1997 South American Championships in Athletics

The 1997 South American Championships in Athletics were held in Mar del Plata, Argentina between 4 and 6 April.

Medal summary

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: +2.0 m/s)	Sebastián Keitel  Chile	10.30	André da Silva  Brazil	10.32	Carlos Gats  Argentina	10.46
200 metres (wind: -4.2 m/s)	Claudinei da Silva  Brazil	21.06	Sebastián Keitel  Chile	21.13	Sidnei Telles de Souza  Brazil	21.32
400 metres	Sanderlei Parrela  Brazil	46.17	Carlos Zbinden  Chile	47.33	Gustavo Aguirre  Argentina	47.52
800 metres	Valdinei da Silva  Brazil	1:46.89	Flavio Godoy  Brazil	1:48.50	Manuel Balmaceda  Chile	1:51.58
1500 metres	Edgar de Oliveira  Brazil	3:47.76	José Valente  Brazil	3:50.64	Pablo Ramírez  Ecuador	3:51.85
5000 metres	Eduardo Carrasco  Chile	14:08.48	Néstor García  Uruguay	14:15.56	Pedro Rojas  Colombia	14:17.48
10,000 metres	Eduardo Carrasco  Chile	29:07.77	Emerson Iser Bem  Brazil	29:10.67	Pedro Rojas  Colombia	29:11.74
3000 metres steeplechase	Wander Moura  Brazil	8:35.40 CR	Pablo Ramírez  Ecuador	8:48.50 NR	Julián Peralta  Argentina	8:54.64
110 metres hurdles (wind: +3.8 m/s)	Emerson Perín  Brazil	14.21w	José Humberto Rivas  Colombia	14.29w	Oscar Ratto  Argentina	14.64w
400 metres hurdles	Eronilde de Araújo  Brazil	49.35	Cleverson da Silva  Brazil	49.85	Carlos Zbinden  Chile	50.11
4 × 100 metres relay	Brazil ? ? Claudinei da Silva André Domingos	40.07	Chile Pablo Almeida Ricardo Roach Sebastián Keitel Carlos Moreno	40.08	Argentina Jorge Polanco Gabriel Simon Guillermo Cacián Carlos Gats	40.11
4 × 400 metres relay	Brazil	3:04.20 CR	Chile Carlos Moreno Ricardo Roach Alejandro Krauss Carlos Zbinden	3:07.98	Colombia	3:09.10
20,000 metres track walk	Héctor Moreno  Colombia	1:23:06.73 CR	Sérgio Galdino  Brazil	1:23:28.06	Cláudio Bertolino  Brazil	1:28:02.74
High jump	Gilmar Mayo  Colombia	2.26 CR	Fabrício Romero  Brazil	2.15	Wagner Príncipe  Brazil	2.15
Pole vault	Oscar Veit  Argentina	4.85	Fernando Pastoriza  Argentina	4.80	Sebastián Ortiz  Uruguay	4.70
Long jump	Nelson Ferreira  Brazil	7.84	Márcio da Cruz  Brazil	7.59	Yesid Cossio  Colombia	7.32
Triple jump	Anísio Silva  Brazil	16.24	Márcio Cardoso  Brazil	15.89	Alejandro Gats  Argentina	14.99
Shot put	Édson Miguel  Brazil	17.44	Marco Antonio Verni  Chile	16.82	Andrés Solo de Zaldívar  Chile	15.74
Discus throw	Ramón Jiménez Gaona  Paraguay	57.32	Marcelo Pugliese  Argentina	54.18	Julio Piñero  Argentina	53.00
Hammer throw	Juan Cerra  Argentina	68.92	Adrián Marzo  Argentina	66.36	Eduardo Acuña  Peru	59.72
Javelin throw	Nery Kennedy  Paraguay	75.08	Luiz Fernando da Silva  Brazil	74.88	Luis Lucumí  Colombia	74.00
Decathlon	Alejandro Acosta  Argentina	6546	Santiago Lorenzo  Argentina	6495	Alexis Recioy  Uruguay	6433
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's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: +4.5 m/s)	Lucimar de Moura  Brazil	11.47w	Felipa Palacios  Colombia	11.48w	Zandra Borrero  Colombia	11.75w
200 metres (wind: -0.8 m/s)	Felipa Palacios  Colombia	23.20 CR	Lucimar de Moura  Brazil	23.51	Olga Conte  Argentina	23.90
400 metres	Olga Conte  Argentina	53.41	Maria Figueirêdo  Brazil	53.49	Norfalia Carabalí  Colombia	54.47
800 metres	Luciana Mendes  Brazil	2:03.56	Mercy Colorado  Ecuador	2:06.90 NR	Fátima dos Santos  Brazil	2:09.08
1500 metres	Janeth Caizalitín  Ecuador	4:33.65	Niusha Mancilla  Bolivia	4:34.90	Célia dos Santos  Brazil	4:35.29
5000 metres	Stella Castro  Colombia	15:48.82 CR NR	Erika Olivera  Chile	15:52.27	Elisa Cobanea  Argentina	16:05.51
10,000 metres	Stella Castro  Colombia	33:24.07 CR	Erika Olivera  Chile	33:56.98	Mónica Cervera  Argentina	36:39.25
100 metres hurdles (wind: +8.0 m/s)	Verónica Depaoli  Argentina	13.41w	Maurren Maggi  Brazil	13.65w	Vânia da Silva  Brazil	13.95w
400 metres hurdles	Verónica Depaoli  Argentina	59.05	Maria dos Santos  Brazil	59.62	Marise da Silva  Brazil	60.00
4 × 100 metres relay	Colombia	44.58 CR	Brazil	45.21	Argentina Daniela Lebreo Veronica Depaoli Vanesa Wohlgemuth Olga Conte	46.18
4 × 400 metres relay	Colombia	3:36.71	Brazil	3:38.18	Argentina Daniela Lebreo Marina Arias Veronica Depaoli Olga Conte	3:40.72
10,000 metres track walk	Geovana Irusta  Bolivia	46:01.1 CR	Miriam Ramón  Ecuador	46:50.6	Bertha Vera  Ecuador	47:15.9
High jump	Solange Witteveen  Argentina	1.89 =CR	Delfina Blaquier  Argentina Orlane dos Santos  Brazil	1.83
Pole vault	Déborah Gyurcsek  Uruguay	3.85 CR	Alejandra García  Argentina	3.50	Mariela Laurora  Argentina	3.45
Long jump	Maurren Maggi  Brazil	6.54	Andrea Ávila  Argentina	6.26w	Mónica Falcioni  Uruguay	6.25w
Triple jump	Andrea Ávila  Argentina	13.76	Maria de Souza  Brazil	13.72	Luciana dos Santos  Brazil	13.30
Shot put	Elisângela Adriano  Brazil	18.16 CR	Alexandra Amaro  Brazil	16.34	Silvana Filippi  Argentina	13.81
Discus throw	Elisângela Adriano  Brazil	58.46 CR	Liliana Martinelli  Argentina	52.26	María Eugenia Giggi  Argentina	45.80
Hammer throw	María Eugenia Villamizar  Colombia	55.48	Karina Moya  Argentina	54.30	Zulma Lambert  Argentina	50.64
Javelin throw	Zuleima Araméndiz  Colombia	56.66	Sabina Moya  Colombia	55.30	Mariela Arch  Argentina	54.08
Heptathlon	Euzinete dos Reis  Brazil	5549	Zorobabelia Córdoba  Colombia	5428	Joelma Souza  Brazil	4380
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

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Brazil	18	19	9	46
2	Colombia	9	4	7	20
3	Argentina	8	9	17	34
4	Chile	3	7	3	13
5	Paraguay	2	0	0	2
6	Ecuador	1	3	2	6
7	Uruguay	1	1	3	5
8	Bolivia	1	1	0	2
9	Peru	0	0	1	1
Totals (9 nations)		43	44	42	129

External links

• Men Results – GBR Athletics
• Women Results – GBR Athletics