| XXIII South American Youth Championships in Athletics | |
| Size: | 200px |
| Host City: | Concordia, Argentina  |
| Dates: | 12–13 November |
| Stadium: | Centro de Desarrollo Deportivo |
| Nations Participating: | 11 |
| Events: | 39 |
| Level: | Youth |
| Previous: | 2014 Cali |
| Next: | 2018 Cuenca |
The 23rd South American Youth Championships in Athletics were held in Concordia, Argentina on 12 and 13 November 2016.
| 100 metres +1.8 m/s | Vinicius Rocha Moraes | 10.36 GR | Tryell Peters | 10.68 | Sebastián Hood | 10.81 | |
| 200 metres -3.9 m/s | Vinicius Rocha Moraes | 21.41 GR[1] | Cleverson Pereira Junior | 21.93 | Daniel Williams | 22.11 | |
| 400 metres | Bruno Benedito da Silva | 48.12 | Daniel Williams | 48.57 | Cleverson Pereira Junior | 48.94 | |
| 800 metres | Max Paulo dos Santos | 1:56.79 | Marco Vilca | 1:58.37 | Diego Facundo Alegre | 1:58.98 | |
| 1500 metres | José Miguel Costa | 4:09.97 | Andrés Mauricio Carrillo | 4:10.44 | Pablo Cárdenas | 4:11.01 | |
| 3000 metres | Jhonathan Pulido | 8:45.39 | Alexander Huanca | 8:46.98 | José Zabala | 8:50.54 | |
| 110 metres hurdles (91.4 cm) +0.4 m/s | Marcos Morley | 13.55 GR | Diego Alejandro Vivas | 14.27 | Cristobal Victoriano | 14.32 | |
| 400 metres hurdles (84 cm) | Caio Giovani Martins | 53.00 | Cristobal Muñoz | 53.45 | Luciano Techeira | 54.48 | |
| 2000 m steeplechase | Jeferson Alberto dos Santos | 6:00.20 | Edwar Condori | 6:02.75 | José Armando Sánchez | 6:11.09 | |
| 10,000 m track walk | David Hurtado | 43:16.07 | Sebastián Felipe Merchán | 43:48.63 | Yhojan Melillan | 45:08.47 | |
| High jump | Francisco Moraga | 2.00 | Daniel Williams | 2.00 | Luiz Gustavo de Brito | 2.00 | |
| Pole vault | Lucca Torres | 4.90 | Agustin Zulueta | 4.50 | Eduardo Martín | 4.40 | |
| Long jump | Gabriel Menezes Oliveira | 7.45 | Yeimer Palacios | 7.45 | Juan David Moreno | 7.37 | |
| Triple jump | Gabriel Menezes Oliveira | 15.45 | Yeimer Palacios | 15.31 | Juan Luis Eguiguren | 14.23 | |
| Shot put (5 kg) | Saymon Hoffmann | 19.67 | Claudio Romero | 19.14 | Nicolas Tieri | 18.98 | |
| Discus throw (1.5 kg) | Saymon Hoffmann | 60.92 GR | Claudio Romero | 60.49 | Vitor Motin | 57.64 | |
| Hammer throw (5 kg) | Alejandro Medina | 75.18 | Alencar Pereira | 74.39 | Roberto Montiel | 67.15 | |
| Javelin throw (700 kg) | Pedro Henrique Rodrigues | 77.30 | Joel Benítez | 69.10 | Ignacio Toledo | 64.83 | |
| Decathlon (youth) | Damian Moretta | 6525 GR | Nicolás Pérez | 5965 | Diego Arias | 5910 | |
| 100 metres +0.5 m/s | Lorraine Martins | 11.78 | Romina Cifuentes | 11.81 | Gabriela Mourão | 11.82 | |
| 200 metres -2.2 m/s | Romina Cifuentes | 24.44 | Gabriela Mourão | 24.90 | Lorraine Martins | 24.98 | |
| 400 metres | Tiffani Beatriz Marinho | 54.90 | Tania Caicedo | 55.87 | Angie Nagles | 56.13 | |
| 800 metres | Pamela Milano | 2:17.58 | Pamela Dias | 2:18.20 | Valeria Cornejo | 2:18.42 | |
| 1500 metres | María Paula Guerrero | 4:51.88 | Leidy Ortiz | 4:54.76 | Isabelle Cristina de Almeida | 4:55.63 | |
| 3000 metres | Agustina Boucherie | 10:26.80 | Virginia Huatorongo | 10:28.20 | Sonia Salazar | 10:28.47 | |
| 100 metres hurdles (76.2 cm) +2.8 m/s | Micaela Rosa de Mello | 13.54 GR[2] | Yoveini Mota | 13.68 | Yuly Andrea Quinto | 13.95 | |
| 400 metres hurdles | Rita de Cassia Silva | 60.78 | Micaela Rosa de Mello | 61.33 | Oriana Prieto | 62.09 | |
| 2000 m steeplechase | Clara Baiocchi | 6:56.62 | Heidi Bola | 7:03.26 | Giovanna Domene | 7:19.25 | |
| 4600 m track walk[3] | Glenda Quiñónez | Maryluz Andia | Laura Chalarca | ||||
| High jump | María Fernanda Murillo | 1.85 GR | Victoria Rozas | 1.73 | María Parra | 1.70 | |
| Pole vault | Ana Gabriela Quiñónez | 3.90 =GR, NR | Carmen Villanueva | 3.90 =GR | Isabel de Quadros | 3.70 | |
| Long jump | Yuly Quinto | 6.13 GR | Valentina Leiva | 5.99w | Chantoba Bright | 5.94w | |
| Triple jump | Leidy Marcela Cuesta | 13.20w GR[4] | Mirieli Santos | 13.08w | Liz Levrino | 12.32w | |
| Shot put (3 kg) | Dayna Toledo | 17.24 GR | Gleice Stefanie de Castro | 16.15 | Fernanda Holguin | 14.69 | |
| Discus throw | Catalina Bravo | 44.57 | Valquiria Meurer | 42.37 | Yosiris Córdoba | 36.27 | |
| Hammer throw (3 kg) | Mariana García | 64.31 GR | Ximena Zorrilla | 60.65 | Antonella Creazzola | 59.02 | |
| Javelin throw (500 g) | Yuleixi Angulo | 51.20 | Fabielle Ferreira | 49.40 | Yudi Rivera | 46.92 | |
| Heptathlon (youth) | Naiuri Rigo Krein | 4811 | Mariangeles Manno | 4390 | Neurelis Manzanillo | 4366 | |
| Mixed 4 × 400 metres relay | 3:30.12 | 3:36.48 | 3:37.24 |