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1979 South American Championships in Athletics

Field	Value
Name	1979 South American Championships in Athletics
Host city	Bucaramanga, Colombia
Nations participating	10
Athletes participating	240
Events	37
Dates	31 October–4 November
Stadium	Estadio Alfonso López Pumarejo
Previous	Montevideo 1977
Next	La Paz 1981

The 1979 South American Championships in Athletics were held in Bucaramanga, Colombia, between 31 October and 4 November.

It was the last edition to feature women's pentathlon before replacing it with the heptathlon.

Medal summary

Men's events

Decathlon	Alfredo Silva
Chile	6991	Ramón Montezuma
Venezuela	6964	Claudio Escauriza
Paraguay	6791

Women's events

Pentathlon	Themis Zambrzycki
Brazil	4117	Conceição Geremias
Brazil	3880	Yvonne Neddermann
Argentina	3833

† = short course (c37km)

= light implement (1.75 kg) † = short course

Medal table

Participating nations

(36)
(1)
(49)
(41)
(40)
(9)
(1)
(15)
(5)
(43)

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