# Athletics at the 1947–48 Bolivarian Games

Athletics competitions at the 1947–48 Bolivarian Games were held in Lima, Perú, in December 1947 and January 1948.
A detailed history of the early editions of the Bolivarian Games between 1938 and 1989 was published in a book written (in Spanish) by José Gamarra Zorrilla, former president of the Bolivian Olympic Committee, and first president (1976–1982) of ODESUR. Gold medal winners from Ecuador were published by the Comité Olímpico Ecuatoriano.
A total of 33 events were contested, 23 by men and 10 by women. Unusually, cross country events (individual and team) were part of the games.

## Medal summary

Medal winners were published.

### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres | Lloyd LaBeach (PAN) | 10.5 | Santiago Ferrando (PER) | 10.9 | Miguel León (PER) | 11.0 |
| 200 metres | Lloyd LaBeach (PAN) | 21.0 | Santiago Ferrando (PER) | 22.0 | Ricardo Rojas (PER) | 22.7 |
| 400 metres | José Tovar (VEN) | 49.5 | Jaime Aparicio (COL) | 49.9 | Mario Rosas (COL) | 50.4 |
| 800 metres | Antero Mongrut (PER) | 1:54.9 | Frank Prince (PAN) | 1:56.5 | Marcos Pujazón (PER) | 1:58.7 |
| 1500 metres | Antero Mongrut (PER) | 4:08.7 | Marcos Pujazón (PER) | 4:11.5 | Rafael Zambrano (PER) | 4:11.7 |
| 5000 metres | Adán Zárate (PER) | 15:52.0 | Leonidas Botiquín (PER) | 16:11.0 | Máximo Matos (PER) | 16:18.4 |
| 10000 metres | Adán Zárate (PER) | 33:15.6 | Carlos Fonseca (ECU) | 33:59.0 | Lino Ruelas (PER) | 35:45.8 |
| Half Marathon$^†$ | Espiridión Villarcel (BOL) | 1:09:21 | | | Carlos Cruz (PER) | 1:10:40 |
| 110 metres hurdles | Hernán Alzamora (PER) | 15.4 | Livio Montoya (PER) | 16.4 | Saul Arrechea (COL) | 16.6 |
| 400 metres hurdles | Jaime Aparicio (COL) | 55.9 | Mario Rosas (COL) | 56.7 | Carlos Bahamonde (PER) | 57.6 |
| High Jump | Edmundo Masias (PER) | 1.86 | Miguel Clovis (PAN) | 1.83 | Edgar Audman (ECU) | 1.83 |
| Pole Vault | Luis Ganoza (PER) | 3.80 | Jaime Piqueras (PER) Jorge Piqueras (PER) | 3.40 | |
| Long Jump | Lloyd LaBeach (PAN) | 6.99 | Guillermo Dyer (PER) | 6.75 | Máximo Reyes (PER) | 6.32 |
| Triple Jump | Guillermo Dyer (PER) | 14.70 | Máximo Reyes (PER) | 14.32 | Jorge Mendoza (PER) | 13.36 |
| Shot Put | Leonelo Patiño (PER) | 14.08 | Eduardo Julve (PER) | 13.68 | Mauricio Rodríguez (VEN) | 12.11 |
| Discus Throw | Eduardo Julve (PER) | 44.54 | Manuel Consiglieri (PER) | 43.72 | Héctor Mendoza (PER) | 38.21 |
| Hammer Throw | Alberto Peirano (PER) | 43.16 | Manuel Consiglieri (PER) | 42.38 | Vicente Lagoyete (COL) | 40.70 |
| Javelin Throw | José Romero (VEN) | 53.24 | Eduardo Julve (PER) | 50.81 | Guillermo Falkonert (COL) | 50.09 |
| Pentathlon | Eduardo Julve (PER) | 3086 | Máximo Reyes (PER) | 2666 | Mauricio Rodríguez (VEN) | 2635 |
| 4 x 100 metres relay | Panama | 41.6 | Peru | 42.4 | Colombia | 43.4 |
| 4 x 400 metres relay | Panama | 3:20.4 | Peru | 3:22.8 | Ecuador | 3:27.7 |
| Cross Country - Individual | Francisco Montaño (BOL) | 52:05 | Espiridión Villarcel (BOL) | 52:07 | Luis Ruelas (PER) | 53:31 |
| Cross Country - Team | | | | | | |

#### Notes

$^†$: 20 kilometres ?

### Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 50 metres | Julia Sánchez (PER) | 6.8 | Julia Iriarte (BOL) | 7.0 | Carmen Soto (BOL) | 7.2 |
| 100 metres | Julia Sánchez (PER) | 13.3 | Carmen Soto (BOL) | 13.4 | Laura Ortiz (BOL) | 13.8 |
| 200 metres | Carmen Soto (BOL) | 27.7 | Julia Huapaya (PER) | 28.8 | Helena Amaya (PER) | 28.9 |
| 80 metres hurdles | Julia Iriarte (BOL) | 12.7 | Carmen Soto (BOL) | 15.5 | Raquel Gamarra (PER) | 15.5 |
| High Jump | Julia Iriarte (BOL) | 1.36 | Carmen Soto (BOL) | 1.36 | Julia Sánchez (PER) | 1.33 |
| Long Jump | Julia Iriarte (BOL) | 5.01 | Julia Sánchez (PER) | 4.76 | Carmela Antezana (BOL) | 4.73 |
| Shot Put | Julia Iriarte (BOL) | 10.77 | Julia Huapaya (PER) | 9.50 | Elvira Casaverde (PER) | 9.12 |
| Discus Throw | Julia Iriarte (BOL) | 31.97 | Julia Huapaya (PER) | 31.29 | Amelia Michilena (PER) | 30.30 |
| Javelin Throw | Clorinda Herrera (PER) | 30.81 | Julia Iriarte (BOL) | 29.58 | Raquel Gamarra (PER) | 21.55 |
| 4 x 100 metres relay | Peru | 52.4 | Bolivia | 52.5 | | |

## Medal table (unofficial)

* Host nation (Peru)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Peru (PER)* | 16 | 21 | 17 | 54 |
| 2 | Bolivia (BOL) | 8 | 7 | 3 | 18 |
| 3 | Panama (PAN) | 5 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 4 | Venezuela (VEN) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | Colombia (COL) | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 6 | Ecuador (ECU) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Totals (6 entries) | Totals (6 entries) | 32 | 33 | 29 | 94 |