1981 South American Championships in Athletics

International athletics championship event

1981 South American Championships in Athletics

Dates| 5–8 November
Host city| La Paz, Bolivia

<- Bucaramanga 1979

Santa Fé 1983 ->

The 1981 South American Championships in Athletics were held in La Paz, Bolivia, between 5 and 8 November.

## Medal summary

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### Men's events

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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100 metres | Katsuhiko Nakaia
Brazil | 10.1A =CR | Altevir de Araújo
Brazil | 10.3A  | Luis Schneider
Chile | 10.3A
200 metres | Paulo Correia
Brazil | 20.2A CR | Héctor Daley
Panama | 20.5A  | Luis Schneider
Chile | 20.5A
400 metres | Geraldo Pegado
Brazil | 46.8A  | Gerson de Souza
Brazil | 47.8A  | Pablo Squella
Chile | 48.0A
800 metres | Cristián Molina
Chile | 1:53.6A  | José Luíz Barbosa
Brazil | 1:54.7A  | Wilson dos Santos
Brazil | 1:55.9A
1500 metres | Emilio Ulloa
Chile | 4:07.1A  | Johnny Pérez
Bolivia | 4:08.0A  | Jaime Punina
Ecuador | 4:09.0A
5000 metres | Víctor Mora
Colombia | 15:23.9A  | Silvio Salazar
Colombia | 15:51.4A  | Johnny Pérez
Bolivia | 15:59.4A
10,000 metres | Víctor Mora
Colombia | 31:56.4A  | Silvio Salazar
Colombia | 32:57.1A  | Hugo Gavino
Peru | 33:30.9A
Half marathon | Víctor Mora
Colombia | 1:10:42A  | Alfonso Torres
Colombia | 1:13:20A  | René Moldez
Bolivia | 1:14:54A
110 metres hurdles | Juan Carlos Fuentes
Chile | 14.2A  | Wellington da Nobrega
Brazil | 14.4A  | Andrés Lyon
Chile | 14.4A
400 metres hurdles | Antônio Dias Ferreira
Brazil | 52.3A  | Pablo Squella
Chile | 52.7A  | Donizete Soares
Brazil | 53.0A
3000 metres steeplechase | Emilio Ulloa
Chile | 9:53.2A  | Johnny Pérez
Bolivia | 9:54.2A  | Elói Schleder
Brazil | 10:19.8A
4 × 100 metres relay |  Brazil
Paulo Correia
Paulo Antonio Lima
Katsuhiko Nakaia
Altevir de Araújo | 39.6A CR |  Chile
Luis Alberto Schneider
Francisco Pichott
Héctor Fernández
Juan Carlos Fuentes | 40.4A  |  Peru
Giorgio Mautino
Ronald Raborg
José Luis Valverde
Marco Mautino | 40.8A
4 × 400 metres relay |  Brazil
Agberto Guimarães
Geraldo Pegado
Gerson de Souza
José Luíz Barbosa | 3:09.5A  |  Chile
Rodrigo Muñoz
Pablo Squella
Francisco Pichott
Emilio Ulloa | 3:11.8A  |  Argentina
Jorge Díaz
Nicolas Glass
Rapez Capuano
Carlos Capuano | 3:12.2A
20 kilometres road walk | Osvaldo Morejón
Bolivia | 1:51:22A  | Ernesto Alfaro
Colombia | 1:52:52A  | Waldemar da Silva
Brazil | 1:53:10A
High jump | Jorge Archanjo
Brazil | 2.15A CR | Cláudio Freire
Brazil | 2.10A  | Daniel Wolfberg
Chile | 2.05A
Pole vault | Fernando Hoces
Chile | 4.90A CR | Fernando Ruocco
Uruguay | 4.70A  | Renato Bortolocci
Brazil | 4.60A
Long jump | Francisco Pichott
Chile | 7.55A  | Luís de Souza
Brazil | 7.25A  | Cláudio Flores
Brazil | 7.25A
Triple jump | João Carlos de Oliveira
Brazil | 17.05A CR | Francisco Pichott
Chile | 16.23A  | Ángel Gagliano
Argentina | 15.95A
Shot put | Gert Weil
Chile | 17.48A  | Juan Turri
Argentina | 16.54A  | José Jacques
Brazil | 16.31A
Discus throw | José Jacques
Brazil | 52.10A  | Alejandro Serrano
Chile | 48.94A  | Andrés Pérez
Chile | 45.44A
Hammer throw | Ivam Bertelli
Brazil | 62.40A  | Celso de Moraes
Brazil | 61.22A  | Daniel Gómez
Argentina | 59.72A
Javelin throw | José de Souza
Brazil | 75.02A CR | Luis Lucumí
Colombia | 71.76A  | Amilcar de Barros
Brazil | 70.12A
Decathlon | Paulo Lima
Brazil | 7383A  | Claudio Escauriza
Paraguay | 6702A  | Fernando Brito
Brazil | 6607A

### Women's events

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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100 metres | Carmela Bolívar
Peru | 11.2A CR | Daisy Salas
Chile | 11.4A  | Sueli Machado
Brazil | 11.4A
200 metres | Eucaris Caicedo
Colombia | 23.6A  | Sueli Machado
Brazil | 23.8A  | Carmela Bolívar
Peru | 24.0A
400 metres | Eucaris Caicedo
Colombia | 53.6A CR | Tânia Miranda
Brazil | 55.7A  | Silvia Augsburger
Argentina | 56.0A
800 metres | Gloria González
Chile | 2:17.7A  | Luz Villa
Colombia | 2:19.1A  | Sandra Ferreira
Brazil | 2:21.5A
1500 metres | Norma Vallejos
Chile | 4:57.9A  | Nancy Chiliquinga
Ecuador | 5:01.9A  | Mery Rojas
Bolivia | 5:04.0A
3000 metres | Maricruz Sangines
Bolivia | 11:04.2A CR | Norma Vallejos
Chile | 11:09.0A  | Mery Rojas
Bolivia | 11:20.5A
100 metres hurdles | Juraciara da Silva
Brazil | 13.5A CR | Nancy Vallecilla
Ecuador | 13.8A  | Beatriz Capotosto
Argentina | 13.9A
400 metres hurdles | Conceição Geremias
Brazil | 60.0A CR | Nancy Vallecilla
Ecuador | 62.2A  | Maria Ferreira
Brazil | 62.7A
4 × 100 metres relay |  Brazil
Conceição Geremias
Sueli Ferreira
Sheila de Oliveira
Juraciara da Silva | 45.3A CR |  Peru
Carmela Bolivár
Brigitte Winter
Maria Bustios
Rocío Roca | 46.7A (NR)  |  Argentina
Beatriz Capotosto
Araceli Bruschini
Marisol Besada
Susana Jenkins | 46.9A
4 × 400 metres relay |  Brazil
Tânia Miranda
Elba Barbosa
Maria do Carmo Fialho
Sueli Ferreira | 3:49.4A  |  Argentina
Silvia Augsburger
Silvia Augsburger
Marcela López
Anabella Dal Lago | 3:51.0A  |  Chile
Nancy González
Leslie Cooper
Graciela Mardones
Patricia Pérez | 3:59.3A
High jump | Ana Maria Marcón
Brazil | 1.84A CR | Beatriz Bonfim
Brazil | 1.77A  | Liliana Arigoni
Argentina | 1.71A
Long jump | Conceição Geremias
Brazil | 6.26A CR | Araceli Bruschini
Argentina | 6.22A  | Graciela Acosta
Uruguay | 5.97A
Shot put | Marinalva dos Santos
Brazil | 14.80A  | Maria Fernandes
Brazil | 13.18A  | Patricia Guerrero
Peru | 12.97A
Discus throw | Odete Domingos
Brazil | 47.62A  | Selene Saldarriaga
Colombia | 44.22A  | Gloria Martínez
Chile | 41.36A
Javelin throw | Marli dos Santos
Brazil | 50.52A  | Carolina Weil
Chile | 49.96A  | Ana María Campillay
Argentina | 47.70A
Heptathlon | Yvonne Neddermann
Argentina | 5451A CR | Olga Verissimo
Brazil | 5116A  | Paola Raab
Chile | 5081

A = affected by altitude

## Medal table

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Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  Brazil (BRA)| 21| 12| 12| 45
2|  Chile (CHI)| 9| 8| 9| 26
3|  Colombia (COL)| 5| 7| 0| 12
4|  Bolivia (BOL)| 2| 2| 4| 8
5|  Argentina (ARG)| 1| 3| 8| 12
6|  Peru (PER)| 1| 1| 4| 6
7|  Ecuador (ECU)| 0| 3| 1| 4
8|  Uruguay (URU)| 0| 1| 1| 2
9|  Panama (PAN)| 0| 1| 0| 1
Paraguay (PAR)| 0| 1| 0| 1
Totals (10 entries)| 39| 39| 39| 117

## See also

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* 1981 in athletics (track and field)

## External links

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

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