1978 South American Junior Championships in Athletics

XII South American Junior Championships in Athletics

Host city	São Paulo, Brazil
Date(s)	December 15–17
Level	Junior
Participation	about 178 athletes from 8 nations
Events	34
← 1976 Maracaibo 1980 Santiago →

The 12th South American Junior Championships in Athletics were held in São Paulo, Brazil, between December 15–17, 1978.^[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 178 athletes from about 8 countries: Argentina (33), Bolivia (6), Brazil (53), Chile (42), Colombia (13), Paraguay (8), Peru (9), Uruguay (14).

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	Paulo Correia (BRA)	10.6	Elói Souza (BRA)	10.6	Carlos Gambetta (ARG)	10.8
200 metres	Carlos Gambetta (ARG)	22.0	Paulo Correia (BRA)	22.1	Alfredo Sancho (CHI)	22.5
400 metres	Antônio Dias Ferreira (BRA)	46.7	Arturo Marino (CHI)	48.2	Nilton dos Santos (BRA)	48.3
800 metres	Antônio Dias Ferreira (BRA)	1:50.3	Arturo Núñez (CHI)	1:50.9	Joaquim Cruz (BRA)	1:51.0
1500 metres	Cristián Castillo (CHI)	3:58.9	Omar Ortega (ARG)	3:59.2	Roger Soler (PER)	3:59.5
5000 metres	Cláudio Ribeiro (BRA)	14:53.0	Cristián Castillo (CHI)	14:57.2	Jorge Santos (BRA)	15:16.5
2000 metres steeplechase	Cristián Castillo (CHI)	6:01.2	Humberto Ramírez (COL)	6:04.6	Jorge Santos (BRA)	6:04.6
110 metres hurdles	Wellington da Nobrega (BRA)	14.6	Elías da Fonseca (BRA)	14.8	Felipe Víctor (CHI)	15.2
400 metres hurdles	Juan Carlos Fuentes (CHI)	53.0	Elías da Fonseca (BRA)	55.4	Wellington da Nobrega (BRA)	55.4
High jump	Jorge Archanjo (BRA)	2.00	Víctor Migliaro (CHI)	2.00	Roderick Wilson (BRA)	2.00
Pole vault	Carlos da Silva (BRA)	4.45	Henry Gómez (COL)	4.20	Enrique Aramburú (PER)	4.00
Long jump	Carlos Gambetta (ARG)	7.07	Roberto Justino (BRA)	6.82	Jairo Monteiro (BRA)	6.82
Triple jump	Luiz Favero (BRA)	14.86	Roberto Justino (BRA)	14.72	Flavio Figueroa (COL)	14.72
Shot put	Gert Weil (CHI)	16.50	João Lima (BRA)	16.20	José Franco (CHI)	15.92
Discus throw	Juan Ortega (COL)	46.28	Roberto Malatesta (ARG)	43.52	Miro Ronac (PER)	43.34
Hammer throw	Ralf Frustockl (BRA)	56.38	Pedro Rivail Atílio (BRA)	55.66	Pedro Díaz (COL)	52.32
Javelin throw	Juan Garmendia (ARG)	65.12	Eduardo Viera (ARG)	62.42	Gustavo Arrau (CHI)	59.06
Decathlon	Miro Ronac (PER)	6391	Ronaldo Alcaraz (BRA)	6254	Fernando Britz (BRA)	6128
4 × 100 metres relay	Chile	41.6	Brazil	42.0	Argentina	42.0
4 × 400 metres relay	Chile	3:15.8	Argentina	3:16.9	Brazil	3:17.4

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Beatriz Capotosto (ARG)	12.4	Daysi Salles Morales (CHI)	12.4	Carla Herencia (CHI)	12.4
200 metres	María Rojas (CHI)	25.5	Carla Lorenzetti (CHI)	25.7	Verónica Arrionda (URU)	25.9
400 metres	María Elena Labarca (CHI)	55.9	Cecilia Romero (CHI)	56.6	Maria José Santos (BRA)	57.7
800 metres	Marcela López Espinosa (ARG)	2:11.9	Margit Weise (BRA)	2:13.0	Nancy González (CHI)	2:13.0
1500 metres	Marcela López Espinosa (ARG)	4:36.3	Mónica Regonessi (CHI)	4:36.9	Genoveva Caro (CHI)	4:41.1
100 metres hurdles	Beatriz Capotosto (ARG)	14.6	Priscilla Sautchuck (BRA)	15.1	Juraciara da Silva (BRA)	15.1
High jump	Lucilene Lonardoni (BRA)	1.70	Evelyn Jabiles (PER)	1.65	Gloria Sánchez (COL)	1.65
Long jump	Beatriz Capotosto (ARG)	5.67	Marília Seifert (BRA)	5.56	Margot Mundín (URU)	5.55
Shot put	Patricia Guerrero (PER)	12.42	Célia Soares (BRA)	12.41	Maria Fernandes (BRA)	12.05
Discus throw	Márcia Barbosa (BRA)	39.60	Gloria Martínez (CHI)	39.16	Norma Lucía Azcune (URU)	38.74
Javelin throw	Neuza Trolezzi (BRA)	44.40	Gladys Aguayo (CHI)	43.32	Patricia Guerrero (PER)	41.96
Pentathlon	Lucilene Lonardoni (BRA)	3712	Ana Maria de Oliveira (BRA)	3490	Elizabeth Ordoni (CHI)	3242
4 × 100 metres relay	Chile	48.1	Brazil	48.1	Argentina	48.2
4 × 400 metres relay	Argentina	3:47.3	Chile	3:47.8	Brazil	3:56.8

Medal table (unofficial)

The host country is highlighted in lavender blue

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Brazil	13	16	13	42
2	Chile	9	11	8	28
3	Argentina	9	4	3	16
4	Peru	2	1	4	7
5	Colombia	1	2	3	6
6	Uruguay	0	0	3	3

References

↑ "Suramericano atlético – Colombia, en blanco", El Tiempo (in Spanish), December 19, 1978, p. 15 (original page no.: 1C), retrieved November 1, 2012
1 2 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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