1997 South American Championships in Athletics
Dates	4–6 April
Host city	Mar del Plata, Argentina
Venue	Estadio Municipal Teodoro Bronzini
Events	43
Participation	225 athletes from 10 nations
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The 1997 South American Championships in Athletics were held in Mar del Plata, Argentina between 4 and 6 April.

Medal summary

Further information: 1997 South American Championships in Athletics – Results

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: +2.0 m/s)	Sebastián Keitel Chile	10.30	André da Silva Brazil	10.32	Carlos Gats Argentina	10.46
200 metres (wind: -4.2 m/s)	Claudinei da Silva Brazil	21.06	Sebastián Keitel Chile	21.13	Sidney Telles de Souza Brazil	21.32
400 metres	Sanderlei Parrela Brazil	46.17	Carlos Zbinden Chile	47.33	Gustavo Aguirre Argentina	47.52
800 metres	Valdinei da Silva Brazil	1:46.89	Flavio Godoy Brazil	1:48.50	Manuel Balmaceda Chile	1:51.58
1500 metres	Edgar de Oliveira Brazil	3:47.76	José Valente Brazil	3:50.64	Pablo Ramírez Ecuador	3:51.85
5000 metres	Eduardo Carrasco Chile	14:08.48	Néstor García Uruguay	14:15.56	Pedro Rojas Colombia	14:17.48
10,000 metres	Eduardo Carrasco Chile	29:07.77	Emerson Iser Bem Brazil	29:10.67	Pedro Rojas Colombia	29:11.74
3000 metres steeplechase	Wander Moura Brazil	8:35.40 CR	Pablo Ramírez Ecuador	8:48.50 NR	Julián Peralta Argentina	8:54.64
110 metres hurdles (wind: +3.8 m/s)	Emerson Perín Brazil	14.21w	José Humberto Rivas Colombia	14.29w	Oscar Ratto Argentina	14.64w
400 metres hurdles	Eronilde de Araújo Brazil	49.35	Cleverson da Silva Brazil	49.85	Carlos Zbinden Chile	50.11
4 × 100 metres relay	Brazil Nelson Ferreira Emerson Perin Claudinei da Silva Sidnei de Souza	40.07	Chile Pablo Almeida Ricardo Roach Sebastián Keitel Carlos Moreno	40.08	Argentina Jorge Polanco Gabriel Simon Guillermo Cacián Carlos Gats	40.11
4 × 400 metres relay	Brazil Eronilde de Araújo Sanderlei Parrela Inaldo Sena Valdinei da Silva	3:04.20 CR	Chile Carlos Moreno Ricardo Roach Alejandro Krauss Carlos Zbinden	3:07.98	Colombia Wenceslao Ferrín Llimy Rivas Fernando Robledo Julio César Rojas	3:09.10
20,000 metres track walk	Héctor Moreno Colombia	1:23:06.73 CR	Sérgio Galdino Brazil	1:23:28.06	Cláudio Bertolino Brazil	1:28:02.74
High jump	Gilmar Mayo Colombia	2.26 CR	Fabrício Romero Brazil	2.15	Wagner Príncipe Brazil	2.15
Pole vault	Oscar Veit Argentina	4.85	Fernando Pastoriza Argentina	4.80	Sebastián Ortiz Uruguay	4.70
Long jump	Nelson Ferreira Brazil	7.84	Márcio da Cruz Brazil	7.59	Yesid Cossio Colombia	7.32
Triple jump	Anísio Silva Brazil	16.24	Márcio Cardoso Brazil	15.89	Alejandro Gats Argentina	14.99
Shot put	Édson Miguel Brazil	17.44	Marco Antonio Verni Chile	16.82	Andrés Solo de Zaldívar Chile	15.74
Discus throw	Ramón Jiménez Gaona Paraguay	57.32	Marcelo Pugliese Argentina	54.18	Julio Piñero Argentina	53.00
Hammer throw	Juan Cerra Argentina	68.92	Adrián Marzo Argentina	66.36	Eduardo Acuña Peru	59.72
Javelin throw	Nery Kennedy Paraguay	75.08	Luiz Fernando da Silva Brazil	74.88	Luis Lucumí Colombia	74.00
Decathlon	Alejandro Acosta Argentina	6546	Santiago Lorenzo Argentina	6495	Alexis Recioy Uruguay	6433
WR world record \| AR area record \| CR championship record \| GR games record \| NR national record \| OR Olympic record \| PB personal best \| SB season best \| WL world leading (in a given season)

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: +4.5 m/s)	Lucimar de Moura Brazil	11.47w	Felipa Palacios Colombia	11.48w	Zandra Borrero Colombia	11.75w
200 metres (wind: -0.8 m/s)	Felipa Palacios Colombia	23.20 CR	Lucimar de Moura Brazil	23.51	Olga Conte Argentina	23.90
400 metres	Olga Conte Argentina	53.41	Maria Figueirêdo Brazil	53.49	Norfalia Carabalí Colombia	54.47
800 metres	Luciana Mendes Brazil	2:03.56	Mercy Colorado Ecuador	2:06.90 NR	Fátima dos Santos Brazil	2:09.08
1500 metres	Janeth Caizalitín Ecuador	4:33.65	Niusha Mancilla Bolivia	4:34.90	Célia dos Santos Brazil	4:35.29
5000 metres	Stella Castro Colombia	15:48.82 CR NR	Érika Olivera Chile	15:52.27	Elisa Cobañea Argentina	16:05.51
10,000 metres	Stella Castro Colombia	33:24.07 CR	Érika Olivera Chile	33:56.98	Mónica Cervera Argentina	36:39.25
100 metres hurdles (wind: +8.0 m/s)	Verónica Depaoli Argentina	13.41w	Maurren Maggi Brazil	13.65w	Vânia da Silva Brazil	13.95w
400 metres hurdles	Verónica Depaoli Argentina	59.05	Maria dos Santos Brazil	59.62	Marise da Silva Brazil	60.00
4 × 100 metres relay	Colombia Mirtha Brock Norfalia Carabalí Felipa Palacios Sandra Borrero	44.58 CR	Brazil Maria Magnólia Figueiredo Lucimar de Moura Claudete Alves Pina Kátia Regina Santos	45.21	Argentina Daniela Lebreo Veronica Depaoli Vanesa Wohlgemuth Olga Conte	46.18
4 × 400 metres relay	Colombia Mirtha Brock Norfalia Carabalí Felipa Palacios Janeth Lucumi	3:36.71	Brazil Maria Magnólia Figueiredo Luciana Mendes Claudete Alves Pina Fatima dos Santos	3:38.18	Argentina Daniela Lebreo Marina Arias Veronica Depaoli Olga Conte	3:40.72
10,000 metres track walk	Geovana Irusta Bolivia	46:01.1 CR	Miriam Ramón Ecuador	46:50.6	Bertha Vera Ecuador	47:15.9
High jump	Solange Witteveen Argentina	1.89 =CR	Delfina Blaquier Argentina Orlane dos Santos Brazil	1.83
Pole vault	Déborah Gyurcsek Uruguay	3.85 CR	Alejandra García Argentina	3.50	Mariela Laurora Argentina	3.45
Long jump	Maurren Maggi Brazil	6.54	Andrea Ávila Argentina	6.26w	Mónica Falcioni Uruguay	6.25w
Triple jump	Andrea Ávila Argentina	13.76	Maria de Souza Brazil	13.72	Luciana dos Santos Brazil	13.30
Shot put	Elisângela Adriano Brazil	18.16 CR	Alexandra Amaro Brazil	16.34	Silvana Filippi Argentina	13.81
Discus throw	Elisângela Adriano Brazil	58.46 CR	Liliana Martinelli Argentina	52.26	María Eugenia Giggi Argentina	45.80
Hammer throw	María Eugenia Villamizar Colombia	55.48	Karina Moya Argentina	54.30	Zulma Lambert Argentina	50.64
Javelin throw	Zuleima Araméndiz Colombia	56.66	Sabina Moya Colombia	55.30	Mariela Arch Argentina	54.08
Heptathlon	Euzinete dos Reis Brazil	5549	Zorobabelia Córdoba Colombia	5428	Joelma Souza Brazil	4380
WR world record \| AR area record \| CR championship record \| GR games record \| NR national record \| OR Olympic record \| PB personal best \| SB season best \| WL world leading (in a given season)

Medal table


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Brazil	18	19	9	46
2	Colombia	9	4	7	20
3	Argentina	8	9	17	34
4	Chile	3	7	3	13
5	Paraguay	2	0	0	2
6	Ecuador	1	3	2	6
7	Uruguay	1	1	3	5
8	Bolivia	1	1	0	2
9	Peru	0	0	1	1
Totals (9 entries)		43	44	42	129

Participating nations

Argentina (63)
Bolivia (3)
Brazil (58)
Chile (18)
Colombia (25)
Ecuador (10)
Panama (2)
Paraguay (5)
Peru (16)
Uruguay (25)

External links

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World

Regional

Championships	Arab Balkan Outdoor Indoor Central American and Caribbean South American
Games	Bolivarian Games Central American Games East Asian Games Games of the Small States of Europe Island Games Jeux de la Francophonie Maccabiah Games Mediterranean Games Pan Arab Games Southeast Asian Games South Pacific Mini Games West Asian Games
Cross country	Asian Balkan European South American
Other	European Cup 10,000 m Combined Events Mountain Running
Age group	African U20 Asian U20 CARIFTA Games Central American U20/U18 Central American and Caribbean U14 European U20 U23 Youth Olympic Days Oceanian U18 Pan American U20 South American U20

Seasonal

Golden Four	Berlin Brussels Oslo Zürich
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National

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Outdoor	Australian Belgian British Canada Championships Games China Championships Games Czech Dutch English Finnish French German Hungarian Icelandic Italian Jamaican Japanese Lithuanian Norwegian Polish Portuguese Russian Spanish Swedish Ukrainian United Kingdom United States NCAA XC NCAA Track

Championships of the South American Athletics Confederation

Championships of the South American Athletics Confederation
Outdoor (records) Indoor Cross Country Race Walking Marathon Half Marathon Road Mile Mountain Running Under-23 Under-20 Under-18
Senior*	1918U 1919 1920 1922U 1924 1926 1927 1929 1931 1931U 1933 1935 1937 1939 1941 1943 1945 1946U 1947 1948U 1949 1950U 1952 1953U 1954 1956 1957U 1958 1961 1963 1965 1967 1969 1971 1974 1975 1977 1979 1981 1983 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2006 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023
Indoor	2020 2022 2024
Under-23	2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2021 2022
Under-20	1959 1960 1961 1962 1964 1966 1968 1970 1972 1974 1976 1978 1980 1981 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023
Under-18	1973 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2021 2022
Race Walking	1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2017 2018 2020 2022
Cross Country	1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023
^* U = Unofficial Outdoor Championships · See also: Athletics at the South American Games