1993 South American Championships in Athletics

Men's events

100 metres 100 metres The 100 metres, or 100-metre dash, is a sprint race in track and field competitions. The shortest common outdoor running distance, it is one of the most popular and prestigious events in the sport of athletics. It has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896...	Robson da Silva Robson da Silva Robson Caetano da Silva is the most successful Brazilian sprinter to date. He participated in four consecutive Olympic Summer Games and won the bronze medal over 200 metres in the 1988 Seoul Olympics as well as in the 4×100 m relay in the 1996 Atlanta Olympics.Possibly Da Silva's greatest... Brazil	10.58	Arnaldo da Silva Arnaldo da Silva Arnaldo de Oliveira da Silva is a former Brazilian athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres. He is a four-time Olympian .... Brazil	10.69	Óscar Fernández Peru	10.73
200 metres 200 metres A 200 metres race is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400 m track, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques are needed to successfully run the race. A slightly shorter race, called the stadion and run on a straight track, was the first...	Robson da Silva Robson da Silva Robson Caetano da Silva is the most successful Brazilian sprinter to date. He participated in four consecutive Olympic Summer Games and won the bronze medal over 200 metres in the 1988 Seoul Olympics as well as in the 4×100 m relay in the 1996 Atlanta Olympics.Possibly Da Silva's greatest... Brazil	20.90	André da Silva André da Silva André Domingos da Silva is a Brazilian athlete who competed mainly in the 100 and 200 metres.... Brazil	21.10	Wilson Cañizales Chile	21.60
400 metres 400 metres The 400 metres, or 400 metre dash, is a common sprinting event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 . On a standard outdoor running track, it is exactly one lap around the track. Runners start in staggered positions and...	Wilson Cañizales Colombia	46.50	Inaldo Sena Brazil	47.50	Alejandro Krauss Chile	47.60
800 metres 800 metres The 800 meter race is a common track running event. It is the shortest common middle distance track event. The 800 meter is run over two laps of the track and has always been an Olympic event. During indoor track season the event is usually run on a 200 meter track, therefore requiring four laps...	Pablo Squella Pablo Squella Pablo Squella Serrano is a retired middle distance runner from Chile, who represented his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.-Achievements:-References:* * *... Chile	1:51.98	Luis Migueles Argentina	1:52.12	Peter Gross Peter Gross Peter Gross may refer to:* Peter Alfred Gross , American landscape painter* Peter Gross , British Court of Appeal judge* Peter Gross , comic book writer and artist* Pete Gross , sports announcer in Seattle, Washington... Chile	1:52.24
1500 metres 1500 metres The 1,500-metre run is the premier middle distance track event.Aerobic endurance is the biggest factor contributing to success in the 1500 metres but the athlete also requires significant sprint speed.In modern times, the 1,500-metre run has been run at a pace faster than the average person could...	Adauto Domingues Adauto Domingues Adauto Domingues is a retired middle-distance runner from Brazil, who twice won the gold medal in the men's 3.000 metres steeplechase at the Pan American Games: in 1987 and 1991. He represented his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics.-Achievements:-References:* *... Brazil	3:46.40	Pablo Squella Pablo Squella Pablo Squella Serrano is a retired middle distance runner from Chile, who represented his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.-Achievements:-References:* * *... Chile	3:51.00	Marcelo Cascabelo Argentina	3:51.50
5000 metres 5000 metres The 5000 metres is a popular running distance also known as 5 km or 5K in American English. It is one of the track events in the Olympic Games and the World Championships in Athletics. "5000 metres" refers to racing on a track and "5K" usually refers to a roadrace or cross country event...	Ronaldo da Costa Ronaldo da Costa Ronaldo da Costa broke the ten-year-old marathon world record in 1998 in Berlin. The record was previously held by Belayneh Densamo from Ethiopia at the Rotterdam Marathon in April, 1988... Brazil	13:58.70	Valdenor dos Santos Brazil	13:59.80	Juan José Castillo José Castillo (athlete) Juan José Castillo Izarra is a retired male long-distance runner from Peru, who is a one-time winner of the Buenos Aires Marathon . He represented his native South American country in the men's 10,000 metres at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.-Achievements:-References: -External links:... Peru	13:59.90
10000 metres 10000 metres The 10,000 metres or 10K is a common long distance running event. As "10,000 metres" it is a track event, and appears in athletics events such as the Olympic Games and the World Championships in Athletics; as "10K" it is a roadrace or cross country running event...	Antonio Silio Antonio Silio Antonio Fabián Silio Alaguire is a retired long-distance runner from Argentina, who won the bronze medal in the men's 5.000 metres at the 1991 Pan American Games in Havana, Cuba... Argentina	28:37.20 CR	Juan José Castillo José Castillo (athlete) Juan José Castillo Izarra is a retired male long-distance runner from Peru, who is a one-time winner of the Buenos Aires Marathon . He represented his native South American country in the men's 10,000 metres at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.-Achievements:-References: -External links:... Peru	28:56.80	Valdenor dos Santos Brazil	29:20.40
3000 metres steeplechase	Adauto Domingues Adauto Domingues Adauto Domingues is a retired middle-distance runner from Brazil, who twice won the gold medal in the men's 3.000 metres steeplechase at the Pan American Games: in 1987 and 1991. He represented his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics.-Achievements:-References:* *... Brazil	8:36.90	Marcelo Cascabelo Argentina	8:38.80	Oscar Amaya Argentina	8:48.90
110 metres hurdles 110 metres hurdles The 110 metres hurdles is a hurdling track and field event for men. It is incuded in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympic Games. The female counterpart is the 100 metre hurdles. As part of a racing event, ten hurdles of 1.067 metres in height are evenly spaced along a straight...	Pedro Chiamulera Brazil	14.30	Joilto Bonfim Brazil	14.38	Ricardo D'Andrilli Argentina	14.75
400 metres hurdles 400 metres hurdles The 400 metres hurdles is an Olympic athletics event in track and field. On a standard outdoor track 400 metres is the length of the inside lane once around the stadium. Runners stay in their lane the entire way after starting out of the blocks and must clear ten hurdles that are evenly...	Eronilde de Araújo Eronilde de Araújo Eronilde Nunes de Araújo is a Brazilian athlete who specializes in 400 metres hurdles. He dominated the event on the South American scene during the 1990s, and personal best of 48.04 seconds is also the South American record.-Achievements:-External links:... Brazil	49.80	Pedro Chiamulera Brazil	50.10	Llimy Rivas Llimy Rivas Llimy Rivas is a retired male track and field athlete from Colombia, who competed in the hurdling events during her career. He claimed the bronze medal in the men's 400 metres hurdles event at the 1995 Pan American Games in Mar del Plata, Argentina.-References:... Colombia	50.70
High jump High jump The high jump is a track and field athletics event in which competitors must jump over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without the aid of certain devices in its modern most practiced format; auxiliary weights and mounds have been used for assistance; rules have changed over the years....	Hugo Muñoz Hugo Muñoz Hugo Muñoz Llerena is a retired Peruvian high jumper.He won the gold medal at the 1993 South American Championships. He also competed at the 1993 World Championships, the 1996 Olympic Games and the 2000 Olympic Games without reaching the final.His personal best jump is 2.30 metres, achieved in... Peru	2.22 CR	Fernando Moreno Argentina	2.16	José Luís Mendes Brazil	2.16
Pole vault Pole vault Pole vaulting is a track and field event in which a person uses a long, flexible pole as an aid to leap over a bar. Pole jumping competitions were known to the ancient Greeks, as well as the Cretans and Celts...	Oscar Veit Argentina	4.95	Fernando Pastoriza Argentina	4.80	Cristián Aspillaga Chile	4.70
Long jump Long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength, and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a take off point...	Paulo de Oliveira Brazil	7.99w	Abraham Abreu Abraham Abreu Abraham Abreu is a Venezuelan harpsichordist and pianist . He earned a Masters of Music from Yale University in harpsichord and piano performance before becoming an internationally celebrated concert performer... Venezuela	7.60	Ricardo Valiente Peru	7.38w
Triple jump Triple jump The triple jump is a track and field sport, similar to the long jump, but involving a “hop, bound and jump” routine, whereby the competitor runs down the track and performs a hop, a bound and then a jump into the sand pit.The triple jump has its origins in the Ancient Olympics and has been a...	Anísio Silva Anísio Silva Anísio Souza Silva is a retired triple jumper from Brazil, who won the silver medal in the men's triple jump at the 1991 Pan American Games in Havana, Cuba. He represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992.-Achievements:-References:* *... Brazil	17.21 CR	Ricardo Valiente Peru	16.45	Avelino de Souza Brazil	16.31
Shot put Shot put The shot put is a track and field event involving "putting" a heavy metal ball—the shot—as far as possible. It is common to use the term "shot put" to refer to both the shot itself and to the putting action....	Adilson Oliveira Brazil	17.88	Yojer Medina Yojer Medina Yojer Enrique Medina is a Venezuelan shot putter and discus thrower.-Regional competitions:Medina has been highly successful on the regional level. He won gold medals at the Central American and Caribbean Championships in 1995, 1997, 2001 and 2003... Venezuela	17.52	João dos Santos Brazil	16.76
Discus throw Discus throw The discus throw is an event in track and field athletics competition, in which an athlete throws a heavy disc—called a discus—in an attempt to mark a farther distance than his or her competitors. It is an ancient sport, as evidenced by the 5th century BC Myron statue, Discobolus...	Ramón Jiménez Gaona Ramón Jiménez Gaona Ramón Jiménez Gaona Arrelano is a retired male discus thrower from Paraguay, who represented his native country at three consecutive Summer Olympics . He twice won the title at the South American Championships .-Achievements:-References:*... Paraguay	59.46 CR	João dos Santos Brazil	55.28	Yojer Medina Yojer Medina Yojer Enrique Medina is a Venezuelan shot putter and discus thrower.-Regional competitions:Medina has been highly successful on the regional level. He won gold medals at the Central American and Caribbean Championships in 1995, 1997, 2001 and 2003... Venezuela	52.90
Hammer throw Hammer throw The modern or Olympic hammer throw is an athletic throwing event where the object is to throw a heavy metal ball attached to a wire and handle. The name "hammer throw" is derived from older competitions where an actual sledge hammer was thrown...	Andrés Charadia Andrés Charadia Andrés Charadia Alfieri is a retired male hammer thrower from Argentina, who represented his native country three times in the men's hammer throw event at the Summer Olympics, starting in 1988. He set his personal best on October 9, 1994 at a meet in Cordoba, Argentina.-Achievements:-References:* *... Argentina	71.14 CR	Marcelo Pugliese Marcelo Pugliese Marcelo Adrián Pugliese is an Argentine discus thrower. His personal best throw is 64.23 metres, achieved in April 2002 in Mar del Plata.He became South American champion in 1999, 2001 and 2003... Argentina	67.36	José Manuel Llano Chile	57.44
Javelin throw Javelin throw The javelin throw is a track and field athletics throwing event where the object to be thrown is the javelin, a spear approximately 2.5 metres in length. Javelin is an event of both the men's decathlon and the women's heptathlon...	Rodrigo Zelaya Chile	72.86	Luiz da Silva Brazil	70.56	Ivan Costa Brazil	68.48
Decathlon Decathlon The decathlon is a combined event in athletics consisting of ten track and field events. The word decathlon is of Greek origin . Events are held over two consecutive days and the winners are determined by the combined performance in all. Performance is judged on a points system in each event, not...	José de Assis Brazil	6861	Edemar dos Santos Brazil	6598	Arturo Rodríguez Arturo Rodríguez This article is about the boxer, not the president of the United Farm Workers.Arturo "El Mono" J. Rodríguez Jurado was an Argentine boxer who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics and in the 1928 Summer Olympics.In 1924, he lost his first fight against Thyge Petersen and was eliminated in the... Chile	6381
20 kilometres road walk	Jefferson Pérez Jefferson Pérez Jefferson Leonardo Pérez Quezada is a retired Ecuadorian race walker. He specializes in the 20 km event, in which he has won the only two medals his country has ever achieved in the Olympic Games.... Ecuador	1:24:31	Querubín Moreno Querubín Moreno José Querubín Moreno is a retired Colombian race walker.-Achievements:-External links:... Colombia	1:24:50	Orlando Díaz Colombia	1:26:57
4 x 100 metres relay 4 x 100 metres relay The 4 × 100 metres relay or sprint relay is an athletics track event run in lanes over one lap of the track with four runners completing 100 metres each. The first runners begin in the same stagger as for the individual 400 m race...	Chile	40.20	Peru	41.20	Venezuela	41.80
4 x 400 metres relay 4 x 400 metres relay The 4 x 400 meters relay or long relay is an athletics track event in which teams comprise four runners who each complete 400 meters or one lap. It is traditionally the final event of a track meet. At top class events, the first 500 meters is run in lanes...	Brazil	3:09.00	Colombia	3:09.10	Chile	3:09.50

Women's events

100 metres 100 metres The 100 metres, or 100-metre dash, is a sprint race in track and field competitions. The shortest common outdoor running distance, it is one of the most popular and prestigious events in the sport of athletics. It has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896...	Cleide Amaral Brazil	11.91	Patricia Rodríguez Colombia	12.10	Kátia de Jesus Santos Brazil	12.22
200 metres 200 metres A 200 metres race is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400 m track, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques are needed to successfully run the race. A slightly shorter race, called the stadion and run on a straight track, was the first...	Patricia Rodríguez Colombia	24.2	Kátia de Jesus Santos Brazil	24.6	Olga Conte Argentina	24.7
400 metres 400 metres The 400 metres, or 400 metre dash, is a common sprinting event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 . On a standard outdoor running track, it is exactly one lap around the track. Runners start in staggered positions and...	Maria Figueirêdo Brazil	52.67	Luciana Mendes Brazil	53.06	Sara Montecinos Chile	53.73
800 metres 800 metres The 800 meter race is a common track running event. It is the shortest common middle distance track event. The 800 meter is run over two laps of the track and has always been an Olympic event. During indoor track season the event is usually run on a 200 meter track, therefore requiring four laps...	Maria Figueirêdo Brazil	2:04.2	Luciana Mendes Brazil	2:04.5	Sara Montecinos Chile	2:06.4
1500 metres 1500 metres The 1,500-metre run is the premier middle distance track event.Aerobic endurance is the biggest factor contributing to success in the 1500 metres but the athlete also requires significant sprint speed.In modern times, the 1,500-metre run has been run at a pace faster than the average person could...	Soraya Telles Soraya Telles Soraya Vieira Telles is a former middle distance runner from Brazil, who represented her native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.... Brazil	4:23.10	Alejandra Ramos Alejandra Ramos Alejandra Purisina Ramos Sánchez is a retired female middle-distance runner from Chile. She competed for her native South American country at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. Ramos obtained a personal best time of 4:13.07 in the 1,500 metres event in... Chile	4:31.40	Miriam Achote Ecuador	4:31.90
3000 metres 3000 metres The 3000 metres is a popular amateur middle distance track event where 7.5 laps are completed around a 400 metre track. This event is generally classified as middle distance, but it could be classed as a long distance event in many high schools, since they do not promote races such as the 5000 and...	Marilú Salazar Peru	9:44.9	Griselda González Griselda González Griselda María de los Ángeles González Santillo is a retired female long-distance runner from Argentina. She twice won the Buenos Aires Marathon in her native country... Argentina	9:45.5	Alejandra Ramos Alejandra Ramos Alejandra Purisina Ramos Sánchez is a retired female middle-distance runner from Chile. She competed for her native South American country at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. Ramos obtained a personal best time of 4:13.07 in the 1,500 metres event in... Chile	9:52.1
10000 metres 10000 metres The 10,000 metres or 10K is a common long distance running event. As "10,000 metres" it is a track event, and appears in athletics events such as the Olympic Games and the World Championships in Athletics; as "10K" it is a roadrace or cross country running event...	Carmen de Oliveira Brazil	33:49.80	Marilú Salazar Peru	33:57.80	Martha Tenorio Martha Tenorio Martha Tenorio Pancar is a retired female athlete from Ecuador, who competed in the long-distance events. She competed for her native country at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992. Tenorio carried the flag for Ecuador at the opening ceremony of the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney,... Ecuador	34:04.40
100 metres hurdles 100 metres hurdles The 100 m hurdles are an Olympic track and field athletics discipline run by women . For the race ten hurdles of a height of 83.8 cm are placed evenly spaced along a straight course of 100 meters. They are positioned so that they will fall over if bumped into by the runner...	Vânia dos Santos Brazil	14.26	Vânia da Silva Brazil	14.28	Anabella von Kesselstatt Argentina	14.30
400 metres hurdles 400 metres hurdles The 400 metres hurdles is an Olympic athletics event in track and field. On a standard outdoor track 400 metres is the length of the inside lane once around the stadium. Runners stay in their lane the entire way after starting out of the blocks and must clear ten hurdles that are evenly...	Anabella von Kesselstatt Argentina	57.2	Jupira da Graça Brazil	57.4	Tatiana Espinosa Peru	65.8
High jump High jump The high jump is a track and field athletics event in which competitors must jump over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without the aid of certain devices in its modern most practiced format; auxiliary weights and mounds have been used for assistance; rules have changed over the years....	Orlane dos Santos Brazil	1.87	Alejandra García Alejandra García Alejandra García Flood is an Argentine pole vaulter. Her personal best jump is 4.43 metres, which she achieved in April 2004 in Santa Fe. This is the current Argentine record, and was a South American record until 2005. She is a former high jumper, winning silver at the 1993 South American... Argentina	1.84	Alejandra Chomalí Chile	1.75
Long jump Long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength, and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a take off point...	Andrea Ávila Andrea Ávila Andrea Verónica Ávila is a retired long and triple jumper from Argentina, who won two medals at the 1995 Pan American Games in Mar del Plata, Argentina. She competed in two consecutive Summer Olympics for her native country, starting in 1996.-References:*... Argentina	6.45w	Maria de Souza Brazil	6.26 =CR	Gilda Massa Peru	6.00w
Triple jump Triple jump The triple jump is a track and field sport, similar to the long jump, but involving a “hop, bound and jump” routine, whereby the competitor runs down the track and performs a hop, a bound and then a jump into the sand pit.The triple jump has its origins in the Ancient Olympics and has been a...	Andrea Ávila Andrea Ávila Andrea Verónica Ávila is a retired long and triple jumper from Argentina, who won two medals at the 1995 Pan American Games in Mar del Plata, Argentina. She competed in two consecutive Summer Olympics for her native country, starting in 1996.-References:*... Argentina	13.91 CR NR	Maria de Souza Brazil	12.77w	Conceição Geremias Conceição Geremias Conceição Aparecida Geremias is a retired female heptathlete and long jumper from Brazil, who won the gold medal at the 1983 Pan American Games in Caracas. She is a three-time Olympian.-Achievements:-References:... Brazil	12.71
Shot put Shot put The shot put is a track and field event involving "putting" a heavy metal ball—the shot—as far as possible. It is common to use the term "shot put" to refer to both the shot itself and to the putting action....	Elisângela Adriano Elisângela Adriano Elisângela Maria Adriano is a Brazilian shot putter and discus thrower, whose personal best put is 19.30 metres, achieved in July 2001 in Tunja. Her personal best discus throw is 61.96 metres, achieved in May 1998 in São Leopoldo. In 1999 she was suspended by the IAAF for a two-year period, but... Brazil	16.47 CR	María Isabel Urrutia María Isabel Urrutia María Isabel Urrutia Ocoró is a weightlifter and politician from Colombia.-Athletic career:Initially she competed in shot put and discus throw, and participated in the 1988 Summer Olympics in these events. She switched to weightlifting in 1989, and won silver at the 1989 World Championships... Colombia	15.09	Carmen Chalá Carmen Chalá Carmen Anita Chalá-Quilumba is a judoka and former field athlete from Ecuador.-Biography:Carmen was born in an Ecuadoran province Carchi but with heart she is from Manabí... Ecuador	14.83
Discus throw Discus throw The discus throw is an event in track and field athletics competition, in which an athlete throws a heavy disc—called a discus—in an attempt to mark a farther distance than his or her competitors. It is an ancient sport, as evidenced by the 5th century BC Myron statue, Discobolus...	María Isabel Urrutia María Isabel Urrutia María Isabel Urrutia Ocoró is a weightlifter and politician from Colombia.-Athletic career:Initially she competed in shot put and discus throw, and participated in the 1988 Summer Olympics in these events. She switched to weightlifting in 1989, and won silver at the 1989 World Championships... Colombia	55.14 CR	Elisângela Adriano Elisângela Adriano Elisângela Maria Adriano is a Brazilian shot putter and discus thrower, whose personal best put is 19.30 metres, achieved in July 2001 in Tunja. Her personal best discus throw is 61.96 metres, achieved in May 1998 in São Leopoldo. In 1999 she was suspended by the IAAF for a two-year period, but... Brazil	53.16	Liliana Martinelli Liliana Martinelli Liliana María Martinelli is a retired female discus thrower from Argentina, who competed in the discus contest at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There she ended up in 35th place . Martinelli set her personal best in the women's discus throw event on 1996-04-21 in Buenos... Argentina	52.80
Javelin throw Javelin throw The javelin throw is a track and field athletics throwing event where the object to be thrown is the javelin, a spear approximately 2.5 metres in length. Javelin is an event of both the men's decathlon and the women's heptathlon...	Carla Bispo Brazil	49.20	Zorobabelia Córdoba Colombia	48.74	Isabel Ordóñez Ecuador	42.66
Heptathlon Heptathlon A heptathlon is a track and field athletics combined events contest made up of seven events. The name derives from the Greek hepta and athlon . A competitor in a heptathlon is referred to as a heptathlete.-Women's Heptathlon:...	Zorobabelia Córdoba Colombia	5410	Conceição Geremias Conceição Geremias Conceição Aparecida Geremias is a retired female heptathlete and long jumper from Brazil, who won the gold medal at the 1983 Pan American Games in Caracas. She is a three-time Olympian.-Achievements:-References:... Brazil	5105	Elizabeth Arteaga Bolivia	4282
10000 metres track walk	Miriam Ramón Miriam Ramón Miriam Elitsavet Ramón Duran is a retired female athlete from Ecuador, who competed in the race walking events. She represented her native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics.-Achievements:-External links:*... Ecuador	48:18.0 CR	Geovana Irusta Bolivia	53:06.5	Giovanna Morejón Bolivia	57:45.6
4 x 100 metres relay 4 x 100 metres relay The 4 × 100 metres relay or sprint relay is an athletics track event run in lanes over one lap of the track with four runners completing 100 metres each. The first runners begin in the same stagger as for the individual 400 m race...	Brazil	45.1	Argentina	45.9	Chile	46.5
4 x 400 metres relay 4 x 400 metres relay The 4 x 400 meters relay or long relay is an athletics track event in which teams comprise four runners who each complete 400 meters or one lap. It is traditionally the final event of a track meet. At top class events, the first 500 meters is run in lanes...	Brazil	3:36.49	Argentina	3:43.42	Chile	3:43.43

Medal table

1	Brazil	23	18	7	48
2	Argentina	6	9	6	21
3	Colombia	4	5	2	11
4	Chile	3	2	13	18
5	Peru	2	4	5	11
6	Ecuador	2	0	4	6
7	Paraguay	1	0	0	1
8	Venezuela	0	2	2	4
9	Bolivia	0	1	2	3

External links

Men Results - GBR Athletics
Women Results - GBR Athletics

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