1963 South American Championships in Athletics

1963 South American Championships in Athletics
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

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
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

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
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

External links

Men Results – GBR Athletics
Women Results – GBR Athletics
Medallists

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 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 2025
Indoor	2020 2022 2024 2025
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

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
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