2017 South American U20 Championships in Athletics

XLII South American U20 Championships in Athletics
XLII South American U20 Championships in Athletics
Dates	3–4 June
Host city	Leonora, Guyana
Venue	National Track and Field Centre
Level	Junior
Events	41
Participation	11 nations
	← 2015 Cuenca 2019 Cali → ;

The 42nd South American U20 Championships in Athletics were held in Leonora, Guyana, on 3 and 4 June. It was the first time that this competition was held in Guyana.

Medal summary[]

Men[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres -1.6 m/s	Guyana	10.37	Derick Silva Brazil	10.45	Argentina	10.70
200 metres	Derick Silva Brazil	20.92	Guyana	21.45	Chile	21.55
400 metres	Suriname	47.90	Guyana	48.24	Uruguay	48.30
800 metres	Brazil	1:56.35	Guyana	1:57.26	Guyana	1:57.87
1500 metres	Brazil	4:00.95	José Zabala Argentina	4:02.51	Guyana	4:02.81
5000 metres	Daniel do Nascimento Brazil	14:53.71	Peru	14:54.24	Colombia	14:56.33
10,000 metres	Daniel do Nascimento Brazil	31:01.64	Peru	32:13.78	Peru	35:39.20
110 metres hurdles (99 cm) -1.9 m/s	Ecuador	13.58	Brazil	13.87	Colombia	13.99
400 metres hurdles	Brazil	54.78	Colombia	55.65	Guyana	58.07
3000 m steeplechase	Brazil	9:26.40	Peru	9:33.20	Peru	9:35.40
4 × 100 m relay	Brazil Derick Silva	41.29	Guyana Tyrell Peters	41.30	Colombia	42.38
4 × 400 m relay	Colombia	3:20.85	Suriname	3:33.91	Argentina ? José Zabala	3:35.94
10,000 m track walk	Ecuador	45:34.90	Colombia	45:56.70	Matheus Correa Brazil	46:12.50
High jump	Brazil	1.95	Guyana	1.90	Guyana	1.90
Long jump	José Luis Mandros Peru	7.91	Colombia	7.69	Brazil	7.62
Triple jump	Ecuador	15.76	Colombia	15.64	Colombia	14.95
Shot put (6 kg)	Brazil	16.57	Claudio Romero Chile	16.48	Colombia	15.84
Discus throw (1.75 kg)	Brazil	54.59	Brazil	53.91	Claudio Romero Chile	52.23
Hammer throw (6 kg)	Brazil	71.42	Chile	66.31	Only 2 participants
Javelin throw	Brazil	69.71	Guyana	53.41	Guyana	48.93
Decathlon (junior)^[1]	Peru	5271	Guyana	4936	Brazil	3361
WR world record \| AR area record \| CR championship record \| GR games record \| NR national record \| OR Olympic record \| PB personal best \| SB season best \| WL world leading (in a given season)

Women[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres -3.1 m/s	Lorraine Martins Brazil	11.56	Guyana	11.71	Guyana	11.78
200 metres -2.6 m/s	Lorraine Martins Brazil	23.89	Romina Cifuentes Ecuador	24.19	Guyana	24.26
400 metres	Brazil	54.25	Guyana	55.45	Colombia	57.56
800 metres	Johana Arrieta Colombia	2:10.41	Guyana	2:19.43	Suriname	2:50.68
1500 metres	Brazil	4:31.82	Colombia	4:33.83	Guyana	4:39.96
3000 metres	Argentina	9:58.15	Peru	10:10.06	Peru	10:18.91
5000 metres	Peru	18:18.10	Chile	18:20.60	Peru	18:35.70
100 metres hurdles +0.6 m/s	Ecuador	14.32	Brazil	14.41	Argentina	15.07
400 metres hurdles	Colombia	60.27	Brazil	61.24	Ecuador	63.73
3000 m steeplechase	Rina Cjuro Peru	10:47.25	Ecuador	10:48.63	Argentina	11:08.13
4 × 100 m relay	Ecuador Romina Cifuentes	46.47	Colombia María Fernanda Murillo	47.33	Guyana	47.43 NR
4 × 400 m relay	Guyana	3:51.40	Colombia Johana Arrieta	3:52.14	Argentina	4:13.57
10,000 m track walk	María Montoya Colombia	48:22.4	Peru	48:33.1	Leyde Guerra Peru	49:07.6
High jump	María Fernanda Murillo Colombia	1.78	Brazil	1.75	Peru	1.75
Long jump	Guyana	6.30	Brazil	6.12	Guyana	5.59
Triple jump	Brazil	12.71	Suriname	12.33	Guyana	12.19
Shot put	Argentina	14.34	Brazil	13.92	Suriname	11.56
Discus throw	Argentina	47.43	Brazil	44.19	Uruguay	40.74
Hammer throw	Chile	60.42	Brazil	59.96	Argentina	53.24
Javelin throw	Ecuador	54.00	Brazil	51.74	Guyana	19.82
WR world record \| AR area record \| CR championship record \| GR games record \| NR national record \| OR Olympic record \| PB personal best \| SB season best \| WL world leading (in a given season)

Medal table[]

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The host country is highlighted in lavender blue


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Brazil (BRA)	18	11	3	32
2	Ecuador (ECU)	6	2	1	9
3	Colombia (COL)	5	7	6	18
4	Peru (PER)	4	5	6	15
5	Guyana (GUY)*	3	10	12	25
6	Argentina (ARG)	3	1	6	10
7	Chile (CHI)	1	3	2	6
8	Suriname (SUR)	1	2	2	5
9	Uruguay (URU)	0	0	2	2
Totals (9 nations)		41	41	40	122

References[]

^ "Dennis Roberts is Guyana's ultimate all-rounded junior athlete". Guyana Chronicle. 9 June 2017. Retrieved 20 September 2017.
^ "Medal table". Archived from the original on 2017-06-22. Retrieved 2017-06-21.

External links[]

Event's Webpage

[1] "Dennis Roberts is Guyana's ultimate all-rounded junior athlete". Guyana Chronicle. 9 June 2017. Retrieved 20 September 2017.

[2] "Medal table". Archived from the original on 2017-06-22. Retrieved 2017-06-21.

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v t Championships of the South American Athletics Confederation
Outdoor (records) Indoor Cross Country Race Walking Marathon Half Marathon Road Mile Mountain Running Under-23 Under-20 Under-18
Senior*	1918U 1919 1920 1922U 1924 1926 1927 1929 1931 1931U 1933 1935 1937 1939 1941 1943 1945 1946U 1947 1948U 1949 1950U 1952 1953U 1954 1956 1957U 1958 1961 1963 1965 1967 1969 1971 1974 1975 1977 1979 1981 1983 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2006 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021
Indoor	2020 2022
Under-23	2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2021
Under-20	1959 1960 1961 1962 1964 1966 1968 1970 1972 1974 1976 1978 1980 1981 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021
Under-18	1973 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2021
Race Walking	2001 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014
Cross Country	1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
^* U = Unofficial Outdoor Championships · See also: Athletics at the South American Games