# 1985 South American Championships in Athletics

The 33rd South American Championships in Athletics were held at the Estadio Nacional in Santiago, Chile, between 12 and 15 September.
It was the first edition to feature women's 10,000 metres event.

## Medal summary
### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres (wind: -1.0 m/s) | Arnaldo da Silva Brazil | 10.39 | Robson da Silva Brazil | 10.45 | Enrique Canavire Venezuela | 10.69 |
| 200 metres (wind: -0.5 m/s) | Robson da Silva Brazil | 20.70 | Oscar Barrionuevo Argentina | 21.42 | Sérgio Menezes Brazil | 21.47 |
| 400 metres | Héctor Daley Panama | 46.06 CR | Sérgio Menezes Brazil | 46.53 | Aaron Phillips Venezuela | 46.66 |
| 800 metres | Luis Migueles Argentina | 1:46.90 CR | Igor Costa Brazil | 1:47.61 | Rinaldo Gomes Brazil | 1:49.35 |
| 1500 metres | Adauto Domingues Brazil | 3:42.16 CR | Emilio Ulloa Chile | 3:43.63 | Ricardo Vera Uruguay | 3:46.87 |
| 5000 metres | Omar Aguilar Chile | 13:53.69 CR | Silvio Salazar Colombia | 14:03.18 | João de Souza Brazil | 14:09.43 |
| 10,000 metres | Omar Aguilar Chile | 28:39.90 CR | João de Souza Brazil | 29:02.34 | Silvio Salazar Colombia | 29:03.34 |
| Marathon | Elói Schleder Brazil | 2:22:13 | José San Martín Chile | 2:24:10 | Mauricio Arancibia Chile | 2:26:41 |
| 110 metres hurdles (wind: -0.1 m/s) | Pedro Chiamulera Brazil | 13.87 AR | Joilto Bonfim Brazil | 14.21 | George Biehl Chile | 14.40 |
| 400 metres hurdles | Pedro Chiamulera Brazil | 49.71 CR | Antônio Dias Ferreira Brazil | 50.36 | Wilfredo Ferrer Venezuela | 51.36 |
| 3000 metres steeplechase | Adauto Domingues Brazil | 8:44.38 CR | Ricardo Vera Uruguay | 8:44.85 | Emilio Ulloa Chile | 8:45.27 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay | Brazil Olivier Cadier Arnaldo da Silva Paulo Lima Robson da Silva | 40.00 | Chile Boris Mihovilovic Luis Sáez Carlos Moreno Álvaro Prenafeta | 40.69 | Venezuela Wilfredo Ferrer Enrique Canavire José Mirena Nelson Oquendo | 40.87 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay | Brazil Igor Costa Pedro Chiamulera Wilson dos Santos Sérgio Menezes | 3:07.96 CR | Argentina Gustavo Capart Luis Migueles Oscar Barrionuevo José María Beduino | 3:10.21 | Venezuela José Castillo Wilfredo Ferrer Miguel Marcano Aaron Phillips | 3:11.29 |
| 20 kilometres road walk | Jorge Yannone Argentina | 1:39:04 | Juan Yanes Venezuela | 1:42:23 | Jorge Torrealba Venezuela | 1:45:41 |
| High jump | Milton Riitano Francisco Brazil | 2.17 CR | Fernando Pastoriza Argentina | 2.11 | Cláudio Freire Brazil | 2.08 |
| Pole vault | Oscar Veit Argentina | 4.90 =CR | Jaime Silva Chile | 4.80 | Elson de Souza Brazil | 4.80 |
| Long jump | Enrique Canavire Venezuela | 7.54 | Olivier Cadier Brazil | 7.46 | Sergio Roh Argentina | 7.20 |
| Triple jump | Francisco dos Santos Brazil | 16.87 | Jailto Bonfim Brazil | 16.06 | Roberto Audain Venezuela | 15.62 |
| Shot put | Gert Weil Chile | 20.14 CR | Adilson Oliveira Brazil | 17.13 | José Jara Chile | 16.20 |
| Discus throw | José de Souza Brazil | 53.10 | Carlos Brynner Argentina | 51.60 | Otmar Welsch Brazil | 50.92 |
| Hammer throw | Daniel Gómez Argentina | 60.26 | Celso de Moraes Brazil | 60.20 | Pedro Rivail Atílio Brazil | 60.04 |
| Javelin throw | Juan Garmendia Argentina | 75.10 CR | Luis Lucumí Colombia | 70.64 | Gustavo Wielandt Chile | 70.30 |
| Decathlon | Paulo Lima Brazil | 7341 | Carlos Martín Argentina | 6770 | Claudio Escauriza Paraguay | 6599 |

### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres (wind: -0.6 m/s) | Patricia Pérez Chile | 11.78 | Claudiléia dos Santos Brazil | 12.02 | Daisy Salas Chile | 12.11 |
| 200 metres (wind: +0.4 m/s) | Claudiléia dos Santos Brazil | 23.99 | Patricia Pérez Chile | 24.13 | Liliana Chalá Ecuador | 24.26 |
| 400 metres | Norfalia Carabalí Colombia | 53.25 CR | Elba Barbosa Brazil | 54.36 | Margarita Grün Uruguay | 54.39 NR |
| 800 metres | Alejandra Ramos Chile | 2:03.54 CR | Soraya Telles Brazil | 2:06.30 | Elba Barbosa Brazil | 2:09.21 |
| 1500 metres | Alejandra Ramos Chile | 4:20.16 CR | Monica Regonesi Chile | 4:22.45 | Fabiola Rueda Colombia | 4:22.63 |
| 3000 metres | Monica Regonesi Chile | 9:29.67 CR | Carmem de Oliveira Brazil | 9:30.37 | Fabiola Rueda Colombia | 9:31.10 |
| 10,000 metres | Monica Regonesi Chile | 34:31.37 AR | Carmem de Oliveira Brazil | 34:47.02 | Margot Vargas Argentina | 36:16.80 |
| 100 metres hurdles (wind: +0.5 m/s) | Beatriz Capotosto Argentina | 13.87 | Susana Jenkins Argentina | 13.94 | Juraciara da Silva Brazil | 13.97 |
| 400 metres hurdles | Maria do Carmo Fialho Brazil | 59.45 CR | Cornelia Holzinger Brazil | 60.28 | Claudia Oxman Chile | 61.42 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay | Chile Daisy Salas Flavia Villar Michelle Camino Patricia Pérez | 45.80 | Brazil Inês Ribeiro Bárbara do Nascimento Claudiléia dos Santos Juraciara da Silva | 46.09 | Argentina Julia Schuth Graciela Palacín Susana Jenkins Beatriz Capotosto | 46.80 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay | Brazil Soraya Telles Elba Barbosa Cornelia Holzinguer Maria do Carmo Fialho | 3:39.77 CR | Uruguay Margarita Grün Carmen Mosegui Claudia Acerenza Soledad Acerenza | 3:41.49 | Chile Flavia Villar Ismenia Guzmán Ximena Carvajal Alejandra Ramos | 3:43.85 |
| High jump | Ana Maria Marcon Brazil | 1.88 CR | Carmen Garib Chile | 1.76 | Conceição Geremias Brazil | 1.73 |
| Long jump | Conceição Geremias Brazil | 6.04 | Silvia Murialdo Argentina | 5.81 | Graciela Acosta Uruguay | 5.81 |
| Shot put | Maria Fernandes Brazil | 14.89 | Jazmín Cirio Chile | 14.50 | Marinalva dos Santos Brazil | 14.44 |
| Discus throw | Márcia Barbosa Brazil | 46.16 | Marinalva dos Santos Brazil | 43.50 | Daphne Birnios Argentina | 42.20 |
| Javelin throw | Mônica Rocha Brazil | 52.08 CR | Sueli dos Santos Brazil | 51.52 | Patricia Guerrero Peru | 45.38 |
| Heptathlon | Ana María Comaschi Argentina | 4866 | Nancy Vallecilla Ecuador | 4865 | Rita Geremias Brazil | 4710 |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Brazil (BRA) | 21 | 19 | 12 | 52 |
| 2 | Chile (CHI) | 9 | 8 | 8 | 25 |
| 3 | Argentina (ARG) | 7 | 7 | 4 | 18 |
| 4 | Colombia (COL) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | Venezuela (VEN) | 1 | 1 | 7 | 9 |
| 6 | Panama (PAN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Uruguay (URU) | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 8 | Ecuador (ECU) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | Paraguay (PAR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | Peru (PER) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (10 entries) | Totals (10 entries) | 40 | 40 | 40 | 120 |

## Participating nations

* Argentina (58)
* Bolivia (2)
* Brazil (50)
* Chile (62)
* Colombia (6)
* Ecuador (13)
* Panama (1)
* Paraguay (13)
* Peru (14)
* Uruguay (19)
* Venezuela (14)