1957 South American Championships in Athletics (unofficial) – Results

These are the results of the unofficial 1957 South American Championships in Athletics (known in Spanish as I Torneo de Campeones Sudamericanos) which took place at the Estadio Nacional in Santiago, Chile, on 19, 20 and 21 April.I Torneo de Campeones Sudamericanos https://www.bibliotecanacionaldigital.gob.cl/visor/BND:154820#item_1_18_1 26 February 2026 Estadio 729 3 May 1957 31 (643) Spanish The athletics meeting was for men only with the participation from three countries Argentina, Brazil and Chile, each represented by two athletes in an event and points awarded for each place. Team scores Rank Country Points 1 Brazil 223 pts 3 Chile 217 pts 2 Argentina 186 pts Results 100 metres Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Jorge de Barros 10.6 João Pires Sobrinho 10.7 Gerardo Bönnhoff 11.0 4 Roberto Ferrario 11.0 5 Teodoro Blaschke 11.0 6 Hugo de la Fuente 11.1 200 metres Rank Name Nationality Time Notes João Pires Sobrinho 21.6 Jorge de Barros 21.7 Teodoro Blaschke 22.2 4 Hugo Krauss 22.3 5 Pedro Marcel 22.4 6 Gerardo Bönnhoff 22.4 400 metres Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Ulisses dos Santos 47.5 AR South American Anubes da Silva 48.2 Hugo Krauss 49.1 4 Julio León 49.5 5 Carlos Heredia 49.5 6 Enrique Beckles 50.9 800 metres Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Ramón Sandoval 1:50.4 Argemiro Roque 1:51.9 Waldo Sandoval 1:53.7 4 Gilberto Miori 1:54.6 5 Alcides Cubitosi 1:56.9 6 Odilón Díaz 1:57.3 1500 metres Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Ramón Sandoval 3:48.4 Eduardo Fontecilla 3:52.5 Gilberto Miori 3:53.4 4 Eduardo Balducci 3:59.2 5 Francisco Amaral 4:06.3 6 José Santos Primo 4:15.7 5000 metres Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Jorge González 14:50.4 Jaime Correa 14:53.4 Armando Pino 15:01.4 4 José Calixto 15:04.2 5 Juan Guerra 15:21.6 6 Luís Rodrigues 15:42.4 10,000 metres Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Walter Lemos 30:44.4 Armando Pino 30:50.2 José Calixto 31:41.8 4 Jaime Correa 32:05.8 5 Alfredo de Oliveira 32:16.4 6 Manuel Salva 33:51.0 Half marathon Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Walter Lemos 1:05:14 Alfredo de Oliveira 1:06:05 Juan Silva 1:08:20 4 Humberto Bianchetti 1:10:22 5 José Pérez 1:10:45 6 Nelson de Souza 1:13:13 110 metres hurdles Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Francisco Bergonzoni 14.8 Héctor Henríquez 15.3 Wilson Carneiro 15.3 4 Carlos Witting 15.4 5 Carlos Cossi 16.1 6 Reinaldo Pieslinger 16.5 400 metres hurdles Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Ulisses dos Santos 53.0 Anubes da Silva 54.0 Pablo Eitel 55.6 4 Carlos Cossi 55.9 5 Humberto Cabrera 57.0 6 Ariel Standen 58.9 3000 metres steeplechase Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Antonio Núñez 9:27.8 Santiago Novas 9:30.2 José Santos Primo 9:37.4 4 Francisco Allen 9:56.6 5 Eusebio Urquiza 10:02.6 6 Francisco Amaral 10:25.0 4 × 100 metres relay Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes João Pires Sobrinho, José Telles da Conceição, Da Silva, Jorge de Barros 41.4 Pedro Marcel, Juan Ferro, Gerardo Bönnhoff, Roberto Ferrario 41.6 Hugo de la Fuente, Teodoro Blaschke, Patricio Letelier, Gert Wagner 42.0 4 × 400 metres relay Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes Argemiro Roque, Da Silva, Anubes da Silva, Ulisses dos Santos 3:15.0 Julio León, Waldo Sandoval, Ramón Sandoval, Hugo Krauss 3:18.9 Humberto Cabrer, Enrique Beckles, Francisco Paganessi, Carlos Heredia 3:21.4 High jump Rank Name Nationality Result Notes Ernesto Lagos 1.93 Horacio Martínez 1.90 José Telles da Conceição 1.85 Juan Ruiz 1.85 Oscar Bártoli 1.85 6 Alberto Bacan 1.85 Pole vault Rank Name Nationality Result Notes Fausto de Souza 4.10 José Luis Infante 4.00 Ricardo Bonino 3.80 4 Itiro Takahashi 3.70 5 Christián Raab 3.70 6 Emir Martínez 3.30 Long jump Rank Name Nationality Result Notes Eduardo Krumm 6.96 Pedro Marcel 6.90 Wladimiro Leighton 6.86 4 Luís Akuta 6.78 5 Jorge Castillo 6.78 6 Masaki Umeda 6.77 Triple jump Rank Name Nationality Result Notes Adhemar da Silva 15.59 Ariel Standen 14.60 Jorge Castillo 14.36 4 Arnaldo dos Santos 14.29 5 Eugenio Muñoz 14.18 6 Raúl Castagnino 13.73 Shot put Rank Name Nationality Result Notes Enrique Helf 14.56 Isolino Taborda 14.47 Günther Kruse 14.38 4 Nadim Marreis 14.18 5 Leonardo Kittsteiner 13.86 6 Fernando Morales 13.42 Discus throw Rank Name Nationality Result Notes Günther Kruse 48.25 Hernán Haddad 47.41 Dieter Gevert 44.07 4 Nadim Marreis 42.05 5 Enrique Helf 39.88 6 Walter da Costa 38.43 Hammer throw Rank Name Nationality Result Notes Bruno Strohmeier 54.45 Arturo Melcher 51.44 Alejandro Díaz 50.37 4 Walter da Costa 47.34 5 Manuel Etchepare 45.85 6 Juan Fusé 45.75 Javelin throw *Old model Rank Name Nationality Result Notes Ricardo Héber 66.54 Nelson Matteucci 64.57 Juris Laipenieks 61.10 4 Fernando Ceballos 60.04 5 Walter de Almeida 56.77 6 Aldo Ribeiro 49.24 Decathlon 20–21 April – 1952 tables Rank Name Nationality Result Notes Hernán Figueroa 5492 Oscar Bártoli 5321 Leonardo Kittsteiner 5310 4 Aldo Ribeiro 5095 5 Rúbens Habesh 4959 6 Ricardo Héber 4884 References South American Championships in Athletics - Results Category:Events at the South American Championships in Athletics