1956 South American Championships in Athletics

International athletics championship event

1956 South American Championships in Athletics

Dates| 14–22 April
Host city| Santiago, Chile

<- São Paulo 1954

Santiago 1957 (U) ->

The 1956 South American Championships in Athletics were held in the Chilean capital, Santiago, between 14 and 22 April.

## Medal summary

[edit]

### Men's events

[edit]

Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

|
|
|

100 metres | Paulo de Fonseca
Brazil | 10.6  | Gerardo Bönnhoff
Argentina | 10.7  | João Pires Sobrinho
Brazil | 10.7
200 metres | João Pires Sobrinho
Brazil | 21.5  | Jaime Aparicio
Colombia | 21.7  | Gerardo Bönnhoff
Argentina | 21.8
400 metres | Jaime Aparicio
Colombia | 47.7 CR | Zados Guardiola
Colombia | 48.2  | Argemiro Roque
Brazil | 49.0
800 metres | Ramón Sandoval
Chile | 1:49.0 CR | Eduardo Balducci
Argentina | 1:51.5  | Argemiro Roque
Brazil | 1:52.4
1500 metres | Ramón Sandoval
Chile | 3:48.4 CR | Eduardo Balducci
Argentina | 3:53.4  | Waldo Sandoval
Chile | 3:54.5
5000 metres | Osvaldo Suárez
Argentina | 14:30.8 CR | Jaime Correa
Chile | 14:47.8  | Walter Lemos
Argentina | 14:51.7
10,000 metres | Osvaldo Suárez
Argentina | 30:12.2 CR | Walter Lemos
Argentina | 30:27.4  | Alfredo de Oliveira
Brazil | 31:41.0
Half marathon | Osvaldo Suárez
Argentina | 1:08:54 CR | Walter Lemos
Argentina | 1:09:00  | Juan Silva
Chile | 1:10:31
3000 metres steeplechase | Santiago Novas
Chile | 9:09.0 CR | Sebastião Mendes
Brazil | 9:17.4  | Guillermo Solá
Chile | 9:25.8
110 metres hurdles | Ijoel da Silva
Brazil | 14.7  | Estanislao Kocourek
Argentina | 14.9  | Francisco Bergonzoni
Brazil | 15.1
400 metres hurdles | Jaime Aparicio
Colombia | 52.0 CR | Zados Guardiola
Colombia | 53.1  | Anubes da Silva
Brazil | 54.2
4 × 100 metres relay |  Brazil
João Pires Sobrinho
Jorge de Barros
Paulo da Fonseca
Anubes da Silva | 41.4  |  Argentina
Luis Vienna
Roberto Ferrairo
Gerardo Bönnhoff
Mariano Acosta | 41.5  |  Colombia
Gilberto Truque
Constantino Fascie
Antonio Vanegas
Aristipo Lerma | 42.6
4 × 400 metres relay |  Colombia
Jaime Aparicio
Zados Guardiola
Carlos Sierra
Antonio Vanegas | 3:14.6 CR |  Brazil
Argemiro Roque
Mário do Nascimento
Adhemar da Silva
Agenor da Silva | 3:16.1  |  Argentina
Rodolfo Beltrán
Mariano Acosta
Gerardo Bönnhoff
Eduardo Balducci | 3:16.8
High jump | Oscar Bártoli
Argentina | 1.93  | Ernesto Lagos
Chile | 1.90  | Alberto Bacán
Brazil
Juan Ruiz
Chile | 1.85
Pole vault | José Infante
Chile | 3.90  | José Rojas
Chile | 3.90  | Fausto de Souza
Brazil | 3.90
Long jump | Fermín Donazar
Uruguay | 7.23  | Ary de Sá
Brazil | 7.14  | Luís Akuta
Brazil | 7.10
Triple jump | Jorgely Figueira
Brazil | 15.14  | Luis Huarcaya
Peru | 14.59  | Carlos Vera
Chile | 14.63
Shot put | Alcides Dambrós
Brazil | 14.97  | Rubén Scaraffia
Argentina | 14.72  | Günther Kruse
Argentina | 13.97
Discus throw | Günther Kruse
Argentina | 48.57 CR | Hernán Haddad
Chile | 47.24  | Pedro Ucke
Argentina | 46.56
Hammer throw | Alejandro Díaz
Chile | 52.88  | Edmundo Zúñiga
Chile | 51.71  | Elvio Porta
Argentina | 51.55
Javelin throw | Ricardo Héber
Argentina | 64.45  | Néstor Matteucci
Argentina | 61.51  | Carlos Monge
Peru | 59.20
Decathlon | Héctor Menacho
Peru | 5670  | Leonardo Kittsteiner
Chile | 5499  | Aldo Ribeiro
Brazil | 5401

### Women's events

[edit]

Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

|
|
|

100 metres | Gladys Erbetta
Argentina | 12.2 =CR | Beatriz Kretschmer
Chile | 12.4  | Eliana Gaete
Chile | 12.4
200 metres | Beatriz Kretschmer
Chile | 25.5 =CR | Gladys Erbetta
Argentina | 25.8  | Martha Huby
Peru | 26.1
80 metres hurdles | Wanda dos Santos
Brazil | 11.5  | Eliana Gaete
Chile | 11.6  | Ada Brener
Argentina | 11.9
4 × 100 metres relay |  Argentina
Gladys Erbetta
Lilian Buglia
Edith Berg
Olga Bianchi | 48.6  |  Chile
Marlene Hyslop
Eliana Gaete
Carmen Venegas
Patricia Rodoni | 49.3  |  Brazil
Wanda dos Santos
María José de Lima
Marlene Porto
Hannelore Poetscher | 49.4
High jump | Nelly Gómez
Chile | 1.50  | Elizabeth Müller
Brazil | 1.50  | María Cañas
Chile
Cleide Eloy
Brazil | 1.50
Long jump | Gladys Erbetta
Argentina | 5.88 CR | Ada Brener
Argentina | 5.41  | Olga Bianchi
Argentina | 5.39
Shot put | Eliana Bahamondes
Chile | 11.95 CR | Pradelia Delgado
Chile | 11.84  | Elizabeth Müller
Brazil | 11.31
Discus throw | Isabel Avellán
Argentina | 44.08 CR | Rosa Riveros
Chile | 38.22  | Ingeborg Mello
Argentina | 38.08
Javelin throw | Marlene Ahrens
Chile | 48.73 CR | Carmen Venegas
Chile | 40.70  | Adriana Silva
Chile | 38.91

## Medal table

[edit]

Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

|
|
|
|
|

1|  Argentina (ARG)| 10| 11| 9| 30
2|  Chile (CHI)| 9| 12| 8| 29
3|  Brazil (BRA)| 7| 4| 13| 24
4|  Colombia (COL)| 3| 3| 1| 7
5|  Peru (PER)| 1| 1| 2| 4
6|  Uruguay (URU)| 1| 0| 0| 1
Totals (6 entries)| 31| 31| 33| 95

## External links

[edit]

* Men Results – GBR Athletics
* Women Results – GBR Athletics
* Medallists

* v
* t
* e

Championships of the South American Athletics Confederation

* Outdoor (records)
* Indoor
* Cross Country
* Race Walking
* Marathon
* Half Marathon
* Road Mile
* Mountain Running
* Under-23
* Under-20
* Under-18

Senior*|

* 1918U
* 1919
* 1920
* 1922U
* 1924
* 1926
* 1927
* 1929
* 1931
* 1931U
* 1933
* 1935
* 1937
* 1939
* 1941
* 1943
* 1945
* 1946U
* 1947
* 1948U
* 1949
* 1950U
* 1952
* 1953U
* 1954
* 1956
* 1957U
* 1958
* 1961
* 1963
* 1965
* 1967
* 1969
* 1971
* 1974
* 1975
* 1977
* 1979
* 1981
* 1983
* 1985
* 1987
* 1989
* 1991
* 1993
* 1995
* 1997
* 1999
* 2001
* 2003
* 2005
* 2006
* 2007
* 2009
* 2011
* 2013
* 2015
* 2017
* 2019
* 2021
* 2023

Indoor|

* 2020
* 2022
* 2024

Under-23|

* 2004
* 2006
* 2008
* 2010
* 2012
* 2014
* 2016
* 2018
* 2021
* 2022
* 2024

Under-20|

* 1959
* 1960
* 1961
* 1962
* 1964
* 1966
* 1968
* 1970
* 1972
* 1974
* 1976
* 1978
* 1980
* 1981
* 1983
* 1984
* 1985
* 1986
* 1987
* 1988
* 1989
* 1990
* 1991
* 1992
* 1993
* 1994
* 1995
* 1996
* 1997
* 1998
* 1999
* 2000
* 2001
* 2002
* 2003
* 2005
* 2007
* 2009
* 2011
* 2013
* 2015
* 2017
* 2019
* 2021
* 2023
* 2024

Under-18|

* 1973
* 1975
* 1976
* 1977
* 1978
* 1979
* 1984
* 1986
* 1988
* 1990
* 1992
* 1994
* 1996
* 1998
* 2000
* 2002
* 2004
* 2006
* 2008
* 2010
* 2012
* 2014
* 2016
* 2018
* 2021
* 2022
* 2024

Race Walking|

* 1990
* 1991
* 1992
* 1993
* 1994
* 1995
* 1996
* 1997
* 1998
* 1999
* 2000
* 2001
* 2002
* 2004
* 2006
* 2008
* 2010
* 2012
* 2014
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2020
* 2022
* 2024

Cross Country|

* 1986
* 1987
* 1988
* 1989
* 1990
* 1991
* 1992
* 1993
* 1994
* 1995
* 1996
* 1997
* 1998
* 1999
* 2000
* 2001
* 2002
* 2003
* 2004
* 2005
* 2006
* 2007
* 2008
* 2009
* 2010
* 2011
* 2012
* 2013
* 2014
* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019
* 2021
* 2022
* 2023

* U = Unofficial Outdoor Championships · See also: Athletics at the South American Games
*[v]: View this template
*[t]: Discuss this template
*[e]: Edit this template