1961 South American Athletics U20 Championships

Host City	Santa Fé
Country	ARG
Held	14 – 15 October 1961
Competitors	41
Countries	5

Events

Medal table

Pos	Country		🥇 Gold	🥈 Silver	🥉 Bronze	Total
1	Argentina	ARG	7	6	4	17
2	Chile	CHI	7	5	5	17
3	Brazil	BRA	2	5	6	13
4	Peru	PER	2	2	1	5
5	Uruguay	URU	0	0	2	2

Medal winners

Event	🥇 Gold		🥈 Silver		🥉 Bronze
100 m, Men	Iván Moreno	CHI	Juan Byers	CHI	Juan Hasegawa	PER
200 m, Men	Iván Moreno	CHI	Gerardo di Tolla	PER	Juan Byers	CHI
400 m, Men	Medrano López	ARG	Jaime Vega	CHI	Jorge Vilaboa	URU
800 m, Men	Jaime Vega	CHI	Luis Alarcón	CHI	Rogelio Rodríguez	ARG
1,500 m, Men	Luis Alarcón	CHI	Hugo Roldán	ARG	Mario Cutropia	ARG
3,000 m, Men	Mario Cutropia	ARG	Horacio Ferreira	BRA	José Pincheire	BRA
110 m Hurdles, Men	Hildemar Cimolini	ARG	Guillermo Vallanía	ARG	João Gonzáles	BRA
400 m Hurdles, Men	João Gonzáles	BRA	Manuel Jordan	CHI	Juan Santiago Gordón	CHI
4 x 100 m Relay, Men	Argentina	ARG	Peru	PER	Brazil	BRA
4 x 400 m Relay, Men	Chile	CHI	Argentina	ARG	Brazil	BRA
High Jump, Men	Roberto Abugattás	PER	José Barros	BRA	Luis Cornaglia	ARG
Pole Vault, Men	Geraldo Morandé	CHI	Daniel Argoitía	ARG	Eduardo Nakayama	BRA
Long Jump, Men	Julián Méndez	ARG	Carlos Ermter	CHI	Jauro Koga	BRA
Triple Jump, Men	Iván Moreno	CHI	Herbert Da Silva	BRA	Arturo Arancibia	ARG
Shot Put, Men	José Alberto Vallejo	ARG	Cláudio Romanini	BRA	Ramón García	CHI
Discus Throw, Men	Gilberto Matusiak	BRA	Cláudio Romanini	BRA	Miguel Gesto	URU
Hammer Throw, Men	Hugo Grazioli	ARG	José Alberto Vallejo	ARG	Hugo Peña	CHI
Javelin Throw, Men	José Denis	PER	Héctor Ramos	ARG	Patricio Etcheverry	CHI