# 1943 South American Championships in Athletics

The 1943 South American Championships in Athletics were held in Santiago, Chile, between 23 April and 2 May.

## Medal summary
### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres | Adelio Márquez Argentina | 10.8 | Walter Pérez Uruguay | 10.9 | Roberto Valenzuela Chile | 11.0 |
| 200 metres | Roberto Valenzuela Chile | 22.2 | Adelio Márquez Argentina | 22.2 | Victorino Triulzi Argentina | 22.3 |
| 400 metres | Jorge Ehlers Chile | 48.6 | Víctorino Triulzi Argentina | 49.2 | Enrique Hurtado Chile | 49.8 |
| 800 metres | Alfonso Rozas Chile | 1:54.6 | Guillermo García Chile | 1:55.4 | Marino Cid Argentina | 1:55.5 |
| 1500 metres | Guillermo García Chile | 4:03.2 | Melchor Palmeiro Argentina | 4:03.5 | Marino Cid Argentina | 4:05.4 |
| 3000 metres | Raúl Inostroza Chile | 8:32.4 CR | Miguel Castro Chile | 8:35.0 | Delfo Cabrera Argentina | 8:44.6 |
| 5000 metres | Raúl Inostroza Chile | 15:00.0 | Miguel Castro Chile | 15:09.9 | Delfo Cabrera Argentina | 15:11.0 |
| 10,000 metres | René Millas Chile | 31:27.4 | Manuel Díaz Chile | 31:34.0 | Delfo Cabrera Argentina | 31:36.8 |
| Road race | Corsino Fernández Argentina | 1:45:45 | Eusebio Guiñez Argentina | 1:45:53 | Julio Montecinos Chile | 1:49:03 |
| 110 metres hurdles | Julio Jaime Uruguay | 15.7 | Jorge Undurraga Chile | 15.8 | Juan Colín Chile | 15.8 |
| 400 metres hurdles | Alfonso Rozas Chile | 55.1 | Juan Hoelzel Chile | 55.6 | Octavio Montero Chile | 57.1 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay | Argentina Oscar Rebecchi Fernández Adelio Marquez Leopoldo Monastirsky | 42.4 | Chile Nelson Pereira Juan Hoelzel Alejandro González Roberto Valenzuela | 42.4 | Uruguay Julio Jaime Ruben Gonda Miglierina José Cuneo | 43.2 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay | Argentina Alberto Propato Adelio Marquez Leopoldo Monastirsky Victorino Triulzi | 3:18.8 CR | Chile Enrique Hurtado Roberto Yokota Jorge Ehlers Alfonso Rozas | 3:19.4 | Bolivia Heredia Ayabiri Domínguez Colodro | 3:41.1 |
| 3000 metres team race | Chile | 10 | Argentina | 6 | Bolivia | 4 |
| Cross country | Raúl Inostroza Chile | 46:08.0 | Eusebio Guiñez Argentina | 46:14.0 | René Millas Chile | 46:30.4 |
| High jump | Antonio Barrionuevo Argentina | 1.83 | Carlos Capella Chile | 1.80 | Alfonso Burgos Chile | 1.75 |
| Pole vault | Federico Horn Chile | 4.00 =CR | Erwin Reimer Chile | 3.80 | Carlos Baumann Argentina | 3.60 |
| Long jump | Alberto Eggeling Chile | 7.02 | Juan Hoelzel Chile | 6.85 | Guillermo Dyer Peru | 6.80 |
| Triple jump | Guillermo Dyer Peru | 14.43 | Oscar Bringas Peru | 14.41 | Celestino Sarraua Argentina | 14.15 |
| Shot put | Julián Llorente Argentina | 14.33 | Raúl Rebagliatti Argentina | 13.50 | Guillermo Otto Chile | 12.75 |
| Discus throw | Manuel Consiglieri Peru | 44.43 | Eduardo Julve Peru | 41.64 | Alfredo Meynet Chile | 39.53 |
| Hammer throw | Manuel Etchepare Argentina | 46.81 | Juan Fusé Argentina | 46.06 | Antonio Barticevic Chile | 44.82 |
| Javelin throw | Otto Wenzel Chile | 57.08 | Raúl Cóccaro Uruguay | 55.52 | Rodolfo Correa Chile | 53.99 |
| Decathlon | Juan Colín Chile | 6069 | Eduardo Julve Peru | 6046 | Roberto Stahringer Argentina | 5912 |

### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres | Noemí Simonetto Argentina | 12.4 CR | Beatriz Kretschmer Chile | 12.6 | Ilse Hammerl Argentina | 12.8 |
| 200 metres | Ilse Hammerl Argentina | 26.5 | Beatriz Kretschmer Chile | 26.7 | María Malvicini Argentina | 27.0 |
| 80 metres hurdles | Edith Klempau Chile | 12.0 CR | Susana Krumenaker Argentina | 12.1 | Ilse Barends Chile | 12.2 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay | Argentina Ilse Hammerl Noemi Simonetto Elsa Irigoyen María Malvicini | 49.5 =CR | Chile Ilse Barends Betty Morales Edith Klempau Betty Kretschmer | 50.8 | Bolivia Julia Iriarte Luz Azcarraga Carmela Rosa Soto Gisela Brumm | 53.3 |
| High jump | Ilse Barends Chile | 1.50 | Edith Klempau Chile | 1.50 | Noemí Simonetto Argentina | 1.50 |
| Long jump | Noemí Simonetto Argentina | 5.27 CR | Ilse Barends Chile | 5.25 | Lily Warch Chile | 4.93 |
| Shot put | Edith Klempau Chile | 11.70 | Ingeborg Mello Argentina | 10.98 | Lore Zippelius Chile | 10.79 |
| Discus throw | Lore Zippelius Chile | 37.16 CR | Ingeborg Mello Argentina | 34.60 | Christel Balde Chile | 34.53 |
| Javelin throw | Edith Klempau Chile | 34.19 | Ilse Caro Argentina | 34.17 | Mercedes Martín Chile | 33.02 |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Chile (CHI) | 19 | 16 | 16 | 51 |
| 2 | Argentina (ARG) | 11 | 12 | 12 | 35 |
| 3 | Peru (PER) | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | Uruguay (URU) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Bolivia (BOL) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Totals (5 entries) | Totals (5 entries) | 33 | 33 | 33 | 99 |