The 1993 South American Championships in Athletics were held in Lima, Peru on 2, 3 and 4 July. This was the first edition to feature women's triple jump and the last to feature women's 3000 metres (later replaced by 5000 metres).

Medal summary

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: -4.6 m/s)	Robson da Silva  Brazil	10.58	Arnaldo da Silva  Brazil	10.69	Óscar Fernández  Peru	10.73
200 metres (wind: -2.9 m/s)	Robson da Silva  Brazil	20.90	André da Silva  Brazil	21.10	Wilson Cañizales  Colombia	21.60
400 metres	Wilson Cañizales  Colombia	46.50	Inaldo Sena  Brazil	47.50	Alejandro Krauss  Chile	47.60
800 metres	Pablo Squella  Chile	1:51.98	Luis Migueles  Argentina	1:52.12	Peter Gross  Chile	1:52.24
1500 metres	Adauto Domingues  Brazil	3:46.40	Pablo Squella  Chile	3:51.00	Marcelo Cascabelo  Argentina	3:51.50
5000 metres	Ronaldo da Costa  Brazil	13:58.70	Valdenor dos Santos  Brazil	13:59.80	Juan José Castillo  Peru	13:59.90
10,000 metres	Antonio Silio  Argentina	28:37.20 CR	Juan José Castillo  Peru	28:56.80	Valdenor dos Santos  Brazil	29:20.40
3000 metres steeplechase	Adauto Domingues  Brazil	8:36.90	Marcelo Cascabelo  Argentina	8:38.80	Oscar Amaya  Argentina	8:48.90
110 metres hurdles (wind: -2.5 m/s)	Pedro Chiamulera  Brazil	14.30	Joilto Bonfim  Brazil	14.38	Ricardo D'Andrilli  Argentina	14.75
400 metres hurdles	Eronilde de Araújo  Brazil	49.80	Pedro Chiamulera  Brazil	50.10	Llimy Rivas  Colombia	50.70
4 × 100 metres relay	Chile Sebastián Keitel Carlos Moreno Álvaro Prenafeta Juan Francisco Cobo	40.20	Peru Óscar Fernández Javier Verme Marco Mautino José Uribe	41.20	Venezuela Richard Kristen Jorge Luis Cañizales Ángel Tovar Abraham Abreu	41.80
4 × 400 metres relay	Brazil Eronilde de Araújo Pedro Chiamulera Inaldo Sena Geraldo de Assis	3:09.0	Colombia Wilson Cañizales Luis Vega Wenceslao Ferrín Llimy Rivas	3:09.1	Chile Álvaro Prenafeta Carlos Morales Sebastián Keitel Alejandro Krauss	3:09.5
20 kilometres road walk	Jefferson Pérez  Ecuador	1:24:31	Querubín Moreno  Colombia	1:24:50	Orlando Díaz  Colombia	1:26:57
High jump	Hugo Muñoz  Peru	2.22 CR	Fernando Moreno  Argentina	2.16	José Luís Mendes  Brazil	2.16
Pole vault	Oscar Veit  Argentina	4.95	Fernando Pastoriza  Argentina	4.80	Cristián Aspillaga  Chile	4.70
Long jump	Paulo de Oliveira  Brazil	7.99w	Abraham Abreu  Venezuela	7.60	Ricardo Valiente  Peru	7.38w
Triple jump	Anísio Silva  Brazil	17.21 CR	Ricardo Valiente  Peru	16.45	Avelino de Souza  Brazil	16.31
Shot put	Adilson Oliveira  Brazil	17.88	Yojer Medina  Venezuela	17.52	João dos Santos  Brazil	16.76
Discus throw	Ramón Jiménez Gaona  Paraguay	59.46 CR	João dos Santos  Brazil	55.28	Yojer Medina  Venezuela	52.90
Hammer throw	Andrés Charadia  Argentina	71.14 CR	Marcelo Pugliese  Argentina	67.36	José Manuel Llano  Chile	57.44
Javelin throw	Rodrigo Zelaya  Chile	72.86	Luiz Fernando da Silva  Brazil	70.56	Ivan Costa  Brazil	68.48
Decathlon	José de Assis  Brazil	6861	Edemar dos Santos  Brazil	6598	Arturo Rodríguez  Chile	6381

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: -2.9 m/s)	Cleide Amaral  Brazil	11.91	Patricia Rodríguez  Colombia	12.10	Kátia de Jesus Santos  Brazil	12.22
200 metres (wind: -3.4 m/s)	Patricia Rodríguez  Colombia	24.2	Kátia de Jesus Santos  Brazil	24.6	Olga Conte  Argentina	24.7
400 metres	Maria Figueirêdo  Brazil	52.67	Luciana Mendes  Brazil	53.06	Sara Montecinos  Chile	53.73
800 metres	Maria Figueirêdo  Brazil	2:04.2	Luciana Mendes  Brazil	2:04.5	Sara Montecinos  Chile	2:06.4
1500 metres	Soraya Telles  Brazil	4:23.10	Alejandra Ramos  Chile	4:31.40	Miriam Achote  Ecuador	4:31.90
3000 metres	Marilú Salazar  Peru	9:44.9	Griselda González  Argentina	9:45.5	Alejandra Ramos  Chile	9:52.1
10,000 metres	Carmem de Oliveira  Brazil	33:49.80	Marilú Salazar  Peru	33:57.80	Martha Tenorio  Ecuador	34:04.40
100 metres hurdles (wind: -2.6 m/s)	Vânia dos Santos  Brazil	14.26	Vânia da Silva  Brazil	14.28	Anabella von Kesselstatt  Argentina	14.30
400 metres hurdles	Anabella von Kesselstatt  Argentina	57.2	Jupira da Graça  Brazil	57.4	Tatiana Espinosa  Peru	65.8
4 × 100 metres relay	Brazil Cleide Amaral Jupira da Graca Kátia Regina Santos Vânia dos Santos	45.1	Argentina Virginia Lebreo Olga Conte Daniela Lebreo Anabella Von Kesselstatt	45.9	Chile Lisette Rondón Alejandra Martínez Sara Montecinos Judith de la Fuente	46.5
4 × 400 metres relay	Brazil Maria Magnólia Figueiredo Jupira da Graça Luciana Mendes Soraya Telles	3:36.49	Argentina Virginia Lebreo Olga Conte Daniela Lebreo Anabella Von Kesselstatt	3:43.42	Chile Lisette Rondón Sara Montecinos Hannelore Grosser Marcela Barros	3:43.43
10,000 metres track walk	Miriam Ramón  Ecuador	48:18.0 CR	Geovana Irusta  Bolivia	53:06.5	Giovanna Morejón  Bolivia	57:45.6
High jump	Orlane dos Santos  Brazil	1.87	Alejandra García  Argentina	1.84	Alejandra Chomalí  Chile	1.75
Long jump	Andrea Ávila  Argentina	6.45w	Maria de Souza  Brazil	6.26 =CR	Gilda Massa  Peru	6.00w
Triple jump	Andrea Ávila  Argentina	13.91 CR NR	Maria de Souza  Brazil	12.77w	Conceição Geremias  Brazil	12.71
Shot put	Elisângela Adriano  Brazil	16.47 CR	María Isabel Urrutia  Colombia	15.09	Carmen Chalá  Ecuador	14.83
Discus throw	María Isabel Urrutia  Colombia	55.14 CR	Elisângela Adriano  Brazil	53.16	Liliana Martinelli  Argentina	52.80
Javelin throw	Carla Bispo  Brazil	49.20	Zorobabelia Córdoba  Colombia	48.74	Isabel Ordóñez  Ecuador	42.66
Heptathlon	Zorobabelia Córdoba  Colombia	5410	Conceição Geremias  Brazil	5105	Elizabeth Arteaga  Bolivia	4282

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Brazil	23	18	7	48
2	Argentina	6	9	6	21
3	Colombia	4	5	3	12
4	Chile	3	2	12	17
5	Peru	2	4	5	11
6	Ecuador	2	0	4	6
7	Paraguay	1	0	0	1
8	Venezuela	0	2	2	4
9	Bolivia	0	1	2	3
Totals (9 entries)		41	41	41	123

Participating nations