2003 South American Championships in Athletics explained

42nd South American Championships
Colour:	A9F5A9
Host City:	Barquisimeto, Venezuela
Dates:	20–22 June 2003
Stadium:	Polideportivo Máximo Viloria
Nations Participating:	12
Athletes Participating:	296
Events:	44
Records Set:	8 Championships records
Previous:	2001 Manaus
Next:	2005 Cali

The 2003 South American Championships in Athletics were held from June 20 to June 22 at the Polideportivo Máximo Viloria in Barquisimeto, Venezuela. Detailed day-by-day reports can be found on the IAAF website.

Medal summary

Men's events

100 metres	Édson Ribeiro	10.30	Heber Viera	10.33	Jarbas Mascarenhas	10.36
200 metres	Heber Viera	20.60	Claudinei da Silva	20.63	Jorge Sena	20.71
400 metres	William José Hernández	45.81	Anderson Jorge dos Santos	46.07	Mauricio Mery	46.20
800 metres	Fabiano Peçanha	1:46.32	Osmar dos Santos	1:46.92	Simoncito Silvera	1:48.31
1500 metres	Fabiano Peçanha	3:39.74	Miguel Ángel García	3:41.01	Javier Carriqueo	3:42.65
5000 metres	Marílson dos Santos	13:52.15	William Naranjo	14:03.41	Luis Fonseca	14:17.44
10000 metres	William Naranjo	29:37.38	Luiz Almeida	29:49.11	José Alejandro Semprún	30:06.03
3000 metres steeplechase	Néstor Nieves	8:46.41	Celso Ficagna	8:51.73	Richard Arias	8:52.66
110 metres hurdles	Redelen dos Santos	13.45 CR	Jackson Quinónez	13.59	Mateus Inocencio	13.69
400 metres hurdles	Bayano Kamani	50.10	Cleverson da Silva	50.35	Eronilde de Araújo	50.81
4 × 100 metres relay	Jarbas Mascarenhas Édson Ribeiro Cláudio Roberto Souza Claudinei da Silva	38.96	Juan Morillo Omar José Cortés José Carabalí Hely Ollarves	39.85	Pablo Colville Ricardo Roach Guillermo Mayer Mauricio Mery	40.04
4 × 400 metres relay	Luís Ambrosio Eronilde de Araújo Flávio Godoy Anderson Jorge dos Santos	3:05.28	Jonathan Palma Luis Luna Danny Núnez William José Hernández	3:09.26	Jhon Chávez Gélver Espinoza Edgar José Bermudes Julio César Rojas	3:09.48
20000 metres track walk	Sérgio Galdino	1:25:54.2	Fredy Hernández	1:26:00.0	Cristian Muñoz	1:31:16.1
High jump	Fabrício Romero	2.22	Jessé de Lima	2.22	Alfredo Deza	2.16
Pole vault	Ricardo Diez	5.20	Javier Benítez	5.20	Gustavo Rehder	5.10
Long jump	Víctor Castillo	7.78	Sérgio dos Santos	7.65	Irving Saladino	7.46
Triple jump	Jadel Gregório	16.76	Anísio Silva	16.22	Johnny Rodríguez	16.12
Shot put	Marco Antonio Verni	20.23 CR	Yojer Medina	19.29	Jhonny Rodríguez	18.22
Discus throw	Marcelo Pugliese	57.44	Jorge Balliengo	55.22	Héctor Hurtado	54.61
Hammer throw	Juan Cerra	73.31	Adrián Marzo	67.25	Aldo Bello	65.27
Javelin throw	Luiz Fernando da Silva	79.50 CR	Noraldo Palacios	76.81	Nery Kennedy	75.53
Decathlon	Édson Bindilatti	7254	Juan Jaramillo	6763	Enrique Aguirre	6585

Women's events

100 metres	Digna Luz Murillo	11.35	Lucimar de Moura	11.43	Wilmary Álvarez	11.59
200 metres	Digna Luz Murillo	23.13	Lucimar de Moura	23.34	Wilmary Álvarez	23.40
400 metres	Geisa Coutinho	51.81	Eliana Pacheco	52.43	Josiane Tito	52.68
800 metres	Luciana Mendes	2:02.06	Christiane dos Santos	2:02.50	Rosibel García	2:02.84
1500 metres	Juliana de Azevedo	4:17.54 CR	Niusha Mancilla	4:21.54	Ana Cláudia Coimbra	4:21.75
5000 metres	Maria Rodrigues	16:11.70	Erika Olivera	16:23.97	Lucélia Peres	16:36.31
10000 metres	Ednalva da Silva	34:13.50	Erika Olivera	34:43.02	Luz Eliana Silva	35:01.73
3000 metres steeplechase	Mónica Amboya	10:25.90 CR	Silvia Paredes	10:38.22	Patrícia Lobo	10:55.88
100 metres hurdles	Gilvaneide Parrela	13.44	Maíla Machado	13.63	Princesa Oliveros	13.77
400 metres hurdles	Lucimar Teodoro	56.86 CR	Raquel da Costa	57.51	Princesa Oliveros	57.53
4 × 100 metres relay	Renata Vilela Sampaio Lucimar de Moura Rosemar Coelho Neto Thatiana Regina Ignâcio	44.16	Mirtha Brock Luz Celia Ararat Melisa Murillo Digna Luz Murillo	44.67	Daniela Riderelli María José Echeverría Daniela Pávez María Izabel Coloma	45.37
4 × 400 metres relay	Maria Laura Almirao Josiane Tito Lucimar Teodoro Geisa Coutinho	3:28.64 CR	Wilmary Álvarez Ángela Alfonso Yusmelis García Eliana Pacheco	3:34.30	Luz Celia Ararat Princesa Oliveros Mirtha Brock Rosibel García	3:41.05
20000 metres track walk	Sandra Zapata	1:40:52.60	Morelba Useche	1:48:24.90	Marcela Pacheco	1:49:50.10
High jump	Luciane Dambacher	1.82	Yetzálida Pérez	1.82	Claudia Casals	1.79
Pole vault	Alejandra García	4.20	Carolina Torres	4.20	Milena Agudelo	4.00
Long jump	Keila Costa	6.30	Catherine Ibargüen	6.04	Mónica Falcioni	5.94
Triple jump	Keila Costa	13.62	Luciana dos Santos	13.42	Catherine Ibargüen	13.07
Shot put	Elisângela Adriano	18.34	Luz Dary Castro	16.59	Marianne Berndt	16.39
Discus throw	Elisângela Adriano	58.37	Luz Dary Castro	51.73	María Cubillán	50.47
Hammer throw	Katiuscia de Jesus	61.01 CR	Josiane Soares	59.65	Adriana Benaventa	58.34
Javelin throw	Sabina Moya	58.30	Alessandra Resende	57.01	Romina Maggi	52.36
Heptathlon	Thaimara Rivas	5622	Elizete da Silva	5334	Valeria Steffens	5169

Participation

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See also

• Men Results – GBR Athletics
• Women Results – GBR Athletics
• Full results
• CAC Results