1973 South American Youth Championships in Athletics

I South American Youth Championships in Athletics
Dates	November 2–4
Host city	Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentina
Level	Youth
Events	31
Participation	about 182 athletes from 7 nations
1975 Quito →

The 1st South American Youth Championships in Athletics were held in Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentina from November 2–4, 1973.

Medal summary[]

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

Men[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	(BRA)	11.5	(ARG)	11.8	(ARG)	11.9
200 metres	(ARG)	24.2	(BRA)	24.3	(ARG)	24.8
400 metres	(ARG)	50.9	(BRA)	51.4	(CHI)	51.4
800 metres	(CHI)	2:05.8	(BRA)	2:06.4	(ARG)	2:08.5
1500 metres	(ARG)	4:18.4	(CHI)	4:18.4	(CHI)	4:20.4
1500 metres steeplechase	(CHI)	4:34.9	(BRA)	4:42.9	(CHI)	4:44.0
110 metres hurdles	(ARG)	15.8	(ARG)	15.9	(PER)	16.3
300 metres hurdles	(ARG)	39.7	(CHI)	39.8	(ARG)	40.2
High jump	(BRA)	1.88	(PAR)	1.88	(CHI)	1.85
Pole vault	(URU)	3.45	(ARG)	3.31	(PAR)	3.24
Long jump	(PAR)	6.73w	(BRA)	6.61w	(ARG)	6.61w
Triple jump	(BRA)	13.43	(BRA)	13.34	(PAR)	13.03
Shot put	(BRA)	17.37	(ARG)	14.50	(CHI)	14.26
Discus throw	(CHI)	48.48	(BRA)	45.60	(PER)	41.60
Hammer throw	(BRA)	63.16	(ARG)	54.88	(ARG)	46.98
Javelin throw	(ARG)	51.88	(PER)	50.60	(CHI)	46.82
Hexathlon	(BRA)	3522	(ARG)	3303	(PER)	3272
4 × 100 metres relay	Brazil F. Ferreira Katsuhiko Nakaya	44.3	Argentina A. Ugolini	44.6	Chile J. Arguello G. Huete E. Cox	45.2
4 × 400 metres relay	Argentina	3:30.6	Paraguay G. Sayas	3:31.3	Chile G. Huete	3:32.6

Women[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	(PER)	13.0	(ARG)	13.2	(ARG)	13.3
200 metres	(PER)	26.4	(ARG)	26.6	(ARG)	27.5
400 metres	(ARG)	59.7	(ARG)	60.0	(CHI)	60.3
80 metres hurdles	(PER)	12.3	(ARG)	13.0	(CHI)	13.2
High jump	(ARG)	1.59	(PER)	1.59	(BRA)	1.57
Long jump	(ARG)	5.69	(PER)	5.51	(CHI)	5.48
Shot put	(BRA)	12.79	(PAR)	10.38	(ARG)	10.25
Discus throw	(BRA)	34.86	(CHI)	32.26	(ARG)	30.74
Javelin throw	(PER)	35.50	(ARG)	35.50	(PAR)	34.62
Pentathlon	(PER)	3393	(ARG)	3271	(CHI)	3028
4 × 100 metres relay	Argentina	48.5	Peru Carmela Bolivár	49.2	Chile D. Fernández	49.8
4 × 400 metres relay	Argentina	4:02.7	Chile E. Álvarez	4:03.6	Brazil M. Milanes	4:13.1

Medal table (unofficial)[]

  *   Host nation (Argentina)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Argentina (ARG)*	12	13	10	35
2	Brazil (BRA)	9	7	3	19
3	Peru (PER)	5	4	3	12
4	Chile (CHI)	3	4	12	19
5	Paraguay (PAR)	1	3	3	7
6	Uruguay (URU)	1	0	0	1
Totals (6 nations)		31	31	31	93

Participation (unofficial)[]

Detailed result lists can be found on the "World Junior Athletics History" website.^[3] An unofficial count yields the number of about 182 athletes from about 7 countries:

References[]

External links[]

• World Junior Athletics History