1968 South American Aquatics Championships

Host City	Rio de Janeiro
Country	BRA
Held	14 – 20 February 1968
Competitors	66
Countries	6

Events

• Diving
• Swimming

Medal table

Pos	Country		🥇 Gold	🥈 Silver	🥉 Bronze	Total
1	Brazil	BRA	15	6	11	32
2	Peru	PER	7	6	4	17
3	Argentina	ARG	6	9	9	24
4	Colombia	COL	3	6	3	12
5	Uruguay	URU	2	4	3	9
6	Ecuador	ECU	1	2	1	4

Medal winners

Event	🥇 Gold		🥈 Silver		🥉 Bronze
3 m Springboard, Men	Raúl Escobar	COL	Fernando Ribeiro	BRA	Diego Henao	COL
10 m Platform, Men	Fernando Ribeiro	BRA	Diego Henao	COL	Júlio César Veloso	BRA
3 m Springboard, Women	Joana Bielschowsky	BRA	Martha Manzano	COL	Silina Braga	BRA
5 m Springboard, Women	Joana Bielschowsky	BRA	Silina Braga	BRA
100 m Freestyle, Men	Luis Nicolao José Roberto Aranha	ARG BRA			Juan Carlos Bello	PER
200 m Freestyle, Men	Juan Carlos Bello	PER	Carlos van der Maath	ARG	Flávio Machado	BRA
400 m Freestyle, Men	Fernando González	ECU	Juan Carlos Bello	PER	Julio Arango	COL
1,500 m Freestyle, Men	Julio Arango	COL	Julio Piedford	ARG	Fernando González	ECU
4 x 100 m Freestyle Relay, Men	Brazil	BRA	Argentina	ARG	Peru	PER
4 x 200 m Freestyle Relay, Men	Brazil	BRA	Argentina	ARG	Peru	PER
100 m Backstroke, Men	Carlos van der Maath	ARG	Leonardo Barenboim	ARG	César Filardi	BRA
200 m Backstroke, Men	Carlos van der Maath	ARG	César Filardi	BRA	Leonardo Barenboim	ARG
100 m Breaststroke, Men	José Sylvio Fiolo	BRA	Osvaldo Boretto	ARG	Alberto Forelli	ARG
200 m Breaststroke, Men	José Sylvio Fiolo	BRA	Osvaldo Boretto	ARG	Jaider Freitas	BRA
100 m Butterfly, Men	Luis Nicolao	ARG	Juan Carlos Bello	PER	João Lima Neto	BRA
200 m Butterfly, Men	Luis Nicolao	ARG	Tomás Becerra	COL	João Lima Neto	BRA
200 m Individual Medley, Men	Juan Carlos Bello	PER	Roberto de Sá	BRA	Frederico Santous	ARG
400 m Individual Medley, Men	Juan Carlos Bello	PER	Tomás Becerra	COL	Luis Nicolao	ARG
4 x 100 m Medley Relay, Men	Brazil	BRA	Argentina	ARG	Peru	PER
100 m Freestyle, Women	Eliete Aguiar Mota	BRA	Consuelo Changanachi Rosario de Vivanco	PER PER
200 m Freestyle, Women	Consuelo Changanachi	PER	Rosario de Vivanco	PER	Lylián Castillo	URU
400 m Freestyle, Women	Consuelo Changanachi	PER	Patricia Olano	COL	Lylián Castillo	URU
800 m Freestyle, Women	Patricia Olano	COL	Lylián Castillo	URU	Olga de Ángulo	COL
4 x 100 m Freestyle Relay, Women	Brazil	BRA	Peru	PER	Uruguay	URU
100 m Backstroke, Women	María Procopio	ARG	Ana Cécila Freire	BRA	Patricia Sentous	ARG
200 m Backstroke, Women	Ana Cécila Freire	BRA	Patricia Sentous	ARG	María Procopio	ARG
100 m Breaststroke, Women	Ana María Norbis	URU	Tamara Orejuela	ECU	Eliane Pereira	BRA
200 m Breaststroke, Women	Ana María Norbis	URU	Tamara Orejuela	ECU	Patricia Lavagno	ARG
100 m Butterfly, Women	Regina Pinto	BRA	Eliete Aguiar Mota	BRA	Cristina Lingenfelder	ARG
200 m Butterfly, Women	Regina Pinto	BRA	Carmen Gómez	COL	Susana França	BRA
200 m Individual Medley, Women	Consuelo Changanachi	PER	Ruth Apt	URU	Eliete Aguiar Mota	BRA
400 m Individual Medley, Women	Consuelo Changanachi	PER	Ruth Apt	URU	Eliete Aguiar Mota	BRA
4 x 100 m Medley Relay, Women	Brazil	BRA	Uruguay	URU	Argentina	ARG