1969 South American Championships in Athletics – Results
These are the results of the 1969 South American Championships in Athletics which took place at the Estadio Atahualpa in Quito, Ecuador, between 4 and 12 October.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]
Men's results
100 metres
Heats – 4 October
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Final – 5 October
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200 metres
Heats – 8 October
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Final – 9 October
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400 metres
Heats – 4 October
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Final – 5 October
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800 metres
Heats – 5 October
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Final – 8 October
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1500 metres
Heats – 9 October
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Final – 11 October
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5000 metres
5 October
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Víctor Mora | Colombia | 15:36.6 | ||
| Clelio Jacome | Ecuador | 15:41.4 | ||
| José Ramírez | Chile | 15:49.3 | ||
| 4 | Héctor Mejía | Ecuador | 15:56.9 | |
| 5 | Ezequiel Baeza | Chile | 16:20.2 | |
| 6 | Nazario Araújo | Argentina | 16:26.8 |
10,000 metres
5 October
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Víctor Mora | Colombia | 32:27.2 | ||
| Mario Cutropia | Argentina | 32:28.6 | ||
| José Ramírez | Chile | 32:41.0 | ||
| 4 | Gustavo Gutiérrez | Ecuador | 33:12.6 | |
| 5 | Germán Correa | Colombia | 33:52.4 | |
| 6 | Jorge Zurita | Ecuador | 33:52.4 | |
| Antônio Fernandes Filho | Brazil | ? | ||
| Ezequiel Baeza | Chile | ? | ||
| Alfredo Alcázar | Peru | ? | ||
| Abel Gutiérrez | Peru | ? | ||
| Ulises Usuca | Uruguay | ? |
Marathon
12 October
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pedro Cárdenas | Colombia | 2:36:36 | ||
| José Ramírez | Chile | 2:43:41 | ||
| Mario Cutropia | Argentina | 2:46:56 | ||
| 4 | Nazario Araújo | Argentina | 2:50:09 | |
| 5 | Ezequiel Baeza | Chile | 2:51:03 | |
| 6 | Jaime Silva | Ecuador | 2:51:28 | |
| José Silva | Brazil | ? |
110 metres hurdles
Heats – 11 October
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Final – 12 October
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400 metres hurdles
Heats – 8 October
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Final – 9 October
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3000 metres steeplechase
12 October
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jorge Grosser | Chile | 9:51.2 | ||
| Víctor Mora | Colombia | 9:53.1 | ||
| Rafael Baracaldo | Argentina | 9:53.2 | ||
| 4 | Eduardo Córdoba | Ecuador | 10:08.8 | |
| 5 | Ulises Usuca | Uruguay | 10:20.2 | |
| 6 | Francisco Vega | Peru | 10:24.8 | |
| Carlos Loto | Argentina | ? | ||
| Anônio Nogueira | Brazil | ? | ||
| Jorge Zurita | Ecuador | ? |
4 × 100 metres relay
12 October
| Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colombia | Jimmy Sierra, Wenceslao Ferrín, Óscar Loboa, Pedro Grajales | 40.2 | CR | |
| Peru | Fernando Acevedo, Jorge Alemán, Julio Chía, Roberto Lay Su | 40.7 | NR | |
| Chile | Einar Erlandsen, Iván Moreno, Patricio Saavedra, Juan Santiago Gordón | 40.7 | NR | |
| 4 | Brazil | Wilson Branco, Admilson Chitarra, Paulo Alcántara Pereira, Anani dos Santos | 40.8 | |
| 5 | Argentina | Juan Carlos Dyrzka, Roberto Schaefer, Andrés Calonje, Roberto Linares | 42.2 | |
| 6 | Ecuador | Abdalá Bucaram, Fernando Bustamante, Miguel Villacres, Jacobo Bucaram | 42.3 |
4 × 400 metres relay
12 October
| Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argentina | Andrés Calonge, Juan Carlos Dyrzka, Carlos Bertotti, José Luis Amatti | 3:12.3 | CR | |
| Brazil | José Rabaca, Darcy Pereira, Napoleão Menezes, Juradir Ienne | 3:13.2 | ||
| Peru | Fernando Acevedo, Jorge Alemán, Rosales, Alfredo Deza | 3:13.7 | ||
| 4 | Chile | Jorge Grosser, Juan Santiago Gordón, Iván Moreno, Pedro Kromschroeder | 3:13.9 | |
| 5 | Colombia | Fabio Zuñiga, Hugo Burgos, Jimmy Sierra, Pedro Grajales | 3:16.0 | |
| 6 | Ecuador | Alejandro Arroyo, Raúl Chevasco, Jorge Vallecilla, Jorge Almeida | 3:20.4 |
High jump
12 October
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luis Arbulú | Peru | 2.00 | =CR | |
| Luis Barrionuevo | Argentina | 1.95 | ||
| José Ernesto Dalmastro | Argentina | 1.95 | ||
| 4 | Patricio Labán | Chile | 1.95 | |
| 5 | Oscar Canqui | Peru | 1.95 | |
| 6 | Juan Berger | Uruguay | 1.90 |
Pole vault
12 October
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel Argoitía | Argentina | 4.40 | CR | |
| Ciro Valdés | Colombia | 4.10 | ||
| Augusto León Piqueras | Peru | 3.70 | ||
| 4 | Cezar Kassab | Brazil | 3.50 | |
| 5 | Álvaro Chiriboga | Ecuador | 3.40 | |
| 6 | Arno Lagies | Chile | 3.20 |
Long jump
5 October
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Admilson Chitarra | Brazil | 7.60 | CR | |
| Iván Moreno | Chile | 7.54 | ||
| Eduardo Labalta | Argentina | 7.21 | ||
| 4 | Enrique Naranjo | Chile | 7.00 | |
| 5 | Nelson Prudêncio | Brazil | 7.00 | |
| 6 | Alfredo Boncagni | Argentina | 6.96 |
Triple jump
4 October
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nelson Prudêncio | Brazil | 16.34 | CR | |
| Joel Dias | Brazil | 14.80 | ||
| Ariel González | Argentina | 14.65 | ||
| 4 | Manuel Gutiérrez | Colombia | 14.48 | |
| 5 | Jaime Pautt | Colombia | 14.35 | |
| 6 | Roberto dos Santos | Uruguay | 14.30 |
Shot put
4 October
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| José Carlos Jacques | Brazil | 16.88 | CR | |
| Mario Peretti | Argentina | 15.65 | ||
| Juan Adolfo Turri | Argentina | 15.64 | ||
| 4 | Cláudio Baeta | Brazil | 15.39 | |
| 5 | Dagoberto González | Colombia | 14.63 | |
| 6 | Luis Bustamante | Chile | 14.56 |
Discus throw
5 October
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dagoberto González | Colombia | 51.66 | ||
| José Carlos Jacques | Brazil | 50.88 | ||
| Gustavo Gutiérrez | Colombia | 50.64 | ||
| 4 | Hugo Bassetti | Argentina | 45.78 | |
| 5 | Cláudio Romanini | Brazil | 45.76 | |
| 6 | Mario Peretti | Argentina | 42.24 |
Hammer throw
11 October
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| José Alberto Vallejo | Argentina | 61.58 | AR | |
| Celso Moraes | Brazil | 56.50 | ||
| Darwin Piñeyrúa | Uruguay | 56.48 | ||
| 4 | Clovis da Silva | Brazil | 53.60 | |
| 5 | Carlos Gatica | Argentina | 53.00 | |
| 6 | Carlos Mencheli | Peru | 52.18 |
Javelin throw
12 October – Old model
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rolf Hoppe | Chile | 69.76 | CR | |
| Paulo de Faría | Brazil | 63.50 | ||
| Jorge Peña | Chile | 62.98 | ||
| 4 | Dante Yorges | Peru | 61.54 | |
| 5 | Ricardo Héber | Argentina | 61.12 | |
| 6 | Héctor Castro | Peru | 59.56 |
Decathlon
8–9 October – 1962 tables (1985 conversions given with *)
The highest mark recorded in each event is highlighted in yellow
| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | 100m | LJ | SP | HJ | 400m | 110m H | DT | PV | JT | 1500m | Points | Conv. | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Héctor Thomas | Venezuela | 10.9 | 6.95 | 13.80 | 1.70 | 54.2 | 15.9 | 38.22 | 4.00 | 59.00 | 6:00.7 | 6679 | 6464* | ||
| Paulo Matschinske | Brazil | 11.2 | 6.01 | 13.20 | 1.74 | 52.7 | 15.9 | 35.94 | 2.94 | 49.38 | 5:26.8 | 6124 | 5933* | ||
| Arno Lagies | Chile | 11.3 | 6.68 | 11.18 | 1.65 | 52.1 | 15.7 | 30.92 | 3.34 | 38.26 | 5:21.4 | 5948 | 5782* | ||
| 4 | Rodolfo Valgoni | Argentina | 11.6 | 6.50 | 12.40 | 1.78 | 57.7 | 16.5 | 38.20 | 2.94 | 44.04 | 5:48.7 | 5768 | 5546* | |
| 5 | Héctor Rivas | Argentina | 11.7 | 6.62 | 10.10 | 1.78 | 52.2 | 17.6 | 31.68 | 3.34 | 40.52 | 5:39.3 | 5695 | 5484* | |
| 6 | Jorge Rissi | Peru | 11.1 | 6.12 | 10.34 | 1.82 | 54.9 | 17.0 | 33.88 | 2.70 | 42.46 | 5:54.9 | 5540 | 5335* | |
| 7 | Roberto dos Santos | Uruguay | 11.9 | 6.20 | 9.80 | 1.76 | 52.5 | 16.5 | 31.64 | 2.80 | 35.20 | 5:14.5 | 5466 | 5328* | |
| Werner Klotzer | Chile | 11.7 | 5.83 | 11.30 | 1.45 | ? | – | – | – | – | – | DNF | DNF | ||
| Leonardo Astudillo | Ecuador | 11.4 | 5.92 | 9.12 | ? | – | – | – | – | – | – | DNF | DNF | ||
| Valdir Barbanti | Brazil | 11.4 | ? | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | DNF | DNF |
Women's results
100 metres
Heats – 8 October
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Final – 9 October
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200 metres
Heats – 4 October
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Final – 5 October
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400 metres
11 October
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Josefa Vicent | Uruguay | 56.1 | CR | |
| Melania Fontanarrosa | Argentina | 57.4 | ||
| Cristina Filgueira | Argentina | 57.5 | ||
| 4 | Gloria González | Chile | 57.6 | |
| 5 | Marlene Campos | Brazil | 58.3 | |
| 6 | Terezinha Ugayama | Brazil | 1:01.2 |
800 metres
12 October
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Melania Fontanarrosa | Argentina | 2:17.8 | ||
| Iris Fernández | Argentina | 2:18.4 | ||
| Lourdes Vega | Ecuador | 2:32.3 | ||
| 4 | Terezinha Ugayama | Brazil | 2:36.8 | |
| 5 | Fabiola Quiñónez | Ecuador | 2:50.1 | |
| Dora González | Chile | DQ |
80 metres hurdles
Heats – 4 October
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Final – 5 October
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4 × 100 metres relay
12 October
| Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | Silvina Pereira, Elisabeth Nunes, Aída dos Santos, Gloria Ferraz | 46.0 | AR | |
| Argentina | Liliana Cragno, Cristina Filgueira, Alicia Kaufmanas, Alicia Masuccio | 47.0 | ||
| Chile | Silvia Kinzel, Gloria González, Sara Montecinos, Aurora Sáenz | 48.6 | ||
| 4 | Peru | Alicia Barrera, Edith Noeding, Bertha Arce, María Luisa Vilca | 48.6 | |
| 5 | Ecuador | Alba Maldonado, Cristina Infante, Elvira Quiñónez, Silvana Lasso | 49.0 | |
| 6 | Colombia | Juana Mosquera, Elsy Rivas, Amparo Bravo, Flor Umaña | 50.7 |
High jump
5 October
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maria Cipriano | Brazil | 1.70 | CR | |
| Aída dos Santos | Brazil | 1.60 | ||
| Patricia Mantero | Peru | 1.55 | ||
| Ana Udini | Uruguay | 1.55 | ||
| 5 | Patricia Miranda | Chile | 1.50 | |
| 6 | Lila Negro | Argentina | 1.50 | |
| 6 | Cecilia Godard | Chile | 1.50 |
Long jump
9 October
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Silvina Pereira | Brazil | 5.85 | ||
| Alicia Kaufmanas | Argentina | 5.70 | ||
| Ana Akiko Omote | Brazil | 5.61 | ||
| 4 | Silvia Kinzel | Chile | 5.59 | |
| 5 | Carlota Ulloa | Chile | 5.58 | |
| 6 | Cristina Infante | Ecuador | 5.56 |
Shot put
9 October
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rosa Molina | Chile | 13.30 | ||
| Neide Gomes | Brazil | 13.02 | ||
| Maria Boso | Brazil | 12.68 | ||
| 4 | Delia Vera | Peru | 12.12 | |
| 5 | Gladys Ortega | Argentina | 11.90 | |
| 6 | Ana María Mellado | Chile | 11.62 | |
| 7 | Irma Pérez | Argentina | 11.25 |
Discus throw
4 October
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Odete Domingos | Brazil | 42.92 | ||
| Gladys Ortega | Argentina | 41.92 | ||
| Isolina Vergara | Colombia | 40.48 | ||
| 4 | Patricia Mora | Chile | 39.66 | |
| 5 | Pradelia Delgado | Chile | 38.12 | |
| 6 | Maria Boso | Brazil | 35.34 |
Javelin throw
5 October – Old model
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rosa Molina | Chile | 45.52 | ||
| Flor Umaña | Colombia | 43.74 | ||
| Kiyomi Nakagawa | Brazil | 41.02 | ||
| 4 | Delia Vera | Peru | 38.50 | |
| 5 | Aída dos Santos | Brazil | 38.38 | |
| 6 | María Esther Rollandi | Argentina | 36.90 | |
| 7 | Ana Julieta Scursoni | Argentina | 36.14 |
Pentathlon
11–12 October
The highest mark recorded in each event is highlighted in yellow.
| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | 100m H | SP | HJ | LJ | 200m | Points | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aída dos Santos | Brazil | 12.1 | 11.86 | 1.65 | 5.05 | 24.9 | 4422 | CR | |
| Elisabeth Nunes | Brazil | 12.1 | 11.43 | 1.50 | 5.49 | 26.1 | 4234 | ||
| Carlota Ulloa | Chile | 11.2 | 9.63 | 1.40 | 5.17 | 25.4 | 4107 | ||
| 4 | Ana Udini | Uruguay | 11.5 | 9.81 | 1.52 | 5.34 | 27.5 | 4002 | |
| 5 | Graciela Paviotti | Argentina | 11.4 | 8.04 | 1.45 | 4.98 | 25.8 | 3926 | |
| 6 | Cecilia Goddard | Chile | 12.3 | 9.20 | 1.50 | 4.97 | 26.2 | 3907 | |
| 7 | Angela Modón | Argentina | 12.3 | 10.82 | 1.45 | 4.96 | 27.0 | 3926 | |
| 8 | Elvira Quiñónez | Ecuador | 12.3 | 9.20 | 1.50 | 4.38 | 26.7 | 3716 | |
| 9 | Juana Mosquera | Colombia | 13.4 | 8.77 | 1.40 | 4.62 | 25.0 | 3640 | |
| 10 | Alicia Barrera | Peru | 11.8 | 8.85 | 1.30 | 4.60 | 26.8 | 3570 |
References
- ^ Detailed results (pp 229–237)
- ^ "Sensacional triunfo de Chile en el Sudamericano de atletismo" (PDF). La Nación (Chile) (in Spanish). 13 October 1969. p. 13. Retrieved 7 August 2025.
- ^ "Jorge Grosser campeón sudamericano en 1.500" (PDF). La Nación (Chile) (in Spanish). 12 October 1969. p. 11. Retrieved 7 August 2025.
- ^ "Jorge Grosser ganó cuarta medalla de oro" (PDF). La Nación (Chile) (in Spanish). 10 October 1969. p. 8. Retrieved 7 August 2025.
- ^ "Espectacular triunfo Iván Moreno en 200metros" (PDF). La Nación (Chile) (in Spanish). 9 October 1969. p. 1. Retrieved 7 August 2025.
- ^ "A la orilla del S.A. de atletismo" (PDF). La Nación (Chile) (in Spanish). 8 October 1969. p. 12. Retrieved 7 August 2025.
- ^ "Carlota Ulloa, Iván Moreno y Rosa Molina: medallas de oro para Chile" (PDF). La Nación (Chile) (in Spanish). 6 October 1969. p. 1. Retrieved 7 August 2025.
- ^ "Carlota Ulloa batió record S.A.: 80 mts. vallas" (PDF). La Nación (Chile) (in Spanish). 5 October 1969. p. 1. Retrieved 7 August 2025.