1926 South American Championships in Athletics

The 1926 South American Championships in Athletics were held in Montevideo, Uruguay between 15 and 20 April.

1926 South American Championships in Athletics
Dates	15–20 April
Host city	Montevideo, Uruguay
← Buenos Aires 1924 Santiago 1927 →

Medal summary

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Eduardo Albe Argentina	11.0	Alberto Barucco Argentina	11.2	Juan Carlos Ure Aldao Argentina
200 metres	Eduardo Albe Argentina	21.8w	Juan Carlos Ure Aldao Argentina	22.0w	Roberto Genta Argentina	22.1w
400 metres	Federico Brewster Argentina	50.0	Ángel Prada Argentina	50.4	Guillermo Godoy Chile
800 metres	Leopoldo Ledesma Argentina	1:58.4 CR	Ernesto Medel Chile	2:00.0	Víctor Moreno Chile
1500 metres	Leopoldo Ledesma Argentina	4:11.0 CR	Víctor Moreno Chile	4:12.0	Ernesto Medel Chile
3000 metres	Manuel Plaza Chile	8:51.4 CR	Pedro Pérez Chile	9:00.4	Fernando Cicarelli Argentina	9:12.8
5000 metres	Manuel Plaza Chile	15:12.4 CR	Pedro Pérez Chile	15:40.2	Fernando Cicarelli Argentina	15:40.4
10,000 metres	Manuel Plaza Chile	31:54.0 CR	José Ribas Argentina	32:48.2	Juan Bravo Chile
110 metres hurdles	Valerio Vallanía Argentina	15.6 CR	Alfredo Ugarte Chile	15.8	César Tartaglia Uruguay
400 metres hurdles	Federico Brewster Argentina	55.4 CR	Carlos Müller Chile	56.8	Raúl Lafitte Uruguay	56.8
4 × 100 metres relay	Argentina Juan Bautista Pina Eduardo Albe Mandia Juan Carlos Ure	43.2	Uruguay Arnaboldi Juan Felitto Pastori Leidekar	43.6	Chile Fernando Primard Alfredo Ugarte Alex Hanning Villarroel
4 × 400 metres relay	Argentina Ángel Prada Alberto Heguy Roberto Genta Federico Brewster	3:25.2	Chile Elias Catalan Alfredo Ugarte Jara Guillermo Godoy	3:30.0 CR
3000 metres team race	Chile		Argentina		Uruguay
Cross country	Manuel Plaza Chile	35:40.2	A. Castillo Chile	36:39.0	José Ribas Argentina
High jump	Valerio Vallanía Argentina	1.85 CR	Carlos Patiño Uruguay	1.80	Atilio Vallanía Argentina	1.80
Pole vault	Jorge Haeberli Argentina	3.65 CR	Enrique Sansot Chile	3.50	Máximo Virgolini Argentina	3.50
Long jump	Valerio Vallanía Argentina	6.75 CR	Julio Moreno Chile	6.66	H. Carvallo Chile	6.47
Triple jump	Luis Brunetto Argentina	15.10 CR	Atilio Vicentini Argentina	14.22	Raúl Leal Uruguay	13.42
Shot put	Benjamín Acevedo Chile	13.07 CR	Custodio Seguel Chile	13.06	Jorge Llobet Cullen Argentina	12.59
Discus throw	Jorge Llobet Cullen Argentina	38.46 CR	Pedro Elsa Argentina	38.34	David Martín Estévez Uruguay	38.26
Hammer throw	Federico Kleger Argentina	46.46 CR	Luis Romana Argentina	44.84	Ricardo Bayer Chile	43.77
Javelin throw	Carlos Maldonado Argentina	51.93	Juan Ahlers Uruguay	48.63	Custodio Seguel Chile	47.93
Decathlon	Valerio Vallanía Argentina	5937.57 CR	Guillermo Newbery Argentina	5895.47	Erwin Gevert Chile	5765.42

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Argentina (ARG)	17	9	8	34
2	Chile (CHI)	6	11	9	26
3	Uruguay (URU)	0	3	5	8
Totals (3 entries)		23	23	22	68

External links

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