1931 South American Championships in Athletics

The 1931 South American Championships in Athletics were held in Buenos Aires, Argentina between 5 April and 5 May.

1931 South American Championships in Athletics
Dates	30 April–5 May
Host city	Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Medal summary

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Carlos Bianchi Lutti Argentina	10.9	José de Almeida Brazil	11.0	Juan Piña Argentina
200 metres	Carlos Bianchi Lutti Argentina	21.9 =CR	Juan Piña Argentina	22.2	José Vicente Salinas Chile
400 metres	José Vicente Salinas Chile	49.6	Héctor Domínguez Uruguay	49.8	Ernesto Riveros Chile
800 metres	Hermenegildo Del Rosso Argentina	1:58.6	Leopoldo Ledesma Argentina	1:59.6	Alfredo Narváez Peru
1500 metres	Leopoldo Ledesma Argentina	4:05.8	Hermenegildo Del Rosso Argentina	4:07.0	Ernesto Medel Chile	4:09.6
3000 metres	Luis Oliva Argentina	8:46.8 CR	Belisario Alarcón Chile	8:47.0	Juan Carlos Zabala Argentina	8:48.2
5000 metres	José Ribas Argentina	15:04.8 CR	Juan Carlos Zabala Argentina	15:11.6	Belisario Alarcón Chile	15:16.6
10,000 metres	Juan Carlos Zabala Argentina	31:19.0 CR	José Ribas Argentina	31:26.8	Belisario Alarcón Chile	32:19.6
110 metres hurdles	Miguel Aldatz Argentina	15.6	Armando Sorucco Chile	15.6	Valerio Vallanía Argentina
400 metres hurdles	Sylvio Padilha Brazil	54.8 CR	Carlos dos Reis Brazil	55.6	Carlos Müller Chile	56.0
4 × 100 metres relay	Argentina Juan Bautista Pina Daniel Hermida Rodolfo Borzino Carlos Bianchi Lutti	43.0	Brazil José de Almeida Mario Marques Arnaldo Ferrara Ibere Reis da Silva	43.6	Uruguay Jaime Cardoso Ricardo La Rosa José La Rosa Jaime Meregalli
4 × 400 metres relay	Chile R. Salinas Guillermo Soto Ernesto Riveros José Vicente Salinas	3:25.2	Argentina José Signoris Leonidas Payal Alzua Juan Acosta Roberto Genta	3:25.8	Brazil Sylvio Padilha Carlos Reis Filho Ibere Reis da Silva Domingos Puglisi	3:28.2
3000 metres team race	Argentina		Chile		Brazil
Cross country	Fernando Cicarelli Argentina	45:51.0	Humberto Delgado Argentina	45:52.2	Jorge Donoso Chile	46:13.0
High jump	Valerio Vallanía Argentina	1.85	Alfonso Burgos Chile	1.85	Alberto Estrada Chile	1.80
Pole vault	Diego Pajmaevich Argentina	3.70	Adolfo Schlegel Chile	3.70	Carlos Joel Nelli Brazil	3.70
Long jump	Héctor Berra Argentina	6.97 CR	Ciro Falcão Brazil	6.91	Juan Moura Chile	6.69
Triple jump	Luis Brunetto Argentina	14.23	Pedro Aizcorbe Argentina	13.64	Ricardo Mendiburo Chile	13.63
Shot put	Héctor Benapres Chile	13.39 CR	Juan Conrads Chile	13.38	Rodolfo Butori Argentina	13.36
Discus throw	Héctor Benapres Chile	44.30 CR	Armando Peloursson Argentina	41.39	Bento Barros Brazil	40.59
Hammer throw	Pedro Goic Chile	46.50	Federico Kleger Argentina	45.57	Alfredo Wismer Argentina	45.44
Javelin throw	Joaquim da Silva Brazil	55.74 CR	Efraín Santibáñez Chile	55.58	José Pergañeda Argentina	54.96
Decathlon	Héctor Berra Argentina	7065.62 CR	Armando Sorucco Chile	6962.9	Carlos Woebcken Brazil	6591.19

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Argentina (ARG)	16	10	6	32
2	Chile (CHI)	5	8	10	23
3	Brazil (BRA)	2	4	5	11
4	Uruguay (URU)	0	1	1	2
5	Peru (PER)	0	0	1	1
Totals (5 entries)		23	23	23	69

External links

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