Athletics at the 1997 Bolivarian Games

Athletics at the XIII Bolivarian Games
Dates	October 17–26
Host city	Arequipa, Perú
Venue	Estadio Monumental Vírgen de Chapi
Level	Senior
Events	45 (23 men, 22 women)
← 1993 Cochabamba 2001 Ambato → 1997 Bolivarian Games

Athletics competitions at the 1997 Bolivarian Games were held at the Estadio Monumental Vírgen de Chapi in Arequipa, Perú, between October 17–26, 1997.

Gold medal winners from Ecuador were published by the Comité Olímpico Ecuatoriano.^[1]

A total of 45 events were contested, 23 by men and 22 by women.

Medal summary[]

Medal winners were published.^[2]

All results are marked as "affected by altitude" (A), because Arequipa is located at 2,335 m above sea level.

Men[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (Wind: 0.6 m/s)	(VEN)	10.45 A	(COL)	10.54 A	(COL)	10.56 A
200 metres (Wind: 1.6 m/s)	(VEN)	20.87 A	(COL)	21.15 A	Javier Verme (PER)	21.39 A
400 metres	(COL)	46.10 A	(COL)	46.90 A	(VEN)	46.97 A
800 metres	(VEN)	1:48.04 A	(VEN)	1:49.58 A	(COL)	1:49.69 A
1500 metres	(VEN)	3:53.8 A	(VEN)	3:58.5 A	(ECU)	3:59.9 A
5000 metres	(COL)	14:33.3 A	Franklin Tenorio (ECU)	14:36.3 A	(PER)	14:50.3 A
10000 metres	(COL)	30:11.4 A	(COL)	30:14.8 A	(PER)	30:15.1 A
Marathon	(PER)	2:26:10 A	(COL)	2:26:56 A	(ECU)	2:27:23 A
3000 metres steeplechase	(PER)	9:12.6 A	(BOL)	9:15.3 A	(ECU)	9:23.0 A
110 metres hurdles (Wind: 0.0 m/s)	(COL)	14.12 A	(PER)	14.17 A	(VEN)	14.27 A
400 metres hurdles	Llimy Rivas (COL)	50.14 A	(COL)	50.65 A	(VEN)	51.44 A
High Jump	Alfredo Deza (PER)	2.15 A	(PER)	2.10 A	(PER)	2.05 A
Pole Vault	(VEN)	4.90 A	(VEN)	4.90 A
Long Jump	(VEN)	7.58 A	(VEN)	7.53 A	(COL)	7.48 A
Triple Jump	(VEN)	15.82 A	(VEN)	15.74 A	(PER)	15.39 A
Shot Put	Yojer Medina (VEN)	19.40 A	(VEN)	16.58 A	(COL)	16.51 A
Discus Throw	Yojer Medina (VEN)	56.72 A	(COL)	51.04 A	(COL)	50.06 A
Hammer Throw	(PER)	63.40 A	Aldo Bello (VEN)	60.70 A	(COL)	58.62 A
Javelin Throw	Luis Lucumí (COL)	74.72 A	(VEN)	67.38 A	(PER)	66.26 A
Decathlon	(VEN)	7026 A	(VEN)	6440 A	(VEN)	6304 A
20 Kilometres Road Walk	Jefferson Pérez (ECU)	1:27:54 A	Héctor Moreno (COL)	1:29:51 A	(ECU)	1:30:37 A
4 x 100 metres relay	Venezuela	39.85 A	Ecuador	41.32 A	Bolivia	42.18 A
4 x 400 metres relay	Colombia Llimy Rivas	3:05.57 A	Venezuela	3:09.51 A

Women[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (Wind: 2.6 m/s)	Felipa Palacios (COL)	11.15 A w	Mirtha Brock (COL)	11.50 A w	(ECU)	11.67 A w
200 metres (Wind: 3.1 m/s)	Felipa Palacios (COL)	22.74 A w	Patricia Rodríguez (COL)	23.57 A w	Mirtha Brock (COL)	23.86 A w
400 metres	Patricia Rodríguez (COL)	53.31 A	(COL)	55.81 A	(ECU)	56.44 A
800 metres	(ECU)	2:07.39 A	(COL)	2:07.72 A	(BOL)	2:12.11 A
1500 metres	Janeth Caizalitín (ECU)	4:29.1 A	(COL)	4:29.7 A	Niusha Mancilla (BOL)	4:33.3 A
5000 metres	Janeth Caizalitín (ECU)	18:26.1 A	(COL)	18:27.4 A	(ECU)	18:34.3 A
10000 metres	Martha Tenorio (ECU)	36:05.85 A	(PER)	36:22.56 A	Iglandini González (COL)	36:33.14 A
Marathon	(PER)	3:25:24 A	(PER)	3:27:16 A	(PER)	3:32:04 A
100 metres hurdles (Wind: 0.0 m/s)	Princesa Oliveros (COL)	13.94 A	(VEN)	14.30 A	(PER)	14.49 A
400 metres hurdles	Princesa Oliveros (COL)	59.65 A	(ECU)	61.00 A	(VEN)	61.15 A
High Jump	(VEN)	1.78 A	(VEN)	1.75 A	(VEN)	1.67 A
Pole Vault	(PER)	2.70 A	(ECU)	2.70 A	(PER)	2.70 A
Long Jump	(VEN)	6.08 A	(COL)	5.98 A	(ECU)	5.96 A
Triple Jump	(VEN)	13.12 A	(VEN)	12.62 A	(ECU)	12.03 A
Shot Put	María Isabel Urrutia (COL)	15.51 A	(VEN)	13.73 A	(PER)	12.83 A
Discus Throw	María Isabel Urrutia (COL)	51.80 A	(VEN)	45.76 A	(PER)	38.84 A
Hammer Throw	María Eugenia Villamizar (COL)	58.68 A	(VEN)	52.14 A	(VEN)	51.98 A
Javelin Throw	Zuleima Araméndiz (COL)	58.04 A	Sabina Moya (COL)	49.94 A	Marieta Riera (VEN)	49.58 A
Heptathlon	(COL)	5275 A	(VEN)	4885 A	(VEN)	4745 A
10 Kilometres Road Walk	Geovana Irusta (BOL)	50:29 A	(COL)	50:51 A	Miriam Ramón (ECU)	52:49 A
4 x 100 metres relay	Colombia Mirtha Brock Patricia Rodríguez Sandra Borrero	43.89 A	Venezuela	45.99 A	Ecuador	47.10 A
4 x 400 metres relay	Colombia	3:44.76 A	Ecuador	3:47.94 A	Panama	3:52.94 A

Medal table (unofficial)[]

  *   Host nation (Peru)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Colombia	19	17	8	44
2	Venezuela	14	18	9	41
3	Peru*	6	4	11	21
4	Ecuador	5	5	11	21
5	Bolivia	1	1	3	5
6	Panama	0	0	1	1
Totals (6 nations)		45	45	43	133

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