1963 South American Championships in Athletics

The 1963 South American Championships in Athletics were held at the Estadio Pascual Guerrero in Cali, Colombia, between 29 June and 7 July. It was the first time that the competition was held in that country.

1963 South American Championships in Athletics
Dates	29 June–7 July
Host city	Cali, Colombia
Venue	Estadio Pascual Guerrero
Events	31
Participation	175 athletes from 8 nations
← Lima 1961 Rio de Janeiro 1965 →

Medal summary

Further information: 1963 South American Championships in Athletics – Results

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Arquímedes Herrera Venezuela	10.2 CR	Joe Satow Brazil	10.4	Affonso 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 AR	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 Joe Satow Joel Costa Affonso da Silva José Telles 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 Inanadir da Silva Joel Rocha Geraldo Costa Anubes da Silva	3:14.7	Argentina Mario Rivet 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 AR	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 Cipriano 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

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

Participating nations

• Argentina (31)
• Brazil (51)
• Chile (4)
• Colombia (35)
• Ecuador (5)
• Peru (14)
• Uruguay (10)
• Venezuela (25)

External links

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