# 1941 South American Championships in Athletics

The 1941 South American Championships in Athletics were held in the Argentine capital, Buenos Aires, between 26 April and 4 May.

## Medal summary
### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres | José de Assis Brazil | 10.8 | José Ferraz Brazil | 10.9 | Roberto Valenzuela Chile | 11.1 |
| 200 metres | José de Assis Brazil | 21.4 =CR | Luis Venini Argentina | 21.8 | Roberto Valenzuela Chile | 22.4 |
| 400 metres | Rosalvo Ramos Brazil | 50.2 | Agenor da Silva Brazil | 50.3 | Antonio Cuba Peru | 50.4 |
| 800 metres | Guillermo García Chile | 1:54.2 CR | Isidoro Ferrere Argentina | 1:55.7 | Roberto Yokota Chile | 1:55.7 |
| 1500 metres | Guillermo García Chile | 3:58.7 | Isidoro Ferrere Argentina | 4:02.2 | Arturo Torres Chile | 4:03.1 |
| 3000 metres | Raúl Ibarra Argentina | 8:39.4 CR | Arturo Torres Chile | 8:47.6 | Delfo Cabrera Argentina | 8:48.0 |
| 5000 metres | Raúl Ibarra Argentina | 14:57.2 CR | Reinaldo Gorno Argentina | 15:12.1 | Raúl Inostroza Chile | 15:13.3 |
| 10,000 metres | Raúl Ibarra Argentina | 30:45.0 CR | Reinaldo Gorno Argentina | 31:39.6 | René Millas Chile | 31:41.8 |
| Road race | Tomás Palomeque Argentina | 2:03:16 | Saturnino Cuello Argentina | 2:03:22 | Eusebio Guiñez Argentina | 2:03:42 |
| 110 metres hurdles | Mário da Cunha Brazil | 15.1 | Hélio Pereira Brazil | 15.2 | Julio Jaime Uruguay | 15.5 |
| 400 metres hurdles | Alfonso Hoelzel Chile | 56.4 | Alfonso Rozas Chile | 56.9 | Sylvio Padilha Brazil | 57.0 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay | Brazil Márcio de Oliveira Sylvio Padilha Guilherme Puschnik José de Assis | 42.3 | Chile Nelson Pereira Alejandro González Alfonso Hoelzel Roberto Valenzuela | 42.7 | Argentina Alejandro de Anchorena Jaime Slullitel Guillermo Martínez Bo Luis Venini | 43.4 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay | Chile Raúl Muñoz Ernesto Riveros Roberto Yokota Roberto Yokota | 3:21.9 | Argentina Luis Venini Victorino Triulzi Briggs Eligio Chiapetta | 3:22.3 | Uruguay Carlos Baroffio Alberto Perreira José Cuneo Julio Jaime | 3:27.8 |
| 3000 metres team race | Argentina | 10 | Chile | 14 | Brazil | 26 |
| Cross country | Raúl Ibarra Argentina | 36:11.0 | Raúl Inostroza Venezuela | 37:18.0 | René Aldana Chile | 37:27.4 |
| High jump | Guido Hanning Chile | 1.94 CR | Alfredo Mendes Brazil | 1.85 | Faustino Poyo Argentina | 1.85 |
| Pole vault | Lúcio de Castro Brazil | 4.00 CR | Icaro Mello Brazil | 4.00 | Erwin Reimer Chile | 3.70 |
| Long jump | Guillermo Dyer Peru | 7.20 | Ernesto Juárez Argentina | 7.05 | Mario Quesada Argentina | 6.94 |
| Triple jump | Carlos Pinto Brazil | 15.10 | Néstor Tenorio Argentina | 14.90 | Jorge Richard Brazil | 14.59 |
| Shot put | Ricardo Nitz Brazil | 14.62 CR | Carmine Di Giorgio Brazil | 13.71 | Antônio Lyra Brazil | 13.51 |
| Discus throw | Manuel Consiglieri Peru | 46.40 CR | Karsten Brödersen Chile | 45.05 | Bento Barros Brazil | 45.02 |
| Hammer throw | Assis Naban Brazil | 49.71 | Juan Fusé Argentina | 48.98 | Federico Kleger Argentina | 46.60 |
| Javelin throw | Egon Falkenberg Brazil | 59.42 | Alberto Becher Argentina | 59.05 | Efraín Santibáñez Chile | 56.37 |
| Decathlon | Emilio Rüegg Brazil | 6411 | Juan Colín Chile | 6315 | Karsten Brödersen Chile | 6037 |

### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres | Lelia Spuhr Argentina | 13.1 | María Malvicini Argentina | 13.3 | Crista Jane Giese Brazil | 13.3 |
| 200 metres | Lelia Spuhr Argentina | 26.0 | Elizabeth Müller Brazil | 26.4 | Julia Yáñez Peru | 27.6 |
| 80 metres hurdles | Crista Jane Giese Brazil | 12.4 CR | Betty Morales Chile | 12.5 | Ursula Hennel Brazil | 13.0 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay | Argentina Elsa Irigoyen Noemi Simonetto Olga Tassi Lelia Spuhr | 51.2 | Chile Lily Warch Elena Martinelli Betty Morales Ilse Barends | 51.8 | Brazil Crista Jane Giese Elizabeth Müller Ursula Hennel Ursula Kraus | 52.6 |
| High jump | Lelia Spuhr Argentina | 1.55 CR | Ilse Barends Chile | 1.50 | Crista Jane Giese Brazil Instrud Kastdorff Uruguay Noemi Simonetto Argentina | 1.45 |
| Long jump | Instrud Kastdorff Uruguay | 5.12 | Ilse Barends Chile | 5.03 | Noemí Simonetto Argentina | 4.96 |
| Shot put | Ingeborg Mello Argentina | 11.81 CR | Edith Klempau Chile | 10.74 | Julia Iriarte Bolivia | 10.45 |
| Discus throw | Christel Balde Chile | 35.59 CR | María Boecke Chile | 35.04 | Ingeborg Mello Argentina | 33.80 |
| Javelin throw | Ruth Caro Argentina | 36.87 CR | Ursula Holle Chile | 36.68 | Olga Merino Chile | 34.63 |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Argentina (ARG) | 12 | 12 | 9 | 33 |
| 2 | Brazil (BRA) | 12 | 7 | 9 | 28 |
| 3 | Chile (CHI) | 6 | 13 | 11 | 30 |
| 4 | Peru (PER) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | Uruguay (URU) | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 6 | Venezuela (VEN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Bolivia (BOL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (7 entries) | Totals (7 entries) | 33 | 33 | 35 | 101 |