1929 South American Championships in Athletics
# 1929 South American Championships in Athletics

The 1929 South American Championships in Athletics were held in Lima, Peru between 5 and 10 May.

## Medal summary

### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 100 metres | Hernán Spinassi Argentina | 10.7 CR | Carlos Bianchi Lutti Argentina | | Juan Carlos Ure Aldao Argentina | |
| 200 metres | Hernán Spinassi Argentina | 21.9 CR | José Vicente Salinas Chile | | Juan Carlos Ure Aldao Argentina | |
| 400 metres | José Vicente Salinas Chile | 49.0 CR | Santiago Hintze Argentina | 49.4 | Ernesto Riveros Chile | |
| 800 metres | Leopoldo Ledesma Argentina | 1:55.2 CR | Hermenegildo Del Rosso Argentina | | Ernesto Medel Chile | |
| 1500 metres | Leopoldo Ledesma Argentina | 4:01.0 CR | Ernesto Medel Chile | | Roger Ceballos Argentina | |
| 3000 metres | Belisario Alarcón Chile | 8:51.0 CR | | | | |
| 5000 metres | Belisario Alarcón Chile | 15:44.8 | Lindor Pizarro Chile | | Pedro Pérez Chile | |
| 10,000 metres | José Ribas Argentina | 32:10.4 | Fernando Cicarelli Argentina | | Juan Bravo Chile | |
| 110 metres hurdles | Valerio Vallanía Argentina | 15.3 CR | Alfredo Ugarte Chile | 15.4 | Evaristo Gomes Peru | |
| 400 metres hurdles | Pedro Gálvez Peru | 55.2 CR | Juan Acosta Argentina | 55.4 | Juan Figueiras Argentina | |
| 4 × 100 metres relay | Argentina Hernan Spinassi Cagliardi Pages Juan Carlos Ure | 42.2 CR | Peru García Serrot Pedro Gálvez Ordoñez | 43.2 | Chile Viollo Gutiérrez Rozas Luis Miguel | |
| 4 × 400 metres relay | Chile Gutiérrez Humberto Scacchi Guillermo Godoy José Vicente Salinas | 3:22.4 CR | Argentina Roberto Genta Juan Acosta Santiago Hintze Salas | | Peru Pedro Gálvez Souza Bravo Noya | |
| 3000 metres team race | Argentina | | Chile | | | |
| Cross country | Belisario Alarcón Chile | 33/36:16.0 | Arturo Velert Argentina | | Fernando Cicarelli Argentina | |
| High jump | Valerio Vallanía Argentina | 1.80 | Luis Garay Chile | 1.80 | Pablo Riesen Argentina | 1.75 |
| Pole vault | Diego Pajmaevich Argentina | 3.80 CR | Adolfo Schlegel Chile | 3.70 | Alfredo Escobedo Argentina | 3.70 |
| Long jump | Juan Moura Chile | 6.87 CR | Pedro Aizcorbe Argentina | 6.74 | Carlos Butti Argentina | 6.63 |
| Triple jump | Luis Brunetto Argentina | 14.77 | Ricardo Mendiburo Chile | 14.45 | Pedro Aizcorbe Argentina | 14.27 |
| Shot put | Kurt Pollack Chile | 13.23 CR | Héctor Benapres Chile | 12.77 | Guillermo Otto Chile | 12.64 |
| Discus throw | Héctor Benapres Chile | 41.64 CR | Pedro Elsa Argentina | 41.44 | Arístides Domínguez Argentina | 40.63 |
| Hammer throw | Federico Kleger Argentina | 49.57 CR | Alfredo Wismer Argentina | 46.55 | Ricardo Bayer Chile | 46.42 |
| Javelin throw | Tomás Medián Chile | 53.31 | Antonio Medvesigh Argentina | 51.76 | F. Vega Chile | 49.52 |
| Decathlon | Héctor Berra Argentina | 6511.34 | Santiago León Amatrián Argentina | 6264.33 | Fernando Primard Chile | 6075 |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Argentina (ARG) | 13 | 12 | 10 | 35 |
| 2 | Chile (CHI) | 9 | 9 | 9 | 27 |
| 3 | Peru (PER) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Totals (3 entries) | Totals (3 entries) | 23 | 22 | 21 | 66 |
