1920 South American Championships in Athletics

1920 South American Championships in Athletics
Dates	23–25 April
Host city	Santiago, Chile
← Montevideo 1919 Rio de Janeiro 1922 →

The 1920 South American Championships in Athletics were held in Santiago, Chile between 23 and 25 April.

Medal summary

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Marcelo Uranga Chile	10.8 CR, AR	Julio Gorlero Uruguay	11.0	Humberto Ramírez Chile
200 metres	Isabelino Gradín Uruguay	22.4 CR, AR	Humberto Ramírez Chile	22.6	Julio Gorlero Uruguay	23.4
400 metres	Isabelino Gradín Uruguay	54.0	Eduardo Flores Uruguay	54.6	Gavino Reginato Chile
800 metres	Enrique Thompson Argentina	2:06.2	Juan Campos Uruguay	2:06.4	Carlos Escobar Chile	2:06.8
1500 metres	Ángel Entrecasas Argentina	4:23.2 CR	Juan Marshall Chile	4:23.4	Oscar Guajardo Chile	4:26.2
5000 metres	Juan Jorquera Chile	16:11.4 CR	Manuel Moraga Chile	16:21.8	Manuel Plaza Chile	16:29.4
10,000 metres	Juan Jorquera Chile	33:13.6 CR	Manuel Plaza Chile	33:18.2	Enrique Calderón Chile
110 metres hurdles	Harold Rosenqvist Chile	16.4 CR	Carlos Patiño Uruguay	16.6	Otto Dietsch Argentina
200 metres hurdles	Harold Rosenqvist Chile	26.2 CR	Andrés Mazzali Uruguay	26.8	Francisco Silveira Uruguay
400 metres hurdles	Andrés Mazali Uruguay	59.0 CR	Eduardo Diez Chile	59.8	Francisco Silveira Uruguay
4 × 400 metres relay	Uruguay Mario Herrera Eduardo Venancio Flores Francesco Silveira Isabelino Gradín	3:34.0 CR	Argentina Agustín Garay José Pozzi Enrique Thompson Teodoro Borschmann
High jump	Hernán Orrego Chile	1.76 CR	Carlos Patiño Uruguay	1.75	Osvaldo Kolbach Chile	1.70
Standing high jump	Juan Moliné Argentina	1.44 CR	Carlos Asiadacz Chile	1.43	Carlos Fernández Uruguay	1.42
Pole vault	Héctor Berruti Uruguay	3.26 CR	Ernesto Goycolea Chile	3.25	Enrique Sansot Chile	3.20
Long jump	Ricardo Müller Chile	6.52	Fortunato Antola Uruguay	6.11	Héctor Benapres Chile	6.10
Standing long jump	Francisco Japke Chile	3.00	Hernán Orrego Chile	2.98	Juan Moliné Argentina	2.95
Triple jump	Adolfo Reccius Chile	13.40 CR	Héctor Benapres Chile	13.21	Erwin Gevert Chile	12.69
Shot put	Benigno Rodríguez Argentina	11.96 CR	Teodoro Scheihing Chile	11.54	Jorge Llobet Cullen Argentina	11.50
Discus throw	Jorge Llobet Cullen Argentina	35.28	David Martín Estévez Uruguay	34.64	Gustavo Krüger Chile	34.55
Hammer throw	Leonardo de Lucca Uruguay	34.14 CR	Jorge Llobet Cullen Argentina	33.05	Teodoro Scheihing Chile	32.97
Javelin throw	Arturo Medina Chile	49.49 CR	Héctor Berruti Uruguay	41.51	Alberto Asenjo Chile	40.90

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Chile (CHI)	10	10	13	33
2	Uruguay (URU)	6	9	4	19
3	Argentina (ARG)	5	2	3	10
Totals (3 entries)		21	21	20	62

External links

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