en 1997 South American Championships in Athletics – Results

These are the results of the 1997 South American Championships in Athletics which took place at the Estadio Municipal Teodoro Bronzini in Mar del Plata, Argentina, on 4, 5 and 6 April.^[1]

Men's results

100 metres

Heats – 4 April
Wind:
Heat 1: +2.1 m/s, Heat 2: +6.6 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Carlos Gats	Argentina	10.23	Q
2	2	André Domingos	Brazil	10.24	Q
3	2	Carlos Bernardo Moreno	Chile	10.42	Q
4	1	Sebastián Keitel	Chile	10.52	Q
5	2	Robinson Urrutia	Colombia	10.53	q
6	1	Gabriel Simón	Argentina	10.65	Q
7	1	Fernando Robledo	Colombia	10.69	Q
8	1	Heber Viera	Uruguay	10.77
9	2	Rubén Techeira	Uruguay	10.85	q
10	1	Javier Verme	Peru	11.03

Final – 4 April

Wind:+2.0 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
	Sebastián Keitel	Chile	10.30
	André Domingos	Brazil	10.32
	Carlos Gats	Argentina	10.46
4	Carlos Bernardo Moreno	Chile	10.54
5	Gabriel Simón	Argentina	10.61
6	Fernando Robledo	Colombia	10.64
7	Rubén Techeira	Uruguay	11.04
	Robinson Urrutia	Colombia	DQ

200 metres

Heats – 5 April
Wind:
Heat 1: +2.5 m/s, Heat 2: -2.2 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Claudinei da Silva	Brazil	21.18	Q
2	2	Sebastián Keitel	Chile	21.53	Q
3	1	Carlos Bernardo Moreno	Chile	21.59	Q
4	2	Sidney de Souza	Brazil	21.65	Q
5	1	Carlos Gats	Argentina	21.80	Q
6	2	Guillermo Cacián	Argentina	22.14	Q
7	1	Javier Verme	Peru	22.30	q
8	2	José Luis Herrera	Colombia	22.32	q
9	2	Daniel Sarmiento	Uruguay	22.40

Final – 6 April

Wind:-4.2 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
	Claudinei da Silva	Brazil	21.06
	Sebastián Keitel	Chile	21.13
	Sidney de Souza	Brazil	21.32
4	Carlos Gats	Argentina	21.37
5	Carlos Bernardo Moreno	Chile	21.67
6	Guillermo Cacián	Argentina	21.77
7	Javier Verme	Peru	23.31
	José Luis Herrera	Colombia	DNS

400 metres

Heats – 4 April

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Sanderlei Parrela	Brazil	47.78	Q
2	2	Gustavo Aguirre	Argentina	48.28	Q
3	2	Inaldo Sena	Brazil	48.31	Q
4	1	Carlos Zbinden	Chile	48.35	Q
5	1	Wenceslao Ferrín	Colombia	48.40	Q
6	2	Julio César Rojas	Colombia	48.79	Q
7	1	Guillermo Cacián	Argentina	49.27	q
8	2	Ricardo Roach	Chile	49.61	q
9	1	Danielo Estefan	Uruguay	50.16
10	2	Xavier Caicedo	Ecuador	50.72
11	2	Sebastián Barrios	Uruguay	51.70

Final – 4 April

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
	Sanderlei Parrela	Brazil	46.17
	Carlos Zbinden	Chile	47.33
	Gustavo Aguirre	Argentina	47.52
4	Inaldo Sena	Brazil	47.57
5	Wenceslao Ferrín	Colombia	47.71
6	Julio César Rojas	Colombia	48.21
7	Ricardo Roach	Chile	48.23
8	Guillermo Cacián	Argentina	48.76

800 metres

6 April

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
	Valdinei da Silva	Brazil	1:46.89
	Flávio Godoy	Brazil	1:48.50
	Manuel Balmaceda	Chile	1:51.38
4	Gabriel Guzmán	Argentina	1:51.94
5	Rafael Iturrioz	Argentina	1:52.08
6	Pablo Ramírez	Ecuador	1:52.79
7	Danielo Estefan	Uruguay	1:53.63
8	Rafael Scabino	Uruguay	1:53.90

1500 metres

4 April

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
	Edgar de Oliveira	Brazil	3:49.76
	José Valente	Brazil	3:50.64
	Pablo Ramírez	Ecuador	3:51.84
4	Juan José Cruz	Argentina	3:52.60
5	Cristian Rosales	Uruguay	3:52.76
6	Darío Martínez	Argentina	3:56.79
7	Néstor García	Uruguay	4:00.77
8	Carlos Barrientos	Paraguay	4:09.62

5000 metres

6 April

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
	Eduardo Carrasco	Chile	14:08.48
	Néstor García	Uruguay	14:15.56
	Pedro Rojas	Colombia	14:17.48
4	Cristian Rosales	Uruguay	14:20.53
5	Juan José Cruz	Argentina	14:20.54
6	Franklin Tenorio	Ecuador	14:20.58
7	Edgar de Oliveira	Brazil	14:25.69
8	Oscar Amaya	Argentina	14:27.04
9	Agustín Morán	Panama	14:34.29

10,000 metres

4 April

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
	Eduardo Carrasco	Chile	29:07.77
	Emerson Iser Bem	Brazil	29:10.67
	Pedro Rojas	Colombia	29:11.74
4	Franklin Tenorio	Ecuador	29:15.66
5	José Montenegro	Argentina	29:31.61
6	Agustín Morán	Panama	30:15.64
7	Waldemar Cotelo	Uruguay	30:16.26

110 metres hurdles

4 April
Wind: +3.8 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
	Emerson Perín	Brazil	14.21
	José Humberto Rivas	Colombia	14.29
	Oscar Ratto	Argentina	14.64
4	Gabriel Corradini	Argentina	14.90

400 metres hurdles

6 April

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
	Eronilde de Araújo	Brazil	49.35
	Cleverson da Silva	Brazil	49.85
	Carlos Zbinden	Chile	50.11
4	Llimy Rivas	Colombia	51.29
5	Ricardo D'Andrilli	Argentina	51.57
6	Xavier Caicedo	Ecuador	53.05

3000 metres steeplechase

5 April

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Wander Moura	Brazil	8:35.40	CR
	Pablo Ramírez	Ecuador	8:48.50	NR
	Julián Peralta	Argentina	8:54.64
4	Leonardo Ribas	Brazil	9:00.12
5	Rogelio Fernández	Uruguay	9:08.09
6	Héctor Aimar	Argentina	9:19.26
7	Marcos Silva	Uruguay	9:35.10

4 × 100 metres relay

5 April

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time
	Brazil	Emerson Perín, Nélson Carlos Ferreira, Sidney de Souza, Claudinei da Silva	40.07
	Chile	Pablo Almeida, Ricardo Roach, Sebastián Keitel, Carlos Bernardo Moreno	40.08
	Argentina	Jorge Luis Polanco, Gabriel Simón, Guillermo Cacián, Carlos Gats	40.11
4	Colombia	Robinson Urrutia, José Luis Herrera, Fernando Robledo, Wenceslao Ferrín	41.36
5	Uruguay	Gustavo Alzugaray, Danielo Estefan, Rubén Techeira, Daniel Sarmiento	42.87

4 × 400 metres relay

6 April

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time
	Brazil	Inaldo de Sena, Eronilde de Araújo, Valdinei da Silva, Sanderlei Parrela	3:04.20
	Chile	Carlos Bernardo Moreno, Ricardo Roach, Alejandro Krauss, Carlos Zbinden	3:07.98
	Colombia	Fernando Robledo, Wenceslao Ferrín, Llimy Rivas, Julio César Rojas	3:09.10
4	Argentina	Gabriel Guzmán, Ricardo D'Andrilli, Guillermo Cacián, Gustavo Aguirre	3:10.33
5	Uruguay	Sebastián Barrios, Rafael Scabino, Zunino, Danielo Estefan	3:16.86

20,000 metres walk

5 April

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Héctor Moreno	Colombia	1:23:06.73	CR
	Sérgio Galdino	Brazil	1:23:28.06
	Cláudio Bertolino	Brazil	1:28:02.74
4	Jorge Loréfice	Argentina	1:28:03.9
5	Jorge Yannone	Argentina	1:42:35.1

High jump

5 April

Rank	Name	Nationality	Results	Notes
	Gilmar Mayo	Colombia	2.26	CR
	Fabrício Romero	Brazil	2.15
	Vagner Príncipe	Brazil	2.15
4	Fernando Moreno	Argentina	2.10
5	Erasmo Jara	Argentina	2.10
6	Franco Moy	Peru	2.05
7	José Barahona	Panama	2.05
8	Víctor Betancour	Uruguay	2.05
9	Alfredo Deza	Peru	2.05
10	Enrique Vallory	Paraguay	1.95

Pole vault

4 April

Rank	Name	Nationality	Results
	Oscar Veit	Argentina	4.85
	Fernando Pastoriza	Argentina	4.80
	Sebastián Ortiz	Uruguay	4.70
4	Cristian Aspillaga	Chile	4.60
5	Igor Castillo	Peru	4.50
6	Gustavo Alzugaray	Uruguay	4.50
7	Gustavo Rehder	Brazil	4.40
8	Francisco León	Peru	4.20

Long jump

4 April

Rank	Name	Nationality	Results
	Nélson Carlos Ferreira	Brazil	7.84
	Márcio da Cruz	Brazil	7.59
	Yessid Cossio	Colombia	7.32
4	Diego Vázquez	Argentina	6.90
5	Pablo Armando Silva	Argentina	6.73

Triple jump

6 April

Rank	Name	Nationality	Results
	Anísio Silva	Brazil	16.24
	Márcio Cardoso	Brazil	15.89
	Alejandro Gats	Argentina	14.99
4	Leandro Simes	Argentina	14.67
5	Franco Moy	Peru	14.37w

Shot put

4 April

Rank	Name	Nationality	Results
	Édson Miguel	Brazil	17.44
	Marco Antonio Verni	Chile	16.82
	Andrés Solo de Zaldívar	Chile	15.74
4	Adrián Marzo	Argentina	15.45
5	Marcelo Pugliese	Argentina	15.30
6	Juan Tello	Peru	14.21

Discus throw

6 April

Rank	Name	Nationality	Results
	Ramón Jiménez Gaona	Paraguay	57.32
	Marcelo Pugliese	Argentina	54.18
	Julio César Piñero	Argentina	53.00
4	Édson Miguel	Brazil	52.02
5	Andrés Solo de Zaldívar	Chile	48.96
6	Marco Antonio Verni	Chile	48.56
7	Dante Yorges	Peru	47.26
8	Juan Tello	Peru	47.04

Hammer throw

4 April

Rank	Name	Nationality	Results
	Juan Ignacio Cerra	Argentina	68.92
	Adrián Marzo	Argentina	66.36
	Eduardo Acuña	Peru	58.44
4	José Manuel Llano	Chile	57.20
5	Mario Leme	Brazil	56.86
6	Pedro Atilio	Brazil	56.70

Javelin throw

5 April

Rank	Name	Nationality	Results
	Nery Kennedy	Paraguay	75.08
	Luiz Fernando da Silva	Brazil	74.88
	Luis Lucumí	Colombia	74.00
4	Edgar Baumann	Paraguay	72.18
5	Marcos Vieira	Brazil	70.62
6	Rodrigo Zelaya	Chile	69.70
7	Mauricio Silva	Argentina	63.76
8	Michael Musselmann	Peru	61.46
9	Néstor Giménez	Argentina	59.66

Decathlon

4–5 April

The highest mark recorded in each event is highlighted in yellow

Athlete	Nationality	100m	LJ	SP	HJ	400m	110m H	DT	PV	JT	1500m	Points
Alejandro Acosta	Argentina	11.45w	16.87w	9.94	1.94	53.93	15.37w	30.60	4.20	43.64	4:40.66	6546
Santiago Lorenzo	Argentina	11.52w	6.01w	11.10	1.82	50.46	16.22w	30.84	4.00	52.22	4:36.98	6495
Alexis Recioy	Uruguay	11.09w	6.81w	10.29	1.85	50.69	15.93w	31.48	3.90	44.36	5:04.08	6433
Emerson Vianna	Brazil	11.66w	6.59	DNS	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	DNF

Women's results

100 metres

4 April
Wind: +4.5 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
	Lucimar de Moura	Brazil	11.47
	Felipa Palacios	Colombia	11.48
	Zandra Borrero	Colombia	11.75
4	Kátia Regina Santos	Brazil	11.88
5	Marcela Tiscornia	Uruguay	11.94
6	Ana Mariuxi Caicedo	Ecuador	12.01
7	Vanesa Wohlgemuth	Argentina	12.03
8	Claudia Acerenza	Uruguay	12.36

200 metres

6 April
Wind: -0.8 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Felipa Palacios	Colombia	23.20	CR
	Lucimar de Moura	Brazil	23.51
	Olga Conte	Argentina	23.90
4	Mirtha Brock	Colombia	24.19
5	Marcela Tiscornia	Uruguay	24.41
6	Kátia Regina Santos	Brazil	24.75
7	Daniela Lebreo	Argentina	24.83
8	Mónica Castro	Chile	25.06

400 metres

4 April

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
	Olga Conte	Argentina	53.41
	Maria Magnólia Figueiredo	Brazil	53.49
	Norfalia Carabalí	Colombia	54.47
4	Janeth Lucumí	Colombia	55.92
5	Claudete Alves Pina	Brazil	56.55
6	Daniela Lebreo	Argentina	58.02
7	Ondina Rodríguez	Ecuador	1:01.21
8	Macarena Darias	Uruguay	1:01.74

800 metres

Heats – 5 April

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Luciana Mendes	Brazil	2:09.63	Q
2	2	Fátima dos Santos	Brazil	2:10.85	Q
3	2	Mercy Colorado	Ecuador	2:10.86	Q
4	2	Silvia dos Santos Coelho	Argentina	2:12.65	Q
5	2	Janeth Lucumí	Colombia	2:12.85	q
6	2	Patricia Martínez	Peru	2:13.05	q
7	1	Niusha Mancilla	Bolivia	2:13.29	Q
8	1	Paula Tello	Argentina	2:13.64	Q
9	1	Clara Morales	Chile	2:14.17
10	1	Faustina Huamaní	Peru	2:16.75
11	2	Macarena Darias	Uruguay	2:17.22

Final – 6 April

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Luciana Mendes	Brazil	2:03.56
	Mercy Colorado	Ecuador	2:06.90	NR
	Fátima dos Santos	Brazil	2:09.08
4	Niusha Mancilla	Bolivia	2:10.28
5	Paula Tello	Argentina	2:12.55
6	Silvia dos Santos Coelho	Argentina	2:15.61
7	Patricia Martínez	Peru	2:16.97
	Janeth Lucumí	Colombia	DNS

1500 metres

4 April

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
	Janeth Caizalitín	Ecuador	4:33.65
	Niusha Mancilla	Bolivia	4:34.90
	Celia dos Santos	Brazil	4:35.29
4	Clara Morales	Chile	4:35.41
5	Elisa Cobañea	Argentina	4:37.81
6	María de los Angeles Peralta	Argentina	4:39.40
7	Mercy Colorado	Ecuador	4:41.72
8	Faustina Huamaní	Peru	4:44.93
9	Stella Castro	Colombia	4:54.03

5000 metres

6 April

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Stella Castro	Colombia	15:48.82	CR, NR
	Érika Olivera	Chile	15:52.27
	Elisa Cobañea	Argentina	16:05.51
4	Janeth Caizalitín	Ecuador	16:54.93
5	Marisa da Silva	Brazil	17:24.75

10,000 metres

4 April

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Stella Castro	Colombia	33:24.07	CR
	Érika Olivera	Chile	33:56.98
	Mónica Cervera	Argentina	36:39.25
4	Florinda Camayo	Peru	36:57.36
5	Rita López	Argentina	37:36.52

100 metres hurdles

4 April
Wind: +8.0 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
	Verónica de Paoli	Argentina	13.41
	Maurren Maggi	Brazil	13.65
	Vânia Amorim dos Santos	Brazil	13.95
4	Andrea Ávila	Argentina	14.48

400 metres hurdles

6 April

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
	Verónica de Paoli	Argentina	58.05
	Maria dos Santos	Brazil	59.62
	Marise da Silva	Brazil	1:00.00
4	María Fernanda de Bastos	Argentina	1:02.43
5	Ondina Rodríguez	Ecuador	1:04.84

4 × 100 metres relay

5 April

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
	Colombia	Norfalia Carabalí, Felipa Palacios, Zandra Borrero, Mirtha Brock	44.58	CR
	Brazil	Kátia Regina Santos, Maria Magnólia Figueiredo, Claudete Alves Pina, Lucimar de Moura	45.21
	Argentina	Daniela Lebreo, Verónica De Paoli, Vanesa Wohlgemuth, Olga Conte	46.18
4	Uruguay	Pintos, Claudia Acerenza, Alejandra Monza, Marcela Tiscornia	47.72

4 × 400 metres relay

6 April

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time
	Colombia	Mirtha Brock, Norfalia Carabalí, Janeth Lucumí, Felipa Palacios	3:36.71
	Brazil	Luciana Mendes, Claudete Alves Pina, Fátima dos Santos, Maria Magnólia Figueiredo	3:38.18
	Argentina	Daniela Lebreo, Marina Arias, Verónica De Paoli, Olga Conte	3:40.72
4	Uruguay	Alejandra Monza, Macarena Darias, Claudia Acerenza, Marcela Tiscornia	3:55.85

10,000 metres walk

5 April

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Geovana Irusta	Bolivia	46:01.06	CR
	Miriam Ramón	Ecuador	46:50.57
	Bertha Vera	Ecuador	47:15.90
4	Liliana Bermeo	Colombia	47:40.75
5	Ángela Aliaga	Bolivia	47:49.12
6	Gianetti Bonfim	Brazil	48:25.83
7	Nailze de Azevedo	Brazil	48:53.68
8	Lidia Carriego	Argentina	52:48.30
9	Ofelia Puyol	Argentina	56:08.83

High jump

5 April

Rank	Name	Nationality	Results	Notes
	Solange Witteveen	Argentina	1.89	=CR
	Delfina Blaquier	Argentina	1.83
	Orlane dos Santos	Brazil	1.83
4	Luciane Dambacher	Brazil	1.76
5	Lorena Diosy	Uruguay	1.73

Pole vault

6 April

Rank	Name	Nationality	Results	Notes
	Déborah Gyurcsek	Uruguay	3.85	CR, AR
	Alejandra García	Argentina	3.50
	Mariela Laurora	Argentina	3.45
4	María José Torrealba	Chile	3.10
5	Viviane Pandolfo	Brazil	3.00
6	Patricia Jiacomussi	Brazil	3.00

Long jump

4 April

Rank	Name	Nationality	Results
	Maurren Maggi	Brazil	6.54
	Andrea Ávila	Argentina	6.26w
	Mónica Falcioni	Uruguay	6.25w
4	Luciana dos Santos	Brazil	6.16w
5	Gilda Massa	Peru	5.99w
6	Mónica Castro	Chile	5.94w
7	Alejandra Quiñones	Colombia	5.48w
8	Sabine Stegmuller	Argentina	5.47w
9	Erika Varillas	Peru	5.15w
10	Alejandra Monza	Uruguay	5.08

Triple jump

6 April

Rank	Name	Nationality	Results
	Andrea Ávila	Argentina	13.76
	Maria de Souza	Brazil	13.72
	Luciana dos Santos	Brazil	13.30
4	Mónica Falcioni	Uruguay	12.94
5	Clara Córdoba	Colombia	12.40
6	Silvina Boretto	Argentina	12.12w
7	Ana Mariuxi Caicedo	Ecuador	12.01

Shot put

4 April

Rank	Name	Nationality	Results	Notes
	Elisângela Adriano	Brazil	18.16	CR
	Alexandra Amaro	Brazil	16.34
	Silvana Filippi	Argentina	13.81
4	Zorobabelia Córdoba	Colombia	12.71
5	Ana Cuastumal	Ecuador	11.78
6	Marisol Bengoa	Chile	11.64
7	María Fernanda Wals	Argentina	11.59
8	Karina Cordova	Peru	11.39

Discus throw

6 April

Rank	Name	Nationality	Results	Notes
	Elisângela Adriano	Brazil	58.46	CR
	Liliana Martinelli	Argentina	52.26
	María Eugenia Giggi	Argentina	45.80
4	Maria Ines Pacheco	Brazil	43.68
5	Marisol Bengoa	Chile	43.52
6	Ana Cuastumal	Ecuador	30.64

Hammer throw

4 April

Rank	Name	Nationality	Results
	María Eugenia Villamizar	Colombia	55.48
	Karina Moya	Argentina	54.30
	Zulma Lambert	Argentina	50.64
4	Maria Ines Pacheco	Brazil	49.12
5	Josiane Soares	Brazil	48.48
6	Ana Cuastumal	Ecuador	44.66
7	Karina Cordova	Peru	40.56

Javelin throw

4 April

Rank	Name	Nationality	Results
	Zuleima Araméndiz	Colombia	56.66
	Sabina Moya	Colombia	55.30
	Andrea Arch	Argentina	54.08
4	Alessandra Resende	Brazil	50.54
5	Romina Maggi	Argentina	48.24
6	Carla Bispo	Brazil	48.04

Heptathlon

4–5 April

The highest mark recorded in each event is highlighted in yellow

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	100m H	HJ	SP	200m	LJ	JT	800m	Points
	Euzinete dos Reis	Brazil	14.47	1.61	11.38	25.27w	5.88w	45.20	2:19.73	5549
	Zorobabelia Córdoba	Colombia	15.04	1.61	12.56	25.96w	5.79	53.30	2:34.60	5428
	Joelma Souza	Brazil	15.74	1.73	12.15	26.40w	5.35w	39.18	DNF	4380
4	Verónica Domínguez	Argentina	15.85	1.55	6.98	27.73w	4.70	20.12	2:37.35	3771

References

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[1] Detailed results (p 338–345)

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