1969 South American Championships in Athletics

The 1969 South American Championships in Athletics were held in Quito, Ecuador, between 4 and 12 October.

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Iván Moreno  Chile	10.6A	Fernando Acevedo  Peru	10.6A	Andrés Calonge  Argentina	10.7A
200 metres	Iván Moreno  Chile	20.9A =CR	Fernando Acevedo  Peru	21.0A	Andrés Calonge  Argentina	21.1A
400 metres	Andrés Calonge  Argentina	46.9A	Raúl Dome  Venezuela	47.6A	José Rabaça  Brazil	47.9A
800 metres	Jorge Grosser  Chile	1:54.1A	Darcy Pereira  Brazil	1:55.5A	Roberto Salmona  Chile	1:55.9A
1500 metres	Jorge Grosser  Chile	4:04.7A	Roberto Salmona  Chile	4:06.5A	Clelio Jacome  Ecuador	4:08.5A
5000 metres	Víctor Mora  Colombia	15:36.6A	Clelio Jacome  Ecuador	15:41.4A	José Ramírez  Chile	15:49.3A
10000 metres	Víctor Mora  Colombia	32:27.2A	Mario Cutropia  Argentina	32:28.6A	José Ramírez  Chile	32:41.0A
Marathon	Pedro Cárdenas  Colombia	2:36:36A	José Ramírez  Chile	2:43:41A	Mario Cutropia  Argentina	2:46:56A
3000 metres steeplechase	Jorge Grosser  Chile	9:51.2A	Víctor Mora  Colombia	9:53.2A	Rafael Baracaldo  Colombia	9:53.2A
110 metres hurdles	Patricio Saavedra  Chile	14.6A	Alfredo Deza  Peru	14.6A	Enrique Rendón  Venezuela	14.7A
400 metres hurdles	Juan Carlos Dyrzka  Argentina	52.0A	Jorge Vallecilla  Ecuador	52.7A	Santiago Gordon  Chile	52.8A
4 × 100 metres relay	Colombia Pedro Grajales Arquímides Mina Jimmy Sierra Wenceslao Ferrín Sr.	40.2A CR	Peru Fernando Acevedo Jorge Alemán Vela Roberto Lay Su	40.7A	Chile Einar Erlandsen Iván Moreno Patricio Saavedra Juan Santiago Gordón	40.7A
4 × 400 metres relay	Argentina Andrés Calonge Juan Carlos Dyrzka Carlos Bertotti José Luis Amatti	3:12.3A CR	Brazil José Rabaca Darcy Pereira Napoleão Menezes Juradir Ienne	3:13.2A	Peru Fernando Acevedo Jorge Alemán Rosales Alfredo Deza	3:13.7A
High jump	Luis Arbulú  Peru	2.00A =CR	Luis Barrionuevo  Argentina José Dalmastro  Argentina	1.95A
Pole vault	Daniel Argoitía  Argentina	4.40A CR	Ciro Valdés  Colombia	4.10A	Augusto León Piqueras  Peru	3.70A
Long jump	Admilson Chitarra  Brazil	7.60A CR	Iván Moreno  Chile	7.54A	Eduardo Labalta  Argentina	7.21A
Triple jump	Nelson Prudêncio  Brazil	16.34A CR	Joel Dias  Brazil	14.80A	Ariel González  Argentina	14.65A
Shot put	José Jacques  Brazil	16.88A CR	Mario Peretti  Argentina	15.65A	Juan Turri  Argentina	15.64A
Discus throw	Dagoberto González  Colombia	51.66A	José Jacques  Brazil	50.88A	Gustavo Gutiérrez  Colombia	50.64A
Hammer throw	José Vallejo  Argentina	61.58A CR	Celso de Moraes  Brazil	56.50A	Darwin Piñeyrúa  Uruguay	56.48A
Javelin throw	Rolf Hoppe  Chile	69.76A CR	Paulo de Faría  Brazil	63.50A	Jorge Peña  Chile	62.98A
Decathlon	Héctor Thomas  Venezuela	6720A	Paulo Matschinske  Brazil	6124A	Arno Lagies  Chile	5948A

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Silvina Pereira  Brazil	11.7A CR	Josefa Vicent  Uruguay	11.9A	María Luisa Vilca  Peru	12.3A
200 metres	Silvina Pereira  Brazil	24.0A CR	Josefa Vicent  Uruguay	24.6A	Cristina Filgueira  Argentina	25.0A
400 metres	Josefa Vicent  Uruguay	56.1A CR	Melania Fontanarrosa  Argentina	57.4A	Cristina Filgueira  Argentina	57.5A
800 metres	Melania Fontanarrosa  Argentina	2:17.8A	Nilda Fernández  Argentina	2:18.4A	Lourdes Vega  Ecuador	2:32.3A
80 metres hurdles	Carlota Ulloa  Chile	11.0A CR	Graciela Paviotti  Argentina	11.4A	Ana Udini  Uruguay	11.4A
4 × 100 metres relay	Brazil Aída dos Santos Silvina Pereira Gloria Ferraz Elisabeth Nunes	46.0A CR	Argentina Liliana Cragno Cristina Filgueira Alicia Kaufmanas Alicia Masuccio	47.0A	Chile Gloria González Silvia Kinzel Aurora Saez Sara Montecinos	48.6A
High jump	Maria da Conceição  Brazil	1.70A CR	Aída dos Santos  Brazil	1.60A	Patricia Montero  Peru Ana Udini  Uruguay	1.55A
Long jump	Silvina Pereira  Brazil	5.85A	Alicia Kaufmanas  Argentina	5.70A	Ana Akiko Omote  Brazil	5.61A
Shot put	Rosa Molina  Chile	13.30A	Neide Gomes  Brazil	13.02A	Maria Boso  Brazil	12.68A
Discus throw	Odete Domingos  Brazil	42.92A	Gladys Ortega  Argentina	41.92A	Isolina Vergara  Colombia	40.48A
Javelin throw	Rosa Molina  Chile	45.52A	Flor Umaña  Colombia	43.74A	Kiyomi Nakagawa  Brazil	41.02A
Pentathlon	Aída dos Santos  Brazil	4422A CR	Elisabeth Nunes  Brazil	4234A	Carlota Ulloa  Chile	4107A

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Brazil (BRA)	10	10	4	24
2	Chile (CHI)	10	3	9	22
3	Argentina (ARG)	6	10	8	24
4	Colombia (COL)	5	3	3	11
5	Peru (PER)	1	4	4	9
6	Uruguay (URU)	1	2	3	6
7	Venezuela (VEN)	1	1	1	3
8	Ecuador (ECU)	0	2	2	4
Totals (8 entries)		34	35	34	103

A = affected by altitude

• Men Results – GBR Athletics
• Women Results – GBR Athletics
• Medallists