Unofficial South American Championships in Athletics were held in Buenos Aires, Argentina on May 24–26, 1918. The event was entitled "Campeonato de Iniciación".[1] It was organized by the "Federación Pedestre Argentina", the predecessor of the "Federación Atlética Argentina" (founded in 1919) and the "Confederación Argentina de Atletismo" (founded in 1954), and was then representing Argentinian athletics.[2]
Unofficial South American Championships in Athletics | |
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Dates | May 24–26, 1918 |
Host city | Buenos Aires, Argentina |
Level | Senior |
Events | 17 |
Participation | 3 nations |
In a historical meeting on May 24, 1918, in the "salón de honor" (hall of fame) of the newspaper "La Razón", its director, Eloy María Prieto, together with Leopoldo Falconi, Carlos Fanta and Alfredo Betteley, representatives from Chile, and Dr. Francisco Ghigliani, representative from Uruguay, decided the foundation of the Confederación Sudamericana de Atletismo nowadays known as ConSudAtle.[3]
Medal summary
editMedal winners are published.[1]
Men
editEvent | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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100 metres | 12.0 | |||||
200 metres | 24.2 | |||||
400 metres | 53.0 | |||||
800 metres | 2:14.0 | |||||
1 Mile | 4:37.8 | |||||
Marathon* | 3:28:04 | |||||
200 metres hurdles | 30.8 | |||||
400 metres hurdles | ||||||
High jump | 1.70 | |||||
Standing high jump | 1.45 | 1.45 | 1.45 | |||
Pole vault | 3.15 | 3.10 | 3.10 | |||
Long jump | 5.95 | 5.89 | 5.78 | |||
Standing long jump | 2.905 | 2.89 | 2.81 | |||
Shot put | 11.83 | 11.65 | 11.35 | |||
Discus throw | 30.29 | 29.93 | 29.57 | |||
Hammer throw | 26.70 | 25.40 | 20.57 | |||
4×400 metres relay |
* = Actual distance was 40.2 km
Medal table (unofficial)
edit* Host nation (Argentina)
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 24 | |
2 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 19 | |
3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | |
Totals (3 entries) | 18 | 17 | 16 | 51 |
References
edit- ^ a b Athletics Weekly, SOUTH AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIPS (UNOFFICIAL), retrieved October 29, 2011
- ^ Aguilera, Ruben (May 18, 2011), ATLETISMO: A LA ESPERA DEL SUDAMERICANO 2011 - A LA ESPERA DEL SUDA DE MAYORES EN BUENOS AIRES, EN JUNIO (in Spanish), deportelauquen.com.ar, retrieved October 29, 2011
- ^
Confederación Sudamericana de Atletismo, Historial - El origen de la ConSudAtle (in Spanish), archived from the original on June 21, 2011, retrieved October 29, 2011
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