1989 South American Championships in Athletics – Results explained

These are the results of the 1989 South American Championships in Athletics which took place at the Estadio Alfonso Galvis Duque in Medellín, Colombia, between 5 and 8 August.[1]

Men's results

100 metres

Heats – 5 August
Wind:
Heat 1: +1.1 m/s, Heat 2: +1.1 m/s

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 1 10.3 Q
2 1 10.4 Q
3 1 10.4 Q
4 1 10.5 q
5 1 10.6
6 1 10.8
1 2 10.3 Q
2 2 10.5 Q
3 2 10.5 Q
4 2 10.6 q
5 2 10.6
6 2 10.7
Final – 6 August

Wind: 0.0 m/s
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
10.4
10.4
10.5
4 10.5
5 10.5
6 10.6
7 10.6

200 metres

Heats – 7 August
Wind:
Heat 1: +1.6 m/s, Heat 2: +1.6 m/s

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 20.79 Q
2 1 20.99 Q
3 1 21.24 Q
4 2 21.26 Q
5 1 21.41 Q
6 1 21.60 q
7 2 21.63 Q
8 2 21.66 q
9 1 21.79
10 1 22.13
Final – 8 August

Wind: ? m/s
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
20.44
20.88
21.12
4 21.62
5 21.74
6 21.81
7 21.93

400 metres

Heats – 5 August

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 1 46.0 Q
2 1 46.1 Q
3 1 46.6 Q
4 1 46.7 q
5 1 48.5
6 1 48.7
1 2 46.7 Q
2 2 46.9 Q
3 2 47.5 Q
4 2 47.6 q
5 2 47.7
6 2 48.7
Final – 7 August
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
45.88
45.91
46.38
4 46.40
5 46.68
6 47.34
7 47.47
8 49.44

800 metres

8 August

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1:49.19
1:49.29
1:49.51
4 1:50.83
5 1:51.07
6 1:52.99
7 1:53.65

1500 metres

6 August

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
3:47.7
3:47.9
3:48.9
4 3:52.3
5 3:53.3
6 3:53.9
7 3:54.5
8 3:57.1
9 3:57.5
10 4:09.2
11 4:16.2

5000 metres

7 August

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
14:09.60
14:10.58
14:11.20
4 14:11.94
5 14:18.50
6 14:24.86
7 14:37.13
8 14:37.19
9 14:38.57
10 15:27.64
11 15:37.20
12 15:53.22

10,000 metres

5 August

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
29:28.1
29:55.5
30:14.3
4 30:55.5
5 31:09.2
6 31:14.4
7 32:20.5
8 32:35.6

Marathon

7 August

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
2:23:42
2:23:47
2:39:44

110 metres hurdles

6 August
Wind: +0.1 m/s

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
14.1
14.1
14.1
4 14.1
5 14.6

400 metres hurdles

8 August

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
50.12
51.26
51.32
4 52.77
5 52.87
6 53.82
7 53.99
8 55.44

3000 metres steeplechase

8 August

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
8:49.2
8:53.9
8:57.5
4 9:00.2
5 9:07.4
6 9:19.5
7 9:20.7
8 9:29.4
9 9:32.7
10 10:08.2

4 × 100 metres relay

8 August

Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes
39.84
39.87
40.81
4 40.99
5 41.66

4 × 400 metres relay

7 August

Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes
3:05.76
3:06.33
3:06.34
4 3:09.78
5 3:12.21

20 kilometres walk

7 August

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1:24:51
1:24:56
1:28:32
4 1:31:50
5 1:32:34
6 1:33:54
7 1:36:29
8 1:42:04
9 1:42:55
10 1:47:08

High jump

5 August

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
2.15
2.09
2.03
4 1.90
5 1.85
6 1.80

Pole vault

7 August

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
5.10
5.10
4.90
4 4.80
5 4.70
6 4.60

Long jump

6 August

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
7.77
7.74
7.68
4 7.19
5 6.77
6 6.61

Triple jump

8 August

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
16.86
16.48
16.38
4 16.35
5 16.19
6 15.94

Shot put

6 August

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
19.98
17.49
16.25
4 15.63
5 15.04
6 14.41
7 12.75

Discus throw

5 August

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
58.00
52.88
52.36
4 49.20
5 48.46
6 47.40
7 45.80
8 39.28

Hammer throw

8 August

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
67.00
65.56
63.34
4 58.02
5 56.64
6 55.40
7 54.90

Javelin throw

7 August

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
77.80
67.20
65.38
4 63.48
5 62.66
6 60.74
7 54.60
8 52.46

Decathlon

6–7 August

RankAthleteNationality100mLJSPHJ400m110m HDTPVJT1500mPointsNotes
11.4 7.02 13.56 2.10 52.4 15.1 38.40 4.60 56.72 4:50.0 7378
10.8 7.12 13.30 1.98 49.1 14.7 34.26 3.80 34.70 4:39.6 7324
11.1 7.15 12.81 1.86 52.3 15.1 38.44 5.10 54.42 5:47.2 7033
4 11.2 6.91 13.78 1.80 54.2 14.7 43.74 4.30 56.80 5:37.4 6879
5 11.2 6.53 13.85 1.92 50.4 15.8 36.38 3.90 48.92 4:49.2 6814
6 11.2 7.16 14.49 1.92 56.4 14.7 41.56 52.42 4:22.0 6619
7 11.5 5.31 8.76 1.74 57.6 17.8 22.88 2.80 5:34.6 4156

Women's results

100 metres

Heats – 5 August
Wind:
Heat 1: ? m/s, Heat 2: +0.5 m/s

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 1 11.3 Q
2 1 11.9 Q
3 1 11.9 Q
4 1 11.9 q
5 1 12.1 q
6 1 12.4
1 2 11.4 Q
2 2 11.7 Q
3 2 12.1 Q
4 2 12.2
5 2 12.7
Final – 6 August

Wind: 0.0 m/s
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
11.3
11.4
11.5
4 11.6
5 11.8
6 11.8
7 11.9
8 11.9

200 metres

Heats – 7 August
Wind:
Heat 1: +2.0 m/s, Heat 2: +1.6 m/s

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 23.41 Q
2 1 23.45 Q
3 2 23.57 Q
4 1 23.84 Q
5 2 24.05 Q
6 2 24.14 q
7 1 24.95 Q
8 2 25.19 q
9 1 25.85
10 1 26.78
Final – 8 August

Wind: ? m/s
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
23.33
23.44
23.68
4 24.01
5 24.07
6 24.82

400 metres

Heats – 5 August

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 1 52.4 Q
2 1 53.1 Q
3 1 53.7 Q
4 1 53.9 q
5 1 54.8 q
6 2 54.9 Q
7 2 55.4 Q
8 2 56.1 Q
9 2 56.3
10 1 57.2
11 2 58.9
Final – 7 August
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
52.10
53.47
54.26
4 54.34
5 55.38
6 55.53
7 56.40
8 57.94

800 metres

7 August

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
2:08.79
2:08.83
2:08.99
4 2:10.24
5 2:12.84
6 2:18.76
7 2:22.31

1500 metres

6 August

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
4:31.6
4:32.1
4:32.9
4 4:38.1
5 4:44.2
6 4:47.5
7 5:05.4

3000 metres

7 August

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
9:22.58
9:36.43
9:36.95
4 9:43.97
5 10:28.49
6 10:32.87
7 10:54.22
8 11:11.09

10,000 metres

5 August

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
35:08.5
35:55.2
35:55.3
4 36:4.7
5 38:10.8
6 38:34.7
7 39:36.2

100 metres hurdles

Heats – 5 August
Wind:
Heat 1: +0.1 m/s, Heat 2: 0.0 m/s

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 1 13.6 Q
2 1 14.0 Q
3 1 14.3 Q
4 1 15.0 q
5 1 15.0 q
1 2 13.6 Q
2 2 13.6 Q
2 2 14.4 Q
Final – 6 August

Wind: 0.0 m/s
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
13.5
13.7
13.8
4 13.9
5 14.3
6 14.8
7 15.0
8 15.6

400 metres hurdles

8 August

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
57.68
4
5
6
7
8

4 × 100 metres relay

8 August

Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes
44.69
45.26
46.61
4 47.20
5 48.70
6 48.90

4 × 400 metres relay

7 August

Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes
3:37.0
3:37.7
3:44.0
4 3:46.0
5 3:54.6
6 3:58.9

10,000 metres walk

6 August

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
50:30.3
50:30.3
51:02.4
4 52:03.4
5 55:36.2

High jump

7 August

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
1.85
1.79
1.70
4 1.70
5 1.65
5 1.50

Long jump

8 August

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
6.22
6.05
5.96
4 5.84
5 5.75
6 5.75
7 5.39
8 5.12

Shot put

5 August

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
15.16
14.95
14.20
4 13.76
5 13.69
6 13.41
7 13.06
8 12.30
9 9.87

Discus throw

6 August

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
49.36
47.54
44.54
4 43.02
5 42.26
6 41.64
7 40.22
8 37.94

Javelin throw

8 August

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
54.94
54.70
52.78
4 51.36
5 50.76
6 48.78
7 45.30
8 30.04

Heptathlon

5–6 August

RankAthleteNationality100m HHJSP200mLJJT800mPointsNotes
14.0 1.72 13.56 25.0 5.75 39.00 2:29.6 5574
14.4 1.57 12.62 24.9 5.64 49.44 2:31.1 5436
14.6 1.78 11.68 25.1 5.26 38.08 2:29.6 5271
4 15.3 1.72 13.22 28.1 5.34 35.08 4224
14.1 1.63 13.16

Notes and References

  1. https://atletismosudamericano.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/sam-el-historial.pdf Detailed results

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