1997 South American Junior Championships in Athletics

XXIX South American Junior Championships in Athletics
Dates	June 20–21
Host city	San Carlos, Uruguay
Level	Junior
Events	43
Participation	about 302 athletes from 11 nations
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The 29th South American Junior Championships in Athletics were held in San Carlos, Uruguay from June 20–21, 1997.

Participation (unofficial)[]

Detailed result lists are available on the "World Junior Athletics History" website.^[1] An unofficial count yields the number of about 302 athletes from about 11 countries: Argentina (59), Bolivia (3), Brazil (65), Chile (32), Colombia (21), Ecuador (22), Panama (1), Paraguay (22), Peru (15), Uruguay (38), Venezuela (24).

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	(ARG)	11.03	Heber Viera (URU)	11.04	(BRA)	11.14
200 metres	Heber Viera (URU)	21.57	(COL)	21.80	(BRA)	21.81
400 metres	(ARG)	47.80	(VEN)	48.52	(ARG)	48.70
800 metres	(COL)	1:54.97	(BRA)	1:55.52	(VEN)	1:56.01
1500 metres	(URU)	3:52.13	(ARG)	3:52.14	(COL)	3:54.90
5000 metres	(URU)	14:23.32	(BRA)	14:25.75	(BRA)	14:40.15
10,000 metres	(VEN)	30:24.20	(BRA)	30:32.04	(URU)	31:15.78
3000 metres steeplechase	(ARG)	9:05.93	(ARG)	9:12.70	(BRA)	9:16.06
110 metres hurdles	(BRA)	14.59	Paulo Villar (COL)	15.39	(CHI)	15.43
400 metres hurdles	(BRA)	53.01	(BRA)	53.46	Paulo Villar (COL)	55.74
High jump	(BRA)	2.09	Alfredo Deza (PER)	2.06	(BRA)	2.06
Pole vault	(ARG)	4.65	(ARG)	4.60	(BRA)	4.55
Long jump	(CHI)	7.15w	(BRA)	7.02w	Felipe Soto (COL)	7.01w
Triple jump	(BRA)	15.26	(VEN)	14.98	Alvin Rentería (COL)	14.84
Shot put	(VEN)	16.14	(COL)	16.02	(ARG)	15.84
Discus throw	(ARG)	49.60	(ARG)	48.68	(COL)	46.54
Hammer throw	(ARG)	56.40	(ARG)	52.02	(VEN)	46.68
Javelin throw	(VEN)	64.58	(BRA)	62.84	(CHI)	59.20
Decathlon	Édson Bindilatti (BRA)	6561	Santiago Lorenzo (ARG)	6508	(ARG)	6151
10,000 metres track walk	(ECU)	44:20.95	(ECU)	44:43.17	(VEN)	45:11.96
4 × 100 metres relay	Brazil	41.70	Argentina	41.86	Uruguay	42.58
4 × 400 metres relay	Argentina	3:13.29	Brazil	3:14.30	Venezuela	3:17.21

Women[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	(COL)	12.36	(BRA)	12.41	(ECU)	12.46
200 metres	(BRA)	24.52	(COL)	24.82	(BRA)	25.41
400 metres	Josiane Tito (BRA)	55.68	(BRA)	56.37	(VEN)	56.59
800 metres	Josiane Tito (BRA)	2:09.25	Christiane dos Santos (BRA)	2:09.92	(PER)	2:11.77
1500 metres	(PER)	4:32.1	Bertha Sánchez (COL)	4:32.5	(BRA)	4:34.2
3000 metres	Bertha Sánchez (COL)	9:56.15	(ECU)	9:57.31	(BRA)	9:58.43
5000 metres	Bertha Sánchez (COL)	16:57.53	(ECU)	17:02.42	(BRA)	17:03.10
100 metres hurdles	(BRA)	14.34	Cora Olivero (ARG)	14.70	(BRA)	14.71
400 metres hurdles	(BRA)	59.93	(URU)	60.91	(BRA)	61.11
High jump	Delfina Blaquier (ARG)	1.77	(BRA)	1.74	(BRA)	1.74
Pole vault	Déborah Gyurcsek (URU)	3.60	(BRA)	3.10	(CHI)	3.10
Long jump	Gisele de Oliveira (BRA)	5.74	(COL)	5.71	(BRA)	5.66
Triple jump	(BRA)	12.26	Gisele de Oliveira (BRA)	12.14	(ARG)	12.09
Shot put	Luz Dary Castro (COL)	13.63	(BRA)	13.11	(VEN)	12.98
Discus throw	María Cubillán (VEN)	42.66	Luz Dary Castro (COL)	41.86	(BRA)	40.44
Hammer throw	(VEN)	46.00	(VEN)	44.06	(ARG)	42.26
Javelin throw	(VEN)	46.34	(BRA)	42.82	(BRA)	41.64
Heptathlon	(VEN)	4647	(ARG)	4547	(BRA)	4499
5000 metres track walk	(ECU)	24:15.19	(ECU)	24:22.53	(VEN)	24:54.06
4 × 100 metres relay	Brazil	47.26	Colombia	48.20	Argentina	48.95
4 × 400 metres relay	Brazil	3:44.11	Colombia	3:52.25	Uruguay	3:53.03

Medal table (unofficial)[]

  *   Host nation (Uruguay)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Brazil	15	15	17	47
2	Argentina	8	9	6	23
3	Venezuela	7	3	7	17
4	Colombia	5	9	5	19
5	Uruguay*	4	2	3	9
6	Ecuador	2	4	1	7
7	Peru	1	1	1	3
8	Chile	1	0	3	4
Totals (8 nations)		43	43	43	129

References[]

External links[]

• World Junior Athletics History