CONSUDATLE is the continental confederation governing body of athletics for national governing bodies and multi-national federations within South America. CONSUDATLE is one of six area associations of the International Amateur Athletic Federation (IAAF). CONSUDATLE was founded on May 24, 1918, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Therefore, the ConSudAtle claims to be the oldest athletics area federation of the world. The founder members were Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay. Successively, the other nations joined: Brazil in 1922, Ecuador and Perú in 1925, Bolivia in 1930, and Colombia in 1937. Venezuela and Paraguay followed later, and Panamá, Guyana and Surinam joined within the last decades.

Presidents

The current president Roberto Gesta de Melo was re-elected in 2010 in Rio de Janeiro. Former presidents can be found here.

Name	Country	Presidency
Carlos Fanta T.		1918-1919
Francisco Ghigliani		1919-1920
Alfredo W. Betteley		1920-1921
Francisco Ghigliani		1921-1926
Alfredo W. Betteley		1927-1928
Alfredo Benavides Canseco		1929-1930
Próspero Alemandri		1930-1931
Juan Astengo		1931-1933
Luis Mandujano Tobar		1934-1935
Luis Aranha		1936-1937
Luis Gálvez Chipoco		1937-1960
Pedro J. Gálvez Velarde		1960-1989
Jacobo Bucaram		1989-1993
Roberto Gesta de Melo		1993-

Championships

The ConSudAtle organizes the following championships, tournaments, and circuits:

• South American Senior Championships in Athletics
  South American Championships in Athletics
  The South American Championships in Athletics is a biennial athletics event organized by CONSUDATLE. The first edition in 1919 was competed between only two countries , but it has since expanded and has generally been held every two years since 1927.In addition, 8 unofficial championships were held...
  
   (Campeonatos Sudamericanos de Atletismo de Adultos)
• South American Under-23 Championships
  South American Under-23 Championships in Athletics
  The South American Under-23 Championships in Athletics is an under-23 athletics competition held between the member associations of theSouth American Athletics Confederation...
  
   (Campeonatos Sudamericanos de Atletismo de Sub-23)
• South American Junior (Under-20) Championships
  South American Junior Championships in Athletics
  The South American Junior Championships in Athletics are the South American championships in the sport of athletics which is open for those in the junior age category . It is organized by the South American Athletics Confederation .The competition was first held in 1959 in Buenos Aires...
  
   (Campeonatos Sudamericanos de Atletismo de Juveniles)
• South American Youth (Under-18) Championships
  South American Youth Championships in Athletics
  The South American Youth Championships in Athletics is a biennial athletics eventorganized by "Confederación Sudamericana de Atletismo" , the South American area association of the International Amateur Athletic Federation . Starting in 1973, the competition was openfor athletes under-17 in the...
  
   (Campeonatos Sudamericanos de Atletismo de Menores)
• South American Cross Country Championships
  South American Cross Country Championships
  The South American Cross Country Championships is an annual continental cross country running competition for athletes from South America or, more specifically, member countries of CONSUDATLE. It was first held in 1986, making it the oldest of the continental cross country championships...
  
   (Campeonatos Sudamericanos de Atletismo de Cross Country)
• South American Race Walking Championships (Campeonatos Sudamericanos de Atletismo de Marcha Atlética)
• South American Half-Marathon Championships (Campeonatos Sudamericanos de Atletismo de Media Maratón)
• South American Half-Marathon Circuit (Circuito Sudamericano de Media Maratón)

Member associations

Nation	Organisation	Link
	Confederación Argentina de Atletismo	http://www.cada-atletismo.org
	Federación Atlética de Bolivia	http://www.atle-bolivia.org/
	Confederação Brasileira de Atletismo Confederação Brasileira de Atletismo Confederação Brasileira de Atletismo is the governing body for the sport of athletics in Brazil. It is part of the Brazilian Olympic Committee.It was founded in 1977....	http://www.cbat.org.br/
	Federación Atlética de Chile	http://www.fedachi.cl
	Federación Colombiana de Atletismo	http://www.fecodatle.org
	Federación Ecuatoriana de Atletismo	http://www.featle.org/
	Athletics Association of Guyana	http://www.aaaguyana.org
	Federación Panameña de Atletismo
	Federación Paraguaya de Atletismo	http://www.fpa.com.py
	Federación Deportiva Peruana de Atletismo	http://www.fepeatle.com/
	Surinaamse Athletiek Bond
	Confederación Atlética del Uruguay	http://www.atlecau.org.uy
	Federación Venezolana de Atletismo	http://www.feveatletismo.org.ve