| men's distance records progressions - South America | |||||||
| 800m | |||||||
| 1:59,2 (?.) | Moller (CHI) | ??.??.1924 | |||||
| 1:59,2 (?.) | Dova (ARG) | ??.??.1925 | |||||
| 1:58,4 (?.) | Ledesma (ARG) | ??.??.1926 | |||||
| 1:58,0 (?.) | Dengra (ARG) | ??.??.1927 | |||||
| 1:56,4 (?.) | Ledesma (ARG) | ??.??.1928 | |||||
| 1:55,2 (?.) | Leopoldo Ledesma (ARG) | 08.05.1929 | Lima | ||||
| 1:54,2 (?.) | Juan C. Anderson (ARG) | 25.11.1934 | Buenos Aires | ||||
| 1:53,1 (?.) | Guillermo Garcia Huidobro (CHI) | 29.06.1941 | Santiago de Chile | ||||
| 1:52,6 (?.) | Hugo Nuttini (CHI) | ??.??.1949 | |||||
| 1:52,3 (?.) | Hugo Nuttini (CHI) | ??.??.1951 | |||||
| 1:52,3 (?.) | Ramon Sandoval (CHI) | 23.04.1953 | Santiago de Chile | ||||
| 1:50,9 (1.) | Ramon Sandoval (CHI) | South-American Championships | 20.04.1954 | Sao Paulo | |||
| 1:50,8 (?.) | Ramon Sandoval (CHI) | ||||||
| 1:50,2 (?.) | Eduardo Balducci (ARG) | ??.??.1956 | |||||
| 1:49,0 (?.) | Ramon Sandoval (CHI) | ??.??.1956 | |||||
| 1:49,0h (1.) | Ramon Sandoval (CHI) | South-American Championships | 19.04.1956 | Santiago de Chile | |||
| 1:46,88 (1.) | Agberto Conceição Guimarães (BRA) | 10.07.1977 | Rio de Janeiro | ||||
| 1:46,0h (4.) | Agberto Conceição Guimarães (BRA) | World University Games | 21.08.1977 | Sofiya | |||
| 1:46,47 (1.) | Rayfield Beaton (GUY) | 29.04.1978 | Westwood (USA) | ||||
| 1:44,3h (1.) | Joaquim Carvalho Cruz (BRA) | Brazil Trophy | 27.06.1981 | Rio de Janeiro | WJR | ||
| 1:44,3h (1.) | Jose Luis Barbosa | National Championships | 26.06.1983 | São Paulo | |||
| 1:44,04 (1.) | Joaquim Carvalho Cruz (BRA) | Oslo Games (A) | 09.07.1983 | Oslo | |||
| 1:43,82 (q.) | Joaquim Carvalho Cruz (BRA) | Olympic Games/sf1 | 05.08.1984 | Los Angeles | |||
| 1:43,00 (1.) | Joaquim Carvalho Cruz (BRA) | Olympic Games | 06.08.1984 | Los Angeles | OR | 2 | |
| 1:42,34 (1.) | Joaquim Carvalho Cruz (BRA) | Weltklasse in Zürich | 22.08.1984 | Zürich | 2 | ||
| 1:41,77 (1.) | Joaquim Carvalho Cruz (BRA) | Internationales des ASV Köln | 26.08.1984 | Köln | "WB" | 2 | |
| 1000m | |||||||
| 2:25,7h (?.) | Ramon Sandoval (CHI) | ||||||
| 2:15,28 (1.) | Joaquim Carvalho Cruz (BRA) | International | 29.07.1983 | Bern | 4 | ||
| 2:14,54 (1.) | Joaquim Carvalho Cruz (BRA) | Prefontaine Classic | 21.07.1984 | Eugene | 4 | ||
| 2:14,09 (1.) | Joaquim Carvalho Cruz (BRA) | NIKAIA | 20.08.1984 | Nice | 3 | ||
| 1500m | |||||||
| 4:11,9 (?.) | Moreno (CHI) | .24 | |||||
| 4:05,0 (1.) | Luis E. Suárez (ARG) | 13.11.1926 | Buenos Aires | ||||
| 4:01,0 (1.) | Leopoldo Ledesma (ARG) | 05.05.1929 | Lima | ||||
| 3:58,8 (1.) | Juan Carlos Galardo (ARG) | 10.12.34?? | 10.11.1934 | Buenos Aires | |||
| 3:57,8 (1.) | Miguel Castro (CHI) | 11.10.1935 | Lima | ||||
| 3:56,8 (1.) | Miguel Castro (CHI) | 07.12.1938 | Santiago de Chile | ||||
| 3:54,4 (1.) | Guillermo García Huidobro (CHI) | 01.05.1940 | Santiago de Chile | ||||
| 3:53,2 (?.) | Miranda (ARG) | ??.??.1955 | |||||
| 3:50,5 (?.) | Eduardo Balducci (ARG) | ??.??.1956 | |||||
| 3:48,4 (1.) | Ramon Sandoval (CHI) | South-American Championships | 15.04.1956 | Santiago de Chile | |||
| 3:48,4 (?.) | Ramon Sandoval (CHI) | ??.??.1957 | |||||
| 3:47,5 (1.) | Ramon Sandoval (CHI) | South-American Championships | 20.04.1958 | Montevideo | |||
| 3:41,73 (n.) | Donaldo Arza (PAN) | Olympic Games/h1 | 08.09.1972 | München | (5.) | ||
| 3:41,5 (?.) | Agberto Conceição Guimarães (BRA) | 14.07.1979 | San Juan (PUR) | ||||
| 3:39,5 (1.) | Joaquim Carvalho Cruz (BRA) | 07.05.1983 | Eugene (USA) | ||||
| 3:39,4 (1.) | Joaquim Carvalho Cruz (BRA) | 24.03.1984 | Sacramento (USA) | ||||
| 3:38,43 (1.) | Joaquim Carvalho Cruz (BRA) | 31.03.1984 | Eugene (USA) | ||||
| 3:40,8h (?.) | Omar Esteban Ortega (ARG) | 07.04.1984 | Stanford (USA) | ||||
| 3:37,72 (1.) | Joaquim Carvalho Cruz (BRA) | 21.04.1984 | Berkley (USA) | ||||
| 3:36,48 (1.) | Joaquim Carvalho Cruz (BRA) | NCAA Championships | 02.06.1984 | Eugene (USA) | |||
| 3:39,9h (2.) | Agberto Conceição Guimarães (BRA) | 17.06.1984 | Ibirapuera (BRA) | 39,0? | |||
| 3:35,70 (1.) | Joaquim Carvalho Cruz (BRA) | Prefontaine Classic / GP | 01.06.1985 | Eugene (USA) | |||
| 3:34,63 (1.) | Joaquim Carvalho Cruz (BRA) | Fanny Blankers-Koen Games | 14.08.1988 | Hengelo (NED) | |||
| 3:33,99 (2.) | Hudson Santos de Souza (BRA) | 02.07.2001 | Zagreb | ||||
| 3:33,25 (5.) | Hudson Santos de Souza (BRA) | International / GP | 28.08.2005 | Rieti (ITA) | |||
| 1 Mile | |||||||
| 4:10,8 (?.) | José Azevedo (BRA) | 30.03.1967 | Palo Alto (USA) | ||||
| 3:58,4 (?.) | Juan Martínez (MEX) | 24.05.1975 | |||||
| 3:53,00 (2.) | Joaquim Carvalho Cruz (BRA) | Pepsi Invitational | 13.05.1984 | Los Angeles | |||
| 3:52,97 (10.) | Hudson Santos de Souza (BRA) | Golden Gala / Golden League | 12.07.2002 | Roma | |||
| 3:51,05 (8.) | Hudson Santos de Souza (BRA) | Bislett Games / Golden League | 29.07.2005 | Oslo | |||
| 2000m | |||||||
| 5:03,34 (?.) | Hudson Santos de Souza (BRA) | 06.04.2002 | Manaus | ||||
| 3000m | |||||||
| 8:54,2 (1.) | Manuel Plaza (CHI) | 30.03.1924 | Santiago de Chile | ||||
| 8:44,2 (1.) | Juan Carlos Zabala (ARG) | 08.05.1931 | Montevideo | ||||
| 8:39,8 (1.) | Luis Oliva (ARG) | 01.05.1932 | Buenos Aires | ||||
| 8:36,6 (1.) | Roger Ceballos (ARG) | 07.03.1934 | Rio de Janeiro | ||||
| 8:30,4 (1.) | Raúl Ibarra (ARG) | 10.03.1941 | Buenos Aires | ||||
| 8:25,4 (1.) | Raúl Ibarra (ARG) | 03.06.1944 | Buenos Aires | ||||
| 8:12,0 (5.) | Suarez (ARG) | 04.07.1959 | München | ||||
| 7:50,15 (6.) | Antonio Fabián Silio (ARG) | 03.09.1990 | Jerez de la Frontera (ESP) | ||||
| 7:53,0 (3.) | José Ramao da Silva (BRA) | Redifussion Gateshead Games | 26.07.1975 | Gateshead | |||
| 7:45,34 (2.) | Clodaldo do Carmo (BRA) | Abendsportfest des Rot-Weiß Koblenz | 26.08.1992 | Koblenz | |||
| 7:42,55 (10.) | Hudson Santos de Souza (BRA) | 09.07.2001 | Nice | ||||
| 7:39,70 (6.) | Hudson Santos de Souza (BRA) | Athlétissima / GP | 02.07.2002 | Lausanne | |||
| 7:37,15 (8.) | Santiago Catrofe (URU) | Boris Hanžekovic Memorial | 10.09.2023 | Zagreb | |||
| 2 Miles | |||||||
| 9:05,0 (1.) | Raúl Ibarra (ARG) | 01.05.1944 | Buenos Aires | ||||
| 8:30,67 () | Warner Moura (BRA) | 24.08.1984 | Göteborg | ||||
| 8:21,67 (5.) | Hudson Santos de Souza (BRA) | 23.08.2005 | Linz (AUT) | ||||
| 5000m | |||||||
| 15:37,2 (1.) | Manuel Plaza (CHI) | South-American Championships | 19.04.1924 | Buenos Aires, San Isidro | |||
| 15:12,4 (1.) | Manuel Plaza (CHI) | South-American Championships | 18.04.1926 | Montevideo | |||
| 15:04,8 (1.) | José Ribas (ARG) | South-American Championships | 30.04.1931 | Buenos Aires | |||
| 14:55,8 (1.) | Juan Carlos Zabala (ARG) | 30.04.1932 | Buenos Aires | ||||
| 14:46,2 (1.) | Roger Ceballos (ARG) | 29.06.1934 | Buenos Aires | ||||
| 14:54,4 (?.) | Roger Ceballos (ARG) | according to | 04.04.1936 | Montevideo | |||
| 14:37,0 (1.) | Raúl Ibarra (ARG) | 15.03.1941 | Buenos Aires | ||||
| 14:24,8 (1.) | Raúl Ibarra (ARG) | 20.5.44?? | 01.07.1944 | Buenos Aires | |||
| 14:47,8 (?.) | Alberico Correa (CHI) | 14.04.1956 | Santiago de Chile | ??? | |||
| 14:20,7 (1.) | Osvaldo R. Suárez (ARG) | 08.03.1956 | Buenos Aires | OF 14:20,8 | |||
| 14:16,6 (1.) | Osvaldo R. Suárez (ARG) | National Championships | 14.12.1957 | Buenos Aires | |||
| 14:16,4 (?.) | Osvaldo R. Suárez (ARG) | 20.12.1958 | Buenos Aires | ||||
| 14:11,6 (1.) | Osvaldo R. Suárez (ARG) | 19.08.1959 | Linz (AUT) | ||||
| 14:05,0 (1.) | Osvaldo R. Suárez (ARG) | 01.10.1960 | San Sebastian | ||||
| 14:39,2 (2.) | Luiz Caetano (BRA) | 31.07.1963 | Sao Paulo | 1.8.?Rek? | |||
| 13:53,4 (?.) | Alvaro Mejia (COL) | not in ATFS annual | 04.07.1967 | San Sebastian | |||
| 13:41,0 (1.) | Edmundo Warnke (CHI) | 25.06.1973 | Århus | ||||
| 13:37,44 (1.) | Victor Mora (COL) | 18.05.1976 | Firenze | ||||
| 13:36,76 (10.) | Edmundo Warnke (CHI) | 21.05.1976 | Köln | ||||
| 13:29,67 (7.) | Domingo Tibaduiza (COL) | Weltklasse in Zürich | 16.08.1978 | Zürich | |||
| 13:26,70 (3.) | Antonio Fabián Silio (ARG) | 26.07.1990 | La Coruña (ESP) | ||||
| 13:19,64 (8.) | Antonio Fabián Silio (ARG) | Golden Gala / GP | 17.07.1991 | Roma | |||
| 13:19,43 (3.) | Marilson dos Santos (BRA) | 08.06.2006 | Linz (AUT) | ||||
| 13:11,57 (1.) | Federico Bruni (ARG) | 21.04.2023 | Stanford (USA) | ||||
| 13:05,95 (1.) | Santiago Catrofe (URU) | 13.06.2024 | Heusden-Zolder (BEL) | ||||
| 10000m | |||||||
| 32:00,0 (?.) | Juan Jorquera (CHI) | ??.??.1918 | doubtful | ||||
| 33:57,0 (1.) | Gilberto Andrade Martinez (URU) | South-American Championships | 13.04.1919 | Montevideo | |||
| 33:13,6 (1.) | Juan Jorquera (CHI) | South-American Championships | 25.04.1920 | Santiago | |||
| 32:49,0 (1.) | José Ribas (BRA/ARG) | 15.07.1922 | Buenos Aires | ||||
| 32:19,8 (1.) | Manuel Plaza (CHI) | South-American Championships | 17.04.1924 | Buenos Aires | |||
| 31:54,0 (1.) | Manuel Plaza (CHI) | South-American Championships | 16.04.1926 | Montevideo | |||
| 31:49,4 (1.) | José Ribas (BRA/ARG) | 17.03.1929 | Buenos Aires | ||||
| 31:19,0 (1.) | Juan Carlos Zabala (ARG) | South-American Championships | 03.05.1931 | Buenos Aires | |||
| 31:18,8 (1.) | José Ribas (ARG) | 11.5.31?? | 09.05.1931 | Montevideo | |||
| 30:56,2 (1.) | Juan Carlos Zabala (ARG) | 21.05.1936 | Stuttgart | ||||
| 30:44,0 (1.) | Juan Carlos Zabala (ARG) | doubtful distance | 09.02.1936 | København | indoor | ||
| 30:36,8 (1.) | Raúl Ibarra (ARG) | 14.12.1940 | Buenos Aires | ||||
| 30:30,0 (?.) | Osvaldo R. Suárez (ARG) | 12.02.1955 | Buenos Aires | ||||
| 30:24,0 (1.) | Walter Lemos (ARG) | 18.02.1956 | Buenos Aires | ||||
| 29:52,0 (?.) | Osvaldo R. Suárez (ARG) | laut DLA | ??.03.1956 | ||||
| 1st non-European under 30 minutes | |||||||
| 30:15,6 (1.) | Osvaldo R. Suárez (ARG) | 18.03.1956 | Buenos Aires | ||||
| 30:10,2 (1.) | Walter Lemos (ARG) | 24.03.1956 | Buenos Aires | ||||
| 29:49,9 (?.) | Osvaldo R. Suárez (ARG) | 07.07.1956 | Buenos Aires | ||||
| 29:39,8 (1.) | Walter Lemos (ARG) | 17.03.1957 | Buenos Aires | ||||
| 29:39,6 (1.) | Osvaldo R. Suárez (ARG) | National Championships | 15.12.1957 | Buenos Aires | |||
| 29:26,0 (1.) | Osvaldo R. Suárez (ARG) | International | 22.09.1959 | Praha | |||
| 29:10,4 (?.) | Alvaro Mejia (COL) | 14.09.1966 | Bucaramanga | ||||
| 29:06,8 (?.) | Alvaro Mejia (COL) | 31.07.1971 | Cali (COL) | ||||
| 28:54,6 (1.) | Edmundo Warnke (CHI) | 21.04.1973 | Pontevedra | ||||
| 28:49,2 (2.) | Victor Mora (COL) | 03.05.1973 | Cali (COL) | ||||
| 28:36,2 (5.) | Edmundo Warnke (CHI) | World Games | 28.06.1973 | Helsinki | |||
| 28:08,8 (2.) | Victor Mora (COL) | 14.09.1973 | Bruxelles | ||||
| 27:55,72 (2.) | Victor Mora (COL) | 29.05.1976 | München | ||||
| 27:53,02 (2.) | Domingo Tibaduiza (COL) | International Invitation race | 11.06.1978 | Wien | |||
| 27:46,54 (3.) | Antonio Fabián Silio (ARG) | Adriaan Paulen Memorial | 25.06.1991 | Hengelo | |||
| 27:38,72 (7.) | Antonio Fabián Silio (ARG) | Memorial Van Damme / Golden Four | 03.09.1993 | Bruxelles | |||
| 27:28,12 (4.) | Marilson dos Santos (BRA) | (A) | 02.06.2007 | Neerpelt (BEL) | |||
| 3000mSt | |||||||
| 9:36,8 () | Pedro Caffa (ARG) | 27.11.1951 | Buenos Aires | ||||
| 9:32,0 (1.) | Guillermo Solá (CHI) | South-American Championships | ??.??.1952 | Buenos Aires | |||
| 9:25,0 (1.) | Pedro de Andrade (BRA) | Club-Wettk. | ??.??.1952 | Rio de Janeiro | |||
| 9:25,3 () | Guillermo Solá (CHI) | 25.04.1953 | Santiago de Chile | ||||
| 9:14,9 (1.) | Edgard Mitt (BRA) | South-American Championships | ??.??.1954 | Sao Paulo | |||
| 9:09,0 (1.) | Santiago Novas (CHI) | South-American Championships | 21.04.1956 | Santiago de Chile | |||
| 9:03,0 (1.) | Domingo Amaisón (ARG) | South-American Championships | ??.??.1965 | Rio de Janeiro | |||
| 8:51,0 (1.) | Domingo Amaisón (ARG) | 28.05.1964 | Innsbruck | ||||
| 8:48,2 (5.) | Domingo Amaisón (ARG) | ISTAF | 04.07.1964 | Berlin, West | |||
| 8:41,8 (?.) | Domingo Amaisón (ARG) | 17.08.1968 | La Coruña (ESP) | ||||
| 8:46,0 (1.) | José Romão Andrade da Silva (BRA) | South-American Championships | ??.??.1975 | Rio de Janeiro | |||
| 8:35,8 (3.) | José Romão Andrade da Silva (BRA) | 02.08.1975 | San Sebastian | ||||
| 8:29,71 (q.) | Emilio Ulloa (CHI) | Olympic Games/h1 | 06.08.1984 | Los Angeles | (5.) | ||
| 8:28,99 (n.) | Emilio Ulloa (CHI) | Olympic Games/sf2 | 08.08.1984 | Los Angeles | (8.) | ||
| 8:26,01 (1.) | Adauto Domingues (BRA) | 06.08.1986 | La Coruña (ESP) | ||||
| 8:23,26 (1.) | Adauto Domingues (BRA) | 12.08.1987 | Indianapolis | ||||
| 8:22,58 (4.) | Clodoaldo Lopes do Carmo (BRA) | 07.06.1992 | Duisburg (GER) | ||||
| 8:23,02 (3.) | Ricardo Vera (URU) | Adriaan Paulen Memorial | 28.06.1992 | Hengelo (NED) | |||
| 8:20,46 (q.) | Clodoaldo Lopes do Carmo (BRA) | Olympic Games/sf2 | 05.08.1992 | Barcelona | (2.) | ||
| 8:19,80 (5.) | Clodoaldo Lopes do Carmo (BRA) | Memorial Van Damme / GP | 28.08.1992 | Bruxelles | |||
| 8:14,41 (1.) | Wander de Prado Moura (BRA) | Pan American Games | 22.03.1995 | Mar del Plata | |||