1998 South American Junior Championships in Athletics

XXX South American Junior Championships in Athletics
Dates	May 16–17
Host city	Córdoba, Argentina
Level	Junior
Events	43
Participation	about 286 athletes from 11 nations
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The 30th South American Junior Championships in Athletics were held in Córdoba, Argentina from May 16–17, 1998.

Participation (unofficial)[]

Detailed result lists can be found on the "World Junior Athletics History" website.^[1] An unofficial count yields the number of about 286 athletes from about 11 countries: Argentina (66), Bolivia (12), Brazil (68), Chile (46), Colombia (24), Ecuador (15), Panama (3), Paraguay (4), Peru (9), Uruguay (15), 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	Jarbas Mascarenhas (BRA)	10.59	(COL)	10.73	(BRA)	10.74
200 metres	Heber Viera (URU)	21.33w	Jarbas Mascarenhas (BRA)	21.45w	Helly Ollarves (VEN)	21.60w
400 metres	(VEN)	47.57	(ARG)	47.58	(ARG)	47.81
800 metres	(BRA)	1:50.78	(BRA)	1:50.98	(COL)	1:51.27
1500 metres	(BRA)	3:51.20	André da Silva (BRA)	3:52.17	(ARG)	3:55.68
5000 metres	(BRA)	14:34.31	(ARG)	14:35.78	(URU)	14:45.39
10,000 metres	Javier Carriqueo (ARG)	31:06.83	(CHI)	31:08.07	(BRA)	31:15.08
3000 metres steeplechase	(ARG)	9:07.29	(URU)	9:08.42	(PAR)	9:14.65
110 metres hurdles	(BRA)	14.40	(BRA)	14.67	Jackson Quiñónez (ECU)	14.78
400 metres hurdles	(BRA)	51.90	(BRA)	52.21	(VEN)	52.82
High jump	Alfredo Deza (PER)	2.23	(PER)	2.08	(BRA)	2.08
Pole vault	(BRA)	5.00	(ARG)	4.60	(CHI)	4.50
Long jump	(VEN)	7.71	(CHI)	7.18	(BRA)	7.10
Triple jump	(VEN)	15.35	(COL)	15.18	(BRA)	14.98
Shot put	(COL)	16.62	(VEN)	16.52	(BRA)	15.34
Discus throw	(COL)	50.81	(PER)	47.51	(BRA)	45.32
Hammer throw	(ARG)	57.93	(ARG)	54.05	(VEN)	51.36
Javelin throw	(VEN)	69.68	(BRA)	64.60	(CHI)	60.19
Decathlon	Édson Bindilatti (BRA)	7158	Enrique Aguirre (ARG)	6669	(ARG)	6199
10,000 metres track walk	Mário dos Santos (BRA)	42:14.02	Luis Fernando López (COL)	44:18.66	(ECU)	44:33.46
4 × 100 metres relay	Brazil	40.93	Venezuela	41.41	Chile	42.00
4 × 400 metres relay	Brazil	3:14.79	Colombia	3:18.80	Venezuela	3:20.06

Women[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	(ECU)	11.96	(CHI)	11.99	(CHI)	12.04
200 metres	Norma González (COL)	24.16	(CHI)	24.31	(PER)	24.46
400 metres	Josiane Tito (BRA)	54.19	Norma González (COL)	54.47	(BRA)	56.04
800 metres	Josiane Tito (BRA)	2:10.37	Christiane dos Santos (BRA)	2:12.73	(COL)	2:14.93
1500 metres	(CHI)	4:35.07	(ECU)	4:37.73	(ARG)	4:39.20
3000 metres	(ECU)	9:52.06	(ARG)	9:55.44	(BRA)	9:56.01
5000 metres	(BRA)	17:01.28	(ECU)	17:07.27	(BRA)	17:59.89
100 metres hurdles	Francisca Guzmán (CHI)	14.16	(BRA)	14.33	Maíla Machado (BRA)	14.57
400 metres hurdles	(BRA)	59.99	(BRA)	61.83	(COL)	62.25
High jump	Delfina Blaquier (ARG)	1.70	(BRA)	1.65	(BRA)	1.60
Pole vault	Fabiana Murer (BRA)	3.52	(CHI)	3.30	Joana Costa (BRA)	3.25
Long jump	Gisele de Oliveira (BRA)	6.16	(ARG)	5.96	(ECU)	5.74
Triple jump	Gisele de Oliveira (BRA)	12.74	(VEN)	12.39	Jennifer Arveláez (VEN)	12.31
Shot put	(BRA)	13.55	(BRA)	13.22	(COL)	13.04
Discus throw	(COL)	45.95	María Cubillán (VEN)	44.11	(BRA)	41.98
Hammer throw	(VEN)	48.41	(CHI)	47.59	(VEN)	47.43
Javelin throw	(ARG)	45.82	(CHI)	43.95	(ARG)	42.71
Heptathlon	(ARG)	4809	(CHI)	4615	(BRA)	4363
5000 metres track walk	(ECU)	24:08.50	(ECU)	24:24.41	(BRA)	24:43.81
4 × 100 metres relay	Chile	47.02	Colombia	47.27	Brazil	47.50
4 × 400 metres relay	Brazil	3:46.79	Colombia	3:51.30	Chile	3:55.16

Medal table (unofficial)[]

  *   Host nation (Argentina)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Brazil	20	11	17	48
2	Argentina*	6	7	5	18
3	Venezuela	5	4	6	15
4	Colombia	4	7	4	15
5	Chile	3	8	5	16
6	Ecuador	3	3	3	9
7	Peru	1	2	1	4
8	Uruguay	1	1	1	3
9	Paraguay	0	0	1	1
Totals (9 nations)		43	43	43	129

References[]

External links[]

• World Junior Athletics History