45th South American Championships
Dates	7 June – 9 June
Host city	São Paulo, Brazil
Venue	Estádio Ícaro de Castro Mello
Level	Senior
Events	44
Participation	At least 249 athletes from 13 nations
Records set	7 Championship records 2 Area records
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The 2007 South American Championships in Athletics were held at the Estádio Ícaro de Castro Mello in São Paulo, Brazil from 7 June to 9 June 2007. A total of 44 events were contested, of which 22 by male and 22 by female athletes. Continuing in their traditional dominant role, the hosts Brazil easily topped both the medal and points tables, having won 28 gold medals and 61 medals in total. The next best team was Colombia who had a haul of seven golds and 26 overall, while Argentina took third with 13 medals of which 4 were gold.^[1]

In addition to the seven Championship records which were broken during the three-day event, two South American records were broken: Keila Costa jumped 14.57 m in the women's triple jump while Fábio Gomes da Silva broke the men's pole vault record with a clearance of 5.77 m.^[1][2][3] A total of thirteen national records in athletics were broken by medal winning athletes.

Lucimar de Moura of Brazil was the stand out performer in the medals, winning the 100/200 metres double before taking the national team to a gold in the 4×100 metres relay. Felipa Palacios of Colombia took three silver medals in the same events, finishing behind de Moura each time, and also won silver in the 4×400 metres relay. Germán Lauro won both the men's shot put and discus throw events while Elisângela Adriano completed the same feat on the women's side. Hugo Chila won silver in the long jump and triple jump, and Keila Costa scored a long jump silver as well as her triple jump gold.^[1][2] In one of the more dramatic moments of the championships, Rosibel García looked set to complete an 800/1500 metres double but she fell in the last 50 m of the 800 m race, allowing 1500 m silver medallist Marian Burnett of Guyana to win the gold.^[3]

Records

Name	Event	Country	Record	Type
Javier Guarín	5000 metres	Colombia	13:51.19	CR
Fábio Gomes da Silva	Pole vault	Brazil	5.77 m	CR AR
Zenaide Vieira	3000 metres steeplechase	Brazil	10:07.93	CR
Sandra Zapata	20,000 metres track walk	Colombia	1:37:46.0	CR
Fabiana Murer	Pole vault	Brazil	4.50 m	CR
Keila Costa	Triple jump	Brazil	14.57 m	CR AR
Lucimara da Silva	Heptathlon	Brazil	5803 pts	CR
Key:0000WR — World record  • AR — Area record  • CR — Championship record  • NR — National record. In addition, 15 national records were set.

Medal summary

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Vicente de Lima (BRA)	10.36	Franklin Nazareno (ECU)	10.37	Álvaro Gómez (COL)	10.66
200 metres	Sandro Viana (BRA)	20.54	Heber Viera (URU)	20.59	Daniel Grueso (COL)	20.66 =NR
400 metres	Andrés Silva (URU)	45.89	Rodrigo Bargas (BRA)	46.15	Fernando de Almeida (BRA)	46.38
800 metres	Kléberson Davide (BRA)	1:49.61	Gustavo Aguirre (ARG)	1:49.98	André de Santana (BRA)	1:50.10
1500 metres	Byron Piedra (ECU)	3:42.53	Leandro de Oliveira (BRA)	3:43.26	Eduar Villanueva (VEN)	3:43.40
5000 metres	Javier Guarín (COL)	13:51.19 CR	Javier Carriqueo (ARG)	13:55.37	William Naranjo (COL)	13:56.99
10,000 metres	Sérgio da Silva (BRA)	29:57.80	Ubiratan dos Santos (BRA)	30:12.36	Didimo Sánchez (VEN)	31:15.30
110 metre hurdles	Anselmo da Silva (BRA)	13.56	Éder Antônio de Souza (BRA)	13.58	Francisco Castro (CHI)	14.31
400 metre hurdles	Raphael Fernandes (BRA)	49.81	Maurício Teixeira (BRA)	50.39	José Céspedes (VEN)	50.62
3000 metre steeplechase	Sergio Lobos (CHI)	8:37.83 PB	Gládson Barbosa (BRA)	8:43.69	José Peña (VEN)	8:54.43
4×100 metre relay	Brazil (BRA) Vicente de Lima Nilson André Basílio de Morães Sandro Viana	38.77	Colombia (COL) Harlin Hechevarría Yeimer Mosquera Álvaro Gómez Daniel Grueso	39.80	Argentina (ARG) José Manuel Garaventa Mariano Jiménez Miguel Wilken Iván Altamirano	39.91 NR
4×400 metre relay	Brazil (BRA) Raphael Fernandes Eduardo Vasconcelos Rodrigo Bargas Fernando de Almeida	3:04.36	Venezuela (VEN) José Céspedes Simoncito Silvera Wilmer Rivas Josner Rodríguez	3:05.88	Panama (PAN) Jonathan Gibson Anghelo Edmund Andrés Rodríguez Alonso Edward	3:09.67 NR
20,000 m track walk	James Rendón (COL)	1:24:25.4	Rolando Saquipay (ECU)	1:25:55.2	Juan Manuel Cano (ARG)	1:28:28.5
High jump	Jessé de Lima (BRA)	2.24 m	Fábio Baptista (BRA)	2.21 m	Gilmar Mayo (COL)	2.21 m
Pole vault	Fábio Gomes da Silva (BRA)	5.77 m CR AR	Germán Chiaraviglio (ARG)	5.40 m	Javier Benítez (ARG)  João Gabriel Sousa (BRA)	5.20 m
Long jump	Rogério Bispo (BRA)	7.94 m	Hugo Chila (ECU)	7.81 m	Rodrigo de Araújo (BRA)	7.77 m
Triple jump	Jefferson Dias Sabino (BRA)	16.68 m	Hugo Chila (ECU)	16.37 m	Leonardo Elisiário dos Santos (BRA)	15.89 m
Shot put	Germán Lauro (ARG)	19.65 m	Marco Antonio Verni (CHI)	19.22 m	Yojer Medina (VEN)	18.44 m
Discus throw	Germán Lauro (ARG)	57.12 m	Ronald Julião (BRA)	56.53 m	Julián Angulo (COL)	54.68 m
Hammer throw	Juan Ignacio Cerra (ARG)	72.96 m	Patricio Palma (CHI)	66.56 m	Wagner Domingos (BRA)	65.15 m
Javelin throw	Pablo Pietrobelli (ARG)	76.52 m NR	Víctor Fatecha (PAR)	75.95 m	Júlio César de Oliveira (BRA)	74.56 m
Decathlon	Gonzalo Barroilhet (CHI)	7504 pts NR	Danilo Mendes Xavier (BRA)	7288 pts	Sinval de Oliveira (BRA)	7243 pts
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

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Lucimar de Moura (BRA)	11.20	Felipa Palacios (COL)	11.43	Thaíssa Barbosa Presti (BRA)	11.63
200 metres	Lucimar de Moura (BRA)	23.00	Felipa Palacios (COL)	23.10	Thaíssa Barbosa Presti (BRA)	23.58
400 metres	Josiane Tito (BRA)	52.67	Sheila Ferreira (BRA)	53.19	Lucy Jaramillo (ECU)	53.44 NR
800 metres	Marian Burnett (GUY)	2:03.57	Muriel Coneo (COL)	2:08.99	Marcela Britos (URU)	2:10.30
1500 metres	Rosibel García (COL)	4:20.36	Marian Burnett (GUY)	4:20.69 NR	Zenaide Vieira (BRA)	4:22.08
5000 metres	Ednalva Laureano da Silva (BRA)	16:09.96	Lucélia Peres (BRA)	16:16.07	Bertha Sánchez (COL)	16:21.17
10,000 metres	Lucélia Peres (BRA)	34:11.95	Inés Melchor (PER)	34:13.23	Bertha Sánchez (COL)	34:23.89
100 metre hurdles	Brigitte Merlano (COL)	13.27	Gilvaneide Parrela (BRA)	13.40	Lucimara da Silva (BRA)	13.48
400 metre hurdles	Lucimar Teodoro (BRA)	57.36	Luciana França (BRA)	58.38	Lucy Jaramillo (ECU)	58.81
3000 metre steeplechase	Zenaide Vieira (BRA)	10:07.93 CR	Ángela Figueroa (COL)	10:13.88 NR	Michelle Costa (BRA)	10:24.35
4×100 metre relay	Brazil (BRA) Thaíssa Barbosa Presti Luciana Alves dos Santos Lucimar de Moura Thatiana Regina Ignâcio	43.54	Colombia (COL) Felipa Palacios Brigitte Merlano Mirtha Brock Yomara Hinestroza	44.68	Chile (CHI) Daniela Pavez Carolina Díaz María Fernanda Mackenna Daniela Riderelli	45.34 NR
4×400 metre relay	Brazil (BRA) Lucimar Teodoro Maria Laura Almirão Sheila Ferreira Josiane Tito	3:33.34	Colombia (COL) Felipa Palacios Rosibel García Mirtha Brock Maria Alejandra Idrobo	3:43.52	Chile (CHI) Daniela Riderelli Daniela Pavez Carolina Díaz María Fernanda Mackenna	3:55.13
20,000 m track walk	Sandra Zapata (COL)	1:37:46.0 CR NR	Miriam Ramón (ECU)	1:38:26.3 NR	Tânia Spindler (BRA)	1:38:49.3
High jump	Caterine Ibargüen (COL)	1.84 m	Solange Witteveen (ARG)	1.81 m	Marielys Rojas (VEN)	1.78 m
Pole vault	Fabiana Murer (BRA)	4.50 m CR	Alejandra García (ARG)	4.20 m	Joana Ribeiro Costa (BRA)	4.20 m
Long jump	Maurren Maggi (BRA)	6.91 m	Keila Costa (BRA)	6.83 m	Caterine Ibargüen (COL)	6.18 m
Triple jump	Keila Costa (BRA)	14.57 m CR AR	Fernanda Procópio Delfino (BRA)	13.63 m	Jennifer Arveláez (VEN)	13.52 m
Shot put	Elisângela Adriano (BRA)	17.41 m	Luz Dary Castro (COL)	16.35 m	Natalia Ducó (CHI)	16.20 m
Discus throw	Elisângela Adriano (BRA)	59.85 m	Luz Dary Castro (COL)	52.23 m	Renata de Figueirêdo (BRA)	51.69 m
Hammer throw	Eli Johana Moreno (COL)	61.93 m	Katiuscia de Jesus (BRA)	61.57 m	Johana Ramírez (COL)	61.10 m
Javelin throw	Alessandra Resende (BRA)	57.75 m	Zuleima Araméndiz (COL)	57.55 m	Leryn Franco (PAR)	53.80 m
Heptathlon	Lucimara da Silva (BRA)	5803 pts CR	Elizete da Silva (BRA)	5727 pts PB	Daniela Crespo (ARG)	4856 pts
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

  *   Host nation (Brazil)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Brazil*	28	17	16	61
2	Colombia	7	10	9	26
3	Argentina	4	5	4	13
4	Chile	2	2	4	8
5	Ecuador	1	5	2	8
6	Uruguay	1	1	1	3
7	Guyana	1	1	0	2
8	Venezuela	0	1	7	8
9	Paraguay	0	1	1	2
10	Peru	0	1	0	1
11	Panama	0	0	1	1
Totals (11 entries)		44	44	45	133

Points table

• Totals are calculated by awarding a country points for each time an athlete finishes in the top six of an event.^[1]

Rank	Country	Total	Men	Women
1	Brazil	547.5	252.5	295
2	Colombia	228	79	149
3	Argentina	158.5	99.5	59
4	Chile	91	60	31
5	Ecuador	85	50	37
6	Venezuela	69	49	20
7	Peru	23	7	16
8	Uruguay	21	16	5
9	Guyana	16	0	16
10	Panama	15	15	0
11	Paraguay	13	6	7
12	Bolivia	7	4	3
13	Suriname	0	0	0

Participation

According to an unofficial count, at least 249 athletes from 13 countries participated.^[4][5][6]