1947 South American Athletics Championships

Host City	Rio de Janeiro
Country	BRA
Held	25 April – 3 May 1947
Competitors	88
Countries	5

Events

Medal table

Pos	Country		🥇 Gold	🥈 Silver	🥉 Bronze	Total
1	Argentina	ARG	18	11	8	37
2	Chile	CHI	9	7	14	30
3	Brazil	BRA	5	9	10	24
4	Peru	PER	0	4	0	4
5	Uruguay	URU	0	1	0	1

Medal winners

Event	🥇 Gold		🥈 Silver		🥉 Bronze
100 m, Men	Gerardo Bönnhoff	ARG	Santiago Ferrando	PER	Carlos Isaac	ARG
200 m, Men	Alberto Triulzi	ARG	Gerardo Bönnhoff	ARG	Alberto Labarthe	CHI
400 m, Men	Gustavo Ehlers	CHI	Antonio Pocoví	ARG	Guillermo Ávalos	ARG
800 m, Men	Adán Torres	ARG	Nilo Riveros	ARG	Alfonso Rozas	CHI
1,500 m, Men	Melchor Palmeiro	ARG	Nilo Riveros	ARG	Raúl Inostroza	CHI
3,000 m, Men	Ricardo Bralo	ARG	Raúl Inostroza	CHI	Delfo Cabrera	ARG
5,000 m, Men	Raúl Inostroza	CHI	Eusebio Guiñez	ARG	Sebastião Alves Monteiro	BRA
10,000 m, Men	João Oitica	BRA	Sebastião Alves Monteiro	BRA	Delfo Cabrera	ARG
20 miles, Men	Armando Sensini	ARG	Eusebio Guiñez	ARG	Joaquim Goncalves da Silva	BRA
110 m Hurdles, Men	Alberto Triulzi	ARG	Hélio Días Pereira	BRA	Jorge Undurraga	CHI
400 m Hurdles, Men	Sergio Guzmán	CHI	Hermelindo Alberti	ARG	Víctor Henríquez	CHI
4 x 100 m Relay, Men	Argentina	ARG	Uruguay	URU	Brazil	BRA
4 x 400 m Relay, Men	Argentina	ARG	Chile	CHI	Brazil	BRA
High Jump, Men	Alfredo Jadresic	CHI	Francisco De Assis Moura	BRA	Carlos Altamirano	CHI
Pole Vault, Men	Lúcio de Castro	BRA	Federico Horn	CHI	Sinibaldo Gerbasi	BRA
Long Jump, Men	Francisco De Assis Moura	BRA	Guillermo Dyer	PER	Enrique Kistenmacher	ARG
Triple Jump, Men	Geraldo de Oliveira	BRA	Carlos Vera	CHI	Juan Gallo	CHI
Shot Put, Men	Emilio Malchiodi	ARG	Nadim Marreis	BRA	Julián Llorente	ARG
Discus Throw, Men	Karsten Brödersen	CHI	Eduardo Julve	PER	Emilio Malchiodi	ARG
Hammer Throw, Men	Edmundo Zúñiga	CHI	Juan Fusé	ARG	Dario Tavares	BRA
Javelin Throw, Men	Ricardo Héber	ARG	Lúcio de Castro	BRA	Efraín Santibáñez	CHI
Decathlon, Men	Enrique Kistenmacher	ARG	Eduardo Julve	PER	Raimundo Días Rodrígues	BRA
Cross Country, Men	Sebastião Alves Monteiro	BRA	Reinaldo Gorno	ARG	Manuel Díaz	CHI
100 m, Women	Noemí Simonetto de Portela	ARG	Annegret Weller-Schneider	CHI	Melânia Luz	BRA
200 m, Women	Annegret Weller-Schneider	CHI	Melânia Luz	BRA	Adriana Millard	CHI
80 m Hurdles, Women	Noemí Simonetto de Portela	ARG	Wanda dos Santos	BRA	María Spuhr	ARG
4 x 100 m Relay, Women	Argentina	ARG	Brazil	BRA	Chile	CHI
High Jump, Women	Ilse Barends	CHI	Noemí Simonetto de Portela	ARG	Alice Willhöft	BRA
Long Jump, Women	Noemí Simonetto de Portela	ARG	Wanda dos Santos	BRA	Eliana Gaete	CHI
Shot Put, Women	Ingeborg Mello	ARG	Edith Klempau	CHI	Elma Klempau	CHI
Discus Throw, Women	Ingeborg Mello	ARG	Elma Klempau	CHI	Noemia Assunção	BRA
Javelin Throw, Women	Gerda Martín	CHI	Ingeborg Mello	ARG	Úrsula Holle	CHI