1981 South American Championships in Athletics

Men's events

100 metres 100 metres The 100 metres, or 100-metre dash, is a sprint race in track and field competitions. The shortest common outdoor running distance, it is one of the most popular and prestigious events in the sport of athletics. It has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896...	Katsuhiko Nakaia Brazil	10.1A =CR	Altevir de Araújo Altevir de Araújo Altevir Silva Filho de Araújo is a retired sprinter from Brazil, he was a Brazilian champion, but he was best known for winning two gold medals at the 1979 South American Championships in Bucaramanga, Colombia.... Brazil	10.3A	Luis Schneider Chile	10.3A
200 metres 200 metres A 200 metres race is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400 m track, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques are needed to successfully run the race. A slightly shorter race, called the stadion and run on a straight track, was the first...	Paulo Correia Brazil	20.2A CR	Héctor Daley Panama	20.5A	Luis Schneider Chile	20.5A
400 metres 400 metres The 400 metres, or 400 metre dash, is a common sprinting event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 . On a standard outdoor running track, it is exactly one lap around the track. Runners start in staggered positions and...	Geraldo Pegado Brazil	46.8A	Gerson de Souza Brazil	47.8A	Pablo Squella Pablo Squella Pablo Squella Serrano is a retired middle distance runner from Chile, who represented his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.-Achievements:-References:* * *... Chile	48.0A
800 metres 800 metres The 800 meter race is a common track running event. It is the shortest common middle distance track event. The 800 meter is run over two laps of the track and has always been an Olympic event. During indoor track season the event is usually run on a 200 meter track, therefore requiring four laps...	Cristián Molina Chile	1:53.6A	José Luiz Barbosa José Luiz Barbosa José Luíz Barbosa is a former Brazilian 800m runner, who won the silver medal at the 1991 World Championships in Tokyo. A few weeks before, Barbosa had won the 800m race at the prestigious Letzigrund meeting in Zurich... Brazil	1:54.7A	Wilson dos Santos Wilson dos Santos Fernando Wilson dos Santos served as the representative of UNITA, a rebel group in Angola, to Portugal. His brother-in-law, Tito Chingunji, served as Foreign Secretary of UNITA, the principal rebel group that fought against the dos Santos government in Angola's civil war.In the 1990s, UNITA... Brazil	1:55.9A
1500 metres 1500 metres The 1,500-metre run is the premier middle distance track event.Aerobic endurance is the biggest factor contributing to success in the 1500 metres but the athlete also requires significant sprint speed.In modern times, the 1,500-metre run has been run at a pace faster than the average person could...	Emilio Ulloa Emilio Ulloa Emilio Ulloa Valenzuela is a retired male long-distance runner from Chile. He represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1984.-Achievements:-References:* * *... Chile	4:07.1A	Johnny Pérez Bolivia	4:08.0A	Jaime Punina Ecuador	4:09.0A
5000 metres 5000 metres The 5000 metres is a popular running distance also known as 5 km or 5K in American English. It is one of the track events in the Olympic Games and the World Championships in Athletics. "5000 metres" refers to racing on a track and "5K" usually refers to a roadrace or cross country event...	Víctor Mora Víctor Mora (athlete) Víctor Manuel Mora García is a retired long-distance runner from Colombia. He won the gold medal in the men's 5.000 metres event at the 1974 Central American and Caribbean Games, and competed for his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1972 .-References:*... Colombia	15:23.9A	Silvio Salazar Colombia	15:51.4A	Johnny Pérez Bolivia	15:59.4A
10000 metres 10000 metres The 10,000 metres or 10K is a common long distance running event. As "10,000 metres" it is a track event, and appears in athletics events such as the Olympic Games and the World Championships in Athletics; as "10K" it is a roadrace or cross country running event...	Víctor Mora Víctor Mora (athlete) Víctor Manuel Mora García is a retired long-distance runner from Colombia. He won the gold medal in the men's 5.000 metres event at the 1974 Central American and Caribbean Games, and competed for his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1972 .-References:*... Colombia	31:56.4A	Silvio Salazar Colombia	32:57.1A	Hugo Gavino Peru	33:30.9A
Half marathon Half marathon A half marathon is a road running event of . It is half the distance of a marathon and usually run on roads. Participation in half marathons has grown steadily recently. One of the main reasons for this is that it is a challenging distance, but does not require the same level of training that a...	Víctor Mora Víctor Mora (athlete) Víctor Manuel Mora García is a retired long-distance runner from Colombia. He won the gold medal in the men's 5.000 metres event at the 1974 Central American and Caribbean Games, and competed for his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1972 .-References:*... Colombia	1:10:42A	Alfonso Torres Colombia	1:13:20A	René Moldez Bolivia	1:14:54A
3000 metres steeplechase	Emilio Ulloa Emilio Ulloa Emilio Ulloa Valenzuela is a retired male long-distance runner from Chile. He represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1984.-Achievements:-References:* * *... Chile	9:53.2A	Johnny Pérez Bolivia	9:54.2A	Elói Schleder Elói Schleder Eloi Rodrigues Schleder is a former long-distance runner from Brazil, who represented his native country in the men's marathon at the 1984 Summer Olympics. There he finished in 23rd position, clocking 2:16:35.... Brazil	10:19.8A
110 metres hurdles 110 metres hurdles The 110 metres hurdles is a hurdling track and field event for men. It is incuded in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympic Games. The female counterpart is the 100 metre hurdles. As part of a racing event, ten hurdles of 1.067 metres in height are evenly spaced along a straight...	Juan Carlos Fuentes Chile	14.2A	Wellington da Nobrega Brazil	14.4A	Andrés Lyon Chile	14.4A
400 metres hurdles 400 metres hurdles The 400 metres hurdles is an Olympic athletics event in track and field. On a standard outdoor track 400 metres is the length of the inside lane once around the stadium. Runners stay in their lane the entire way after starting out of the blocks and must clear ten hurdles that are evenly...	Antônio Díaz Ferreira Antônio Díaz Ferreira Antônio Euzébio Díaz Ferreira is a retired Brazilian hurdler.He won the 400 m hurdles bronze medal at the 1981 Summer Universiade... Brazil	52.3A	Pablo Squella Pablo Squella Pablo Squella Serrano is a retired middle distance runner from Chile, who represented his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.-Achievements:-References:* * *... Chile	52.7A	Donizete Soares Brazil	53.0A
High jump High jump The high jump is a track and field athletics event in which competitors must jump over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without the aid of certain devices in its modern most practiced format; auxiliary weights and mounds have been used for assistance; rules have changed over the years....	Jorge Archanjo Brazil	2.15A CR	Cláudio Freire Brazil	2.10A	Daniel Wolfberg Chile	2.05A
Pole vault Pole vault Pole vaulting is a track and field event in which a person uses a long, flexible pole as an aid to leap over a bar. Pole jumping competitions were known to the ancient Greeks, as well as the Cretans and Celts...	Fernando Hoces Chile	4.90A CR	Fernando Ruocco Uruguay	4.70A	Renato Bortolocci Brazil	4.60A
Long jump Long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength, and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a take off point...	Francisco Pichott Chile	7.55A	Luís de Souza Brazil	7.25A	Cláudio Flores Claudio Flores Claudio Sebastián Flores is an Uruguayan football goalkeeper. He currently plays for Rentistas in Segunda División Uruguay.Flores started his professional career with Peñarol in 1995... Brazil	7.25A
Triple jump Triple jump The triple jump is a track and field sport, similar to the long jump, but involving a “hop, bound and jump” routine, whereby the competitor runs down the track and performs a hop, a bound and then a jump into the sand pit.The triple jump has its origins in the Ancient Olympics and has been a...	João Carlos de Oliveira João Carlos de Oliveira João Carlos de Oliveira, also known as "João do Pulo" was a Brazilian athlete who competed in the triple jump and the long jump.... Brazil	17.05A CR	Francisco Pichott Chile	16.23A	Ángel Gagliano Argentina	15.95A
Shot put Shot put The shot put is a track and field event involving "putting" a heavy metal ball—the shot—as far as possible. It is common to use the term "shot put" to refer to both the shot itself and to the putting action....	Gert Weil Gert Weil Gert Michael Weil is a retired Chilean shot putter of German ancestry, who dominated the sport on the South American scene during the 1980s and early 1990s. His best performance at a global event was a sixth place at the 1988 Olympic Games... Chile	17.48A	Juan Turri Argentina	16.54A	José Jacques Brazil	16.31A
Discus throw Discus throw The discus throw is an event in track and field athletics competition, in which an athlete throws a heavy disc—called a discus—in an attempt to mark a farther distance than his or her competitors. It is an ancient sport, as evidenced by the 5th century BC Myron statue, Discobolus...	José Jacques Brazil	52.10A	Alejandro Serrano Alejandro Serrano Nicanor Alejandro Serrano Aguilar is an Ecuadorian politician and sports leader.Serrano was Vice President of Ecuador from May 5, 2005 to January 15, 2007. National Congress of Ecuador elected him to fill vacancy of Vicepresidency when Alfredo Palacio became President of Ecuador... Chile	48.94A	Andrés Pérez Chile	45.44A
Hammer throw Hammer throw The modern or Olympic hammer throw is an athletic throwing event where the object is to throw a heavy metal ball attached to a wire and handle. The name "hammer throw" is derived from older competitions where an actual sledge hammer was thrown...	Ivam Bertelli Brazil	62.40A	Celso de Moraes Brazil	61.22A	Daniel Gómez Daniel Gomez Daniel Gomez is a French footballer. He last played for Doxa Katokopias.-External links:... Argentina	59.72A
Javelin throw Javelin throw The javelin throw is a track and field athletics throwing event where the object to be thrown is the javelin, a spear approximately 2.5 metres in length. Javelin is an event of both the men's decathlon and the women's heptathlon...	José de Souza José de Souza José Teles de Souza is a Brazilian long-distance runner. He finished eighteenth in the marathon at the 2007 World Championships.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*10,000 metres - 28:46.6 min... Brazil	75.02A CR	Luis Lucumí Colombia	71.76A	Amilcar de Barros Brazil	70.12A
Decathlon Decathlon The decathlon is a combined event in athletics consisting of ten track and field events. The word decathlon is of Greek origin . Events are held over two consecutive days and the winners are determined by the combined performance in all. Performance is judged on a points system in each event, not...	Paulo Lima Brazil	7383A	Claudio Escauriza Paraguay	6702A	Fernando Brito Brazil	6607A
20 kilometres road walk	Osvaldo Morejón Bolivia	1:51:22A	Ernesto Alfaro Colombia	1:52:52A	Waldemar da Silva Brazil	1:53:10A
4 x 100 metres relay 4 x 100 metres relay The 4 × 100 metres relay or sprint relay is an athletics track event run in lanes over one lap of the track with four runners completing 100 metres each. The first runners begin in the same stagger as for the individual 400 m race...	Brazil	39.6A CR	Chile	40.4A	Peru	40.8A
4 x 400 metres relay 4 x 400 metres relay The 4 x 400 meters relay or long relay is an athletics track event in which teams comprise four runners who each complete 400 meters or one lap. It is traditionally the final event of a track meet. At top class events, the first 500 meters is run in lanes...	Brazil	3:09.5A	Chile	3:11.8A	Argentina	3:12.2A

Women's events

100 metres 100 metres The 100 metres, or 100-metre dash, is a sprint race in track and field competitions. The shortest common outdoor running distance, it is one of the most popular and prestigious events in the sport of athletics. It has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896...	Carmela Bolívar Peru	11.2A CR	Daisy Salas Chile	11.4A	Sueli Machado Brazil	11.4A
200 metres 200 metres A 200 metres race is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400 m track, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques are needed to successfully run the race. A slightly shorter race, called the stadion and run on a straight track, was the first...	Eucaris Caicedo Colombia	23.6A	Sueli Machado Brazil	23.8A	Carmela Bolívar Peru	24.0A
400 metres 400 metres The 400 metres, or 400 metre dash, is a common sprinting event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 . On a standard outdoor running track, it is exactly one lap around the track. Runners start in staggered positions and...	Eucaris Caicedo Colombia	53.6A CR	Tânia Miranda Brazil	55.7A	Silvia Augsburger Argentina	56.0A
800 metres 800 metres The 800 meter race is a common track running event. It is the shortest common middle distance track event. The 800 meter is run over two laps of the track and has always been an Olympic event. During indoor track season the event is usually run on a 200 meter track, therefore requiring four laps...	Gloria González Chile	2:17.7A	Luz Villa Colombia	2:19.1A	Sandra Ferreira Brazil	2:21.5A
1500 metres 1500 metres The 1,500-metre run is the premier middle distance track event.Aerobic endurance is the biggest factor contributing to success in the 1500 metres but the athlete also requires significant sprint speed.In modern times, the 1,500-metre run has been run at a pace faster than the average person could...	Norma Vallejos Chile	4:57.9A	Nancy Chiliquinga Ecuador	5:01.9A	Mery Rojas Bolivia	5:04.0A
3000 metres 3000 metres The 3000 metres is a popular amateur middle distance track event where 7.5 laps are completed around a 400 metre track. This event is generally classified as middle distance, but it could be classed as a long distance event in many high schools, since they do not promote races such as the 5000 and...	Maricruz Sangines Bolivia	11:04.2A CR	Norma Vallejos Chile	11:09.0A	Mery Rojas Bolivia	11:20.5A
100 metres hurdles 100 metres hurdles The 100 m hurdles are an Olympic track and field athletics discipline run by women . For the race ten hurdles of a height of 83.8 cm are placed evenly spaced along a straight course of 100 meters. They are positioned so that they will fall over if bumped into by the runner...	Juraciara da Silva Brazil	13.5A CR	Nancy Vallecilla Nancy Vallecilla Nancy Vallecilla is a retired female athlete from Ecuador, who competed in the hurdling events and the heptathlon. She represented her native country twice at the Summer Olympics: 1980 and 1988.-Achievements:-References:*... Ecuador	13.8A	Beatriz Capotosto Argentina	13.9A
400 metres hurdles 400 metres hurdles The 400 metres hurdles is an Olympic athletics event in track and field. On a standard outdoor track 400 metres is the length of the inside lane once around the stadium. Runners stay in their lane the entire way after starting out of the blocks and must clear ten hurdles that are evenly...	Conceição Geremias Conceição Geremias Conceição Aparecida Geremias is a retired female heptathlete and long jumper from Brazil, who won the gold medal at the 1983 Pan American Games in Caracas. She is a three-time Olympian.-Achievements:-References:... Brazil	60.0A CR	Nancy Vallecilla Nancy Vallecilla Nancy Vallecilla is a retired female athlete from Ecuador, who competed in the hurdling events and the heptathlon. She represented her native country twice at the Summer Olympics: 1980 and 1988.-Achievements:-References:*... Ecuador	62.2A	Maria Ferreira Brazil	62.7A
High jump High jump The high jump is a track and field athletics event in which competitors must jump over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without the aid of certain devices in its modern most practiced format; auxiliary weights and mounds have been used for assistance; rules have changed over the years....	Ana Maria Marcón Brazil	1.84A CR	Beatriz Bonfim Brazil	1.77A	Liliana Arigoni Argentina	1.71A
Long jump Long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength, and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a take off point...	Conceição Geremias Conceição Geremias Conceição Aparecida Geremias is a retired female heptathlete and long jumper from Brazil, who won the gold medal at the 1983 Pan American Games in Caracas. She is a three-time Olympian.-Achievements:-References:... Brazil	6.26A CR	Araceli Bruschini Argentina	6.22A	Graciela Acosta Uruguay	5.97A
Shot put Shot put The shot put is a track and field event involving "putting" a heavy metal ball—the shot—as far as possible. It is common to use the term "shot put" to refer to both the shot itself and to the putting action....	Marinalva dos Santos Brazil	14.80A	Maria Fernandes Brazil	13.18A	Patricia Guerrero Peru	12.97A
Discus throw Discus throw The discus throw is an event in track and field athletics competition, in which an athlete throws a heavy disc—called a discus—in an attempt to mark a farther distance than his or her competitors. It is an ancient sport, as evidenced by the 5th century BC Myron statue, Discobolus...	Odete Domingos Brazil	47.62A	Selene Saldarriaga Colombia	44.22A	Gloria Martínez Chile	41.36A
Javelin throw Javelin throw The javelin throw is a track and field athletics throwing event where the object to be thrown is the javelin, a spear approximately 2.5 metres in length. Javelin is an event of both the men's decathlon and the women's heptathlon...	Marli dos Santos Brazil	50.52A	Carolina Weil Chile	49.96A	Ana María Campillay Argentina	47.70A
Heptathlon Heptathlon A heptathlon is a track and field athletics combined events contest made up of seven events. The name derives from the Greek hepta and athlon . A competitor in a heptathlon is referred to as a heptathlete.-Women's Heptathlon:...	Yvonne Neddermann Argentina	5451A CR	Olga Verissimo Brazil	5116A	Paola Raab Chile	5081
4 x 100 metres relay 4 x 100 metres relay The 4 × 100 metres relay or sprint relay is an athletics track event run in lanes over one lap of the track with four runners completing 100 metres each. The first runners begin in the same stagger as for the individual 400 m race...	Brazil	45.3A CR	Peru	46.7A (NR)	Argentina	46.9A
4 x 400 metres relay 4 x 400 metres relay The 4 x 400 meters relay or long relay is an athletics track event in which teams comprise four runners who each complete 400 meters or one lap. It is traditionally the final event of a track meet. At top class events, the first 500 meters is run in lanes...	Brazil	3:49.4A	Argentina	3:51.0A	Chile	3:59.3A

A = affected by altitude

Medal table

1	Brazil	21	12	12	45
2	Chile	9	8	9	26
3	Colombia	5	7	0	12
4	Bolivia	2	2	4	8
5	Argentina	1	3	8	12
6	Peru	1	1	4	6
7	Ecuador	0	3	1	4
8	Uruguay	0	1	1	2
9	Panama	0	1	0	1
9	Paraguay	0	1	0	1

External links

Men Results - GBR Athletics
Women Results - GBR Athletics

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