These are the results of the 1997 South American Championships in Athletics which took place at the Estadio Municipal Teodoro Bronzini in Mar del Plata, Argentina, on 4, 5 and 6 April.Detailed results (p 338–345)

Men's results 100 metres

Heats – 4 AprilWind:Heat 1: +2.1 m/s, Heat 2: +6.6 m/s Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 2 Carlos Gats 10.23 Q 2 2 André Domingos 10.24 Q 3 2 Carlos Bernardo Moreno 10.42 Q 4 1 Sebastián Keitel 10.52 Q 5 2 Robinson Urrutia 10.53 q 6 1 Gabriel Simón 10.65 Q 7 1 Fernando Robledo 10.69 Q 8 1 Heber Viera 10.77 9 2 Rubén Techeira 10.85 q 10 1 Javier Verme 11.03 Final – 4 AprilWind:+2.0 m/s Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Sebastián Keitel 10.30 André Domingos 10.32 Carlos Gats 10.46 4 Carlos Bernardo Moreno 10.54 5 Gabriel Simón 10.61 6 Fernando Robledo 10.64 7 Rubén Techeira 11.04 Robinson Urrutia

200 metres

Heats – 5 AprilWind:Heat 1: +2.5 m/s, Heat 2: -2.2 m/s Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Claudinei da Silva 21.18 Q 2 2 Sebastián Keitel 21.53 Q 3 1 Carlos Bernardo Moreno 21.59 Q 4 2 Sidney de Souza 21.65 Q 5 1 Carlos Gats 21.80 Q 6 2 Guillermo Cacián 22.14 Q 7 1 Javier Verme 22.30 q 8 2 José Luis Herrera 22.32 q 9 2 Daniel Sarmiento 22.40 Final – 6 AprilWind:-4.2 m/s Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Claudinei da Silva 21.06 Sebastián Keitel 21.13 Sidney de Souza 21.32 4 Carlos Gats 21.37 5 Carlos Bernardo Moreno 21.67 6 Guillermo Cacián 21.77 7 Javier Verme 23.31 José Luis Herrera

400 metres

Heats – 4 April Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Sanderlei Parrela 47.78 Q 2 2 Gustavo Aguirre 48.28 Q 3 2 Inaldo Sena 48.31 Q 4 1 Carlos Zbinden 48.35 Q 5 1 Wenceslao Ferrín 48.40 Q 6 2 Julio César Rojas 48.79 Q 7 1 Guillermo Cacián 49.27 q 8 2 Ricardo Roach 49.61 q 9 1 Danielo Estefan 50.16 10 2 Xavier Caicedo 50.72 11 2 Sebastián Barrios 51.70 Final – 4 April Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Sanderlei Parrela 46.17 Carlos Zbinden 47.33 Gustavo Aguirre 47.52 4 Inaldo Sena 47.57 5 Wenceslao Ferrín 47.71 6 Julio César Rojas 48.21 7 Ricardo Roach 48.23 8 Guillermo Cacián 48.76

800 metres 6 April Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Valdinei da Silva 1:46.89 Flávio Godoy 1:48.50 Manuel Balmaceda 1:51.38 4 Gabriel Guzmán 1:51.94 5 Rafael Iturrioz 1:52.08 6 Pablo Ramírez 1:52.79 7 Danielo Estefan 1:53.63 8 Rafael Scabino 1:53.90

1500 metres 4 April Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Edgar de Oliveira 3:49.76 José Valente 3:50.64 Pablo Ramírez 3:51.84 4 Juan José Cruz 3:52.60 5 Cristian Rosales 3:52.76 6 Darío Martínez 3:56.79 7 Néstor García 4:00.77 8 Carlos Barrientos 4:09.62

5000 metres 6 April Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Eduardo Carrasco 14:08.48 Néstor García 14:15.56 Pedro Rojas 14:17.48 4 Cristian Rosales 14:20.53 5 Juan José Cruz 14:20.54 6 Franklin Tenorio 14:20.58 7 Edgar de Oliveira 14:25.69 8 Oscar Amaya 14:27.04 9 Agustín Morán 14:34.29

10,000 metres 4 April Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Eduardo Carrasco 29:07.77 Emerson Iser Bem 29:10.67 Pedro Rojas 29:11.74 4 Franklin Tenorio 29:15.66 5 José Montenegro 29:31.61 6 Agustín Morán 30:15.64 7 Waldemar Cotelo 30:16.26

110 metres hurdles 4 AprilWind: +3.8 m/s Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Emerson Perín 14.21 José Humberto Rivas 14.29 Oscar Ratto 14.64 4 Gabriel Corradini 14.90

400 metres hurdles 6 April Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Eronilde de Araújo 49.35 Cleverson da Silva 49.85 Carlos Zbinden 50.11 4 Llimy Rivas 51.29 5 Ricardo D'Andrilli 51.57 6 Xavier Caicedo 53.05

3000 metres steeplechase 5 April Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Wander Moura 8:35.40 Pablo Ramírez 8:48.50 Julián Peralta 8:54.64 4 Leonardo Ribas 9:00.12 5 Rogelio Fernández 9:08.09 6 Héctor Aimar 9:19.26 7 Marcos Silva 9:35.10

4 × 100 metres relay 5 April Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes Emerson Perín, Nélson Carlos Ferreira, Sidney de Souza, Claudinei da Silva 40.07 Pablo Almeida, Ricardo Roach, Sebastián Keitel, Carlos Bernardo Moreno 40.08 Jorge Luis Polanco, Gabriel Simón, Guillermo Cacián, Carlos Gats 40.11 4 Robinson Urrutia, José Luis Herrera, Fernando Robledo, Wenceslao Ferrín 41.36 5 Gustavo Alzugaray, Danielo Estefan, Rubén Techeira, Daniel Sarmiento 42.87

4 × 400 metres relay 6 April Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes Inaldo de Sena, Eronilde de Araújo, Valdinei da Silva, Sanderlei Parrela 3:04.20 Carlos Bernardo Moreno, Ricardo Roach, Alejandro Krauss, Carlos Zbinden 3:07.98 Fernando Robledo, Wenceslao Ferrín, Llimy Rivas, Julio César Rojas 3:09.10 4 Gabriel Guzmán, Ricardo D'Andrilli, Guillermo Cacián, Gustavo Aguirre 3:10.33 5 Sebastián Barrios, Rafael Scabino, Zunino, Danielo Estefan 3:16.86

20,000 metres walk 5 April Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Héctor Moreno 1:23:06.73 Sérgio Galdino 1:23:28.06 Cláudio Bertolino 1:28:02.74 4 Jorge Loréfice 1:28:03.9 5 Jorge Yannone 1:42:35.1

High jump 5 April Rank Name Nationality Results Notes Gilmar Mayo 2.26 Fabrício Romero 2.15 Vagner Príncipe 2.15 4 Fernando Moreno 2.10 5 Erasmo Jara 2.10 6 Franco Moy 2.05 7 José Barahona 2.05 8 Víctor Betancour 2.05 9 Alfredo Deza 2.05 10 Enrique Vallory 1.95

Pole vault 4 April Rank Name Nationality Results Notes Oscar Veit 4.85 Fernando Pastoriza 4.80 Sebastián Ortiz 4.70 4 Cristian Aspillaga 4.60 5 Igor Castillo 4.50 6 Gustavo Alzugaray 4.50 7 Gustavo Rehder 4.40 8 Francisco León 4.20

Long jump 4 April Rank Name Nationality Results Notes Nélson Carlos Ferreira 7.84 Márcio da Cruz 7.59 Yessid Cossio 7.32 4 Diego Vázquez 6.90 5 Pablo Armando Silva 6.73

Triple jump 6 April Rank Name Nationality Results Notes Anísio Silva 16.24 Márcio Cardoso 15.89 Alejandro Gats 14.99 4 Leandro Simes 14.67 5 Franco Moy 14.37w

Shot put 4 April Rank Name Nationality Results Notes Édson Miguel 17.44 Marco Antonio Verni 16.82 Andrés Solo de Zaldívar 15.74 4 Adrián Marzo 15.45 5 Marcelo Pugliese 15.30 6 Juan Tello 14.21

Discus throw 6 April Rank Name Nationality Results Notes Ramón Jiménez Gaona 57.32 Marcelo Pugliese 54.18 Julio César Piñero 53.00 4 Édson Miguel 52.02 5 Andrés Solo de Zaldívar 48.96 6 Marco Antonio Verni 48.56 7 Dante Yorges 47.26 8 Juan Tello 47.04

Hammer throw 4 April Rank Name Nationality Results Notes Juan Ignacio Cerra 68.92 Adrián Marzo 66.36 Eduardo Acuña 58.44 4 José Manuel Llano 57.20 5 Mario Leme 56.86 6 Pedro Atilio 56.70

Javelin throw 5 April Rank Name Nationality Results Notes Nery Kennedy 75.08 Luiz Fernando da Silva 74.88 Luis Lucumí 74.00 4 Edgar Baumann 72.18 5 Marcos Vieira 70.62 6 Rodrigo Zelaya 69.70 7 Mauricio Silva 63.76 8 Michael Musselmann 61.46 9 Néstor Giménez 59.66

Decathlon 4–5 April

RankAthleteNationality100mLJSPHJ400m110m HDTPVJT1500mPointsNotes Alejandro Acosta 11.45w 16.87w 9.94 1.94 53.93 15.37w 30.60 4.20 43.64 4:40.66 6546 Santiago Lorenzo 11.52w 6.01w 11.10 1.82 50.46 16.22w 30.84 4.00 52.22 4:36.98 6495 Alexis Recioy 11.09w 6.81w 10.29 1.85 50.69 15.93w 31.48 3.90 44.36 5:04.08 6433 Emerson Vianna 11.66w 6.59

Women's results 100 metres 4 AprilWind: +4.5 m/s Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Lucimar de Moura 11.47 Felipa Palacios 11.48 Zandra Borrero 11.75 4 Kátia Regina Santos 11.88 5 Marcela Tiscornia 11.94 6 Ana Mariuxi Caicedo 12.01 7 Vanesa Wohlgemuth 12.03 8 Claudia Acerenza 12.36

200 metres 6 AprilWind: -0.8 m/s Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Felipa Palacios 23.20 Lucimar de Moura 23.51 Olga Conte 23.90 4 Mirtha Brock 24.19 5 Marcela Tiscornia 24.41 6 Kátia Regina Santos 24.75 7 Daniela Lebreo 24.83 8 Mónica Castro 25.06

400 metres 4 April Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Olga Conte 53.41 Maria Magnólia Figueiredo 53.49 Norfalia Carabalí 54.47 4 Janeth Lucumí 55.92 5 Claudete Alves Pina 56.55 6 Daniela Lebreo 58.02 7 Ondina Rodríguez 8 Macarena Darias

800 metres

Heats – 5 April Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Luciana Mendes 2:09.63 Q 2 2 Fátima dos Santos 2:10.85 Q 3 2 Mercy Colorado 2:10.86 Q 4 2 Silvia dos Santos Coelho 2:12.65 Q 5 2 Janeth Lucumí 2:12.85 q 6 2 Patricia Martínez 2:13.05 q 7 1 Niusha Mancilla 2:13.29 Q 8 1 Paula Tello 2:13.64 Q 9 1 Clara Morales 2:14.17 10 1 Faustina Huamaní 2:16.75 11 2 Macarena Darias 2:17.22 Final – 6 April Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Luciana Mendes 2:03.56 Mercy Colorado 2:06.90 Fátima dos Santos 2:09.08 4 Niusha Mancilla 2:10.28 5 Paula Tello 2:12.55 6 Silvia dos Santos Coelho 2:15.61 7 Patricia Martínez 2:16.97 Janeth Lucumí

1500 metres 4 April Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Janeth Caizalitín 4:33.65 Niusha Mancilla 4:34.90 Celia dos Santos 4:35.29 4 Clara Morales 4:35.41 5 Elisa Cobañea 4:37.81 6 María de los Angeles Peralta 4:39.40 7 Mercy Colorado 4:41.72 8 Faustina Huamaní 4:44.93 9 Stella Castro 4:54.03

5000 metres 6 April Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Stella Castro 15:48.82 , Érika Olivera 15:52.27 Elisa Cobañea 16:05.51 4 Janeth Caizalitín 16:54.93 5 Marisa da Silva 17:24.75

10,000 metres 4 April Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Stella Castro 33:24.07 Érika Olivera 33:56.98 Mónica Cervera 36:39.25 4 Florinda Camayo 36:57.36 5 Rita López 37:36.52

100 metres hurdles 4 AprilWind: +8.0 m/s Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Verónica de Paoli 13.41 Maurren Maggi 13.65 Vânia Amorim dos Santos 13.95 4 Andrea Ávila 14.48

400 metres hurdles 6 April Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Verónica de Paoli 58.05 Maria dos Santos 59.62 Marise da Silva 4 María Fernanda de Bastos 5 Ondina Rodríguez

4 × 100 metres relay 5 April Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes Norfalia Carabalí, Felipa Palacios, Zandra Borrero, Mirtha Brock 44.58 Kátia Regina Santos, Maria Magnólia Figueiredo, Claudete Alves Pina, Lucimar de Moura 45.21 Daniela Lebreo, Verónica De Paoli, Vanesa Wohlgemuth, Olga Conte 46.18 4 Pintos, Claudia Acerenza, Alejandra Monza, Marcela Tiscornia 47.72

4 × 400 metres relay 6 April Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes Mirtha Brock, Norfalia Carabalí, Janeth Lucumí, Felipa Palacios 3:36.71 Luciana Mendes, Claudete Alves Pina, Fátima dos Santos, Maria Magnólia Figueiredo 3:38.18 Daniela Lebreo, Marina Arias, Verónica De Paoli, Olga Conte 3:40.72 4 Alejandra Monza, Macarena Darias, Claudia Acerenza, Marcela Tiscornia 3:55.85

10,000 metres walk 5 April Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Geovana Irusta 46:01.06 Miriam Ramón 46:50.57 Bertha Vera 47:15.90 4 Liliana Bermeo 47:40.75 5 Ángela Aliaga 47:49.12 6 Gianetti Bonfim 48:25.83 7 Nailze de Azevedo 48:53.68 8 Lidia Carriego 52:48.30 9 Ofelia Puyol 56:08.83

High jump 5 April Rank Name Nationality Results Notes Solange Witteveen 1.89 = Delfina Blaquier 1.83 Orlane dos Santos 1.83 4 Luciane Dambacher 1.76 5 Lorena Diosy 1.73

Pole vault 6 April Rank Name Nationality Results Notes Déborah Gyurcsek 3.85 , Alejandra García 3.50 Mariela Laurora 3.45 4 María José Torrealba 3.10 5 Viviane Pandolfo 3.00 6 Patricia Jiacomussi 3.00

Long jump 4 April Rank Name Nationality Results Notes Maurren Maggi 6.54 Andrea Ávila 6.26w Mónica Falcioni 6.25w 4 Luciana dos Santos 6.16w 5 Gilda Massa 5.99w 6 Mónica Castro 5.94w 7 Alejandra Quiñones 5.48w 8 Sabine Stegmuller 5.47w 9 Erika Varillas 5.15w 10 Alejandra Monza 5.08

Triple jump 6 April Rank Name Nationality Results Notes Andrea Ávila 13.76 Maria de Souza 13.72 Luciana dos Santos 13.30 4 Mónica Falcioni 12.94 5 Clara Córdoba 12.40 6 Silvina Boretto 12.12w 7 Ana Mariuxi Caicedo 12.01

Shot put 4 April Rank Name Nationality Results Notes Elisângela Adriano 18.16 Alexandra Amaro 16.34 Silvana Filippi 13.81 4 Zorobabelia Córdoba 12.71 5 Ana Cuastumal 11.78 6 Marisol Bengoa 11.64 7 María Fernanda Wals 11.59 8 Karina Cordova 11.39

Discus throw 6 April Rank Name Nationality Results Notes Elisângela Adriano 58.46 Liliana Martinelli 52.26 María Eugenia Giggi 45.80 4 Maria Ines Pacheco 43.68 5 Marisol Bengoa 43.52 6 Ana Cuastumal 30.64

Hammer throw 4 April Rank Name Nationality Results Notes María Eugenia Villamizar 55.48 Karina Moya 54.30 Zulma Lambert 50.64 4 Maria Ines Pacheco 49.12 5 Josiane Soares 48.48 6 Ana Cuastumal 44.66 7 Karina Cordova 40.56

Javelin throw 4 April