# 1964 South American Junior Championships in Athletics

The fifth South American Junior Championships in Athletics were held in Santiago, Chile from September 24–27, 1964.

## Participation (unofficial)

Detailed result lists can be found on the "World Junior Athletics History" website. An unofficial count yields the number of about 80 athletes from about 7 countries: Argentina (20), Brazil (10), Chile (18), Ecuador (2), Peru (8), Uruguay (6), Venezuela (16).

## 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 | Araken da Costa (BRA) | 10.5 | Manuel Planchart (VEN) | 10.6 | Germán Oliva (ARG) | 10.8 |
| 200 metres | Andrés Calonge (ARG) | 21.5 | Germán Oliva (ARG) | 21.7 | Manuel Planchart (VEN) | 21.8 |
| 400 metres | Andrés Calonge (ARG) | 48.7 | José Hidalgo (VEN) | 48.9 | Adjalme de Carvalho (BRA) | 49.1 |
| 800 metres | Adjalme de Carvalho (BRA) | 1:55.3 | Jorge Grosser (CHI) | 1:56.4 | José Hidalgo (VEN) | 1:56.5 |
| 1500 metres | Jorge Grosser (CHI) | 4:06.7 | Armando Díaz (VEN) | 4:09.2 | Homero Arce (CHI) | 4:10.0 |
| 3000 metres | Carlos Loto (ARG) | 9:04.6 | Paulo Fujinaga (BRA) | 9:09.6 | Julio Maneiro (URU) | 9:13.4 |
| 110 metres hurdles | Jaime Davis (VEN) | 15.3 | Fernando Moreno (CHI) | 15.7 | Marcelo Moreno (CHI) | 16.0 |
| 400 metres hurdles | Adjalme de Carvalho (BRA) | 54.8 | Santiago Brumel (CHI) | 55.2 | Jorge Almeida (ECU) | 57.6 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay | Argentina Irigoyen Andrés Calonge Félix Krzyszcha Germán Oliva | 41.4 | Chile Marcelo Moreno Fernando Moreno Benedicto Rojas Eduardo Boetsch | 41.8 | Brazil ? ? ? Araken da Costa | 42.2 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay | Argentina M. Garcia Irigoyen Carlos Nestor Heuchert Andrés Calonje | 3:19.8 | Venezuela Gustavo Navarro José Jacinto Hidalgo Manuel Planchart Julio Castillo | 3:21.2 | Chile Eduardo Martín Cifuentes Jorge Grosser Juan Carlos Ruz | 3:23.2 |
| High jump | Roberto Possi (ARG) | 1.96 | Cristián Errazuris (CHI) | 1.93 | Carlos Colchado (PER) | 1.85 |
| Pole vault | Hugo Argat (ARG) | 3.85 | Gonzalo Fermín (VEN) | 3.70 | Armando Frías (CHI) | 3.60 |
| Long jump | Araken da Costa (BRA) | 7.49 | Peter Junge (CHI) | 7.11 | Alfredo Boncagni (ARG) | 6.95 |
| Triple jump | Admilson Chitarra (BRA) | 13.77 | Mario Madrid (VEN) | 13.65 | Aldo Beldruno (ARG) | 13.65 |
| Shot put | José Jacques (BRA) | 16.56 | Álvaro Zucchi (BRA) | 15.90 | Darwin Piñeyrúa (URU) | 14.22 |
| Discus throw | José Jacques (BRA) | 43.39 | Felipe Planillas (URU) | 39.25 | Juan Sandoval (ARG) | 38.06 |
| Hammer throw | Carlos Gatica (ARG) | 49.76 | Jorge Pennachioni (ARG) | 49.14 | Oswaldo Guaita (CHI) | 49.12 |
| Javelin throw | Álvaro Zucchi (BRA) | 62.11 | Rolf Hope (CHI) | 60.62 | Werner Klötzer (CHI) | 55.66 |
| Pentathlon | Pedro Alexander (VEN) | 2622 | Peter Junge (CHI) | 2542 | Ramón Iriarte (VEN) | 2348 |

## Medal table (unofficial)

* Host nation (Chile)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Argentina (ARG) | 8 | 2 | 4 | 14 |
| 2 | Brazil (BRA) | 8 | 2 | 2 | 12 |
| 3 | Venezuela (VEN) | 2 | 6 | 3 | 11 |
| 4 | Chile (CHI)* | 1 | 8 | 6 | 15 |
| 5 | Uruguay (URU) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | Ecuador (ECU) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | Peru (PER) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (7 entries) | Totals (7 entries) | 19 | 19 | 19 | 57 |