1977 South American Championships in Athletics

{{Infobox Athletics Championships

|Name = 1977 South American Championships in Athletics

|Logo =

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|Host city = Montevideo, Uruguay

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|Stadium = Pista del Parque Batlle y Ordoñez

|Nations participating = 9

|Athletes participating = 253

|Events = 37

|Dates = 4–6 November

|Records set = 5 {{AthAbbr|CR|South American Championships in Athletics}}

|Previous = Rio de Janeiro 1975

|Next = Bucaramanga 1979

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The 1977 South American Championships in Athletics were held at the Pista del Parque Batlle y Ordoñez (today Pista de Atletismo Darwin Piñeyrúa) in Montevideo, Uruguay, between 4 and 6 November 1977.

Medal summary

{{further|1977 South American Championships in Athletics – Results}}

=Men's events=

{{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2}}
100 metres
(wind: +1.5 m/s)

|Rui da Silva
{{flagcountry|Brazil}}

10.3

|Katsuhiko Nakaia
{{flagcountry|Brazil}}

10.4

|Miguel Sulbarán
{{flagcountry|Venezuela}}

10.6
200 metres
(wind: 0.0 m/s)

|Rui da Silva
{{flagcountry|Brazil}}

21.3

|Katsuhiko Nakaia
{{flagcountry|Brazil}}

21.7

|Hipólito Brown
{{flagcountry|Venezuela}}

22.1
400 metres

|Delmo da Silva
{{flagcountry|Brazil}}

47.70

|Ariel Santolaya
{{flagcountry|Chile}}

47.71

|Djalma de Oliveira
{{flagcountry|Brazil}}

48.24
800 metres

|Agberto Guimarães
{{flagcountry|Brazil}}

1:52.4

|Omar Amdematten
{{flagcountry|Argentina}}

1:52.8

|Ricardo Vigo
{{flagcountry|Argentina}}

1:53.3
1500 metres

|José González
{{flagcountry|Venezuela}}

3:51.7

|Emilio Ulloa
{{flagcountry|Chile}}

3:51.7

|Cosme do Nascimento
{{flagcountry|Brazil}}

3:51.7
5000 metres

|Domingo Tibaduiza
{{flagcountry|Colombia}}

14:24.4

|Darcy Pereira
{{flagcountry|Brazil}}

14:25.4

|Jairo Correa
{{flagcountry|Colombia}}

14:26.0
10,000 metres

|Domingo Tibaduiza
{{flagcountry|Colombia}}

29:44.2

|Aloisio de Araújo
{{flagcountry|Brazil}}

29:57.0

|Carlos Alves
{{flagcountry|Brazil}}

30:12.3
Marathon

|Héctor Rodríguez
{{flagcountry|Colombia}}

2:19:56

|Víctor Rodríguez
{{flagcountry|Colombia}}

2:24:48

|Elói Schleder
{{flagcountry|Brazil}}

2:26:48
110 metres hurdles
(wind: 0.0 m/s)

|Oscar Marín
{{flagcountry|Venezuela}}

14.97

|Jesús Villegas
{{flagcountry|Colombia}}

15.04

|Carlos dos Santos
{{flagcountry|Brazil}}

15.23
400 metres hurdles

|Moisés Zambrano
{{flagcountry|Venezuela}}

53.7

|Donizete Soares
{{flagcountry|Brazil}}

54.1

|Joelmerson de Carvalho
{{flagcountry|Brazil}}

54.4
3000 metres steeplechase

|Jairo Correa
{{flagcountry|Colombia}}

9:00.5

|Lucirio Garrido
{{flagcountry|Venezuela}}

9:01.5

|Abel Córdoba
{{flagcountry|Argentina}}

9:13.0
4 × 100 metres relay

| {{flagcountry|Brazil}}
Antônio Carlos dos Santos
Nelson dos Santos
Rui da Silva
Katsuhiko Nakaya

41.4

| {{flagcountry|Venezuela}}
José Chacín
Manuel Briceño
Ely Zabala
Hipólito Brown

41.7

| {{flagcountry|Uruguay}}
Servio Labruna
Luis Sánchez
Luis Barbosa
José Gonçalves

42.1
4 × 400 metres relay

| {{flagcountry|Brazil}}
Djalma de Oliveira
Delmo da Silva
Pedro Teixeira
Donizete Soares

3:15.1

| {{flagcountry|Venezuela}}
Hipólito Brown
E. López
Alexis Herrera
Moisés Zambrano

3:17.4

| {{flagcountry|Chile}}
Ariel Santolaya
Cristián Molina
Emilio Ulloa
Alfredo Edwards

3:23.1
20 kilometres road walk

|Enrique Peña
{{flagcountry|Colombia}}

1:37:21 CR

|Osvaldo Morejón
{{flagcountry|Bolivia}}

1:39:23

|Rafael Vega
{{flagcountry|Colombia}}

1:40:14
High jump

|Iraja Cecy
{{flagcountry|Brazil}}

2.05

|Luis Arbulú
{{flagcountry|Peru}}

2.00

|Luis Barrionuevo
{{flagcountry|Argentina}}

2.00
Pole vault

|Renato Bortolocci
{{flagcountry|Brazil}}

4.40

|Tito Steiner
{{flagcountry|Argentina}}

4.30

|Fernando Hoces
{{flagcountry|Chile}}

4.10
Long jump

|João Carlos de Oliveira
{{flagcountry|Brazil}}

7.95 CR

|Hugo Meriano
{{flagcountry|Argentina}}

7.31

|Ronald Raborg
{{flagcountry|Peru}}

7.22
Triple jump

|João Carlos de Oliveira
{{flagcountry|Brazil}}

16.40

|Angel Gagliano
{{flagcountry|Argentina}}

15.15

|Francisco Pichott
{{flagcountry|Chile}}

14.87
Shot put

|José Luiz Carabolante
{{flagcountry|Brazil}}

16.83

|José Carreño
{{flagcountry|Venezuela}}

15.70

|José Jacques
{{flagcountry|Brazil}}

15.62
Discus throw

|Sérgio Thomé
{{flagcountry|Brazil}}

52.24

|Modesto Barreto
{{flagcountry|Colombia}}

50.64

|José Jacques
{{flagcountry|Brazil}}

46.42
Hammer throw

|Daniel Gómez
{{flagcountry|Argentina}}

64.66 CR

|Celso de Moraes
{{flagcountry|Brazil}}

63.52

|Ivam Bertelli
{{flagcountry|Brazil}}

63.40
Javelin throw

|Mario Sotomayor
{{flagcountry|Colombia}}

66.96

|Paulo de Faría
{{flagcountry|Brazil}}

66.50

|Angel Garmendia
{{flagcountry|Argentina}}

65.72
Decathlon

|Tito Steiner
{{flagcountry|Argentina}}

7411

|Renato Bortolocci
{{flagcountry|Brazil}}

7076

|Ramón Montezuma
{{flagcountry|Venezuela}}

6976

=Women's events=

{{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2}}
100 metres
(wind: +0.5 m/s)

|Beatriz Allocco
{{flagcountry|Argentina}}

11.97

|Beatriz Capotosto
{{flagcountry|Argentina}}

12.20

|Carmela Bolívar
{{flagcountry|Peru}}
Carla Herencia
{{flagcountry|Chile}}

12.27
200 metres

|Beatriz Allocco
{{flagcountry|Argentina}}

24.7

|Sueli Machado
{{flagcountry|Brazil}}

25.2

|Flavia Villar
{{flagcountry|Chile}}

25.3
400 metres

|Eucaris Caicedo
{{flagcountry|Colombia}}

55.3

|Adriana Marchena
{{flagcountry|Venezuela}}

56.48

|Marcela López
{{flagcountry|Argentina}}

56.69
800 metres

|Alejandra Ramos
{{flagcountry|Chile}}

2:12.3

|Adriana Marchena
{{flagcountry|Venezuela}}

2:15.8

|Aparecida Adão
{{flagcountry|Brazil}}

2:15.8
1500 metres

|Alejandra Ramos
{{flagcountry|Chile}}

4:39.8

|Maria Dias
{{flagcountry|Brazil}}

4:46.8

|Mery Rojas
{{flagcountry|Bolivia}}

4:46.8
100 metres hurdles
(wind: -0.5 m/s)

|Edith Noeding
{{flagcountry|Peru}}

14.47

|Themis Zambrzycki
{{flagcountry|Brazil}}

14.76

|Maria Luisa Betioli
{{flagcountry|Brazil}}

14.80
4 × 100 metres relay

| {{flagcountry|Argentina}}
Araceli Bruschini
Susana Perizzotti
Beatriz Capotosto
Beatriz Allocco

46.7

| {{flagcountry|Chile}}
Flavia Villar
Carla Herencia
Verónica Kinzer
Pía Ábalos

47.8

| {{flagcountry|Brazil}}
Maria Levien
Sueli Machado
Conceição Geremias
Bárbara do Nascimento

47.8
4 × 400 metres relay

| {{flagcountry|Brazil}}
Tânia Miranda
Sueli Machado
Joyce Felipe dos Santos
Inoilde Cruz

3:49.7

| {{flagcountry|Argentina}}
Graciela Escalada
Beatriz Allocco
Marcela López
Silvia Augsburger

3:53.4

| {{flagcountry|Venezuela}}
Elsa Antúnez
Lourdes Nicola
Adriana Marchena
Yaneth Carvajal

3:55.2
High jump

|Maria Luisa Betioli
{{flagcountry|Brazil}}

1.80 CR

|Beatriz Bonfim
{{flagcountry|Brazil}}

1.70

|Beatriz Arancibia
{{flagcountry|Chile}}

1.60
Long jump

|Yvonne Neddermann
{{flagcountry|Argentina}}

5.65

|Themis Zambrzycki
{{flagcountry|Brazil}}

5.49

|Conceição Geremias
{{flagcountry|Brazil}}

5.49
Shot put

|Maria Boso
{{flagcountry|Brazil}}

13.80

|Lorena Prado
{{flagcountry|Chile}}

13.26

|Marinalva dos Santos
{{flagcountry|Brazil}}

12.59
Discus throw

|Odete Domingos
{{flagcountry|Brazil}}

51.56 CR

|Thea Reinhardt
{{flagcountry|Brazil}}

49.68

|Patricia Andrus
{{flagcountry|Venezuela}}

40.86
Javelin throw

|Patricia Guerrero
{{flagcountry|Peru}}

45.46

|Neuza Trolezzi
{{flagcountry|Brazil}}

42.92

|Magali Lopes
{{flagcountry|Brazil}}

41.18
Pentathlon

|Conceição Geremias
{{flagcountry|Brazil}}

3863

|Themis Zambrzycki
{{flagcountry|Brazil}}

3856

|Yvonne Neddermann
{{flagcountry|Argentina}}

3425

Medal table

{{Medals table

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| team =

| gold_BRA = 17 | silver_BRA = 16 | bronze_BRA = 15

| gold_COL = 7 | silver_COL = 3 | bronze_COL = 2

| gold_ARG = 6 | silver_ARG = 6 | bronze_ARG = 6

| gold_VEN = 3 | silver_VEN = 6 | bronze_VEN = 5

| gold_CHI = 2 | silver_CHI = 4 | bronze_CHI = 6

| gold_PER = 2 | silver_PER = 1 | bronze_PER = 2

| gold_BOL = 0 | silver_BOL = 1 | bronze_BOL = 1

| gold_URU = 0 | silver_URU = 0 | bronze_URU = 1

}}

Participating nations

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  • {{ARG}} (40)
  • {{BOL}} (8)
  • {{BRA}} (51)
  • {{CHI}} (35)
  • {{COL}} (23)
  • {{PAR}} (19)
  • {{PER}} (6)
  • {{URU}} (38)
  • {{VEN}} (33)

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