1979 South American Championships in Athletics – Results

These are the results of the 1979 South American Championships in Athletics which took place at the Estadio Alfonso López Pumarejo in Bucaramanga, Colombia, between 31 October and 4 November.^[1]

Men's results

100 metres

Heats – 31 October

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Altevir de Araújo	Brazil	10.4	Q
2	1	Manuel Ramírez	Colombia	10.6	Q
3	1	Luis Alberto Schneider	Chile	10.8	Q
4	1	Eduardo de Brito	Argentina	10.9	Q
5	1	Carlos Rodríguez	Panama	10.9
6	1	Ely Zabala	Venezuela	11.0
7	1	José Valverde	Peru	11.2
1	2	Reinaldo Lizardi	Venezuela	10.4	Q
2	2	Milton de Castro	Brazil	10.7	Q
3	2	José Luis Elías	Peru	10.8	Q
4	2	Gustavo Dubarbier	Argentina	10.9	Q
5	2	Fabio García	Colombia	11.0
6	2	Héctor Fernández	Chile	11.1
7	2	Alfonso Pitters	Panama	11.3

Final – 1 November

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Altevir de Araújo	Brazil	10.1	CR
	Manuel Ramírez	Colombia	10.4
	Reinaldo Lizardi	Venezuela	10.6
4	José Luis Elías	Peru	10.6
5	Eduardo de Brito	Argentina	10.7
6	Gustavo Dubarbier	Argentina	10.7
7	Luis Alberto Schneider	Chile	10.8
8	Milton de Castro	Brazil	10.8

200 metres

Heats – 3 November

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Altevir de Araújo	Brazil	21.0	Q
2	1	Héctor Daley	Panama	21.1	Q
3	1	Fabio García	Colombia	21.7	Q
4	1	José Luis Elías	Peru	21.9	Q
5	1	Ely Zabala	Venezuela	22.0
6	1	Enrique Tapia	Chile	22.1
7	1	Ricardo Donda	Argentina	22.3
1	2	Manuel Ramírez	Colombia	21.1	Q
2	2	Katsuhiko Nakaya	Brazil	21.2	Q
3	2	Luis Alberto Schneider	Chile	21.5	Q
4	2	Reinaldo Lizardi	Venezuela	21.6	Q
5	2	Eduardo de Brito	Argentina	21.7
6	2	Carlos Rodríguez	Panama	22.1
7	2	José Pérez	Peru	22.6

Final – 4 November

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Altevir de Araújo	Brazil	20.5	CR
	Katsuhiko Nakaya	Brazil	20.8
	Héctor Daley	Panama	21.1
4	Luis Alberto Schneider	Chile	21.1
5	Manuel Ramírez	Colombia	21.2
6	Fabio García	Colombia	21.2
7	Reinaldo Lizardi	Venezuela	21.5
	José Luis Elías	Peru	?

400 metres

Heats – 31 October

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Ramón Reyes	Venezuela	47.7	Q
2	1	Antônio Ferreira	Brazil	48.0	Q
3	1	Héctor Daley	Panama	48.1	Q
4	1	Felipe Mascaró	Chile	48.1	q
5	1	Jesús Olier	Colombia	48.6	q
6	1	Moisés del Castillo	Peru	51.8
1	2	Geraldo Pegado	Brazil	48.1	Q
2	2	Patricio Valenzuela	Chile	48.5	Q
3	2	Gabriel Lopera	Colombia	48.7	Q
4	2	Alexis Herrera	Venezuela	48.7
5	2	Gabriel Castellá	Argentina	49.2
6	2	Luis Otoya	Peru	50.7

Final – 1 November

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Geraldo Pegado	Brazil	46.2	CR
	Antônio Ferreira	Brazil	46.9
	Héctor Daley	Panama	47.4
4	Ramón Reyes	Venezuela	47.5
5	Felipe Mascaró	Chile	47.7
6	Gabriel Lopera	Colombia	47.9
7	Jesús Olier	Colombia	48.4
8	Patricio Valenzuela	Chile	48.4

800 metres

Heats – 3 November

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Cristián Molina	Chile	1:49.9	Q
2	1	José Velázquez	Venezuela	1:50.3	Q
3	1	Omar Amdematten	Argentina	1:50.4	Q
4	1	Cosme do Nascimento	Brazil	1:50.4	Q
5	1	Abel Godoy	Uruguay	1:51.5
6	1	Óscar Carrillo	Colombia	1:52.0
7	1	Roger Soler	Peru	1:52.5
1	2	William Wuycke	Venezuela	1:49.3	Q
2	2	Pedro Cáceres	Argentina	1:49.4	Q
3	2	Felipe Mascaró	Chile	1:49.7	Q
4	2	Cristóbal Méndez	Panama	1:50.4	Q
5	2	Wilson dos Santos	Brazil	1:50.4
6	2	Gabriel Lopera	Colombia	1:51.2

Final – 4 November

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Cristián Molina	Chile	1:47.8	CR
	William Wuycke	Venezuela	1:47.9
	Pedro Cáceres	Argentina	1:48.5
4	Felipe Mascaró	Chile	1:48.8
5	Cosme do Nascimento	Brazil	1:49.1
6	Omar Amdematten	Argentina	1:49.8
7	José Velázquez	Venezuela	1:50.5
8	Cristóbal Méndez	Panama	1:51.1

1500 metres

2 November

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Emilio Ulloa	Chile	3:47.0	CR
	José Velázquez	Venezuela	3:47.6
	Wilson de Santana	Brazil	3:47.9
4	José Bautista	Colombia	3:48.5
5	Omar Ortega	Argentina	3:49.8
6	Johnny Pérez	Bolivia	3:50.6
7	Jairo Cubillos	Colombia	3:50.9
8	Cosme do Nascimento	Brazil	3:52.1
9	Abel Godoy	Uruguay	3:52.9
10	Omar Amdematten	Argentina	?
11	Roger Soler	Peru	3:53.0
12	Víctor Ríos	Chile	3:53.8
13	Gonzalo Huggins	Venezuela	3:54.1

110 metres hurdles

Heats – 31 October

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Andrés Lyon	Chile	14.4	Q
2	1	Wellington da Nóbrega	Brazil	14.6	Q
3	1	Aníbal Vallenilla	Venezuela	15.3	Q
4	1	Guillermo Gago	Argentina	15.3	Q
5	1	Salvador Ruiz	Panama	15.7
1	2	Alfredo Piza	Chile	14.5	Q
2	2	Roberto González	Peru	14.9	Q
3	2	Carlos dos Santos	Brazil	15.0	Q
4	2	Óscar Marín	Venezuela	15.1	Q
5	2	Rodolfo Iturraspe	Argentina	15.1
6	2	Amos Millwood	Panama	15.1

Final – 1 November

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
	Wellington da Nóbrega	Brazil	14.4
	Carlos dos Santos	Brazil	14.6
	Andrés Lyon	Chile	14.9
4	Roberto González	Peru	14.9
5	Aníbal Vallenilla	Venezuela	15.0
6	Óscar Marín	Venezuela	15.2
	Alfredo Piza	Chile	?
	Guillermo Gago	Argentina	?

400 metres hurdles

Heats – 2 November

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Antônio Ferreira	Brazil	52.2	Q
2	1	Darío Cano	Colombia	53.1	Q
3	1	Salvador Ruiz	Panama	53.7	Q
4	1	Freddy Aberdeen	Venezuela	53.8	Q
5	1	Rodolfo Iturraspe	Argentina	53.9
6	1	Alfredo Piza	Chile	54.3
7	1	Luis Otoya	Peru	55.7
1	2	Jesús Betancourt	Colombia	52.4	Q
2	2	Donizete Soares	Brazil	52.7	Q
3	2	José Gregorio Davis	Venezuela	52.7	Q
4	2	Gustavo Arellano	Chile	53.6	Q
5	2	Guillermo Gago	Argentina	53.8
6	2	Amos Millwood	Panama	57.6

Final – 4 November

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
	Antônio Ferreira	Brazil	50.7
	Donizete Soares	Brazil	51.1
	José Gregorio Davis	Venezuela	51.1
4	Jesús Betancourt	Colombia	51.8
5	Darío Cano	Colombia	52.9
6	Freddy Aberdeen	Venezuela	54.2
7	Salvador Ruiz	Panama	55.9
8	Gustavo Arellano	Chile	57.5

3000 metres steeplechase

31 October

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
	Germán Aranda	Colombia	8:52.3
	Elói Schleder	Brazil	8:57.4
	Johnny Pérez	Bolivia	8:58.6
4	Henry Carvajal	Colombia	8:58.7
5	Gentil de Mello	Brazil	9:05.2
6	Emilio Ulloa	Chile	9:12.0
7	Luis Palma	Chile	9:13.6
8	Rafael Colmenares	Venezuela	9:14.6

4 × 100 metres relay

2 November

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
	Venezuela	Reinaldo Lizardi, Ely Zabala, Esteban Briceño, Miguel Condé	40.0	CR
	Brazil	Milton de Castro, Geraldo Pegado, Katsuhiko Nakaya, Altevir de Araújo	40.2
	Argentina	Angel Gagliano, Gustavo Dubarbier, Carlos Gambetta, Ricardo Donda	40.4
4	Chile	Enrique Tapia, Luis Alberto Schneider, Patricio Valenzuela, Héctor Fernández	41.3
5	Peru	José Valverde, José Luis Elías, Luis Otoya, Roberto González	41.4

4 × 400 metres relay

4 November

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time
	Venezuela	Hipolito Brown, Alexis Herrera, Oswaldo Zea, William Wuycke	3:09.8
	Argentina	Gabriel Castellá, Carlos Gambetta, Pedro Cáceres, Angel Gagliano	3:10.5
	Brazil	Donizete Soares, Wilson dos Santos, Antônio Ferreira, Geraldo Pegado	3:10.5
4	Colombia	Jesús Olier, Jesús Betancourt, Valois, Gabriel Lopera	3:12.7
5	Chile	Patricio Valenzuela, Felipe Mascaró, Cristián Molina, Emilio Ulloa	3:15.6
6	Peru	Moisés del Castillo, Luis Otoya, José Pérez, José Luis Elías	3:22.8

Women's results

100 metres

Heats – 31 October

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Esmeralda de Jesus Garcia	Brazil	11.7	Q
2	1	Belkis Fava	Argentina	12.2	Q
3	1	Martha Meléndez	Colombia	12.3	Q
4	1	Carla Herencia	Chile	12.4	Q
5	1	Brigitte Winter	Peru	12.5
6	1	Yaneris Guerra	Venezuela	12.6
1	2	Carmela Bolívar	Peru	11.7	Q
2	2	Beatriz Allocco	Argentina	11.9	Q
3	2	Sheila de Oliveira	Brazil	12.2	Q
4	2	Glenis Báez	Venezuela	12.3	Q
5	2	Patricia Morales	Colombia	12.6
6	2	Zaida Núñez	Panama	12.6
7	2	Flavia Villar	Chile	12.7

Final – 1 November

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Beatriz Allocco	Argentina	11.7	=CR
	Carmela Bolívar	Peru	11.8
	Esmeralda de Jesus Garcia	Brazil	11.8
4	Sheila de Oliveira	Brazil	11.8
5	Glenis Báez	Venezuela	12.0
6	Martha Meléndez	Colombia	12.0
7	Belkis Fava	Argentina	12.1
	Carla Herencia	Chile	?

200 metres

Heats – 3 November

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Carmela Bolívar	Peru	24.1	Q
2	1	Esmeralda de Jesus Garcia	Brazil	24.2	Q
3	1	Miriam Rojas	Colombia	24.4	Q
4	1	Elsa Antúnez	Venezuela	24.7	Q
5	1	Belkis Fava	Argentina	24.7
6	1	Flavia Villar	Chile	25.1
1	2	Beatriz Allocco	Argentina	24.0	Q
2	2	Tânia Miranda	Brazil	24.2	Q
3	2	Martha Meléndez	Colombia	24.5	Q
4	2	Glenis Báez	Venezuela	24.7	Q
5	2	Carla Herencia	Chile	25.1
6	2	Zaida Núñez	Panama	25.5
7	2	R. Heredia	Peru	26.5

Final – 4 November

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
	Beatriz Allocco	Argentina	23.5
	Tânia Miranda	Brazil	24.1
	Esmeralda de Jesus Garcia	Brazil	24.1
4	Miriam Rojas	Colombia	24.2
5	Carmela Bolívar	Peru	24.3
6	Elsa Antúnez	Venezuela	24.3
7	Martha Meléndez	Colombia	24.3
8	Glenis Báez	Venezuela	24.9

400 metres

Heats – 31 October

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Tânia Miranda	Brazil	55.4	Q
2	1	Margarita Grun	Uruguay	56.1	Q
3	1	María Ocoro	Colombia	56.7	Q
4	1	María Eugenia Guzmán	Chile	57.1	Q
5	1	Anabella dal Lago	Argentina	57.7
6	1	Carmela Bolívar	Peru	58.3
7	1	Virginia Davis	Venezuela	59.9
1	2	Adriana Marchena	Venezuela	55.8	Q
2	2	Joyce dos Santos	Brazil	56.4	Q
3	2	Miriam Rojas	Colombia	56.5	Q
4	2	Marcela López	Argentina	57.0	Q
5	2	Nancy González	Chile	58.4

Final – 1 November

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
	Tânia Miranda	Brazil	54.2
	Margarita Grun	Uruguay	54.8
	Miriam Rojas	Colombia	54.8
4	Adriana Marchena	Venezuela	55.5
5	Marcela López	Argentina	56.0
6	María Eugenia Guzmán	Chile	56.4
7	María Ocoro	Colombia	56.4
8	Joyce dos Santos	Brazil	58.5

800 metres

Heats – 2 November

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Alejandra Ramos	Chile	2:11.5	Q
2	1	Yamila Medina	Colombia	2:12.0	Q
3	1	Joyce dos Santos	Brazil	2:17.0	Q
4	1	Virginia Davis	Venezuela	2:18.9	Q
5	1	Margarita Grun	Uruguay	2:19.0
6	1	Olga Caccaviello	Argentina	2:22.5
1	2	Nancy González	Chile	2:13.2	Q
2	2	Marcela López	Argentina	2:13.4	Q
3	2	Adriana Marchena	Venezuela	2:14.8	Q
4	2	Luz Villa	Colombia	2:14.8	Q
5	2	Rosa de Souza	Brazil	2:14.9

Final – 3 November

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Alejandra Ramos	Chile	2:04.2	AR
	Nancy González	Chile	2:09.8
	Adriana Marchena	Venezuela	2:10.4
4	Yamila Medina	Colombia	2:12.4
5	Joyce dos Santos	Brazil	2:13.5
6	Rosa de Souza	Brazil	2:14.2
7	Luz Villa	Colombia	2:15.1

1500 metres

31 October

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Alejandra Ramos	Chile	4:23.2	CR
	Teresa Rodríguez	Colombia	4:32.6
	Mónica Regonesi	Chile	4:36.1
4	Bernarda Osorio	Chile	4:39.5
5	Maricela Montañez	Venezuela	4:47.6
6	Rosa de Souza	Brazil	4:48.2
7	Soraya Telles	Brazil	4:50.5
8	Olga Caccaviello	Argentina	4:54.8

100 metres hurdles

2 November

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
	Yvonne Neddermann	Argentina	14.2
	Olga Verissimo	Brazil	14.4
	Beatriz Capotosto	Argentina	14.7
4	Carla Campusano	Peru	14.7
5	Patricia Deck	Chile	14.7
6	Maria José Ferreira	Brazil	15.1
7	Leonor Santana	Colombia	15.1
8	Jule Araya	Chile	15.3

4 × 100 metres relay

2 November

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time
	Argentina	Marisol Besada, Belkis Fava, Yvonne Neddermann, Beatriz Allocco	46.0
	Brazil	Maria Teresa Soares, Olga Verissimo, Esmeralda de Jesus Garcia, Sheila de Oliveira	46.1
	Venezuela	Glennis Báez, Adriana Marchena, Elsa Antúnez, Yaneris Guerra	46.6
4	Colombia	Miriam Rojas, Martha Meléndez, Álvarez, Luz Villa	46.7
5	Peru	Carmela Bolívar, Brigitte Winter, Heredia, Carla Campusano	47.6
6	Chile	Carla Herencia, Flavia Villar, Abalos, María Eugenia Guzmán	47.7

4 × 100 metres relay

2 November

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
	Brazil	Maria Teresa Soares, Joyce Felipe dos Santos, Conceição Geremias, Tânia Miranda	3:42.0	AR
	Chile	Maria Eugenia Guzman, Carla Herencia, Nancy González, Alejandra Ramos	3:44.6
	Colombia	Ángela Mancilla, Luz Villa, Maŕia Ocoro, Miriam Rojas	3:45.1
4	Argentina	Anabella dal Lago, Marcela Noemí López Espinosa, Yvonne Neddermann, Marisol Besada	3:48.2
5	Venezuela	Piñango, Virginia Davis, Adriana Marchena, Elsa Antúnez	3:56.3
6	Peru	Heredia, Brigitte Winter, Carla Campusano, Carmela Bolívar	3:56.3

References

^ Detailed results (pp 270–277)

[1] Detailed results (pp 270–277)

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