1997 South American Championships in Athletics

The 1997 South American Championships in Athletics were held in Mar del Plata, Argentina.

Medal summary

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Sebastián Keitel Chile	10.30	André da Silva Brazil	10.32	Carlos Gats Argentina	10.46
200 metres	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
10000 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	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
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
20000 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
4 × 100 metres relay	Brazil	40.07	Chile	40.08	Argentina	40.11
4 × 400 metres relay	Brazil	3:04.20 CR	Chile	3:07.98	Colombia	3:09.10
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	Lucimar de Moura Brazil	11.47w	Felipa Palacios Colombia	11.48w	Zandra Borrero Colombia	11.75w
200 metres	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
10000 metres	Stella Castro Colombia	33:24.07 CR	Erika Olivera Chile	33:56.98	Mónica Cervera Argentina	36:39.25
100 metres hurdles	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
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
10000 metres track walk	Geovana Irusta Bolivia	46:01.1 CR	Miriam Ramón Ecuador	46:50.6	Bertha Vera Ecuador	47:15.9
4 × 100 metres relay	Colombia	44.58 CR	Brazil	45.21	Argentina	46.18
4 × 400 metres relay	Colombia	3:36.71	Brazil	3:38.18	Argentina	3:40.72
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

External links

Men Results – GBR Athletics
Women Results – GBR Athletics

Championships of the South American Athletics Confederation

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See also: Athletics at the South American Games

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