South American U20 Championships in Athletics

The South American U20 Championships in Athletics are the South American championships in the sport of athletics which is open for those in the junior age category (19 years or under). It is organized by the South American Athletics Confederation (CONSUDATLE).

The competition was first held in 1959 in Buenos Aires. It was an annual event from its inaugural year until 1962, at which point it was held every two years. The championships became an annual event again over the period between 1983 and 2003, but reverted to a biennial format from then onwards.[1][2]

Awards edit

Medals are awarded for individuals and relay team members for the first three places in each event.

Trophies are awarded to teams in each category (male and female) with the highest total number of cumulative points in the entire competition. In addition, a trophy will be given to the country for the overall title.

A trophy is also presented to both a male and a female athlete for the most outstanding performance.[3]

Editions edit

Year City Country Date Venue
1 1959 Buenos Aires   Argentina April 18–19
2 1960 Santiago   Chile April 30–May 1
3 1961 Santa Fe   Argentina October 15–16 Centro de Alto Rendimiento Deportivo Pedro Candioti
4 1962 Lima   Peru September 21–24
5 1964 Santiago   Chile September 24–27
6 1966 Montevideo   Uruguay October 9–14
7 1968 São Bernardo do Campo   Brazil September 8–14 Estadio Atlético de São Bernardo do Campo
8 1970 Cali   Colombia October 9–12 Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero
9 1972 Asunción   Paraguay October 21–25
10 1974 Lima   Peru October 9–13 Estadio Nacional
11 1976 Maracaibo   Venezuela October 13–17
12 1978 São Paulo   Brazil December 15–17
13 1980 Santiago   Chile October 23–26
14 1981 Rio de Janeiro   Brazil October 15–18
15 1983 Medellín   Colombia June 9–12
16 1984 Caracas   Venezuela October 4–7
17 1985 Santa Fe   Argentina November 21–24 Centro de Alto Rendimiento Deportivo Pedro Candioti
18 1986 Quito   Ecuador September 13–16 Estadio Los Chasquis
19 1987 Santiago   Chile September 24–27
20 1988 Cubatão   Brazil June 30–July 3
21 1989 Montevideo   Uruguay June 16–19
22 1990 Bogotá   Colombia July 13–15 Estadio El Campín
23 1991 Asunción   Paraguay June 21–23
24 1992 Lima   Peru August 21–23
25 1993 Puerto La Cruz   Venezuela June 18–20
26 1994 Santa Fe   Argentina September 1–4 Centro de Alto Rendimiento Deportivo Pedro Candioti
27 1995 Santiago   Chile September 5–7
28 1996 Bucaramanga   Colombia June 8–10
29 1997 San Carlos   Uruguay June 20–21
30 1998 Córdoba   Argentina May 16–17
31 1999 Concepción   Chile October 22–23
32 2000 São Leopoldo   Brazil October 7–8 University of Unisinos Track club
33 2001 Santa Fe   Argentina October 11–20 Centro de Alto Rendimiento Deportivo Pedro Candioti
34 2002 Belém   Brazil August 1–3 Estádio Olímpico do Pará
35 2003 Guayaquil   Ecuador June 7–8 Estadio Modelo
36 2005 Rosario   Argentina October 1–2 Estadio Municipal Jorge Newbery
37 2007 São Paulo*   Brazil June 30-July 1
July 6–8
Estádio Ícaro de Castro Melo
38 2009 São Paulo
Port of Spain**
  Brazil
  Trinidad and Tobago
July 25–26
July 31–August 2
Estádio Ícaro de Castro Melo
Hasely Crawford Stadium
39 2011 Medellín   Colombia September 23–25 Estadio Alfonso Galvis Duque
40 2013 Resistencia   Argentina October 18–20 Polideportivo Jaime Zapata
41 2015 Cuenca   Ecuador May 29–31 Pista Atlética Jefferson Perez
42 2017 Leonora   Guyana June 3–4 National Track and Field Centre
43 2019 Cali   Colombia June 14–16 Estadio Pedro Grajales
44 2021 Lima   Peru June 9–10 Villa Deportiva Nacional
45 2023 Bogotá   Colombia May 19–21 El Salitre Coliseum
46 2024 Lima   Peru July 20–21

* = The Champions for men's 10,000m, both Race Walking and Combined Events were extracted from the classification of the 2007 Pan American Junior Championships.[4]

** = The Champions for men's 10,000m, both Race Walking and Combined Events were extracted from the classification of the 2009 Pan American Junior Championships.[5][6]

Medal table (1959-2023) edit

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Brazil (BRA)7595804601799
2  Argentina (ARG)263256303822
3  Colombia (COL)171207175553
4  Chile (CHI)170211273654
5  Venezuela (VEN)109169137415
6  Ecuador (ECU)8986105280
7  Peru (PER)68100110278
8  Uruguay (URU)20295099
9  Paraguay (PAR)12142046
10  Guyana (GUY)8111837
11  Panama (PAN)87924
12  Bolivia (BOL)491326
13  Suriname (SUR)1269
Totals (13 entries)1682168116795042

Championship records edit

Men edit

Event Record Athlete Nationality Date Meet Place Ref
100 m 10.01 A (+1.9 m/s) Renan Correa Gallina   Brazil 19 May 2023 2023 Championships Bogotá, Colombia [7]
200 m 20.54 (+1.1 m/s) Bruno Pacheco   Brazil 3 August 2002 2002 Championships Belém, Brazil [8]
400 m 45.78 A Alison dos Santos   Brazil 15 June 2019 2019 Championships Cali, Colombia [9]
800 m 1:48.53 Simoncito Silvera   Venezuela 13 October 2001 2001 Championships Santa Fe, Argentina [10]
1500 m 3:48.42 Thiago do Rosario   Brazil 19 October 2013 2013 Championships Resistencia, Argentina [11]
3000 m 8:19.81 Matías Reynaga   Argentina 10 July 2021 2021 Championships Lima, Peru [12]
5000 m 14:13.29 Fernando Fernandes   Brazil 1 August 2002 2002 Championships Belém, Brazil [8]
10000 m 29:39.25 Franck de Almeida   Brazil 3 August 2002 2002 Championships Belém, Brazil [8]
110 m hurdles (0.99 m) 13.41 A (0.0 m/s) José Eduardo Mendes   Brazil 19 May 2023 2023 Championships Bogotá, Colombia [13]
400 m hurdles 50.96 A Hederson Estefani   Brazil 31 May 2015 2015 Championships Cuenca, Ecuador [14]
3000 m steeplechase 8:54.51 Mariano Mastromarino   Argentina 13 October 2001 2001 Championships Santa Fe, Argentina [15] *
High jump 2.23 m Alfredo Deza   Peru 17 May 1998 1998 Championships Córdoba, Argentina *
Pole vault 5.20 m A Ricardo David Montes   Venezuela 19 May 2023 2023 Championships Bogotá, Colombia [16]
Long jump 7.92 m Thiago Dias   Brazil 2 August 2002 2002 Championships Belém, Brazil [8]
Triple jump 16.52 A (+0.4 m/s) Arnovis Dalmero   Colombia 15 June 2019 2019 Championships Cali, Colombia [9]
Shot put (6 kg) 20.93 m Nelson Fernandes   Brazil 18 October 2013 2013 Championships Resistencia, Argentina [11]
Discus throw (1.75 kg) 62.78 m Mauricio Ortega   Colombia 19 October 2013 2013 Championships Resistencia, Argentina [11]
Hammer throw (6 kg) 80.59 m A Joaquin Gomez   Argentina 31 May 2015 2015 Championships Cuenca, Ecuador [17]
Javelin throw 74.04 m Braian Toledo   Argentina 22 September 2011 2011 Championships Medellín, Colombia [18][19]
Decathlon 7304 pts Gonzalo Barroilhet   Chile 1–2 October 2005 2005 Championships Rosario, Argentina [20][21]
100m (wind) Long jump (wind) Shot put High jump 400m 110H (wind) Discus Pole vault Javelin 1500m
10000 km walk (track) 39:56.01 Éider Arévalo   Colombia 22 September 2011 2011 Championships Medellín, Colombia [18][19]
4×100 m relay 39.63 Rodrigo Rocha
Jackson Da Silva
Flávio Barbosa
Aldemar da Silva
  Brazil 25 September 2011 2011 Championships Medellín, Colombia [18][19]
4×400 m relay 3:08.35 Pedro Luiz Burmann de Oliveira
Leandro Pitarelli de Araújo
Maicon Almeida dos Santos
Anderson Freitas Henriques
  Brazil 25 September 2011 2011 Championships Medellín, Colombia [18][19]

* = assembled from gbrathletics.com[1] (heats not considered)

Women edit

Event Record Athlete Nationality Date Meet Place Ref
100 m 11.09 A (+1.5 m/s) Ángela Tenorio   Ecuador 30 May 2015 2015 Championships Cuenca, Ecuador [22]
200 m 22.84 A (+0.5 m/s) Ángela Tenorio   Ecuador 31 May 2015 2015 Championships Cuenca, Ecuador [23]
400 m 53.28 Tianna Springer   Guyana 19 May 2023 2023 Championships Bogotá, Colombia [24]
800 m 2:05.76 Ana Paula da Silva   Brazil 24 September 2011 2011 Championships Medellín, Colombia [18][19]
1500 m 4:24.53 Carmen Alder   Ecuador 9 July 2021 2021 Championships Lima, Peru [25]
3000 m 9:26.51 Carmen Alder   Ecuador 10 July 2021 2021 Championships Lima, Peru [12]
5000 m 16:41.34 Sofía Mamani   Peru 9 July 2021 2021 Championships Lima, Peru [25]
10000 m 34:14.4 h Érika Olivera   Chile 22 September 1994 1994 Championships Santa Fe, Argentina *
100 m hurdles 13.48 A (-0.4 m/s) Clara Marin   Chile 30 May 2015 2015 Championships Cuenca, Ecuador [26]
400 m hurdles 57.10 A Valeria Cabezas   Colombia 16 June 2019 2019 Championships Cali, Colombia [9]
3000 m steeplechase 10:14.81 Stefany López   Colombia 10 July 2021 2021 Championships Lima, Peru [12]
High jump 1.86 m A Ana Caetano   Brazil 29 May 2015 2015 Championships Cuenca, Ecuador [27]
Pole vault 4.35 m Robeilys Peinado   Venezuela 30 May 2015 2015 Championships Cuenca, Ecuador
Long jump 6.41 m (1.6 m/s) Eliane Martins   Brazil 1 October 2005 2005 Championships Rosario, Argentina [20][21]
Triple jump 13.78 m Keila Costa   Brazil 1 August 2002 2002 Championships Belém, Brazil [8]
Shot put (4 kg) 16.67 m Natalia Ducó   Chile 1 July 2007 2007 Championships São Paulo, Brazil [28][29]
Discus throw (1 kg) 55.88 m Izabela Rodrigues Da Silva   Brazil 20 October 2013 2013 Championships Resistencia, Argentina [11]
Hammer throw 60.42 m Mariana García   Chile 4 June 2017 2017 Championships Leonora, Guyana [30]
Javelin throw 56.24 m A Manuela Rotundo   Uruguay 19 May 2023 2023 Championships Bogotá, Colombia [31]
Heptathlon 5574 Vanessa Spínola   Brazil 1/2 August 2009 2009 Championships Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago [5]
100m H (wind) High jump Shot put 200m (wind) Long jump (wind) Javelin 800m
10000 m walk (track) 47:10.20 A Mary Luz Andia   Peru 15 June 2019 2019 Championships Cali, Colombia [9]
4×100 m relay 44.42 Josiane Valentim
Bárbara Leôncio
Ana Cláudia Lemos
Rosângela Santos
  Brazil 30 June 2007 2007 Championships São Paulo, Brazil [28][32]
4×400 m relay 3:36.74 Melissa Torres
Janeth Largacha
Evelis Aguilar
Angélica Escobar
  Colombia 25 September 2011 2011 Championships Medellín, Colombia [18][19]

* = assembled from gbrathletics.com[33] (heats not considered)

Mixed edit

Event Record Athlete Nationality Date Meet Place Ref
4×400 m relay 3:22.84 A Vinícius Moura
Camille de Oliveira
Elias Oliveira
Julia Aparecida Rocha
  Brazil 20 May 2023 2023 Championships Bogotá, Colombia [34]

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