# 1977 South American Championships in Athletics

The 1977 South American Championships in Athletics were held at the Pista del Parque Batlle y Ordoñez (today Pista de Atletismo Darwin Piñeyrúa) in Montevideo, Uruguay, between 4 and 6 November 1977.

## Medal summary
### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres (wind: +1.5 m/s) | Rui da Silva Brazil | 10.3 | Katsuhiko Nakaia Brazil | 10.4 | Miguel Sulbarán Venezuela | 10.6 |
| 200 metres (wind: 0.0 m/s) | Rui da Silva Brazil | 21.3 | Katsuhiko Nakaia Brazil | 21.7 | Hipólito Brown Venezuela | 22.1 |
| 400 metres | Delmo da Silva Brazil | 47.70 | Ariel Santolaya Chile | 47.71 | Djalma de Oliveira Brazil | 48.24 |
| 800 metres | Agberto Guimarães Brazil | 1:52.4 | Omar Amdematten Argentina | 1:52.8 | Ricardo Vigo Argentina | 1:53.3 |
| 1500 metres | José González Venezuela | 3:51.7 | Emilio Ulloa Chile | 3:51.7 | Cosme do Nascimento Brazil | 3:51.7 |
| 5000 metres | Domingo Tibaduiza Colombia | 14:24.4 | Darcy Pereira Brazil | 14:25.4 | Jairo Correa Colombia | 14:26.0 |
| 10,000 metres | Domingo Tibaduiza Colombia | 29:44.2 | Aloisio de Araújo Brazil | 29:57.0 | Carlos Alves Brazil | 30:12.3 |
| Marathon | Héctor Rodríguez Colombia | 2:19:56 | Víctor Rodríguez Colombia | 2:24:48 | Elói Schleder Brazil | 2:26:48 |
| 110 metres hurdles (wind: 0.0 m/s) | Oscar Marín Venezuela | 14.97 | Jesús Villegas Colombia | 15.04 | Carlos dos Santos Brazil | 15.23 |
| 400 metres hurdles | Moisés Zambrano Venezuela | 53.7 | Donizete Soares Brazil | 54.1 | Joelmerson de Carvalho Brazil | 54.4 |
| 3000 metres steeplechase | Jairo Correa Colombia | 9:00.5 | Lucirio Garrido Venezuela | 9:01.5 | Abel Córdoba Argentina | 9:13.0 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay | Brazil Antônio Carlos dos Santos Nelson dos Santos Rui da Silva Katsuhiko Nakaya | 41.4 | Venezuela José Chacín Manuel Briceño Ely Zabala Hipólito Brown | 41.7 | Uruguay Servio Labruna Luis Sánchez Luis Barbosa José Gonçalves | 42.1 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay | Brazil Djalma de Oliveira Delmo da Silva Pedro Teixeira Donizete Soares | 3:15.1 | Venezuela Hipólito Brown E. López Alexis Herrera Moisés Zambrano | 3:17.4 | Chile Ariel Santolaya Cristián Molina Emilio Ulloa Alfredo Edwards | 3:23.1 |
| 20 kilometres road walk | Enrique Peña Colombia | 1:37:21 CR | Osvaldo Morejón Bolivia | 1:39:23 | Rafael Vega Colombia | 1:40:14 |
| High jump | Iraja Cecy Brazil | 2.05 | Luis Arbulú Peru | 2.00 | Luis Barrionuevo Argentina | 2.00 |
| Pole vault | Renato Bortolocci Brazil | 4.40 | Tito Steiner Argentina | 4.30 | Fernando Hoces Chile | 4.10 |
| Long jump | João Carlos de Oliveira Brazil | 7.95 CR | Hugo Meriano Argentina | 7.31 | Ronald Raborg Peru | 7.22 |
| Triple jump | João Carlos de Oliveira Brazil | 16.40 | Angel Gagliano Argentina | 15.15 | Francisco Pichott Chile | 14.87 |
| Shot put | José Luiz Carabolante Brazil | 16.83 | José Carreño Venezuela | 15.70 | José Jacques Brazil | 15.62 |
| Discus throw | Sérgio Thomé Brazil | 52.24 | Modesto Barreto Colombia | 50.64 | José Jacques Brazil | 46.42 |
| Hammer throw | Daniel Gómez Argentina | 64.66 CR | Celso de Moraes Brazil | 63.52 | Ivam Bertelli Brazil | 63.40 |
| Javelin throw | Mario Sotomayor Colombia | 66.96 | Paulo de Faría Brazil | 66.50 | Angel Garmendia Argentina | 65.72 |
| Decathlon | Tito Steiner Argentina | 7411 | Renato Bortolocci Brazil | 7076 | Ramón Montezuma Venezuela | 6976 |

### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres (wind: +0.5 m/s) | Beatriz Allocco Argentina | 11.97 | Beatriz Capotosto Argentina | 12.20 | Carmela Bolívar Peru Carla Herencia Chile | 12.27 |
| 200 metres | Beatriz Allocco Argentina | 24.7 | Sueli Machado Brazil | 25.2 | Flavia Villar Chile | 25.3 |
| 400 metres | Eucaris Caicedo Colombia | 55.3 | Adriana Marchena Venezuela | 56.48 | Marcela López Argentina | 56.69 |
| 800 metres | Alejandra Ramos Chile | 2:12.3 | Adriana Marchena Venezuela | 2:15.8 | Aparecida Adão Brazil | 2:15.8 |
| 1500 metres | Alejandra Ramos Chile | 4:39.8 | Maria Dias Brazil | 4:46.8 | Mery Rojas Bolivia | 4:46.8 |
| 100 metres hurdles (wind: -0.5 m/s) | Edith Noeding Peru | 14.47 | Themis Zambrzycki Brazil | 14.76 | Maria Luisa Betioli Brazil | 14.80 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay | Argentina Araceli Bruschini Susana Perizzotti Beatriz Capotosto Beatriz Allocco | 46.7 | Chile Flavia Villar Carla Herencia Verónica Kinzer Pía Ábalos | 47.8 | Brazil Maria Levien Sueli Machado Conceição Geremias Bárbara do Nascimento | 47.8 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay | Brazil Tânia Miranda Sueli Machado Joyce Felipe dos Santos Inoilde Cruz | 3:49.7 | Argentina Graciela Escalada Beatriz Allocco Marcela López Silvia Augsburger | 3:53.4 | Venezuela Elsa Antúnez Lourdes Nicola Adriana Marchena Yaneth Carvajal | 3:55.2 |
| High jump | Maria Luisa Betioli Brazil | 1.80 CR | Beatriz Bonfim Brazil | 1.70 | Beatriz Arancibia Chile | 1.60 |
| Long jump | Yvonne Neddermann Argentina | 5.65 | Themis Zambrzycki Brazil | 5.49 | Conceição Geremias Brazil | 5.49 |
| Shot put | Maria Boso Brazil | 13.80 | Lorena Prado Chile | 13.26 | Marinalva dos Santos Brazil | 12.59 |
| Discus throw | Odete Domingos Brazil | 51.56 CR | Thea Reinhardt Brazil | 49.68 | Patricia Andrus Venezuela | 40.86 |
| Javelin throw | Patricia Guerrero Peru | 45.46 | Neuza Trolezzi Brazil | 42.92 | Magali Lopes Brazil | 41.18 |
| Pentathlon | Conceição Geremias Brazil | 3863 | Themis Zambrzycki Brazil | 3856 | Yvonne Neddermann Argentina | 3425 |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Brazil (BRA) | 17 | 16 | 15 | 48 |
| 2 | Colombia (COL) | 7 | 3 | 2 | 12 |
| 3 | Argentina (ARG) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 |
| 4 | Venezuela (VEN) | 3 | 6 | 5 | 14 |
| 5 | Chile (CHI) | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 |
| 6 | Peru (PER) | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 7 | Bolivia (BOL) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | Uruguay (URU) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (8 entries) | Totals (8 entries) | 37 | 37 | 38 | 112 |

## Participating nations

* Argentina (40)
* Bolivia (8)
* Brazil (51)
* Chile (35)
* Colombia (23)
* Paraguay (19)
* Peru (6)
* Uruguay (38)
* Venezuela (33)