1985 South American Championships in Athletics
# 1985 South American Championships in Athletics

The 33rd South American Championships in Athletics were held in Santiago, Chile between 12 and 15 September.

## Medal summary

### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 100 metres (wind: -1.0 m/s) | Arnaldo da Silva Brazil | 10.39 | Robson da Silva Brazil | 10.45 | Enrique Canavire Venezuela | 10.69 |
| 200 metres (wind: -0.5 m/s) | Robson da Silva Brazil | 20.70 | Oscar Barrionuevo Argentina | 21.42 | Sérgio Menezes Brazil | 21.47 |
| 400 metres | Héctor Daley Panama | 46.06 CR | Sérgio Menezes Brazil | 46.53 | Aaron Phillips Venezuela | 46.66 |
| 800 metres | Luis Migueles Argentina | 1:46.90 CR | Igor Costa Brazil | 1:47.61 | Rinaldo Gomes Brazil | 1:49.35 |
| 1500 metres | Adauto Domingues Brazil | 3:42.16 CR | Emilio Ulloa Chile | 3:43.63 | Ricardo Vera Uruguay | 3:46.87 |
| 5000 metres | Omar Aguilar Chile | 13:53.69 CR | Silvio Salazar Colombia | 14:03.18 | João de Souza Brazil | 14:09.43 |
| 10,000 metres | Omar Aguilar Chile | 28:39.90 CR | João de Souza Brazil | 29:02.34 | Silvio Salazar Colombia | 29:03.34 |
| Marathon | Elói Schleder Brazil | 2:22:13 | José San Martín Chile | 2:24:10 | Mauricio Arancibia Chile | 2:26:41 |
| 110 metres hurdles (wind: -0.1 m/s) | Pedro Chiamulera Brazil | 13.87 CR | Joilto Bonfim Brazil | 14.21 | George Biehl Chile | 14.40 |
| 400 metres hurdles | Pedro Chiamulera Brazil | 49.71 CR | Antônio Dias Ferreira Brazil | 50.36 | Wilfredo Ferrer Venezuela | 51.36 |
| 3000 metres steeplechase | Adauto Domingues Brazil | 8:44.38 CR | Ricardo Vera Uruguay | 8:44.85 | Emilio Ulloa Chile | 8:45.27 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay | Brazil Olivier Cadier Arnaldo da Silva Antonio dos Santos Robson da Silva | 40.00 | Chile Carlos Moreno Álvaro Prenafeta Boris Mihovilovic Luis Saez | 40.69 | Venezuela Wilfredo Ferrer Nelson Oquendo Enrique Canavire José Mirena | 40.87 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay | Brazil Pedro Chiamulera Sérgio Menezes Wilson dos Santos Igor Costa | 3:07.96 CR | Argentina Gustavo Capart Luis Migueles Oscar Barrionuevo José María Beduino | 3:10.21 | Venezuela Wilfredo Ferrer Aaron Phillips Miguel Marcano José Castillo | 3:11.29 |
| 20 kilometres road walk | Jorge Yannone Argentina | 1:39:04 | Juan Yanes Venezuela | 1:42:23 | Jorge Torrealba Venezuela | 1:45:41 |
| High jump | Milton Riitano Francisco Brazil | 2.17 CR | Fernando Pastoriza Argentina | 2.11 | Cláudio Freire Brazil | 2.08 |
| Pole vault | Oscar Veit Argentina | 4.90 =CR | Jaime Silva Chile | 4.80 | Elson de Souza Brazil | 4.80 |
| Long jump | Enrique Canavire Venezuela | 7.54 | Olivier Cadier Brazil | 7.46 | Sergio Roh Argentina | 7.20 |
| Triple jump | Francisco dos Santos Brazil | 16.87 | Jailto Bonfim Brazil | 16.06 | Roberto Audain Venezuela | 15.62 |
| Shot put | Gert Weil Chile | 20.14 CR | Adilson Oliveira Brazil | 17.13 | José Jara Chile | 16.20 |
| Discus throw | José de Souza Brazil | 53.10 | Carlos Brynner Argentina | 51.60 | Otmar Welsch Brazil | 50.92 |
| Hammer throw | Daniel Gómez Argentina | 60.26 | Celso de Moraes Brazil | 60.20 | Pedro Rivail Atílio Brazil | 60.04 |
| Javelin throw | Juan Garmendia Argentina | 75.10 CR | Luis Lucumí Colombia | 70.64 | Gustavo Wielandt Chile | 70.30 |
| Decathlon | Paulo Lima Brazil | 7341 | Carlos Martín Argentina | 6770 | Claudio Escauriza Paraguay | 6599 |

### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 100 metres | Patricia Pérez Chile | 11.78 | Cláudia Santos Brazil | 12.02 | Daisy Salas Chile | 12.11 |
| 200 metres | Claudileia dos Santos Brazil | 23.99 | Patricia Pérez Chile | 24.13 | Liliana Chalá Ecuador | 24.26 |
| 400 metres | Norfalia Carabalí Colombia | 53.25 CR | Elba Barbosa Brazil | 54.36 | Margarita Grün Uruguay | 54.39 NR |
| 800 metres | Alejandra Ramos Chile | 2:03.5 CR | Soraya Telles Brazil | 2:06.3 | Elba Barbosa Brazil | 2:09.2 |
| 1500 metres | Alejandra Ramos Chile | 4:20.16 CR | Monica Regonesi Chile | 4:22.45 | Fabiola Rueda Colombia | 4:22.63 |
| 3000 metres | Monica Regonesi Chile | 9:29.67 CR | Carmem de Oliveira Brazil | 9:30.37 | Fabiola Rueda Colombia | 9:31.10 |
| 10,000 metres | Monica Regonesi Chile | 34:31.37 CR | Carmem de Oliveira Brazil | 34:47.02 | Margot Vargas Argentina | 36:16.80 |
| 100 metres hurdles | Beatriz Capotosto Argentina | 13.87 | Susana Jenkins Argentina | 13.94 | Juraciara da Silva Brazil | 13.97 |
| 400 metres hurdles | Maria do Carmo Fialho Brazil | 59.45 CR | Cornelia Holzinger Brazil | 60.28 | Claudia Oxman Chile | 61.42 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay | Chile Daisy Salas Flavia Villar Michelle Camino Patricia Pérez | 45.80 | Brazil Inês Antónia Ribeiro Juraciara da Silva Claudileia dos Santos Barbara Nascimento | 46.09 | Argentina Julia Schuth Graciela Palaćn Susana Jenkins Beatriz Capotosto | 46.80 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay | Brazil Soraya Telles-Teixeira Elba Barbosa Cornelia Holzinguer Maria do Carmo Fialho | 3:39.77 CR | Uruguay Claudia Acerenza Margarita Grün Soledad Acerenza María Mosegui | 3:41.49 | Chile Alejandra Ramos Flavia Villar Ismenia Guzman Ximena Carvajal | 3:43.85 |
| High jump | Ana Maria Marcón Brazil | 1.88 CR | Carmen Garib Chile | 1.76 | Conceição Geremias Brazil | 1.73 |
| Long jump | Conceição Geremias Brazil | 6.04 | Silvia Murialdo Argentina | 5.81 | Graciela Acosta Uruguay | 5.81 |
| Shot put | Maria Fernandes Brazil | 14.89 | Jazmín Cirio Chile | 14.50 | Marinalva dos Santos Brazil | 14.44 |
| Discus throw | Márcia Barbosa Brazil | 46.16 | Marinalva dos Santos Brazil | 43.50 | Daphne Birnios Argentina | 42.20 |
| Javelin throw | Mônica Rocha Brazil | 52.08 CR | Sueli dos Santos Brazil | 51.52 | Patricia Guerrero Peru | 45.38 |
| Heptathlon | Ana María Comaschi Argentina | 4866 | Nancy Vallecilla Ecuador | 4865 | Rita Geremias Brazil | 4710 |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Brazil (BRA) | 21 | 19 | 12 | 52 |
| 2 | Chile (CHI) | 9 | 8 | 8 | 25 |
| 3 | Argentina (ARG) | 7 | 7 | 4 | 18 |
| 4 | Colombia (COL) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | Venezuela (VEN) | 1 | 1 | 7 | 9 |
| 6 | Panama (PAN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Uruguay (URU) | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 8 | Ecuador (ECU) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | Paraguay (PAR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | Peru (PER) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (10 entries) | Totals (10 entries) | 40 | 40 | 40 | 120 |
