# 1963 South American Championships in Athletics

The 1963 South American Championships in Athletics were held in Cali, Colombia, between 29 June and 7 July.

## Medal summary
### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres | Arquímedes Herrera Venezuela | 10.2 CR | Joe Satow Brazil | 10.4 | Alfonso da Silva Brazil | 10.7 |
| 200 metres | Arquímedes Herrera Venezuela | 20.9 CR | Hortensio Fucil Venezuela | 21.0 | Gerardo Di Tolla Peru | 21.2 |
| 400 metres | Hortensio Fucil Venezuela | 46.7 CR | Juan Carlos Dyrzka Argentina | 47.6 | Víctor Maldonado Venezuela | 48.5 |
| 800 metres | Oscar Rivera Colombia | 1:52.2 | José Neira Colombia | 1:52.9 | Leslie Mentor Venezuela | 1:53.1 |
| 1500 metres | Álvaro Mejía Colombia | 3:53.5 | José Neira Colombia | 3:54.4 | José Azevedo Brazil | 3:55.9 |
| 5000 metres | Osvaldo Suárez Argentina | 14:59.8 | Harvey Borrero Colombia | 15:00.5 | Domingo Amaisón Argentina | 15:01.2 |
| 10,000 metres | Osvaldo Suárez Argentina | 31:09.6 | Domingo Amaisón Argentina | 31:17.0 | Luiz Caetano Brazil | 31:20.9 |
| Half marathon | Luiz Caetano Brazil | 1:09:41 | Luis Navas Colombia | 1:09:55 | Hernán Barreneche Colombia | 1:11:29 |
| 3000 metres steeplechase | Domingo Amaisón Argentina | 9:13.0 | Sebastião Mendes Brazil | 9:28.7 | José Primo Brazil | 9:29.7 |
| 110 metres hurdles | Juan Muñoz Venezuela | 15.0 | José Telles da Conceição Brazil | 15.2 | Cleomenes da Cunha Brazil | 15.5 |
| 400 metres hurdles | Juan Carlos Dyrzka Argentina | 51.0 CR | Víctor Maldonado Venezuela | 51.5 | Anubes da Silva Brazil | 51.8 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay | Brazil Joel Satow Joel Costa Affonso da Silva Jose da Conceição | 40.9 | Colombia Jaime Uribe Francisco Gutiérrez Pedro Grajales Leonel Pedroza | 41.2 | Argentina Carlos Vampoecke Juan Carlos Dyrzka Guillermo Vallania Carlos Biondi | 41.6 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay | Venezuela Aristides Pineda Leslie Mentor Víctor Maldonado Hortensio Fusil | 3:13.0 CR | Brazil Antonio da Silva Joel Rocha Geraldo Costa Anubes da Silva | 3:14.7 | Argentina Mario Rivert Guillermo Vallania Juan Stocker Juan Carlos Dyrzka | 3:15.3 |
| High jump | Roberto Abugattás Peru | 1.97 | Eleuterio Fassi Argentina | 1.94 | Manuel César Brazil | 1.88 |
| Pole vault | Mario Eleusippi Argentina | 4.10 CR | César Quintero Colombia | 3.80 | Marcelo de Souza Brazil | 3.70 |
| Long jump | Héctor Thomas Venezuela | 7.22 | Juan Muñoz Venezuela | 7.16 | Roberto Caravaca Venezuela | 6.97 |
| Triple jump | Asnoldo Devonish Venezuela | 15.09 | José López Venezuela | 15.01 | Mário Gomes Brazil | 14.90 |
| Shot put | José Jacques Brazil | 15.08 | Luis Di Cursi Argentina | 15.06 | Dagoberto González Colombia | 14.02 |
| Discus throw | Dagoberto González Colombia | 48.84 | Daniel Cereali Venezuela | 47.85 | Luis Di Cursi Argentina | 46.37 |
| Hammer throw | Daniel Cereali Venezuela | 56.07 CR | Roberto Chapchap Brazil | 55.08 | Orlando Guaita Chile | 54.64 |
| Javelin throw | Héctor Thomas Venezuela | 64.79 | Walter de Almeida Brazil | 63.49 | Patricio Etcheverry Chile | 63.18 |
| Decathlon | Héctor Thomas Venezuela | 6825 | Cleomenes da Cunha Brazil | 6269 | Roberto Caravaca Venezuela | 5991 |

### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres | Erica da Silva Brazil | 12.0 CR | Margarita Formeiro Argentina | 12.1 | Susana Ritchie Argentina | 12.3 |
| 200 metres | Erica da Silva Brazil | 24.3 CR | Susana Ritchie Argentina | 25.2 | Marta Buongiorno Argentina | 25.4 |
| 80 metres hurdles | Emilia Dyrzka Argentina | 11.5 | Leda dos Santos Brazil | 11.5 | Maria Teixeira Brazil | 11.8 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay | Brazil Edir Ribeiro Ines Pimenta Leda dos Santos Erica da Silva | 47.6 CR | Argentina Margarita Formeiro Marta Buongiorno Emilia Dyrzka Susana Ritchie | 47.8 | Colombia Gloria Aguirre Ana Alvarado Smirna Paz Amparo Ramos | 49.8 |
| High jump | Maria da Conceição Brazil | 1.58 | Aída dos Santos Brazil | 1.58 | Irenice Rodrigues Brazil | 1.50 |
| Long jump | Mabel Farina Argentina | 5.74 | Iris dos Santos Brazil | 5.37 | Gisela Vidal Venezuela | 5.31 |
| Shot put | Ingeborg Pfüller Argentina | 12.82 CR | Vera Trezoitko Brazil | 12.43 | Maria da Conceição Brazil | 12.31 |
| Discus throw | Ingeborg Pfüller Argentina | 46.36 CR | Isolina Vergara Colombia | 39.42 | Ingeborg Mello Argentina | 39.05 |
| Javelin throw | Marlene Ahrens Chile | 44.67 | Aída dos Santos Brazil | 38.29 | Carmen Brea Venezuela | 37.93 |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Venezuela (VEN) | 10 | 5 | 6 | 21 |
| 2 | Argentina (ARG) | 9 | 7 | 7 | 23 |
| 3 | Brazil (BRA) | 7 | 12 | 12 | 31 |
| 4 | Colombia (COL) | 3 | 7 | 3 | 13 |
| 5 | Chile (CHI) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | Peru (PER) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Totals (6 entries) | Totals (6 entries) | 31 | 31 | 31 | 93 |