# 1961 South American Junior Championships in Athletics

The third South American Junior Championships in Athletics were held in Santa Fe, Argentina from October 15–16, 1961.

## Participation (unofficial)

Detailed result lists can be found on the "World Junior Athletics History" website. An unofficial count yields the number of about 56 athletes from about 5 countries: Argentina (21), Brazil (13), Chile (14), Peru (5), Uruguay (3).

## Medal summary

Medal winners are published. Complete results can be found on the "World Junior Athletics History" website.

### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres | Iván Moreno (CHI) | 10.7 | Juan Byers (CHI) | 10.7 | Juan Hasegawa (PER) | 10.8 |
| 200 metres | Iván Moreno (CHI) | 22.1 | Gerardo Di Tolla (PER) | 22.2 | Juan Byers (CHI) | 22.2 |
| 400 metres | López Medrano (ARG) | 50.7 | Jaime Vega (CHI) | 50.9 | Jorge Vilaboa (URU) | NTT |
| 800 metres | Jaime Vega (CHI) | 1:58.8 | Luis Alarcón (CHI) | 1:59.6 | Rogelio Rodríguez (ARG) | 1:59.8 |
| 1500 metres | Luis Alarcón (CHI) | 4:07.8 | Hugo Roldán (ARG) | 4:10.5 | Mario Cutropia (ARG) | 4:11.8 |
| 3000 metres | Mario Cutropia (ARG) | 9:07.2 | Horácio Ferreira (BRA) | 9:17.2 | José Pincheire (BRA) | 9:27.0 |
| 110 metres hurdles | Hildemar Cimolini (ARG) | 15.2 | Guillermo Vallanía (ARG) | 15.3 | João Gonzales (BRA) | 15.7 |
| 400 metres hurdles | João Gonzales (BRA) | 57.4 | Manuel Jordán (CHI) | 58.5 | Santiago Gordon (CHI) | 58.8 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay | Argentina Julián Méndez Guillermo Vallanía Pedro Pablo Blache Juan Bagnoli | 43.4 | Peru Gerardo Di Tolla Juan Hasegawa Roberto Abugattás Miguel González | 43.9 | Brazil Andres Montero Jauro Koga Raimundo Silva Oscar Colombo | 44.2 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay | Chile Manuel Jordan Luis Alarcón Juan Santiago Gordon Jaime Vega | 3:29.0 | Argentina Hugo Hollman Pedro Pablo Blache Guillermo Vallania Mario López Nodaro | 3:29.8 | Brazil Jauro Koga Castro Pereira Luís Castro Oscar Colombo | 3:32.0 |
| High jump | Roberto Abugattás (PER) | 1.85 | José Barros (BRA) | 1.80 | Luis Cornaglia (ARG) | 1.75 |
| Pole vault | Geraldo Morandé (CHI) | 3.60 | Daniel Argoitía (ARG) | 3.60 | Eduardo Nakayama (BRA) | 3.40 |
| Long jump | Julián Méndez (ARG) | 6.78 | Carlos Ermter (CHI) | 6.57 | Jauro Koga (BRA) | 6.51 |
| Triple jump | Iván Moreno (CHI) | 14.33 | Herbert da Silva (BRA) | 13.94 | Arturo Arancibia (ARG) | 13.50 |
| Shot put | José Alberto Vallejo (ARG) | 12.91 | Cláudio Romanini (BRA) | 12.59 | Ramón García (CHI) | 12.28 |
| Discus throw | Gilberto Matusiak (BRA) | 47.98 | Cláudio Romanini (BRA) | 46.67 | Miguel Gesto (URU) | 44.28 |
| Hammer throw | Hugo Grazioli (ARG) | 49.77 | José Alberto Vallejo (ARG) | 48.97 | Hugo Peña (CHI) | 47.84 |
| Javelin throw | José Denis (PER) | 53.92 | Héctor Ramos (ARG) | 51.50 | Patricio Etcheverry (CHI) | 49.90 |

## Medal table (unofficial)

* Host nation (Argentina)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Argentina (ARG)* | 7 | 6 | 4 | 17 |
| 2 | Chile (CHI) | 7 | 5 | 5 | 17 |
| 3 | Brazil (BRA) | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 |
| 4 | Peru (PER) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | Uruguay (URU) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Totals (5 entries) | Totals (5 entries) | 18 | 18 | 18 | 54 |