Athletics competitions at the 2022 South American Games in Asunción, Paraguay will be held from 12 to 15 October 2022 at the Athletics National Center in the Parque Olímpico cluster in Luque, a sub-venue outside Asunción, with the marathon and 35 km racewalks being held at Costanera José Asunción Flores.
Forty nine medal events are scheduled to be contested; 48 events equally divided among men and women plus a 4 × 400 metres relay mixed event. A total of 324 athletes will compete in the events. The events were open competitions without age restrictions.
Athletes who achieve the gold medal in each event will qualify for the 2023 Pan American Games, with the qualification quotas going to the athletes and not their NOCs.
Brazil are the athletics competitions defending champions having won them in the previous edition in Cochabamba 2018.
Participating nations A total of 13 nations registered athletes for the athletics competitions. Each nation was able to enter a maximum of 85 athletes; up to 2 men and 2 women for the individual events and one team for each relay event:
Venues The athletics competitions were held in two venues. Road events (marathons and 35 km racewalks) will take place at Costanera José Asunción Flores in Asunción, while track and field events (including 20 km racewalks) will be held at Athletics National Center located within the Parque Olímpico in Luque. The athletic track has a certificate of the World Athletics.
Medal summary
Medal table
Medalists
Men's events 100 metres 10.35 10.37 10.46 200 metres 20.89 20.95 21.15 400 metres 45.80 46.41 46.47 800 metres 1:46.99 1:47.26 1:47.39 1500 metres 3:41.58 3:42.57 3:44.42 5000 metres 13:55.24 14:01.12 14:08.37 10,000 metres 29:15.66 29:30.81 29:35.87 110 metres hurdles 13.70 13.96 14.00 400 metres hurdles 50.63 50.68 50.99 3000 metres steeplechase 8:40.28 8:52.46 8:54.61 4 × 100 metres relay David VivasRafael VásquezAlexis NievesAbdel Kalil 39.47 Jonathan WolkFredy MaidanaNilo DuréCésar Almirón 39.60 Jhonny RenteríaCarlos FlórezÓscar BaltánCarlos Palacios 39.74 4 × 400 metres relay Julio RodríguezJosé Antonio MaitaJavier GómezKelvis Padrino 3:06.54 Lucas da SilvaLucas CarvalhoDouglas da SilvaVitor de Miranda 3:06.79 Nicolás SalinasKevin MinaNeiker AbelloRaúl Mena 3:09.40 Marathon 2:16:34 2:17:11 2:17:42 20 kilometres race walkMarcha 20km Male 1:19:43 1:20:44 1:21:01 35 kilometres race walk 2:34:17 2:35:20 2:35:27 High jump 2.19 m 2.13 m 2.10 m Pole vault 5.45 m 5.35 m 5.30 m Long jump 8.07 m 7.93 m 7.89 m Triple jump 16.31 m 16.03 m 15.98 m Shot put 20.00 19.77 19.73 Discus throw 64.99 m 63.59 m 62.10 m Hammer throw 76.81 m 74.12 m 73.56 m Javelin throw 76.90 m 74.38 m 70.96 m DecathlonDecathlon Male 7692 pts 7679 pts 7449 pts
Women's events 100 metres 11.75 11.90 11.93 200 metres 23.06 23.31 23.43 400 metres 51.90 51.92 52.24 800 metres 2:08.14 2:08.97 2:09.56 1500 metres 4:14.69 4:16.49 4:17.50 5000 metres 15:41.78 15:42.70 15:49.85 10,000 metres 33:43.37 33:46.47 33:50.44 100 metres hurdles 13.60 13.69 14.06 400 metres hurdles 57.17 57.91 57.92 3000 metres steeplechase 10:23.28 10:25.28 10:26.82 4 × 100 metres relay Angélica GamboaEvelyn RiveraMelany BolañoMaría Alejandra Murillo 44.61 Macarena BorieMaría Ignacia MonttIsidora JiménezJaviera Cañas 45.04 Vida AuroraAna AzevedoGabriela MourãoMicaela de Mello 45.43 4 × 400 metres relay Lina LiconaRosangélica EscobarValeria CabezasEvelis Aguilar 3:31.30 Tábata de CarvalhoLiliane ParrelaMaria Victória de SenaTiffani Marinho 3:35.61 Rocío MuñozBerdine CastilloPoulette CardochMartina Weil 3:37.58 Marathon 2:34:25 2:37:02 2:50:31 20 kilometres race walkMarcha 20km Female 1:31:34 1:32:31 1:35:49 35 kilometres race walk 2:50:57 2:54:01 2:54:54 High jumpSalto alto Female 1.87 m 1.81 m 1.78 m Pole vault 4.20 m 4.20 m 4.10 m Long jump 6.64 m 6.43 m 6.22 m Triple jump 13.74 m 13.49 m 13.10 m Shot put 17.08 m 16.73 m 16.40 m Discus throw 60.86 m 60.10 m 57.62 m Hammer throwHammer Female 68.90 m 65.40 m 62.78 m Javelin throwJavelin Female 62.97 m 62.42 m 61.10 m Heptathlon 6112 pts 5756 pts 5396 pts
Mixed event 4 × 400 metres relay Anderson FreitasMaria Victória de SenaDouglas Mendes da SilvaTábata de Carvalho 3:21.53 Francisco TejedaEvelyn MercadoAlan MindaNicole Caicedo 3:22.27 Nicolás SalinasRosangélica EscobarRaúl MenaLina Licona 3:22.87
References
External links ASU2022 Athletics Results Results book