II South American Junior Championships in Athletics
Dates	April 30-May 1
Host city	Santiago, Chile
Level	Junior
Events	18
Participation	about 74 athletes from 3 nations
← 1959 Buenos Aires 1961 Santa Fe →

The second South American Junior Championships in Athletics were held in Santiago, Chile from April 30-May 1, 1960.

Detailed result lists can be found on the "World Junior Athletics History" website. ^[1] An unofficial count yields the number of about 74 athletes from about 3 countries: Argentina (25), Chile (30), Peru (19).

Medal winners are published for men ^[2] and women ^[3] Complete results can be found on the "World Junior Athletics History" website. ^[1]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Juan Stocker ( ARG)	11.0	Iván Moreno ( CHI)	11.2	Gerardo Di Tolla ( PER)	11.2
200 metres	Juan Stocker ( ARG)	21.9	Iván Moreno ( CHI)	22.6	Gerardo Di Tolla ( PER)	22.7
400 metres	Juan Carlos Dyrzka ( ARG)	49.3	Mario Gastelú ( PER)	50.0	Hugo Starosta ( ARG)	50.5
800 metres	Eduardo Scamarone ( PER)	2:00.6	Jaime Vega ( CHI)	2:01.2	Magno Rojas ( PER)	2:01.4
1500 metres	Daniel Cortez ( CHI)	4:13.1	Johan Keller ( CHI)	4:14.2	Oscar Gorrachategui ( ARG)	4:15.6
3000 metres	Daniel Cortez ( CHI)	9:21.8	Oscar Gorrachategui ( ARG)	9:22.0	Jorge Cotril ( CHI)	9:22.5
110 metres hurdles	Juan Carlos Dyrzka ( ARG)	15.3	José Cavero ( PER)	15.7	Raúl Tapia ( CHI)	16.3
400 metres hurdles	Juan Carlos Dyrzka ( ARG)	54.6	José Cavero ( PER)	55.3	Mario Gastelú ( PER)	55.4
High jump	Ricardo Marrachi ( CHI)	1.75	Augusto Castro ( CHI)	1.75	Julio Verno ( ARG)	1.75
Pole vault	Luis Meza ( CHI)	3.90	Ramón Oliva ( CHI)	3.60	Gabriel Barceló ( CHI)	3.50
Long jump	Sergio Corvacho ( CHI)	6.60	Julián Méndez ( ARG)	6.49	Víctor Rojas ( ARG)	6.37
Triple jump	Iván Moreno ( CHI)	14.30	Alfredo Salazar ( PER)	14.22	Sergio Corvacho ( CHI)	13.60
Shot put	Horacio Beluardo ( ARG)	14.75	Luis Bustamente ( CHI)	13.96	Patricio Deen ( CHI)	13.30
Discus throw	Horacio Beluardo ( ARG)	52.06	Manuel Consiglieri ( PER)	44.17	Juan Chivilikean ( ARG)	43.58
Hammer throw	Pablo Silva ( CHI)	47.70	Héctor Núñez ( CHI)	47.35	Adalberto Rossi ( ARG)	43.30
Javelin throw	Ian Barney ( ARG)	54.73	Werne Wich ( CHI)	54.42	Daniel Soto ( CHI)	48.94
4 × 100 metres relay	Argentina	42.3	Chile	42.5	Peru	43.2
4 × 400 metres relay	Argentina	3:21.5	Peru	3:24.3	Chile	3:28.6

  *   Host nation ( Chile)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Argentina (ARG)	10	2	6	18
2	Chile (CHI)*	7	10	7	24
3	Peru (PER)	1	6	5	12
Totals (3 entries)		18	18	18	54

• World Junior Athletics History