1937 South American Championships in Athletics

1937 South American Championships in Athletics
Dates	27–30 May
Host city	São Paulo, Brazil
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The 1937 South American Championships in Athletics were held in São Paulo, Brazil between 27 and 30 May.

Medal summary

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	José de Assis Brazil	10.6 =CR	José Ferraz Brazil	10.8	Roberto Cavanna Argentina
200 metres	Carlos Hoffmeister Argentina	21.6 CR	Aloisio Queiroz Telles Brazil	21.7	Roberto Cavanna Argentina
400 metres	Antônio Damaso Brazil	50.0	Roberto González Argentina	50.1	Ciro de Andrade Brazil	50.1
800 metres	Inocencio Di Pino Argentina	1:56.2	Roberto Gregg Argentina	1:56.4	Floriano de Souza Brazil
1500 metres	Néstor Gomes Brazil	4:04.4	Floriano de Souza Brazil	4:08.6	Luis Elorga Argentina	4:10.6
3000 metres	Ubaldo Ibarra Argentina	8:53.6	Carmelo Di Gaeta Uruguay	8:54.6	Néstor Gomes Brazil	8:54.6
5000 metres	Roger Ceballos Argentina	15:41.8	Ubaldo Ibarra Argentina	15:52.8	Mário de Oliveira Brazil	16:23.4
10,000 metres	Mário de Oliveira Brazil	33:02.6	Ubaldo Ibarra Argentina	33:56.8	José dos Santos Brazil
Road race	Saturnino Cuello Argentina	2:07:35	José Farías Peru	2:11:21	Genésio da Silva Brazil	2:14:30
110 metres hurdles	Juan Lavenás Argentina	15.2	Darcy Guimarães Brazil	15.3	Alfredo Mendes Brazil
400 metres hurdles	Roberto González Argentina	55.2	Darcy Guimarães Brazil	56.1	Guillermo Sayán Peru
4 × 100 metres relay	Argentina Guillermo Martínez Bo Thomas Beswick Roberto Cavanna Juan Lavenás	42.5	Brazil José de Almeida Aloisio Queiroz Telles José Ferraz Guilherme Puschnik	42.6	Peru Camino José Castro Mellet Carlos de la Guerra
4 × 400 metres relay	Brazil Ciro de Andrade José Ferraz Aloisio Queiroz Telles Antonio Damaso	3:20.6 CR	Argentina Rodolfo Butori Carlos Hoffmeister Roberto González Guillermo Martínez Bo	3:20.8	Uruguay Carlos Baroffio Carlos Jauregui Saarby Rubén Bonifaccino
3000 metres team race	Brazil		Argentina		Uruguay
Cross country	Raúl Ibarra Argentina	57:45.2	José Farías Peru	59:09.8	Eugenio Andrade Brazil	59:48.0
High jump	Julio Mera Peru	1.85	José Castro Peru	1.85	Alfredo Mendes Brazil	1.85
Pole vault	Walter Rehder Brazil	3.90	Lúcio de Castro Brazil	3.90	Luís Taliberti Brazil	3.80
Long jump	Márcio de Oliveira Brazil	7.37 CR	João Rehder Netto Brazil	7.31	Gualberto Castilla Uruguay	6.94
Triple jump	João Rehder Netto Brazil	14.59	Néstor Tenorio Argentina	14.56	Carlos Pinto Brazil	14.28
Shot put	Carmine Di Giorgio Brazil	14.14	Héctor Berra Argentina	14.04	Rodolfo Butori Argentina	13.78
Discus throw	Antônio Giusfredi Brazil	44.32 CR	Bento Barros Brazil	42.10	Argos Fiaccadori Argentina	41.25
Hammer throw	Assis Naban Brazil	51.39	Federico Kleger Argentina	48.85	Juan Fusé Argentina	48.38
Javelin throw	Luís Pagliari Brazil	55.47	João Vizzone Brazil	53.62	Juan Urbán Argentina	52.40
Decathlon	João Rehder Netto Brazil	6260	Pedro Furné Argentina	6139	José de Souza Filho Brazil	6015

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Brazil (BRA)	14	10	12	36
2	Argentina (ARG)	9	10	7	26
3	Peru (PER)	1	3	2	6
4	Uruguay (URU)	0	1	3	4
Totals (4 entries)		24	24	24	72

External links

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