South American U18 Championships in Athletics explained

The South American U18 Championships in Athletics (Campeonato Sudamericano U18 de atletismo) is a biennial athletics eventorganized by "Confederación Sudamericana de Atletismo" (CONSUDATLE), the South American area association of the International Amateur Athletic Federation (IAAF). Starting in 1973, the competition was open for athletes under-17 in the early years. Since 2000 the international age group definition (under 18) has applied. Up until the 2016 edition the competition was known as the South American Youth Championships in Athletics. The tournament is open for athletes from CONSUDATLE member federations. Athletes from IAAF members of other geographical areas may be invited. However, they are not considered in the classification.

Events

Each member federation is allowed to enter 2 athletes and 1 relay team per event. Due to the latest edition of article 27 of the regulations of CONSUDATLE the following events are held during the championships:

Boys

• Dash: 100m, 200m, 400m, 800m, 1500m, 3000m
• Hurdling: 110m (height: 0.914 m), 400m (height: 0.84 m)
• Steeplechase: 2000m
• Relay: 1000m Medley relay (100m x 200m x 300m x 400m)
• Racewalking: 10,000m
• Throw: Shot put (5 kg), Discus (1.5 kg), Hammer (5 kg), Javelin (700 g)
• Jump: High Jump, Long Jump, Triple Jump, Pole Vault
• Combined: Octathlon (100m, Long jump, Shot put, 400m, 110m hurdles, High jump, Javelin, 1000m).

Girls

Starting in 2012, there were new implements for the throws (and consequently in heptathlon):

• Dash: 100m, 200m, 400m, 800m, 1500m, 3000m
• Hurdling: 100m (height: 0.762 m), 400m (height: 0.762 m)
• Steeplechase: 2000m
• Relay: 1000m Medley relay (100m x 200m x 300m x 400m)
• Racewalking: 5000m
• Throw: Shot put (3 kg; (until 2011: 4 kg)), Discus (1 kg), Hammer (3 kg; (until 2011: 4 kg)), Javelin (500 g; (until 2011: 600 g))
• Jump: High Jump, Long Jump, Triple Jump, Pole Vault
• Combined: Heptathlon (100m hurdles, High jump, Shot put, 200m, Long jump, Javelin, 800m).

Awards

Medals are awarded for individuals and relay team members for the first threeplaces in each event.

Trophies are awarded to teams in each category (male and female) with thehighest total number of cumulative points in the entire competition.In addition, a trophy will be given to the country for the overall title.

A trophy is also presented to both a male and a female athlete for the mostoutstanding performance.

Summary of championships

	Year	City	Country	Date	Venue
1				2–4 November
2				8–11 November	Estadio Atahualpa
3				4–7 November
4				22–24 July
5				11–13 November
6				3–5 August
7				13–16 September
8				17–19 October
9				2–4 November
10				22–24 November
11				2–4 October
12				30 September – 2 October
13				18–20 October
14				23–25 October
15				4–5 November	El Salitre
16				19–20 October	Consejo Nacional de Deportes
17				25–26 September	Estadio Modelo
18				14–15 October	Estadio Nacional “Brígido Iriarte”
19				29–30 November	Villa Deportiva Nacional (VIDENA)
20				9–10 October	Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos
21				27–28 October	Parque San Martín
22				29–30 November	Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero
23				12–13 November	Centro de Desarrollo Deportivo
24				30 June–1 July	Jefferson Perez Stadium
25				25–26 September	Estadio Comunal
26				9–11 September	Centro Olímpico de Treinamento e Pesquisa
27	2024			26–27 October

Records

Boys

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Meet	Place	Ref
100 m	10.36 (+1.2 m/s)	Vinícius Rocha Moraes		12 November 2016	2016 Championships	Concordia, Argentina	^[1]
200 m	21.16 (+1.9 m/s)	Vinícius Rocha Moraes		13 November 2016	2016 Championships	Concordia, Argentina	^[2]
400 m	47.46	Diego Venâncio		19 October 2002	2002 Championships	Asunción, Paraguay
800 m	1:50.6	Joseílton Cunha		10 October 2010	2010 Championships	Santiago, Chile
1500 m	3:53.72	Gonzalo Gervasini		9 September 2022	2022 Championships	São Paulo, Brazil	^[3]
3000 m	8:33.4	Joílson da Silva		25 September 2004	2004 Championships	Guayaquil, Ecuador
110 m hurdles	13.55 (+0.4 m/s)	Marcos Morley		November 2016	2016 Championships	Concordia, Argentina
400 m hurdles	51.67	Hederson Alves Estefani		30 November 2008	2008 Championships	Lima, Peru
2000 m steeplechase	5:52.2	José Gregorio Peña		26 September 2004	2004 Championships	Guayaquil, Ecuador
High jump	2.10 m	Yohan Chaverra		27 October 2012	2012 Championships	Mendoza, Argentina	^[4]
Pole vault	5.20 m	Germán Pablo Chiaraviglio		25 September 2004	2004 Championships	Guayaquil, Ecuador
Long jump	7.82 m (+1.2 m/s)	Jhamal Fernando Bowen		29 November 2008	2008 Championships	Lima, Peru
Triple jump	15.83 m	Márcio Rogério da Cruz		24 November 1990	1990 Championships	Lima, Peru
Shot put	21.40 m AR-y	Nazareno Sassia		30 June 2018	2018 Championships	Cuenca, Ecuador	^[5]
Discus throw	60.92 m	Saymon Hoffman		12 November 2016	2016 Championships	Concordia, Argentina
Hammer throw	81.15 m AR-y	Joaquín Gómez		27 October 2012	2012 Championships	Mendoza, Argentina
Javelin throw	85.32 m	Braian Toledo		10 October 2010	2010 Championships	Santiago, Chile
Decathlon	6716 pts	Henrique Pereira Silva		30 June–1 July 2018	2018 Championships	Cuenca, Ecuador	^[6]
10000 m walk (track)	40:27.95	Éider Arévalo		10 October 2010	2010 Championships	Santiago, Chile
4×100 m relay	40.77	Luiz Ambrosio da Silva André Caliari Oliveira Luis Eduardo Ambrosio Bruno Nascimento Pacheco		5 November 2000	2000 Championships	Bogotá, Colombia

Girls

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Meet	Place	Ref
100 m	11.48 (+1.3 m/s)	Franciela das Graças Krasucki		25 September 2004	2004 Championships	Guayaquil, Ecuador
200 m	23.57 (+0.6 m/s)	Gabriela Suarez		1 July 2018	2018 Championships	Cuenca, Ecuador	^[7]
400 m	53.94	Yusmelis García		4 November 2000	2000 Championships	Bogotá, Colombia
800 m	2:10.5	Yessica Quispe		26 September 2004	2004 Championships	Guayaquil, Ecuador
1500 m	4:21.6	Yessica Quispe		25 September 2004	2004 Championships	Guayaquil, Ecuador
3000 m	9:29.8	Yessica Quispe		25 September 2004	2004 Championships	Guayaquil, Ecuador
100 m hurdles	13.66 (-1.5 m/s)	María Alejandra Murillo		25 September 2021	2021 Championships	Encarnación, Paraguay
400 m hurdles	59.33	Leticia de Oliveira		26 September 2021	2021 Championships	Encarnación, Paraguay	^[8]
2000 m steeplechase	6:34.7	Sabine Letícia Heitling		26 September 2004	2004 Championships	Guayaquil, Ecuador
	6:40.28	Zulema Arenas Huacasi		27 October 2012	2012 Championships	Mendoza, Argentina
High jump	1.85 m	María Fernanda Murillo		November 2016	2016 Championships	Concordia, Argentina
Pole vault	3.90 m	Milena Agudelo		19 October 1996	1996 Championships	Asunción, Paraguay
		Ana Gabriela Quiñónez		13 November 2016	2016 Championships	Concordia, Argentina	^[9]
Long jump	6.39 m (+0.4 m/s)	Vanessa dos Santos		10 September 2022	2022 Championships	São Paulo, Brazil	^[10]
Triple jump	13.06 m (+1.5 m/s)	Leidy Marcela Cuesta		13 November 2016	2016 Championships	Concordia, Argentina	^[11]
Shot put (3 kg)	17.24 m AR-y	Dayna Toledo		12 November 2016	2016 Championships	Concordia, Argentina
Discus throw	48.22 m	Esthefania da Costa		9 October 2010	2010 Championships	Santiago, Chile
Hammer throw (3 kg)	65.92 m	Carolina Ulloa Daza		1 July 2018	2018 Championships	Cuenca, Ecuador	^[12]
Javelin throw (500 g)	54.33 m AR-y	Yuleixi Anai Angulo		30 June 2018	2018 Championships	Cuenca, Ecuador
Heptathlon	5090 pts	Leonela Graciani		27–28 October 2012	2012 Championships	Mendoza, Argentina
		14.53 (-3.3 m/s) (100 m hurdles), 1.57 m (high jump), 10.90 m (shot put (3 kg)), 25.18 (+0.8 m/s) (200 m) / 5.55 m (nw) (long jump), 38.74 m (javelin (500 g)), 2:32.08 (800 m)
5000 m walk	22:33.63 AR-y	Yuli Capcha		9 October 2010	2010 Championships	Santiago, Chile
4×100 m relay	45.99	Mileidy López Yenny Díaz Sandrine Legenort Yusmelis García		5 November 2000	2000 Championships	Bogotá, Colombia

Mixed events

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Meet	Place	Ref
4×400 m relay	3:27.02	Stephanie Andreza Guimarães Anderson Cordeiro Lima Cerqueira Daysiellen Dias Maykon do Nascimento		30 November 2014	2014 Championships	Cali, Colombia
8×300 m relay	4:54.20	Vitoria Pereira Jardim ? Erica Geni Barbosa Cavalheiro Thais Michele Da Silva Clemente Lucas Conceicao Vilar Caio de Almeida Alves Teixeira Joao Carlos Dos Santos Junior Eduardo Ribeiro Moreira		1 July 2018	2018 Championships	Cuenca, Ecuador	^[13]

Defunct events

Men

Event	Record	Name	Nation	Date	Meet	Place	Ref
5000 m	14:53.94	Marcelo da Silva		4 October 1992	1992 Championships	Santiago, Chile
300 m hurdles	37.79	Víctor Hugo Goulart		4 October 1992	1992 Championships	Santiago, Chile
1500 m steeplechase	4:18.89	Julián Peralta		2 October 1992	1992 Championships	Santiago, Chile
Hexathlon	4172 pts	Moisés Pereira		2–3 October 1992	1992 Championships	Santiago, Chile
		14.24 (100 m hurdles), 12.16m (shot put), 6.74m (long jump), 43.56m (javelin), 1.98m (high jump), 2:10.53 (800 m)
Octathlon	6141 pts	Jefferson de Carvalho Santos		27–28 October 2012	2012 Championships	Mendoza, Argentina
		11.44 (-2.6 m/s) (100 m), 7.22 m (+1.6 m/s) (long jump), 15.44 m (shot put), 51.64 (400 m) / 14.27 (-2.6 m/s) (110 m hurdles), 2.06 m (high jump), 42.67 m (javelin), 2:59.18 (1000 m)
5000 m walk	19:49.54	Jefferson Pérez		22 November 1990	1990 Championships	Lima, Peru
4×400 m relay	3:18.42	Humberto de Oliveira Cristian Dunker Carlos Santos Rodolfo dos Santos		20 October 1996	1996 Championships	Asunción, Paraguay
Swedish relay	1:51.65	Diego Venâncio (100m) Jorge Célio da Rocha Sena (200m) Bruno de Alcántara Góes (300m) Rafael da Silva Ribeiro (400m)		20 October 2002	2002 Championships	Asunción, Paraguay

Women

Event	Record	Name	Nation	Date	Meet	Place	Ref
600 m	1:33.1	Marcela López Espinosa		7 November 1976	1976 Championships	Santiago, Chile
80 metres hurdles	11.75	Beatriz Capotosto		11 November 1978	1978 Championships	Montevideo, Uruguay
300 m hurdles	43.18	Rúbia dos Santos		19 October 1996	1996 Championships	Asunción, Paraguay
Shot put (4 kg)	15.67 m	Natalia Ducó		15 October 2006	2006 Championships	Caracas, Venezuela
Hammer throw (4 kg)	56.68 m	Jennifer Dahlgren		4 November 2000	2000 Championships	Bogotá, Colombia
Javelin throw (600 g)	48.04 m	Jucilene Sales de Lima		25 September 2004	2004 Championships	Guayaquil, Ecuador
	3642 pts	Rosemarie Boeck		November 1975	1975 Championships	Quito, Ecuador
Heptathlon (old implements)	5347 pts	Tamara de Souza		9–10 October 2010	2010 Championships	Santiago, Chile
		14.37 (-0.7 m/s) (100 m hurdles), 1.62m (high jump), 13.47m (shot put (4 kg)), 25.29 (-1.0 m/s) (200 m) / 5.75m (-0.7 m/s) (long jump), 40.73m (javelin (600 g)), 2:38.75 (800 m)
3000 m walk	14:04.99	Luisa Paltín		23 October 1998	1998 Championships	Manaus, Brazil
4×400 m relay	3:49.67	Flávia da Silva Mislene da Silva Adriana da Silva Rúbia dos Santos		20 October 1996	1996 Championships	Asunción, Paraguay
Swedish relay	2:11.6	Franciela das Graças Krasucki (100m) Fernanda Aprigio (200m) Gisele de Oliveira Cruz (300m) Kamilla Felix Miranda (400m)		26 September 2004	2004 Championships	Guayaquil, Ecuador

External links

• List of winners (boys) until 2004. List of medallists courtesy of Eduardo Biscayart.
• List of winners (girls) until 2004. List of medallists courtesy of Eduardo Biscayart.
• World Junior Athletics History ("WJAH")

Notes and References

1. News: Brazil's Rocha Morães shines at South American Youth Championships. IAAF. Eduardo Biscayart. 15 November 2016. 16 November 2016.
2. Web site: 2016 South American Youth Championships Results. CONSUDATLE. 13 November 2016. 17 November 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20170202002454/http://consudatle.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Resultados-generales.pdf. 2 February 2017. usurped. dmy-all.
3. Web site: 2022 South American U18 Championships in Athletics Results. CONSUDATLE. 18 October 2022.
4. News: Cinco nuevos récords de campeonatos. CONSUDATLE. es. 27 October 2012. 28 October 2012. usurped. https://web.archive.org/web/20121104013231/http://consudatle.org/noticias_detalle.php?id_not=4124. 4 November 2012.
5. News: Two area youth records fall as Brazil dominates South American U18 Championships in Cuenca. IAAF. Javier Clavelo Robinson. 2 July 2018. 15 July 2018.
6. Web site: Decathlon Results. resultadosonline.org. 1 July 2018. 16 July 2018.
7. News: 200m Results. resultadosonline.org. 1 July 2018. 16 July 2018.
8. News: Records fall at South American U18 Championships. World Athletics. Eduardo Biscayart. 28 September 2021. 12 October 2021.
9. Web site: 2016 South American Youth Championships Results. CONSUDATLE. 13 November 2016. 17 November 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20170202002454/http://consudatle.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Resultados-generales.pdf. 2 February 2017. usurped. dmy-all.
10. Web site: 2022 South American U18 Championships in Athletics Results. CONSUDATLE. 18 October 2022.
11. Web site: 2016 South American Youth Championships Results. CONSUDATLE. 13 November 2016. 17 November 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20170202002454/http://consudatle.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Resultados-generales.pdf. 2 February 2017. usurped. dmy-all.
12. News: Hammer Throw Results. resultadosonline.org. 1 July 2018. 16 July 2018.
13. News: 8×300 m Relay Results. resultadosonline.org. 1 July 2018. 15 July 2018.