1978 South American Youth Championships in Athletics

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V South American Youth Championships in Athletics
DatesNovember 11–13
Host cityMontevideo, Uruguay Uruguay
LevelYouth
Events33
Participationabout 179 athletes from
7 nations

The 5th South American Youth Championships in Athletics were held in Montevideo, Uruguay from November 11–13, 1978.

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 (wind: +1.0 m/s)   (ARG) 10.89   (CHI) 10.93   (CHI) 11.27
200 metres (wind: +1.5 m/s)   (ARG) 22.30   (CHI) 22.41   (VEN) 22.84
400 metres  Joaquim Cruz (BRA) 50.15   (CHI) 51.69   (PER) 51.82
800 metres  Joaquim Cruz (BRA) 1:56.1   (BRA) 1:57.2   (CHI) 1:57.8
1500 metres   (CHI) 4:04.5   (BRA) 4:06.2   (BRA) 4:07.8
3000 metres   (CHI) 8:53.6   (VEN) 8:55.3   (BRA) 8:56.3
1500 metres steeplechase   (BRA) 4:24.9   (BRA) 4:28.8   (VEN) 4:37.9
110 metres hurdles (wind: +1.5 m/s)   (BRA) 14.3   (BRA) 14.9   (ARG) 14.9
300 metres hurdles   (BRA) 38.94   (BRA) 39.13   (ARG) 40.22
High jump   (BRA) 1.95   (CHI) 1.85   (CHI) 1.85
Pole vault   (ARG) 3.65   (CHI) 3.50   (CHI) 3.50
Long jump   (BRA) 6.74   (CHI) 6.67   (URU) 6.49
Triple jump   (BRA) 14.01   (BRA) 13.75   (PER) 13.66
Shot put   (URU) 16.08   (VEN) 15.59   (BRA) 15.50
Discus throw   (ARG) 43.44   (PAR) 41.92   (ARG) 41.56
Hammer throw   (BRA) 48.76   (ARG) 44.70   (ARG) 39.62
Javelin throw   (BRA) 51.92   (CHI) 51.04   (BRA) 50.14
Hexathlon   (ARG) 4048   (BRA) 4023   (PAR) 3834
4 × 100 metres relay  Argentina


Jorge Araya
43.27  Chile



43.61  Brazil



44.17
4 × 400 metres relay  Brazil



Joaquim Cruz		 3:25.0  Chile



3:27.4  Venezuela

Oswaldo Zea
Chaparro
Ramírez		 3:30.1

Women[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres (wind: +0.7 m/s)   (ARG) 12.28  Beatriz Capotosto (ARG) 12.33   (URU) 12.70
200 metres (wind: +0.7 m/s)   (ARG) 25.43   (CHI) 25.60   (URU) 26.12
400 metres   (ARG) 57.38   (CHI) 57.87   (ARG) 59.28
800 metres   (ARG) 2:13.7   (BRA) 2:14.7   (ARG) 2:15.4
80 metres hurdles (wind: +1.5 m/s)  Beatriz Capotosto (ARG) 11.75   (BRA) 12.65   (BRA) 12.81
High jump  Ana Urbano (ARG) 1.55   (BRA) 1.55   (CHI) 1.50
Long jump   (BRA) 5.53  Beatriz Capotosto (ARG) 5.52   (URU) 5.38
Shot put   (ARG) 12.14   (URU) 10.72   (ARG) 10.40
Discus throw   (BRA) 33.96   (ARG) 32.76   (BRA) 31.70
Javelin throw   (CHI) 39.68   (CHI) 39.28   (BRA) 39.06
Pentathlon   (BRA) 3223  Ana Urbano (ARG) 3183   (CHI) 3163
4 × 100 metres relay  Argentina

Beatriz Capotosto

48.27  Chile



49.57  Brazil
Suzete Montalvão
Cláudia Neves

Maria Figueirêdo		 49.88
4 × 400 metres relay  Argentina



3:56.3  Chile



3:58.1  Brazil

Suzete Montalvão
Maria Figueirêdo
4:10.0

Medal table (unofficial)[]

  *   Host nation (Uruguay)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Argentina (ARG)155727
2 Brazil (BRA)14101034
3 Chile (CHI)314623
4 Uruguay (URU)*1146
5 Venezuela (VEN)0235
6 Paraguay (PAR)0112
7 Peru (PER)0022
Totals (7 nations)33333399


Participation (unofficial)[]

Detailed result lists can be found on the "World Junior Athletics History" website.[3] An unofficial count yields the number of about 179 athletes from about 7 countries:

References[]

  1. ^ "SOUTH AMERICAN YOUTH CHAMPIONSHIPS (BOYS)", Athletics Weekly, retrieved November 11, 2011
  2. ^ "SOUTH AMERICAN YOUTH CHAMPIONSHIPS (GIRLS)", Athletics Weekly, retrieved November 11, 2011
  3. ^ a b World Junior Athletics History, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), retrieved November 11, 2011

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