# 1947 South American Championships in Athletics

The 1947 South American Championships in Athletics were held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, between 25 April and 3 May.

## Medal summary
### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres | Gerardo Bönnhoff Argentina | 11.0 | Santiago Ferrando Peru | 11.2 | Carlos Isaack Argentina | 11.3 |
| 200 metres | Alberto Triulzi Argentina | 22.0 | Gerardo Bönnhoff Argentina | 22.3 | Alberto Labarthe Chile | 22.4 |
| 400 metres | Gustavo Ehlers Chile | 49.0 | Antonio Pocovi Argentina | 49.2 | Guillermo Avalos Argentina | 49.5 |
| 800 metres | Adán Torres Argentina | 1:53.7 CR | Nilo Riveros Argentina | 1:54.3 | Alfonso Rozas Chile | 1:54.9 |
| 1500 metres | Melchor Palmeiro Argentina | 3:57.8 | Nilo Riveros Argentina | 4:00.1 | Raúl Inostroza Chile | 4:01.7 |
| 3000 metres | Ricardo Bralo Argentina | 8:44.3 | Raúl Inostroza Chile | 8:45.0 | Delfo Cabrera Argentina | 8:46.9 |
| 5000 metres | Raúl Inostroza Chile | 15:07.8 | Eusebio Guiñez Argentina | 15:14.0 | Sebastião Monteiro Brazil | 15:15.2 |
| 10,000 metres | João Oitica Brazil | 33:01.2 | Sebastião Monteiro Brazil | 33:17.6 | Delfo Cabrera Argentina | 33:19.0 |
| Road race | Armando Sensini Argentina | 1:56:23 | Eusebio Guiñez Argentina | 1:57:17 | Joaquín da Silva Brazil | 1:59:00 |
| 110 metres hurdles | Alberto Triulzi Argentina | 14.7 =CR | Hélio Pereira Brazil | 15.3 | Jorge Undurraga Chile | 15.4 |
| 400 metres hurdles | Sergio Guzmán Chile | 54.8 | Hermenelindo Alberti Argentina | 54.9 | Víctor Henríquez Chile | 55.2 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay | Argentina Carlos Isaack Alberto Triulzi Gerardo Bönnhoff Adelio Marquez | 42.3 | Uruguay Mario Fayos López Testa Helio Giordano Walter Pérez | 42.9 | Brazil Rui Moreira Lima Geraldo da Luz Osmar Bruno Romano Guilherme Puschnik | 43.5 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay | Argentina Rodolfo Carrera Guillermo Evans Guillermo Avalos Antonio Pocovi | 3:16.0 CR | Chile Jaime Hitelman Jorge Ehlers Sergio Guzmán Gustavo Ehlers | 3:17.0 | Brazil Benedito Ferreira Osmar Bruno Romano Rosalvo Ramos Bernardo Blover | 3:19.9 |
| Cross country | Sebastião Monteiro Brazil | 37:28.9 | Reinaldo Gorno Argentina | 38:39.0 | Manuel Díaz Chile | 38:48.0 |
| High jump | Alfredo Jadresic Chile | 1.91 | Francisco Moura Brazil | 1.91 | Carlos Altamirano Chile | 1.88 |
| Pole vault | Lúcio de Castro Brazil | 3.90 | Federico Horn Chile | 3.80 | Sinibaldo Gerbasi Brazil | 3.80 |
| Long jump | Francisco Moura Brazil | 7.10 | Guillermo Dyer Peru | 7.08 | Enrique Kistenmacher Argentina | 7.07 |
| Triple jump | Geraldo de Oliveira Brazil | 15.16 | Carlos Vera Chile | 15.03 | Juan Gallo Chile | 14.33 |
| Shot put | Emilio Malchiodi Argentina | 14.30 | Nadim Marreis Brazil | 14.05 | Julián Llorente Argentina | 13.94 |
| Discus throw | Karsten Brödersen Chile | 45.24 | Eduardo Julve Peru | 44.07 | Emilio Malchiodi Argentina | 43.92 |
| Hammer throw | Edmundo Zúñiga Chile | 49.07 | Juan Fusé Argentina | 47.95 | Dário Tavares Brazil | 45.97 |
| Javelin throw | Ricardo Héber Argentina | 59.59 | Lúcio de Castro Brazil | 57.37 | Efraín Santibáñez Chile | 56.59 |
| Decathlon | Enrique Kistenmacher Argentina | 7011 | Eduardo Julve Peru | 6460 | Raimundo Rodrigues Brazil | 6328 |

### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres | Noemí Simonetto Argentina | 12.4 =CR | Anegret Weller Chile | 12.7 | Melania Luz Brazil | 12.8 |
| 200 metres | Anegret Weller Chile | 26.6 | Melania Luz Brazil | 26.6 | Adriana Millard Chile | 27.1 |
| 80 metres hurdles | Noemí Simonetto Argentina | 11.5 CR | Wanda dos Santos Brazil | 12.1 | María Spuhr Argentina | 12.2 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay | Argentina Alicia Gómez María Spuhr Nelida Cajide Noemi Simonetto | 49.9 | Brazil Stella Ardinghi Melania Luz Lucila Pini Helena de Menezes | 50.3 | Chile Lucy Lake Norma Díaz Adriana Millard Annegret Weller | 50.5 |
| High jump | Ilse Barends Chile | 1.60 CR | Noemí Simonetto Argentina | 1.55 | Alice Willhöft Brazil | 1.45 |
| Long jump | Noemí Simonetto Argentina | 5.40 | Wanda dos Santos Brazil | 5.16 | Eliana Gaete Chile | 5.13 |
| Shot put | Ingeborg Mello Argentina | 11.58 | Edith Klempau Chile | 11.27 | Elma Klempau Chile | 11.11 |
| Discus throw | Ingeborg Mello Argentina | 38.40 CR | Elma Klempau Chile | 36.49 | Noemia Assunção Brazil | 34.02 |
| Javelin throw | Gerda Martín Chile | 38.22 | Ingeborg Mello Argentina | 36.08 | Ursula Holle Chile | 35.87 |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Argentina (ARG) | 18 | 11 | 8 | 37 |
| 2 | Chile (CHI) | 9 | 7 | 14 | 30 |
| 3 | Brazil (BRA) | 5 | 9 | 10 | 24 |
| 4 | Peru (PER) | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | Uruguay (URU) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals (5 entries) | Totals (5 entries) | 32 | 32 | 32 | 96 |