# 1933 South American Championships in Athletics

The 1933 South American Championships in Athletics were held in Montevideo, Uruguay, between 6 and 9 April.

## Medal summary
### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres | José de Almeida Brazil | 10.6 CR | Juan Maglio Argentina | 10.6 | José Vicente Salinas Chile | 11.0 |
| 200 metres | José Vicente Salinas Chile | 21.7 CR | José de Almeida Brazil | | Antonio Sande Argentina | |
| 400 metres | José Vicente Salinas Chile | 48.4 CR | Héctor Domínguez Uruguay | 49.2 | Juan Anderson Argentina | 49.2 |
| 800 metres | Juan Anderson Argentina | 1:57.8 | Hermenegildo Del Rosso Argentina | 1:58.6 | Carlos Gallardo Argentina | 1:59.6 |
| 1500 metres | Belisario Alarcón Chile | 4:02.6 | Hermenegildo Del Rosso Argentina | 4:05.2 | Juan Carballeira Argentina | 4:06.4 |
| 3000 metres | Luis Oliva Argentina | 8:51.6 | Martínez Argentina | 9:12.2 | Eusebio Guiñez Argentina | |
| 5000 metres | Roger Ceballos Argentina | 15:14.6 | Luis Oliva Argentina | 15:17.6 | Eusebio Guiñez Argentina | |
| 10,000 metres | Eusebio Guiñez Argentina | 33:08.0 | Belisario Alarcón Chile | 33:23.6 | Roger Ceballos Argentina | |
| Road race | Manuel Plaza Chile | 1:59:15 | José Ribas Argentina | 2:02:39 | Fernando Cicarelli Argentina | |
| 110 metres hurdles | Sylvio Padilha Brazil | 14.8 CR | Miguel Aldatz Argentina | 14.8 | Juan Lavenás Argentina | |
| 400 metres hurdles | Sylvio Padilha Brazil | 54.0 CR | Gerardo Lorenzo Argentina | 55.4 | Héctor Domínguez Uruguay | 56.2 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay | Uruguay Jorge Bonino Arnaldo Borras Jaime Meregalli Laindevar | 44.0 | Brazil José de Almeida Lúcio de Castro Sylvio Padilha Medina | 45.5 | | |
| 4 × 400 metres relay | Argentina Francisco Dova Werner Kalz Juan Anderson Gerardo Lorenzo | 3:25.0 | Uruguay Héctor Domínguez Jorge Sierra Ciro Vignoli San Román | 3:27.2 | | |
| 3000 metres team race | Argentina | | Uruguay | | | |
| Cross country | Manuel Plaza Chile | 39:11.6 | Fernando Cicarelli Argentina | 39:16.4 | Belisario Alarcón Chile | |
| High jump | Alfonso Burgos Chile | 1.85 | Luis Bosetti Argentina | 1.80 | Julio Bastón Uruguay | 1.80 |
| Pole vault | Diego Pajmaevich Argentina | 3.95 CR | Lúcio de Castro Brazil | 3.80 | Pedro Furné Argentina | 3.30 |
| Long jump | Héctor Berra Argentina | 7.26 CR | Mario Cardoso Uruguay | 6.47 | Ramón Quesada Argentina | 6.46 |
| Triple jump | Tomás Diz Argentina | 13.80 | Pedro Aizcorbe Argentina | 13.75 | Julio Bastón Uruguay | 13.66 |
| Shot put | Rodolfo Butori Argentina | 14.15 CR | Héctor Benapres Chile | 13.52 | Antônio Lyra Brazil | 13.49 |
| Discus throw | Héctor Benapres Chile | 43.88 | Pedro Elsa Argentina | 40.93 | Bento Barros Brazil | 40.15 |
| Hammer throw | Federico Kleger Argentina | 53.51 CR | Antonio Barticevic Chile | 45.53 | Juan Fusé Argentina | 45.00 |
| Javelin throw | Efraín Santibáñez Chile | 58.10 CR | Julio Diturbide Argentina | 56.58 | José Pergañeda Argentina | 56.10 |
| Decathlon | Diego Pajmaevich Argentina | 5759.23 | Raimundo Guiñazu Argentina | 4724.58 | | |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Argentina (ARG) | 12 | 14 | 13 | 39 |
| 2 | Chile (CHI) | 8 | 3 | 2 | 13 |
| 3 | Brazil (BRA) | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| 4 | Uruguay (URU) | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 |
| Totals (4 entries) | Totals (4 entries) | 24 | 24 | 20 | 68 |