# 1949 South American Championships in Athletics

The 1949 South American Championships in Athletics were held in the Peruvian capital, Lima, between 16 and 24 April.

## Medal summary
### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres | Gerardo Salazar Peru | 10.7 | Aroldo da Silva Brazil | 10.7 | Mario Fayos Uruguay | 10.8 |
| 200 metres | Mario Fayos Uruguay | 21.7 | Fernando Lapuente Argentina | 22.2 | Alberto Triulzi Argentina | 22.5 |
| 400 metres | Gustavo Ehlers Chile | 49.5 | Rosalvo Ramos Brazil | 49.8 | Antonio Pocovi Argentina | 50.0 |
| 800 metres | Hugo Ponce Argentina | 1:56.6 | Nilo Riveros Argentina | 1:56.8 | Agenor da Silva Brazil | 1:57.2 |
| 1500 metres | Hugo Nuttini Chile | 4:01.2 | Melchor Palmeiro Argentina | 4:02.5 | Oscar Gauharou Argentina | 4:03.3 |
| 3000 metres | Raúl Inostroza Chile | 8:49.2 | Melchor Palmeiro Argentina | 8:50.3 | Oscar Moreira Uruguay | 8:50.6 |
| 5000 metres | Ricardo Bralo Argentina | 15:02.8 | Oscar Moreira Uruguay | 15:04.7 | Raúl Inostroza Chile | 15:18.8 |
| 10,000 metres | Ricardo Bralo Argentina | 31:46.3 | Pedro Caffa Argentina | 31:47.2 | Oscar Moreira Uruguay | 31:48.0 |
| 20 kilometre race | Delfo Cabrera Argentina | 1:06:52 | Oscar Moreira Uruguay | 1:07:02 | Eusebio Guiñez Argentina | 1:09:11 |
| 110 metres hurdles | Alberto Triulzi Argentina | 14.5 CR | Manuel Aldunate Chile | 14.9 | Wilson Carneiro Brazil | 14.9 |
| 400 metres hurdles | Hermenelindo Alberti Argentina | 54.7 | Víctor Henríquez Chile | 55.4 | Carlos Hey Brazil | 55.5 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay | Peru Gerardo Salazar Máximo Reyes Miguel León Pizzarro Santiago Ferrando | 42.3 | Argentina Gerardo Bönnhoff Fernando Lapuente Alberto Biedermann Adelio Marquez | 42.3 | Chile Alberto Labarthe José López Carlos Silva Raúl Dassori | 42.5 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay | Brazil João de Oliveira Rosalvo Ramos Agenor da Silva Argemiro Roque | 3:19.7 | Argentina Antonio Pocovi Guillermo Evans Guillermo Avalos Julio Ferreyra | 3:20.1 | Chile Víctor Henríquez Reinaldo Martín Müller Gustavo Ehlers Hugo Nuttini | 3:24.5 |
| Cross country | Adán Zárate Peru | 36:51.4 | Oscar Moreira Uruguay | 36:53.7 | Pedro Caffa Argentina | 36:56.0 |
| High jump | Hércules Azcune Uruguay | 1.90 | Geraldo de Oliveira Brazil | 1.85 | Alfredo Jadresic Chile | 1.85 |
| Pole vault | Eduardo de Oca Argentina | 3.90 | Luis Ganoza Peru | 3.90 | Sinibaldo Gerbasi Brazil | 3.80 |
| Long jump | Enrique Kistenmacher Argentina | 7.37 =CR | Carlos Vera Chile | 7.11 | Máximo Reyes Peru | 7.04 |
| Triple jump | Hélio da Silva Brazil | 15.26 CR | Geraldo de Oliveira Brazil | 15.03 | Adhemar da Silva Brazil | 14.79 |
| Shot put | Julián Llorente Argentina | 14.44 | Nadim Marreis Brazil | 14.29 | Juan Kahnert Argentina | 14.25 |
| Discus throw | Emilio Malchiodi Argentina | 45.07 | Karsten Brödersen Chile | 44.76 | Manuel Consiglieri Peru | 44.14 |
| Hammer throw | Edmundo Zúñiga Chile | 50.67 | Emilio Ortiz Argentina | 48.22 | Manuel Etchepare Argentina | 48.09 |
| Javelin throw | Ricardo Héber Argentina | 65.56 CR | Horst Walter Argentina | 60.17 | Efraín Santibáñez Chile | 57.59 |
| Decathlon | Enrique Kistenmacher Argentina | 6853 | Hércules Azcune Uruguay | 6205 | Eduardo Julve Peru | 6048 |

### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres | Julia Sánchez Peru | 12.7 | Adriana Millard Chile | 12.8 | Benedicta de Oliveira Brazil | 12.8 |
| 200 metres | Adriana Millard Chile | 25.8 CR | Melania Luz Brazil | 25.9 | Benedicta de Oliveira Brazil | 26.5 |
| 80 metres hurdles | Wanda dos Santos Brazil | 11.7 | Marion Huber Chile | 12.2 | Eliana Gaete Chile | 12.3 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay | Brazil Melânia Luz Elizabeth Müller Lucila Pini Benedita de Oliveira | 49.2 CR | Chile Adriana Millard Annegret Weller Eliana Gaete Teresa Venegas | 50.8 | Argentina Lilia Menendez Nelida Cajide Irma Lavaglia Teresa Carvajal | 51.0 |
| High jump | Elizabeth Müller Brazil | 1.55 | Lelia Spuhr Argentina | 1.50 | Hilda Lassen Brazil | 1.50 |
| Long jump | Wanda dos Santos Brazil | 5.53 CR | Adriana Millard Chile | 5.42 | Hilda Yamasaki Peru | 5.39 |
| Shot put | Ingeborg Mello Argentina | 11.58 | Elizabeth Müller Brazil | 11.29 | Haydeé Valet Argentina | 11.12 |
| Discus throw | Ingeborg Mello Argentina | 37.36 | Zita Brandt Chile | 36.28 | Ingeborg Pfüller Argentina | 36.05 |
| Javelin throw | Estrella Puente Uruguay | 37.74 | Gerda Martín Chile | 37.39 | Ingeborg Mello Argentina | 36.50 |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Argentina (ARG) | 14 | 10 | 11 | 35 |
| 2 | Brazil (BRA) | 6 | 7 | 8 | 21 |
| 3 | Chile (CHI) | 5 | 10 | 6 | 21 |
| 4 | Peru (PER) | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 5 | Uruguay (URU) | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 |
| Totals (5 entries) | Totals (5 entries) | 32 | 32 | 32 | 96 |