South American Championships in Athletics explained

The South American Championships in Athletics is a biennial athletics event organized by CONSUDATLE. The first edition in 1919 was competed between only two countries (Chile and Uruguay), but it has since expanded and has generally been held every two years since 1927.

In addition, 8 unofficial championships were held between 1918 and 1957: The 1918 event was titled "Campeonato de Iniciación". The 1922 event was titled "Campeonato Latino-Americano". The 1931 event was held in celebration of the 100th anniversary of Uruguayan independence. The 1946 event was held in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the modern Olympic Games. The 1948 event was held in celebration of the 100th anniversary of the foundation of La Paz. The 1950 event was held in celebration of the 30th anniversary of the Uruguayan Athletics Federation. The 1957 event was for men only.

Countries are measured by a points system resulting from their respective athletes' performances. The country with the highest total points is declared the winner.

Summary of Championships

Edition	Year	City	Country	Date	Venue	No. of Events	No. of Athletes	Top of the medal table
unofficial	1918	Buenos Aires		24–26 May
1	1919	Montevideo		11–13 April
2	1920	Santiago		23–25 April
unofficial	1922	Rio de Janeiro		September
3	1924	Buenos Aires		17–22 April
4	1926	Montevideo		15–20 April
5	1927	Santiago		14–19 April
6	1929	Lima		5–10 May
7	1931	Buenos Aires		30 April – 5 May
unofficial	1931	Montevideo		8–10 May
8	1933	Montevideo		6–9 April
9	1935	Santiago		11–14 April
10	1937	São Paulo		27–30 May
11	1939	Lima		25–28 May
12	1941	Buenos Aires		26 April – 4 May
13	1943	Santiago		23 April – 2 May
14	1945	Montevideo		15–22 April
unofficial	1946	Santiago		April
15		Rio de Janeiro		25 April – 3 May
unofficial	1948	La Paz		October
16	1949	Lima		16–24 April
unofficial	1950	Montevideo
17	1952	Buenos Aires		3–11 May
unofficial	1953	Santiago		19–26 April
18	1954	São Paulo		17–25 April
19	1956	Santiago		14–22 April
unofficial	1957	Santiago		19-21 April		22
20	1958	Montevideo		19–27 April
21	1961	Lima		20–28 May
22	1963	Cali		29 June – 7 July
23	1965	Rio de Janeiro		8–16 May
24	1967	Buenos Aires		7–15 October
25	1969	Quito		4–12 October
26	1971	Lima		9–17 October
27	1974	Santiago		16–21 April
28	1975	Rio de Janeiro		26–31 August
29	1977	Montevideo		4–6 November
30	1979	Bucaramanga		31 October – 4 November
31	1981	La Paz		5–8 November
32	1983	Santa Fé		29 September – 2 October
33		Santiago		12–15 September
34	1987	São Paulo		8–11 October
35	1989	Medellín		5–8 August
36	1991	Manaus		28–30 June	Vila Olímpica de Manaus	41	257
37	1993	Lima		2–4 July		41	216
38	1995	Manaus		26–28 May	Vila Olímpica de Manaus	43	198
39	1997	Mar del Plata		4–6 April		43	225
40	1999	Bogotá		25–27 June		43	260
41	2001	Manaus		18–20 May		44	217
42	2003	Barquisimeto		20–22 June		44	296
43	2005	Cali		21–24 July		44
44	2006	Tunja		29 September – 1 October	Estadio La Independencia	44	229
45	2007	São Paulo		7–9 June	Estádio Ícaro de Castro Melo	44
46	2009	Lima		19–21 June	Villa Deportiva Nacional	44
47	2011	Buenos Aires		2–5 June		44	345
48	2013	Cartagena, Colombia		5–7 July		44	322
49	2015	Lima		12–14 June		44	333
50	2017	Asunción		23–25 June		44	357
51	2019	Lima		24–26 May		44	325
52	2021	Guayaquil		29–31 May		45	377
53	2023	São Paulo		28–30 July	COTP Stadium	45	371
54	2025	Mar del Plata		2–4 May	Parque Municipal de los Deportes	45

Medals (1919-2023)

Source:^[1]

Wins by country

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No. wins
	35
	14
	7
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See also

• List of South American Championships in Athletics records

External links

• Atletismo Sudamericano official website
• Past championships results

Notes and References

1. Web site: Athletics Podium .