# 1950 South American Championships in Athletics (unofficial)

Unofficial South American Championships in Athletics were held in Montevideo, Uruguay in 1950. It is stated that the event was held in celebration of the 30th anniversary of the Uruguayan Athletics Federation. However, the foundation date of the Confederación Atlética del Uruguay (CAU) was already two years earlier on March 1, 1918.

## Medal summary

Medal winners are published.

### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres | Walter Pérez (URU) | 10.5 | Fernando Salas (CHI) | 10.7 | Enrique Falco (URU) | 11.1 |
| 1922 | Walter Pérez (URU) | 21.9 | Jörn Gevert (CHI) | 22.7 | Enrique Falco (URU) | 23.0 |
| 400 metres | Pedro Laborde (URU) | 52.1 | Nelson García (URU) | 52.1 | Carlos Pereira (URU) | |
| 800 metres | Emir Miller (URU) | 1:58.9 | Pedro Laborde (URU) | 1:59.0 | Nelson García (URU) | 2:00.3 |
| 1500 metres | Raúl Inostroza (CHI) | 4:02.4 | Horst Knüppel (URU) | 4:05.3 | Emir Miller (URU) | 4:09.5 |
| 3000 metres | Oscar Moreira (URU) | 8:42.8 | Raúl Inostroza (CHI) | 8:43.4 | Horst Knüppel (URU) | 9:01.2 |
| 5000 metres | Oscar Moreira (URU) | 14:51.6 | Raúl Inostroza (CHI) | 15:15.2 | Gilberto Sánzhez (URU) | 15:47.6 |
| 10,000 metres | Oscar Moreira (URU) | 31:08.7 | Gilberto Sánzhez (URU) | 32:53.4 | Juan Gau (URU) | 34:07.2 |
| 110 metres hurdles | Jörn Gevert (CHI) | 15.2 | Mario Recordón (CHI) | 15.3 | Nelson Coitiño (URU) | |
| 400 metres hurdles | Nelson Coitiño (URU) | 56.0 | Juan Torinotti (URU) | 58.6 | | |
| High jump | Hércules Azcune (URU) | 1.95 | Jörn Gevert (CHI) | 1.85 | Pedro Listur (URU) | 1.85 |
| Pole vault | Napoleon Araujo (BOL) | 3.40 | Hernán Ortiz (PAR) | 3.40 | Ubaldo Busconi (URU) | 3.30 |
| Long jump | Eduardo Julve (PER) | 6.52 | Alcides Rodríguez (URU) | 6.47 | Hernán Figueroa (CHI) | 6.45 |
| Triple jump | Alcides Rodríguez (URU) | 13.71 | Jörn Gevert (CHI) | 13.59 | Edgar Andrade (ECU) | 13.35 |
| Shot put | Eduardo Julve (PER) | 13.77 | Mario Recordón (CHI) | 12.80 | Enrique Vázquez (URU) | 12.43 |
| Discus throw | Eduardo Julve (PER) | 47.50 | Hernán Haddad (CHI) | 44.29 | Enrique Vázquez (URU) | 41.92 |
| Hammer throw | Rubén Carrerou (URU) | 50.29 | Edmundo Zúñiga (CHI) | 48.80 | Enrique Vázquez (URU) | 46.61 |
| Javelin throw | Janis Stendzenieks (CHI) | 59.90 | Raúl Cóccaro (URU) | 51.44 | Juan Sastre (URU) | 48.76 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay | Uruguay | 43.1 | Chile | 43.6 | Paraguay | 45.4 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay | Uruguay | 3:25.9 | Chile | 3:35.8 | Paraguay | 3:45.0 |
| Cross Country 12000 metres | Oscar Moreira (URU) | 38:43.8 | Juan Gau (URU) | 41:51.8 | Álvaro Donángelo (URU) | |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres | Eliana Gaete (CHI) | 12.5 | Adriana Millard (CHI) | 12.6 | Perla Anza (URU) | 12.7 |
| 200 metres | Adriana Millard (CHI) | 26.2 | Beatriz Daher (URU) | 27.0 | Mirtha Ibarra (URU) | 27.2 |
| 80 metres hurdles | Eliana Gaete (CHI) | 11.8 | Popelka Sosa (URU) | 13.1 | Juana Cal (URU) | 13.3 |
| High jump | Norma Morales (URU) | 1.45 | Carmela Antezana (BOL) | 1.45 | Adriana Millard (CHI) | 1.45 |
| Long jump | Adriana Millard (CHI) | 5.35 | Eliana Gaete (CHI) | 5.11 | Carmela Antezana (BOL) | 4.85 |
| Shot put | Ursula Holle (CHI) | 10.59 | Sara Rosello (URU) | 10.37 | Eler Goffer (CHI) | 9.68 |
| Discus throw | Ursula Holle (CHI) | 30.01 | Sara Rosello (URU) | 28.72 | | |
| Javelin throw | Estrella Puente (URU) | 41.14 | Ursula Holle (CHI) | 39.05 | | |
| 4 × 100 metres relay | Uruguay | 52.0 | Chile | 52.9 | | |

## Medal table (unofficial)

* Host nation (Uruguay)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Uruguay (URU)* | 17 | 12 | 19 | 48 |
| 2 | Chile (CHI) | 9 | 16 | 3 | 28 |
| 3 | Peru (PER) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | Bolivia (BOL) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Paraguay (PAR) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | Ecuador (ECU) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (6 entries) | Totals (6 entries) | 30 | 30 | 26 | 86 |