XXXIII South American Junior Championships in Athletics
Dates	October 11–13
Host city	Santa Fe, Argentina
Venue	Centro de Alto Rendimiento Deportivo Pedro Candioti
Level	Junior
Events	44
Participation	about 265 athletes from 13 nations
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The 33rd South American Junior Championships in Athletics were held in Santa Fe, Argentina at the Centro de Alto Rendimiento Deportivo Pedro Candioti^[1] from October 11–13, 2001. The combined events and walks were held in conjunction with the Pan American Junior Championships that took place at the same site from October 18–20, 2001.^[2][3]

Participation (unofficial)

Detailed result lists can be found on the "World Junior Athletics History" website.^[4] An unofficial count yields the number of about 265 athletes from about 13 countries: Argentina (61). Bolivia (8), Brazil (67), Chile (37), Colombia (19), Ecuador (11), Guyana (2), Panama (2), Paraguay (12), Peru (6), Suriname (2), Uruguay (10), Venezuela (28).

Medal summary

Medal winners are published for men^[2] and women^[3] Complete results can be found on the "World Junior Athletics History" website.^[4]

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Bruno Campos (BRA)	10.62	Bruno Pacheco (BRA)	10.76	Pablo Del Valle (ARG)	10.95
200 metres	Bruno Pacheco (BRA)	21.26	Pablo Del Valle (ARG)	21.45	Bruno Campos (BRA)	21.62
400 metres	Simoncito Silvera (VEN)	46.54	John Valoyes (COL)	46.96	Luís Ambrósio (BRA)	47.43
800 metres	Simoncito Silvera (VEN)	1:48.53	Fabiano Peçanha (BRA)	1:48.90	Thiago Chyaromont (BRA)	1:50.27
1500 metres	Fabiano Peçanha (BRA)	3:52.21	José Manuel González (VEN)	3:52.80	Bayron Piedra (ECU)	3:52.91
5000 metres	Fernando Fernandes (BRA)	14:30.56	Franck de Almeida (BRA)	14:32.40	Miguel Bárzola (ARG)	14:38.50
10,000 metres	Franck de Almeida (BRA)	30:28.73	Miguel Bárzola (ARG)	31:07.09	Cláudio da Cruz (BRA)	31:49.55
3000 metres steeplechase	Mariano Mastromarino (ARG)	8:54.51	Fernando Fernandes (BRA)	8:54.94	Sergio Lobos (CHI)	9:17.55
110 metres hurdles	Thiago Dias (BRA)	14.39	Marleán Reyna (VEN)	14.68	Marcius de Almeida (BRA)	14.79
400 metres hurdles	Denis de Santana (BRA)	52.34	Tiago Bueno (BRA)	52.61	José Ferrín (ECU)	53.02
High jump	Santiago Guerci (ARG)	2.09	Fábio Baptista (BRA)	2.09	Gerardo Canale (ARG)	2.06
Pole vault	José Francisco Nava (CHI)	4.90	Jorge Naranjo (CHI)	4.90	Fábio da Silva (BRA)	4.80
Long jump	Thiago Dias (BRA)	7.43w	Jefferson Sabino (BRA)	7.25w	Cristián Lyon (CHI)	7.07w
Triple jump	Jefferson Sabino (BRA)	15.56	Felipe Moreno (COL)	14.94	Diego Hunt (ARG)	14.40
Shot put	Gustavo de Mendonça (BRA)	16.81	Edmundo Martínez (VEN)	16.67	Ezequiel Vicente (ARG)	16.07
Discus throw	Germán Lauro (ARG)	51.68	Héctor Hurtado (VEN)	50.42	Gustavo de Mendonça (BRA)	50.07
Hammer throw	Fabián Di Paolo (ARG)	63.97	Lucas Andino (ARG)	60.64	Roberto Sáez (CHI)	59.83
Javelin throw	Alexon Maximiano (BRA)	71.31	Dayron Márquez (COL)	67.35	Pablo Alfano (ARG)	66.39
Decathlon	Ivan da Silva (BRA)	7107	André Salvino (BRA)	6282	Fernando Martín (ARG)	5534
10,000 metres track walk	Andrés Chocho (ECU)	43:58.89	Rafael dos Anjos Duarte (BRA)	44:08.41	Víctor Marín (PER)	47:46.53
4 × 100 metres relay	Brazil Marcius de Almeida Bruno Campos Basilio de Morais Bruno Pacheco	40.17	Argentina Diego Morán Matias López Matías Galardi Pablo Del Valle	41.50	Chile Iván Sandoval Alfredo Jalón Sebastián Martínez Pablo Colville	41.82
4 × 400 metres relay	Brazil Marcius de Almeida Thiago Chyaromont Denis de Santana Luís Ambrósio	3:08.45	Venezuela José Acevedo Olwin Granados Luis Luna Simoncito Silvera	3:09.91	Argentina Matias Schmidt José Pignataro Ángel Ojeda Ariel Pallero	3:16.55

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Thatiana Regina Ignácio (BRA)	11.64	Melisa Murillo (COL)	12.03	Evelyn dos Santos (BRA)	12.04
200 metres	Norma González (COL)	23.67	Thatiana Regina Ignácio (BRA)	24.33	Melisa Murillo (COL)	24.37
400 metres	Norma González (COL)	54.06	Joyce Prieto (BRA)	55.29	Amanda Dias (BRA)	55.56
800 metres	Juliana de Azevedo (BRA)	2:08.84	Jenny Mejías (VEN)	2:11.38	Kamila Govorcín (CHI)	2:12.62
1500 metres	Juliana de Azevedo (BRA)	4:42.84	Evelyn Guerra (PAN)	4:43.42	Fabiana de Jesus (BRA)	4:46.03
3000 metres	Eliane Pereira (BRA)	10:12.75	Evelyn Guerra (PAN)	10:12.84	Inés Melchor (PER)	10:12.99
5000 metres	Inés Melchor (PER)	17:14.49	Nadia Rodríguez (ARG)	17:19.55	Yolanda Caballero (COL)	17:28.26
3000 metres steeplechase	Giovana Costa (BRA)	11:04.12	Yolanda Caballero (COL)	11:06.80	Patrícia Lobo (BRA)	11:18.99
100 metres hurdles	Janaína Sestrem (BRA)	14.60	Soledad Donzino (ARG)	14.65	Sandrine Legenort (VEN)	14.79
400 metres hurdles	Perla dos Santos (BRA)	58.96	Yusmely García (VEN)	59.89	Raquel da Costa (BRA)	61.06
High jump	Caterine Ibargüen (COL)	1.77	Kerstin Weiss (CHI)	1.77	Jailma de Lima (BRA)	1.71
Pole vault	Alina Alló (ARG)	3.80	Karla Rosa da Silva (BRA)	3.75	María Paz Ausín (CHI)	3.75
Long jump	Keila Costa (BRA)	6.20	Caterine Ibargüen (COL)	5.87	Fernanda Gonçalves (BRA)	5.85
Triple jump	Keila Costa (BRA)	13.66	Jennifer Arveláez (VEN)	13.18	Caterine Ibargüen (COL)	12.65
Shot put	Yanira Hurtado (VEN)	14.10	Paola Cheppi (ARG)	13.63	Arelis Quiñones (COL)	13.07
Discus throw	Yesenia Gauna (VEN)	44.60	Karina Díaz (ECU)	43.45	Arelis Quiñones (COL)	42.10
Hammer throw	Jennifer Dahlgren (ARG)	57.50	Alessandra Peixoto (BRA)	53.30	Adriana Benaventa (VEN)	53.01
Javelin throw	Leryn Franco (PAR)	47.01	María González (VEN)	46.90	Anabella Petta (ARG)	45.49
Heptathlon	Valeria Steffens (CHI)	4956	Katiusca Venâncio (BRA)	4915	Thaimara Rivas (VEN)	4832
10,000 metres track walk	Alessandra Picagevicz (BRA)	52:03.9	Ariana Quino (BOL)	52:06.6	Luisa Paltín (ECU)	52:10.7
4 × 100 metres relay	Brazil Renata Sampaio Alessandra Joaquim Evelyn dos Santos Thatiana Regina Ignácio	45.09	Colombia Caterine Ibargüen Melisa Murillo Sonia Petty Norma González	45.92	Venezuela Jennifer Arveláez Sandrine Legenort Angela Alfonso Wilmary Álvarez	46.82
4 × 400 metres relay	Brazil Gisele Cruz Amanda Dias Joyce Prieto Perla dos Santos	3:41.04	Venezuela Wilmary Álvarez Sandrine Legenort Angela Alfonso Yusmely García	3:49.41	Argentina Daniela Crespo Veronica Barraza Jorgelina Litterini Cristina Ferrarini	3:49.6

Medal table (unofficial)

  *   Host nation (Argentina)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Brazil	26	14	14	54
2	Argentina*	6	7	10	23
3	Venezuela	4	10	4	18
4	Colombia	3	7	5	15
5	Chile	2	2	6	10
6	Ecuador	1	1	3	5
7	Peru	1	0	2	3
8	Paraguay	1	0	0	1
9	Panama	0	2	0	2
10	Bolivia	0	1	0	1
Totals (10 entries)		44	44	44	132