1956 South American Championships in Athletics

The 1956 South American Championships in Athletics were held in the Chilean capital, Santiago, between 14 and 22 April.

1956 South American Championships in Athletics
Dates	14–22 April
Host city	Santiago, Chile
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Medal summary

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Paulo de Fonseca Brazil	10.6	Gerardo Bönnhoff Argentina	10.7	João Pires Sobrinho Brazil	10.7
200 metres	João Pires Sobrinho Brazil	21.5	Jaime Aparicio Colombia	21.7	Gerardo Bönnhoff Argentina	21.8
400 metres	Jaime Aparicio Colombia	47.7 CR	Zados Guardiola Colombia	48.2	Argemiro Roque Brazil	49.0
800 metres	Ramón Sandoval Chile	1:49.0 CR	Eduardo Balducci Argentina	1:51.5	Argemiro Roque Brazil	1:52.4
1500 metres	Ramón Sandoval Chile	3:48.4 CR	Eduardo Balducci Argentina	3:53.4	Waldo Sandoval Chile	3:54.5
5000 metres	Osvaldo Suárez Argentina	14:30.8 CR	Jaime Correa Chile	14:47.8	Walter Lemos Argentina	14:51.7
10,000 metres	Osvaldo Suárez Argentina	30:12.2 CR	Walter Lemos Argentina	30:27.4	Alfredo de Oliveira Brazil	31:41.0
Half marathon	Osvaldo Suárez Argentina	1:08:54 CR	Walter Lemos Argentina	1:09:00	Juan Silva Chile	1:10:31
3000 metres steeplechase	Santiago Novas Chile	9:09.0 CR	Sebastião Mendes Brazil	9:17.4	Guillermo Solá Chile	9:25.8
110 metres hurdles	Ijoel da Silva Brazil	14.7	Estanislao Kocourek Argentina	14.9	Francisco Bergonzoni Brazil	15.1
400 metres hurdles	Jaime Aparicio Colombia	52.0 CR	Zados Guardiola Colombia	53.1	Anubes da Silva Brazil	54.2
4 × 100 metres relay	Brazil João Pires Sobrinho Jorge de Barros Paulo da Fonseca Anubes da Silva	41.4	Argentina Luis Vienna Roberto Ferrairo Gerardo Bönnhoff Mariano Acosta	41.5	Colombia Gilberto Truque Constantino Fascie Antonio Vanegas Aristipo Lerma	42.6
4 × 400 metres relay	Colombia Jaime Aparicio Zados Guardiola Carlos Sierra Antonio Vanegas	3:14.6 CR	Brazil Argemiro Roque Mário do Nascimento Adhemar da Silva Agenor da Silva	3:16.1	Argentina Rodolfo Beltrán Mariano Acosta Gerardo Bönnhoff Eduardo Balducci	3:16.8
High jump	Oscar Bártoli Argentina	1.93	Ernesto Lagos Chile	1.90	Alberto Bacán Brazil Juan Ruiz Chile	1.85
Pole vault	José Infante Chile	3.90	José Rojas Chile	3.90	Fausto de Souza Brazil	3.90
Long jump	Fermín Donazar Uruguay	7.23	Ary de Sá Brazil	7.14	Luís Akuta Brazil	7.10
Triple jump	Jorgely Figueira Brazil	15.14	Luis Huarcaya Peru	14.59	Carlos Vera Chile	14.63
Shot put	Alcides Dambrós Brazil	14.97	Rubén Scaraffia Argentina	14.72	Günther Kruse Argentina	13.97
Discus throw	Günther Kruse Argentina	48.57 CR	Hernán Haddad Chile	47.24	Pedro Ucke Argentina	46.56
Hammer throw	Alejandro Díaz Chile	52.88	Edmundo Zúñiga Chile	51.71	Elvio Porta Argentina	51.55
Javelin throw	Ricardo Héber Argentina	64.45	Néstor Matteucci Argentina	61.51	Carlos Monge Peru	59.20
Decathlon	Héctor Menacho Peru	5670	Leonardo Kittsteiner Chile	5499	Aldo Ribeiro Brazil	5401

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Gladys Erbetta Argentina	12.2 =CR	Beatriz Kretschmer Chile	12.4	Eliana Gaete Chile	12.4
200 metres	Beatriz Kretschmer Chile	25.5 =CR	Gladys Erbetta Argentina	25.8	Martha Huby Peru	26.1
80 metres hurdles	Wanda dos Santos Brazil	11.5	Eliana Gaete Chile	11.6	Ada Brener Argentina	11.9
4 × 100 metres relay	Argentina Gladys Erbetta Lilian Buglia Edith Berg Olga Bianchi	48.6	Chile Marlene Hyslop Eliana Gaete Carmen Venegas Patricia Rodoni	49.3	Brazil Wanda dos Santos María José de Lima Marlene Porto Hannelore Poetscher	49.4
High jump	Nelly Gómez Chile	1.50	Elizabeth Müller Brazil	1.50	María Cañas Chile Cleide Eloy Brazil	1.50
Long jump	Gladys Erbetta Argentina	5.88 CR	Ada Brener Argentina	5.41	Olga Bianchi Argentina	5.39
Shot put	Eliana Bahamondes Chile	11.95 CR	Pradelia Delgado Chile	11.84	Elizabeth Müller Brazil	11.31
Discus throw	Isabel Avellán Argentina	44.08 CR	Rosa Riveros Chile	38.22	Ingeborg Mello Argentina	38.08
Javelin throw	Marlene Ahrens Chile	48.73 CR	Carmen Venegas Chile	40.70	Adriana Silva Chile	38.91

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Argentina (ARG)	10	11	9	30
2	Chile (CHI)	9	12	8	29
3	Brazil (BRA)	7	4	13	24
4	Colombia (COL)	3	3	1	7
5	Peru (PER)	1	1	2	4
6	Uruguay (URU)	1	0	0	1
Totals (6 entries)		31	31	33	95

External links

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