Athletics at the 1998 South American Games explained

Athletics at the VI South American Games
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Colour:	FAAC58
Host City:	Cuenca, Ecuador
Dates:	October 26–30
Stadium:	Estadio Alejandro Serrano Aguilar
Events:	45 (24 men, 21 women)
Level:	Senior
Previous:	1994 Valencia
Next:	2002 Belém
Games:	1998 South American Games

Athletics events at the 1998 South American Games were held at the Coliseo Mayor de Deportes Jefferson Pérez next to the Estadio Alejandro Serrano Aguilar in Cuenca, Ecuador, between October 26–30, 1998. A total of 45 events were contested, 24 by men and 21 by women.Brazil and Venezuela did not participate in the athletics events.

For the first time, a minimum participation of 4 nations per event wasrequired to award a full set of medals. Men's triple jump and women's 4 x 400 m relayevents were concerned, where athletes coming in third did not get bronzemedals. Women's marathon was completely cancelled, becausethere would have been only athletes from host country Ecuador.

Medal summary

Medal winners were published in a book by written Argentinian journalist Ernesto Rodríguez III with support of the Argentine Olympic Committee (Spanish: Comité Olímpico Argentino) under the auspices of the Ministry of Education (Spanish: Ministerio de Educación de la Nación) in collaboration with the Office of Sports (Spanish: Secretaría de Deporte de la Nación). Eduardo Biscayart supplied the list of winners and their results. Further results were published elsewhere, or can be found in athlete's IAAF biographies.

All results are marked as "affected by altitude" (A), because the stadium inCuenca is situated 2536 m above sea level.

Men

100 metres (wind: +0.3 m/s)	Ricardo Roach	10.36 A	Carlos Gats	10.39 A	Juan Pablo Faúndez	10.49 A
200 metres (wind: +0.1 m/s)	Ricardo Roach	20.4 A	Héber Viera	21.0 A	Dick Perlaza	21.0 A
400 metres	Dick Perlaza	46.90 A	Carlos Zbinden	47.22 A	Fabián Aguilera	48.90 A
800 metres	Mauricio Torres	1:54.7 A	Pablo Ramírez	1:56.1 A	Carlos Salcedo	1:56.9 A
1500 metres	Pablo Ramírez	4:01.37 A	Richard Arias	4:01.49 A	Geovanni Morejón	4:03.84 A
5000 metres	Jacinto López	14:45.09 A	Julio Cutipa	14:53.27 A	Vicente Chura	15:00.47 A
10,000 metres	Jacinto López	30:09.5 A	Julio Cutipa	30:10.0 A	Franklin Tenorio	30:13.2 A
Marathon	William Ramírez	2:19:56 A	José Jami	2:29:08 A	Vicente Chura	2:29:22 A
110 metres hurdles (wind: +0.6 m/s)	Carlos Vega	14.57 A	Jackson Quiñónez	14.58 A	Omar Triviño	15.03 A
400 metres hurdles	Carlos Zbinden	50.1 A	Xavier Caicedo	55.7 A	Richard Ayoví	55.9 A
3000 metres steeplechase	Richard Arias	9:16.35 A	Pablo Ramírez	9:19.04 A	Geovanni Morejón	9:19.94 A
4 x 100 metres relay	Jackson Quiñónez Dick Perlaza Julio Márquez Fernando Espinoza	40.40 A		40.63 A		47.42 A
4 x 400 metres relay		3:11.7 A		3:12.0 A		4:12.2 A
20 Kilometres Walk	Jefferson Pérez	1:23:11 A	Nixon Zambrano	1:29:28 A	Omar Aguirre	1:33:25 A
50 Kilometres Walk	Héctor Moreno	4:27:13 A	Patricio Villacorte	4:45:34 A	Freddy Choque	4:46:15 A
High Jump	Gilmar Mayo	2.24 A	Jackson Quiñónez	2.13 A	Wilmer Cortez	2.00 A
Pole Vault	Francisco León	4.60 A	Diego Moraga	3.20 A	Flavio Corozo	3.05 A
Long Jump	Cristián Antivilo	7.44 A	Gilmar Mayo	7.29 A	Wilmer Cortez	7.28 A
Triple Jump	Gilmar Mayo	15.78 A	Wilmer Cortez	15.40 A	Cristián Antivilo^†
Shot Put	Marco Antonio Verni	17.76 A	Juan Tello	16.66 A	Marcelo Pugliese	15.46 A
Discus Throw	Marcelo Pugliese	59.74 A	Marco Antonio Verni	51.88 A	Juan Tello	49.46 A
Hammer Throw	Juan Cerra	68.56 A	Eduardo Acuña	63.94 A	José Llano	63.28 A
Javelin Throw	Nery Kennedy	71.70 A	Diego Moraga	67.94 A	Flavio Corozo	57.85 A
Decathlon	Santiago Lorenzo	6940 A	Flavio Corozo	6244 A

Notes

^†: No medal because of lack of minimum participation.

Women

100 metres (wind: -0.2 m/s)	Ana Caicedo	11.57 A	Felipa Palacios	11.62 A	Lisette Rondón	11.76 A
200 metres (wind: +0.1 m/s)	Felipa Palacios	22.78 A	Lisette Rondón	23.79 A	Ana Caicedo	23.9 A
400 metres	Felipa Palacios	53.45 A	Sulay Nazareno	55.03 A	Hannelore Grosser	55.64 A
800 metres	Janeth Caizalitín	2:07.14 A	Niusha Mansilla	2:07.85 A	Mercy Colorado	2:09.65 A
1500 metres	Janeth Caizalitín	4:23.07 A	Niusha Mansilla	4:25.42 A	Bertha Sánchez	4:26.29 A
5000 metres	Martha Tenorio	16:27.6 A	Janeth Caizalitín	16:48.6 A	Niusha Mansilla	17:17.9 A
10,000 metres	Martha Tenorio	34:23.6 A	Erika Olivera	36:00.0 A	Raquel Aceituno	37:26.1 A
100 metres hurdles (wind: +0.5 m/s)	Verónica Depaoli	13.62 A	María Quiñones	13.69 A	Ondina Rodríguez	14.68 A
400 metres hurdles	Ondina Rodríguez	60.0 A	Martha González	65.6 A	Minerva Navarrete
4 x 100 metres relay		45.9 A		46.6 A		53.0 A
4 x 400 metres relay		3:44.12 A			^†
10 Kilometres Walk	Bertha Vera	47:59.2 A	Geovana Irusta	48:22.0 A	Miriam Ramón	48:30.0 A
High Jump	Solange Witteveen	1.75 A =	Paula Palma	1.45 A	Paola Ruiz	1.40 A
Pole Vault	Alejandra García	4.05 A	Déborah Gyurcsek	4.00 A	Irina Castillo	3.30 A
Long Jump	Mónica Falcioni	6.47 A	Andrea Ávila	6.36 A	Ana Caicedo	6.05 A
Triple Jump	Andrea Ávila	13.60 A	Mónica Falcioni	13.55 A	Ana Gabriela Villacís	11.90 A
Shot Put	Zorobabelia Córdoba	13.92 A	Karina Díaz	12.26 A	Paula Palma	11.84 A
Discus Throw	María Eugenia Villamizar	41.00 A	Karina Córdova	38.26 A	Karina Díaz	36.64 A
Hammer Throw	María Eugenia Villamizar	57.84 A	Ana Cuastumal	50.00 A	Karina Córdova	48.93 A
Javelin Throw	Sabina Moya	54.08 A	Daniela Masoli	47.64 A	Paula Palma	46.30 A
Heptathlon	Zorobabelia Córdoba	4868 A	Minerva Navarrete	4604 A	Dolores Martínez	3305 A

Notes

^†: No medal because of lack of minimum participation.

Medal table (unofficial)

Notes

^†: In contrast to the unofficial count above, only 15 gold, 14silver and 19 bronze medals for Ecuador are published.There might have been further events than marked above falling short ofparticipants leading to a reduced number of medals.