# 1958 South American Championships in Athletics

The 1958 South American Championships in Athletics were held in Montevideo, Uruguay, between 19 and 27 April.

## Medal summary
### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres (wind: -2.0 m/s) | José Telles da Conceição Brazil | 10.5 =CR | Luis Vienna Argentina | 10.6 | João Pires Sobrinho Brazil | 10.8 |
| 200 metres | José Telles da Conceição Brazil | 21.6 | Jorge de Barros Brazil | 22.3 | Guillermo Sebastiani Peru | 22.4 |
| 400 metres | Argemiro Roque Brazil | 48.6 | Ulisses dos Santos Brazil | 49.1 | Geraldo Costa Brazil | 49.5 |
| 800 metres | Ramón Sandoval Chile | 1:49.6 | Eduardo Balducci Argentina | 1:51.3 | Argemiro Roque Brazil | 1:52.6 |
| 1500 metres | Ramón Sandoval Chile | 3:47.5 CR | Gilberto Miori Argentina | 3:51.3 | Eduardo Balducci Argentina | 3:51.3 |
| 5000 metres | Osvaldo Suárez Argentina | 14:26.1 CR | Walter Lemos Argentina | 14:40.6 | Luis Sandoval Argentina | 14:49.2 |
| 10,000 metres | Osvaldo Suárez Argentina | 30:37.2 | Walter Lemos Argentina | 30:37.4 | Armando Pino Argentina | 31:23.0 |
| Half marathon | Osvaldo Suárez Argentina | 1:12:38 | Armando Pino Argentina | 1:13:29 | Juan Silva Chile | 1:13:45 |
| 3000 metres steeplechase | Sebastião Mendes Brazil | 9:20.0 | Santiago Novas Chile | 9:20.4 | Alberto Ríos Argentina | 9:29.8 |
| 110 metres hurdles | Wilson Carneiro Brazil | 14.9 | Francisco Bergonzoni Brazil | 15.1 | Ijoel da Silva Brazil | 15.1 |
| 400 metres hurdles | Ulisses dos Santos Brazil | 52.5 | Jaime Aparicio Colombia | 52.6 | Erwino Stobaus Brazil | 54.2 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay | Brazil Ijoel da Silva Jorge de Barros João Pires Sobrinho José da Conceição | 41.3 | Argentina Pedro Marcel Juan Salom Vicente Giorgio Luis Vienna | 41.8 | Chile Eduardo Bezanilla Teodoro Blaschke Hugo de la Fuente Gert Wagner | 42.2 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay | Brazil Ulisses dos Santos Mário do Nascimento Geraldo Costa Argemiro Roque | 3:16.3 | Peru Ramón Sánchez José Laca Guillermo Sebastiani Eulogio Gomes | 3:17.4 | Argentina Roberto Batistelo Víctor Lozano Eduardo Balducci Francisco Paganesi | 3:18.5 |
| High jump | José Telles da Conceição Brazil | 1.90 | Alfredo Lopes Brazil | 1.90 | Oscar Bártoli Argentina Reinaldo de Oliveira Brazil Ernesto Lagos Chile Horacio Martínez Argentina Juan Ruiz Chile | 1.80 |
| Pole vault | José Infante Chile | 4.00 =CR | Fausto de Souza Brazil | 3.90 | Carlos Kreuz Argentina | 3.80 |
| Long jump | Fermín Donazar Uruguay | 7.24 | Ary de Sá Brazil | 7.18 | Eduardo Krumm Chile | 7.11 |
| Triple jump | Adhemar da Silva Brazil | 15.70 | Reinaldo de Oliveira Brazil | 14.78 | Itiro Nakaie Brazil | 14.60 |
| Shot put | Enrique Helf Argentina | 15.41 CR | Isolino Taborda Brazil | 15.00 | Rubén Scaraffia Argentina | 14.67 |
| Discus throw | Hernán Haddad Chile | 49.10 CR | Günther Kruse Argentina | 47.43 | Pedro Ucke Argentina | 46.49 |
| Hammer throw | Alejandro Díaz Chile | 54.45 CR | Walter Kupper Brazil | 51.77 | Walter Rodrigues Brazil | 51.69 |
| Javelin throw | Ricardo Héber Argentina | 65.78 | Walter de Almeida Brazil | 65.14 | Janis Laipenieks Chile | 60.14 |
| Decathlon | Leonardo Kittsteiner Chile | 5645 | Yelton Bagnasco Uruguay | 5634 | Mario Cachile Argentina | 5547 |

### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres | Martha Huby Peru | 12.4 | Marlene Porto Brazil | 12.5 | Nancy Correa Chile | 12.5 |
| 200 metres | Martha Huby Peru | 25.5 =CR | Erica da Silva Brazil | 25.6 | Teresa Venegas Chile | 25.8 |
| 80 metres hurdles | Wanda dos Santos Brazil | 11.5 | Maria José de Lima Brazil | 12.1 | Lucía Fantino Argentina | 12.2 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay | Brazil Wanda dos Santos Erica da Silva Melânia Luz Marlene Porto | 48.7 | Chile Katte Harzenett Teresa Venegas Nancy Correa Marta Gatica | 50.2 | Argentina Dolores Bonacassi Miriam Cabanillas Lucia Fantino Marta González | 50.6 |
| High jump | Renata Friedrichs Chile | 1.55 | Deyse de Castro Brazil | 1.50 | Cleide Eloy Brazil | 1.50 |
| Long jump | Iris dos Santos Brazil | 5.54 | Wanda dos Santos Brazil | 5.48 | Marta González Argentina | 5.32 |
| Shot put | Isabel Avellán Argentina | 12.69 CR | Eliana Bahamondes Chile | 12.16 | Vera Trezoitko Brazil | 12.06 |
| Discus throw | Isabel Avellán Argentina | 44.57 CR | Pradelia Delgado Chile | 39.68 | Ingeborg Mello Argentina | 39.05 |
| Javelin throw | Marlene Ahrens Chile | 43.85 | Adriana Silva Chile | 39.75 | Magdalena García Argentina | 39.10 |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Brazil (BRA) | 13 | 15 | 10 | 38 |
| 2 | Chile (CHI) | 8 | 5 | 8 | 21 |
| 3 | Argentina (ARG) | 7 | 8 | 16 | 31 |
| 4 | Peru (PER) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Uruguay (URU) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Colombia (COL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals (6 entries) | Totals (6 entries) | 31 | 31 | 35 | 97 |