# 1954 South American Championships in Athletics

The 1954 South American Championships in Athletics were held in Brazil's largest city, São Paulo, between 17 and 25 April.

## Medal summary
### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres (wind: +1.9 m/s) | Paulo de Fonseca Brazil | 10.6 | José Telles da Conceição Brazil | 10.7 | Benedito Ferreira Brazil | 10.7 |
| 200 metres | José Telles da Conceição Brazil | 21.2 CR | Jaime Aparicio Colombia | 21.7 | Paulo de Fonseca Brazil | 21.8 |
| 400 metres | Mário do Nascimento Brazil | 48.3 CR | Argemiro Roque Brazil | 49.1 | Ramón Sandoval Chile | 49.5 |
| 800 metres | Ramón Sandoval Chile | 1:50.9 CR | Argemiro Roque Brazil | 1:53.6 | Odilon Netto Brazil | 1:54.2 |
| 1500 metres | Jaime Correa Chile | 3:56.5 CR | Guillermo Solá Chile | 3:57.2 | Santiago Novas Chile | 3:57.7 |
| 5000 metres | Jaime Correa Chile | 15:00.6 | Santiago Novas Chile | 15:07.8 | Edgard Mitt Brazil | 15:14.1 |
| 10,000 metres | Jaime Correa Chile | 31:41.0 | Geraldo Alves Brazil | 32:14.5 | Luís Rodrigues Brazil | 32:30.5 |
| Half marathon | Geraldo Alves Brazil | 1:13:02 | Joaquín da Silva Brazil | 1:13:43 | José Pérez Chile | 1:15:48 |
| 3000 metres steeplechase | Edgard Mitt Brazil | 9:14.9 CR | Guillermo Solá Chile | 9:16.0 | Santiago Novas Chile | 9:26.6 |
| 110 metres hurdles (wind: +4.2 m/s) | Wilson Carneiro Brazil | 14.3w | Teófilo Davis Venezuela | 14.5w | Juan Leiva Venezuela | 14.8w |
| 400 metres hurdles | Jaime Aparicio Colombia | 52.2 CR | Wilson Carneiro Brazil | 53.5 | Ulisses dos Santos Brazil | 54.9 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay | Brazil Francisco Antonio Kadlec Benedito Ferreira Paulo da Fonseca José da Conceição | 40.8 CR | Peru Gerardo Salazar Máximo Reyes Oscar Maldonado Guillermo Sebastiani | 41.8 | Venezuela Teófilo Davis Juan Leiva Apolinar Solórzano Guillermo Gutiérrez | 42.2 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay | Brazil Argemiro Roque Ulisses dos Santos Arm. Silva Mário do Nascimento | 3:15.6 CR | Chile Segundo Pena Waldo Sandoval Gustavo Ehlers Ramón Sandoval | 3:16.9 | Venezuela Filemón Camacho Juan Leiva Apolinar Solórzano Guillermo Gutiérrez | 3:21.0 |
| High jump | José Telles da Conceição Brazil | 2.00 CR | Ernesto Lagos Chile | 1.95 | Adilton Luz Brazil | 1.90 |
| Pole vault | Brígido Iriarte Venezuela | 3.90 | Carlos Moschen Brazil | 3.90 | Fausto de Souza Brazil | 3.90 |
| Long jump | Fermín Donazar Uruguay | 7.51w | Mário Gonzales Brazil | 7.47w | Ary de Sá Brazil | 7.19 |
| Triple jump | Adhemar da Silva Brazil | 16.22 CR | Hélio da Silva Brazil | 14.86 | Renato do Nascimento Brazil | 14.70 |
| Shot put | Alcides Dambrós Brazil | 15.32 CR | Nadim Marreis Brazil | 13.81 | Armín Neverman Chile | 13.79 |
| Discus throw | Eduardo Julve Peru | 47.44 | Hernán Haddad Chile | 46.52 | Alcides Dambrós Brazil | 45.09 |
| Hammer throw | Walter Kupper Brazil | 50.65 | Alejandro Díaz Chile | 50.04 | Arturo Melcher Chile | 49.47 |
| Javelin throw | Carlos Monge Peru | 61.33 | Janis Stendzenieks Chile | 60.88 | Francisco Céspedes Chile | 56.81 |
| Decathlon | Francisco Moura Brazil | 6047 | Brígido Iriarte Venezuela | 6002 | Aldo Ribeiro Brazil | 5765 |

### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres (wind: +2.7 m/s) | Benedicta de Oliveira Brazil | 12.3w | Deyse de Castro Brazil | 12.3w | Elda Selamé Chile | 12.3w |
| 200 metres | Deyse de Castro Brazil | 25.7 | Elda Selamé Chile | 25.8 | Benedicta de Oliveira Brazil | 26.2 |
| 80 metres hurdles | Wanda dos Santos Brazil | 11.4 CR | Eliana Gaete Chile | 11.9 | Delia Díaz Uruguay | 12.2 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay | Chile Aurora Bianchi Elda Selame Eliana Gaete Betty Kretschmer | 48.4 CR | Brazil Benedita de Oliveira Elizabeth Müller Melânia Luz Deyse de Castro | 48.5 | | |
| High jump | Delia Díaz Uruguay | 1.55 | Elizabeth Müller Brazil | 1.55 | Deyse de Castro Brazil | 1.55 |
| Long jump | Lisa Peters Chile | 5.75 CR | Deyse de Castro Brazil | 5.47 | Wanda dos Santos Brazil | 5.42 |
| Shot put | Elizabeth Müller Brazil | 11.79 | Pradelia Delgado Chile | 11.70 | Vera Trezoitko Brazil | 11.60 |
| Discus throw | Erika Trömel Chile | 39.84 | Ilse Gerdau Brazil | 39.40 | Pradelia Delgado Chile | 38.23 |
| Javelin throw | Anneliese Schmidt Brazil | 42.07 CR | Marlene Ahrens Chile | 41.68 | Carmen Venegas Chile | 41.65 |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Brazil (BRA) | 18 | 15 | 16 | 49 |
| 2 | Chile (CHI) | 7 | 12 | 10 | 29 |
| 3 | Peru (PER) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | Uruguay (URU) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Venezuela (VEN) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 6 | Colombia (COL) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Totals (6 entries) | Totals (6 entries) | 31 | 31 | 30 | 92 |