1952 South American Championships in Athletics – Results

none These are the results of the 1952 South American Championships in Athletics which took place at the Estadio River Plate in Buenos Aires, Argentina, between 3 and 11 May.Detailed results (pp 163–172) Men's results 100 metres Heats – 3 MayWind:Heat 1: -0.8 m/s, Heat 2: -0.1 m/s, Heat 3: -0.4 m/s, Heat 4: +0.7 m/s Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Armando Zapata 10.8 Q 2 1 Luis Montico 11.0 Q 3 1 Walter Pérez 11.0 Q 4 1 Fernando Salinas 11.0 1 2 Gerardo Salazar 10.8 Q 2 2 Geraldo Murgel 10.9 Q 3 2 Romeo Galán 10.9 Q 4 2 Arturo Flores 11.0 5 2 Anastasio Zelaya 11.3 1 3 Máximo Reyes 10.8 Q 2 3 José Zelaya 11.1 Q 3 3 Mario Fayos 11.1 Q 4 3 Ary de Sá 11.1 5 3 Andrés Jeannerette 11.1 1 4 Gerardo Bönnhoff 10.6 Q 2 4 José Telles da Conceição 10.9 Q 3 4 Aníbal Estradé 10.9 Q 4 4 Boris Tomicic 11.0 5 4 Mario Drouet 11.3 Semifinals – 3 MayWind:Heat 1: +1.0 m/s, Heat 2: +0.5 m/s Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Armando Zapata 10.9 Q 2 1 José Zelaya 11.0 Q 3 1 Máximo Reyes 11.0 Q 4 1 Mario Fayos 11.0 5 1 Luis Montico 11.0 6 1 Walter Pérez 11.1 1 2 Gerardo Bönnhoff 10.7 Q 2 2 Gerardo Salazar 10.8 Q 3 2 José Telles da Conceição 10.8 Q 4 2 Geraldo Murgel 10.8 5 2 Romeo Galán 10.9 6 2 Aníbal Estradé 11.0 Final – 4 MayWind: -0.1 m/s Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 2 Gerardo Salazar 10.7 5 Gerardo Bönnhoff 10.8 6 José Telles da Conceição 10.8 4 1 Armando Zapata 10.9 5 4 Máximo Reyes 11.0 6 3 José Zelaya 11.0 200 metres Heats – 6 May Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Óscar Maldonado 22.4 Q 2 1 Mario Fayos 22.4 Q 3 1 Geraldo Murgel 22.5 Q 4 1 Luis Montico 22.7 5 1 Andrés Jeannerette 23.1 1 2 Gerardo Bönnhoff 22.2 Q 2 2 Ary de Sá 22.9 Q 3 2 Mario Drouet 23.1 Q 4 2 Santiago Ferrando 23.2 5 2 Anastasio Zelaya 23.4 1 3 Arturo Flores 22.8 Q 2 3 Juan Romero 23.0 Q 3 3 Gustavo Ehlers 24.0 Q 1 4 Alexandre Netto 22.2 Q 2 4 Fernando Lapuente 22.8 Q 3 4 Fernando Salinas 22.8 Q 4 4 Ciro Brazeiro 23.1 Semifinals – 6 May Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Gustavo Ehlers 22.1 Q 2 1 Mario Fayos 22.6 Q 3 1 Óscar Maldonado 22.6 Q 4 1 Geraldo Murgel 22.6 5 1 Arturo Flores 22.6 6 1 Juan Romero 22.8 1 2 Gerardo Bönnhoff 21.8 Q 2 2 Alexandre Netto 22.1 Q 3 2 Fernando Lapuente 22.1 Q 4 2 Ary de Sá 22.7 5 2 Mario Drouet 22.9 6 2 Fernando Salinas 23.1 Final – 8 May Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 4 Gerardo Bönnhoff 21.5 5 Fernando Lapuente 22.0 1 Gustavo Ehlers 22.0 4 3 Mario Fayos 22.2 5 6 Alexandre Netto 22.5 6 2 Óscar Maldonado 22.6 400 metres Heats – 3 May Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Gustavo Ehlers 49.9 Q 2 1 Mário do Nascimento 50.7 Q 3 1 Mario Drouet 51.0 4 1 Máximo Guerra 51.4 1 2 Geraldo Maranhão 50.1 Q 2 2 Ramón Sandoval 50.3 Q 3 2 Eduardo Balducci 50.3 4 2 Óscar Maldonado 52.0 5 2 Óscar Corvalán 52.5 6 2 Félix Pery 52.7 1 3 Argemiro Roque 49.7 Q 2 3 Reinaldo Martín 50.4 Q 3 3 Federico Jacobs 50.4 4 3 Santiago Ferrando 58.1 Final – 4 May Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Gustavo Ehlers 48.7 Argemiro Roque 49.1 Mário do Nascimento 49.7 4 Reinaldo Martín 49.8 5 Geraldo Maranhão 50.5 6 Ramón Sandoval 50.5 800 metres Heats – 6 MayVergara Rivera Enrique Chile, siempre 1.o en el Sudamericano de Atletismo https://arpa.udp.cl/uploads/r/cenfoto-udp/f/f/9/ff95083b34a454cb3d31e7ff5d04d0c2107dc82040f8e4c177286ba33d05360c/LN_1952_05_07_flat.pdf 7 October 2026 La Nación (Chile) 7 May 1952 1, 13 Spanish Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Waldomiro Monteiro 2:01.2 Q 2 1 Carlos Gajardo 2:01.4 Q 3 1 Argemiro Roque 2:01.4 Q 4 1 Jorge Lombao 2:01.7 5 1 Orlando Arévalo 2:02.1 6 1 Rubén Figueredo 2:03.7 1 2 Odilon Dias Netto 1:57.2 Q 2 2 Nilo Riveros 1:57.4 Q 3 2 Ricardo Vidal 1:57.4 Q 4 2 Juan López 1:57.5 5 2 Adolfo Augustyn 1:57.5 6 2 Luis Saavedra 1:58.4 Final – 8 May Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Argemiro Roque 1:53.3 CR South American Championships in Athletics, NR Brazilian Waldomiro Monteiro 1:53.9 Carlos Gajardo 1:55.3 4 Ricardo Vidal 1:55.7 5 Nilo Riveros 1:55.8 6 Odilon Dias Netto 1:56.2 1500 metres 4 May Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Nilo Riveros 3:58.5 Guillermo Solá 3:59.6 Luís Rodrigues 4:00.3 4 Antônio Roque 4:01.5 5 Ricardo Vidal 4:02.1 6 Osvaldo Suárez 4:02.9 7 Laudionor da Silva 4:03.0 NT 7 Enrique Chávez 4:03.0 NT 7 José Carlos González 4:03.0 NT 7 Luis Pisconti-Flores 4:03.0 NT 5000 metres 3 May Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Raúl Inostroza 14:59.8 Reinaldo Gorno 15:05.5 Juan Miranda 15:09.0 4 Alfonso Cornejo 15:10.6 5 Gustavo Rojas 15:16.4 6 Walter Lemos 15:21.0 7 Pedro de Andrade 15:21.1 NT 7 Edgard Mitt 15:21.1 NT 7 João Oitica 15:21.1 NT 7 Albero Pinares 15:21.1 NT 7 Amparo Achucarro 15:21.1 NT 10,000 metres 8 May Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Delfo Cabrera 31:05.7 Raúl Inostroza 31:26.9 Corsino Fernández 31:32.3 4 Ezequiel Bustamante 32:14.9 5 Geraldo Felipe 32:15.2 6 Gustavo Rojas 32:28.1 7 João Oitica 32:28.2 NT 7 Luís Rodrigues 32:28.2 NT 7 Alberto Pinales 32:28.2 NT 7 Alfonso Cornejo 32:28.2 NT Half marathon 11 MayGerda Martín, en habalina https://arpa.udp.cl/uploads/r/cenfoto-udp/c/8/1/c810234c2cadb499178039719a9c902db7a180a565ea598390e0813f134e2e83/LN_1952_05_12_flat.pdf 8 October 2026 La Nación (Chile) United Press 12 May 1952 4 Spanish Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Delfo Cabrera 1:09:19 CR South American Championships in Athletics Reinaldo Gorno 1:11:28 Corsino Fernández 1:11:28 4 João Oitica 1:13:13 5 Gustavo Rojas 1:13:41 6 Gilberto Sánchez 1:13:52 7 Enrique Inostroza 1:14:00 1:14:?? 8 Luis Celedón 1:14:01 1:14:?? 9 Gerardo Felipe 1:14:02 NT 9 Pedro de Andrade 1:14:55 NT 9 Luis Calderón 1:14:55 NT 9 Wenceslao Barzola 1:14:55 NT 9 Juan Gao 1:14:55 NT 9 Alberto Pinales 1:14:55 NT 110 metres hurdles Heats – 4 MayWind:Heat 1: 0.0 m/s, Heat 2: -0.3 m/s Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Estanislao Kocourek 14.6 Q 2 1 Carlos Claro 15.0 Q 3 1 Hernán Alzamora 15.2 Q 4 1 Jorge de Medeiros 15.4 5 1 Julio Ramírez 15.7 1 2 Wilson Carneiro 14.9 Q 2 2 Jörn Gevert 15.1 Q 3 2 Ijoel da Silva 15.1 Q 4 2 Ricardo Scipioni 15.2 5 2 Francisco Pieslinger 15.7 Final – 6 MayWind: -1.7 m/s Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Jörn Gevert 14.9 Estanislao Kocourek 15.0 Wilson Carneiro 15.1 4 Carlos Claro 15.2 5 Hernán Alzamora 15.3 6 Ijoel da Silva 15.4 400 metres hurdles Heats – 8 May Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Wilson Carneiro 54.4 Q 2 1 Jörn Gevert 54.5 Q 3 1 Reinaldo Martín 54.7 Q 4 1 Ernesto Igler 54.9 5 1 Ernesto Rogg 56.6 1 2 Pedro Yoma 54.6 Q 2 2 Juan Carlos Isola 56.4 Q 3 2 Mario Drouet 56.4 Q 4 2 Ulisses dos Santos 56.5 5 2 Landualdo da Silva 57.0 Final – 10 May Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Wilson Carneiro 52.7 AR South American Jörn Gevert 53.5 Pedro Yoma 54.6 4 Reinaldo Martín 55.4 5 Juan Carlos Isola 56.2 6 Mario Drouet 57.3 NR Ecuadorian 3000 metres steeplechase 10 May Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Guillermo Solá 9:32.0 AR South American Edgard Mitt 9:34.6 Haroldo Gallardo 9:38.4 4 Pedro de Andrade 9:41.1 5 Rómulo Gomes 9:46.0 6 Guillermo San Miguel 9:51.5 7 Jorge González 9:51.6 NT 8 Pedro Caffa 9:51.6 NT 8 Luis Pisconti-Flores 9:51.6 NT 8 Juan Carlos Carranza 9:51.6 NT 4 × 100 metres relay 10 May Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes Enrique Beckles, Mariano Acosta, Gerardo Bönnhoff, Romeo Galán 41.4 AR South American Gerardo Salazar, Máximo Reyes, Óscar Maldonado, Armando Zapata 42.0 Alexandre Netto, Rui Lima, Geraldo Murgel, Ary de Sá 42.2 4 Gustavo Ehlers, Fernando Salinas, Jörn Gevert, Boris Tomicic 42.5 5 Ciro Braceiro, Aníbal Estradé, Walter Pérez, Mario Fayos 42.5 6 José Zelaya, Anastasio Zelaya, José Giménez, Nelson Núñez 44.9 4 × 400 metres relay 11 May Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes Wilson Carneiro, Geraldo Maranhão, Mário do Nascimento, Argemiro Roque 3:17.5 Máximo Guerra, Enrique Kistenmacher, Adán Torres, Gerardo Bönnhoff 3:18.0 Ramón Sandoval, Carlos Gajardo, Reinaldo Martín, Gustavo Ehlers 3:18.1 4 Juan Romero, Emir Miller, Orlando Arévalo, Mario Fayos 3:25.7 5 Juan López, Óscar Maldonado, Gerardo Salazar, Armando Zapata 3:25.7 6 José Zelaya, Anastasio Zelaya, Óscar Ré, Rubén Figueredo 3:28.8 High jump 3 May Rank Name Nationality Result Notes José Telles da Conceição 1.90 Ernesto Lagos 1.85 Alberto Bacan 1.85 Hércules Azcune 1.85 5 Geraldo de Oliveira 1.85 6 Carlos Puebla 1.85 7 Pablo Barión 1.80 8 Carlos Vera 1.75 9 Reinaldo Pieslinger 1.75 10 Pedro Listur 1.70 Pole vault 9 May Rank Name Nationality Result Notes Helcio da Silva 4.00 =CR South American Championships in Athletics Jaime Piqueras 3.90 Luis Ganoza 3.90 4 Fausto de Souza 3.80 5 Luis Barja 3.70 6 Raimundo Rodrigues 3.70 7 Eduardo Montes de Oca 3.60 8 Cristián Raab 3.60 Long jump 4 May Rank Name Nationality Result Notes Ary de Sá 7.39 CR South American Championships in Athletics Carlos Vera 7.13 Ahylton da Conceição 7.08 4 Albino Geist 6.89 5 Adhemar da Silva 6.86 6 Boris Tomicic 6.64 7 Bruno Witthaus 6.42 8 Juan Carlos Guerrero 6.39 9 Máximo Reyes 6.35 10 Fermín Donazar 6.32 Triple jump 10 May Rank Name Nationality Result Notes Adhemar da Silva 15.39 CR South American Championships in Athletics Geraldo de Oliveira 15.11 Jorgely Figueira 14.75 4 Alberto Betalleluz 14.0 5 Juan Carlos Guerrero 13.93 6 Carlos Puebla 13.75 7 Miroslav Gal 13.71 8 Fermín Donazar 13.64 9 Bruno Witthaus 13.61 10 Enrique Vivas 12.86 Shot put 4 MayChile clasifico a siete campeone https://arpa.udp.cl/uploads/r/cenfoto-udp/c/8/1/c810234c2cadb499178039719a9c902db7a180a565ea598390e0813f134e2e83/LN_1952_05_12_flat.pdf 8 October 2026 La Nación (Chile) 12 May 1952 2 Spanish Rank Name Nationality Result Notes Reidar Soerlie 14.44 Augusto Maalstein 13.86 Emilio Stelig 13.77 4 Rubén Scaraffia 13.75 5 Nadim Marreis 13.64 6 Leonardo Kittsteiner 13.36 7 Alcides Dambrós 13.23 8 Hernán Figueroa 13.08 9 Gerardo Mielke 12.87 10 Alberto Casaniego 12.00 ? Discus throw 10 May Rank Name Nationality Result Notes Reidar Soerlie 47.72 CR South American Championships in Athletics Elvio Porta 45.27 Hernán Haddad 45.15 4 Eduardo Julve 44.92 5 Emilio Malchiodi 43.45 6 Karsten Brodersen 41.20 7 Nadim Marreis 41.02 8 Augusto Maalstein 37.88 9 Walter Rodrigues 35.00 ? 9 Enrique Vázquez 35.00 ? Hammer throw 6 May Rank Name Nationality Result Notes Arturo Melcher 50.75 Elvio Porta 49.73 Emilio Ortiz 49.25 4 Manuel Etchepare 47.25 5 Walter Kupper 44.85 6 Enrique Vázquez 43.57 7 Walter Rodrigues 41.83 8 Augusto Maalstein 41.20 9 Nadim Marreis 40.00 ? 9 Alejandro Díaz 40.00 ? Javelin throw 3 May – old model Rank Name Nationality Result Notes Ricardo Héber 67.68 CR South American Championships in Athletics Gerardo Mielke 63.10 Janis Stendzeniecks 60.51 4 Horst Walter 60.25 5 Fernando Ceballos 56.64 6 Efraín Santibañez 54.27 7 Osmar Duque 53.00 8 Miguel da Silva 50.55 Decathlon 10–11 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 Hernán Figueroa 11.4 6.60 13.31 1.73 51.9 16.4 38.55 3.50 52.03 5:15.0 6698 6295* Hernán Alzamora 11.6 6.13 10.94 1.84 53.2 15.3 31.80 2.60 48.18 5:39.4 5849 5634* Carlos Vera 11.3 7.03 9.81 1.84 52.2 17.4 26.91 3.60 34.17 5:39.4 5844 5594* 4 Ricardo Héber 11.6 6.36 12.83 1.60 54.0 18.8 29.96 3.00 62.67 5:26.0 5793 5551* 5 Aldo Ribeiro 11.4 6.20 10.69 1.70 51.2 15.7 31.55 3.20 49.14 9:99.7 DNF 5774 5395* 6 Jorge Peter 12.0 6.18 11.86 1.73 55.8 17.3 33.60 3.40 44.74 5:25.6 5680 5403* 7 Albino Geist 11.3 6.87 10.05 1.65 55.3 16.7 25.10 3.10 33.28 5:55.6 5233 5186* 8 Hernán Molinas 12.8 5.32 8.95 1.60 65.6 21.8 25.50 3.10 38.90 6:13.3 3724 3635* 9 Raimundo Rodrigues 12.0 6.33 11.80 1.65 53.8 16.7 34.50 3.40 51.72 9:99.8 DNS 2 DNF 2 10 Roberto Méndez Parry 11.6 6.47 9.57 1.80 53.8 16.8 28.86 0.01 DNS 00.00 – 9:99.9 – 1 DNF 1 11 Francisco Moura 11.2 6.83 9.68 1.80 54.2 99.9 DNS 00.00 – 0.00 – 00.00 – 9:99.8 – 0 DNF 0 Women's results 100 metres Heats – 3 MayWind:Heat 1: -0.4 m/s, Heat 2: -0.1 m/s, Heat 3: +0.1 m/s Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Helena de Menezes 12.2 Q, CR South American Championships in Athletics 2 1 Lilian Buglia 12.4 Q 3 1 Aurora Bianchi 12.9 4 1 Beatriz Daher 13.2 1 2 Julia Sánchez 12.2 Q, =CR South American Championships in Athletics 2 2 Betty Kretschmer 12.5 Q 3 2 Deyse de Castro 12.6 4 2 Ana María Fontán 12.6 5 2 María Perla Anza 12.9 1 3 Lilian Heinz 12.3 Q 2 3 Adriana Millard 12.7 Q 3 3 Benedita de Oliveira 12.7 Final – 4 MayWind: -0.1 m/s Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 2 Julia Sánchez 12.2 =CR South American Championships in Athletics 6 Adriana Millard 12.4 5 Lilian Buglia 12.4 4 3 Helena de Menezes 12.4 5 4 Lilian Heinz 12.4 6 1 Betty Kretschmer 12.6 200 metres Heats – 6 May Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Helena de Menezes 26.1 Q 2 1 Teresa Carvajal 26.4 Q 3 1 Julia Sánchez 26.4 4 1 Aurora Bianchi 26.9 1 2 Adriana Millard 25.8 Q 2 2 Benedita de Oliveira 26.4 Q 3 2 Gladys Erbetta 26.4 1 3 Lilian Heinz 25.7 Q, CR South American Championships in Athletics, NR Argentine 2 3 Deyse de Castro 26.1 Q 3 3 Norma Díaz 26.5 Final – 8 May Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Deyse de Castro 25.5* CR South American Championships in Athletics Adriana Millard 25.5* Lilian Heinz 25.8 4 Teresa Carvajal 26.3 5 Benedita de Oliveira 26.3 6 Helena de Menezes 26.7 * after run-off, both athletes ran 25.5 in both races 80 metres hurdles Heats – 10 MayWind:Heat 1: -0.5 m/s, Heat 2: -0.3 m/s Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Wanda dos Santos 11.7 Q 2 1 Luisa Pfarr 12.2 Q 3 1 Adriana Millard 12.2 Q 4 1 Betty Kretschmer 12.7 1 2 Marion Huber 11.9 Q 2 2 Lourdes de Abreu 12.4 Q 3 2 Anice Burgos 12.5 Q 4 2 Elisa Kaczmarek 13.0 5 2 Aida Cedeño 13.2 Final – 11 MayWind: +0.1 m/s Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Wanda dos Santos 11.7 Marion Huber 11.7 Adriana Millard 12.2 4 Lourdes de Abreu 12.2 5 Luisa Pfarr 12.4 6 Anice Burgos 13.0 4 × 100 metres relay 11 May Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes Lilian Heinz, Lilian Buglia, Gladys Erbetta, Ana María Fontán 48.8 CR South American Championships in Athletics Benedita de Oliveira, Lucila Pini, Deyse de Castro, Helena de Menezes 48.8 Aurora Bianchi, Betty Kretschmer, Norma Díaz, Adriana Millard 49.1 4 María Perla Anza, Beatriz Daher, Delia Díaz, Zulma Picos 52.9 High jump 10 May Rank Name Nationality Result Notes Elizabeth Müller 1.53 Deyse de Castro 1.53 María Cañas 1.45 4 Luisa García 1.45 5 Gerda Martin 1.45 6 Theodora Breitkopf 1.40 6 Elisa Kaczmarek 1.40 8 Julia Alfisi 1.40 8 Adriana Millard 1.40 8 Delia Díaz 1.40 Long jump 4 May Rank Name Nationality Result Notes Gladys Erbetta 5.52 Adriana Millard 5.39 Wanda dos Santos 5.26 4 Julia Sánchez 5.24 5 Lilian Buglia 5.22 6 Betty Kretschmer 5.22 7 Lourdes de Abreu 5.12 8 Lisa Peter 5.09 9 Helena de Menezes 5.08 10 Elena Hoss 5.00 Shot put 8 May Rank Name Nationality Result Notes Ingeborg Mello 11.48 Ingeborg Pfüller 11.35 Ilse Gerdau 11.25 4 Julia Huapaya 10.94 5 Vera Trezoitko 10.60 6 Elizabeth Müller 10.57 7 Gertrudes Vázquez 10.39 8 Nelly Wiederhold 10.17 9 Nélida Rionegro 9.80 10 Ursula Holle 9.65 99 Orfilia Costa 9.00 ? Discus throw 3 May Rank Name Nationality Result Notes Ingeborg Mello 40.14 CR South American Championships in Athletics Ingeborg Pfüller 40.07 Ilse Gerdau 36.78 4 Babette Zoet 36.72 5 Daisy Hofmann 35.43 6 Julia Huapaya 35.29 7 Erica Troemel 33.31 8 Noemia Assumpcão 32.85 9 Zulema Bonaparte 31.92 10 Edith Thomas 28.72 Javelin throw 11 May – old model Rank Name Nationality Result Notes Gerda Martín 39.16 CR South American Championships in Athletics Edith Thomas 38.80 Estrella Puente 37.89 4 Anneliese Schmidt 37.38 NR Brazilian 5 Carmen Venegas 35.74 6 Babette Zoet 34.23 References South American Championships in Athletics - Results Category:Events at the South American Championships in Athletics