1996 South American Junior Championships in Athletics

XXVIII South American Junior Championships in Athletics
Dates	June 8–10
Host city	Bucaramanga, Colombia
Level	Junior
Events	43
Participation	about 283 athletes from 13 nations
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The 28th South American Junior Championships in Athletics were held in Bucaramanga, Colombia from June 8–10, 1996.

Participation (unofficial)[]

Detailed result lists can be found on the "World Junior Athletics History" website.^[1] An unofficial count yields the number of about 283 athletes from about 13 countries: Argentina (25), Bolivia (5), Brazil (66), Chile (31), Colombia (56), Ecuador (7), Guyana (4), Panama (24), Paraguay (1), Peru (12), Suriname (1), Uruguay (6), Venezuela (45).

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	(BRA)	10.2	(COL)	10.4	Heber Viera (URU)	10.5
200 metres	(BRA)	20.2w	Heber Viera (URU)	20.9w	(BRA)	21.4w
400 metres	Gustavo Aguirre (ARG)	48.3	André dos Santos (BRA)	48.4	(VEN)	48.4
800 metres	Hudson de Souza (BRA)	1:50.8	(BRA)	1:51.8	Gustavo Aguirre (ARG)	1:52.4
1500 metres	(BRA)	3:53.6	(BRA)	3:55.9	(COL)	3:58.0
5000 metres	(BRA)	14:44.2	Marílson dos Santos (BRA)	14:48.3	(COL)	14:54.9
10,000 metres	(COL)	31:31.5	(BRA)	31:32.1	(PER)	32:06.0
3000 metres steeplechase	(BRA)	9:20.5	(URU)	9:21.5	(COL)	9:26.3
110 metres hurdles	(COL)	14.6	Paulo Villar (COL)	14.8	(BRA)	15.2
400 metres hurdles	(COL)	51.9	(BRA)	53.5	(BRA)	53.6
High jump	Alfredo Deza (PER)	2.12	(BRA)	2.12	Jorge Balliengo (ARG)	2.09
Pole vault	(ARG)	4.60	(BRA)	4.50	(CHI)	4.45
Long jump	(CHI)	7.30	Felipe Soto (COL)	7.04	(BRA)	7.03
Triple jump	(BRA)	15.05	(BRA)	15.04	(VEN)	14.68
Shot put	(COL)	16.17	(VEN)	15.07	(BRA)	14.47
Discus throw	(ARG)	46.76	(ARG)	46.26	(COL)	45.38
Hammer throw	(ARG)	51.98	Patricio Palma (CHI)	50.02	(COL)	46.28
Javelin throw	(VEN)	61.88	(COL)	61.46	(VEN)	60.82
Decathlon	Santiago Lorenzo (ARG)	6352	Édson Bindilatti (BRA)	6255	(BRA)	5977
10,000 metres track walk	(ECU)	45:53.8	(BRA)	46:06.7	(COL)	46:36.7
4 × 100 metres relay	Brazil	40.3	Colombia	40.4	Argentina	41.5
4 × 400 metres relay	Brazil	3:10.6	Colombia	3:14.6	Venezuela	3:15.0

Women[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	(COL)	11.7	(COL)	11.9	(BRA)	12.0
200 metres	(GUY)	24.2w	(COL)	24.5w	(COL)	24.7w
400 metres	(GUY)	54.6	(BRA)	56.4	(VEN)	56.8
800 metres	(BRA)	2:12.4	(CHI)	2:12.9	(COL)	2:13.3
1500 metres	Fabiana Cristine da Silva (BRA)	4:28.6	Bertha Sánchez (COL)	4:32.9	María Peralta (ARG)	4:40.3
3000 metres	Fabiana Cristine da Silva (BRA)	10:11.9	Bertha Sánchez (COL)	10:12.4	María Peralta (ARG)	10:18.2
10,000 metres	(BRA)	38:00.8	(VEN)	38:12.4	(BRA)	39:29.2
100 metres hurdles	(BRA)	14.3	(BRA)	14.4	Cora Olivero (ARG)	14.7
400 metres hurdles	(BRA)	60.4	(BRA)	62.2	(ARG)	64.0
High jump	(BRA)	1.77	(ARG)	1.74	Delfina Blaquier (ARG)	1.68
Pole vault	(BRA)	3.22	(ARG)	2.90	(BRA)	2.75
Long jump	(BRA)	5.74w	(COL)	5.74	(ARG)	5.69
Triple jump	(COL)	12.41	(BRA)	12.37	(BRA)	12.31w
Shot put	Katiuscia de Jesus (BRA)	14.01	(BRA)	13.03	(ARG)	12.94
Discus throw	(VEN)	43.96	Katiuscia de Jesus (BRA)	43.86	(BRA)	41.42
Hammer throw	(ARG)	46.78	Katiuscia de Jesus (BRA)	44.22	(COL)	40.52
Javelin throw	Sabina Moya (COL)	54.34	(BRA)	44.78	(BRA)	44.04
Heptathlon	(BRA)	4580	(VEN)	4427	Carolina Torres (CHI)	4277
5000 metres track walk	Sandra Zapata (COL)	25:21.9	(BRA)	25:25.6	Yesenia López (COL)	25:38.8
4 × 100 metres relay	Colombia	46.8	Brazil	47.4	Venezuela	48.5
4 × 400 metres relay	Brazil	3:45.2	Colombia	3:52.4	Chile	3:53.6

Medal table (unofficial)[]

  *   Host nation (Colombia)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Brazil	21	21	12	54
2	Colombia*	9	12	10	31
3	Argentina	6	3	10	19
4	Venezuela	2	3	6	11
5	Guyana	2	0	0	2
6	Chile	1	2	3	6
7	Peru	1	0	1	2
8	Ecuador	1	0	0	1
9	Uruguay	0	2	1	3
Totals (9 nations)		43	43	43	129

References[]

External links[]

• World Junior Athletics History