1991 South American Junior Championships in Athletics

XXIII South American Junior Championships in Athletics
Dates	June 21–23
Host city	Asunción, Paraguay
Level	Junior
Events	39
Participation	about 212 athletes from 9 nations
← 1990 Bogotá 1992 Lima →

The 23rd South American Junior Championships in Athletics were held in Asunción, Paraguay from June 21–23, 1991.

Participation (unofficial)[]

Detailed result lists can be found on the "World Junior Athletics History" website.^[1] An unofficial count yields the number of about 212 athletes from about 9 countries: Argentina (47), Bolivia (6), Brazil (58), Chile (33), Colombia (6), Ecuador (16), Paraguay (28), Peru (12), Uruguay (6).

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	André da Silva (BRA)	10.92	(BRA)	11.12	(CHI)	11.22
200 metres	André da Silva (BRA)	21.8	(CHI)	22.3	(BRA)	22.4
400 metres	Sanderlei Parrela (BRA)	48.6	Sebastián Keitel (CHI)	48.8	(PAR)   (BRA)	49.6
800 metres	(BRA)	1:56.1	(CHI)	1:56.9	(BRA)	1:57.4
1500 metres	(BRA)	3:58.0	(ARG)	4:00.6	Oscar Cortínez (ARG)	4:00.7
5000 metres	William Roldán (COL)	15:13.7	(BRA)	15:26.8	(ARG)	15:29.8
10,000 metres	(BRA)	31:10.4	(BRA)	31:10.7	(CHI)	31:19.5
2000 metres steeplechase	(BRA)	5:59.5	(BRA)	5:59.6	(ARG)	6:06.8
110 metres hurdles	Cleverson da Silva (BRA)	14.87	(BRA)	15.17	(ARG)	15.24
400 metres hurdles	Cleverson da Silva (BRA)	54.59	(COL)	55.74	(BRA)	55.76
High jump	(ARG)	2.08	(BRA)	2.05	Hugo Muñoz (PER)	2.02
Pole vault	(BRA)	4.50	(CHI)	4.20	(CHI)	4.20
Long jump	Márcio da Cruz (BRA)	7.20	Nelson Ferreira (BRA)	6.91	Lewis Asprilla (COL)	6.82
Triple jump	(BRA)	15.58	(BRA)	14.72	(PER)	14.69
Shot put	(BRA)	14.26	(PER)	13.66	(ARG)	13.36
Discus throw	(ARG)	47.34	(BRA)	42.02	(ARG)	41.24
Hammer throw	(ARG)	55.16	(ARG)	52.78	(CHI)	47.56
Javelin throw	Nery Kennedy (PAR)	64.28	(BRA)	59.60	(ARG)	56.36
Decathlon	(BRA)	6173	(BRA)	5943	(ARG)	5238
10,000 metres track walk	Jefferson Pérez (ECU)	43:10.1	(BRA)	44:32.0	(ECU)	46:58.9
4 × 100 metres relay	Brazil	42.20	Peru	44.84	Ecuador	45.09
4 × 400 metres relay	Brazil	3:21.1	Argentina	3:24.3	Chile	3:27.4

Women[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	(BRA)	12.37	Lucimar de Moura (BRA)	12.48	(CHI)	12.78
200 metres	Lucimar de Moura (BRA)	25.8	(CHI)	26.0	(BRA)	26.1
400 metres	(BRA)	56.01	(ARG)	57.56	(COL)	58.87
800 metres	(BRA)	2:16.9	(ARG)	2:19.0	Marta Orellana (ARG)	2:19.5
1500 metres	(ECU)	4:42.8	Marta Orellana (ARG)	4:47.5	(CHI)	4:49.9
3000 metres	(ECU)	9:41.6	Sandra Ruales (ECU)	9:51.6	(CHI)	10:15.1
10,000 metres	Sandra Ruales (ECU)	35:27.1	(BRA)	38:11.3	(CHI)	39:03.9
100 metres hurdles	(ARG)	14.7	(PER)	15.0	(BRA)	15.1
400 metres hurdles	(BRA)	61.71	(ARG)	63.32	(ARG)	67.18
High jump	(CHI)	1.65	(BRA)   (BRA)   (PAR)	1.60
Long jump	(BRA)	5.78	(BRA)	5.56	Natalia Toledo (PAR)	5.48
Shot put	Elisângela Adriano (BRA)	16.12	(BRA)	16.10	(ARG)	13.06
Discus throw	Elisângela Adriano (BRA)	51.06	(ARG)	44.04	(BRA)	42.34
Javelin throw	Natalia Toledo (PAR)	42.80	Zuleima Araméndiz (COL)	42.50	(ARG)	38.14
Heptathlon	(BRA)	4931	(BRA)	4217	(ARG)	3901
5000 metres track walk	Miriam Ramón (ECU)	23:57.7	(ECU)	24:50.6	(BRA)	25:49.0
4 × 100 metres relay	Brazil	48.28	Chile	49.33	Argentina	50.01
4 × 400 metres relay	Brazil	4:02.98	Argentina	4:03.35	Chile	4:06.79

Medal table (unofficial)[]

  *   Host nation (Paraguay)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Brazil	27	19	8	54
2	Ecuador	5	2	2	9
3	Argentina	4	9	14	27
4	Paraguay*	2	1	2	5
5	Chile	1	6	10	17
6	Colombia	1	2	2	5
7	Peru	0	3	2	5
Totals (7 nations)		40	42	40	122

References[]

External links[]

• World Junior Athletics History