1958 South American Championships in Athletics

The 1958 South American Championships in Athletics were held in Montevideo, Uruguay, between 19 and 27 April.

1958 South American Championships in Athletics
Dates	19–27 April
Host city	Montevideo, Uruguay
← Santiago 1957 (U) Lima 1961 →

Medal summary

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: -2.0 m/s)	José Telles da Conceição Brazil	10.5 =CR	Luis Vienna Argentina	10.6	João Pires Sobrinho Brazil	10.8
200 metres	José Telles da Conceição Brazil	21.6	Jorge de Barros Brazil	22.3	Guillermo Sebastiani Peru	22.4
400 metres	Argemiro Roque Brazil	48.6	Ulisses dos Santos Brazil	49.1	Geraldo Costa Brazil	49.5
800 metres	Ramón Sandoval Chile	1:49.6	Eduardo Balducci Argentina	1:51.3	Argemiro Roque Brazil	1:52.6
1500 metres	Ramón Sandoval Chile	3:47.5 CR	Gilberto Miori Argentina	3:51.3	Eduardo Balducci Argentina	3:51.3
5000 metres	Osvaldo Suárez Argentina	14:26.1 CR	Walter Lemos Argentina	14:40.6	Luis Sandoval Argentina	14:49.2
10,000 metres	Osvaldo Suárez Argentina	30:37.2	Walter Lemos Argentina	30:37.4	Armando Pino Argentina	31:23.0
Half marathon	Osvaldo Suárez Argentina	1:12:38	Armando Pino Argentina	1:13:29	Juan Silva Chile	1:13:45
3000 metres steeplechase	Sebastião Mendes Brazil	9:20.0	Santiago Novas Chile	9:20.4	Alberto Ríos Argentina	9:29.8
110 metres hurdles	Wilson Carneiro Brazil	14.9	Francisco Bergonzoni Brazil	15.1	Ijoel da Silva Brazil	15.1
400 metres hurdles	Ulisses dos Santos Brazil	52.5	Jaime Aparicio Colombia	52.6	Erwino Stobaus Brazil	54.2
4 × 100 metres relay	Brazil Ijoel da Silva Jorge de Barros João Pires Sobrinho José da Conceição	41.3	Argentina Pedro Marcel Juan Salom Vicente Giorgio Luis Vienna	41.8	Chile Eduardo Bezanilla Teodoro Blaschke Hugo de la Fuente Gert Wagner	42.2
4 × 400 metres relay	Brazil Ulisses dos Santos Mário do Nascimento Geraldo Costa Argemiro Roque	3:16.3	Peru Ramón Sánchez José Laca Guillermo Sebastiani Eulogio Gomes	3:17.4	Argentina Roberto Batistelo Víctor Lozano Eduardo Balducci Francisco Paganesi	3:18.5
High jump	José Telles da Conceição Brazil	1.90	Alfredo Lopes Brazil	1.90	Oscar Bártoli Argentina Reinaldo de Oliveira Brazil Ernesto Lagos Chile Horacio Martínez Argentina Juan Ruiz Chile	1.80
Pole vault	José Infante Chile	4.00 =CR	Fausto de Souza Brazil	3.90	Carlos Kreuz Argentina	3.80
Long jump	Fermín Donazar Uruguay	7.24	Ary de Sá Brazil	7.18	Eduardo Krumm Chile	7.11
Triple jump	Adhemar da Silva Brazil	15.70	Reinaldo de Oliveira Brazil	14.78	Itiro Nakaie Brazil	14.60
Shot put	Enrique Helf Argentina	15.41 CR	Isolino Taborda Brazil	15.00	Rubén Scaraffia Argentina	14.67
Discus throw	Hernán Haddad Chile	49.10 CR	Günther Kruse Argentina	47.43	Pedro Ucke Argentina	46.49
Hammer throw	Alejandro Díaz Chile	54.45 CR	Walter Kupper Brazil	51.77	Walter Rodrigues Brazil	51.69
Javelin throw	Ricardo Héber Argentina	65.78	Walter de Almeida Brazil	65.14	Janis Laipenieks Chile	60.14
Decathlon	Leonardo Kittsteiner Chile	5645	Yelton Bagnasco Uruguay	5634	Mario Cachile Argentina	5547

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Martha Huby Peru	12.4	Marlene Porto Brazil	12.5	Nancy Correa Chile	12.5
200 metres	Martha Huby Peru	25.5 =CR	Erica da Silva Brazil	25.6	Teresa Venegas Chile	25.8
80 metres hurdles	Wanda dos Santos Brazil	11.5	Maria José de Lima Brazil	12.1	Lucía Fantino Argentina	12.2
4 × 100 metres relay	Brazil Wanda dos Santos Erica da Silva Melânia Luz Marlene Porto	48.7	Chile Katte Harzenett Teresa Venegas Nancy Correa Marta Gatica	50.2	Argentina Dolores Bonacassi Miriam Cabanillas Lucia Fantino Marta González	50.6
High jump	Renata Friedrichs Chile	1.55	Deyse de Castro Brazil	1.50	Cleide Eloy Brazil	1.50
Long jump	Iris dos Santos Brazil	5.54	Wanda dos Santos Brazil	5.48	Marta González Argentina	5.32
Shot put	Isabel Avellán Argentina	12.69 CR	Eliana Bahamondes Chile	12.16	Vera Trezoitko Brazil	12.06
Discus throw	Isabel Avellán Argentina	44.57 CR	Pradelia Delgado Chile	39.68	Ingeborg Mello Argentina	39.05
Javelin throw	Marlene Ahrens Chile	43.85	Adriana Silva Chile	39.75	Magdalena García Argentina	39.10

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Brazil (BRA)	13	15	10	38
2	Chile (CHI)	8	5	8	21
3	Argentina (ARG)	7	8	16	31
4	Peru (PER)	2	1	1	4
5	Uruguay (URU)	1	1	0	2
6	Colombia (COL)	0	1	0	1
Totals (6 entries)		31	31	35	97

External links

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