1918 South American Championships in Athletics (unofficial)
# 1918 South American Championships in Athletics (unofficial)

Unofficial South American Championships in Athletics were held in Buenos Aires, Argentina on May 24–26, 1918. The event was entitled "Campeonato de Iniciación". 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.

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.

## Medal summary

Medal winners are published.

### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 100 metres | Marcelo Uranga (CHI) | 12.0 | José Pozzi (ARG) | | Abelardo Piovano (ARG) | |
| 200 metres | Marcelo Uranga (CHI) | 24.2 | Eduardo Lambierto (ARG) | | Isabelino Gradín (URU) | |
| 400 metres | Isabelino Gradín (URU) | 53.0 | José Pozzi (ARG) | | Marcelo Uranga (CHI) | |
| 800 metres | Manuel Moraga (CHI) | 2:14.0 | J.M. Martínez (ARG) | | Juan Campos (URU) | |
| 1 Mile | Juan Jorquera (CHI) | 4:37.8 | Manuel Moraga (CHI) | | A.R. Arriola (ARG) | |
| Marathon* | Juan Jorquera (CHI) | 3:28:04 | Luis Urzua (CHI) | | Ernesto Lamilla (CHI) | |
| 200 metres hurdles | Marcelo Rendic (CHI) | 30.8 | Carlos Bovo (ARG) | | Harold Rosenqvist (CHI) | |
| 400 metres hurdles | Leopoldo Palma (CHI) | | Julio Kilián (CHI) | | Harold Rosenqvist (CHI) | |
| High jump | Miguel Arigós (ARG) Marcelo Rendic (CHI) | 1.70 | | | Luis Groussac (ARG) | |
| Standing high jump | Enrique Kossow (ARG) | 1.45 | Juan Moliné (ARG) | 1.45 | Luis Groussac (ARG) | 1.45 |
| Pole vault | Enrique Sansot (CHI) | 3.15 | Adolfo Reccius (CHI) | 3.10 | Héctor Berruti (URU) | 3.10 |
| Long jump | Harold Rosenqvist (CHI) | 5.95 | Adolfo Reccius (CHI) | 5.89 | E. Servetti (URU) | 5.78 |
| Standing long jump | S. Delpech (ARG) | 2.905 | Enrique Kossow (ARG) | 2.89 | Juan Moliné (ARG) | 2.81 |
| Shot put | Juan Moliné (ARG) | 11.83 | Miguel Arigós (ARG) | 11.65 | Víctor Zaragoza (URU) | 11.35 |
| Discus throw | Rodolfo Hammersley (CHI) | 30.29 | L. Heber (ARG) | 29.93 | Harold Rosenqvist (CHI) | 29.57 |
| Hammer throw | Fernando Capellini (URU) | 26.70 | Rodolfo Hammersley (CHI) | 25.40 | Carlo Heller (CHI) | 20.57 |
| 4×400 metres relay | Argentina | | Uruguay | | Chile | |

* = Actual distance was 40.2 km

## Medal table (unofficial)

* Host nation (Argentina)

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Chile (CHI) | 11 | 6 | 7 | 24 |
| 2 | Argentina (ARG)* | 5 | 10 | 4 | 19 |
| 3 | Uruguay (URU) | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| Totals (3 entries) | Totals (3 entries) | 18 | 17 | 16 | 51 |
