The 1963 South American Championships in Athletics were held at the Estadio Pascual Guerrero in Cali, Colombia, between 29 June and 7 July. It was the first time that the competition was held in that country.

Medal summary

Men's events 100 metresArquímedes Herrera 10.2 CRJoe Satow 10.4Affonso da Silva 10.7200 metresArquímedes Herrera 20.9 CRHortensio Fucil 21.0Gerardo Di Tolla 21.2400 metresHortensio Fucil 46.7 ARJuan Carlos Dyrzka 47.6Víctor Maldonado 48.5800 metresOscar Rivera 1:52.2José Neira 1:52.9Leslie Mentor 1:53.11500 metresÁlvaro Mejía 3:53.5José Neira 3:54.4José Azevedo 3:55.95000 metresOsvaldo Suárez 14:59.8Harvey Borrero 15:00.5Domingo Amaisón 15:01.210,000 metresOsvaldo Suárez 31:09.6Domingo Amaisón 31:17.0Luiz Caetano 31:20.9Half marathonLuiz Caetano 1:09:41Luis Navas 1:09:55Hernán Barreneche 1:11:293000 metres steeplechaseDomingo Amaisón 9:13.0Sebastião Mendes 9:28.7José Primo 9:29.7110 metres hurdlesJuan Muñoz 15.0José Telles da Conceição 15.2Cleomenes da Cunha 15.5400 metres hurdlesJuan Carlos Dyrzka 51.0 CRVíctor Maldonado 51.5Anubes da Silva 51.84 × 100 metres relay Joe SatowJoel CostaAffonso da SilvaJosé Telles da Conceição 40.9 Jaime UribeFrancisco GutiérrezPedro GrajalesLeonel Pedroza 41.2 Carlos VampoeckeJuan Carlos DyrzkaGuillermo VallaniaCarlos Biondi 41.64 × 400 metres relay Aristides PinedaLeslie MentorVíctor MaldonadoHortensio Fusil 3:13.0 CR Inanadir da SilvaJoel RochaGeraldo CostaAnubes da Silva 3:14.7 Mario RivetGuillermo VallaniaJuan StockerJuan Carlos Dyrzka 3:15.3High jumpRoberto Abugattás 1.97Eleuterio Fassi 1.94Manuel César 1.88Pole vaultMario Eleusippi 4.10 CRCésar Quintero 3.80Marcelo de Souza 3.70Long jumpHéctor Thomas 7.22Juan Muñoz 7.16Roberto Caravaca 6.97Triple jumpAsnoldo Devonish 15.09José López 15.01Mário Gomes 14.90Shot putJosé Jacques 15.08Luis Di Cursi 15.06Dagoberto González 14.02Discus throwDagoberto González 48.84Daniel Cereali 47.85Luis Di Cursi 46.37Hammer throwDaniel Cereali 56.07 CRRoberto Chapchap 55.08Orlando Guaita 54.64Javelin throwHéctor Thomas 64.79Walter de Almeida 63.49Patricio Etcheverry 63.18DecathlonHéctor Thomas 6825Cleomenes da Cunha 6269Roberto Caravaca 5991

Women's events 100 metresErica da Silva 12.0 CRMargarita Formeiro 12.1Susana Ritchie 12.3200 metresErica da Silva 24.3 ARSusana Ritchie 25.2Marta Buongiorno 25.480 metres hurdlesEmilia Dyrzka 11.5Leda dos Santos 11.5Maria Teixeira 11.84 × 100 metres relay Edir RibeiroInes PimentaLeda dos SantosErica da Silva 47.6 CR Margarita FormeiroMarta BuongiornoEmilia DyrzkaSusana Ritchie 47.8 Gloria AguirreAna AlvaradoSmirna PazAmparo Ramos 49.8High jumpMaria Cipriano 1.58Aída dos Santos 1.58Irenice Rodrigues 1.50Long jumpMabel Farina 5.74Iris dos Santos 5.37Gisela Vidal 5.31Shot putIngeborg Pfüller 12.82 CRVera Trezoitko 12.43Maria de Lourdes Conceição 12.31Discus throwIngeborg Pfüller 46.36 CRIsolina Vergara 39.42Ingeborg Mello 39.05Javelin throwMarlene Ahrens 44.67Aída dos Santos 38.29Carmen Brea 37.93

Medal table

Participating nations

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External links Men Results – GBR Athletics Women Results – GBR Athletics Medallists