2018 South American U18 Championships in Athletics

XXIV South American U18 Championships in Athletics
Dates	30 June – 1 July
Host city	Cuenca
Venue	Jefferson Pérez Stadium
Level	Youth
Events	39
Participation	14 nations
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The 24th South American U18 Championships in Athletics were held in Cuenca, Ecuador on 30 June and 1 July 2018.^[1][2]

Medal summary[]

Men[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres -0.8 m/s	Colombia	10.75	Paraguay	10.82	Ecuador	10.92
200 metres -0.4 m/s	Lucas Vilar  Brazil	21.34	Colombia	21.57	Panama	21.89
400 metres	Brazil	48.20	Lucas Vilar  Brazil	48.34	Panama	49.64
800 metres	Colombia	1:54.18	Ecuador	1:55.82	Brazil	1:56.36
1500 metres	Brazil	4:11.90	Colombia	4:13.65	Ecuador	4:14.00
3000 metres	Peru	9:07.75	Peru	9:12.47	Argentina	9:16.74
110 metres hurdles (91.4 cm)	Brazil	13.69	Brazil	13.90	Chile	13.95
400 metres hurdles (84 cm)	Brazil	52.09	Brazil	52.27	Argentina	53.96
2000 m steeplechase	Colombia	6:26.40	Peru	6:28.09	Brazil	6:29.11
4 × 100 metres relay	Brazil Lucas Vilar	41.33	Ecuador	41.69	Peru	44.19
10,000 m track walk	Ecuador	46:54.86	Peru	47:18.74	Peru	48:13.12
High jump	Brazil	2.01	Brazil	2.01	Ecuador	2.01
Pole vault	Argentina	4.90	Colombia	4.80	Colombia	4.70
Long jump	Brazil	7.45	Suriname	7.45	Venezuela	7.37w
Triple jump	Ecuador	15.38	Argentina	15.25	Ecuador	15.17
Shot put (5 kg)	Argentina	21.40 GR	Argentina	17.97	Brazil	17.69
Discus throw (1.5 kg)	Brazil	58.03	Argentina	57.19	Argentina	54.75
Hammer throw (5 kg)	Colombia	73.24	Colombia	73.24	Argentina	71.29
Javelin throw (700 kg)	Brazil	74.47	Venezuela	70.71	Chile	69.46
Decathlon (U18)	Brazil	6716	Brazil	6387	Argentina	6170

Women[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres -1.3 m/s	Ecuador	11.84	Colombia	12.03	Venezuela	12.06
200 metres +0.6 m/s	Ecuador	23.57	Colombia	24.18	Ecuador	24.51
400 metres	Jessica Moreira  Brazil	56.02	Brazil	56.17	Colombia	57.24
800 metres	Chile	2:13.01	Argentina	2:13.96	Colombia	2:16.27
1500 metres	Chile	4:44.98	Ecuador	4:46.96	Colombia	4:49.55
3000 metres	Colombia	10:29.36	Peru	10:37.64	Colombia	10:39.26
100 metres hurdles (76.2 cm) +0.5 m/s	Ecuador	13.86	Colombia	13.95	Colombia	13.99
400 metres hurdles	Colombia	59.64	Jessica Moreira  Brazil	60.42	Brazil	62.52
2000 m steeplechase	Peru	7:18.30	Ecuador	7:24.35	Ecuador	7:37.68
4 × 100 metres relay	Ecuador	46.94	Brazil	47.28	Peru	49.52
5000 m track walk	Ecuador	24:17.79	Peru	25:44.56	Peru	25:53.91
High jump	Brazil	1.73	Argentina	1.65	Chile	1.65
Pole vault	Colombia	3.60	Argentina	3.55	Chile	3.50
Long jump	Chile	6.04	Brazil	5.99	Argentina	5.76
Triple jump	Brazil	12.68	Suriname	12.46	Chile	12.28
Shot put (3 kg)	Ecuador	15.84	Brazil	15.52	Chile	14.70
Discus throw	Ecuador	44.97	Uruguay	40.17	Ecuador	39.30
Hammer throw (3 kg)	Colombia	65.92 GR	Venezuela	62.31	Chile	60.57
Javelin throw (500 g)	Ecuador	54.33 GR	Colombia	49.95	Colombia	49.27
Heptathlon (U18)	Colombia	5036	Brazil	4335	Ecuador	4146

Mixed[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
8 × 300 metres relay	Brazil Lucas Vilar Jessica Moreira	4:54.20	Ecuador	5:04.98	Colombia	5:15.01

Medal table[]

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Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Brazil (BRA)	14	11	5	30
2	Ecuador (ECU)	10	6	9	25
3	Colombia (COL)	9	8	8	25
4	Argentina (ARG)	3	6	6	15
5	Chile (CHI)	3	0	6	9
6	Peru (PER)	2	5	4	11
7	Suriname (SUR)	0	2	0	2
8	Venezuela (VEN)	0	1	2	3
9	Paraguay (PAR)	0	1	0	1
	Uruguay (URU)	0	1	0	1
11	Panama (PAN)	0	0	2	2
Totals (11 nations)		41	41	42	124

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