1939 South American Championships in Athletics

The 1939 South American Championships in Athletics were held in Lima, Peru. This edition marked the introduction of athletic events for women competitors between 25 and 28 May.

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	José de Assis  Brazil	10.6 =CR	Roberto Valenzuela  Chile	10.8	Eulogio Higueras  Peru	10.9
200 metres	José de Assis  Brazil	21.4 CR	Roberto Valenzuela  Chile	21.9	Jaime Slullitel  Argentina	22.0
400 metres	Sylvio Padilha  Brazil	49.1	Antonio Cuba  Peru	49.4	Raúl Muñoz  Chile	49.6
800 metres	Luis Espinoza  Peru	1:55.6	Luis Elorga  Argentina	1:56.3	Guillermo García  Chile	1:56.3
1500 metres	Miguel Castro  Chile	3:57.6 CR	Guillermo García  Chile	3:58.6	Juan Herrera  Argentina	4:01.8
3000 metres	Miguel Castro  Chile	8:42.4 CR	Ubaldo Ibarra  Argentina	8:44.0	Guillermo García  Chile	8:48.2
5000 metres	Miguel Castro  Chile	15:06.0	Roger Ceballos  Argentina	15:09.8	Ubaldo Ibarra  Argentina	15:12.2
10,000 metres	Roger Ceballos  Argentina	31:48.0	Raúl Ibarra  Argentina	31:53.6	Ezequiel Bustamente  Argentina	31:57.4
Road race	Manuel Ramírez  Chile	1:58:59	Julio Montecinos  Chile	1:59:46	Segundo Rosas  Chile	2:01:10
110 metres hurdles	Alfredo Mendes  Brazil	15.0	Mário da Cunha  Brazil	15.6	Hélio Pereira  Brazil	15.6
400 metres hurdles	Sylvio Padilha  Brazil	53.6 CR	Marcelo Julca  Peru	55.0	Roberto González  Argentina	55.5
4 × 100 metres relay	Brazil Guilherme Puschnik Márcio de Oliveira Sylvio Padilha José de Assis	42.1 CR	Chile Alejandro González Roberto Valenzuela Alfonso Hoelzel John Sutton	42.4	Argentina Jaime Slullitel Raúl Chane Antonio Fondevilla José Ferraz	42.4
4 × 400 metres relay	Brazil Emilio Antonio Elias Sylvio Padilha José de Assis Antonio Damaso	3:19.0 CR	Argentina Alberto Montana Marino Cid Roberto González José López	3:19.8	Chile Felipe Gamez Roberto Yokota Reyes Raúl Muñoz	3:20.2
3000 metres team race	Chile	10	Argentina	11	Brazil	33
Cross country	Manuel Carreño  Chile	49:56.0	Raúl Ibarra  Argentina	50:16.6	Domingo Ticona  Peru	50:23.4
High jump	Julio Mera  Peru	1.85	Icaro Mello  Brazil	1.85	Carlos Pinto  Brazil	1.85
Pole vault	Erwin Reimer  Chile	3.85	Luís Taliberti  Brazil	3.80	Fernando Montero  Chile	3.80
Long jump	Márcio de Oliveira  Brazil	7.29	Guillermo Dyer  Peru	7.25	Carlos Iturri  Peru	6.97
Triple jump	Oscar Bringas  Peru	15.22 CR	Néstor Tenorio  Argentina	15.19	Carlos Pinto  Brazil	14.40
Shot put	Francisco Scabello  Brazil	13.88	Karsten Brödersen  Chile	13.59	Carmine Di Giorgio  Brazil	13.55
Discus throw	Bento Barros  Brazil	44.47 CR	Karsten Brödersen  Chile	41.55	Antônio Giusfredi  Brazil	41.39
Hammer throw	Juan Fusé  Argentina	49.77	Assis Naban  Brazil	49.05	Antonio Barticevic  Chile	47.74
Javelin throw	Egon Falkenberg  Brazil	62.84 CR	Luís Pagliari  Brazil	60.14	Oswaldo Wenzel  Chile	58.85
Decathlon	Juan Colín  Chile	5932	João Rehder Netto  Brazil	5887	Karsten Brödersen  Chile	5862

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Carola Castro  Ecuador	12.6	Lelia Spuhr  Argentina	12.7	Julia Druskus  Argentina	12.7
200 metres	Lelia Spuhr  Argentina	25.9	Carola Castro  Ecuador	26.2	Lily Warch  Chile	27.1
80 metres hurdles	Sofía Dreyer  Argentina	12.5	Rosa Marticorena  Peru	13.1	Olga Tassi  Argentina	13.1
4 × 100 metres relay	Argentina Elsa Irigoyen Olga Tassi Lelia Spuhr Julia Druskus[1]	49.5	Chile Raquel Martínez Ilse Karlsruher María Boecke Lily Warch	50.8	Peru Ivonne Abdala Julia Yáñez Zoila Garces Flor Benvenuto	50.9
High jump	Ilse Barends  Chile	1.45	Gabriela Sprenger  Chile	1.45	Lelia Spuhr  Argentina	1.45
Long jump	Raquel Martínez  Chile	5.13	Olga Tassi  Argentina	5.12	Zoila Garcés  Peru	4.80
Shot put	Ruth Caro  Argentina	11.22	Edith Klempau  Chile	10.96	Kate Fastner  Argentina	10.71
Discus throw	María Boecke  Chile	32.61	Ernestina Casaverde  Peru	30.61	Edith Klempau  Chile	28.98
Javelin throw	Ruth Caro  Argentina	36.85	Olga Merino  Chile	31.91	Kate Fastner  Argentina	30.28

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Chile (CHI)	11	11	11	33
2	Brazil (BRA)	11	6	6	23
3	Argentina (ARG)	7	10	11	28
4	Peru (PER)	3	5	5	13
5	Ecuador (ECU)	1	1	0	2
Totals (5 entries)		33	33	33	99

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