1961 South American Championships in Athletics – Results

none These are the results of the 1961 South American Championships in Athletics which took place at the Estadio Nacional in Lima, Peru, between 20 and 28 May.Detailed results (pp 197–204)Argentina, campeón sudamericano en varones https://arpa.udp.cl/uploads/r/cenfoto-udp/4/8/a/48a87ab3fb570e2903f3ea82b5d5fa2d76a70c062b8f1a76e705588e852c9574/LN_1961_05_29_flat.pdf 23 January 2026 La Nación (Chile) United Press International 29 May 1961 5 SpanishRamón Sandoval se impuso en la primera serie de 800 metros https://arpa.udp.cl/uploads/r/cenfoto-udp/e/9/3/e938e7a6e1fe403c5d623728f5687ad08cbd9c0e01d8f08cf9f9d7d8f25d87a1/LN_1961_05_24_flat.pdf 23 January 2026 La Nación (Chile) United Press International 24 May 1961 6 SpanishRamón Sandoval ganó los 1.500 metros https://arpa.udp.cl/uploads/r/cenfoto-udp/d/2/8/d28f70f0be36d152fc670695274dc6bf4880b0769bca929afca0fff0c5f016f6/LN_1961_05_22_flat.pdf 23 January 2026 La Nación (Chile) United Press International 22 May 1961 18 SpanishNancy Correra y Marisol Masot ganaron series de 100 metros https://arpa.udp.cl/uploads/r/cenfoto-udp/3/b/c/3bcf611266797727e4b2ba1e535607d8d3ac4ab245ade36b5d0aaaa6227cba78/LN_1961_05_21_flat.pdf 23 January 2026 La Nación (Chile) United Press International 21 May 1961 18 Spanish Only the top 6 athletes have been reported for field events. Men's results 100 metres Heats – 20 May Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Luis Vienna 10.8 Q 2 1 Alberto Keitel 10.8 Q 3 1 Juan Hasegawa 11.2 Q 4 1 Noel Revello 11.4 1 2 Arquímedes Herrera 10.6 Q 2 2 Juan Stocker 10.8 Q 3 2 Affonso da Silva 11.0 Q 4 2 Iván Moreno 11.1 5 2 Gerardo Di Tolla 11.3 1 3 Horacio Esteves 10.6 Q 2 3 João Pires Sobrinho 11.2 Q 3 3 Roberto Ferrario 11.2 Q 4 3 Manuel Monforte 11.3 1 4 José Telles da Conceição 10.6 Q 2 4 Rafael Romero 10.7 Q 3 4 Juan Francisco Aguilar 11.2 Q 4 4 Leonel Pedroza 11.3 Semifinals – 20 May Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Horacio Esteves 10.4 Q 2 1 José Telles da Conceição 10.5 Q 3 1 Luis Vienna 10.8 Q 4 1 Affonso da Silva 10.9 5 1 Roberto Ferrario 11.1 9 1 Juan Francisco Aguilar 99.9 ? 1 2 Arquímedes Herrera 10.7 Q 2 2 Rafael Romero 10.8 Q 3 2 Alberto Keitel 10.8 Q 4 2 Juan Stocker 11.1 5 2 Juan Hasegawa 11.1 6 2 João Pires Sobrinho 11.6 Final – 21 May Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Arquímedes Herrera 10.6 Horacio Esteves 10.6 José Telles da Conceição 10.7 4 Rafael Romero 10.9 5 Luis Vienna 10.9 6 Alberto Keitel 10.9 200 metres Heats – 23 May Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Rafael Romero 21.9 Q 2 1 João Pires Sobrinho 22.5 Q 3 1 Guillermo Bahler 22.6 Q 4 1 Leonel Pedroza 22.8 1 2 Juan Stocker 21.9 Q 2 2 Alberto Keitel 22.0 Q 3 2 Affonso da Silva 22.3 Q 4 2 Eulogio Gomes 22.5 1 3 Luis Vienna 21.7 Q 2 3 Horacio Esteves 21.8 Q 3 3 Iván Moreno 22.3 Q 4 3 Juan Francisco Aguilar 22.5 5 3 Juan Hasegawa 22.9 1 4 Arquímedes Herrera 21.6 Q 2 4 José Telles da Conceição 22.3 Q 3 4 Gerardo Di Tolla 22.9 Q 4 4 Moisés Chávez 23.0 Semifinals – 23 May Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Arquímedes Herrera 21.0 Q 2 1 Rafael Romero 21.6 Q 3 1 José Telles da Conceição 21.6 Q 4 1 Juan Stocker 21.8 5 1 Iván Moreno 22.5 6 1 Gerardo Di Tolla 22.9 1 2 Horacio Esteves 21.6 Q 2 2 Alberto Keitel 21.7 Q 3 2 Luis Vienna 21.8 Q 4 2 Affonso da Silva 22.5 5 2 Guillermo Bahler 22.6 6 2 João Pires Sobrinho 22.7 Final – 25 May Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Horacio Esteves 21.3 Arquímedes Herrera 21.6 Luis Vienna 21.8 4 Alberto Keitel 22.1 5 José Telles da Conceição 22.1 6 Rafael Romero 22.8 400 metres Heats – 20 May Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Emilio Romero 51.3 Q 2 1 Ulisses dos Santos 51.5 Q 3 1 Raúl Zabala 51.9 Q 4 1 Moisés Chávez 52.1 5 1 Jorge Canales 52.4 1 2 Juan Francisco Aguilar 51.4 Q 2 2 Peter Ostemeier 51.6 Q 3 2 Juan Carlos Dyrzka 51.7 Q 4 2 Mario Gastelú 53.6 1 3 Juan Stocker 51.3 Q 2 3 Leonel Pedroza 51.4 Q 3 3 Arístides Pineda 51.5 Q 4 3 Hugo Krauss 51.6 5 3 Carlos Pereyra 52.3 1 4 Anubes da Silva 49.9 Q 2 4 Julio León 50.2 Q 3 4 Eulogio Gómez 50.7 Q 4 4 Jorge Vilaboa 51.9 9 4 Hortensio Fusil 99.9 DQ Obstructing another competitorEl COlombiano Pedroza clasificó en 400 metreos https://news.google.com.co/newspapers?nid=N2osnxbUuuUC&dat=19610521&printsec=frontpage&hl=es 25 January 2026 El Tiempo (Colombia Agence France-Presse 21 May 1961 19 Spanish Semifinals – 20 May Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Anubes da Silva 49.9 Q 2 1 Juan Carlos Dyrzka 50.4 Q 3 1 Peter Ostemeier 51.0 Q 4 1 Juan Francisco Aguilar 51.4 5 1 Emilio Romero 52.4 6 1 Raúl Zabala 53.1 1 2 Julio León 50.6 Q 2 2 Ulisses dos Santos 50.8 Q 3 2 Eulogio Gómez 50.9 Q 4 2 Juan Stocker 51.1 5 2 Leonel Pedroza 51.3 6 2 Arístides Pineda 53.1 Final – 21 May Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Anubes da Silva 48.8 Juan Carlos Dyrzka 49.3 Eulogio Gómez 50.0 4 Peter Ostemeier 50.6 5 Ulisses dos Santos 50.7 6 Julio León 61.8 1:01.8 800 metres Heats – 23 May Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Ramón Sandoval 1:56.6 Q 2 1 José Neira 1:56.7 Q 3 1 Paulo de Araújo 1:56.8 Q 4 1 Harvey Borrero 1:56.8 Q 5 1 Silverio da Silva 1:57.0 6 1 Víctor Lozano 1:57.5 9 1 Rodolfo Antelo 1:57.6 NT 1 2 Eduardo Balducci 1:57.7 Q 2 2 Álvaro Mejía 1:58.1 Q 3 2 Odilon Dias Neto 1:58.3 Q 4 2 Enrique Alfonso 1:58.7 Q 5 2 Jacinto Farías 1:58.7 6 2 Hugo Krauss 1:59.8 9 2 Raúl Pereira 1:59.9 NT 9 2 Armin Oswald 1:59.9 NT Final – 25 May Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Ramón Sandoval 1:51.2 José Neira 1:52.6 NR Colombian Eduardo Balducci 1:53.3 4 Paulo de Araújo 1:54.8 5 Harvey Borrero 1:55.3 6 Silverio da Silva 1:56.2 7 Álvaro Mejía 1:56.3 NT 8 Enrique Alfonso 1:56.3 NT 1500 metres 21 May Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Ramón Sandoval 3:51.2 Osvaldo Suárez 3:53.5 Eduardo Balducci 3:53.6 4 Ricardo Vidal 3:55.5 5 Domingo Amaizón 3:56.3 6 Belchior Gomes 3:56.6 7 ? Álvaro Mejía 3:57.6 NR Colombian 8 ? Harvey Borrero 3:57.7 NT 5000 metres 20 May Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Osvaldo Suárez 14:54.7 Luis Sandobal 14:55.5 Alberto Ríos 15:02.6 4 Luis Campusano 15:18.1 5 Jorge González 15:24.7 6 João dos Santos Filho 15:29.9 7 José Primo 15:30.0 NT 8 Francisco Allen 15:30.1 NT 10,000 metres 25 May Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Osvaldo Suárez 30:18.1 Luis Sandobal 31:13.9 Luis Campusano 31:27.3 4 Gumersindo Gómez 31:27.8 5 Jorge González 32:01.8 6 Ricardo Vidal 32:21.7 7 Hugo Domínguez 32:21.8 NT 8 João dos Santos Filho 32:21.9 NT 9 Manuel Cabrera 33:00.3 NR Colombian Marathon 28 May Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Juan Silva 2:39:36 CR South American Championships in Athletics Ricardo Vidal 2:41:16 Armando Pino 2:42:21 4 José Marcelo Canelo 2:45:02 5 Alejandro Montaño 2:46:12 6 Gumersindo Gómez 2:46:13 NT 7 Luis Navas 2:46:14 NT 8 Luis Molina 2:46:15 NT 9 Waldir Nascimento 2:46:16 NT 10 Robustiano Larrea 2:46:17 NT 10 João dos Santos Filho 2:46:17 NT 10 Walter Torres 2:46:17 NT 10 Germán Lozano 2:46:17 NT 10 Manuel Caberra 2:46:17 NT 10 Daniel García 2:46:17 NT 99 Eugenio Rivera 9:99:99 DNF 99 José Campos 9:99:99 DQ Finished second originally but was later disqualified 110 metres hurdles Heats – 21 May Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 José Telles da Conceição 14.8 Q 2 1 John Muñoz 15.3 Q 3 1 Carlos Witting 15.4 4 1 Guillermo Vallania 15.6 5 1 Roberto Abugattás 16.2 1 2 Carlos Mossa 15.1 Q 2 2 Teófilo Davis Bell 15.1 Q 3 2 Juan Carlos Dyrzka 15.2 4 2 Juan Manuel Jordán 16.3 5 2 Zacarías Durán 17.3 1 3 José Cavero 15.7 Q 2 3 Ariel Standen 16.1 Q 3 3 Ramón Bastardo 16.6 9 3 Joel Silva 99.9 DNF Final – 23 May Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Carlos Mossa 14.5 =CR South American Championships in Athletics José Telles da Conceição 14.7 Teófilo Davis Bell 15.0 4 John Muñoz 15.3 5 Ariel Standen 15.7 6 José Cavero 15.9 400 metres hurdles Heats – 25 May Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Anubes da Silva 55.2 Q 2 1 Arístides Pineda 55.4 Q 3 1 Raúl Zabala 56.4 4 1 Mario Gastelú 57.0 5 1 Juan Manuel Jordán 57.6 1 2 Juan Carlos Dyrzka 54.2 Q 2 2 Ulisses dos Santos 54.3 Q 3 2 Tito Bracho 55.6 1 3 José Cavero 55.8 Q 2 3 Ariel Standen 57.0 Q 3 3 Landualdo da Silva 57.2 Final – 27 May Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Juan Carlos Dyrzka 52.3 Anubes da Silva 52.8 Ulisses dos Santos 54.0 4 Arístides Pineda 54.6 5 José Cavero 54.6 6 Ariel Standen 60.3 1:00.3 3000 metres steeplechase 27 May Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Sebastião Mendes 9:14.8 Domingo Amaizón 9:20.6 Alberto Ríos 9:23.4 4 Luis Sandobal 9:28.2 5 Francisco Allen 9:34.6 6 Belchior Gomes 9:41.8 7 José Primo 9:41.9 NT 8 Luis Campusano 9:42.0 NT 9 José García 9:42.1 NT 4 × 100 metres relay 27 May Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes Clive Bonas, Arquímedes Herrera, Horacio Esteves, Rafael Romero 41.0 Joel Costa, Jorge de Barros, Affonso da Silva, José da Conceição 41.5 Guillermo Bahler, Juan Stocker, Roberto Ferrairo, Luis Vienna 42.2 4 Carlos Vera, Alberto Keitel, Iván Moreno, Hugo Krauss 42.5 5 Gerardo Di Tolla, Manuel Monforte, Juan Hasegawa, Eulogio Gómez 43.8 6 Fermín Donazar, Jorge Vilaboa, Carlos Pereyra, Juan Francisco Aguilar 43.9 4 × 400 metres relay 28 May Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes Emilio Romero, Rafael Romero, Horacio Esteves, Hortensio Fucil 3:16.0 Raúl Zabala, Luis Vienna, Juan Stocker, Juan Carlos Dyrzka 3:16.9 Cris Ferreira, Ulisses dos Santos, Peter Ostermeier, Anubes da Silva 3:18.1 4 Jorge Canales, Eduardo Scamarone, José Cavero, Gerardo Di Tolla 3:22.7 5 Moisés Chávez, Armin Oswald, Ramón Sandoval, Alberto Keitel 3:23.8 6 Juan Francisco Aguilar, Jorge Vilaboa, Jacinto Farías, Carlos Pereyra 3:32.4 High jump 20 May Rank Name Nationality Result Notes Eugenio Velasco 1.95 Eleuterio Fassi 1.95 Horacio Martínez 1.95 4 Paulo da Silva 1.90 5 Alfredo Lopes 1.85 6 Ramón Bastardo 1.85 Pole vault 23 May Rank Name Nationality Result Notes Marcelo de Souza 3.90 Tomatsu Nishida 3.90 Brígido Iriarte 3.80 4 José Infante 3.80 5 Cristian Raab 3.80 6 Luis Meza 3.80 Long jump 21 May Rank Name Nationality Result Notes John Muñoz 7.13 Newton de Castro 7.06 Fermín Donazar 6.92 4 Jorge Castillo 6.89 5 Carlos Tornquist 6.89 6 Alfredo Lopes 6.86 Triple jump 25 May Rank Name Nationality Result Notes Asnoldo Devonish 14.68 Sylvio Moreira 14.52 Reinaldo de Oliveira 14.42 4 Carlos Vera 14.24 5 Luis Huarcaya 14.17 6 Jorge Castillo 14.15 Shot put 23 May Rank Name Nationality Result Notes Enrique Helf 15.86 CR South American Championships in Athletics Luis Di Cursi 15.69 Héctor Thomas 14.58 4 Roque Eguillor 14.52 5 Osmar Duque 14.18 6 Isolino Taborda 13.99 7 ? Dagoberto González 13.30 NR ColombianLos Colombianos mejoraron 5 marcas nacionales en Lima https://news.google.com.co/newspapers?nid=N2osnxbUuuUC&dat=19610527&printsec=frontpage&hl=es 25 January 2026 El Tiempo (Colombia) 27 May 1961 10 Spanish Discus throw 27 May Rank Name Nationality Result Notes Günther Kruse 48.57 Enrique Helf 46.98 Héctor Menacho 46.97 4 Dieter Gevert 46.82 5 Daniel Cereali 46.71 6 Dagoberto González 46.64 Hammer throw 21 May Rank Name Nationality Result Notes Daniel Cereali 52.55 Roberto Chapchap 50.81 Carlos Marzo 50.50 4 Walter Rodrigues 50.33 5 Alejandro Díaz 49.80 6 Edmundo Zúñiga 46.01 7 Julio Valverdo 00.00 ? Javelin throw 20 May – old model Rank Name Nationality Result Notes Ricardo Heber 64.25 Orlando Garrido 63.56 Luis Zárate 61.40 4 Osmar Duque 61.29 5 Antolín Rodríguez 61.19 6 Florentino Rodríguez 59.81 NR Colombian Decathlon 27–28 May – 1952 tables (1985 conversions given with *) #F2F5A9 The highest mark recorded in each event is highlighted in yellow solid 1px #AAAAAA RankAthleteNationality100mLJSPHJ400m110m HDTPVJT1500mPointsConv.Notes Bernabé Souza 11.4 6.57 11.22 1.78 52.0 15.8 27.77 3.30 41.78 4:31.6 5662 6106* Tito Bracho 11.1 6.54 10.89 1.78 49.5 16.3 29.36 3.20 43.22 4:57.2 5587 6020* Cleomenes da Cunha 11.8 5.94 10.22 1.76 54.4 15.7 36.64 3.50 65.81 4:53.3 5502 6000* 4 Héctor González 11.4 6.41 11.66 1.73 50.9 16.4 33.89 2.80 45.15 4:47.2 5450 5188* 5 Ramón Bastardo 11.4 6.92 9.81 1.85 52.1 16.3 27.11 3.20 44.85 5:46.6 5164 5697* 6 Luís Fernandes 11.8 6.14 10.13 1.60 52.0 15.9 30.90 3.10 42.64 4:32.1 5140 5727* 7 Héctor Thomas 11.7 6.17 12.85 1.80 60.1 17.1 42.38 3.00 52.56 5:55.8 4984 5544* 8 Luis Meza 11.6 5.56 9.71 1.65 51.6 18.4 30.28 3.60 39.49 4:53.1 4723 5363* 9 Andrés Larrain 11.6 5.62 12.43 1.60 51.8 17.5 34.93 00.01 NM 39.98 4:48.0 4580 5197* 10 Carlos Monge 11.4 0.00 ? 00.00 – 0.00 – 99.9 – 99.9 – 00.00 – 0.00 – 00.00 – 9:99.9 – 1 DNF 1 – 11 Roberto Vargas 12.1 0.00 ? 00.00 – 0.00 – 99.9 – 99.9 – 00.00 – 0.00 – 00.00 – 9:99.9 – 0 DNF 0 – Women's results 100 metres Heats – 20 May Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Edith Berg 12.7 Q 2 1 Maria Caldeira 13.0 Q 3 1 Doris Peter 13.1 4 1 Juan Ghislieri 13.3 5 1 Ana Alvarado 13.3 1 2 Nancy Correa 12.0 Q 2 2 Laurete Godoy 13.0 Q 3 2 Emilia Dyrzka 13.1 4 2 Consuelo Buitrón 13.7 1 3 Marisol Massot 12.7 Q 2 3 Érica da Silva 12.8 Q 3 3 Teresa Toyama 12.9 Final – 21 May Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Edith Berg 12.4 Nancy Correa 12.4 Marisol Massot 12.5 4 Érica da Silva 12.7 5 Maria Caldeira 12.8 6 Laurete Godoy 12.8 200 metres Heats – 27 May Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Ada Brener 26.4 Q 2 1 Laurete Godoy 26.5 Q 1 2 Marta Buongiorno 26.3 Q 2 2 Ana Alvarado 26.8 Q 3 2 Maria José de Lima 26.8 4 2 Aurora Bianchi 28.1 5 2 Consuelo Buitrón 28.7 1 3 Edith Berg 25.6 Q 2 3 Érica da Silva 26.1 Q 3 3 Nancy Correa 26.6 4 3 Juana Ghislieri 27.3 Final – 28 May Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Edith Berg 25.7 Ada Brener 25.8 Marta Buongiorno 26.0 4 Érica da Silva 26.1 5 Laurete Godoy 26.3 6 Ana Alvarado 26.4 80 metres hurdles Heats – 27 May Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Wanda dos Santos 11.7 Q 2 1 Maria José de Lima 11.8 Q 3 1 Edith Berg 11.9 Q 4 1 Elvecia Bauer 12.4 5 1 Olga Catter 12.5 1 2 Maria de Lourdes Texeira 11.9 Q 2 2 Graciela Paviotti 12.1 Q 3 2 Eliana Gaete 12.2 Q Final – 28 May Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Wanda dos Santos 11.5 Maria José de Lima 11.9 Maria de Lourdes Texeira 12.0 4 Edith Berg 12.4 5 Graciela Paviotti 12.4 6 Eliana Gaete 12.7 4 × 100 metres relay 27 May Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes Wanda dos Santos, Maria Caldeira, Laurette Godoy, Érica da Silva 48.9 Alicia Kaufmanas, Marta Buongiorno, Ada Brener, Edith Berg 48.9 Aurora Bianchi, Marisol Massot, Doris Peter, Nancy Correa 49.2 4 Consuelo Buitrón, Teresa Toyama, Olga Catter, Juana Ghislieri 52.9 High jump 27 May Rank Name Nationality Result Notes Aída dos Santos 1.60 =CR South American Championships in Athletics Nelly Gómez 1.55 Maria José de Lima 1.50 4 Delcy Marques 1.50 5 Deonildes Martins 1.50 6 Elvecia Bauer 1.45 7 Smiliana Dezulovic 1.40 Long jump 23 May Rank Name Nationality Result Notes Wanda dos Santos 5.38 Ada Brener 5.32 Alicia Kaufmanas 5.21 4 Laura das Chagas 5.06 5 Graciela Paviotti 4.92 6 Maria José de Lima 4.72 Shot put 25 May Rank Name Nationality Result Notes Ingeborg Pfüller 12.41 Vera Trezoitko 12.16 Pradelia Delgado 11.81 4 Martha Miraglia 11.66 5 Mabel Dematei 11.55 6 Smiliana Dezulovic 11.32 Discus throw 20 May Rank Name Nationality Result Notes Ingeborg Pfüller 41.92 Pradelia Delgado 39.78 Sumiko Yamakawa 38.89 4 Miriam Yutronic 37.84 5 Ingeborg Mello 37.22 6 Ludmila Tisinova 37.03 Javelin throw 28 May – old model Rank Name Nationality Result Notes Marlene Ahrens 42.85 Mercedes García 37.45 Vera Trezoitko 37.29 4 Maria Ventura 36.35 5 Smiliana Dezulovic 34.63 6 Magdalena García 33.65 References South American Championships in Athletics - Results Category:Events at the South American Championships in Athletics