1977 South American Youth Championships in Athletics explained

IV South American Youth Championships in Athletics
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Host City:	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Dates:	July 22–24
Nations Participating:	8
Athletes Participating:	about 202
Events:	33
Level:	Youth
Previous:	1976 Santiago
Next:	1978 Montevideo

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		11.31
200 metres		22.6		22.8		23.0
400 metres		50.66		50.76		51.20
800 metres		1:57.9		1:58.0		1:58.2
1500 metres		4:01.2		4:01.8		4:02.1
1500 metres steeplechase		4:20.9		4:24.9		4:25.7
110 metres hurdles		15.04		15.25		15.32
300 metres hurdles		40.0		40.6		40.7
High jump		1.92		1.87		1.84
Pole vault		3.75		3.70		3.60
Long jump		6.77		6.71		6.61
Triple jump		14.05		13.31		13.04
Shot put		15.77		14.84		14.46
Discus throw		49.40		45.88		44.08
Hammer throw		51.06		50.94		50.20
Javelin throw		55.74		52.42		51.92
Hexathlon		3720		3700		3609
4 × 100 metres relay		43.0		43.4	Marcos Okamoto Sérgio Modroka Etore Albira	43.5
4 × 400 metres relay		3:25.4		3:26.8		3:29.2

Women

100 metres		12.21		12.29		12.33
200 metres		24.95		25.39		25.42
400 metres		55.55		55.89		58.67
800 metres		2:14.1		2:16.2		2:16.2
80 metres hurdles		12.38		12.68		12.85
High jump		1.70		1.68		1.66
Long jump		5.44		5.36		5.33
Shot put		12.29		10.96		10.72
Discus throw		37.02		35.40		34.92
Javelin throw		44.06		41.82		36.74
Pentathlon		3500		3346		3124
4 × 100 metres relay		47.66		49.02		49.06
4 × 400 metres relay		3:50.6		3:52.1		3:57.7

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)

External links

• World Junior Athletics History