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1959 South American Championships in Athletics (unofficial) – Results

These are the results of the unofficial 1959 South American Championships in Athletics (known in Spanish as II Torneo de Campeones Sudamericanos) which took place at the Pacaembu Stadium in São Paulo, Brazil, on 22, 23 and 24 May.[1] The athletics meeting was for men only with the participation from three countries Argentina, Brazil and Chile, each represented by two athletes in an event and points awarded for each place.

Team scores

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RankCountryPoints
1 Brazil237 pts
3 Chile220 pts
2 Argentina163 pts

Results

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100 metres

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200 metres

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400 metres

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800 metres

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RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1st place, gold medalist(s)Ramón Sandoval Chile1:54.1
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Manuel da Silva Brazil1:54.7
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Hugo Krauss Chile1:55.4
4Anubes da Silva Brazil1:55.9
5Ricardo Grecca Argentina1:56.2
6Bruno Mior Argentina1:56.3

1500 metres

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RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1st place, gold medalist(s)Ramón Sandoval Chile3:57.8
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Manuel da Silva Brazil3:58.9
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Gilberto Miori Argentina3:59.3
4Alberto Ríos Argentina4:01.6
5Armin Osswald Chile4:04.1
6Sebastião Mendes Brazil4:06.0

5000 metres

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RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1st place, gold medalist(s)Luis Sandoval Argentina15:01.4
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Ricardo Vidal Chile15:06.2
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)José Calixto Brazil15:10.8
4Edgar Freire Brazil15:30.5
5Luis Campusano Chile15:39.7
6Gilberto Miori Argentina16:08.4

10,000 metres

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RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1st place, gold medalist(s)Luis Sandoval Argentina31:46.4
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Luis Campusano Chile31:58.7
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)José Calixto Brazil32:11.4
4Armando Pino Argentina33:04.3
5Manuel Salva Chile33:24.3
6Alfredo de Oliveira Brazil33:27.8

Marathon

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RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1st place, gold medalist(s)Juan Silva Chile2:36:15
2nd place, silver medalist(s)José Campos Brazil2:41:57
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Enrique Tapia Chile2:45:20
4José Chacón Argentina2:46:51
Armando Pino ArgentinaDNF
J. Silva BrazilDNF

110 metres hurdles

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400 metres hurdles

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3000 metres steeplechase

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4 × 100 metres relay

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4 × 400 metres relay

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High jump

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RankNameNationalityResultNotes
1st place, gold medalist(s)Juan Ruiz Chile1.90
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Hans Ackermann Brazil1.85
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Horacio Martínez Argentina1.80
4Eugenio Velasco Chile1.80
5R. Domsch Argentina1.80
6José Telles da Conceição Brazil1.75

Pole vault

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Long jump

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RankNameNationalityResultNotes
1st place, gold medalist(s)Carlos Tornquist Chile7.19
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Eduardo Krumm Chile7.10
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Luís Akuta Brazil7.09
4A. Santalucia Brazil7.08
5Pedro Marcel Argentina7.04
6Julio Ibarreche Argentina6.99

Triple jump

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Shot put

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Discus throw

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Hammer throw

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RankNameNationalityResultNotes
1st place, gold medalist(s)Bruno Strohmeier Brazil56.06
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Alejandro Díaz Chile51.81
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Roberto Chapchap Brazil51.00
4Arturo Melcher Chile45.41
5Ricardo Muñoz Argentina45.03
6H. Drummel Argentina43.97

Javelin throw

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*Old model

RankNameNationalityResultNotes
1st place, gold medalist(s)Ricardo Héber Argentina65.85
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Nelson Matteucci Argentina62.43
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)L. Marcelino Brazil57.40
4Juris Laipenieks Chile54.76
5Orlando Garrido Brazil54.48
6Víctor Salas Chile53.77

Decathlon

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*1952 tables

RankNameNationalityResultNotes
1st place, gold medalist(s)Juris Laipenieks Chile5658
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Emir Martínez Argentina5637
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Luís Fernandes Brazil5279
4Rúbens Habesch Brazil5267
5Hernán Figueroa Chile5176
6Nelson Matteucci Argentina2726

References

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  1. ↑ "Se inquietó a Brasil". Estadio (in Spanish). Vol. 836. 4 June 1959. p. 10–15 (804–809). Retrieved 13 March 2026.
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