1972 South American Junior Championships in Athletics

IX South American Junior Championships in Athletics
Dates	October 21–25
Host city	Asunción, Paraguay
Level	Junior
Events	33
Participation	about 194 athletes from 8 nations
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The ninth South American Junior Championships in Athletics were held in Asunción, Paraguay from October 21–25, 1972.

Participation (unofficial)[]

Detailed result lists can be found on the "World Junior Athletics History" website.^[1] An unofficial count yields the number of about 194 athletes from about 8 countries: Argentina (40), Brazil (32), Chile (33), Colombia (22), Ecuador (6), Paraguay (24), Peru (22), Uruguay (15).

Medal summary[]

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

Men[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	(BRA)	10.9	(PAR)	11.1	(ARG)	11.1
200 metres	Delmo da Silva (BRA)	22.4	(BRA)	22.5	Diego Valencia (COL)	22.5
400 metres	(BRA)	49.8	(CHI)	50.6	(PAR)	50.9
800 metres	(ARG)	1:58.6	(BRA)	1:59.3	(BRA)	2:00.2
1500 metres	(ARG)	4:04.1	Jairo Correa (COL)	4:05.1	(BRA)	4:05.7
3000 metres	Jairo Correa (COL)	8:58.6	Luis Tipán (ECU)	9:05.2	(ECU)	9:08.7
1500 metres steeplechase	(COL)	4:31.6	(BRA)	4:34.9	(ARG)	4:35.1
110 metres hurdles	(CHI)	16.3	Eduardo Sosa (ARG)	16.5	(ARG)	16.6
400 metres hurdles	(PAR)	53.9	(ARG)	57.5	(ARG)	58.6
High jump	(BRA)	1.90	(BRA)	1.85	Daniel Abugattás (PER)	1.80
Pole vault	(BRA)	4.00	(ARG)	3.70	(CHI)	3.70
Long jump	(ARG)	6.90	(BRA)	6.84	(PAR)	6.50
Triple jump	João Carlos de Oliveira (BRA)	14.67	(BRA)	14.07	(ARG)	13.98
Shot put	(CHI)	14.29	(BRA)	14.13	Carlos Castro (BRA)	13.33
Discus throw	(BRA)	42.62	(ARG)	38.62	(BRA)	36.46
Hammer throw	(ARG)	53.20	(COL)	48.28	(COL)	46.72
Javelin throw	(ARG)	55.64	(BRA)	53.24	(CHI)	53.20
Pentathlon*	(BRA)	3653	(COL)	3518	(COL)	3460
4 × 100 metres relay	Colombia	43.3	Paraguay	43.4	Ecuador	43.9
4 × 400 metres relay	Brazil	3:26.3	Colombia	3:28.6	Argentina	3:31.3

* = another source^[1] rather states: Hexathlon

Women[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	(CHI)	12.5	(PER)	12.7	(BRA)	13.0
200 metres	(PER)	25.5	(URU)	25.8	(BRA)	26.2
400 metres	(CHI)	59.4	(URU)	59.5	(PER)	59.6
800 metres	(BRA)	2:21.0	(PER)	2:23.5	(CHI)	2:23.6
100 metres hurdles	Edith Noeding (PER)	15.0	(BRA)	16.0	(BRA)	16.0
High jump	(CHI)	1.60	(CHI)	1.50	(ARG)	1.45
Long jump	Conceição Geremias (BRA)	5.86	Edith Noeding (PER)	5.63	Ana Desevici (URU)	5.42
Shot put	(BRA)	12.28	(COL)	11.37	(PER)	10.84
Discus throw	(BRA)	36.28	(COL)	33.70	(ARG)	32.20
Javelin throw	(CHI)	35.14	(CHI)	34.20	(ARG)	34.18
Pentathlon	Edith Noeding (PER)	3432	(URU)	2957	(BRA)	2947
4 × 100 metres relay	Peru	49.4	Brazil	49.4	Argentina	49.9
4 × 400 metres relay	Brazil	4:08.0	Chile	4:11.5	Argentina	4:19.7

Medal table (unofficial)[]

  *   Host nation (Paraguay)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Brazil	14	10	8	32
2	Chile	6	4	3	13
3	Argentina	5	4	11	20
4	Peru	4	3	3	10
5	Colombia	3	6	3	12
6	Paraguay*	1	2	2	5
7	Uruguay	0	3	1	4
8	Ecuador	0	1	2	3
Totals (8 nations)		33	33	33	99

References[]

External links[]

• World Junior Athletics History