1924 South American Championships in Athletics
# 1924 South American Championships in Athletics

The 1924 South American Championships in Athletics were held in Buenos Aires, Argentina between 17 and 22 April.

## Medal summary

### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 100 metres | Miguel Enrico Argentina | 10.9 | Augusto de Negri Argentina | | Luis Miguel Chile | |
| 200 metres | Félix Escobar Argentina | 22.1 CR | Luis Miguel Chile | | Roberto García Argentina | |
| 400 metres | Félix Escobar Argentina | 49.4 CR | Francisco Dova Argentina | 49.4 | Federico Brewster Argentina | |
| 800 metres | Francisco Dova Argentina | 2:02.9 CR | Alfredo Iglesias Uruguay | | | |
| 1500 metres | Víctor Moreno Chile | 4:11.9 CR | Luis Decouvieres Chile | 4:13.0 | Juan Baeza Chile | |
| 3000 metres | Manuel Plaza Chile | 8:56.3 CR | | | | |
| 5000 metres | Manuel Plaza Chile | 15:37.2 CR | Juan Baeza Chile | | Luis Celis Chile | |
| 10,000 metres | Manuel Plaza Chile | 32:19.8 CR | Juan Bravo Chile | 33:04.5 | Luis Celis Chile | 33:12.8 |
| 110 metres hurdles | Guillermo Newbery Argentina | 15.8 CR | Otto Dietsch Argentina | | Leandro Gómez Uruguay | |
| 400 metres hurdles | Humberto Lara Chile | 56.2 CR | Enrique Thompson Argentina | | Carlos Müller Chile | |
| 4 × 100 metres relay | Argentina Camilo Ribas Augusto Negri Otto Dietsch Miguel Enrico | 42.9 CR | Uruguay Isabelino Gradín Jesús Posadas Carlos Bastos Juan Felitto | | Chile ? ? Marcos Loyola Luis Miguel | |
| 4 × 400 metres relay | Argentina Casanova Félix Escobar Francisco Dova Federico Brewster | 3:23.4 CR | Chile Elias Catalan Fernando Primard Carlos Müller David Aste | | Uruguay ? Isabelino Gradín ? Raúl Lafitte | |
| 3000 metres team race | Chile | | | | | |
| Cross country | Manuel Plaza Chile | 58:17.3 | Juan Baeza Chile | | Víctor Moreno Chile | |
| High jump | Valerio Vallanía Argentina | 1.80 CR | Hernán Orrego Chile | 1.75 | Carlos Fernández Uruguay | 1.70 |
| Pole vault | Jorge Haeberli Argentina | 3.60 CR | Ernesto Goycolea Chile | 3.50 | Roberto Holm Argentina | 3.50 |
| Long jump | Ramiro García Chile | 6.63 | Luis Brunetto Argentina | 6.63 | Juan Felitto Uruguay | 6.41 |
| Triple jump | Luis Brunetto Argentina | 14.64 CR | Alfredo Miserere Argentina | 13.72 | Ángel Colombo Uruguay | 13.55 |
| Shot put | Domingo Minetti Argentina | 12.74 CR | Benjamín Acevedo Chile | 12.49 | Jorge Llobet Cullen Argentina | 12.46 |
| Discus throw | David Martín Estévez Uruguay | 38.34 CR | Héctor Benapres Chile | 37.81 | Jorge Llobet Cullen Argentina | 36.83 |
| Hammer throw | Alfredo Wismer Argentina | 41.61 CR | Jorge Llobet Cullen Argentina | 40.39 | Luis Romana Argentina | 39.50 |
| Javelin throw | Arturo Medina Chile | 53.70 CR | José Jiménez Argentina | 50.18 | Guillermo Newbery Argentina | 48.45 |
| Decathlon | Enrique Thompson Argentina | 5876.67 CR | Guillermo Newbery Argentina | 5851.7 | Benjamín Acevedo Chile | |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Argentina (ARG) | 13 | 9 | 7 | 29 |
| 2 | Chile (CHI) | 9 | 10 | 8 | 27 |
| 3 | Uruguay (URU) | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| Totals (3 entries) | Totals (3 entries) | 23 | 21 | 20 | 64 |
