1979 South American Championships in Athletics

The 1979 South American Championships in Athletics were held in Bucaramanga, Colombia.

Medal summary

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Altevir de Araújo Brazil	10.1 CR	Manuel Ramírez Colombia	10.4	Reinaldo Lizardi Venezuela	10.6
200 metres	Altevir de Araújo Brazil	20.5 CR	Katsuhiko Nakaia Brazil	20.8	Héctor Daley Panama	21.1
400 metres	Geraldo Pegado Brazil	46.20 CR	Antônio Dias Ferreira Brazil	46.90	Héctor Daley Panama	47.40
800 metres	Cristián Molina Chile	1:47.8 CR	William Wuycke Venezuela	1:47.9	Pedro Cáceras Argentina	1:48.5
1500 metres	Emilio Ulloa Chile	3:47.0 CR	José Velásquez Venezuela	3:47.5	Wilson de Santana Brazil	3:47.9
5000 metres	Alejandro Silva Chile	13:57.2 CR	Domingo Tibaduiza Colombia	14:03.4	Johnny Pérez Bolivia	14:16.1
10000 metres	Silvio Salazar Colombia	28:50.4	Domingo Tibaduiza Colombia	28:51.2	Víctor Maldonado Venezuela	29:37.3
Marathon †	Luis Barbosa Colombia	1:56:12	Alfonso Torres Colombia	1:57:25	Lucirio Garrido Venezuela	1:59:30
3000 metres steeplechase	Germán Aranda Colombia	8:52.3	Elói Schleder Brazil	8:57.4	Johnny Pérez Bolivia	8:58.6 (NR)
110 metres hurdles	Wellington da Nobrega Brazil	14.4	Carlos dos Santos Brazil	14.6	Andrés Lyon Chile	14.9
400 metres hurdles	Antônio Dias Ferreira Brazil	50.7 CR	Donizete Soares Brazil	51.1	José Davis Venezuela	51.5
High jump	Daniel Mamet Argentina	2.12 CR	Geraldo Rodrigues Brazil	2.09	Iraja Cecy Brazil	2.09
Pole vault	Fernando Ruocco Uruguay	4.70 CR	Tito Steiner Argentina	4.60	Henry Gómez Chile	4.45
Long jump	Oswaldo Torres Venezuela	7.67	Carlos Gambetta Argentina	7.58	Francisco de Oliveira Brazil	7.57
Triple jump	José Salazar Venezuela	16.23	Francisco de Oliveira Brazil	16.15	Celso Pereira Brazil	15.83
Shot put	Gert Weil Chile	16.42	Jesús Ramos Venezuela	16.22	José Jacques Brazil	16.20
Discus throw	Sérgio Thomé Brazil	56.10*	Luis Palacios Venezuela	54.42*	José Jacques Brazil	53.10*
Hammer throw	José Vallejo Argentina	63.44	Celso de Moraes Brazil	61.44	Daniel Gómez Argentina	57.60
Javelin throw	Ramón Ángel Garmendia Argentina	72.32 CR	Orángel Rodríguez Venezuela	70.32	Paulo Hasse Brazil	68.84
Decathlon	Alfredo Silva Chile	6991	Ramón Montezuma Venezuela	6964	Claudio Escauriza Paraguay	6791
20 kilometres road walk †	Ernesto Alfaro Colombia	1:29:31	Waldemar da Silva Brazil	1:29:37	Jorge Quiñones Colombia	1:29:51
4 × 100 metres relay	Venezuela	40.0 CR	Brazil	40.2	Argentina	40.4
4 × 400 metres relay	Venezuela	3:09.8	Argentina	3:10.5	Brazil	3:10.5

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Beatriz Allocco Argentina	11.7 =CR	Carmela Bolívar Peru	11.8	Esmeralda de Jesus Garcia Brazil	11.8
200 metres	Beatriz Allocco Argentina	23.5	Tânia Miranda Brazil	24.1	Esmeralda de Jesus Garcia Brazil	24.1
400 metres	Tânia Miranda Brazil	54.2 CR	Margarita Grün Uruguay	54.8	Miriam Rojas Colombia	54.8
800 metres	Alejandra Ramos Chile	2:04.2 CR	Nancy González Chile	2:09.8	Adriana Marchena Venezuela	2:10.4
1500 metres	Alejandra Ramos Chile	4:23.2 CR	Teresa Rodríguez Colombia	4:32.6	Monica Regonesi Chile	4:36.1
100 metres hurdles	Yvonne Neddermann Argentina	14.2	Olga Verissimo Brazil	14.4	Beatriz Capotosto Argentina	14.7
High jump	Ana Maria Marcón Brazil	1.75	Liliana Arigoni Argentina	1.75	Beatriz Bonfim Brazil	1.70
Long jump	Themis Zambrzycki Brazil	6.03	Conceição Geremias Brazil	5.95	Yvonne Neddermann Argentina	5.92
Shot put	Magdalena Gómez Colombia	13.94	Themis Zambrzycki Brazil	13.84	Maria Boso Brazil	13.24
Discus throw	Sandra Peres Brazil	46.11	Maria Boso Brazil	42.54	Selene Saldarriaga Colombia	41.78
Javelin throw	Marli dos Santos Brazil	50.92 CR	Neuza Trolezzi Brazil	45.07	Ana María Campillay Argentina	42.30
Pentathlon	Themis Zambrzycki Brazil	4117	Conceição Geremias Brazil	3880	Yvonne Neddermann Argentina	3833
4 × 100 metres relay	Argentina	46.0	Brazil	46.1	Venezuela	46.6
4 × 400 metres relay	Brazil	3:42.0 CR	Chile	3:44.6	Colombia	3:45.1

† = short course (c37km)
* = light implement (1.75 kg)
† = short course

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Brazil	13	18	12	43
2	Argentina	7	4	7	18
3	Chile	7	2	3	12
4	Colombia	5	5	4	14
5	Venezuela	4	6	6	16
6	Uruguay	1	1	0	2
7	Peru	0	1	0	1
8	Panama	0	0	2	2
8	Bolivia	0	0	2	2
10	Paraguay	0	0	1	1

External links

Men Results – GBR Athletics
Women Results – GBR Athletics

Championships of the South American Athletics Confederation

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See also: Athletics at the South American Games

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