2016 South American Swimming Championships

The 43rd South American Swimming Championships were held between March 30 and April 3, 2016, in Asunción, Paraguay.

XLIII South American Swimming Championships
Host city	Asunción, Paraguay
Date(s)	30 March – 3 April 2016
Nations participating	12
Events	42
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Participating countries

Countries which sent teams were:

• Argentina
• Bolivia
• Brazil
• Chile
• Colombia
• Ecuador
• Panama
• Paraguay
• Peru
• Suriname
• Uruguay
• Venezuela
• Guyana

Results

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
50 m freestyle	Federico Grabich (ARG)	22.55	Guido Buscaglia (ARG)	22.58	Cristian Quintero (VEN)	22.77
100 m freestyle	Federico Grabich (ARG)	49.59	Cristian Quintero (VEN)	49.69	Guido Buscaglia (ARG)	49.98
200 m freestyle	Federico Grabich (ARG)	1:47.39	Luis Altamir Melo (BRA)	1:48.62	Marcos Lavado (VEN)	1:50.03
400 m freestyle	Luis Altamir Melo (BRA)	3:51.33	Martin Naidich (ARG)	3:52.23	Cristian Quintero (VEN)	3:52.24
800 m freestyle	Esteban Enderica (ECU)	7:58.46	Martin Naidich (ARG)	7:59.18	Rafael Davila (VEN)	8:02.66
1500 m freestyle	Esteban Enderica (ECU)	15:08.57 AR	Martin Carrizo (ARG)	15:16.67	Alejandro Gomez (VEN)	15:31.69
50 m backstroke	Guilherme Guido (BRA)	25.19	Robinson Molina (VEN)	25.74	Fábio Santi (BRA)	25.85
100 m backstroke	Guilherme Guido (BRA)	53.40	Fábio Santi (BRA)	55.11	Omar Pinzón (COL)	55.49
200 m backstroke	Fábio Santi (BRA)	1:59.47	Omar Pinzón (COL)	2:00.03	Matias Lopez (PAR)	2:00.13
50 m breaststroke	Raphael de Oliveira (BRA)	27.97	Martin Melconián (URU)	28.01	Jorge Murillo (COL)	28.04
100 m breaststroke	Carlos Claverie (VEN)	1:00.82	Raphael de Oliveira (BRA)	1:01.37	Jorge Murillo (COL)	1:01.88
200 m breaststroke	Carlos Claverie (VEN)	2:10.44	Carlos Mahecha (COL)	2:16.57	Henrique Barbosa (BRA)	2:16.87
50 m butterfly	Santiago Grassi (ARG)	24.03	Benjamin Hockin (PAR)	24.10	Marcos Barale (ARG)	24.17
100 m butterfly	Albert Subirats (VEN)	51.90	Santiago Grassi (ARG)	52.44	Marcos Barale (ARG)	53.87
200 m butterfly	Luis Altamir Melo (BRA)	1;58.39	Marcos Lavado (VEN)	1:59.39	Leonardo de Deus (BRA)	1:59.63
200 m I.M.	Henrique Rodrigues (BRA)	2:01.18	Carlos Omaña (VEN)	2:01.87	Ícaro Pereira (BRA)	2:03.05
400 m I.M.	Brandonn Almeida (BRA)	4:17.78	Carlos Omaña (VEN)	4:23.11	Matias Lopez (PAR)	4:27.23
4 × 100 m  freestyle relay	Argentina Federico Grabich Matias Aguilera Lautaro Rodriguez Guido Buscaglia	3:17.54	Venezuela Cristian Quintero Daniele Tirabassi Roberto Goméz Albert Subirats	3:19.50	Brazil Alan Vitória Henrique Rodrigues Luis Altamir Melo Pedro Henrique Silva	3:20.60
4 × 200 m  freestyle relay	Brazil Giovanny Lima Leonardo de Deus Brandonn Almeida Luis Altamir Melo	7:24.42	Venezuela Cristian Quintero Marcos Lavado Carlos Omaña Andres Doria	7:25.69	Colombia Omar Pinzón Esnaider Reales David Arias David Céspedes	7:37.02
4 × 100 m  medley relay	Venezuela Robinson Molina Carlos Claverie Albert Subirats Cristian Quintero	3:36.88	Brazil Guilherme Guido Henrique Barbosa Leonardo de Deus Pedro Henrique Silva	3:39.17	Argentina Federico Grabich Rodrigo Frutos Santiago Grassi Guido Buscaglia	3:40.01

Legend: CR – Championship record ; NR – National record

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
50 m freestyle	Etiene Medeiros (BRA)	24.80	Graciele Herrmann (BRA)	25.37	Karen Torrez (BOL)	25.67
100 m freestyle	Etiene Medeiros (BRA)	54.83	Manuella Lyrio (BRA)	55.07	Isabella Arcila (COL)	56.55
200 m freestyle	Manuella Lyrio (BRA)	1:58.94	Andreina Pinto (VEN)	1:59.08	Jessica Cavalheiro (BRA)	2:00.68
400 m freestyle	Andreina Pinto (VEN)	4:07.17	Manuella Lyrio (BRA)	4:10.62	Delfina Pignatiello (ARG)	4:13.75
800 m freestyle	Andreina Pinto (VEN)	8:32.31	Cecilia Biagioli (ARG)	8:42.82	Samanta Salinas (ECU)	8:47.20
1500 m freestyle	Cecilia Biagioli (ARG)	16:37.85	Samanta Salinas (ECU)	16:44.44	Daniela Coello (PER)	17:33.37
50 m backstroke	Andrea Berrino (ARG)	28.11	Etiene Medeiros (BRA)	28.17	Ana Giulia Zortea (BRA) Jeserik Pinto (VEN)	28.98
100 m backstroke	Etiene Medeiros (BRA)	1:00.38	Andrea Berrino (ARG)	1:00.47	Natalia de Luccas (BRA)	1:01.94
200 m backstroke	Andrea Berrino (ARG)	2:13.47	Carolina Colorado Henao (COL)	2:15.03	Florencia Perotti (ARG)	2:15.30
50 m breaststroke	Macarena Ceballos (ARG)	31.93	Julia Sebastián (ARG)	32.13	Mercedes Toledo (VEN)	32.36
100 m breaststroke	Macarena Ceballos (ARG)	1:08.46	Julia Sebastián (ARG)	1:09.33	Pamela Souza (BRA)	1:11.05
200 m breaststroke	Julia Sebastián (ARG)	2:27.03 AR	Macarena Ceballos (BRA)	2:30.08	Mercedes Toledo (VEN)	2:31.61
50 m butterfly	Daiene Dias (BRA)	26.53	Daynara de Paula (BRA)	26.68	Maria Belen Diaz (ARG)	27.37
100 m butterfly	Daynara de Paula (BRA)	59.11	Daiene Dias (BRA)	59.33	Isabella Paez (CHI)	59.66
200 m butterfly	Andreina Pinto (VEN)	2:09.92	Virginia Bardach (ARG)	2:11.04	Joanna Maranhão (BRA)	2:11.65
200 m I.M.	Virginia Bardach (ARG)	2:13.46	Joanna Maranhão (BRA)	2:14.09	Florencia Perotti (ARG)	2:17.54
400 m I.M.	Virginia Bardach (ARG)	4:42.62	Joanna Maranhão (BRA)	4:43.31	Florencia Perotti (ARG)	4:50.27
4 × 100 m  freestyle relay	Brazil Graciele Herrmann Daynara de Paula Manuella Lyrio Etiene Medeiros	3:43.91	Colombia Jessica Camposano Carolina Colorado Henao María Álvarez Isabella Arcila	3:50.37	Argentina Cecilia Bertoncello Maria Belen Diaz Maria Sol Martin Florencia Panzini	3:52.99
4 × 200 m  freestyle relay	Brazil Joanna Maranhão Jessica Cavalheiro Bruna Primati Manuella Lyrio	8:04.29	Peru Andrea Cedron Jessica Cattaneo Azra Pinto Daniela Coello	8:18.85	Colombia Jessica Camposano Isabella Arcila Carolina Colorado Henao María Álvarez	8:19.51
4 × 100 m  medley relay	Argentina Andrea Berrino Macarena Ceballos Virginia Bardach Maria Belen Diaz	4:07.48	Brazil Natalia de Luccas Pamela Souza Daynara de Paula Manuella Lyrio	4:08.57	Venezuela Jeserik Pinto Mercedes Toledo Isabella Paez Andreina Pinto	4:11.94

Legend: CR – Championship record ; NR – National record

Mixed events

Games	Gold		Silver		Bronze
4 × 100 m freestyle relay	Brazil Alan Vitória Pedro Henrique Silva Manuella Lyrio Graciele Herrmann	3:30.98	Argentina Guido Buscaglia Lautaro Rodriguez Maria Belen Diaz Andrea Berrino	3:33.99	Colombia Marco Guerrero Juan Pablo Botero Isabella Arcila Jessica Camposano	3:35.42
4 × 100 m medley relay	Argentina Andrea Berrino Macarena Ceballos Santiago Grassi Federico Grabich	3:42.31	Paraguay Maria Jose Arrua Renato Prono Benjamin Hockin Karen Riveros	3:57.70	Venezuela Carlos Omaña Juan Sequera Isabella Paez Andrea Garrido	3:59.56

Medal standings

Final medal standings for the 2016 South American Swimming Championships are:

  *   Host nation (Paraguay)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Brazil (BRA)	18	14	10	42
2	Argentina (ARG)	15	11	10	36
3	Venezuela (VEN)	7	8	10	25
4	Ecuador (ECU)	2	1	1	4
5	Colombia (COL)	0	4	7	11
6	Paraguay (PAR)*	0	2	2	4
7	Peru (PER)	0	1	1	2
8	Uruguay (URU)	0	1	0	1
9	Bolivia (BOL)	0	0	1	1
	Chile (CHI)	0	0	1	1
Totals (10 entries)		42	42	43	127

External links

• 2016 South American Swimming Champs Results