1981 South American Championships in Athletics – Results

These are the results of the 1981 South American Championships in Athletics which took place at the Estadio Olímpico Hernando Siles in La Paz, Bolivia, between 5 and 8 November.^[1]

Men's results

100 metres

Heats – 5 November Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Luis Alberto Schneider  Chile 10.2 Q 2 1 Altevir de Araújo  Brazil 10.2 Q 3 1 Giorgio Mautino  Peru 10.4 Q 4 1 Yamil Manzur  Bolivia 10.5 q 5 1 Hugo Alzamora  Argentina 10.6 6 1 Fabio García  Colombia 10.6 1 2 Katsuiko Nakaia  Brazil 10.2 Q 2 2 Marco Mautino  Peru 10.4 Q 3 2 Héctor Fernández  Chile 10.5 Q 4 2 Nicolás Glass  Argentina 10.5 q 5 2 Marco Luque  Bolivia 10.7

Final – 6 November Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Katsuiko Nakaia  Brazil 10.1 =CR Altevir de Araújo  Brazil 10.3 Luis Alberto Schneider  Chile 10.3 4 Marco Mautino  Peru 10.3 5 Giorgio Mautino  Peru 10.6 6 Héctor Fernández  Chile 10.6 7 Nicolás Glass  Argentina 10.6 8 Yamil Manzur  Bolivia 10.6

200 metres

Heats – 7 November Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Héctor Daley  Panama 20.4 Q 2 1 Luis Alberto Schneider  Chile 20.8 Q 3 1 Altevir de Araújo  Brazil 21.1 q 4 1 Nicolás Glass  Argentina 21.2 q 5 1 Giorgio Mautino  Peru 21.2 6 1 Fabio García  Colombia 21.4 7 1 Yamil Manzur  Bolivia 21.9 1 2 Paulo Roberto Correia  Brazil 20.7 Q 2 2 Marco Mautino  Peru 21.1 Q 3 2 Alfredo Muro  Argentina 21.2 4 2 Héctor Fernández  Chile 21.4 5 2 José Torrico  Bolivia 21.5 6 2 Víctor Guijarro  Ecuador 22.5

Final – 8 November Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Paulo Roberto Correia  Brazil 20.2 CR, PB Héctor Daley  Panama 20.5 Luis Alberto Schneider  Chile 20.5 4 Altevir de Araújo  Brazil 21.2 5 Marco Mautino  Peru 21.6 6 Nicolás Glass  Argentina 21.7

400 metres

Heats – 7 November Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Gérson de Souza  Brazil 48.6 Q 2 1 Angel Gagliano  Argentina 48.9 Q 3 1 Víctor Guijarro  Ecuador 51.2 4 1 Dante Serrano  Bolivia 51.4 1 2 Pablo Squella  Chile 48.0 Q 2 2 Geraldo Pegado  Brazil 48.2 Q 3 2 Jorge Díaz  Argentina 49.2 q 4 2 Aldo Tassi  Peru 49.9 q 5 2 Edgar Aguayo  Bolivia 50.8

Final – 8 November Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Geraldo Pegado  Brazil 46.8 Gérson de Souza  Brazil 47.8 Pablo Squella  Chile 48.0 4 Jorge Díaz  Argentina 48.5 5 Aldo Tassi  Peru 49.6 6 Angel Gagliano  Argentina 49.9

800 metres

Heats – 7 November Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Cristián Molina  Chile 1:59.4 Q 2 1 Wilson dos Santos  Brazil 2:00.0 Q 3 1 Pedro Cáceres  Argentina 2:00.1 q 4 1 Gustavo Paredes  Ecuador 2:00.4 5 1 Ricardo Taborga  Bolivia 2:01.7 1 2 Edwin Lobatón  Bolivia 1:57.0 Q 2 2 José Luíz Barbosa  Brazil 2:00.0 Q 3 2 Raúl López  Argentina 2:00.2 q 4 2 Jaime Punina  Ecuador 2:00.4

Final – 8 November Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Cristián Molina  Chile 1:53.6 José Luíz Barbosa  Brazil 1:54.7 Wilson dos Santos  Brazil 1:55.9 4 Pedro Cáceres  Argentina 1:56.4 5 Edwin Lobatón  Bolivia 1:59.3 Raúl López  Argentina ?

1500 metres

6 November

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Emilio Ulloa	Chile	4:07.1
	Johnny Pérez	Bolivia	4:08.0
	Jaime Punina	Ecuador	4:09.0
4	Cosme do Nascimento	Brazil	4:10.0
5	Freddy Báez	Bolivia	4:14.7
6	Jorge Moya	Ecuador	4:19.7
7	Omar Aguilar	Chile	4:22.2

5000 metres

5 November

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Víctor Mora	Colombia	15:23.9
	Silvio Salazar	Colombia	15:51.4
	Johnny Pérez	Bolivia	15:59.4
4	José João da Silva	Brazil	16:25.4
5	Hugo Gavino	Peru	16:38.4
6	Freddy Báez	Bolivia	16:57.6
7	Juan Jofre	Chile	17:85.1

10,000 metres

8 November

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Víctor Mora	Colombia	31:56.4
	Silvio Salazar	Colombia	32:57.1
	Hugo Gavino	Peru	33:30.9
4	Benedicto Aguilar	Bolivia	34:13.8
5	Rufino Chávez	Bolivia	34:15.1
6	Carlos Carvajal	Chile	34:46.4

Half marathon

8 November

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Víctor Mora	Colombia	1:10:42
	Alfonso Torres	Colombia	1:13:20
	René Moldes	Bolivia	1:14:54
4	Hugo Gavino	Peru	1:15:03
5	Rufino Chávez	Bolivia	1:15:45
6	Carlos Carvajal	Chile	1:16:47
7	Julio Llanaga	Ecuador	1:32:50

110 metres hurdles

8 November

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Juan Carlos Fuentes	Chile	14.2
	Wellington da Nóbrega	Brazil	14.4
	Andrés Lyon	Chile	14.4
4	Javier Olivar	Uruguay	14.5
5	Rodolfo Iturraspe	Argentina	14.6
6	Carlos dos Santos	Brazil	15.3
7	Luis Ojeda	Peru	15.7

400 metres hurdles

6 November

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Antônio Ferreira	Brazil	52.3
	Pablo Squella	Chile	52.7
	Donizete Soares	Brazil	53.0
4	Jorge Díaz	Argentina	53.3
5	Rodolfo Iturraspe	Argentina	55.5
6	Aldo Tassi	Peru	56.3

3000 metres steeplechase

7 November

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Emilio Ulloa	Chile	9:53.2
	Johnny Pérez	Bolivia	9:54.2
	Elói Schleder	Brazil	10:19.8
4	Luis Palma	Chile	10:27.8
5	Luis Tipán	Ecuador	10:29.4

4 × 100 metres relay

8 November

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
	Brazil	Paulo Correia, Paulo Lima, Katsuhiko Nakaia, Altevir de Araújo	39.6	CR
	Chile	Héctor Fernández, Juan Carlos Fuentes, Luis Alberto Schneider, Francisco Pichott	40.4
	Peru	Ronald Raborg, Giorgio Mautino, José Luis Valverde, Marco Mautino	40.8
4	Bolivia	Marco Luque, José Torrico, Mosteiro, Yamil Manzur	41.7
5	Argentina	Alfredo Muro, Angel Gagliano, Hugo Alzamora, Nicolás Glass	41.9

4 × 400 metres relay

6 November

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
	Brazil	Agberto Guimarães, Geraldo Pegado, Gerson de Souza, José Luíz Barbosa	3:09.5
	Chile	Rodrigo Muñoz, Pablo Squella, Francisco Pichott, Emilio Ulloa	3:11.8
	Argentina	Jorge Díaz, Nicolás Glass, Raúl López, Angel Gagliano	3:12.2
4	Bolivia	Roberto Prado, Edgar Aguayo, Dante Serrano, José Torrico	3:20.3

20 kilometres walk

7 November

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Oswaldo Morejón	Bolivia	1:51:22
	Ernesto Alfaro	Colombia	1:52:52
	Waldemar da Silva	Brazil	1:53:10
4	Enrique Peña	Colombia	1:56:34
5	Wilson de Matos	Brazil	2:05:04

High jump

8 November

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Jorge Archanjo	Brazil	2.15	CR
	Cláudio Freire	Brazil	2.10
	Daniel Wolfberg	Chile	2.05
4	Fernando Pastoriza	Argentina	2.00
5	Jorge Mazzeo	Argentina	1.95

Pole vault

7 November

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Fernando Hoces	Chile	4.90	CR, NR
	Fernando Ruocco	Uruguay	4.70
	Renato Bortolocci	Brazil	4.60
4	Guillermo Chiaraviglio	Argentina	4.50
5	Flávio Ferreira	Brazil	4.20

Long jump

6 November

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Francisco Pichott	Chile	7.55
	Luís de Souza	Brazil	7.25
	Cláudio Flores	Brazil	7.25
4	Ronald Raborg	Peru	7.14
5	Jorge Mazzeo	Argentina	7.08
6	Eduardo Labalta	Argentina	7.02
7	Henry Pastorelli	Peru	7.02
8	Juan Cuellar	Bolivia	6.89

Triple jump

5 November

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	João Carlos de Oliveira	Brazil	17.05	CR
	Francisco Pichott	Chile	16.23
	Angel Gagliano	Argentina	15.95
4	Jorge Mazzeo	Argentina	15.48
5	Cláudio Flores	Brazil	15.33
6	Óscar Diesel	Paraguay	14.65
7	Juan Cuellar	Bolivia	14.42
8	Miguel Valdez	Peru	14.34

Shot put

6 November

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Gert Weil	Chile	17.48
	Juan Adolfo Turri	Argentina	16.54
	José Carlos Jacques	Brazil	16.31
4	João Lima	Brazil	15.34
5	José Pérez	Chile	15.20
6	Gerardo Carucci	Argentina	15.02
7	Armando Pugliese	Peru	14.10
8	Miguel Suárez	Bolivia	12.41

Discus throw

7 November

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	José Carlos Jacques	Brazil	52.10
	Alejandro Serrano	Chile	48.94
	Andrés Pérez	Chile	45.44
4	Norberto Aimé	Argentina	45.42
5	Claudio Escauriza	Paraguay	44.82
6	Juan Adolfo Turri	Argentina	44.12
7	Celso de Moraes	Brazil	43.96
8	Álvaro Alzamora	Peru	42.20

Hammer throw

5 November

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Ivam Bertelli	Brazil	62.40
	Celso de Moraes	Brazil	61.22
	Daniel Gómez	Argentina	59.72
4	Ernesto Iglesias	Argentina	59.20
5	Mario Egnem	Chile	56.06
6	Edgar Yarce	Colombia	52.52
7	Luis García	Ecuador	49.98
8	Dante Retamal	Peru	47.90

Javelin throw

8 November – Old model

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	José Carlos Lima e Souza	Brazil	75.02	CR
	Luis Lucumí	Colombia	71.76
	Amílcar de Barros	Brazil	70.12
4	Juan Francisco Garmendia	Argentina	68.92
5	Eustacio de León	Panama	66.26
6	Domingo Mussio	Peru	59.66
7	Jorge Mazzeo	Argentina	54.10
8	Claudio Escauriza	Paraguay	52.14

Decathlon

5–6 November – 1962 tables (1985 conversions given with *)

  The highest mark recorded in each event is highlighted in yellow

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	100m	LJ	SP	HJ	400m	110m H	DT	PV	JT	1500m	Points	Conv.	Notes
	Paulo Lima	Brazil	10.3	7.26	14.33	2.00	48.5	15.6	39.34	4.30	49.58	6:17.0	7383	7157*
	Claudio Escauriza	Paraguay	10.9	6.88	13.02	1.80	53.2	16.5	45.84	4.00	56.88	6:29.8	6702	6477*
	Fernando Brito	Brazil	10.6	7.07	12.32	1.90	54.5	15.5	39.28	4.00	46.36	6:59.0	6607	6319*
	Tito Steiner	Argentina	11.4	7.03	15.26	1.85	DNF	DNS	–	–	–	–	DNF

Women's results

100 metres

Heats – 7 November Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Sheila de Oliveira  Brazil 11.7 Q 2 1 Daisy Salas  Chile 11.8 Q 3 1 Brigitte Winter  Peru 12.0 Q 4 1 Susana Jenkins  Argentina 12.3 q 1 2 Carmela Bolívar  Peru 11.6 Q 2 2 Sueli Machado  Brazil 12.0 Q 3 2 Leslie Cooper  Chile 12.1 Q 4 2 María Sol Besada  Argentina 12.1 q

Final – 8 November Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Carmela Bolívar  Peru 11.2 CR Daisy Salas  Chile 11.4 Sueli Machado  Brazil 11.4 4 Sheila de Oliveira  Brazil 11.5 5 Leslie Cooper  Chile 11.6 6 Brigitte Winter  Peru 12.1 7 María Sol Besada  Argentina 12.1 8 Susana Jenkins  Argentina 12.2

200 metres

Heats – 5 November Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Carmela Bolívar  Peru 23.6 Q 2 1 Sueli Machado  Brazil 23.8 Q 3 1 Daisy Salas  Chile 24.2 Q 4 1 María Sol Besada  Argentina 25.1 q 1 2 Eucaris Caicedo  Colombia 24.2 Q 2 2 Sheila de Oliveira  Brazil 24.3 Q 3 2 Patricia Pérez  Chile 24.8 Q 4 2 Brigitte Winter  Peru 24.8 q 5 2 Susana Jenkins  Argentina 26.0

Final – 6 November Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Eucaris Caicedo  Colombia 23.6 Sueli Machado  Brazil 23.8 Carmela Bolívar  Peru 24.0 4 Sheila de Oliveira  Brazil 24.2 5 Daisy Salas  Chile 24.3 6 Brigitte Winter  Peru 24.5 7 Patricia Pérez  Chile 25.0 María Sol Besada  Argentina ?

400 metres

8 November

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Eucaris Caicedo	Colombia	53.6	CR
	Tânia Miranda	Brazil	55.7
	Silvia Augsburger	Argentina	56.0
4	Marcela López	Argentina	56.6
5	Elba Barbosa	Brazil	58.3

800 metres

Heats – 7 November Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Luz Villa  Colombia 2:19.9 Q 2 1 Silvia Augsburger  Argentina 2:26.8 Q 3 1 Sonia Galdos  Peru 2:29.4 q 4 1 Graciela Mardones  Chile 2:38.6 q 1 2 Nancy González  Chile 2:28.3 Q 2 2 Sandra Ferreira  Brazil 2:28.5 Q 3 2 Marcela López  Argentina 2:38.1

Final – 8 November Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Nancy González  Chile 2:17.7 Luz Villa  Colombia 2:19.1 Sandra Ferreira  Brazil 2:21.5 4 Sonia Galdos  Peru 2:23.9 5 Graciela Mardones  Chile 2:39.6 Silvia Augsburger  Argentina ?

1500 metres

5 November

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Norma Vallejos	Chile	4:57.9
	Marcia Chiliquinga	Ecuador	5:01.9
	Mery Rojas	Bolivia	5:04.0
4	Mónica Regonesi	Chile	5:04.1
5	Maricruz Sanjines	Bolivia	5:13.3
6	Sonia Galdos	Peru	5:25.5
7	Rosa de Souza	Brazil	5:25.6

3000 metres

8 November

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Maricruz Sanjines	Bolivia	11:04.2	CR
	Norma Vallejos	Chile	11:09.0
	Mery Rojas	Bolivia	11:20.5
4	Mónica Regonesi	Chile	11:24.3
5	Rosa de Souza	Brazil	13:57.1

100 metres hurdles

8 November

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Juraciara da Silva	Brazil	13.5	CR
	Nancy Vallecilla	Ecuador	13.8
	Beatriz Capotosto	Argentina	13.9
4	Patricia Deck	Chile	14.3
5	Susana Jenkins	Argentina	14.8

400 metres hurdles

6 November

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Conceição Geremias	Brazil	1:00.0	CR
	Nancy Vallecilla	Ecuador	1:02.2
	Maria José Ferreira	Brazil	1:02.7
4	Anabella dal Lago	Argentina	1:03.3
5	Luz Villa	Colombia	1:06.9

4 × 100 metres relay

8 November

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
	Brazil	Juraciara da Silva, Conceição Geremias, Sueli Machado, Sheila de Oliveira	45.3	CR
	Peru	Margarita Bustios, Carmela Bolívar, Rocío Roca, Brigitte Winter	46.7	NR
	Argentina	Susana Jenkins, Araceli Bruschini, María Sol Besada, Beatriz Capotosto	46.9
4	Chile	Patricia Pérez, Paola Raab, Daisy Salas, Leslie Cooper	47.8

4 × 400 metres relay

6 November

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
	Brazil	Tânia Miranda, Sheila de Oliveira, Sueli Machado, Elba Barbosa	3:49.4
	Argentina	Silvia Augsburger, María Sol Besada, Beatriz Capotosto, Anabella Dal Lago	3:51.0
	Chile	Nancy González, Leslie Cooper, Patricia Pérez, Graciela Mardones	3:59.3
4	Bolivia	Virginia Ruiz, Mery Rojas, Carola Herbas, Rosemary Zeballos	4:14.9

High jump

5 November

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Ana Maria Marcon	Brazil	1.84	CR
	Beatriz Dias	Brazil	1.77
	Liliana Arigoni	Argentina	1.71
4	Gloria Sánchez	Colombia	1.65
5	Paola Raab	Chile	1.60

Long jump

7 November

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Conceição Geremias	Brazil	6.26	CR
	Araceli Bruschini	Argentina	6.22
	Graciela Acosta	Uruguay	5.97
4	María Sol Besada	Argentina	5.96
5	Gloria Sánchez	Colombia	5.90
6	Andrea Acevedo	Chile	5.84
7	Margarita Bustios	Peru	5.61
8	Ana Maria Marcon	Brazil	5.50

Shot put

8 November

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Marinalva dos Santos	Brazil	14.80
	Maria Fernandes	Brazil	13.18
	Patricia Guerrero	Peru	12.97
4	Jazmín Cirio	Chile	12.86
5	Alejandra Bevacqua	Argentina	12.18
6	Yvonne Neddermann	Argentina	11.78
7	Patricia Pinto	Bolivia	11.39
8	Selene Saldarriaga	Colombia	10.51

Discus throw

6 November

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Odete Domingos	Brazil	47.62
	Selene Saldarriaga	Colombia	44.22
	Gloria Martínez	Chile	41.36
4	Marinalva dos Santos	Brazil	41.30
5	Lucía Azcune	Uruguay	35.94
6	Jazmín Cirio	Chile	31.98

Javelin throw

5 November – Old model

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Marli dos Santos	Brazil	50.52
	Carolina Weil	Chile	49.96
	Ana María Campillay	Argentina	47.70
4	Patricia Guerrero	Peru	42.92
5	Olga Verissimo	Brazil	39.44
6	Esmeralda Lozano	Colombia	38.60

Heptathlon

7–8 November – 1962 tables (1985 conversions given with *)

  The highest mark recorded in each event is highlighted in yellow

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	100m H	HJ	SP	200m	LJ	JT	800m	Points	Conv.	Notes
	Yvonne Neddermann	Argentina	14.5	1.62	11.70	25.7	6.03	36.48	2:29.1	5451	5241*	AR
	Olga Verissimo	Brazil	15.0	1.65	10.96	26.0	5.57	42.20	2:49.5	5116	5172*
	Paola Raab	Chile	14.9	1.65	8.76	24.8	5.60	30.30	2:32.0	5081	4892*
4	Nancy Vallecilla	Ecuador	13.9	1.68	10.66	25.2	6.03	23.32	3:36.2	4808	4522*
5	Jurema da Silva	Brazil	15.6	1.71	11.10	26.6	5.58	31.00	DNF	4436	4147*