1968 South American Junior Championships in Athletics

VII South American Junior Championships in Athletics

Host city	São Paulo, Brazil
Date(s)	September 8–14
Main stadium	Estadio Atlético de São Bernardo do Campo
Level	Junior
Participation	about 176 athletes from 8 nations
Events	29
← 1966 Montevideo 1970 Cali →

The seventh South American Junior Championships in Athletics were held in São Paulo, Brazil, at the Estadio Atlético de São Bernardo do Campo between September 8–14, 1968.^[1]

Participation (unofficial)

Detailed result lists can be found on the "World Junior Athletics History" website.^[2] An unofficial count yields the number of about 176 athletes from about 8 countries: Argentina (39), Brazil (34), Chile (38), Colombia (5), Ecuador (5), Paraguay (17), Peru (23), Uruguay (15).

Medal summary

Medal winners are published for men^[3] and women^[4] Complete results can be found on the "World Junior Athletics History" website.^[2]

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Jimmy Sierra (COL)	10.8	Carlos Ripoli (ARG)	10.8	Paulo Matschinske (BRA)	11.0
200 metres	Jimmy Sierra (COL)	21.7	Carlos Bertotti (ARG)	22.2	Julio Torres (CHI)	22.4
400 metres	Carlos Bertotti (ARG)	49.4	Iván Varas (CHI)	49.8	Ricardo Rovira (URU)	50.1
800 metres	Atílio Alegre (BRA)	1:55.7	Iván Varas (CHI)	1:56.0	Ricardo Rovira (URU)	1:58.5
1500 metres	Víctor Ríos (CHI)	3:57.5	Atílio Alegre (BRA)	3:57.5	Abel Córdoba (ARG)	4:02.4
3000 metres	Víctor Ríos (CHI)	8:45.7	Rafael Baracaldo (COL)	8:49.9	David Sandoval (PER)	8:55.2
1500 metres steeplechase	Atílio Alegre (BRA)	4:18.7	Rafael Baracaldo (COL)	4:24.3	Ricardo Montero (CHI)	4:24.6
110 metres hurdles	Márcio Lomónaco (BRA)	15.7	Alfredo Guzmán (CHI)	16.1	Kiyoshi Mizukawa (BRA)	16.1
400 metres hurdles	Carlos Saavedra (CHI)	55.9	Alfredo Guzmán (CHI)	56.3	Jarbas Benck (BRA)	56.5
High jump	Luis Barrionuevo (ARG)	2.00	Luis Arbulú (PER)	2.00	Alberto Calio (ARG)	1.90
Pole vault	Ciro Valdés (COL)	3.70	Pedro Aratzabala (CHI)	3.60	Fernando Hoces (CHI)	3.60
Long jump	Eduardo Labalta (ARG)	7.14	Joel Dias (BRA)	6.93	Meberi Cuello (URU)	6.48
Triple jump	Joel Dias (BRA)	14.95	Miguel Zapata (COL)	14.13	Emilio Mazzeo (ARG)	13.88
Shot put	Juan Turri (ARG)	16.94	Cláudio Leal (BRA)	16.84	Paulo Matschinske (BRA)	15.42
Discus throw	Ronaldo Rascher (BRA)	39.62	Celso de Moraes (BRA)	39.12	José Deustua (PER)	38.52
Hammer throw	Celso de Moraes (BRA)	61.24	Tulio Tebaldi (PER)	49.68	Armando Fusaro (ARG)	49.54
Javelin throw	Álvaro Maururi (ECU)	52.24	Luis Cortina (ARG)	50.64	Oscar Raggio (ARG)	50.36
Pentathlon*	Jarbas Benck (BRA)	3694	Alberto Calio (ARG)	3476	Oscar Raggio (ARG)	3475
4 × 100 metres relay	Argentina	43.5	Chile	43.7	Brazil	43.7
4 × 400 metres relay	Argentina	3:20.9	Chile	3:22.0	Brazil	3:28.1

* = another source^[2] rather states: Hexathlon

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Josefa Vicent (URU)	11.9	Victoria Roa (CHI)	12.0	Juana Mosquera (COL)	12.2
200 metres	Josefa Vicent (URU)	25.0	Victoria Roa (CHI)	25.5	Juana Mosquera (COL)	25.7
80 metres hurdles	Ana Akiko Omote (BRA)	11.8	Alicia Cantarini (ARG)	11.8	Paz Gallo (CHI)	12.3
High jump	Carolina Roche (ARG)	1.45	Sonia Neubauer (CHI)	1.45	Maria Custódio (BRA)	1.45
Long jump	Ana Akiko Omote (BRA)	5.65	Silvia Kinzel (CHI)	5.62	Patricia Morone (ARG)	5.25
Shot put	Gladys Ortega (ARG)	11.53	Neide Nakatsukasa (BRA)	11.05	Ana Julieta Scursoni (ARG)	10.60
Discus throw	Mirtha Salas (ARG)	35.98	Gladys Ortega (ARG)	35.96	Verónica Díaz (CHI)	32.18
Javelin throw	Ana Julieta Scursoni (ARG)	35.67	Gladys Ortega (ARG)	35.48	Irani Milani (BRA)	35.00
4 × 100 metres relay	Argentina	48.2	Chile	49.7	Uruguay	50.0

Medal table (unofficial)

The host country is highlighted in lavender blue

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Argentina	11	7	8	26
2	Brazil	9	5	8	22
3	Chile	3	12	5	20
4	Colombia	3	3	2	8
5	Uruguay	2	0	4	6
6	Ecuador	1	0	0	1
7	Peru	0	2	2	4

References

↑ "Comienza Suramericano Atlético - Colombia disputa hoy las primeras competencias en el torneo de Sao Paolo", El Tiempo (in Spanish), September 8, 1968, p. 10 (original page no.: 19), retrieved November 1, 2012
1 2 3 World Junior Athletics History, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), retrieved November 1, 2011
↑ SOUTH AMERICAN JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS (MEN), Athletics Weekly, retrieved November 1, 2011
↑ SOUTH AMERICAN JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS (WOMEN), Athletics Weekly, retrieved November 1, 2011

External links

World Junior Athletics History

Championships of the South American Athletics Confederation

Senior Championships (records) Cross Country Championships Race Walking Championships Marathon Championships Half Marathon Championships Road Mile Championships Mountain Running Championships Under-23 Championships in Athletics (records) Junior Championships in Athletics Youth Championships in Athletics (records)

Senior	1919 1920 1924 1926 1927 1929 1931 1933 1935 1937 1939 1941 1943 1945 1947 1949 1952 1954 1956 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

Senior (unofficial)	1918 1922 1931 1946 1948 1950 1953 1957

Under-23	2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016

Junior	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

Youth	1973 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016

Race Walking	1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 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 2015

See also: Athletics at the South American Games

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