# 1983 South American Championships in Athletics

The 1983 South American Championships in Athletics were held at the Centro de Alto Rendimiento Deportivo Pedro Candioti in Santa Fe, Argentina, between 29 September and 2 October.

## Medal summary
### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres (wind: -0.7 m/s) | Nelson dos Santos Brazil | 10.3 | Paulo Correia Brazil | 10.5 | Giorgio Mautino Peru | 10.5 |
| 200 metres (wind: -1.8 m/s) | Paulo Correia Brazil | 21.3 | Nelson dos Santos Brazil | 21.5 | José María Beduino Argentina | 21.7 |
| 400 metres | Sérgio Menezes Brazil | 46.8 | Evaldo da Silva Brazil | 47.4 | Wolfman Mena Colombia | 47.5 |
| 800 metres | José Luíz Barbosa Brazil | 1:49.1 | Emilio Ulloa Chile | 1:49.2 | Raúl López Argentina | 1:50.5 |
| 1500 metres | Emilio Ulloa Chile | 3:48.3 | Omar Ortega Argentina | 3:48.9 | Adauto Domingues Brazil | 3:50.8 |
| 5000 metres | Omar Aguilar Chile | 14:00.9 | João de Ataide Brazil | 14:01.2 | Germán Peña Colombia | 14:03.1 |
| 10,000 metres | Omar Aguilar Chile | 29:12.1 | João de Ataide Brazil | 29:13.4 | Jairo Correa Colombia | 29:22.7 |
| Marathon | Juan Plagman Chile | 2:15:50 | Jairo Correa Colombia | 2:17:43 | Rafael Parra Colombia | 2:19:42 |
| 110 metres hurdles (wind: +0.9 m/s) | Pedro Chiamulera Brazil | 14.3 | Wellington da Nobrega Brazil | 14.5 | Rodolfo Iturraspe Argentina | 14.9 |
| 400 metres hurdles | Pedro Chiamulera Brazil | 52.2 | Rodrigo de la Fuente Chile | 52.7 | Elias da Fonseca Brazil | 52.8 |
| 3000 metres steeplechase | Emilio Ulloa Chile | 8:44.6 CR | Wilson de Santana Brazil | 8:47.7 | Adauto Domingues Brazil | 8:50.8 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay | Brazil Marcus Barros Nelson dos Santos Paulo Correia Sérgio Menezes | 40.7 | Argentina Alfredo Muro Oscar Barrionuevo Hugo Alzamora José María Beduino | 40.8 | Uruguay Luis Cabral Daniel Ipata Anataniel Guzmán Rubén da Cunha | 41.4 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay | Brazil Paulo Roberto Correia Evaldo da Silva José Luíz Barbosa Sérgio Menezes | 3:10.8 | Chile Carlos Contreras Rodrigo de la Fuente Luis Alberto Schneider Mauricio Urquiza | 3:13.6 | Argentina Eduardo Sandes Daniel Bambicha Hugo Alzamora Raúl López | 3:14.5 |
| 20 kilometres road walk | Héctor Moreno Colombia | 1:24:12 CR | Francisco Vargas Colombia | 1:25:35 | Osvaldo Morejón Bolivia | 1:32:20 |
| High jump | Jorge Archanjo Brazil | 2.14 | Fernando Pastoriza Argentina | 2.14 | Rodrigo de la Fuente Chile | 2.04 |
| Pole vault | Fernando Hoces Chile | 4.70 | Renato Bortolocci Brazil | 4.60 | Walter Franzantti Argentina Oscar Veit Argentina | 4.50 |
| Long jump | Osvaldo Frigerio Argentina | 7.51 | Luiz Favero Brazil | 7.41 | Marcus Barros Brazil | 7.28 |
| Triple jump | Francisco Pichott Chile | 15.64 | José Quiñaliza Ecuador | 15.52 | Jailto Bonfim Brazil | 15.44 |
| Shot put | Gert Weil Chile | 18.29 CR | Juan Turri Argentina | 16.56 | Adilson Oliveira Brazil | 15.70 |
| Discus throw | José Jacques Brazil | 51.86 | Celso da Cunha Brazil | 50.50 | Andrés Pérez Chile | 49.24 |
| Hammer throw | Ivam Bertelli Brazil | 61.16 | Roberto Olcese Argentina | 60.56 | Pedro Rivail Atílio Brazil | 59.74 |
| Javelin throw | José de Souza Brazil | 74.54 | Luis Martínez Colombia | 71.48 | Amilcar de Barros Brazil | 71.24 |
| Decathlon | Carlos Gambetta Argentina | 7252 | Ronaldo Alcaraz Brazil | 7096 | Antônio Balbuena Brazil | 6959 |

### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres (wind: +0.4 m/s) | Esmeralda de Jesus Garcia Brazil | 11.6 | Sheila de Oliveira Brazil | 11.8 | Daisy Salas Chile | 11.9 |
| 200 metres (wind: -1.5 m/s) | Jucilene Garcês Brazil | 24.5 | Sheila de Oliveira Brazil | 24.9 | Margarita Grün Uruguay | 24.9 |
| 400 metres | Elba Barbosa Brazil | 54.0 | Jucilene Garcês Brazil | 54.0 | Norfalia Carabalí Colombia | 54.8 |
| 800 metres | Alejandra Ramos Chile | 2:04.6 | Soraya Telles Brazil | 2:06.2 | Norfalia Carabalí Colombia | 2:07.2 |
| 1500 metres | Alejandra Ramos Chile | 4:25.3 | Monica Regonesi Chile | 4:27.2 | Adriana Marchena Venezuela | 4:27.5 |
| 3000 metres | Monica Regonesi Chile | 9:57.2 CR | María Victoria Biondi Argentina | 10:02.2 | Ruth Jaime Peru | 10:06.3 |
| 100 metres hurdles (wind: -0.3 m/s) | Beatriz Capotosto Argentina | 13.2 CR | Juraciara da Silva Brazil | 13.7 | Orlane dos Santos Brazil | 14.4 |
| 400 metres hurdles | Conceição Geremias Brazil | 59.5 CR | Margit Weise Brazil | 60.5 | Anabella Dal Lago Argentina | 62.6 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay | Brazil Elba Barbosa Juraciara da Silva Esmeralda Garcia Sheila de Oliveira | 45.4 | Uruguay Graciela Acosta Andrea Sassi Claudia Acerenza Margarita Grün | 47.7 | Only two finishers | |
| 4 × 400 metres relay | Brazil Margit Weise Maria do Carmo Fialho Jucilene Garcês Elba Barbosa | 3:40.0 CR | Chile Graciela Mardones Paola Raab Alejandra Ramos Cecilia Rodríguez | 3:45.3 | Argentina Amalia Linietzky Marcela López María Elena Croatto Andrea Fuchs | 3:48.7 |
| High jump | Orlane dos Santos Brazil | 1.80 | Conceição Geremias Brazil | 1.77 | Liliana Arigoni Argentina Carmen Garib Chile | 1.71 |
| Long jump | Esmeralda de Jesus Garcia Brazil | 6.12 | Adriana Ruffin Chile | 5.84 | Orlane dos Santos Brazil | 5.79 |
| Shot put | Maria Fernandes Brazil | 15.01 CR | Marinalva dos Santos Brazil | 14.87 | Jazmín Cirio Chile | 14.04 |
| Discus throw | Odete Domingos Brazil | 49.30 | María Isabel Urrutia Colombia | 45.00 | Maria Fernandes Brazil | 44.72 |
| Javelin throw | Marieta Riera Venezuela | 51.04 CR | Carolina Weil Chile | 50.68 | Mariela Riera Venezuela | 49.18 |
| Heptathlon | Conceição Geremias Brazil | 5865 CR | Olga Verissimo Brazil | 5371 | Yvonne Neddermann Argentina | 5273 |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Brazil (BRA) | 23 | 20 | 12 | 55 |
| 2 | Chile (CHI) | 11 | 7 | 5 | 23 |
| 3 | Argentina (ARG) | 3 | 6 | 10 | 19 |
| 4 | Colombia (COL) | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 |
| 5 | Venezuela (VEN) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | Uruguay (URU) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | Ecuador (ECU) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Peru (PER) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 9 | Bolivia (BOL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (9 entries) | Totals (9 entries) | 39 | 39 | 40 | 118 |

## Participating nations

* Argentina (67)
* Bolivia (6)
* Brazil (45)
* Chile (36)
* Colombia (15)
* Ecuador (4)
* Paraguay (15)
* Peru (11)
* Uruguay (25)
* Venezuela (7)