The 4th South American Under-23 Championships in Athletics were held in Medellín, Colombia, at the Estadio Alfonso Galvis Duque at the Unidad Deportiva Atanasio Girardot on March 20–23, 2010. The championships, organized by CONSUDATLE, were held as a part of the South American Games (organized by ODESUR). A detailed report on the results was given. The most prominent result was achieved in the heat of the women's 100 metres by Ana Cláudia Lemos Silva. Her time of 11.17 (wind: 1.4 m/s) equaled the South American and Brazilian record, and set a new championships and games record.

Participation

13 countries participated in the Under-23 Championships. 12 countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Perú, Suriname, Uruguay, and Venezuela competed in both the South American Games and in the Under-23 Championships. Panamá competed only in the Under-23 Championships, but did not register for the athletics section of the South American Games. The Netherlands Antilles are only member of ODESUR, but not of CONSUDATLE. Their athletes participated in the South American Games, but acted as guest athletes in the South American Under-23 Championships.

Medal summary Medal winners are published. Detailed results can be found on the website of Todor Krastev, and on the Tilastopaja website.

Men 100 metres (2.2 m/s) 10.25w 10.26w 10.50w200 metres (1.3 m/s) 20.99 21.05 21.29400 metres 46.09 46.85 47.40800 metres 1:47.20 NR CR 1:47.52 1:50.141500 metres 3:48.04 3:49.65 3:50.095000 metres 14:23.35 14:27.62 14:45.8510000 metres 30:04.78 31:03.27 31:22.333000 m steeplechase 9:11.63 9:13.54 9:20.58110 m hurdles (0.7 m/s) 13.75 NR CR 14.26 14.29400 m hurdles 50.95 51.50 51.79High jump 2.18 2.09 2.09Pole vault 5.00 4.80 4.70Long jump* 8.09 CR (1.8 m/s) 7.97 =AJR (1.5 m/s) 7.62 (1.0 m/s) Triple jump 16.27 (0.3 m/s) 16.22 (3.2 m/s) 16.02 (1.3 m/s) Shot Put 18.46 17.67 17.48Discus Throw 56.28 51.53 50.37 Hammer throw 61.17 58.16 55.93Javelin throw 73.22 65.30 63.93Decathlon 7204 7020 683520,000 m Walk 1:30:12.1 1:30:58.0 1:33:05.14 x 100 metres relay Isidro Montoya Luis Carlos Núñez Álvaro Gómez Diego Gallego 39.85 Omar Longart Arturo Ramírez Álvaro Cassiani Diego Rivas 40.22 Gustavo dos Santos Rubens Quirino Helder Alves Jonathan Henrique Silva 40.604 x 400 metres relay Rubén Headly Georni Jaramillo Arturo Ramírez Omar Longart 3:06.53 CR José Guilherme de Oliveira Hederson Estefani Henrique Souza Helder Alves 3:07.11 Juan Pablo Maturana Brayan Ambuila Javier Palacios Rafith Rodríguez 3:09.03

* Jhamal Bowen from Panamá, won the silver medal in the men's long jump event of the South American Under-23 Championships. However, he was not eligible for gaining a medal at the South American Games, because Panamá did not register for the athletics section of the games.

Women 100 metres (1.5 m/s) 11.33 11.63 11.70200 metres (-0.7 m/s) 23.71 23.82 23.86400 metres 53.38 CR 54.09 54.22800 metres 2:09.72 2:10.98 2:11.581500 metres 4:38.07 4:40.39 4:40.905000 metres** 17:13.53 17:35.45 17:49.4110000 metres†† ** 37:09.92 37:36.67 3000 m steeplechase 10:48.53 10:52.35 11:10.23100 m hurdles (0.6 m/s) 13.66 13.69 13.87400 m hurdles 59.22 59.76 60.89High jump 1.83 1.77 1.74 Pole vault 3.85 3.80 3.70Long jump 5.99 (1.0 m/s) 5.97w (2.2 m/s) 5.96 (1.4 m/s)Triple jump 13.25 (2.0 m/s) 13.20 (1.2 m/s) 12.88 (0.2 m/s) Shot Put 17.71 16.33 14.54Discus Throw 55.68 CR 53.28 49.09Hammer throw 55.95 55.42 55.38Javelin throw 56.08 NJR CR 52.27 50.11Heptathlon 5362 5187 5118 NR 20,000 m walk 1:42:55.9 1:45:29.4 1:47:09.84 x 100 metres relay Vanusa dos Santos Vanda Gomes Ana Cláudia Silva Franciela Krasucki 44.47 Nelcy Caicedo Jennifer Padilla María Alejandra Idrobo Yomara Hinestroza 44.94 María Ayelen Diogo Florencia Lamboglia Constanza Eckhart Agustina Zerboni 46.764 x 400 metres relay*** Yaneth Largacha María Alejandra Idrobo Marcela Cuesta Jennifer Padilla 3:40.09 Bárbara Leôncio Elaine Paixão Ana Claudia Silva Bárbara de Oliveira 3:40.68 María Ayelen Diogo Agustina Zerboni Juliana Menéndez Florencia Lamboglia 3:51.74

††: The women's 10.000 metres competition was not part of the South American Games, because the minimum number of 4 participating nations was not reached.

Doping

**Karina Villazana from Perú who initially was listed as winner of the women's 10,000 metres event (in 36:48.53) and as silver medalist in the women's 5,000 metres event (in 17:24.31) was disqualified for violating the doping rules by being tested positive for cocaine abuse.

***Alison Sánchez from Bolivia was tested positive for nandrolone. Therefore, the Bolivian 4 x 400 metres relay team where she competed together with Lindy Carla Cavero Garcia, Marysabel Romero Lea Plaza, and Leslie Fernanda Arnez Rivero, lost its bronze medal (in 3:51.04) to Argentina.

Medal table (unofficial)

Team trophies

Brazil won the overall team trophy of the South American Under-23 Championships for the 4th time in the role, and additionally the team trophy in the women category. Colombia won the team trophy in the men category for the first time. The number of points from the unofficial count from below based on the published results settled, i.e. by the disqualifications, differ somewhat from those published, without any influence on the order.

Total

Rank Nation Points 385 305 135 4 133 5 99 6 70 7 67 8 24 9 14 10 6 11 4 12 2

Male

Rank Nation Points 162 159 94 4 63 4 50 6 44 7 35 8 10 9 8 10 6 11 2

Female

Rank Nation Points 226 143 70 4 49 5 41 6 32 7 26 8 14 9 6 10 4

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