rosa Riveros 34.80 6 Noemia Assumpcão 33.12 7 Julia Huapaya 28.43 Javelin throw 25 April – old model Rank Name Nationality Result Notes Anneliese Schmidt 42.07 CR South American Championships in Athletics, NR Brazilian Marlene Ahrens 41.68 NR Chilean Carmen Venegas 41.65 4 Adriana Silva 36.83 5 Ilse Gerdau 35.15 6 Vera Trezoitko 33.11 References South American Championships in Athletics - Results Category:Events at the South American Championships in Athletics