# 1983 South American Championships in Athletics – Results

These are the results of the 1983 South American Championships in Athletics which took place at the Centro de Alto Rendimiento Deportivo Pedro Candioti in Santa Fe, Argentina, between 29 September and 2 October.

## Men's results
### 100 metres

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Nelson dos Santos | Brazil | 10.8 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Luis Alberto Schneider | Chile | 10.8 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Luis Cabral | Uruguay | 10.9 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Oscar Barrionuevo | Argentina | 11.2 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Ronald Raborg | Peru | 11.3 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | Luis Villalba | Paraguay | 11.3 | |
| 1 | 2 | Paulo Roberto Correia | Brazil | 10.7 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Giorgio Mautino | Peru | 10.8 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Hugo Alzamora | Argentina | 10.8 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Marcelo Urquiza | Chile | 10.9 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Marcelo Rejas | Bolivia | 11.0 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | Daniel Ipata | Uruguay | 11.3 | |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Nelson dos Santos | Brazil | 10.3 |
| | Paulo Roberto Correia | Brazil | 10.5 |
| | Giorgio Mautino | Peru | 10.5 |
| 4 | Luis Alberto Schneider | Chile | 10.7 |
| 5 | Hugo Alzamora | Argentina | 10.7 |
| 6 | Oscar Barrionuevo | Argentina | 10.8 |
| 7 | Marcelo Urquiza | Chile | 10.9 |
| 8 | Luis Cabral | Uruguay | 10.9 |
| 9 | Marcelo Rejas | Bolivia | 10.9 |
| 10 | Ronald Raborg | Peru | 11.2 |

### 200 metres

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Gustavo Capart | Argentina | 21.9 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Marcelo Rejas | Bolivia | 22.2 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Nelson dos Santos | Brazil | 22.3 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Rubén da Cunha | Uruguay | 22.4 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Carlos Contreras | Chile | 22.4 | |
| 6 | 1 | Luis Villalba | Paraguay | 22.5 | |
| 1 | 2 | Paulo Roberto Correia | Brazil | 21.7 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Wolfman Mena | Colombia | 21.9 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | José María Beduino | Argentina | 22.0 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Luis Alberto Schneider | Chile | 22.0 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Luis Cabral | Uruguay | 22.6 | |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Paulo Roberto Correia | Brazil | 21.3 |
| | Nelson dos Santos | Brazil | 21.5 |
| | José María Beduino | Argentina | 21.7 |
| 4 | Luis Alberto Schneider | Chile | 21.8 |
| 5 | Wolfman Mena | Colombia | 21.9 |
| 6 | Gustavo Capart | Argentina | 21.9 |
| 7 | Rubén da Cunha | Uruguay | 22.3 |
| 8 | Marcelo Rejas | Bolivia | 22.4 |

### 400 metres

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Sérgio Menezes | Brazil | 49.2 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Moisés del Castillo | Peru | 49.4 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Wolfman Mena | Colombia | 49.4 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Eduardo Sandes | Argentina | 49.5 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Gabriel Díaz | Uruguay | 51.5 | |
| 1 | 2 | Evaldo da Silva | Brazil | 48.9 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Jesús Malavé | Venezuela | 48.9 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Daniel Bambicha | Argentina | 49.1 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Rodrigo de la Fuente | Chile | 49.1 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Rubén da Cunha | Uruguay | 50.4 | |
| 6 | 2 | Cayetano Báez | Paraguay | 51.7 | |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Sérgio Menezes | Brazil | 46.8 |
| | Evaldo da Silva | Brazil | 47.4 |
| | Wolfman Mena | Colombia | 47.5 |
| 4 | Jesús Malavé | Venezuela | 48.0 |
| 5 | Rodrigo de la Fuente | Chile | 49.2 |
| 6 | Moisés del Castillo | Peru | 49.3 |
| 7 | Daniel Bambicha | Argentina | 49.3 |
| 8 | Eduardo Sandes | Argentina | 49.3 |

### 800 metres

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Raúl López | Argentina | 1:55.2 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Francisco Figueredo | Paraguay | 1:55.4 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Eulogio Medina | Uruguay | 1:55.4 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Emilio Ulloa | Chile | 1:55.6 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Ricardo Taborda | Bolivia | 1:58.0 | |
| 1 | 2 | José Luíz Barbosa | Brazil | 1:55.7 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Manuel Maugard | Chile | 1:56.4 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Luis Migueles | Argentina | 1:56.7 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Eduardo Pagalday | Uruguay | 1:56.9 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Leopoldo Acosta | Ecuador | 1:58.3 | |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | José Luíz Barbosa | Brazil | 1:49.1 |
| | Emilio Ulloa | Chile | 1:49.2 |
| | Raúl López | Argentina | 1:50.5 |
| 4 | Luis Migueles | Argentina | 1:50.7 |
| 5 | Manuel Maugard | Chile | 1:51.7 |
| 6 | Eduardo Pagalday | Uruguay | 1:51.8 |
| 7 | Eulogio Medina | Uruguay | 1:53.2 |
| 8 | Francisco Figueredo | Paraguay | 1:53.6 |

### 1500 metres

2 October
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Emilio Ulloa | Chile | 3:48.3 |
| | Omar Ortega | Argentina | 3:48.9 |
| | Adauto Domingues | Brazil | 3:50.8 |
| 4 | Ricardo Vera | Uruguay | 3:51.3 |
| 5 | Manuel Maugard | Chile | 3:51.8 |
| 6 | Orlando Campos | Colombia | 3:56.2 |
| 7 | Wilson de Santana | Brazil | 3:57.1 |
| 8 | Eduardo Pagalday | Uruguay | 4:00.9 |
| 9 | Francisco Figueredo | Paraguay | 4:01.2 |
| 10 | Omar Amdematten | Argentina | 4:02.1 |
| 11 | Ricardo Taborda | Bolivia | 4:06.0 |
| 12 | Vicente Medina | Paraguay | 4:09.3 |

### 5000 metres

29 September
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Omar Aguilar | Chile | 14:00.9 |
| | João de Ataíde | Brazil | 14:01.2 |
| | Germán Peña | Colombia | 14:03.1 |
| 4 | Jaime Vergara | Chile | 14:05.7 |
| 5 | Julio Gómez | Argentina | 14:17.9 |
| 6 | Policarpio Calizaya | Bolivia | 14:22.8 |
| 7 | Roberto Wendorff | Argentina | 14:23.8 |
| 8 | Jairo Correa | Colombia | 14:41.3 |
| 9 | Ricardo Reupo | Peru | 14:42.6 |
| 10 | Ricardo Vera | Uruguay | 14:54.8 |
| 11 | Ramón López | Paraguay | 14:58.6 |
| 12 | Eladio Fernández | Paraguay | 15:01.9 |

### 10,000 metres

30 September
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Omar Aguilar | Chile | 29:12.1 |
| | João de Ataíde | Brazil | 29:13.4 |
| | Jairo Correa | Colombia | 29:22.7 |
| 4 | João de Souza | Brazil | 29:26.1 |
| 5 | Jaime Vergara | Chile | 29:33.1 |
| 6 | Policarpio Calizaya | Bolivia | 29:45.0 |
| 7 | Germán Peña | Colombia | 30:22.9 |
| 8 | Carlos Castro | Argentina | 30:24.2 |
| 9 | Félix Rivedieu | Uruguay | 30:52.0 |
| 10 | Nelson Zamora | Uruguay | 30:58.8 |
| 11 | Ramón López | Paraguay | 30:58.9 |
| 12 | Eladio Fernández | Paraguay | 31:00.0 |
| 13 | Jorge Monín | Argentina | 31:55.6 |

### Marathon

2 October
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Juan Plagman | Chile | 2:15:50 |
| | Jairo Correa | Colombia | 2:17:43 |
| | Rafael Parra | Colombia | 2:19:42 |
| 4 | Hugo Soto | Chile | 2:24:23 |
| 5 | Raúl Suárez | Argentina | 2:25:52 |
| 6 | Luis Esterio | Argentina | 2:27:48 |
| 7 | Rufino Chávez | Bolivia | 2:31:42 |

### 110 metres hurdles

2 October Wind: +0.9 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Pedro Chiamulera | Brazil | 14.3 |
| | Wellington da Nobrega | Brazil | 14.5 |
| | Rodolfo Iturraspe | Argentina | 14.9 |
| 4 | Carlos Varas | Argentina | 15.1 |
| 5 | Andrés Lyon | Chile | 15.1 |
| 6 | George Biehl | Chile | 15.1 |

### 400 metres hurdles

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Rodrigo de la Fuente | Chile | 54.6 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Jorge Díaz | Argentina | 54.6 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Leonel Pedroza | Colombia | 54.9 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Pedro Chiamulera | Brazil | 55.0 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Carlos Lima | Uruguay | 55.8 | |
| 1 | 2 | Rodolfo Iturraspe | Argentina | 56.6 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Elias da Fonseca | Brazil | 58.2 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Jorge Misleck | Chile | 58.6 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Adolfo Marín | Paraguay | 1:00.8 | Q |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Pedro Chiamulera | Brazil | 52.2 |
| | Rodrigo de la Fuente | Chile | 52.7 |
| | Elias da Fonseca | Brazil | 52.8 |
| 4 | Jorge Díaz | Argentina | 53.0 |
| 5 | Rodolfo Iturraspe | Argentina | 53.7 |
| 6 | Leonel Pedroza | Colombia | 53.9 |
| 7 | Jorge Misleck | Chile | 55.3 |
| 8 | Adolfo Marín | Paraguay | 1:03.8 |

### 3000 metres steeplechase

1 October
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Emilio Ulloa | Chile | 8:44.6 | CR |
| | Wilson de Santana | Brazil | 8:47.7 | |
| | Adauto Domingues | Brazil | 8:50.8 | |
| 4 | Ricardo Vera | Uruguay | 8:53.9 | |
| 5 | Luis Palma | Chile | 8:57.7 | |
| 6 | Orlando Campos | Colombia | 8:59.4 | |
| 7 | Ricardo Reupo | Peru | 9:05.4 | |
| 8 | Marcelo Cascabelo | Argentina | 9:20.3 | |
| 9 | Diego Zarba | Argentina | 9:22.1 | |
| 10 | Eladio Fernández | Paraguay | 9:23.4 | |
| 11 | Ramón López | Paraguay | 9:37.6 | |

### 4 × 100 metres relay

2 October
| Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time |
| | 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 | Chile | Carlos Contreras, Francisco Pichott, Marcelo Urquiza, Luis Alberto Schneider | 42.0 |
| 5 | Peru | Enrique Goytisolo, Ronald Raborg, Fernando Valiente, Moisés del Castillo | 44.6 |
| 6 | Paraguay | Luis Villalba, Cayetano Báez, Vicente Medina, Adolfo Marín | 45.7 |

### 4 × 400 metres relay

30 September
| Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time |
| | 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 |
| 4 | Uruguay | Anataniel Guzmán, Gabriel Díaz, Daniel Ipata, Rubén da Cunha | 3:19.3 |
| 5 | Paraguay | Cayetano Báez, Francisco Figueredo, Vicente Medina, Luis Villalba | NT |
| 6 | Peru | Velezmoro, Ronald Raborg, Ricardo Reupo, Moisés del Castillo | 3:31.4 |

### 20 kilometres

1 October
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Héctor Moreno | Colombia | 1:24:12 | CR |
| | Francisco Vargas | Colombia | 1:25:35 | |
| | Oswaldo Morejón | Bolivia | 1:32:20 | |
| 4 | Jorge Yannone | Argentina | 1:33:01 | |
| 5 | Wilson de Matos | Brazil | 1:35:24 | |
| 6 | Rito Molina | Argentina | 1:45:54 | |
| 7 | Julio Llanga | Ecuador | 1:53:04 | |

### High jump

2 October
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result |
| | Jorge Archanjo | Brazil | 2.14 |
| | Fernando Pastoriza | Argentina | 2.14 |
| | Rodrigo de la Fuente | Chile | 2.04 |
| 4 | Horacio Acevedo | Argentina | 2.04 |
| 5 | Joaquín del Real | Chile | 2.00 |
| 6 | Fernando Valiente | Peru | 1.95 |
| 7 | Carlos Falloni | Peru | 1.95 |
| 8 | Sergio de Jesús | Brazil | 1.95 |
| 9 | Rubén Osorio | Paraguay | 1.95 |
| 10 | Gabriel Terra | Uruguay | 1.85 |

### Pole vault

1 October
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result |
| | Fernando Hoces | Chile | 4.70 |
| | Renato Bortolocci | Brazil | 4.60 |
| | Walter Franzantti | Argentina | 4.50 |
| | Oscar Veit | Argentina | 4.50 |
| 5 | Enrique Goytisolo | Peru | 4.40 |
| 6 | Marcelo Cibié | Chile | 4.40 |
| 7 | Elson de Souza | Brazil | 4.40 |
| 8 | Henry Gómez | Colombia | 4.15 |

### Long jump

30 September
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result |
| | Osvaldo Frigerio | Argentina | 7.51 |
| | Luiz Carlos Favero | Brazil | 7.41 |
| | Marcus Barros | Brazil | 7.28 |
| 4 | Marcelo Abásolo | Chile | 7.12 |
| 5 | Gabriel Martínez | Argentina | 7.11 |
| 6 | Óscar Diesel | Paraguay | 6.96 |
| 7 | Francisco Pichott | Chile | 6.85 |
| 8 | Fidel Solórzano | Ecuador | 6.71 |
| 9 | Ronald Raborg | Peru | 6.62 |
| 10 | Gustavo González | Uruguay | 6.59 |

### Triple jump

29 September
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result |
| | Francisco Pichott | Chile | 15.64 |
| | José Quiñaliza | Ecuador | 15.52 |
| | Jailto Bonfim | Brazil | 15.44 |
| 4 | Angel Gagliano | Argentina | 15.43 |
| 5 | Marcelo Abásolo | Chile | 14.92 |
| 6 | Óscar Diesel | Paraguay | 14.77 |
| 7 | Jorge Mazzeo | Argentina | 14.59 |
| 8 | Miguel Vélez | Peru | 14.17 |

### Shot put

30 September
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
| | Gert Weil | Chile | 18.29 | CR |
| | Juan Adolfo Turri | Argentina | 16.56 | |
| | Adilson Oliveira | Brazil | 15.70 | |
| 4 | Gerardo Carucci | Argentina | 15.66 | |
| 5 | José Carlos Jacques | Brazil | 15.36 | |
| 6 | Andrés Pérez | Chile | 14.10 | |
| 7 | Óscar Gadea | Uruguay | 13.95 | |
| 8 | José Orozco | Colombia | 13.54 | |

### Discus throw

1 October
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result |
| | José Carlos Jacques | Brazil | 51.86 |
| | Celso da Cunha | Brazil | 50.50 |
| | Andrés Pérez | Chile | 49.24 |
| 4 | José Orozco | Colombia | 49.06 |
| 5 | Gert Weil | Chile | 48.56 |
| 6 | Norberto Aimé | Argentina | 46.94 |
| 7 | Carlos Bryner | Argentina | 46.42 |
| 8 | Dante Retamal | Peru | 41.48 |
| 9 | Óscar Gadea | Uruguay | 39.56 |

### Hammer throw

29 September
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result |
| | Ivam Bertelli | Brazil | 61.16 |
| | Roberto Olcece | Argentina | 60.56 |
| | Pedro Rivail Atílio | Brazil | 59.74 |
| 4 | Daniel Gómez | Argentina | 55.36 |
| 5 | Víctor Guerrero | Chile | 50.70 |
| 6 | Dante Retamal | Peru | 49.56 |

### Javelin throw

2 October – Old model
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result |
| | José Carlos Lima e Souza | Brazil | 74.54 |
| | Antar Martínez | Colombia | 71.48 |
| | Amílcar de Barros | Brazil | 71.24 |
| 4 | Juan Francisco Garmendia | Argentina | 70.62 |
| 5 | Jesús López | Argentina | 64.42 |
| 6 | Gustavo Wielandt | Chile | 62.12 |
| 7 | Carlos González | Uruguay | 62.00 |

### Decathlon

29–30 September – 1962 tables (1985 conversions given with *)
| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | 100m | LJ | SP | HJ | 400m | 110m H | DT | PV | JT | 1500m | Points | Conv. |
| | Carlos Gambetta | Argentina | 11.0 | 7.04 | 14.00 | 2.02 | 50.4 | 16.6 | 37.48 | 4.40 | 49.46 | 5:08.0 | 7252 | 7052* |
| | Ronaldo Alcaraz | Brazil | 11.6 | 7.14 | 13.19 | 1.87 | 53.0 | 16.0 | 39.72 | 4.00 | 60.38 | 4:45.8 | 7096 | 6936* |
| | Antonio Balbuena | Brazil | 11.0 | 6.95 | 11.26 | 1.84 | 49.6 | 15.7 | 33.80 | 3.70 | 51.34 | 4:37.2 | 6959 | 6781* |
| 4 | Tito Steiner | Argentina | 11.6 | 6.82 | 15.85 | 1.99 | 51.0 | 15.4 | 47.82 | NM | 56.10 | 5:07.6 | 6617 | 6648* |
| 5 | Domingo Hinostroza | Colombia | 11.5 | 6.42 | 12.88 | 1.87 | 51.5 | 15.3 | 31.50 | 2.90 | 53.04 | 4:44.5 | 6517 | 6368* |
| 6 | Eduardo Orellana | Chile | 12.0 | 6.71 | 10.43 | 1.78 | 52.1 | 18.0 | 34.94 | 3.80 | 50.62 | 4:31.1 | 6349 | 6147* |
| | Freddy Aberdeen | Venezuela | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | DNF | – |

## Women's results
### 100 metres

2 October Wind: +0.4 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Esmeralda de Jesus Garcia | Brazil | 11.6 |
| | Sheila de Oliveira | Brazil | 11.8 |
| | Daisy Salas | Chile | 11.9 |
| 4 | Adriana Pero | Argentina | 12.1 |
| 5 | Julia Schuth | Argentina | 12.1 |
| 6 | Graciela Maidana | Paraguay | 12.6 |
| 7 | Adriana Ruffin | Chile | 12.6 |
| 8 | Victoria Rolón | Paraguay | 12.9 |

### 200 metres

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Jucilene Garcês | Brazil | 24.7 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Adriana Pero | Argentina | 24.9 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Margarita Grun | Uruguay | 25.7 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Cecilia Rodríguez | Chile | 26.0 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Victoria Rolón | Paraguay | 27.0 | |
| 1 | 2 | Sheila de Oliveira | Brazil | 24.9 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Daisy Salas | Chile | 25.2 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Susana Crespo | Argentina | 25.6 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Laura Roballo | Uruguay | 26.0 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Graciela Maidana | Paraguay | 26.5 | |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Jucilene Garcês | Brazil | 24.5 |
| | Sheila de Oliveira | Brazil | 24.9 |
| | Margarita Grun | Uruguay | 24.9 |
| 4 | Daisy Salas | Chile | 25.1 |
| 5 | Adriana Pero | Argentina | 25.2 |
| 6 | Susana Crespo | Argentina | 25.3 |
| 7 | Cecilia Rodríguez | Chile | 25.9 |
| 8 | Laura Roballo | Uruguay | 26.9 |

### 400 metres

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Jucilene Garcês | Brazil | 59.4 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Graciela Mardones | Chile | 59.5 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Amalia Linietzky | Argentina | 1:03.4 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Margarita Grun | Uruguay | 1:03.5 | Q |
| 1 | 2 | Elba Barbosa | Brazil | 55.6 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Norfalia Carabalí | Colombia | 56.3 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Marcela López | Argentina | 57.3 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Cecilia Roríguez | Chile | 57.6 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Claudia Acerenza | Uruguay | 57.7 | |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Elba Barbosa | Brazil | 54.0 |
| | Jucilene Garcês | Brazil | 54.0 |
| | Norfalia Carabalí | Colombia | 54.8 |
| 4 | Margarita Grun | Uruguay | 55.6 |
| 5 | Graciela Mardones | Chile | 55.9 |
| 6 | Marcela López | Argentina | 56.6 |
| 7 | Cecilia Roríguez | Chile | 57.1 |
| 8 | Amalia Linietzky | Argentina | 58.0 |

### 800 metres

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Norfalia Carabalí | Colombia | 2:19.2 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Graciela Mardones | Chile | 2:19.3 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Maria do Carmo Fialho | Brazil | 2:19.3 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Marcela López | Argentina | 2:19.4 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Ana Peñalba | Uruguay | 2:20.0 | |
| 6 | 1 | Gladys Barufaldi | Paraguay | 2:26.0 | |
| 1 | 2 | Alejandra Ramos | Chile | 2:16.7 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Adriana Marchena | Venezuela | 2:16.7 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Soraya Telles | Brazil | 2:16.8 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Liliana Góngora | Argentina | 2:16.9 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Sandra Silvera | Uruguay | 2:17.8 | |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Alejandra Ramos | Chile | 2:04.6 |
| | Soraya Telles | Brazil | 2:06.2 |
| | Norfalia Carabalí | Colombia | 2:07.2 |
| 4 | Adriana Marchena | Venezuela | 2:08.3 |
| 5 | Graciela Mardones | Chile | 2:08.7 |
| 6 | Maria do Carmo Fialho | Brazil | 2:09.0 |
| 7 | Liliana Góngora | Argentina | 2:09.8 |
| 8 | Marcela López | Argentina | 2:12.2 |

### 1500 metres

1 October
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Alejandra Ramos | Chile | 4:25.3 |
| | Mónica Regonesi | Chile | 4:27.2 |
| | Adriana Marchena | Venezuela | 4:27.5 |
| 4 | Liliana Góngora | Argentina | 4:28.4 |
| 5 | Soraya Telles | Brazil | 4:29.3 |
| 6 | Ruth Campos | Peru | 4:35.4 |
| 7 | Cecilia Ramón | Argentina | 4:40.9 |
| 8 | Sandra Silveira | Uruguay | 4:45.2 |
| 9 | Teresa Rodríguez | Colombia | 4:45.4 |
| 10 | Kathy Silva | Uruguay | 4:49.3 |
| 11 | Dalvirene de Paiva | Brazil | 4:49.8 |
| 12 | Maricruz Sanjines | Bolivia | 4:50.0 |
| 13 | Gladys Barufaldi | Paraguay | 5:05.8 |

### 3000 metres

2 October
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Mónica Regonesi | Chile | 9:75.2 | CR |
| | María Victoria Biondi | Argentina | 10:02.2 | |
| | Ruth Campos | Peru | 10:06.3 | |
| 4 | Angélica de Almeida | Brazil | 10:10.9 | |
| 5 | Teresa Rodríguez | Colombia | 10:11.9 | |
| 6 | Stella Selles | Argentina | 10:18.1 | |
| 7 | Dalvirene de Paiva | Brazil | 10:27.1 | |
| 8 | Maricruz Sanjines | Bolivia | 10:30.2 | |
| 9 | Kathy Silva | Uruguay | 10:57.5 | |

### 100 metres hurdles

2 October Wind: -0.3 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Beatriz Capotosto | Argentina | 13.2 | AR |
| | Juraciara da Silva | Brazil | 13.7 | |
| | Orlane dos Santos | Brazil | 14.4 | |
| 4 | Alejandra Martínez | Chile | 14.7 | |
| 5 | Susan Jenkins | Argentina | 14.9 | |
| 6 | Paulina Caroca | Chile | 15.2 | |

### 400 metres hurdles

30 September
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Conceição Geremias | Brazil | 59.5 | CR |
| | Margit Weise | Brazil | 1:00.5 | |
| | Anabella dal Lago | Argentina | 1:02.6 | |
| 4 | Mariana Posz | Argentina | 1:02.8 | |
| 5 | Lucy Fernández | Uruguay | 1:04.9 | |
| 6 | Paulina Caroca | Chile | 1:06.2 | |
| 7 | María Esther Mediano | Chile | 1:06.5 | |
| 8 | Gladys Barufaldi | Paraguay | 1:08.4 | |

### 4 × 100 metres relay

2 October
| Nation | Competitors | Time |
| Brazil | Elba Barbosa, Juraciara da Silva, Esmeralda Garcia, Sheila de Oliveira | 45.4 |
| Uruguay | Graciela Acosta, Andrea Sassi, Claudia Acerenza, Margarita Grun | 47.7 |
| Argentina | | DQ |
| Chile | | DQ |

### 4 × 400 metres relay

30 September
| Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes |
| | 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 | |
| 4 | Uruguay | Ana Peñalba, Lucy Fernández, Claudia Acerenza, Margarita Grun | 3:55.9 | |

### High jump

29 September
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result |
| | Orlane dos Santos | Brazil | 1.80 |
| | Conceição Geremias | Brazil | 1.77 |
| | Liliana Arigoni | Argentina | 1.71 |
| | Carmen Garib | Chile | 1.71 |
| 5 | Victoria Vacarezza | Chile | 1.68 |
| 6 | Andrea Sassi | Uruguay | 1.68 |
| 7 | Mónica Halporn | Argentina | 1.60 |

### Long jump

1 October
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result |
| | Esmeralda de Jesus Garcia | Brazil | 6.12 |
| | Adriana Rufin | Chile | 5.84 |
| | Orlane dos Santos | Brazil | 5.79 |
| 4 | Graciela Acosta | Uruguay | 5.61 |
| 5 | Paola Raab | Chile | 5.49 |
| 6 | Yvonne Neddermann | Argentina | 5.47 |
| 7 | Liliana Derfler | Argentina | 5.36 |
| 8 | Andrea Sassi | Uruguay | 5.22 |
| 9 | Graciela Maidana | Paraguay | 4.80 |

### Shot put

2 October
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
| | Maria Fernandes | Brazil | 15.01 | CR |
| | Marinalva dos Santos | Brazil | 14.87 | |
| | Jazmín Cirio | Chile | 14.04 | |
| 4 | Luz Bohorquez | Venezuela | 13.65 | |
| 5 | Alejandra Bevacqua | Argentina | 13.12 | |
| 6 | María Isabel Urrutia | Colombia | 13.00 | |
| 7 | Susana Diez | Argentina | 12.29 | |
| 8 | Berenice da Silva | Uruguay | 12.05 | |
| 9 | Fulvia Benegas | Paraguay | 11.48 | |

### Discus throw

30 September
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result |
| | Odete Domingos | Brazil | 49.30 |
| | María Isabel Urrutia | Colombia | 45.00 |
| | Maria Fernandes | Brazil | 44.72 |
| 4 | Yunaira Piña | Venezuela | 43.72 |
| 5 | Gloria Martínez | Chile | 43.40 |
| 6 | Susana Diez | Argentina | 42.86 |
| 7 | Alejandra Herrera | Argentina | 41.24 |
| 8 | Jazmín Cirio | Chile | 37.34 |
| 9 | Fulvia Benegas | Paraguay | 30.02 |

### Javelin throw

29 September – Old model
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
| | Marieta Riera | Venezuela | 51.04 | CR |
| | Carolina Weil | Chile | 50.68 | |
| | Mariela Riera | Venezuela | 49.18 | |
| 4 | Mônica Rocha | Brazil | 48.60 | |
| 5 | Olga Verissimo | Brazil | 42.58 | |
| 6 | Estela Echagüe | Argentina | 41.30 | |
| 7 | Sonia Favre | Argentina | 39.64 | |
| 8 | Lucy Agüero | Paraguay | 38.52 | |

### Heptathlon

1–2 October – 1962 tables (1985 conversions given with *)
| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | 100m H | HJ | SP | 200m | LJ | JT | 800m | Points | Conv. | Notes |
| | Conceição Geremias | Brazil | 14.0 | 1.78 | 12.88 | 24.7 | 5.74 | 38.56 | 2:30.2 | 5865 | 5610* | CR |
| | Olga Verissimo | Brazil | 14.7 | 1.66 | 11.35 | 26.5 | 5.36 | 41.58 | 2:24.1 | 5371 | 5135* | |
| | Yvonne Neddermann | Argentina | 14.8 | 1.63 | 11.40 | 26.6 | 5.54 | 36.64 | 2:25.2 | 5273 | 5022* | |
| 4 | Paola Raab | Chile | 14.7 | 1.66 | 9.77 | 25.5 | 5.56 | 33.54 | 2:25.1 | 5251 | 5007* | |
| 5 | Ana María Comaschi | Argentina | 15.0 | 1.51 | 11.80 | 25.7 | 4.81 | 34.66 | 2:29.4 | 4968 | 4665* | |
| 6 | María Esther Mediano | Chile | 14.9 | 1.63 | 9.94 | 26.9 | 5.04 | 26.98 | 2:38.8 | 4711 | 4397* | |
| 7 | Marta García | Paraguay | 20.7 | 1.30 | 8.82 | 28.7 | 4.37 | 25.26 | 2:51.2 | 3354 | 2883* | |