1979 South American Youth Championships in Athletics

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VI South American Youth Championships in Athletics
DatesAugust 3–5
Host cityCochabamba, Bolivia Bolivia
LevelYouth
Events32
Participationabout 113 athletes from
5 nations

The 6th South American Youth Championships in Athletics were held in Cochabamba, Bolivia from August 3–5, 1979.

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] All results are marked as "affected by altitude" (A), because Cochabamba is located at 2,558 metres above sea level.

Men[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres   (BOL) 10.8A  Robson da Silva (BRA) 11.0A   (BRA) 11.2A
200 metres   (VEN) 22.3A   (BOL) 22.4A  Robson da Silva (BRA) 22.6A
400 metres  Joaquim Cruz (BRA) 48.3A   (VEN) 48.6A  Oswaldo Zea (VEN) 50.6A
800 metres  Joaquim Cruz (BRA) 1:58.6A   (VEN) 2:02.4A   (VEN) 2:03.4A
1500 metres  Joaquim Cruz (BRA) 4:15.5A   (BRA) 4:22.9A   (VEN) 4:23.7A
3000 metres   (BOL) 9:58.2A   (PER) 10:00.2A   (BRA) 10:05.6A
1500 metres steeplechase   (BRA) 4:57.4A   (BRA) 4:57.7A   (BOL) 5:03.3A
110 metres hurdles   (VEN) 15.3A   (BRA) 15.4A   (VEN) 15.6A
300 metres hurdles   (BRA) 40.5A   (BRA) 40.8A   (VEN) 41.5A
High jump   (BRA) 1.90A   (PER) 1.70A   (PER) 1.70A
Long jump   (BRA) 6.93A   (BRA) 6.82A  José Torres (VEN) 6.42A
Triple jump   (BRA) 14.16A   (BRA) 13.78A   (PAR) 13.12A
Shot put   (VEN) 14.37A   (BRA) 14.29A   (BRA) 12.86A
Discus throw   (BRA) 43.92A   (VEN) 43.52A   (BRA) 40.72A
Hammer throw   (BRA) 56.58A   (PER) 38.58A   (PAR) 25.50A
Javelin throw   (BRA) 44.88A   (VEN) 43.22A   (PAR) 42.44A
Hexathlon   (BRA) 3532A   (PER) 3308A  José Torres (VEN) 3171A
4 × 100 metres relay  Brazil
Robson da Silva

Akitisi
de Souza		 43.1A  Bolivia


J. Taira
43.4A  Venezuela
Oswaldo Zea
Solano

44.4A
4 × 400 metres relay  Brazil
Joaquim Cruz
E. Paulo

3:24.7A  Venezuela

Oswaldo Zea

3:28.6A  Bolivia
J. Taira
F. Vaca

G. Julian		 3:34.4A

Women[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres   (BRA) 12.0A   (BRA) 12.1A   (PER) 12.4A
200 metres   (BRA) 24.8A   (BRA) 25.1A   (VEN) 26.0A
400 metres   (BRA) 58.0A   (VEN) 58.9A   (BOL) 59.6A
800 metres   (BRA) 2:25.3A   (BRA) 2:26.7A   (BOL) 2:26.7A
80 metres hurdles   (BRA) 12.6A   (PER) 12.8A   (PER) 13.8A
High jump   (BRA) 1.50A   (PER) 1.50A   (PAR) 1.45A
Long jump   (VEN) 5.71A   (VEN) 5.51A   (BRA) 5.48A
Shot put   (BRA) 11.56A   (VEN) 11.35A   (BRA) 10.10A
Discus throw   (BRA) 37.38A   (VEN) 36.62A   (BRA) 34.94A
Javelin throw   (VEN) 38.86A   (BRA) 34.96A   (PER) 29.94A
Pentathlon   (BRA) 3025A   (BRA) 2918A   (PAR) 2648A
4 × 100 metres relay  Peru


Panizo
49.2A  Venezuela



49.8A  Brazil

Machado

52.5A
4 × 400 metres relay  Brazil



S. de Souza		 4:00.0A  Venezuela

Chirinos

4:20.3A  Peru



4:30.5A

Medal table (unofficial)[]

  *   Host nation (Bolivia)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Brazil (BRA)2413946
2 Venezuela (VEN)511925
3 Bolivia (BOL)*2248
4 Peru (PER)16512
5 Paraguay (PAR)0055
Totals (5 nations)32323296


Participation (unofficial)[]

Detailed result lists can be found on the "World Junior Athletics History" website.[3] An unofficial count yields the number of about 113 athletes from about 5 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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