1958 South American Championships in Athletics – Results

These are the results of the 1958 South American Championships in Athletics which took place at the Estadio Nacional in Lima, Peru, between 19 and 27 April.[1] Only the top 6 athletes have been reported for most finals.

Men's results

100 metres

200 metres

400 metres

800 metres

1500 metres

20 April

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
Ramón Sandoval  Chile 3:47.5 AR
Gilberto Miori  Argentina 3:51.3 PB
Eduardo Balducci  Argentina 3:51.3
4 Ricardo Vidal  Chile 3:53.5
5 Eduardo Fontecilla  Chile 3:54.3
6 Sebastião Mendes  Brazil 3:55.7

5000 metres

19 April

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
Osvaldo Suárez  Argentina 14:26.1 CR
Walter Lemos  Argentina 14:40.6
Luis Sandobal  Argentina 14:49.2
4 Jaime Correa  Chile 15:02.0
5 Jorge González  Chile 15:02.7
6 Santiago Novas  Chile 15:03.1

10,000 metres

24 April

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
Osvaldo Suárez  Argentina 30:37.2
Walter Lemos  Argentina 30:37.4
Armando Pino  Argentina 31:23.0
4 Jorge González  Chile 31:29.8
5 Jaime Correa  Chile 31:30.8
6 José Calixto  Brazil 31:32.2
7 Alfredo de Oliveira  Brazil NT [2]
8 Geraldo Alves  Brazil NT [2]
9 Matías Delgado Vallejos  Paraguay 33:12.0
Luis Campusano  Chile DNF

Half marathon

27 April[3]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
Osvaldo Suárez  Argentina 1:12:38
Armando Pino  Argentina 1:13.29
Juan Silva  Chile 1:13:45
4 Alfredo de Oliveira  Brazil 1:15:33
5 João dos Santos Filho  Brazil 1:17:59
6 Matías Delgado Vallejos  Paraguay 1:18:45
7 Luis Campusano  Chile NT
8 João Lucas Evangelista  Brazil NT
9 Alfonso Cornejo  Chile NT
10 Ariel González  Uruguay NT
Walter Lemos  Argentina DNF

110 metres hurdles

400 metres hurdles

3000 metres steeplechase

26 April

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
Sebastião Mendes  Brazil 9:20.0
Santiago Novas  Chile 9:20.4
Alberto Ríos  Argentina 9:29.8
4 Francisco Allen  Chile 9:35.2
5 Gilberto Mori  Argentina 9:44.6
6 Edgard Freire  Brazil 9:48.6
8 Hernando Ruiz  Colombia NT [4]

4 × 100 metres relay

Heats – 24 April

Rank Lane Nation Competitors Time Notes
1 1  Argentina 42.1 Q
2 1  Brazil 43.2 Q
3 1  Chile 43.4 Q
1 2  Uruguay 42.8 Q
2 2  Peru 42.8 Q
3 2  Ecuador 43.0 Q
4 2  Paraguay 44.9

Final – 26 April

Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes
 Brazil Affonso da Silva, Jorge de Barros, João Pires Sobrinho, José Telles da Conceição 41.3
 Argentina Pedro Marcel, Juan Carlos Salom, Vicente Giorgio, Luis Vienna 41.8
 Chile Eduardo Bezanilla, Teodoro Blaschke, Hugo de la Fuente, Gert Wagner 42.2
4  Peru Guillermo Sebastiani, José Vega, Ramón Sánchez, Eulogio Gomes 42.5
5  Uruguay Fermín Donazar, Juan Clavijo, Noel Revello, Carlos Falco 42.9
6  Ecuador Mario Drouet, Mario Chiriboga, Guillermo Martínez, Arturo Flores 43.2

4 × 400 metres relay

Heats – 26 April[4]

Rank Lane Nation Competitors Time Notes
1 1  Brazil Mário do Nascimento, Argemiro Roque, Ulisses dos Santos, Geraldo Costa 3:23.6 Q
2 1  Argentina Roberto Batistelo, Víctor Lozano, Eduardo Balducci, Francisco Paganesi 3:23.6 Q
3 1  Chile Gert Wagner, Pablo Eitel, Jorge Bolados, Julio León 3:30.7 Q
1 2  Peru Ramón Sánchez, José Laca, Guillermo Sebastiani, Eulogio Gomes 3:23.6 Q
2 2  Uruguay Heber Etcheverry, Albertico Correa, Emir Miller, Carlos Pereira 3:24.1 Q
3 2  Ecuador Mario Drouet, Juan Araújo, José Carrera, Arturo Flores 3:25.5 Q
4 2  Paraguay 3:32.8

Final – 27 April

Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes
 Brazil Ulisses dos Santos, Mário do Nascimento, Geraldo Costa, Argemiro Roque 3:16.3
 Peru Ramón Sánchez, José Laca, Guillermo Sebastiani, Eulogio Gomes 3:17.4
 Argentina Roberto Batistelo, Víctor Lozano, Eduardo Balducci, Francisco Paganesi 3:18.5
4  Chile Gert Wagner, Pablo Eitel, Jorge Bolados, Julio León 3:21.6
5  Uruguay Heber Etcheverry, Albertico Correa, Emir Miller, Carlos Pereira 3:22.8
6  Ecuador Mario Drouet, Juan Araújo, José Carrera, Arturo Flores 3:24.3

High jump

19 April[5]

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
José Telles da Conceição  Brazil 1.90
Alfredo Lopes  Brazil 1.90
Oscar Bártoli  Argentina 1.80
Horacio Martínez  Argentina 1.80
Reinaldo de Oliveira  Brazil 1.80
Ernesto Lagos  Chile 1.80
Juan Ruiz  Chile 1.80
8 Aldo Zucolillo  Paraguay 1.80
8 Luis Parcaya  Peru 1.80

Pole vault

22 April

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
José Luis Infante  Chile 4.00 =CR
Fausto de Souza  Brazil 3.90
Carlos Kreuz  Argentina 3.80
4 Ricardo Bonini  Argentina 3.70
5 Artemio Fava  Argentina 3.70
6 Carlos Olalde  Uruguay 3.70

Long jump

20 April

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
Fermín Donazar  Uruguay 7.24
Ary de Sá  Brazil 7.18
Eduardo Krumm  Chile 7.11
4 Luís Akuta  Brazil 7.04
5 Aldo Zucolillo  Paraguay 7.02
6 Pedro Marcel  Argentina 6.78

Triple jump

24 April

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
Adhemar da Silva  Brazil 15.70
Reinaldo de Oliveira  Brazil 14.78
Itiro Nakaie  Brazil 14.60
4 Ariel Standen  Chile 14.51
5 Jorge Castillo  Argentina 14.22
6 Eugenio Muñoz  Chile 14.21
7 Fernández  Uruguay ? [2]
8 Raúl Castagnino  Argentina ? [2]

Shot put

20 April

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
Enrique Helf  Argentina 15.41 CR
Isolino Taborda  Brazil 15.00
Rubén Scaraffia  Argentina 14.67
4 Alcides Dambrós  Brazil 14.60
5 Günther Kruse  Argentina 14.45
6 Nadim Marreis  Brazil 14.14
Leonardo Kittsteiner  Chile 13.71

Discus throw

26 April[4]

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
Hernán Haddad  Chile 49.10 CR
Günther Kruse  Argentina 47.43
Pedro Ucke  Argentina 46.49
4 Enrique Helf  Argentina 44.46
5 Milton dos Santos  Brazil 44.32
6 Héctor Menacho  Peru 44.19
7 Eduardo Julve  Peru 44.10
8 Dieter Gevert  Chile 43.37
9 João Alexandre  Brazil 41.97
10 Juris Laipenieks  Chile 36.31

Hammer throw

22 April

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
Alejandro Díaz  Chile 54.45 CR
Walter Kupper  Brazil 51.77
Walter Rodrigues  Brazil 51.69
4 Bruno Strohmeier  Brazil 50.82
5 Arturo Melcher  Chile 50.19
6 Edmundo Zuñiga  Chile 45.98

Javelin throw

19 April – old model

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
Ricardo Heber  Argentina 65.78
Walter de Almeida  Brazil 65.14
Janis Stendzeniecks  Chile 60.14
4 Néstor Matteucci  Argentina 58.85
5 Luis Zárate  Peru 58.33
6 Luiz Correa  Brazil 57.28
Juris Laipenieks  Chile 52.??
Rafael Bascoli  Chile 44.??

Decathlon

26–27 April – 1952 tables (1985 conversions given with *)

  The highest mark recorded in each event is highlighted in yellow
Rank Athlete Nationality 100m LJ SP HJ 400m 110m H DT PV JT 1500m Points Conv. Notes
Leonardo Kittsteiner  Chile 11.4 6.20 14.16 1.63 52.5 16.1 36.71 3.10 52.28 5:05.5 5645 6100*
Yelton Bagnasco  Uruguay 11.0 6.44 11.21 1.69 52.0 15.1 30.89 3.00 44.01 4:53.9 5634 6049*
Mario Cachile  Argentina 11.0 6.05 12.68 1.60 52.5 16.3 35.57 3.40 46.46 5:00.8 5547 6005*
4 Hernán Figueroa  Chile 11.4 6.49 12.60 1.72 53.8 17.2 38.10 3.30 51.39 5:08.9 5530 6018*
5 Emir Martínez  Argentina 11.5 6.41 12.31 1.75 52.0 16.3 35.60 3.20 41.41 4:40.1 5524 6104*
6 Héctor Menacho  Peru 11.4 6.03 12.35 1.60 51.5 16.2 41.22 3.20 40.50 4:49.2 5515 5941*
7 Rúbens Habesh  Brazil 11.3 6.33 10.77 1.78 51.7 16.0 31.82 3.40 38.99 4:59.7 5434 5922*
8 Aldo Ribeiro  Brazil 11.4 6.53 10.63 1.72 53.7 16.2 31.98 3.10 49.91 4:59.2 5298 5877*
9 Luís Fernandes  Brazil 11.7 6.44 10.03 1.60 51.7 16.3 32.15 3.20 41.66 4:33.2 5173 5767*
10 Wladimiro Leighton  Chile 11.1 6.76 10.82 1.60 52.7 18.4 33.72 2.90 39.02 4:46.3 4992 5634*
11 Oscar Bártoli  Argentina 11.9 6.32 12.01 1.85 53.9 17.6 36.51 3.10 44.52 4:58.1 4867 5790*
12 R. López  Uruguay 11.5 6.12 11.21 1.60 53.3 17.8 29.11 3.10 43.95 4:50.1 4767 5428*
13 Carlos Monge  Peru 11.1 6.43 10.42 1.60 55.8 17.3 29.73 2.00 55.67 DNF 4612 –
14 E. Villalba  Paraguay 11.7 6.01 9.05 1.66 56.1 18.3 26.58 2.80 29.64 DNF 3652 –

Women's results

100 metres

200 metres

80 metres hurdles

4 × 100 metres relay

27 April

Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes
 Brazil Wanda dos Santos, Érica da Silva, Melânia Luz, Marlene Porto 48.7
 Chile Katte Harzenetter, Nancy Correa, Teresa Venegas, Marta Gatica 50.2
 Argentina Dolores Bonacassi, Miriam Cabanillas, Luci´a Fantino, Marta González 50.6
4  Uruguay Elida Cairus, Griselda Couto, Edelma Gutiérrez, María Gonzaga 51.3
5  Paraguay Gormán, Taboada, Venus Ozuna, Agustina Galeano 55.7

High jump

25 April[4]

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
Renate Friedrichs  Chile 1.55
Deyse de Castro  Brazil 1.50
Cleide Eloy  Brazil 1.50
4 Esmeralda David  Argentina 1.45
5 Maria José de Lima  Brazil 1.45
6 Delia Díaz  Uruguay 1.40
7 Juana Daumbach  Argentina 1.40

Long jump

20 April

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
Iris dos Santos  Brazil 5.54
Wanda dos Santos  Brazil 5.48
Marta González  Argentina 5.32
4 Nancy Correa  Chile 5.27
5 Elida Cairus  Uruguay 5.16
6 Martha Gatica  Chile 5.06

Shot put

24 April

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
Isabel Avellán  Argentina 12.69 CR, PB
Eliana Bahamondes  Chile 12.16
Vera Trezoitko  Brazil 12.06
4 Pradelia Delgado  Chile 11.50
5 Renate Friedrichs  Chile 11.46
6 Mabel Dematei  Argentina 11.26

Discus throw

19 April

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
Isabel Avellán  Argentina 44.57 CR
Pradelia Delgado  Chile 39.68
Ingeborg Mello  Argentina 39.05
4 Eliana Bahamondes  Chile 36.98
5 Hilda Lassen  Brazil 36.23
6 Odete Domingos  Brazil 35.91

Javelin throw

27 April – old model

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
Marlene Ahrens  Chile 43.85
Adriana Silva  Chile 39.75
Magdalena García  Argentina 39.10 NR
4 Norma Santos  Argentina 37.92
5 Anneliese Schmidt  Brazil 37.84
6 Vera Trezoitko  Brazil 37.25

References

  1. ^ Detailed results (pp 188–197)
  2. ^ a b c d e "Nuevo gran ritunfo de Sandoval" (PDF). La Nación (Chile) (in Spanish). 25 April 1958. p. 9. Retrieved 22 February 2026.
  3. ^ "Brasil doble campeón de atletismo". El Tiempo (in Spanish). 28 April 1958. p. 11. Retrieved 22 February 2026.
  4. ^ a b c d "Ruiz clasificó 8o. en los 3.000 mts. con obstáculos". El Tiempo (in Spanish). 27 April 1958. p. 13. Retrieved 22 February 2026.
  5. ^ a b "Argentina encabeza el torneo". EL Tiempo (in Spanish). UP. 20 April 1958. p. 15. Retrieved 21 February 2026.
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