1983 South American Junior Championships in Athletics

XV South American Junior Championships in Athletics
Dates	June 9–12
Host city	Medellín, Colombia
Level	Junior
Events	37
Participation	about 162 athletes from 8 nations
← 1981 Rio de Janeiro 1984 Caracas →

The 15th South American Junior Championships in Athletics were held in Medellín, Colombia from June 9–12, 1983.

Participation (unofficial)[]

Detailed result lists can be found on the "World Junior Athletics History" website.^[1] An unofficial count yields the number of about 162 athletes from about 8 countries: Argentina (29), Bolivia (1), Brazil (50), Chile (14), Colombia (45), Peru (4), Uruguay (2), Venezuela (17).

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	Robson da Silva (BRA)	10.49A	Arnaldo Silva (BRA)	10.68A	(CHI)	10.73A
200 metres	Robson da Silva (BRA)	21.10A	Sérgio Menezes (BRA)	21.31A	(COL)	21.78A
400 metres	Sérgio Menezes (BRA)	47.13A	(ARG)	47.29A	(VEN)	48.01A
800 metres	Luis Migueles (ARG)	1:51.10A	(VEN)	1:51.39A	(COL)	1:52.65A
1500 metres	Luis Migueles (ARG)	3:54.3A	(BRA)	3:56.4A	(COL)	3:56.5A
5000 metres	(COL)	15:09.2A	(COL)	15:10.8A	(CHI)	15:19.9A
2000 metres steeplechase	Marcelo Cascabelo (ARG)	5:56.9A	(BRA)	5:58.7A	(BRA)	5:58.9A
110 metres hurdles	Pedro Chiamulera (BRA)	15.21A	(BRA)	15.57A	(ARG)	16.40A
400 metres hurdles	(COL)	52.82A	Pedro Chiamulera (BRA)	55.02A	(COL)	55.37A
High jump	(BRA)	2.15A	(COL)	2.05A	(CHI)	2.05A
Pole vault	(COL)	4.40A	(BRA)	4.20A	(COL)	4.20A
Long jump	Marcus Barros (BRA)	7.59A	(ARG)	7.18A	(COL)	6.98A
Triple jump	Jailto Bonfim (BRA)	15.56A	(VEN)	15.17A	(BRA)	15.11A
Shot put	(BRA)	18.11A	(BRA)	17.79A	(CHI)	15.79A
Discus throw	(BRA)	47.96A	(COL)	46.52A	(BRA)	43.02A
Hammer throw	(COL)	60.38A	(BRA)	57.46A	(VEN)	54.40A
Javelin throw	(CHI)	63.20A	(COL)	61.22A	(ARG)	56.96A
Decathlon	Pedro da Silva (BRA)	7308A	(COL)	6905A	(BRA)	5770A
10,000 metres track walk	(COL)	44:38.2A	(COL)	45:21.5A	(VEN)	45:56.5A
4 × 100 metres relay	Brazil	41.08A	Argentina	41.71A	Colombia	42.54A
4 × 400 metres relay	Brazil	3:14.72A	Colombia	3:16.56A	Argentina	3:19.98A

Women[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Amparo Caicedo (COL)	12.10A	(BRA)	12.14A	(BRA)	12.18A
200 metres	(BRA)	24.13A	(BRA)	24.43A	(VEN)	25.02A
400 metres	(BRA)	54.06A	(BRA)	56.51A	(COL)	57.23A
800 metres	Norfalia Carabalí (COL)	2:08.72A	(ARG)	2:10.69A	(BRA)	2:14.50A
1500 metres	(ARG)	4:34.19A	(BRA)	4:38.13A	(CHI)	4:43.09A
3000 metres	(BRA)	10:13.08A	Silvana Pereira (BRA)	10:14.76A	(PER)	10:15.61A
100 metres hurdles	(BRA)	14.81A	(ARG)	14.84A	(CHI)	15.14A
200 metres hurdles	(BRA)	28.43A	(BRA)	28.67A	(ARG)	28.83A
High jump	(BRA)	1.75A	(ARG)	1.70A	(URU)	1.70A
Long jump	(BRA)	5.61A	(COL)	5.57A	(BRA)	5.43A
Shot put	(VEN)	14.23A	María Isabel Urrutia (COL)	13.59A	(BRA)	12.86A
Discus throw	María Isabel Urrutia (COL)	44.02A	(ARG)	40.72A	(CHI)	39.58A
Javelin throw	Sueli dos Santos (BRA)	50.42A	(BRA)	49.42A	(CHI)	44.34A
Heptathlon	(BRA)	5461A	(COL)	4981A	(ARG)	4955A
4 × 100 metres relay	Brazil	46.80A	Colombia	48.15A	Argentina	48.44A
4 × 400 metres relay	Brazil	3:45.11A	Colombia	3:49.91A	Argentina	3:55.44A

Medal table (unofficial)[]

  *   Host nation (Colombia)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Brazil (BRA)	23	16	8	47
2	Colombia (COL)*	8	12	8	28
3	Argentina (ARG)	4	7	7	18
4	Venezuela (VEN)	1	2	4	7
5	Chile (CHI)	1	0	8	9
6	Peru (PER)	0	0	1	1
	Uruguay (URU)	0	0	1	1
Totals (7 nations)		37	37	37	111

References[]

External links[]

• World Junior Athletics History