The 4th South American Youth Championships in Athletics were held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from July 22–24, 1977.

Medal summary Medal winners are published for boys and girls. Complete results can be found on the "World Junior Athletics History" website.

Men 100 metres (wind: +1.0 m/s) 11.23 11.29 11.31200 metres 22.6 22.8 23.0400 metres 50.66 50.76 51.20800 metres 1:57.9 1:58.0 1:58.21500 metres 4:01.2 4:01.8 4:02.11500 metres steeplechase 4:20.9 4:24.9 4:25.7110 metres hurdles 15.04 15.25 15.32300 metres hurdles 40.0 40.6 40.7High jump 1.92 1.87 1.84Pole vault 3.75 3.70 3.60Long jump 6.77 6.71 6.61Triple jump 14.05 13.31 13.04Shot put 15.77 14.84 14.46Discus throw 49.40 45.88 44.08Hammer throw 51.06 50.94 50.20Javelin throw 55.74 52.42 51.92Hexathlon 3720 3700 36094 × 100 metres relay Reinaldo Key Nelson Mann Ángel Román Jesús Machuca 43.0 Alfredo Sancho Luis Lagos Roberto Héctor Fernández 43.4 Marcos Okamoto Sérgio Modroka Etore Albira 43.54 × 400 metres relay José Obispo Pedro Martínez Antonio Rivas Raúl Martínez 3:25.4 Sidney dos Santos Tomás de Alencar Marcio Gonzaga Carlos Santos 3:26.8 Guillermo García Héctor Fernández Sergio Cárdenas Luis Lagos 3:29.2

Women 100 metres 12.21 12.29 12.33200 metres 24.95 25.39 25.42400 metres 55.55 55.89 58.67800 metres 2:14.1 2:16.2 2:16.280 metres hurdles 12.38 12.68 12.85High jump 1.70 1.68 1.66Long jump 5.44 5.36 5.33Shot put 12.29 10.96 10.72Discus throw 37.02 35.40 34.92Javelin throw 44.06 41.82 36.74Pentathlon 3500 3346 31244 × 100 metres relay Lindalva Ferreira Simone Santos Maria do Carmo Sueli Machado 47.66 Claudia Benavente Pía Ábalos María Labarca Carla Herencia 49.02 Adriana Pero Gabriela Kiczka Silvia Barchetta Beatriz Capotosto 49.064 × 400 metres relay Antonia Mainart Iłża Telles Sandra Ferreira Sueli Machado 3:50.6 Alejandra Vives Viviana Brossard Silvia Augsburger Marcela López 3:52.1 María Labarca Pía Ábalos Cecilia Rodríguez Mónica Regonesi 3:57.7

Medal table (unofficial)

Participation (unofficial) Detailed result lists can be found on the "World Junior Athletics History" website. An unofficial count yields the number of about 202 athletes from about 8 countries:

(39) (4) (53) (36) (17) Perú (20) (20)

References

External links World Junior Athletics History