# 1977 South American Championships in Athletics – Results

These are the results of the 1977 South American Championships in Athletics which took place at the Pista del Parque Batlle y Ordoñez (today Pista de Atletismo Darwin Piñeyrúa) in Montevideo, Uruguay, on 4, 5 and 6 November.

## Men's results
### 100 metres

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | Rui da Silva | Brazil | 10.51 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Miguel Sulbarán | Venezuela | 10.63 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Katsuhiko Nakaya | Brazil | 10.65 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | José Chacín | Venezuela | 10.67 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | José Gonçalves | Uruguay | 10.82 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | Luis Alberto Schneider | Chile | 10.83 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | Ricardo Donda | Argentina | 10.88 | |
| 8 | 1 | Gustavo Dubarbier | Argentina | 11.00 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | Edgar Biojó | Colombia | 11.06 | |
| 10 | 1 | Luis Sánchez | Uruguay | 11.15 | Q |
| 11 | 2 | Ángel Guerrero | Paraguay | 11.16 | |
| 12 | 1 | Onías Palacios | Colombia | 11.26 | |
| 13 | 1 | Rafael Edwards | Chile | 11.29 | |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Rui da Silva | Brazil | 10.3 |
| | Katsuhiko Nakaya | Brazil | 10.4 |
| | Miguel Sulbarán | Venezuela | 10.6 |
| 4 | José Chacín | Venezuela | 10.8 |
| 5 | José Gonçalves | Uruguay | 10.9 |
| 6 | Luis Alberto Schneider | Chile | 11.0 |
| 7 | Gustavo Dubarbier | Argentina | 11.0 |
| 8 | Luis Sánchez | Uruguay | 11.2 |

### 200 metres

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Rui da Silva | Brazil | 22.2 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | José Chacín | Venezuela | 22.5 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Gustavo Dubarbier | Argentina | 22.6 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Rafael Rossi | Chile | 22.6 | |
| 5 | 1 | Luis Sánchez | Uruguay | 23.0 | |
| 6 | 1 | Onías Palacios | Colombia | 23.2 | |
| 1 | 2 | Hipólito Brown | Venezuela | 22.1 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Katsuhiko Nakaya | Brazil | 22.2 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | José Gonçalves | Uruguay | 22.6 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Edgar Biojó | Colombia | 23.1 | |
| 5 | 2 | Ángel Guerrero | Paraguay | 23.2 | |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Rui da Silva | Brazil | 21.3 |
| | Katsuhiko Nakaya | Brazil | 21.7 |
| | Hipólito Brown | Venezuela | 22.1 |
| 4 | José Gonçalves | Uruguay | 22.2 |
| 5 | José Chacín | Venezuela | 22.3 |
| 6 | Gustavo Dubarbier | Argentina | 22.4 |

### 400 metres

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Delmo da Silva | Brazil | 49.0 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Alexis Herrera | Venezuela | 49.5 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Eduardo Sandes | Argentina | 49.9 | |
| | 1 | Julio Acosta | Colombia | DQ | |
| 1 | 2 | Djalma de Oliveira | Brazil | 49.2 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Ariel Santolaya | Chile | 49.7 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Ricardo Vigo | Argentina | 50.0 | |
| 4 | 2 | Héctor Olivera | Uruguay | 52.0 | |
| 1 | 3 | Hipólito Brown | Venezuela | 49.3 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Almir da Cunha | Uruguay | 51.4 | Q |
| | 3 | Gabriel Lopera | Colombia | DQ | |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Delmo da Silva | Brazil | 47.70 |
| | Ariel Santolaya | Chile | 47.71 |
| | Djalma de Oliveira | Brazil | 48.24 |
| 4 | Hipólito Brown | Venezuela | 48.36 |
| 5 | Alexis Herrera | Venezuela | 48.64 |
| 6 | Almir da Cunha | Uruguay | 53.64 |

### 800 metres

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Agberto Guimarães | Brazil | 1:56.7 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Omar Amdematten | Argentina | 1:56.9 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Edgar Gómez | Colombia | 1:57.4 | |
| 4 | 1 | Miguel Velázquez | Venezuela | 1:57.5 | |
| 5 | 1 | Ramón Silva | Paraguay | 2:04.4 | |
| 1 | 2 | Ricardo Vigo | Argentina | 1:57.5 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Wilson dos Santos | Brazil | 1:57.7 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Eduardo Valenzuela | Chile | 1:57.7 | |
| 4 | 2 | Héctor Olivera | Uruguay | 1:59.9 | |
| 5 | 2 | Felipe Neri | Paraguay | 2:00.1 | |
| 1 | 3 | Cristián Molina | Chile | 1:57.7 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | William Wuycke | Venezuela | 1:57.7 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Hugo Villegas | Colombia | 1:59.3 | |
| 4 | 3 | Juan Lazarte | Uruguay | 2:00.9 | |
| 5 | 3 | Pedro Foronda | Bolivia | 2:01.2 | |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Agberto Guimarães | Brazil | 1:52.4 |
| | Omar Amdematten | Argentina | 1:52.8 |
| | Ricardo Vigo | Argentina | 1:53.4 |
| 4 | Cristián Molina | Chile | 1:54.4 |
| 5 | William Wuycke | Venezuela | 1:56.4 |
| 6 | Wilson dos Santos | Brazil | 2:00.5 |

### 1500 metres

5 November
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | José González | Venezuela | 3:51.7 |
| | Emilio Ulloa | Chile | 3:51.7 |
| | Cosme do Nascimento | Brazil | 3:51.7 |
| 4 | Abel Godoy | Uruguay | 3:53.1 |
| 5 | Jairo Cubillos | Colombia | 3:55.8 |
| 6 | Omar Amdematten | Argentina | 3:57.7 |
| 7 | Osmán Escobar | Venezuela | 3:58.1 |
| 8 | Alberto Lopes | Brazil | 3:59.3 |
| 9 | Félix Riverdieu | Uruguay | 3:59.7 |

### 5000 metres

5 November
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Domingo Tibaduiza | Colombia | 14:24.4 |
| | Darcy Pereira | Brazil | 14:25.4 |
| | Jairo Correa | Colombia | 14:26.0 |
| 4 | Carlos Alves | Brazil | 14:33.4 |
| 5 | Lucirio Garrido | Venezuela | 14:35.0 |
| 6 | Juan Adolfo Carrizo | Argentina | 14:55.8 |
| 7 | Luis Rudas | Venezuela | 14:56.7 |
| 8 | Norberto Limonta | Argentina | 14:57.6 |
| 9 | Óscar Carrión | Uruguay | 15:05.6 |
| 10 | Alejandro Silva | Chile | 15:15.1 |
| 11 | Enrique Dihi | Uruguay | 16:04.4 |

### 10,000 metres

4 November
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Domingo Tibaduiza | Colombia | 29:44.2 |
| | Aloisio de Araújo | Brazil | 29:57.0 |
| | Carlos Alves | Brazil | 30:12.3 |
| 4 | Juan Adolfo Carrizo | Argentina | 30:23.9 |
| 5 | Luis Rudas | Venezuela | 31:10.4 |
| 6 | Héctor Rodríguez | Colombia | 31:17.4 |
| 7 | Alejandro Silva | Chile | 31:47.9 |
| 8 | Héctor Robatti | Uruguay | 32:07.0 |

### Marathon

6 November
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Héctor Rodríguez | Colombia | 2:19:56 |
| | Víctor Rodríguez | Colombia | 2:24:48 |
| | Elói Schleder | Brazil | 2:26:48 |
| 4 | Osvaldo Cornejo | Chile | 2:31:14 |
| 5 | José Ramírez | Chile | 2:34:06 |
| 6 | Efraín Manquel | Argentina | 2:36:16 |
| 7 | Eusebio Cardoso | Paraguay | 2:47:34 |
| 8 | Domingo Moreira | Uruguay | 2:49:12 |
| 9 | Marcial Congo | Paraguay | 3:08:27 |

### 110 metres hurdles

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Jesús Villegas | Colombia | 14.8 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Carlos dos Santos | Brazil | 15.0 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Rodolfo Iturraspe | Argentina | 15.1 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Hans Miethe | Chile | 15.7 | Q |
| 1 | 2 | Óscar Marín | Venezuela | 15.6 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Tito Steiner | Argentina | 16.0 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Francisco Fuentes | Chile | 16.4 | Q |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Óscar Marín | Venezuela | 14.97 |
| | Jesús Villegas | Colombia | 15.04 |
| | Carlos dos Santos | Brazil | 15.23 |
| 4 | Hans Miethe | Chile | 15.71 |
| 5 | Rodolfo Iturraspe | Argentina | 15.80 |
| 6 | Francisco Fuentes | Chile | 15.95 |
| | Tito Steiner | Argentina | ? |

### 400 metres hurdles

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Moisés Zambrano | Venezuela | 55.4 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Francisco Rojas | Paraguay | 56.1 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Joelmerson de Carvalho | Brazil | 56.1 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Alfredo Velasco | Chile | 56.6 | |
| 5 | 1 | Harry Franco | Uruguay | 57.8 | |
| 1 | 2 | Donizete Soares | Brazil | 54.5 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Fabio Zúñiga | Colombia | 54.7 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Ariel Santolaya | Chile | 54.7 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Jorge Gómez | Venezuela | 54.7 | |
| 5 | 2 | Rodolfo Iturraspe | Argentina | 55.6 | |
| 6 | 2 | Sergio Collis | Uruguay | 1:06.5 | |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Moisés Zambrano | Venezuela | 53.7 |
| | Donizete Soares | Brazil | 54.1 |
| | Joelmerson de Carvalho | Brazil | 54.4 |
| 4 | Fabio Zúñiga | Colombia | 54.8 |
| 5 | Ariel Santolaya | Chile | 55.3 |
| 6 | Francisco Rojas | Paraguay | 57.1 |

### 3000 metres steeplechase

4 November
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Jairo Correa | Colombia | 9:00.5 |
| | Lucirio Garrido | Venezuela | 9:01.5 |
| | Abel Córdoba | Argentina | 9:13.0 |
| 4 | Víctor Rodríguez | Colombia | 9:15.6 |
| 5 | Emilio Ulloa | Chile | 9:27.0 |
| 6 | Gérson Monteiro | Brazil | 9:29.8 |
| 7 | Antônio Ranzani | Brazil | 9:37.8 |
| 8 | Víctor Gil | Venezuela | 9:37.8 |
| | Norberto Limonta | Argentina | DNF |

### 4 × 100 metres relay

Heats – 5 November
| Rank | Heat | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | Venezuela | 41.36 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Brazil | 42.73 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Uruguay | 43.08 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Colombia | 43.10 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Chile | 43.11 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | Paraguay | 43.79 | q |
| | 2 | Argentina | DNF | |
Final – 5 November
| Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time |
| | Brazil | Antônio Carlos dos Santos, Nelson dos Santos, Rui da Silva, Katsuhiko Nakaya | 41.4 |
| | Venezuela | José Chacín, Manuel Briceño, Ely Zabala, Hipólito Brown | 41.7 |
| | Uruguay | Servio Labruna, Luis Sánchez, Luis Barbosa, José Gonçalves | 42.1 |
| 4 | Colombia | Onías Palacios, Julio Acosta, Edgar Biojó, Jesús Villegas | 43.0 |
| 5 | Paraguay | Ángel Guerrero, Francisco Rojas, Adolfo Marín, Hugo Martínez | 43.4 |
| | Chile | | ? |

### 4 × 400 metres relay

Heats – 6 November
| Rank | Heat | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Brazil | 3:22.6 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Chile | 3:24.2 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Colombia | 3:24.4 | Q |
| 1 | 2 | Venezuela | 3:23.9 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Argentina | 3:25.3 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Uruguay | 3:27.2 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Paraguay | 3:35.9 | |
Final – 6 November
| Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time |
| | Brazil | Djalma de Oliveira, Delmo da Silva, Pedro Teixeira, Donizete Soares | 3:15.1 |
| | Venezuela | Hipólito Brown, E. López, Alexis Herrera, Moisés Zambrano | 3:17.4 |
| | Chile | Ariel Santolaya, Cristián Molina, Emilio Ulloa, Alfredo Edwards | 3:23.1 |
| 4 | Colombia | Gabriel Lopera, Onías Palacios, Fabio Zúñiga, Julio Acosta | 3:23.5 |
| 5 | Argentina | Rodolfo Iturraspe, Juan José Rodríguez, Angel Gagliano, Eduardo Sandes | 3:24.2 |
| 6 | Uruguay | Héctor Olivera, Gancio, Almir da Cunha, Sosa | 3:32.9 |

### 20 kilometres walk

5 November
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Enrique Peña | Colombia | 1:37:21 | CR |
| | Osvaldo Morejón | Bolivia | 1:39:23 | |
| | Rafael Vega | Colombia | 1:40:14 | |
| 4 | Rito Molina | Argentina | 1:45:44 | |
| 5 | José Rodríguez | Argentina | 1:46:19 | |
| 6 | Waldemar da Silva | Brazil | 1:51:37 | |
| 7 | Ricardo Nuske | Brazil | 1:53:34 | |
| 8 | Estebán Quelele | Bolivia | 1:53:34 | |
| 9 | Antonio Moraga | Chile | 2:01:18 | |

### High jump

6 November
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result |
| | Irajá Cecy | Brazil | 2.05 |
| | Luis Arbulú | Peru | 2.00 |
| | Luis Barrionuevo | Argentina | 2.00 |
| 4 | Javier Olivar | Uruguay | 1.85 |
| 5 | Rubén Osorio | Paraguay | 1.75 |
| 6 | Carlos Guillén | Bolivia | 1.70 |

### Pole vault

4 November
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result |
| | Renato Bortolocci | Brazil | 4.40 |
| | Tito Steiner | Argentina | 4.30 |
| | Fernando Hoces | Chile | 4.10 |
| 4 | Guillermo Chiaraviglio | Argentina | 4.10 |
| 5 | Darío Castagnino | Paraguay | 4.00 |
| 6 | Claudio Escauriza | Paraguay | 3.60 |
| | Fernando Ruocco | Uruguay | NM |

### Long jump

6 November
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
| | João Carlos de Oliveira | Brazil | 7.95 | CR |
| | Hugo Meriano | Argentina | 7.31 | |
| | Ronald Raborg | Peru | 7.22 | |
| 4 | João Carlos dos Santos | Brazil | 7.12 | |
| 5 | Eduardo Labalta | Argentina | 7.07 | |
| 6 | Francisco Pichott | Chile | 6.92 | |
| 7 | Luis Alberto Schneider | Chile | 6.77 | |
| 8 | Jorge do Prado | Uruguay | 6.70 | |

### Triple jump

5 November
| Rank | Name | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | Result |
| | João Carlos de Oliveira | Brazil | 16.40 | x | 15.86 | – | – | – | 16.40 |
| | Angel Gagliano | Argentina | | | | | | | 15.15 |
| | Francisco Pichott | Chile | | | | | | | 14.87 |
| 4 | Emilio Mazzeo | Argentina | | | | | | | 14.86 |
| 5 | João Carlos dos Santos | Brazil | | | | | | | 14.09 |
| 6 | José Gregorio Salazar | Venezuela | | | | | | | 13.70 |
| 7 | José Sosa | Paraguay | | | | | | | 13.50 |

### Shot put

6 November
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result |
| | José Luiz Carabolante | Brazil | 15.83 |
| | José Carreño | Venezuela | 15.70 |
| | José Carlos Jacques | Brazil | 15.62 |
| 4 | Jesús Ramos | Venezuela | 15.46 |
| 5 | Modesto Barreto | Colombia | 14.90 |
| 6 | Néstor Sánchez | Argentina | 14.69 |
| 7 | Óscar Gadea | Uruguay | 14.18 |
| 8 | José Jara | Chile | 14.17 |
| 9 | Héctor Rivero | Argentina | 13.44 |
| 10 | Omar González | Uruguay | 12.98 |
| 11 | Víctor Martínez | Paraguay | 12.42 |

### Discus throw

4 November
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result |
| | Sérgio Thomé | Brazil | 52.24 |
| | Modesto Barreto | Colombia | 50.64 |
| | José Carlos Jacques | Brazil | 46.42 |
| 4 | Héctor Rivero | Argentina | 46.22 |
| 5 | Ramón Montezuma | Venezuela | 45.10 |
| 6 | José Carreño | Venezuela | 43.56 |
| 7 | Óscar Gadea | Uruguay | 40.90 |
| 8 | José Alberto Vallejo | Argentina | 40.48 |

### Hammer throw

6 November
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
| | Daniel Gómez | Argentina | 64.66 | CR |
| | Celso de Moraes | Brazil | 63.52 | |
| | Ivam Bertelli | Brazil | 63.40 | |
| 4 | José Alberto Vallejo | Argentina | 63.22 | |
| 5 | Pelayo Quintana | Venezuela | 50.84 | |
| 6 | Edgar Yarce | Colombia | 50.48 | |
| 7 | Humberto Cáceres | Chile | 49.32 | |

### Javelin throw

5 November – Old model
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result |
| | Mario Sotomayor | Colombia | 66.96 |
| | Paulo de Faría | Brazil | 66.50 |
| | Angel Garmendia | Argentina | 65.72 |
| 4 | Orangel Rodríguez | Venezuela | 63.68 |
| 5 | Claudio Escauriza | Paraguay | 60.44 |
| 6 | Hugo Balsani | Uruguay | 57.68 |
| 7 | Humberto Vianna | Brazil | 56.08 |
| 8 | Horst Klotzer | Chile | 55.54 |

### Decathlon

5–6 November – 1962 tables (1985 conversions given with *)
| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | 100m | LJ | SP | HJ | 400m | 110m H | DT | PV | JT | 1500m | Points | Conv. |
| | Tito Steiner | Argentina | 11.6 | 6.78 | 14.28 | 1.83 | 51.2 | 15.5 | 44.54 | 4.50 | 56.16 | 4:35.7 | 7411 | 7264* |
| | Renato Bortolocci | Brazil | 11.2 | 6.67 | 11.82 | 1.97 | 51.9 | 16.4 | 37.22 | 4.50 | 52.98 | 4:47.2 | 7076 | 6894* |
| | Ángel Montezuma | Venezuela | 11.3 | 6.25 | 12.40 | 1.80 | 50.5 | 16.2 | 43.64 | 3.80 | 53.94 | 4:33.3 | 6976 | 6783* |
| 4 | Alfredo Silva | Chile | 11.3 | 6.29 | 11.98 | 1.90 | 51.4 | 16.2 | 35.14 | 3.40 | 45.88 | 4:47.1 | 6529 | 6329* |
| 5 | Eduardo Sotomayor | Chile | 11.6 | 6.64 | 10.61 | 1.83 | 52.4 | 16.4 | 33.34 | 3.40 | 42.16 | 4:47.5 | 6230 | 6045* |
| 6 | Juan Ríos | Venezuela | 11.1 | 6.08 | 11.06 | 1.75 | 55.1 | 17.6 | 35.38 | 3.40 | 52.80 | 4:45.7 | 6114 | 5956* |
| 7 | Jorge da Silva | Brazil | 11.3 | 5.95 | 11.58 | 1.80 | 54.7 | 16.2 | 33.54 | 3.20 | 49.06 | 5:07.2 | 6049 | 5852* |
| 8 | Claudio Escauriza | Paraguay | 11.8 | 6.14 | 11.17 | 1.60 | 56.1 | 18.6 | 33.42 | 3.70 | 51.18 | 5:13.9 | 5658 | 5431* |
| | Alfredo Rossi | Uruguay | 12.7 | 5.50 | 11.11 | 1.65 | 62.4 | 19.4 | 40.24 | 3.40 | 42.94 | DNS | DNF | – |
| | Rodolfo Díaz | Uruguay | 12.2 | 5.49 | 10.65 | NM | 61.1 | DNF | DNS | – | – | – | DNF | – |

## Women's results
### 100 metres

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Beatriz Allocco | Argentina | 11.73 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Flavia Villar | Chile | 12.00 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Carmela Bolívar | Peru | 12.02 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Rocío Rebollo | Uruguay | 12.10 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Beatriz Capotosto | Argentina | 12.10 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | Marta Meléndez | Colombia | 12.20 | |
| 7 | 2 | Bárbara do Nascimento | Brazil | 12.24 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | Carla Herencia | Chile | 12.30 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | Maria Levien | Brazil | 12.40 | |
| 10 | 2 | Margarita Grun | Uruguay | 12.43 | Q |
| 11 | 2 | Elsa Antúnez | Venezuela | 12.45 | |
| 12 | 1 | Isabel Aleman | Bolivia | 12.50 | |
| 13 | 2 | Cecilia Echeverry | Colombia | 12.60 | |
| 14 | 2 | María Roldán | Paraguay | 12.92 | |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Beatriz Allocco | Argentina | 11.97 |
| | Beatriz Capotosto | Argentina | 12.20 |
| | Carmela Bolívar | Peru | 12.27 |
| | Carla Herencia | Chile | 12.27 |
| 5 | Flavia Villar | Chile | 12.32 |
| 6 | Rocío Rebollo | Uruguay | 12.46 |
| 7 | Bárbara do Nascimento | Brazil | 12.49 |
| 8 | Margarita Grun | Uruguay | 12.62 |

### 200 metres

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Beatriz Allocco | Argentina | 24.9 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Sueli Machado | Brazil | 25.3 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Elsa Antúnez | Venezuela | 25.8 | |
| 4 | 1 | Carmela Bolívar | Peru | 26.3 | |
| 5 | 1 | María Rolón | Paraguay | 27.2 | |
| 1 | 2 | Carla Herencia | Chile | 25.4 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Margarita Grun | Uruguay | 25.5 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Maria Luísa Betioli | Brazil | 26.2 | |
| 4 | 2 | Patricia Morales | Colombia | 27.2 | |
| 1 | 3 | Flavia Villar | Chile | 25.3 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Beatriz Capotosto | Argentina | 25.5 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Marta Meléndez | Colombia | 25.8 | |
| 4 | 3 | Alicia Vicent | Uruguay | 26.0 | |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Beatriz Allocco | Argentina | 24.7 |
| | Sueli Machado | Brazil | 25.2 |
| | Flavia Villar | Chile | 25.3 |
| 4 | Carla Herencia | Chile | 25.5 |
| 5 | Margarita Grun | Uruguay | 25.6 |
| 6 | Beatriz Capotosto | Argentina | 25.6 |

### 400 metres

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Eucaris Caicedo | Colombia | 59.2 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Adriana Marchena | Venezuela | 59.4 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Juana Rossano | Paraguay | 1:04.7 | |
| 1 | 2 | Inoilde Cruz | Brazil | 57.4 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Margarita Grun | Uruguay | 58.2 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Janeth Carvajal | Venezuela | 59.5 | |
| 4 | 2 | Silvia Augsburger | Argentina | 1:01.0 | |
| 1 | 3 | Marcela López | Argentina | 57.5 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Cecilia Rodríguez | Chile | 57.8 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Tânia Miranda | Brazil | 58.5 | |
| 4 | 3 | Verónica Arrionda | Uruguay | 59.8 | |
| 5 | 3 | Blanca Ibáñez | Bolivia | 1:01.2 | |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Eucaris Caicedo | Colombia | 55.30 |
| | Adriana Marchena | Venezuela | 56.48 |
| | Marcela López | Argentina | 56.69 |
| 4 | Cecilia Rodríguez | Chile | 57.31 |
| 5 | Inoilde Cruz | Brazil | 58.41 |
| 6 | Margarita Grun | Uruguay | 59.51 |

### 800 metres

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Alejandra Ramos | Chile | 2:20.7 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Aparecida Adão | Brazil | 2:22.4 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Nubia Medina | Colombia | 2:23.3 | |
| 4 | 1 | Lucy Fernández | Uruguay | 2:23.3 | |
| 5 | 1 | Mirta Ezcurra | Paraguay | 2:27.2 | |
| 1 | 2 | Adriana Marchena | Venezuela | 2:14.8 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Graciela Escalada | Argentina | 2:15.4 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Joyce dos Santos | Brazil | 2:21.4 | |
| 4 | 2 | Sara Vicenti | Bolivia | 2:27.6 | |
| 1 | 3 | Laura Oyanctábal | Uruguay | 2:21.5 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Mery Rojas | Bolivia | 2:22.1 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Genoveva Caro | Chile | 2:23.0 | |
| 4 | 3 | Nilda Blanco | Paraguay | 2:28.4 | |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Alejandra Ramos | Chile | 2:12.3 |
| | Adriana Marchena | Venezuela | 2:15.8 |
| | Aparecida Adão | Brazil | 2:15.8 |
| 4 | Graciela Escalada | Argentina | 2:17.7 |
| 5 | Laura Oyanctábal | Uruguay | 2:22.0 |
| | Mery Rojas | Bolivia | ? |

### 1500 metres

4 November
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Alejandra Ramos | Chile | 4:39.8 |
| | Maria Dias | Brazil | 4:46.8 |
| | Mery Rojas | Bolivia | 4:46.8 |
| 4 | Olga Caccaviello | Argentina | 4:47.6 |
| 5 | Aparecida Adão | Brazil | 4:49.3 |
| 6 | Genoveva Caro | Chile | 4:51.5 |
| 7 | Nubia Medina | Colombia | 4:54.0 |
| 8 | Laura Martiarena | Uruguay | 4:58.5 |

### 100 metres hurdles

5 November Wind: -0.5 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Edith Noeding | Peru | 14.47 |
| | Themis Zambrzycki | Brazil | 14.76 |
| | Maria Luísa Betioli | Brazil | 14.80 |
| 4 | Gloria Barturen | Chile | 15.14 |
| 5 | Yvonne Neddermann | Argentina | 15.59 |

### 4 × 100 metres relay

Heats – 5 November
| Rank | Heat | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | Chile | 47.92 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Brazil | 48.01 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Argentina | 48.19 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Uruguay | 48.20 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Colombia | 48.91 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | Venezuela | 49.31 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | Bolivia | 51.0 | |
Final – 5 November
| Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time |
| | Argentina | Araceli Bruschini, Susana Perizzotti, Beatriz Capotosto, Beatriz Allocco | 46.7 |
| | Chile | Flavia Villar, Carla Herencia, Verónica Kinzer, Pía Ábalos | 47.8 |
| | Brazil | Maria Levien, Sueli Machado, Conceição Geremias, Bárbara do Nascimento | 47.8 |
| 4 | Uruguay | Rocío Rebollo, Margarita Grun, Alicia Vicent, Verónica Arrionda | 47.9 |
| 5 | Venezuela | Elsa Antúnez, Lourdes Nicola, Adriana Marchena, Arelis Pulvet | 48.5 |
| 6 | Colombia | Cecilia Echeverry, Marta Meléndez, Eucaris Caicedo, Patricia Morales | 48.6 |

### 4 × 400 metres relay

Heats – 6 November
| Rank | Heat | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Venezuela | 4:03.0 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Uruguay | 4:05.0 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Argentina | 4:08.2 | Q |
| 1 | 2 | Brazil | 4:03.9 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Colombia | 4:09.7 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Chile | 4:03.8 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Paraguay | 4:26.9 | |
Final – 6 November
| Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time |
| | Brazil | Tânia Miranda, Sueli Machado, Joyce Felipe dos Santos, Inoilde Cruz | 3:49.7 |
| | Argentina | Graciela Escalada, Beatriz Allocco, Marcela López, Silvia Augsburger | 3:53.4 |
| | Venezuela | Elsa Antúnez, Lourdes Nicola, Adriana Marchena, Yaneth Carvajal | 3:55.2 |
| 4 | Chile | Flavia Villar, Alejandra Ramos, María Eugenia Guzmán, Cecilia Rodríguez | 3:55.9 |
| 5 | Colombia | Eucaris Caicedo, Marta Meléndez, Cecilia Echeverry, Patricia Morales | 4:00.6 |
| 6 | Uruguay | Lucy Fernández, Verónica Arrionda, Laura Oyanctábal, Margarita Grun | 4:03.6 |

### High jump

5 November
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
| | Maria Luísa Betioli | Brazil | 1.80 | CR |
| | Beatriz Dias | Brazil | 1.70 | |
| | Beatriz Arancibia | Chile | 1.60 | |
| 4 | Elizabeth Huber | Chile | 1.55 | |
| 4 | Ana Rojas | Venezuela | 1.55 | |
| 6 | María Bico | Uruguay | 1.50 | |
| 7 | Graciela Acosta | Uruguay | 1.45 | |

### Long jump

6 November
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result |
| | Yvonne Neddermann | Argentina | 5.65 |
| | Themis Zambrzycki | Brazil | 5.49 |
| | Conceição Geremias | Brazil | 5.49 |
| 4 | Evelyn Jabiles | Peru | 5.44 |
| 5 | Margot Mundin | Uruguay | 5.32 |
| 6 | Gloria Barturen | Chile | 5.32 |
| 7 | Araceli Bruschini | Argentina | 5.27 |
| 8 | Beatriz Arancibia | Chile | 5.06 |

### Shot put

5 November
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result |
| | Maria Boso | Brazil | 13.80 |
| | Lorena Prado | Chile | 13.26 |
| | Marinalva dos Santos | Brazil | 12.59 |
| 4 | Patricia Andrus | Venezuela | 12.28 |
| 5 | Miriam Finochietti | Uruguay | 12.12 |
| 6 | Patricia Weber | Argentina | 12.11 |
| 7 | Ramona Brizuela | Argentina | 12.01 |
| 8 | Patricia Guerrero | Peru | 11.75 |
| 9 | Fulvia Benegas | Paraguay | 11.10 |
| 10 | Mirta Fleitas | Uruguay | 10.90 |
| 11 | Gladys Aguayo | Chile | 9.22 |

### Discus throw

5 November
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
| | Odete Domingos | Brazil | 51.56 | CR |
| | Thea Reinhardt | Brazil | 49.68 | |
| | Patricia Andrus | Venezuela | 40.86 | |
| 4 | Gladys Ortega | Argentina | 39.98 | |
| 5 | Miriam Finochietti | Uruguay | 38.56 | |
| 6 | Lorena Prado | Chile | 37.62 | |
| 7 | Ana Elena Gambaccini | Argentina | 37.08 | |
| 8 | Fulvia Benegas | Paraguay | 35.14 | |

### Javelin throw

4 November – Old model
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result |
| | Patricia Guerrero | Peru | 45.46 |
| | Neuza Trolezzi | Brazil | 42.92 |
| | Magali Lopes | Brazil | 41.18 |
| 4 | Ana María Campillay | Argentina | 40.62 |
| 5 | Elsa Pérez | Chile | 40.06 |
| 6 | Gladys Aguayo | Chile | 39.12 |
| 7 | María Cristina Gauna | Argentina | 38.24 |
| 8 | Berenice da Silva | Uruguay | 25.46 |

### Pentathlon

4–5 November
| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | 100m H | SP | HJ | LJ | 800m | Points |
| | Conceição Geremias | Brazil | 15.50 | 12.59 | 1.64 | 5.66 | 2:26.8 | 3863 |
| | Themis Zambrzycki | Brazil | 14.92 | 12.22 | 1.64 | 5.43 | 2:26.5 | 3856 |
| | Yvonne Neddermann | Argentina | 15.30 | 11.39 | 1.35 | 5.39 | 2:26.8 | 3425 |
| 4 | Rosa Jerabek | Argentina | 16.14 | 10.43 | 1.40 | 5.29 | 2:41.0 | 3170 |
| 5 | Alix Castillo | Venezuela | 18.11 | 8.36 | 1.50 | 5.01 | 2:32.5 | 2992 |