1979 South American Championships in Athletics

1979 South American Championships in Athletics
Dates	31 October–4 November
Host city	Bucaramanga, Colombia
Venue	Estadio Alfonso López Pumarejo
Events	37
Participation	240 athletes from 10 nations
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The 1979 South American Championships in Athletics were held in Bucaramanga, Colombia, between 31 October and 4 November.

It was the last edition to feature women's pentathlon before replacing it with the heptathlon.

Medal summary

Further information: 1979 South American Championships in Athletics – Results

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Altevir de Araújo Brazil	10.1 CR	Manuel Ramírez Colombia	10.4	Reinaldo Lizardi Venezuela	10.6
200 metres	Altevir de Araújo Brazil	20.5 CR	Katsuhiko Nakaia Brazil	20.8	Héctor Daley Panama	21.1
400 metres	Geraldo José Pegado Brazil	46.20 CR	Antônio Dias Ferreira Brazil	46.90	Héctor Daley Panama	47.40
800 metres	Cristián Molina Chile	1:47.8 CR	William Wuycke Venezuela	1:47.9	Pedro Cáceres Argentina	1:48.5
1500 metres	Emilio Ulloa Chile	3:47.0 CR	José Velásquez Venezuela	3:47.5	Wilson de Santana Brazil	3:47.9
5000 metres	Alejandro Silva Chile	13:57.2 CR	Domingo Tibaduiza Colombia	14:03.4	Johnny Pérez Bolivia	14:16.1
10,000 metres	Silvio Salazar Colombia	28:50.4	Domingo Tibaduiza Colombia	28:51.2	Víctor Maldonado Venezuela	29:37.3
Marathon †	Luis Barbosa Colombia	1:56:12	Alfonso Torres Colombia	1:57:25	Lucirio Garrido Venezuela	1:59:30
3000 metres steeplechase	Germán Aranda Colombia	8:52.3	Elói Schleder Brazil	8:57.4	Johnny Pérez Bolivia	8:58.6 (NR)
110 metres hurdles	Wellington da Nóbrega Brazil	14.4	Carlos dos Santos Brazil	14.6	Andrés Lyon Chile	14.9
400 metres hurdles	Antônio Dias Ferreira Brazil	50.7 CR	Donizete Soares Brazil	51.1	José Davis Venezuela	51.5
4 × 100 metres relay	Venezuela Reinaldo Lizardi Ely Zabala Esteban Briceño Miguel Condé	40.0 CR	Brazil Milton de Castro Geraldo Pegado Katsuhiko Nakaya Altevir de Araújo	40.2	Argentina Angel Gagliano Gustavo Dubarbier Carlos Gambetta Ricardo Donda	40.4
4 × 400 metres relay	Venezuela Hipolito Brown Alexis Herrera Oswaldo Zea William Wuycke	3:09.8	Argentina Gabriel Castellá Carlos Gambetta Pedro Cáceres Angel Gagliano	3:10.5	Brazil Donizete Soares Wilson dos Santos Antônio Ferreira Geraldo Pegado	3:10.5
20 kilometres road walk †	Ernesto Alfaro Colombia	1:29:31	Waldemar da Silva Brazil	1:29:37	Jorge Quiñones Colombia	1:29:51
High jump	Daniel Mamet Argentina	2.12 CR	Geraldo Rodrigues Brazil	2.09	Iraja Cecy Brazil	2.09
Pole vault	Fernando Ruocco Uruguay	4.70 CR	Tito Steiner Argentina	4.60	Henry Gómez Chile	4.45
Long jump	Oswaldo Torres Venezuela	7.67	Carlos Gambetta Argentina	7.58	Francisco de Oliveira Brazil	7.57
Triple jump	José Salazar Venezuela	16.23	Francisco de Oliveira Brazil	16.15	Celso Pereira Brazil	15.83
Shot put	Gert Weil Chile	16.42	Jesús Ramos Venezuela	16.22	José Jacques Brazil	16.20
Discus throw	Sérgio Thomé Brazil	56.10*	Luis Palacios Venezuela	54.42*	José Jacques Brazil	53.10*
Hammer throw	José Vallejo Argentina	63.44	Celso de Moraes Brazil	61.44	Daniel Gómez Argentina	57.60
Javelin throw	Angel Garmendia Argentina	72.32 CR	Orángel Rodríguez Venezuela	70.32	Paulo Hasse Brazil	68.84
Decathlon	Alfredo Silva Chile	6991	Ramón Montezuma Venezuela	6964	Claudio Escauriza Paraguay	6791

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Beatriz Allocco Argentina	11.7 =CR	Carmela Bolívar Peru	11.8	Esmeralda de Jesus Garcia Brazil	11.8
200 metres	Beatriz Allocco Argentina	23.5	Tânia Miranda Brazil	24.1	Esmeralda de Jesus Garcia Brazil	24.1
400 metres	Tânia Miranda Brazil	54.2 CR	Margarita Grün Uruguay	54.8	Miriam Rojas Colombia	54.8
800 metres	Alejandra Ramos Chile	2:04.2 AR	Nancy González Chile	2:09.8	Adriana Marchena Venezuela	2:10.4
1500 metres	Alejandra Ramos Chile	4:23.2 CR	Teresa Rodríguez Colombia	4:32.6	Monica Regonesi Chile	4:36.1
100 metres hurdles	Yvonne Neddermann Argentina	14.2	Olga Verissimo Brazil	14.4	Beatriz Capotosto Argentina	14.7
4 × 100 metres relay	Argentina Marisol Besada Belkis Fava Yvonne Neddermann Beatriz Allocco	46.0	Brazil Maria Teresa Soares Olga Verissimo Esmeralda de Jesus Garcia Sheila de Oliveira	46.1	Venezuela Glennis Báez Adriana Marchena Elsa Antúnez Yaneris Guerra	46.6
4 × 400 metres relay	Brazil Maria Teresa Soares Joyce Felipe dos Santos Conceição Geremias Tânia Miranda	3:42.0 AR	Chile María Eugenia Guzmán Carla Herencia Nancy González Alejandra Ramos	3:44.6	Colombia Ángela Mancilla Luz Villa Maŕia Ocoro Miriam Rojas	3:45.1
High jump	Ana Maria Marcon Brazil	1.75	Liliana Arigoni Argentina	1.75	Beatriz Bonfim Brazil	1.70
Long jump	Themis Zambrzycki Brazil	6.03	Conceição Geremias Brazil	5.95	Yvonne Neddermann Argentina	5.92
Shot put	Magdalena Gómez Colombia	13.94	Themis Zambrzycki Brazil	13.84	Maria Boso Brazil	13.24
Discus throw	Sandra Peres Brazil	46.11	Maria Boso Brazil	42.54	Selene Saldarriaga Colombia	41.78
Javelin throw	Marli dos Santos Brazil	50.92 CR	Neuza Trolezzi Brazil	45.07	Ana María Campillay Argentina	42.30
Pentathlon	Themis Zambrzycki Brazil	4117	Conceição Geremias Brazil	3880	Yvonne Neddermann Argentina	3833

† = short course (c37km)
* = light implement (1.75 kg)
† = short course

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Brazil (BRA)	13	18	12	43
2	Argentina (ARG)	7	4	7	18
3	Chile (CHI)	7	2	3	12
4	Colombia (COL)	5	5	4	14
5	Venezuela (VEN)	4	6	6	16
6	Uruguay (URU)	1	1	0	2
7	Peru (PER)	0	1	0	1
8	Bolivia (BOL)	0	0	2	2
	Panama (PAN)	0	0	2	2
10	Paraguay (PAR)	0	0	1	1
Totals (10 entries)		37	37	37	111

Participating nations

• Argentina (36)
• Bolivia (1)
• Brazil (49)
• Chile (41)
• Colombia (40)
• Panama (9)
• Paraguay (1)
• Peru (15)
• Uruguay (5)
• Venezuela (43)

External links

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