| CONSUDATLE | |
| Size: | 100px |
| Type: | Sports federation |
| Formation: | 1918 |
| Headquarters: | Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil[1] |
| Membership: | 13 member federations |
| Leader Title: | President |
| Leader Name: | Roberto Gesta de Melo |
| Website: | AtletismoSudamericano.org |
Atletismo Sudamericano (South American Athletics), formerly CONSUDATLE (Spanish: Confederación Sudamericana de Atletismo; South American Athletics Confederation), is the continental confederation governing body of athletics for national governing bodies and multi-national federations within South America, including the transcontinental country Panama. CONSUDATLE is one of six area associations of World Athletics (WA). CONSUDATLE was founded on May 24, 1918, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Therefore, the CONSUDATLE claims to be the oldest athletics area association of the world. The founding members were Argentina, Uruguay, and Andean Chile. Successively, the other countries joined: Brazil in 1922, Ecuador and Peru in 1925, Bolivia in 1930, and Colombia in 1937. Paraguay and Venezuela followed later, and Guyana, Panama, and Suriname joined within the last decades.
The current president Roberto Gesta de Melo was re-elected in 2010 for the period 2011-2015 in Rio de Janeiro. Former presidents can be found here.
| Name | Country | Presidency | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carlos Fanta | 1918–1919 | ||
| Francisco Ghigliani | 1919–1920 | ||
| Alfredo W. Betteley | 1920–1921 | ||
| Francisco Ghigliani | 1921–1926 | ||
| Alfredo W. Betteley | 1927–1928 | ||
| Alfredo Benavides Canseco | 1929–1930 | ||
| Próspero Alemandri | 1930–1931 | ||
| Juan Astengo | 1931–1933 | ||
| Luis Mandujano Tobar | 1934–1935 | ||
| Luis Aranha | 1936–1937 | ||
| Luis Gálvez Chipoco | 1937–1960 | ||
| Pedro J. Gálvez Velarde | 1960–1989 | ||
| Jacobo Bucaram | 1989–1993 | ||
| Roberto Gesta de Melo | 1993–present |
The ConSudAtle organizes the following championships, tournaments, and circuits: