1963 South American Championships in Athletics

International athletics championship event

1963 South American Championships in Athletics

Dates| 29 June–7 July
Host city| Cali, Colombia

← Lima 1961

Rio de Janeiro 1965 →

The 1963 South American Championships in Athletics were held in Cali, Colombia, between 29 June and 7 July.

## Medal summary

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### Men's events

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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100 metres | Arquímedes Herrera
Venezuela | 10.2 CR | Joe Satow
Brazil | 10.4  | Alfonso da Silva
Brazil | 10.7
200 metres | Arquímedes Herrera
Venezuela | 20.9 CR | Hortensio Fucil
Venezuela | 21.0  | Gerardo Di Tolla
Peru | 21.2
400 metres | Hortensio Fucil
Venezuela | 46.7 CR | Juan Carlos Dyrzka
Argentina | 47.6  | Víctor Maldonado
Venezuela | 48.5
800 metres | Oscar Rivera
Colombia | 1:52.2  | José Neira
Colombia | 1:52.9  | Leslie Mentor
Venezuela | 1:53.1
1500 metres | Álvaro Mejía
Colombia | 3:53.5  | José Neira
Colombia | 3:54.4  | José Azevedo
Brazil | 3:55.9
5000 metres | Osvaldo Suárez
Argentina | 14:59.8  | Harvey Borrero
Colombia | 15:00.5  | Domingo Amaisón
Argentina | 15:01.2
10,000 metres | Osvaldo Suárez
Argentina | 31:09.6  | Domingo Amaisón
Argentina | 31:17.0  | Luiz Caetano
Brazil | 31:20.9
Half marathon | Luiz Caetano
Brazil | 1:09:41  | Luis Navas
Colombia | 1:09:55  | Hernán Barreneche
Colombia | 1:11:29
3000 metres steeplechase | Domingo Amaisón
Argentina | 9:13.0  | Sebastião Mendes
Brazil | 9:28.7  | José Primo
Brazil | 9:29.7
110 metres hurdles | Juan Muñoz
Venezuela | 15.0  | José Telles da Conceição
Brazil | 15.2  | Cleomenes da Cunha
Brazil | 15.5
400 metres hurdles | Juan Carlos Dyrzka
Argentina | 51.0 CR | Víctor Maldonado
Venezuela | 51.5  | Anubes da Silva
Brazil | 51.8
4 × 100 metres relay |  Brazil
Joel Satow
Joel Costa
Affonso da Silva
Jose da Conceição | 40.9  |  Colombia
Jaime Uribe
Francisco Gutiérrez
Pedro Grajales
Leonel Pedroza | 41.2  |  Argentina
Carlos Vampoecke
Juan Carlos Dyrzka
Guillermo Vallania
Carlos Biondi | 41.6
4 × 400 metres relay |  Venezuela
Aristides Pineda
Leslie Mentor
Víctor Maldonado
Hortensio Fusil | 3:13.0 CR |  Brazil
Antonio da Silva
Joel Rocha
Geraldo Costa
Anubes da Silva | 3:14.7  |  Argentina
Mario Rivert
Guillermo Vallania
Juan Stocker
Juan Carlos Dyrzka | 3:15.3
High jump | Roberto Abugattás
Peru | 1.97  | Eleuterio Fassi
Argentina | 1.94  | Manuel César
Brazil | 1.88
Pole vault | Mario Eleusippi
Argentina | 4.10 CR | César Quintero
Colombia | 3.80  | Marcelo de Souza
Brazil | 3.70
Long jump | Héctor Thomas
Venezuela | 7.22  | Juan Muñoz
Venezuela | 7.16  | Roberto Caravaca
Venezuela | 6.97
Triple jump | Asnoldo Devonish
Venezuela | 15.09  | José López
Venezuela | 15.01  | Mário Gomes
Brazil | 14.90
Shot put | José Jacques
Brazil | 15.08  | Luis Di Cursi
Argentina | 15.06  | Dagoberto González
Colombia | 14.02
Discus throw | Dagoberto González
Colombia | 48.84  | Daniel Cereali
Venezuela | 47.85  | Luis Di Cursi
Argentina | 46.37
Hammer throw | Daniel Cereali
Venezuela | 56.07 CR | Roberto Chapchap
Brazil | 55.08  | Orlando Guaita
Chile | 54.64
Javelin throw | Héctor Thomas
Venezuela | 64.79  | Walter de Almeida
Brazil | 63.49  | Patricio Etcheverry
Chile | 63.18
Decathlon | Héctor Thomas
Venezuela | 6825  | Cleomenes da Cunha
Brazil | 6269  | Roberto Caravaca
Venezuela | 5991

### Women's events

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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100 metres | Erica da Silva
Brazil | 12.0 CR | Margarita Formeiro
Argentina | 12.1  | Susana Ritchie
Argentina | 12.3
200 metres | Erica da Silva
Brazil | 24.3 CR | Susana Ritchie
Argentina | 25.2  | Marta Buongiorno
Argentina | 25.4
80 metres hurdles | Emilia Dyrzka
Argentina | 11.5  | Leda dos Santos
Brazil | 11.5  | Maria Teixeira
Brazil | 11.8
4 × 100 metres relay |  Brazil
Edir Ribeiro
Ines Pimenta
Leda dos Santos
Erica da Silva | 47.6 CR |  Argentina
Margarita Formeiro
Marta Buongiorno
Emilia Dyrzka
Susana Ritchie | 47.8  |  Colombia
Gloria Aguirre
Ana Alvarado
Smirna Paz
Amparo Ramos | 49.8
High jump | Maria da Conceição
Brazil | 1.58  | Aída dos Santos
Brazil | 1.58  | Irenice Rodrigues
Brazil | 1.50
Long jump | Mabel Farina
Argentina | 5.74  | Iris dos Santos
Brazil | 5.37  | Gisela Vidal
Venezuela | 5.31
Shot put | Ingeborg Pfüller
Argentina | 12.82 CR | Vera Trezoitko
Brazil | 12.43  | Maria de Lourdes Conceição
Brazil | 12.31
Discus throw | Ingeborg Pfüller
Argentina | 46.36 CR | Isolina Vergara
Colombia | 39.42  | Ingeborg Mello
Argentina | 39.05
Javelin throw | Marlene Ahrens
Chile | 44.67  | Aída dos Santos
Brazil | 38.29  | Carmen Brea
Venezuela | 37.93

## Medal table

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Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  Venezuela (VEN)| 10| 5| 6| 21
2|  Argentina (ARG)| 9| 7| 7| 23
3|  Brazil (BRA)| 7| 12| 12| 31
4|  Colombia (COL)| 3| 7| 3| 13
5|  Chile (CHI)| 1| 0| 2| 3
6|  Peru (PER)| 1| 0| 1| 2
Totals (6 entries)| 31| 31| 31| 93

## External links

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