2003 South American Championships in Athletics

The 2003 South American Championships in Athletics
South American Championships in Athletics
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 , but it has since expanded and has generally been held every two years since 1927.In addition, 8 unofficial championships were held...

were held from June 20 to June 22 at the Polideportivo Máximo Viloria in Barquisimeto

Barquisimeto

Barquisimeto is the capital city of the State of Lara located in west central Venezuela, halfway between Caracas and Maracaibo on the Turbio River.-Overview:...

, Venezuela

Venezuela

Venezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...

. Detailed day-by-day reports can be found on the IAAF website.

Men's events

100 metres 100 metres The 100 metres, or 100-metre dash, is a sprint race in track and field competitions. The shortest common outdoor running distance, it is one of the most popular and prestigious events in the sport of athletics. It has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896...	Édson Ribeiro Édson Ribeiro Édson Luciano Ribeiro is a Brazilian sprinter competing mostly in 100 metres. He has been successful on regional level, and won two Olympic medals with the Brazilian 4 x 100 metres relay team.... Brazil	10.30	Heber Viera Heber Viera Heber Williams Viera da Silva is a Uruguayan sprinter who has been prominent in South American sprints since the turn of the century. He competed at the Summer Olympics in 2000, 2004 and 2008, being knocked out in the heats each time.Viera represented Uruguay at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing... Uruguay	10.33	Jarbas Mascarenhas Brazil	10.36
200 metres 200 metres A 200 metres race is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400 m track, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques are needed to successfully run the race. A slightly shorter race, called the stadion and run on a straight track, was the first...	Heber Viera Heber Viera Heber Williams Viera da Silva is a Uruguayan sprinter who has been prominent in South American sprints since the turn of the century. He competed at the Summer Olympics in 2000, 2004 and 2008, being knocked out in the heats each time.Viera represented Uruguay at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing... Uruguay	20.6	Claudinei da Silva Claudinei da Silva Claudinei Quirino da Silva is a Brazilian sprinter competing mostly in 200 metres. He has been successful on regional and world level, and won a 2000 Olympic silver medal with the Brazilian 4 x 100 metres relay team.... Brazil	20.63	Jorge Sena Brazil	20.71
400 metres 400 metres The 400 metres, or 400 metre dash, is a common sprinting event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 . On a standard outdoor running track, it is exactly one lap around the track. Runners start in staggered positions and...	William Hernández Venezuela	45.81	Anderson dos Santos Anderson Dos Santos Anderson is a Brazil footballer currently playing for Thailand Premier League side Buriram PEA.-External links:*... Brazil	46.07	Mauricio Mery Chile	46.20
800 metres 800 metres The 800 meter race is a common track running event. It is the shortest common middle distance track event. The 800 meter is run over two laps of the track and has always been an Olympic event. During indoor track season the event is usually run on a 200 meter track, therefore requiring four laps...	Fabiano Peçanha Fabiano Peçanha Fabiano Peçanha is a Brazilian middle distance runner. He is a quadruple South American champion in 800 metres and 1500 metres.-Achievements:-External links:... Brazil	1:46.32	Osmar dos Santos Osmar dos Santos Osmar Barbosa dos Santos is a Brazilian middle distance runner who competes mostly over 800 metres. He started competing internationally around year 2000, and won a bronze medal at the 2004 World Indoor Championships.... Brazil	1:46.92	Simoncito Silveira Venezuela	1:48.31
1500 metres 1500 metres The 1,500-metre run is the premier middle distance track event.Aerobic endurance is the biggest factor contributing to success in the 1500 metres but the athlete also requires significant sprint speed.In modern times, the 1,500-metre run has been run at a pace faster than the average person could...	Fabiano Peçanha Fabiano Peçanha Fabiano Peçanha is a Brazilian middle distance runner. He is a quadruple South American champion in 800 metres and 1500 metres.-Achievements:-External links:... Brazil	3:39.74	Miguel Ángel García Miguel Ángel García Miguel Ángel García is a Spanish wrestler. He represented Spain at the Wrestling at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 57 kg.- References :... Venezuela	3:41.01	Javier Carriqueo Argentina	3:42.65
5000 metres 5000 metres The 5000 metres is a popular running distance also known as 5 km or 5K in American English. It is one of the track events in the Olympic Games and the World Championships in Athletics. "5000 metres" refers to racing on a track and "5K" usually refers to a roadrace or cross country event...	Marílson dos Santos Brazil	13:52.15	William Naranjo William Naranjo William de Jesús Naranjo Jaramillo is a male long-distance runner from Colombia, who twice represented his native country at the Pan American Games... Colombia	14:03.41	Luis Fonseca Luis Fonseca (athlete) Luis Heberto Fonseca is a male long-distance runner from Venezuela, who twice represented his native country in the men's marathon race at the Summer Olympics: in 2004 and 2008. He set his personal best in the men's marathon on April 15, 2002 in the Boston Marathon.-Achievements:-References:*... Venezuela	14:17.44
10000 metres 10000 metres The 10,000 metres or 10K is a common long distance running event. As "10,000 metres" it is a track event, and appears in athletics events such as the Olympic Games and the World Championships in Athletics; as "10K" it is a roadrace or cross country running event...	William Naranjo William Naranjo William de Jesús Naranjo Jaramillo is a male long-distance runner from Colombia, who twice represented his native country at the Pan American Games... Colombia	29:37.38	Luiz Almeida Brazil	29:49.11	José Alejandro Semprún José Alejandro Semprún José Alejandro Semprún is a male long-distance runner from Venezuela. He competed for his native South American country at the 2000 Summer Olympics, finishing in 79th place in the men's marathon... Venezuela	30:06.03
3000 metres steeplechase	Néstor Nieves Néstor Nieves Néstor Francisco Nieves is a retired middle- and long-distance runner from Venezuela. He won the gold medal in the men's 3000 metres steeplechase event at the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Nieves represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta,... Venezuela	8:46.41	Celso Ficagna Brazil	8:51.73	Richard Arias Ecuador	8:52.66
110 metres hurdles 110 metres hurdles The 110 metres hurdles is a hurdling track and field event for men. It is incuded in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympic Games. The female counterpart is the 100 metre hurdles. As part of a racing event, ten hurdles of 1.067 metres in height are evenly spaced along a straight...	Redelen dos Santos Brazil	13.45 CR	Jackson Quiñónez Jackson Quiñónez Jackson Quiñónez Vernaza is a Spanish hurdler of Afro-Ecuadorian descent. He represented his birth country Ecuador until October 2005.... Ecuador	13.59	Mateus Inocêncio Brazil	13.69
400 metres hurdles 400 metres hurdles The 400 metres hurdles is an Olympic athletics event in track and field. On a standard outdoor track 400 metres is the length of the inside lane once around the stadium. Runners stay in their lane the entire way after starting out of the blocks and must clear ten hurdles that are evenly...	Bayamo Kamani Panama	50.10	Cleverson da Silva Brazil	50.35	Eronilde de Araújo Eronilde de Araújo Eronilde Nunes de Araújo is a Brazilian athlete who specializes in 400 metres hurdles. He dominated the event on the South American scene during the 1990s, and personal best of 48.04 seconds is also the South American record.-Achievements:-External links:... Brazil	50.81
High jump High jump The high jump is a track and field athletics event in which competitors must jump over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without the aid of certain devices in its modern most practiced format; auxiliary weights and mounds have been used for assistance; rules have changed over the years....	Fabrício Romero Brazil	2.22	Jessé de Lima Jessé de Lima Jessé Farias de Lima is a Brazilian high jumper. His personal best jump is 2.32 metres, achieved in September 2008 in Lausanne. This is the current Brazilian record.-Achievements:-References:... Brazil	2.22	Alfredo Deza Peru	2.16
Pole vault Pole vault Pole vaulting is a track and field event in which a person uses a long, flexible pole as an aid to leap over a bar. Pole jumping competitions were known to the ancient Greeks, as well as the Cretans and Celts...	Ricardo Diez Venezuela	5.20	Javier Benítez Argentina	5.20	Gustavo Rehder Brazil	5.10
Long jump Long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength, and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a take off point...	Víctor Castillo Víctor Castillo Víctor Manuel Castillo Petit is a Venezuelan track and field athlete who specialises in the long jump. His personal best jump is 8.34 metres, a Venezuelan record achieved in May 2004 in Cochabamba... Venezuela	7.78	Sérgio dos Santos Brazil	7.65	Irving Saladino Irving Saladino Irving Jahir Saladino Aranda is a Panamanian long jumper. He is the current Olympic champion, and Panama's first and only Olympic gold medallist.Saladino was born in Colón, Panama.... Panama	7.46
Triple jump Triple jump The triple jump is a track and field sport, similar to the long jump, but involving a “hop, bound and jump” routine, whereby the competitor runs down the track and performs a hop, a bound and then a jump into the sand pit.The triple jump has its origins in the Ancient Olympics and has been a...	Jadel Gregório Jadel Gregório Jadel Abdul Ghani Gregório is a Brazilian athlete competing in long jump and triple jump. Based in São Paulo, he has competed in several international championships since 2001, and never finished lower than 6th place.He was a competitor for Brazil in the 2008 Summer Olympics... Brazil	16.76	Anísio Silva Anísio Silva Anísio Souza Silva is a retired triple jumper from Brazil, who won the silver medal in the men's triple jump at the 1991 Pan American Games in Havana, Cuba. He represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992.-Achievements:-References:* *... Brazil	16.22	Johnny Rodríguez Johnny Rodriguez Johnny Rodriguez is an American country music singer. He was the first famous Latin American country music singer, infusing his music with Latin sounds, and even singing verses of songs in Spanish.... Venezuela	16.12
Shot put Shot put The shot put is a track and field event involving "putting" a heavy metal ball—the shot—as far as possible. It is common to use the term "shot put" to refer to both the shot itself and to the putting action....	Marco Antonio Verni Marco Antonio Verni Marco Antonio Verni is a Chilean shot putter. His personal best throw is 21.14 metres, achieved in July 2004 in Santiago de Chile.... Chile	20.23 CR	Yojer Medina Yojer Medina Yojer Enrique Medina is a Venezuelan shot putter and discus thrower.-Regional competitions:Medina has been highly successful on the regional level. He won gold medals at the Central American and Caribbean Championships in 1995, 1997, 2001 and 2003... Venezuela	19.29	Jhonny Rodríguez Colombia	18.22
Discus throw Discus throw The discus throw is an event in track and field athletics competition, in which an athlete throws a heavy disc—called a discus—in an attempt to mark a farther distance than his or her competitors. It is an ancient sport, as evidenced by the 5th century BC Myron statue, Discobolus...	Marcelo Pugliese Marcelo Pugliese Marcelo Adrián Pugliese is an Argentine discus thrower. His personal best throw is 64.23 metres, achieved in April 2002 in Mar del Plata.He became South American champion in 1999, 2001 and 2003... Argentina	57.44	Jorge Balliengo Jorge Balliengo Jorge Esteban Balliengo is an Argentine discus thrower.He became South American champion in 2005. He also competed at the 2005 World Championships without qualifying for the final round.... Argentina	55.22	Héctor Hurtado Venezuela	54.61
Hammer throw Hammer throw The modern or Olympic hammer throw is an athletic throwing event where the object is to throw a heavy metal ball attached to a wire and handle. The name "hammer throw" is derived from older competitions where an actual sledge hammer was thrown...	Juan Cerra Argentina	73.31	Adrián Marzo Argentina	67.25	Aldo Bello Aldo Bello Aldo Bello is a male hammer thrower from Venezuela. His personal best throw is 67.63 metres, achieved in August 2005 in Armenia.... Venezuela	65.27
Javelin throw Javelin throw The javelin throw is a track and field athletics throwing event where the object to be thrown is the javelin, a spear approximately 2.5 metres in length. Javelin is an event of both the men's decathlon and the women's heptathlon...	Luiz da Silva Brazil	79.50 CR	Noraldo Palacios Noraldo Palacios Noraldo Palacios Rivas is a Colombian javelin thrower. His personal best throw is 79.09 metres, achieved in October 2006 in Tunja.... Colombia	76.81	Nery Kennedy Nery Kennedy Nery Gustavo Kennedy Rolón is a javelin thrower from Paraguay, who represented his native country at two Summer Olympics . His personal best is 81.28, thrown on May 9, 1998 in College Station, Texas. He has now relocated to Montreal, Quebec, Canada, where he is still... Paraguay	75.53
Decathlon Decathlon The decathlon is a combined event in athletics consisting of ten track and field events. The word decathlon is of Greek origin . Events are held over two consecutive days and the winners are determined by the combined performance in all. Performance is judged on a points system in each event, not...	Édson Bindilatti Brazil	7254	Juan Jaramillo Venezuela	6763	Enrique Aguirre Argentina	6585
20000 metres track walk	Sérgio Galdino Sérgio Galdino Sérgio Vieira Galdino is a Brazilian race walker.-Achievements:-References:... Brazil	1:25:54.2	Fredy Hernández Fredy Hernández Fredy Hernando Hernández is a male race walker from Colombia. He twice competed for his native country at the Pan American Games -Achievements:-References:... Colombia	1:26:00.0	Cristián Muñoz Cristian Muñoz (athlete) Cristian Muñoz is a male race walker from Chile. He twice competed for his native country at the Pan American Games . He set his personal best in the men's 20 km race walk in Puerto Saavedra on September 14, 2002.-Achievements:-References:... Chile	1:31:16.1
4 x 100 metres relay 4 x 100 metres relay The 4 × 100 metres relay or sprint relay is an athletics track event run in lanes over one lap of the track with four runners completing 100 metres each. The first runners begin in the same stagger as for the individual 400 m race...	Brazil	38.96	Venezuela Juan Morillo Omar José Cortés José Carabalí José Carabalí José Manuel Carabalí is a retired male track and field athlete from Venezuela. He competed for his native South American country at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, where he was eliminated in the first round of the men's 4x100 metres relay, alongside Hely Ollarves, Juan Morillo, and... Hely Ollarves Hely Ollarves Hely Domingo Ollarves Arias is a male track and field athlete from Venezuela. He competed in the men's 4x100 metres relay at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, where he was eliminated in the first round alongside José Carabalí, Juan Morillo, and José Peña.-References:*...	39.85	Chile	40.04
4 x 400 metres relay 4 x 400 metres relay The 4 x 400 meters relay or long relay is an athletics track event in which teams comprise four runners who each complete 400 meters or one lap. It is traditionally the final event of a track meet. At top class events, the first 500 meters is run in lanes...	Brazil	3:05.28	Venezuela Jonathan Palma Luis Raúl Luna Danny Núñez William José Hernández	3:09.26	Colombia Jhon Chávez Gélver Espinoza Edgar José Bermudes Julio César Rojas	3:09.48

Women's events

100 metres 100 metres The 100 metres, or 100-metre dash, is a sprint race in track and field competitions. The shortest common outdoor running distance, it is one of the most popular and prestigious events in the sport of athletics. It has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896...	Digna Luz Murillo Colombia	11.35	Lucimar de Moura Lucimar de Moura Lucimar Aparecida de Moura is a female track and field athlete from Brazil, who competes in the sprint events... Brazil	11.43	Wilmary Álvarez Venezuela	11.59
200 metres 200 metres A 200 metres race is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400 m track, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques are needed to successfully run the race. A slightly shorter race, called the stadion and run on a straight track, was the first...	Digna Luz Murillo Colombia	23.13	Lucimar de Moura Lucimar de Moura Lucimar Aparecida de Moura is a female track and field athlete from Brazil, who competes in the sprint events... Brazil	23.34	Wilmary Álvarez Venezuela	23.40
400 metres 400 metres The 400 metres, or 400 metre dash, is a common sprinting event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 . On a standard outdoor running track, it is exactly one lap around the track. Runners start in staggered positions and...	Geisa Coutinho Geisa Coutinho Geisa Aparecida Muniz Coutinho is a Brazilian track and field athlete who competes in the 400 metres sprint. She represented Brazil at the 2004 Summer Olympics and is a three-time participant of the World Championships in Athletics... Brazil	51.81	Eliana Pacheco Venezuela	52.43	Josiane Tito Brazil	52.68
800 metres 800 metres The 800 meter race is a common track running event. It is the shortest common middle distance track event. The 800 meter is run over two laps of the track and has always been an Olympic event. During indoor track season the event is usually run on a 200 meter track, therefore requiring four laps...	Luciana Mendes Brazil	2:02.06	Christiane dos Santos Brazil	2:02.50	Rosibel García Rosibel García Rosibel García Mena is a Colombian track and field athlete who specialises in middle-distance track events. She has represented her country at the Summer Olympics and has also competed at the World Championships in Athletics.She is the Colombian record holder for the 800 metres and 1500 metres... Colombia	2:02.84
1500 metres 1500 metres The 1,500-metre run is the premier middle distance track event.Aerobic endurance is the biggest factor contributing to success in the 1500 metres but the athlete also requires significant sprint speed.In modern times, the 1,500-metre run has been run at a pace faster than the average person could...	Juliana de Azevedo Brazil	4:17.54 CR	Niusha Mancilla Bolivia	4:21.54	Ana Cláudia Coimbra Brazil	4:21.75
5000 metres 5000 metres The 5000 metres is a popular running distance also known as 5 km or 5K in American English. It is one of the track events in the Olympic Games and the World Championships in Athletics. "5000 metres" refers to racing on a track and "5K" usually refers to a roadrace or cross country event...	Maria Rodrigues Brazil	16:11.70	Erika Olivera Érika Olivera Érika Alejandra Olivera de la Fuente is a female marathon runner from Chile. She took the gold medal at the 1999 Pan American Games, setting a Pan American Games record at 2:37.41 hours. She won a bronze at the following edition in 2003... Chile	16:23.97	Lucélia Peres Brazil	16:36.31
10000 metres 10000 metres The 10,000 metres or 10K is a common long distance running event. As "10,000 metres" it is a track event, and appears in athletics events such as the Olympic Games and the World Championships in Athletics; as "10K" it is a roadrace or cross country running event...	Ednalva da Silva Brazil	34:13.50	Erika Olivera Érika Olivera Érika Alejandra Olivera de la Fuente is a female marathon runner from Chile. She took the gold medal at the 1999 Pan American Games, setting a Pan American Games record at 2:37.41 hours. She won a bronze at the following edition in 2003... Chile	34:43.02	Luz Eliana Silva Chile	35:01.73
3000 metres steeplechase	Mónica Amboya Ecuador	10:25.90 CR	Silvia Paredes Ecuador	10:38.22	Patrícia Lobo Brazil	10:55.88
100 metres hurdles 100 metres hurdles The 100 m hurdles are an Olympic track and field athletics discipline run by women . For the race ten hurdles of a height of 83.8 cm are placed evenly spaced along a straight course of 100 meters. They are positioned so that they will fall over if bumped into by the runner...	Gilvaneide Parrela Brazil	13.44	Maíla Machado Brazil	13.63	Princesa Oliveros Princesa Oliveros María Princesa Oliveros Bohórquez is a Colombian track and field athlete who competes in the 100 metres hurdles and 400 metres hurdles events. Her personal bests are 13.41 seconds and 56.26 seconds, respectively... Colombia	13.77
400 metres hurdles 400 metres hurdles The 400 metres hurdles is an Olympic athletics event in track and field. On a standard outdoor track 400 metres is the length of the inside lane once around the stadium. Runners stay in their lane the entire way after starting out of the blocks and must clear ten hurdles that are evenly...	Lucimar Teodoro Lucimar Teodoro Lucimar Teodoro is a Brazilian track and field athlete who specialises in the 400 metres sprint and the 400 metres hurdles.Teodoro was born in Guararapes, São Paulo and began competing in senior athletics in 2001. She attended her first Olympics at the 2004 Athens Games as part of the 4×400 metres... Brazil	56.86 CR	Raquel da Costa Brazil	57.51	Princesa Oliveros Princesa Oliveros María Princesa Oliveros Bohórquez is a Colombian track and field athlete who competes in the 100 metres hurdles and 400 metres hurdles events. Her personal bests are 13.41 seconds and 56.26 seconds, respectively... Colombia	57.53
High jump High jump The high jump is a track and field athletics event in which competitors must jump over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without the aid of certain devices in its modern most practiced format; auxiliary weights and mounds have been used for assistance; rules have changed over the years....	Luciane Dambacher Brazil	1.82	Yetzálida Pérez Venezuela	1.82	Claudia Casals Argentina	1.79
Pole vault Pole vault Pole vaulting is a track and field event in which a person uses a long, flexible pole as an aid to leap over a bar. Pole jumping competitions were known to the ancient Greeks, as well as the Cretans and Celts...	Alejandra García Alejandra García Alejandra García Flood is an Argentine pole vaulter. Her personal best jump is 4.43 metres, which she achieved in April 2004 in Santa Fe. This is the current Argentine record, and was a South American record until 2005. She is a former high jumper, winning silver at the 1993 South American... Argentina	4.20	Carolina Torres Carolina Torres Carolina Alejandra Torres Guzmán is a Chilean pole vaulter.She won the silver medal at the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, vaulting her personal best of 4.30 metres. She also competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.-Achievements:-References:... Chile	4.20	Milena Agudelo Colombia	4.00
Long jump Long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength, and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a take off point...	Keila Costa Keila Costa Keila da Silva Costa is a Brazilian long jumper and triple jumper. She has competed in two Olympic Games, 2004 and 2008, and has reached the final round both there and in World Championships and World Indoor Championships. She is the South American record holder in triple jump with 14.57 metres,... Brazil	6.30	Catherine Ibargüen Colombia	6.04	Mónica Falcioni Mónica Falcioni Mónica Jacqueline Falcioni Costa is a retired long and triple jumper from Uruguay.Falcioni represented her native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. There she was the flag bearer for her native country at the opening ceremony.-References:*... Uruguay	5.94
Triple jump Triple jump The triple jump is a track and field sport, similar to the long jump, but involving a “hop, bound and jump” routine, whereby the competitor runs down the track and performs a hop, a bound and then a jump into the sand pit.The triple jump has its origins in the Ancient Olympics and has been a...	Keila Costa Keila Costa Keila da Silva Costa is a Brazilian long jumper and triple jumper. She has competed in two Olympic Games, 2004 and 2008, and has reached the final round both there and in World Championships and World Indoor Championships. She is the South American record holder in triple jump with 14.57 metres,... Brazil	13.62	Luciana dos Santos Luciana dos Santos Luciana Alves dos Santos is a Brazilian long jumper, triple jumper and sprinter.She was born in Ilhéus. She competed in the long jump at the World Championships in 1997 and 1999, and in both events at the 2000 Summer Olympics, but without reaching the final... Brazil	13.42	Catherine Ibargüen Colombia	13.07
Shot put Shot put The shot put is a track and field event involving "putting" a heavy metal ball—the shot—as far as possible. It is common to use the term "shot put" to refer to both the shot itself and to the putting action....	Elisângela Adriano Elisângela Adriano Elisângela Maria Adriano is a Brazilian shot putter and discus thrower, whose personal best put is 19.30 metres, achieved in July 2001 in Tunja. Her personal best discus throw is 61.96 metres, achieved in May 1998 in São Leopoldo. In 1999 she was suspended by the IAAF for a two-year period, but... Brazil	18.34	Luz Dary Castro Luz Dary Castro Luz Dary Castro Lemos is a female shot putter and discus thrower from Colombia. She set her personal best in the women's shot put at a meet in Santiago de Chile on August 5, 2003.-Achievements:-References:*... Colombia	16.59	Marianne Berndt Marianne Berndt Marianne Berndt is a female shot putter and discus thrower from Chile. She set her personal best in the women's shot put at the 2003 South American Championships.-Achievements:-References:... Chile	16.39
Discus throw Discus throw The discus throw is an event in track and field athletics competition, in which an athlete throws a heavy disc—called a discus—in an attempt to mark a farther distance than his or her competitors. It is an ancient sport, as evidenced by the 5th century BC Myron statue, Discobolus...	Elisângela Adriano Elisângela Adriano Elisângela Maria Adriano is a Brazilian shot putter and discus thrower, whose personal best put is 19.30 metres, achieved in July 2001 in Tunja. Her personal best discus throw is 61.96 metres, achieved in May 1998 in São Leopoldo. In 1999 she was suspended by the IAAF for a two-year period, but... Brazil	58.37	Luz Dary Castro Luz Dary Castro Luz Dary Castro Lemos is a female shot putter and discus thrower from Colombia. She set her personal best in the women's shot put at a meet in Santiago de Chile on August 5, 2003.-Achievements:-References:*... Colombia	51.73	María Cubillán Venezuela	50.47
Hammer throw Hammer throw The modern or Olympic hammer throw is an athletic throwing event where the object is to throw a heavy metal ball attached to a wire and handle. The name "hammer throw" is derived from older competitions where an actual sledge hammer was thrown...	Katiuscia de Jesus Brazil	61.01 CR	Josiane Soares Brazil	59.65	Adriana Benaventa Venezuela	58.34
Javelin throw Javelin throw The javelin throw is a track and field athletics throwing event where the object to be thrown is the javelin, a spear approximately 2.5 metres in length. Javelin is an event of both the men's decathlon and the women's heptathlon...	Sabina Moya Sabina Moya Sabina Moya Rivas is a retired female javelin thrower from Colombia. She set her personal best on May 12, 2002 in Guatemala City.-Achievements:-References:*... Colombia	58.30	Alessandra Resende Brazil	57.01	Romina Maggi Argentina	52.36
Heptathlon Heptathlon A heptathlon is a track and field athletics combined events contest made up of seven events. The name derives from the Greek hepta and athlon . A competitor in a heptathlon is referred to as a heptathlete.-Women's Heptathlon:...	Thaimara Rivas Thaimara Rivas Thaimara Solsiree Rivas Barrios is a female heptathlete from Venezuela. She set her personal best score on June 21, 2003 at the South American Championships in Barquisimeto.-Achievements:-References:... Venezuela	5622	Elizete da Silva Brazil	5334	Valeria Steffens Chile	5169
20000 metres track walk	Sandra Zapata Colombia	1:40:52.60	Morelba Useche Venezuela	1:48:24.90	Marcela Pacheco Chile	1:49:50.10
4 x 100 metres relay 4 x 100 metres relay The 4 × 100 metres relay or sprint relay is an athletics track event run in lanes over one lap of the track with four runners completing 100 metres each. The first runners begin in the same stagger as for the individual 400 m race...	Brazil	44.16	Colombia Mirtha Brock Mirtha Brock Mirtha Brock Forbes is a retired female track and field athlete from Colombia, who competed in the sprint events during her career.... Luz Celia Ararat Melisa Murillo Digna Luz Murillo	44.67	Chile	45.37
4 x 400 metres relay 4 x 400 metres relay The 4 x 400 meters relay or long relay is an athletics track event in which teams comprise four runners who each complete 400 meters or one lap. It is traditionally the final event of a track meet. At top class events, the first 500 meters is run in lanes...	Brazil	3:28.64 CR	Venezuela Wilmary Álvarez Ángela Alfonso Yusmelis García Eliana Pacheco	3:34.30	Colombia Luz Celia Ararat Princesa Oliveros Princesa Oliveros María Princesa Oliveros Bohórquez is a Colombian track and field athlete who competes in the 100 metres hurdles and 400 metres hurdles events. Her personal bests are 13.41 seconds and 56.26 seconds, respectively... Mirtha Brock Mirtha Brock Mirtha Brock Forbes is a retired female track and field athlete from Colombia, who competed in the sprint events during her career.... Rosibel García Rosibel García Rosibel García Mena is a Colombian track and field athlete who specialises in middle-distance track events. She has represented her country at the Summer Olympics and has also competed at the World Championships in Athletics.She is the Colombian record holder for the 800 metres and 1500 metres...	3:41.05

Medal table

1	Brazil	27	18	9	54
2	Venezuela	5	9	10	24
3	Colombia	5	7	8	20
4	Argentina	3	3	4	10
5	Chile	1	3	8	12
6	Ecuador	1	2	1	4
7	Uruguay	1	1	1	3
8	Panama	1	0	1	2
9	Bolivia	0	1	0	1
10	Paraguay	0	0	1	1
10	Peru	0	0	1	1

Men's events

Women's events

Medal table

See also