# 1926 South American Championships in Athletics

The 1926 South American Championships in Athletics were held in Montevideo, Uruguay between 15 and 20 April.

## Medal summary
### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres | Eduardo Albe Argentina | 11.0 | Alberto Barucco Argentina | 11.2 | Juan Carlos Ure Aldao Argentina | |
| 200 metres | Eduardo Albe Argentina | 21.8w | Juan Carlos Ure Aldao Argentina | 22.0w | Roberto Genta Argentina | 22.1w |
| 400 metres | Federico Brewster Argentina | 50.0 | Ángel Prada Argentina | 50.4 | Guillermo Godoy Chile | |
| 800 metres | Leopoldo Ledesma Argentina | 1:58.4 CR | Ernesto Medel Chile | 2:00.0 | Víctor Moreno Chile | |
| 1500 metres | Leopoldo Ledesma Argentina | 4:11.0 CR | Víctor Moreno Chile | 4:12.0 | Ernesto Medel Chile | |
| 3000 metres | Manuel Plaza Chile | 8:51.4 CR | Pedro Pérez Chile | 9:00.4 | Fernando Cicarelli Argentina | 9:12.8 |
| 5000 metres | Manuel Plaza Chile | 15:12.4 CR | Pedro Pérez Chile | 15:40.2 | Fernando Cicarelli Argentina | 15:40.4 |
| 10,000 metres | Manuel Plaza Chile | 31:54.0 CR | José Ribas Argentina | 32:48.2 | Juan Bravo Chile | |
| 110 metres hurdles | Valerio Vallanía Argentina | 15.6 CR | Alfredo Ugarte Chile | 15.8 | César Tartaglia Uruguay | |
| 400 metres hurdles | Federico Brewster Argentina | 55.4 CR | Carlos Müller Chile | 56.8 | Raúl Lafitte Uruguay | 56.8 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay | Argentina Juan Bautista Pina Eduardo Albe Mandia Juan Carlos Ure | 43.2 | Uruguay Arnaboldi Juan Felitto Pastori Leidekar | 43.6 | Chile Fernando Primard Alfredo Ugarte Alex Hanning Villarroel | |
| 4 × 400 metres relay | Argentina Ángel Prada Alberto Heguy Roberto Genta Federico Brewster | 3:25.2 | Chile Elias Catalan Alfredo Ugarte Jara Guillermo Godoy | 3:30.0 CR | | |
| 3000 metres team race | Chile | | Argentina | | Uruguay | |
| Cross country | Manuel Plaza Chile | 35:40.2 | A. Castillo Chile | 36:39.0 | José Ribas Argentina | |
| High jump | Valerio Vallanía Argentina | 1.85 CR | Carlos Patiño Uruguay | 1.80 | Atilio Vallanía Argentina | 1.80 |
| Pole vault | Jorge Haeberli Argentina | 3.65 CR | Enrique Sansot Chile | 3.50 | Máximo Virgolini Argentina | 3.50 |
| Long jump | Valerio Vallanía Argentina | 6.75 CR | Julio Moreno Chile | 6.66 | H. Carvallo Chile | 6.47 |
| Triple jump | Luis Brunetto Argentina | 15.10 CR | Atilio Vicentini Argentina | 14.22 | Raúl Leal Uruguay | 13.42 |
| Shot put | Benjamín Acevedo Chile | 13.07 CR | Custodio Seguel Chile | 13.06 | Jorge Llobet Cullen Argentina | 12.59 |
| Discus throw | Jorge Llobet Cullen Argentina | 38.46 CR | Pedro Elsa Argentina | 38.34 | David Martín Estévez Uruguay | 38.26 |
| Hammer throw | Federico Kleger Argentina | 46.46 CR | Luis Romana Argentina | 44.84 | Ricardo Bayer Chile | 43.77 |
| Javelin throw | Carlos Maldonado Argentina | 51.93 | Juan Ahlers Uruguay | 48.63 | Custodio Seguel Chile | 47.93 |
| Decathlon | Valerio Vallanía Argentina | 5937.57 CR | Guillermo Newbery Argentina | 5895.47 | Erwin Gevert Chile | 5765.42 |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Argentina (ARG) | 17 | 9 | 8 | 34 |
| 2 | Chile (CHI) | 6 | 11 | 9 | 26 |
| 3 | Uruguay (URU) | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| Totals (3 entries) | Totals (3 entries) | 23 | 23 | 22 | 68 |