1997 South American Championships in Athletics explained

1997 South American Championships in Athletics
Host City:	Mar del Plata, Argentina
Nations Participating:	10
Athletes Participating:	225
Events:	43
Dates:	4–6 April
Stadium:	Estadio Municipal Teodoro Bronzini
Previous:	Manaus 1995
Next:	Bogotá 1999

The 1997 South American Championships in Athletics were held in Mar del Plata, Argentina between 4 and 6 April.

Medal summary

Men's events

100 metres (wind: +2.0 m/s)	Sebastián Keitel	10.30	André da Silva	10.32	Carlos Gats	10.46
200 metres (wind: -4.2 m/s)	Claudinei da Silva	21.06	Sebastián Keitel	21.13	Sidney Telles de Souza	21.32
400 metres	Sanderlei Parrela	46.17	Carlos Zbinden	47.33	Gustavo Aguirre	47.52
800 metres	Valdinei da Silva	1:46.89	Flavio Godoy	1:48.50	Manuel Balmaceda	1:51.58
1500 metres	Edgar de Oliveira	3:47.76	José Valente	3:50.64	Pablo Ramírez	3:51.85
5000 metres	Eduardo Carrasco	14:08.48	Néstor García	14:15.56	Pedro Rojas	14:17.48
10,000 metres	Eduardo Carrasco	29:07.77	Emerson Iser Bem	29:10.67	Pedro Rojas	29:11.74
3000 metres steeplechase	Wander Moura	8:35.40 CR	Pablo Ramírez	8:48.50 NR	Julián Peralta	8:54.64
110 metres hurdles (wind: +3.8 m/s)	Emerson Perín	14.21w	José Humberto Rivas	14.29w	Oscar Ratto	14.64w
400 metres hurdles	Eronilde de Araújo	49.35	Cleverson da Silva	49.85	Carlos Zbinden	50.11
4 × 100 metres relay	Nelson Ferreira Emerson Perin Claudinei da Silva Sidnei de Souza	40.07	Pablo Almeida Ricardo Roach Sebastián Keitel Carlos Moreno	40.08	Jorge Polanco Gabriel Simon Guillermo Cacián Carlos Gats	40.11
4 × 400 metres relay	Eronilde de Araújo Sanderlei Parrela Inaldo Sena Valdinei da Silva	3:04.20 CR	Carlos Moreno Ricardo Roach Alejandro Krauss Carlos Zbinden	3:07.98	Wenceslao Ferrín Llimy Rivas Fernando Robledo Julio César Rojas	3:09.10
20,000 metres track walk	Héctor Moreno	1:23:06.73 CR	Sérgio Galdino	1:23:28.06	Cláudio Bertolino	1:28:02.74
High jump	Gilmar Mayo	2.26 CR	Fabrício Romero	2.15	Wagner Príncipe	2.15
Pole vault	Oscar Veit	4.85	Fernando Pastoriza	4.80	Sebastián Ortiz	4.70
Long jump	Nelson Ferreira	7.84	Márcio da Cruz	7.59	Yesid Cossio	7.32
Triple jump	Anísio Silva	16.24	Márcio Cardoso	15.89	Alejandro Gats	14.99
Shot put	Édson Miguel	17.44	Marco Antonio Verni	16.82	Andrés Solo de Zaldívar	15.74
Discus throw	Ramón Jiménez Gaona	57.32	Marcelo Pugliese	54.18	Julio Piñero	53.00
Hammer throw	Juan Cerra	68.92	Adrián Marzo	66.36	Eduardo Acuña	59.72
Javelin throw	Nery Kennedy	75.08	Luiz Fernando da Silva	74.88	Luis Lucumí	74.00
Decathlon	Alejandro Acosta	6546	Santiago Lorenzo	6495	Alexis Recioy	6433

Women's events

100 metres (wind: +4.5 m/s)	Lucimar de Moura	11.47w	Felipa Palacios	11.48w	Zandra Borrero	11.75w
200 metres (wind: -0.8 m/s)	Felipa Palacios	23.20 CR	Lucimar de Moura	23.51	Olga Conte	23.90
400 metres	Olga Conte	53.41	Maria Figueirêdo	53.49	Norfalia Carabalí	54.47
800 metres	Luciana Mendes	2:03.56	Mercy Colorado	2:06.90 NR	Fátima dos Santos	2:09.08
1500 metres	Janeth Caizalitín	4:33.65	Niusha Mancilla	4:34.90	Célia dos Santos	4:35.29
5000 metres	Stella Castro	15:48.82 CR NR	Érika Olivera	15:52.27	Elisa Cobañea	16:05.51
10,000 metres	Stella Castro	33:24.07 CR	Érika Olivera	33:56.98	Mónica Cervera	36:39.25
100 metres hurdles (wind: +8.0 m/s)	Verónica Depaoli	13.41w	Maurren Maggi	13.65w	Vânia da Silva	13.95w
400 metres hurdles	Verónica Depaoli	59.05	Maria dos Santos	59.62	Marise da Silva	60.00
4 × 100 metres relay	Mirtha Brock Norfalia Carabalí Felipa Palacios Sandra Borrero	44.58 CR	Maria Magnólia Figueiredo Lucimar de Moura Claudete Alves Pina Kátia Regina Santos	45.21	Daniela Lebreo Veronica Depaoli Vanesa Wohlgemuth Olga Conte	46.18
4 × 400 metres relay	Mirtha Brock Norfalia Carabalí Felipa Palacios Janeth Lucumi	3:36.71	Maria Magnólia Figueiredo Luciana Mendes Claudete Alves Pina Fatima dos Santos	3:38.18	Daniela Lebreo Marina Arias Veronica Depaoli Olga Conte	3:40.72
10,000 metres track walk	Geovana Irusta	46:01.1 CR	Miriam Ramón	46:50.6	Bertha Vera	47:15.9
High jump	Solange Witteveen	1.89 =CR	Delfina Blaquier Orlane dos Santos	1.83
Pole vault	Déborah Gyurcsek	3.85 CR	Alejandra García	3.50	Mariela Laurora	3.45
Long jump	Maurren Maggi	6.54	Andrea Ávila	6.26w	Mónica Falcioni	6.25w
Triple jump	Andrea Ávila	13.76	Maria de Souza	13.72	Luciana dos Santos	13.30
Shot put	Elisângela Adriano	18.16 CR	Alexandra Amaro	16.34	Silvana Filippi	13.81
Discus throw	Elisângela Adriano	58.46 CR	Liliana Martinelli	52.26	María Eugenia Giggi	45.80
Hammer throw	María Eugenia Villamizar	55.48	Karina Moya	54.30	Zulma Lambert	50.64
Javelin throw	Zuleima Araméndiz	56.66	Sabina Moya	55.30	Mariela Arch	54.08
Heptathlon	Euzinete dos Reis	5549	Zorobabelia Córdoba	5428	Joelma Souza	4380

Participating nations

• (63)
• (3)
• (58)
• (18)
• (25)
• (10)
• (2)
• Paraguay (5)
• (16)
• (25)

External links

• Men Results – GBR Athletics
• Women Results – GBR Athletics