1961 South American Junior Championships in Athletics

III South American Junior Championships in Athletics
Host city	Santa Fe, Argentina
Date(s)	October 15–16
Level	Junior
Participation	about 56 athletes from 5 nations
Events	18
← 1960 Santiago 1962 Lima →

The third South American Junior Championships in Athletics were held in Santa Fe, Argentina from October 15–16, 1961.

Participation (unofficial)

Detailed result lists can be found on the "World Junior Athletics History" website.^[1] An unofficial count yields the number of about 56 athletes from about 5 countries: Argentina (21), Brazil (13), Chile (14), Peru (5), Uruguay (3).

Medal summary

Medal winners are published for men^[2] and women^[3] Complete results can be found on the "World Junior Athletics History" website.^[1]

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Iván Moreno (CHI)	10.7	Juan Byers (CHI)	10.7	Juan Hasegawa (PER)	10.8
200 metres	Iván Moreno (CHI)	22.1	Gerardo Di Tolla (PER)	22.2	Juan Byers (CHI)	22.2
400 metres	López Medrano (ARG)	50.7	Jaime Vega (CHI)	50.9	Jorge Vilaboa (URU)	NTT
800 metres	Jaime Vega (CHI)	1:58.8	Luis Alarcón (CHI)	1:59.6	Rogelio Rodríguez (ARG)	1:59.8
1500 metres	Luis Alarcón (CHI)	4:07.8	Hugo Roldán (ARG)	4:10.5	Mario Cutropia (ARG)	4:11.8
3000 metres	Mario Cutropia (ARG)	9:07.2	Horácio Ferreira (BRA)	9:17.2	José Pincheire (BRA)	9:27.0
110 metres hurdles	Hildemar Cimolini (ARG)	15.2	Guillermo Vallanía (ARG)	15.3	João Gonzales (BRA)	15.7
400 metres hurdles	João Gonzales (BRA)	57.4	Manuel Jordán (CHI)	58.5	Santiago Gordon (CHI)	58.8
High jump	Roberto Abugattás (PER)	1.85	José Barros (BRA)	1.80	Luis Cornaglia (ARG)	1.75
Pole vault	Geraldo Morandé (CHI)	3.60	Daniel Argoitía (ARG)	3.60	Eduardo Nakayama (BRA)	3.40
Long jump	Julián Méndez (ARG)	6.78	Carlos Ermter (CHI)	6.57	Jauro Koga (BRA)	6.51
Triple jump	Iván Moreno (CHI)	14.33	Herbert da Silva (BRA)	13.94	Arturo Arancibia (ARG)	13.50
Shot put	José Vallejo (ARG)	12.91	Cláudio Romanini (BRA)	12.59	Ramón García (CHI)	12.28
Discus throw	Gilberto Matusiak (BRA)	47.98	Cláudio Romanini (BRA)	46.67	Miguel Gesto (URU)	44.28
Hammer throw	Hugo Grazioli (ARG)	49.77	José Vallejo (ARG)	48.97	Hugo Peña (CHI)	47.84
Javelin throw	José Denis (PER)	53.92	Héctor Ramos (ARG)	51.50	Patricio Etcheverry (CHI)	49.90
4 × 100 metres relay	Argentina	43.4	Peru	43.9	Brazil	44.2
4 × 400 metres relay	Chile	3:29.0	Argentina	3:29.8	Brazil	3:32.0

Medal table (unofficial)

The host country is highlighted in lavender blue

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Argentina	7	6	4	17
2	Chile	7	5	5	17
3	Brazil	2	5	6	13
4	Peru	2	2	1	5
5	Uruguay	0	0	2	2

References

1 2 World Junior Athletics History, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), retrieved November 1, 2011
↑ SOUTH AMERICAN JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS (MEN), Athletics Weekly, retrieved November 1, 2011
↑ SOUTH AMERICAN JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS (WOMEN), Athletics Weekly, retrieved November 1, 2011

External links

World Junior Athletics History

Championships of the South American Athletics Confederation

Senior Championships (records) Cross Country Championships Race Walking Championships Marathon Championships Half Marathon Championships Road Mile Championships Mountain Running Championships Under-23 Championships in Athletics (records) Junior Championships in Athletics Youth Championships in Athletics (records)

Senior	1919 1920 1924 1926 1927 1929 1931 1933 1935 1937 1939 1941 1943 1945 1947 1949 1952 1954 1956 1958 1961 1963 1965 1967 1969 1971 1974 1975 1977 1979 1981 1983 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2006 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015

Senior (unofficial)	1918 1922 1931 1946 1948 1950 1953 1957

Under-23	2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016

Junior	1959 1960 1961 1962 1964 1966 1968 1970 1972 1974 1976 1978 1980 1981 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015

Youth	1973 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016

Race Walking	1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014

Cross Country	1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

See also: Athletics at the South American Games

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