1959 South American Junior Championships in Athletics

I South American Junior Championships in Athletics
Dates	April 18–19
Host city	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Level	U21
Events	17
Participation	about 59 athletes from 2 nations
1960 Santiago →

The first South American Junior Championships in Athletics were held in Buenos Aires, Argentina from April 18–19, 1959.

Detailed result lists can be found on the "World Junior Athletics History" website.^[1] An unofficial count yields the number of about 59 athletes from about 2 countries: Argentina (28), Chile (31).

Medal winners are published.^[2] Complete results can be found on the "World Junior Athletics History" website.^[1]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Eduardo Krumm (CHI)	10.7	Hervé Dillhan (CHI)	10.9	Alberto Keitel (CHI)	10.9
200 metres	Hervé Dillhan (CHI)	22.2	Juan Salom (ARG)	22.7	Juan Mouat (CHI)	22.8
400 metres	Fernando Zapeda (CHI)	51.1	Juan Carlos Dyrzka (ARG)	51.7	Jordi Radmilovic (CHI)	51.9
800 metres	Ernesto Díaz (CHI)	1:58.8	Mario Luengo (CHI)	2:00.1	Carlos Crespo (ARG)	2:01.6
1500 metres	Daniel Cortez (CHI)	4:07.1	Enrique Rodríguez (CHI)	4:09.7	Dagoberto Hernández (CHI)	4:12.4
3000 metres	Enrique Rodríguez (CHI)	9:05.8	Isay Ramírez (CHI)	9:06.0	Daniel Cortez (CHI)	9:06.2
110 metres hurdles	Juan Carlos Dyrzka (ARG)	16.0	Jorge Wagner (ARG)	16.1	Guillermo Vallanía (ARG)	16.3
4 × 100 metres relay	Chile Juan Mouat Andrés Larraín Hervé Dillhan Eduardo Krumm	42.9	Only one finishing team
1000 metres Medley relay (100m x 200m x 300m x 400m)	Chile Fernando Zapeda Jordi Radmilovic Hervé Dillhan Juan Mouat	2:02.2	Argentina Juan Carlos Dyrzka Félix Gallardo Juan Salom Carlos San Martín	2:03.4	Only 2 starting teams
High jump	Eugenio Velasco (CHI)	1.80	José Ugarte (CHI)	1.75	Julio Verno (ARG)	1.75
Pole vault	Sergio Opazo (CHI)	3.60	Germán Goddard (CHI)	3.50	Luis Meza (CHI)	3.50
Long jump	Carlos Tornquist (CHI)	6.74	Eduardo Krumm (CHI)	6.56	Jorge Wagner (ARG)	6.29
Shot put	Horacio Beluardo (ARG)	16.53	Juan Faist (ARG)	15.49	Leonardo Lee (CHI)	15.44
Discus throw	Orlando Guaita (CHI)	40.86	Horacio Beluardo (ARG)	39.41	Juan Faist (ARG)	38.40
Hammer throw	Juan Miranda (CHI)	49.80	Héctor Núñez (CHI)	49.23	Mario Cáceras (CHI)	45.83
Javelin throw	Claudio Reinke (ARG)	52.55	Juan Pacella (ARG)	47.37	Alberto Kraeft (ARG)	46.89
Pentathlon	Eduardo Krumm (CHI)	2122	Domingo Valenzuela (CHI)	1901	Werner Wischia (CHI)	1884

  *   Host nation (Argentina)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Chile (CHI)	14	9	9	32
2	Argentina (ARG)*	3	7	6	16
Totals (2 entries)		17	16	15	48

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