# 1967 South American Championships in Athletics

The 1967 South American Championships in Athletics were held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, between 7 and 15 October.

## Medal summary
### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres (wind: +0.2 m/s) | Iván Moreno Chile | 10.4 | Jaime Uribe Colombia | 10.5 | Fernando Acevedo Peru | 10.5 |
| 200 metres (wind: +0.9 m/s) | Pedro Grajales Colombia | 20.9 =CR | Jaime Uribe Colombia | 21.2 | Iván Moreno Chile | 21.3 |
| 400 metres | Pedro Grajales Colombia | 46.4 CR | Carlos Álvarez Colombia | 47.0 | Andrés Calonge Argentina | 47.5 |
| 800 metres | Jorge Grosser Chile | 1:51.6 | Guillermo Cuello Argentina | 1:52.0 | Alejandro Arroyo Ecuador | 1:54.3 |
| 1500 metres | Jorge Grosser Chile | 3:52.2 | Orlando Gutiérrez Colombia | 3:55.7 | Albertino Etchechury Uruguay | 3:56.8 |
| 5000 metres | Víctor Mora Colombia | 14:32.2 | Osvaldo Suárez Argentina | 14:48.0 | Orides Alves Brazil | 14:50.0 |
| 10000 metres | Osvaldo Suárez Argentina | 30:50.8 | Víctor Mora Colombia | 30:57.4 | Orides Alves Brazil | 31:17.5 |
| Marathon | Armando González Uruguay | 2:35:43 CR | Luis Altamirano Argentina | 2:36:12 | Agustín Calle Colombia | 2:39:27 |
| 3000 metres steeplechase | Domingo Amaisón Argentina | 9:04.8 | Albertino Etchechury Uruguay | 9:16.0 | Benedito do Amaral Brazil | 9:24.6 |
| 110 metres hurdles (wind: +0.7 m/s) | Alfredo Deza Peru | 14.5 =CR | Carlos Mossa Brazil | 14.7 | Juan Carlos Dyrzka Argentina | 14.8 |
| 400 metres hurdles | Santiago Gordon Chile | 52.1 | Juan Carlos Dyrzka Argentina | 52.3 | Guillermo Cuello Argentina | 53.3 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay | Colombia Raúl Sánchez Jaime Uribe Carlos Álvarez Pedro Grajales | 41.1 | Chile Jean Pierre Landon Einar Erlandsen Iván Moreno Roberto Quijada | 41.8 | Brazil Admilson Chitarra Affonso da Silva Andrade Santos Araken da Costa | 41.8 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay | Colombia Migdonio Palacios Jaime Uribe Carlos Álvarez Pedro Grajales | 3:14.7 | Peru Fernando Acevedo Jorge Alemán Jorge Arriaga Hurtado | 3:15.4 | Brazil Ernani Eisele Joel Rocha Juradir Ienne Guaracy da Silva | 3:15.7 |
| High jump | Oscar Canqui Peru | 1.95 | Roberto Abugattás Peru | 1.95 | Roberto Pozzi Argentina | 1.95 |
| Pole vault | Erico Barney Argentina | 4.30 CR | César Quintero Colombia | 4.30 | Ricardo Martens Argentina | 3.80 |
| Long jump | Iván Moreno Chile | 7.35 | Alfredo Boncagni Argentina | 7.28 | Héctor Rivas Argentina | 6.94 |
| Triple jump | Nelson Prudêncio Brazil | 16.30 CR | Wilson Beneman Brazil | 14.82 | Joel Dias Brazil | 14.62 |
| Shot put | José Jacques Brazil | 16.59 CR | Mario Peretti Argentina | 15.52 | Manuel Lechuga Chile | 14.73 |
| Discus throw | Dagoberto González Colombia | 54.00 CR | José Jacques Brazil | 49.10 | Juan Báez Argentina | 46.84 |
| Hammer throw | José Vallejo Argentina | 58.84 CR | Roberto Chapchap Brazil | 55.08 | Lido Crispieri Chile | 52.76 |
| Javelin throw | Álvaro Zucchi Brazil | 66.54 | Ian Barney Argentina | 63.20 | Rafael Di Fonzo Argentina | 61.92 |
| Decathlon | Juan Carlos Kerwitz Argentina | 6093 | Arthur Palma Brazil | 6051 | José Jacques Brazil | 6042 |

### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres (wind: +0.7 m/s) | Silvina Pereira Brazil | 11.8 CR | Irenice Rodrigues Brazil | 12.0 | María Cristina Ducci Chile | 12.1 |
| 200 metres (wind: +1.6 m/s) | Silvina Pereira Brazil | 24.5 | Irenice Rodrigues Brazil | 24.8 | María Cristina Ducci Chile | 25.0 |
| 800 metres | Carmen Oyé Chile | 2:16.9 CR | Alicia Enríquez Argentina | 2:19.7 | Dora González Chile | 2:26.1 |
| 80 metres hurdles | Carlota Ulloa Chile | 12.0 | Adilia do Rosário Brazil | 12.1 | Leda dos Santos Brazil | 12.3 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay | Brazil Maria Cipriano Aída dos Santos Silvina Pereira Irenice Rodrigues | 48.2 | Uruguay Josefa Vicent Raquel Amaro Alicia Gogluska Dinorah González | 48.5 | Argentina Alicia Masuccio Graciela Pinto Alicia Kaufmanas Liliana Cragno | 48.5 |
| High jump | Maria da Conceição Brazil | 1.66 | Aída dos Santos Brazil | 1.60 | Patricia Miranda Chile | 1.55 |
| Long jump | Irenice Rodrigues Brazil | 5.97 CR | Alicia Kaufmanas Argentina | 5.90 | Dinorah González Uruguay | 5.73 |
| Shot put | Rosa Molina Chile | 14.26 CR | Norma Suárez Argentina | 14.14 | Neide Gomes Brazil | 11.97 |
| Discus throw | Odete Domingos Brazil | 40.48 | Pradelia Delgado Chile | 38.80 | María Amaisón Argentina | 36.24 |
| Javelin throw | Kiyomi Nakagawa Brazil | 40.30 | Rosa Molina Chile | 39.16 | Smiljana Dezulovic Chile | 37.90 |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Brazil (BRA) | 10 | 9 | 9 | 28 |
| 2 | Chile (CHI) | 8 | 3 | 8 | 19 |
| 3 | Colombia (COL) | 6 | 6 | 1 | 13 |
| 4 | Argentina (ARG) | 5 | 10 | 10 | 25 |
| 5 | Peru (PER) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 6 | Uruguay (URU) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 7 | Ecuador (ECU) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (7 entries) | Totals (7 entries) | 32 | 32 | 32 | 96 |