# 1965 South American Championships in Athletics

The 1965 South American Championships in Athletics were held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, between 8 and 16 May. This was the last edition of the Championships in which Brazil did not top the medal table.

## Medal summary
### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres | Iván Moreno Chile | 10.4 | Héctor Thomas Venezuela | 10.5 | Manuel Planchart Venezuela | 10.7 |
| 200 metres | Carlos Baron Chile | 21.6 | Hortensio Fucil Venezuela | 21.6 | Iván Moreno Chile | 21.9 |
| 400 metres | Víctor Maldonado Venezuela | 47.5 | Pedro Grajales Colombia | 47.5 | Andrés Calonge Argentina | 48.4 |
| 800 metres | Leslie Mentor Venezuela | 1:54.5 | Jorge Grosser Chile | 1:55.1 | José Azevedo Brazil | 1:55.3 |
| 1500 metres | Tharso de Andrade Brazil | 3:53.9 | Albertino Etchechury Uruguay | 3:54.1 | Domingo Amaisón Argentina | 3:54.5 |
| 5000 metres | Domingo Amaisón Argentina | 14:46.5 | Mario Cutropia Argentina | 14:49.9 | Ricardo Vidal Chile | 14:53.8 |
| 10,000 metres | Mario Cutropia Argentina | 31:39.1 | Domingo Amaisón Argentina | 32:01.0 | Ricardo Vidal Chile | 32:11.0 |
| Marathon | Ricardo Vidal Chile | 2:38:15 CR | Dorival Silva Brazil | 2:38:23 | Domingo Amaisón Argentina | 2:40:13 |
| 3000 metres steeplechase | Domingo Amaisón Argentina | 9:03.0 CR | Albertino Etchechury Uruguay | 9:07.5 | Sebastião Mendes Brazil | 9:22.2 |
| 110 metres hurdles | Carlos Mossa Brazil | 15.2 | Guillermo Vallanía Argentina | 15.3 | Hernando Arrechea Colombia | 15.7 |
| 400 metres hurdles | Víctor Maldonado Venezuela | 51.5 | Juan Carlos Dyrzka Argentina | 52.0 | José Cavero Peru | 52.5 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay | Brazil Joel Satow Jose da Conceição Affonso da Silva Araken da Costa | 41.2 | Venezuela Arquímedes Herrera Manuel Planchart Rafael Romero Hortensio Fusil | 41.3 | Colombia Miguel Carabacho Francisco Gutiérrez Tito Diago Pedro Grajales | 41.6 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay | Venezuela Aristides Pineda José Jacinto Hidalgo Hortensio Fusil Víctor Maldonado | 3:14.5 | Brazil Altemerindo Amorim Joel Rocha Waldemar Montesano Ernani Eisele | 3:15.9 | Argentina Carlos Meucheri Guillermo Vallania Juan Carlos Dyrzka Andrés Calonge | 3:17.3 |
| High jump | Eleuterio Fassi Argentina | 1.97 | Roberto Abugattás Peru | 1.97 | Carlos Colchado Peru | 1.91 |
| Pole vault | Erico Barney Argentina | 4.25 CR | Parmenio Restrepo Colombia | 3.95 | Maurício de Souza Brazil | 3.90 |
| Long jump | Iván Moreno Chile | 7.29 | Héctor Thomas Venezuela | 7.24 | José Telles da Conceição Brazil | 7.06 |
| Triple jump | Nelson Prudêncio Brazil | 14.96 | Mário Gomes Brazil | 14.87 | Juan Ivanovic Chile | 14.53 |
| Shot put | José Jacques Brazil | 15.61 | Luis Di Cursi Argentina | 15.29 | Mario Peretti Argentina | 15.00 |
| Discus throw | João Alexandre Brazil | 48.25 | Dieter Gevert Chile | 48.15 | Dagoberto González Colombia | 48.04 |
| Hammer throw | Roberto Chapchap Brazil | 56.62 CR | José Vallejo Argentina | 54.94 | Marcelino Borrero Colombia | 51.46 |
| Javelin throw | Ian Barney Argentina | 66.43 | Patricio Etcheverry Chile | 64.45 | Jesús Rodríguez Venezuela | 64.28 |
| Decathlon | Héctor Thomas Venezuela | 6555 | Roberto Caravaca Venezuela | 6028 | Renato Renk Brazil | 5486 |

### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres | Marta Buongiorno Argentina | 12.2 | Erica da Silva Brazil | 12.4 | Emilia Dyrzka Argentina | 12.5 |
| 200 metres | Marta Buongiorno Argentina | 25.3 | Erica da Silva Brazil | 25.6 | Ada Brener Argentina | 25.7 |
| 80 metres hurdles | Emilia Dyrzka Argentina | 11.6 | Carlota Ulloa Chile | 12.0 | Marisol Massot Chile | 12.1 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay | Brazil Edir Ribeiro Gloria Ferraz Leda dos Santos Erica da Silva | 47.7 | Argentina Alicia Kaufmanas Emilia Dyrzka Ada Brener Marta Buongiorno | 47.9 | Chile Carlota Ulloa María Ducci Marisol Massot Nelly Arduz Orellana | 49.0 |
| High jump | Maria da Conceição Brazil | 1.69 CR | Aída dos Santos Brazil | 1.66 | Irenice Rodrigues Brazil | 1.51 |
| Long jump | Carlota Ulloa Chile | 5.53 | Alicia Kaufmanas Argentina | 5.38 | Edir Ribeiro Brazil | 5.28 |
| Shot put | Norma Suárez Argentina | 12.93 CR | Miriam Yutronic Chile | 12.38 | Eliana Bahamondes Chile | 12.25 |
| Discus throw | Miriam Yutronic Chile | 45.33 | Odete Domingos Brazil | 39.92 | Isolina Vergara Colombia | 39.73 |
| Javelin throw | Kiyomi Nakagawa Brazil | 41.51 | Delia Vera Peru | 40.76 | Rosa Molina Chile | 40.23 |

## Medal table

* Host nation (Brazil)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Argentina (ARG) | 10 | 8 | 7 | 25 |
| 2 | Brazil (BRA)* | 10 | 7 | 7 | 24 |
| 3 | Chile (CHI) | 6 | 5 | 8 | 19 |
| 4 | Venezuela (VEN) | 5 | 5 | 2 | 12 |
| 5 | Colombia (COL) | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 6 | Peru (PER) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | Uruguay (URU) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Totals (7 entries) | Totals (7 entries) | 31 | 31 | 31 | 93 |