# 1975 South American Championships in Athletics

The 1975 South American Championships in Athletics were held at the Estádio Célio de Barros in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, between 26 and 31 August.

## Medal summary
### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres | Rui da Silva Brazil | 10.5 | Nelson dos Santos Brazil | 10.7 | Gustavo Dubarbier Argentina | 10.7 |
| 200 metres | Rui da Silva Brazil | 20.9 =CR | Jorge Mathias Brazil | 21.5 | Gustavo Dubarbier Argentina | 21.5 |
| 400 metres | Delmo da Silva Brazil | 47.0 | Jesús Villegas Colombia | 48.0 | Pedro Teixeira Brazil | 48.4 |
| 800 metres | Carlos Villar Argentina | 1:50.6 | Darcy Pereira Brazil | 1:51.4 | Agberto Guimarães Brazil | 1:51.8 |
| 1500 metres | Jesús Barrero Colombia | 3:50.2 | Abel Córdoba Argentina | 3:50.9 | Cosme do Nascimento Brazil | 3:52.4 |
| 5000 metres | Domingo Tibaduiza Colombia | 14:01.2 CR | Víctor Mora Colombia | 14:02.2 | Edmundo Warnke Chile | 14:05.6 |
| 10,000 metres | Víctor Mora Colombia | 28:45.8 CR | Domingo Tibaduiza Colombia | 28:45.8 | Edmundo Warnke Chile | 28:46.2 |
| Marathon | Héctor Rodríguez Colombia | 2:12:09 CR | Brígido Ferreira Brazil | 2:21:56 | César Pastrano Ecuador | 2:28:55 |
| 110 metres hurdles | Márcio Lomónaco Brazil | 14.2 CR | Jesús Villegas Colombia | 14.4 | Alfredo Guzmán Chile | 14.8 |
| 400 metres hurdles | Jesús Villegas Colombia | 50.8 CR | Fabio Zúñiga Colombia | 51.2 | Aroldo Evangelista da Silva Brazil | 51.7 |
| 3000 metres steeplechase | José Romão Silva Brazil | 8:46.0 CR | Víctor Mora Colombia | 8:53.8 | Jesús Barrero Colombia | 9:00.4 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay | Brazil Ronaldo Lobato Nelson dos Santos João Carlos de Oliveira Rui da Silva | 40.8 | Colombia Benjamín Herrera Jesús Villegas Fabio Zúñiga Julio Escobar | 41.3 | Argentina Carlos Martínez Carlos Bertotti Raúl Ham Gustavo Dubarbier | 41.5 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay | Brazil Geraldo Silva Aroldo Evangelista da Silva Pedro Teixeira Delmo da Silva | 3:09.2 CR | Argentina Gustavo Dubarbier Rubén Buscaglia Hugo Tanino Carlos Bertotti | 3:14.6 | Chile Alfredo Guzmán Juan Santiago Gordón Francisco Pichott Alfredo Silva | 3:22.1 |
| 20 kilometres road walk | Ernesto Alfaro Colombia | 1:39:12 CR | Rafael Vega Colombia | 1:39:52 | Adalberto Scorza Argentina | 1:42:15 |
| High jump | Benedito Francisco Brazil | 2.10 CR | Luis Barrionuevo Argentina | 2.03 | Daniel Mamet Argentina | 2.03 |
| Pole vault | Renato Bortolocci Brazil | 4.50 =CR | Ciro Valdés Colombia | 4.50 | Fernando Ruocco Uruguay | 4.00 |
| Long jump | João Carlos de Oliveira Brazil | 7.66 CR | Emilio Mazzeo Argentina | 7.39 | Ronaldo Lobato Brazil | 7.33 |
| Triple jump | João Carlos de Oliveira Brazil | 16.48 CR | Nelson Prudêncio Brazil | 16.45 | Francisco Pichott Chile | 15.07 |
| Shot put | Juan Turri Argentina | 18.21 CR | José Jacques Brazil | 16.53 | José Luiz Carabolante Brazil | 16.39 |
| Discus throw | Sérgio Thomé Brazil | 50.84 | José Jacques Brazil | 49.64 | Mario Peretti Argentina | 47.82 |
| Hammer throw | Darwin Piñeyrúa Uruguay | 61.20 | José Vallejo Argentina | 61.10 | Celso de Moraes Brazil | 60.84 |
| Javelin throw | Jorge Peña Chile | 71.74 CR | Mario Sotomayor Colombia | 71.16 | Paulo de Faría Brazil | 69.40 |
| Decathlon | Tito Steiner Argentina | 7615 AR | Geraldo Rodrigues Brazil | 6939 | Alfredo Silva Chile | 6794 |

### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres | Silvina Pereira Brazil | 11.7 =CR | Carmela Bolívar Peru | 11.9 | Beatriz Allocco Argentina | 11.9 |
| 200 metres | Silvina Pereira Brazil | 23.4 AR | Beatriz Allocco Argentina | 24.2 | Margarita Grün Uruguay | 24.9 |
| 400 metres | Alejandra Ramos Chile | 55.7 | Valdea Chagas Brazil | 55.9 | Miriam da Silva Brazil | 56.0 |
| 800 metres | Ana María Nielsen Argentina | 2:10.7 CR | Rosângela Verissimo Brazil | 2:10.8 | Alejandra Ramos Chile | 2:12.1 |
| 1500 metres | Ana María Nielsen Argentina | 4:27.0 CR | Iris Fernández Argentina | 4:31.9 | Mara Führmann Brazil | 4:34.7 |
| 100 metres hurdles | Maria Luisa Betioli Brazil | 14.3 | Emilia Dyrzka Argentina | 14.6 | Viviane Nouailhetas Brazil | 14.7 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay | Argentina Belkis Fava Angela Godoy Liliana Cragno Beatriz Allocco | 45.9 CR | Brazil Maria Amorim Nivea Pacifico Elisabeth Nunes Silvina Pereira | 45.9 | Peru Adriana Caruggi Beatriz Pacheco Carmela Bolivár Simone Krauthausen | 48.5 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay | Brazil Maria da Silva Rosângela Verissimo Valdea Chagas Miriam da Silva | 3:43.8 CR | Argentina Angela Godoy Rita Femia Adriana Britos Graciela Ghelfi | 3:52.6 | Uruguay Alicia Vicent Laura Oyhantocábal Josefa Vicent Margarita Grün | 3:56.4 |
| High jump | Maria Luisa Betioli Brazil | 1.75 =CR | Jurema da Silva Brazil | 1.68 | Rosemarie Boeck Peru | 1.62 |
| Long jump | Silvina Pereira Brazil | 6.11 CR | Marlene Nascimento Brazil | 5.84 | Yvonne Neddermann Argentina | 5.77 |
| Shot put | Maria Boso Brazil | 14.05 | Rosa Molina Chile | 13.52 | Verônika Brunner Brazil | 13.33 |
| Discus throw | Odete Domingos Brazil | 50.78 AR | Maria Boso Brazil | 45.18 | Gladys Ortega Argentina | 42.24 |
| Javelin throw | Mariela Zapata Colombia | 43.72 | Bárbara dos Santos Brazil | 41.10 | María Elena Rojas Chile | 40.68 |
| Pentathlon | Conceição Geremias Brazil | 3904 | Themis Zambrzycki Brazil | 3790 | Emilia Dyrzka Argentina | 3708 |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Brazil | 21 | 16 | 12 | 49 |
| 2 | Colombia | 7 | 10 | 1 | 18 |
| 3 | Argentina | 6 | 9 | 10 | 25 |
| 4 | Chile | 2 | 1 | 8 | 11 |
| 5 | Uruguay | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 6 | Peru | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | Ecuador | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (7 entries) | Totals (7 entries) | 37 | 37 | 37 | 111 |

## Participating nations

* Argentina (41)
* Brazil (57)
* Chile (20)
* Colombia (17)
* Ecuador (4)
* Peru (12)
* Uruguay (12)