1971 South American Championships in Athletics

1971 South American Championships in Athletics
Dates	9–17 October
Host city	Lima, Peru
Venue	Estadio Nacional
Events	34
Participation	208 athletes from 8 nations
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The 1971 South American Championships in Athletics were held at the Estadio Nacional in Lima, Peru, between 9 and 17 October.

It was the first edition to feature women's 100 metres hurdles which replaced 80 metres hurdles.

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Félix Mata  Venezuela	10.6	Pedro Bassart  Argentina	10.7	Luís da Silva  Brazil	10.8
200 metres	Fernando Acevedo  Peru	21.2	Pedro Bassart  Argentina	21.8	Alberto Marchán  Venezuela	21.9
400 metres	Fernando Acevedo  Peru	46.4 =CR	João Francisco  Brazil	47.9	José Rabaça  Brazil	48.0
800 metres	Carlos Dalurzo  Argentina	1:50.9	Roberto Salmona  Chile	1:51.6	Fernando Sotomayor  Chile	1:51.6
1500 metres	Víctor Ríos  Chile	3:48.6	Roberto Salmona  Chile	3:48.9	Atílio Alegre  Brazil	3:49.5
5000 metres	Edmundo Warnke  Chile	14:07.6 CR	Víctor Mora  Colombia	14:08.8	Domingo Tibaduiza  Colombia	14:15.4
10,000 metres	Edmundo Warnke  Chile	29:14.6 CR	Víctor Mora  Colombia	29:17.6	Domingo Tibaduiza  Colombia	29:24.8
Marathon	Martín Pavón  Colombia	2:26:11 CR	Hernán Barreneche  Colombia	2:32:20	Edmundo Warnke  Chile	2:34:31
110 metres hurdles	Enrique Rendón  Venezuela	14.8	Alfredo Deza  Peru	14.8	Patricio Saavedra  Chile	14.8
400 metres hurdles	Juan Carlos Dyrzka  Argentina	52.4	Dorival Negrisoli  Brazil	53.0	Eduardo Rodrigues  Brazil	53.2
3000 metres steeplechase	Víctor Mora  Colombia	9:03.8	Francisco Vega  Peru	9:17.8	Fernando Sotomayor  Chile	9:19.6
4 × 100 metres relay	Brazil Luiz Anunciação Luís da Silva Jorge Mathias João Francisco	40.7	Venezuela Orlando Cubillán Félix Mata Alberto Marchán Segundo Guerra	40.9	Peru Andrés Pérez Julio Chia Velit Fernando Acevedo	41.2
4 × 400 metres relay	Venezuela Segundo Guerra Alberto Marchán Erick Phillips Raúl Dome-Sanhouse	3:14.8	Argentina Carlos Intaschi Carlos Dalurzo Juan Carlos Dyrzka Alberto Gajate	3:15.8	Brazil Jorge Mathias José Rabaça Dorival Negrisoli João Francisco	3:16.1
High jump	Luis Barrionuevo  Argentina	2.05 CR	Roberto Abugattás  Peru	2.05	José Dalmastro  Argentina	2.00
Pole vault	Erico Barney  Argentina	4.50 CR	Fernando Hoces  Chile	4.20	Armando Chiamulera  Brazil	4.20
Long jump	Miguel Zapata  Chile	7.41	Luiz de Souza  Brazil	7.34	Ricardo Labalta  Argentina	7.30A
Triple jump	Nelson Prudêncio  Brazil	15.58	Manuel Gutiérrez  Colombia	14.94	Roberto dos Santos  Uruguay	14.75
Shot put	José Jacques  Brazil	16.85	Juan Turri  Argentina	15.73	Mario Peretti  Argentina	15.63
Discus throw	Sérgio Thomé  Brazil	53.82	José Jacques  Brazil	53.14	Gustavo Gutiérrez  Colombia	47.78
Hammer throw	José Vallejo  Argentina	62.82 CR	Darwin Piñeyrúa  Uruguay	61.36	Celso de Moraes  Brazil	57.74
Javelin throw	Paulo de Faría  Brazil	69.68	Gustavo Gutiérrez  Colombia	65.90	Jorge Peña  Chile	64.72
Decathlon	Héctor Thomas  Venezuela	6880	Ramón Montezuma  Venezuela	6662	Emilio Mazzeo  Argentina	6656

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	María Luisa Vilca  Peru	12.0	Irene Fitzner  Argentina	12.3	Josefa Vicent  Uruguay	12.3
200 metres	Josefa Vicent  Uruguay	24.4	Elsy Rivas  Colombia	24.5	Angela Godoy  Argentina	24.6
400 metres	Josefa Vicent  Uruguay	54.9 CR	Elsy Rivas  Colombia	56.9	Cristina Filgueira  Argentina	57.1
800 metres	Gloria González  Chile	2:12.1 CR	Carmen Oyé  Chile	2:13.3	Iris Fernández  Argentina	2:13.5
100 metres hurdles	Emilia Dyrzka  Argentina	14.3 CR	Liliana Cragno  Argentina	14.6	Valdéa Chagas  Brazil	14.7
4 × 100 metres relay	Argentina Liliana Cragno Angela Godoy Beatriz Allocco Irene Fitzner	46.7	Peru Carmela Bolívar María Luisa Vilca Edith Noeding Patricia Morante	47.6	Uruguay Mirtha Fleitas Ana María Desevici Alicia Gogluska Josefa Vicent	48.2
High jump	Jurema da Silva  Brazil	1.65	Maria Cipriano  Brazil	1.65	Ana María Estrada  Argentina	1.60
Long jump	Silvia Kinzel  Chile	5.83	Ana Desevici  Uruguay	5.72	Edith Noeding  Peru	5.58
Shot put	Rosa Molina  Chile	14.66 CR	Maria Boso  Brazil	13.64	Delia Vera  Peru	12.83
Discus throw	Odete Domingos  Brazil	46.72 CR	Isolina Vergara  Colombia	45.67	Maria Boso  Brazil	42.19
Javelin throw	Ana María Campillay  Argentina	43.92	Kiyomi Nakagawa  Brazil	42.42	Rosa Molina  Chile	42.32
Pentathlon	Aída dos Santos  Brazil	3716	Edith Noeding  Peru	3635	María Luisa Vilca  Peru	3581

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Brazil	8	7	9	24
2	Argentina	8	6	8	22
3	Chile	7	4	6	17
4	Venezuela	4	2	1	7
5	Peru	3	5	4	12
6	Colombia	2	8	3	13
7	Uruguay	2	2	3	7
Totals (7 entries)		34	34	34	102

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