# 1952 South American Championships in Athletics

The 1952 South American Championships in Athletics were held in the Argentine capital, Buenos Aires, between 3 and 11 May.

## Medal summary
### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres (wind: -0.1 m/s) | Gerardo Salazar Peru | 10.7 | Gerardo Bönnhoff Argentina | 10.8 | José Telles da Conceição Brazil | 10.8 |
| 200 metres | Gerardo Bönnhoff Argentina | 21.5 | Fernando Lapuente Argentina | 22.0 | Gustavo Ehlers Chile | 22.0 |
| 400 metres | Gustavo Ehlers Chile | 48.7 | Argemiro Roque Brazil | 49.1 | Mário do Nascimento Brazil | 49.7 |
| 800 metres | Argemiro Roque Brazil | 1:53.3 CR | Waldomiro Monteiro Brazil | 1:53.9 | Carlos Gajardo Chile | 1:55.3 |
| 1500 metres | Nilo Riveros Argentina | 3:58.5 | Guillermo Solà Chile | 3:59.6 | Luís Rodrigues Brazil | 4:00.3 |
| 5000 metres | Raúl Inostroza Chile | 14:59.8 | Reinaldo Gorno Argentina | 15:05.5 | Juan Miranda Argentina | 15:09.0 |
| 10,000 metres | Delfo Cabrera Argentina | 31:05.7 | Raúl Inostroza Chile | 31:26.9 | Corsino Fernández Argentina | 31:32.3 |
| Half marathon | Delfo Cabrera Argentina | 1:09:19 CR | Reinaldo Gorno Argentina | 1:11:28 | Corsino Fernández Argentina | 1:11:28 |
| 3000 metres steeplechase | Guillermo Solà Chile | 9:32.0 CR | Edgard Mitt Brazil | 9:34.6 | Haroldo Gallardo Chile | 9:38.4 |
| 110 metres hurdles (wind: -1.7 m/s) | Jörn Gevert Chile | 14.9 | Estanislao Kocourek Argentina | 15.0 | Wilson Carneiro Brazil | 15.1 |
| 400 metres hurdles | Wilson Carneiro Brazil | 52.7 CR | Jörn Gevert Chile | 53.5 | Pedro Yoma Chile | 54.6 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay | Argentina Mariano Acosta Enrique Becles Gerardo Bönnhoff Romeo Galán | 41.4 CR | Peru Gerardo Salazar Máximo Reyes Oscar Maldonado Armando Zapata | 42.0 | Brazil Gastão Mesquita Neto Rui Lima Geraldo Murgel Ary de Sá | 42.2 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay | Brazil Wilson Carneiro Mario do Nascimento Geraldo Maranhão Argemiro Roque | 3:17.5 | Argentina Máximo Guerra Enrique Kistenmacher Adan Torres Gerardo Bönnhoff | 3:18.0 | Chile Ramón Sandoval Carlos Gajardo Reinaldo Martín Gustavo Ehlers | 3:18.1 |
| High jump | José Telles da Conceição Brazil | 1.90 | Ernesto Lagos Chile | 1.85 | Alberto Bacán Brazil | 1.85 |
| Pole vault | Hélio da Silva Brazil | 4.00 =CR | Jaime Piqueras Peru | 3.90 | Luis Ganoza Peru | 3.90 |
| Long jump | Ary de Sá Brazil | 7.39 CR | Carlos Vera Chile | 7.13 | Ahylton da Conceição Brazil | 7.08 |
| Triple jump | Adhemar da Silva Brazil | 15.39 CR | Geraldo de Oliveira Brazil | 15.11 | Jorgely Figueira Brazil | 14.75 |
| Shot put | Reidar Soerlie Argentina | 14.44 | Augusto Maalstein Chile | 13.86 | Emilio Stelig Brazil | 13.77 |
| Discus throw | Reidar Soerlie Argentina | 47.72 CR | Elvio Porta Argentina | 45.27 | Hernán Haddad Chile | 45.15 |
| Hammer throw | Arturo Melcher Chile | 50.75 | Elvio Porta Argentina | 49.73 | Emilio Ortiz Argentina | 49.25 |
| Javelin throw | Ricardo Héber Argentina | 67.68 CR | Gerardo Mielke Chile | 63.10 | Janis Stendzenieks Chile | 60.51 |
| Decathlon | Hernán Figueroa Chile | 6698 | Hernán Alzamora Peru | 5849 | Carlos Vera Chile | 5844 |

### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres | Julia Sánchez Peru | 12.2 CR | Adriana Millard Chile | 12.4 | Lilián Buglia Argentina | 12.4 |
| 200 metres | Deyse de Castro Brazil | 25.5* CR | Adriana Millard Chile | 25.5* CR | Lilián Heinz Argentina | 25.8 |
| 80 metres hurdles | Wanda dos Santos Brazil | 11.7 | Marion Huber Chile | 11.7 | Adriana Millard Chile | 12.2 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay | Argentina Lilian Heinz Lilian Buglia Gladys Erbetta Ana María Fontán | 48.8 CR | Brazil Lucila Pini Helene Menezes Deyse de Castro Benedita de Oliveira | 48.8 | Chile Betty Kretschmer Adriana Millard Norma Díaz Aurora Bianchi | 49.1 |
| High jump | Elizabeth Müller Brazil | 1.53 | Deyse de Castro Brazil | 1.53 | María Cañas Chile | 1.45 |
| Long jump | Gladys Erbetta Argentina | 5.52 | Adriana Millard Chile | 5.39 | Wanda dos Santos Brazil | 5.26 |
| Shot put | Ingeborg Mello Argentina | 11.48 | Ingeborg Pfüller Argentina | 11.35 | Ilse Gerdau Brazil | 11.25 |
| Discus throw | Ingeborg Mello Argentina | 40.14 CR | Ingeborg Pfüller Argentina | 40.07 | Ilse Gerdau Brazil | 36.78 |
| Javelin throw | Gerda Martín Chile | 39.16 CR | Edith Thomas Chile | 38.80 | Estrella Puente Uruguay | 37.89 |
* = after run-off, both athletes ran 25.5 in both races

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Argentina (ARG) | 12 | 10 | 6 | 28 |
| 2 | Brazil (BRA) | 10 | 6 | 12 | 28 |
| 3 | Chile (CHI) | 7 | 12 | 11 | 30 |
| 4 | Peru (PER) | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | Uruguay (URU) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (5 entries) | Totals (5 entries) | 31 | 31 | 31 | 93 |