The South American U20 Championships in Athletics are the South American championships in the sport of athletics which is open for those in the junior age category (19 years or under). It is organized by the South American Athletics Confederation (CONSUDATLE).

The competition was first held in 1959 in Buenos Aires. It was an annual event from its inaugural year until 1962, at which point it was held every two years. The championships became an annual event again over the period between 1983 and 2003, but reverted to a biennial format from then onwards.[1][2]

Awards

Medals are awarded for individuals and relay team members for the first three places in each event.

Trophies are awarded to teams in each category (male and female) with the highest total number of cumulative points in the entire competition. In addition, a trophy will be given to the country for the overall title.

A trophy is also presented to both a male and a female athlete for the most outstanding performance.[3]

Editions

Year City Country Date Venue
1 1959 Buenos Aires  Argentina April 18–19
2 1960 Santiago  Chile April 30–May 1
3 1961 Santa Fe  Argentina October 15–16 Centro de Alto Rendimiento Deportivo Pedro Candioti
4 1962 Lima  Peru September 21–24
5 1964 Santiago  Chile September 24–27
6 1966 Montevideo  Uruguay October 9–14
7 1968 São Bernardo do Campo  Brazil September 8–14 Estadio Atlético de São Bernardo do Campo
8 1970 Cali  Colombia October 9–12 Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero
9 1972 Asunción  Paraguay October 21–25
10 1974 Lima  Peru October 9–13 Estadio Nacional
11 1976 Maracaibo  Venezuela October 13–17
12 1978 São Paulo  Brazil December 15–17
13 1980 Santiago  Chile October 23–26
14 1981 Rio de Janeiro  Brazil October 15–18
15 1983 Medellín  Colombia June 9–12
16 1984 Caracas  Venezuela October 4–7
17 1985 Santa Fe  Argentina November 21–24 Centro de Alto Rendimiento Deportivo Pedro Candioti
18 1986 Quito  Ecuador September 13–16 Estadio Los Chasquis
19 1987 Santiago  Chile September 24–27
20 1988 Cubatão  Brazil June 30–July 3
21 1989 Montevideo  Uruguay June 16–19
22 1990 Bogotá  Colombia July 13–15 Estadio El Campín
23 1991 Asunción  Paraguay June 21–23
24 1992 Lima  Peru August 21–23
25 1993 Puerto La Cruz  Venezuela June 18–20
26 1994 Santa Fe  Argentina September 1–4 Centro de Alto Rendimiento Deportivo Pedro Candioti
27 1995 Santiago  Chile September 5–7
28 1996 Bucaramanga  Colombia June 8–10
29 1997 San Carlos  Uruguay June 20–21
30 1998 Córdoba  Argentina May 16–17
31 1999 Concepción  Chile October 22–23
32 2000 São Leopoldo  Brazil October 7–8 University of Unisinos Track club
33 2001 Santa Fe  Argentina October 11–20 Centro de Alto Rendimiento Deportivo Pedro Candioti
34 2002 Belém  Brazil August 1–3 Estádio Olímpico do Pará
35 2003 Guayaquil  Ecuador June 7–8 Estadio Modelo
36 2005 Rosario  Argentina October 1–2 Estadio Municipal Jorge Newbery
37 2007 São Paulo*  Brazil June 30-July 1
July 6–8		 Estádio Ícaro de Castro Melo
38 2009 São Paulo
Port of Spain**		  Brazil
 Trinidad and Tobago		 July 25–26
July 31–August 2		 Estádio Ícaro de Castro Melo
Hasely Crawford Stadium
39 2011 Medellín  Colombia September 23–25 Estadio Alfonso Galvis Duque
40 2013 Resistencia  Argentina October 18–20 Polideportivo Jaime Zapata
41 2015 Cuenca  Ecuador May 29–31 Pista Atlética Jefferson Perez
42 2017 Leonora  Guyana June 3–4 National Track and Field Centre
43 2019 Cali  Colombia June 14–16 Estadio Pedro Grajales
44 2021 Lima  Peru June 9–10 Villa Deportiva Nacional
45 2023 Bogotá  Colombia May 19–21 El Salitre Coliseum
46 2025 Montevideo  Uruguay

* = The Champions for men's 10,000m, both Race Walking and Combined Events were extracted from the classification of the 2007 Pan American Junior Championships.[4]

** = The Champions for men's 10,000m, both Race Walking and Combined Events were extracted from the classification of the 2009 Pan American Junior Championships.[5][6]

Medal table (1959-2023)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Brazil (BRA)7595804601799
2 Argentina (ARG)263256303822
3 Colombia (COL)171207175553
4 Chile (CHI)170211273654
5 Venezuela (VEN)109169137415
6 Ecuador (ECU)8986105280
7 Peru (PER)68100110278
8 Uruguay (URU)20295099
9 Paraguay (PAR)12142046
10 Guyana (GUY)8111837
11 Panama (PAN)87924
12 Bolivia (BOL)491326
13 Suriname (SUR)1269
Totals (13 entries)1682168116795042

Championship records

Men

Event Record Athlete Nationality Date Meet Place Ref
100 m 10.01 A (+1.9 m/s) Renan Correa Gallina  Brazil 19 May 2023 2023 Championships Bogotá, Colombia [7]
200 m 20.54 (+1.1 m/s) Bruno Pacheco  Brazil 3 August 2002 2002 Championships Belém, Brazil [8]
400 m 45.78 A Alison dos Santos  Brazil 15 June 2019 2019 Championships Cali, Colombia [9]
800 m 1:48.53 Simoncito Silvera  Venezuela 13 October 2001 2001 Championships Santa Fe, Argentina [10]
1500 m 3:48.42 Thiago do Rosario  Brazil 19 October 2013 2013 Championships Resistencia, Argentina [11]
3000 m 8:19.81 Matías Reynaga  Argentina 10 July 2021 2021 Championships Lima, Peru [12]
5000 m 14:13.29 Fernando Fernandes  Brazil 1 August 2002 2002 Championships Belém, Brazil [8]
10000 m 29:39.25 Franck de Almeida  Brazil 3 August 2002 2002 Championships Belém, Brazil [8]
110 m hurdles (0.99 m) 13.41 A (0.0 m/s) José Eduardo Mendes  Brazil 19 May 2023 2023 Championships Bogotá, Colombia [13]
400 m hurdles 50.96 A Hederson Estefani  Brazil 31 May 2015 2015 Championships Cuenca, Ecuador [14]
3000 m steeplechase 8:54.51 Mariano Mastromarino  Argentina 13 October 2001 2001 Championships Santa Fe, Argentina [15] *
High jump 2.23 m Alfredo Deza  Peru 17 May 1998 1998 Championships Córdoba, Argentina *
Pole vault 5.20 m A Ricardo David Montes  Venezuela 19 May 2023 2023 Championships Bogotá, Colombia [16]
Long jump 7.92 m Thiago Dias  Brazil 2 August 2002 2002 Championships Belém, Brazil [8]
Triple jump 16.52 A (+0.4 m/s) Arnovis Dalmero  Colombia 15 June 2019 2019 Championships Cali, Colombia [9]
Shot put (6 kg) 20.93 m Nelson Fernandes  Brazil 18 October 2013 2013 Championships Resistencia, Argentina [11]
Discus throw (1.75 kg) 62.78 m Mauricio Ortega  Colombia 19 October 2013 2013 Championships Resistencia, Argentina [11]
Hammer throw (6 kg) 80.59 m A Joaquin Gomez  Argentina 31 May 2015 2015 Championships Cuenca, Ecuador [17]
Javelin throw 74.04 m Braian Toledo  Argentina 22 September 2011 2011 Championships Medellín, Colombia [18][19]
Decathlon 7304 pts Gonzalo Barroilhet  Chile 1–2 October 2005 2005 Championships Rosario, Argentina [20][21]
100m (wind) Long jump (wind) Shot put High jump 400m 110H (wind) Discus Pole vault Javelin 1500m
10000 km walk (track) 39:56.01 Eider Arévalo  Colombia 22 September 2011 2011 Championships Medellín, Colombia [18][19]
4×100 m relay 39.63 Rodrigo Rocha
Jackson Da Silva
Flávio Barbosa
Aldemar da Silva 		 Brazil 25 September 2011 2011 Championships Medellín, Colombia [18][19]
4×400 m relay 3:08.35 Pedro Luiz Burmann de Oliveira
Leandro Pitarelli de Araújo
Maicon Almeida dos Santos
Anderson Freitas Henriques 		 Brazil 25 September 2011 2011 Championships Medellín, Colombia [18][19]

* = assembled from gbrathletics.com[1] (heats not considered)

Women

Event Record Athlete Nationality Date Meet Place Ref
100 m 11.09 A (+1.5 m/s) Ángela Tenorio  Ecuador 30 May 2015 2015 Championships Cuenca, Ecuador [22]
200 m 22.84 A (+0.5 m/s) Ángela Tenorio  Ecuador 31 May 2015 2015 Championships Cuenca, Ecuador [23]
400 m 53.28 Tianna Springer  Guyana 19 May 2023 2023 Championships Bogotá, Colombia [24]
800 m 2:05.76 Ana Paula da Silva  Brazil 24 September 2011 2011 Championships Medellín, Colombia [18][19]
1500 m 4:24.53 Carmen Alder  Ecuador 9 July 2021 2021 Championships Lima, Peru [25]
3000 m 9:26.51 Carmen Alder  Ecuador 10 July 2021 2021 Championships Lima, Peru [12]
5000 m 16:41.34 Sofía Mamani  Peru 9 July 2021 2021 Championships Lima, Peru [25]
10000 m 34:14.4 h Érika Olivera  Chile 22 September 1994 1994 Championships Santa Fe, Argentina *
100 m hurdles 13.48 A (-0.4 m/s) Clara Marin  Chile 30 May 2015 2015 Championships Cuenca, Ecuador [26]
400 m hurdles 57.10 A Valeria Cabezas  Colombia 16 June 2019 2019 Championships Cali, Colombia [9]
3000 m steeplechase 10:14.81 Stefany López  Colombia 10 July 2021 2021 Championships Lima, Peru [12]
High jump 1.86 m A Ana Caetano  Brazil 29 May 2015 2015 Championships Cuenca, Ecuador [27]
Pole vault 4.35 m Robeilys Peinado  Venezuela 30 May 2015 2015 Championships Cuenca, Ecuador
Long jump 6.41 m (1.6 m/s) Eliane Martins  Brazil 1 October 2005 2005 Championships Rosario, Argentina [20][21]
Triple jump 13.78 m Keila Costa  Brazil 1 August 2002 2002 Championships Belém, Brazil [8]
Shot put (4 kg) 16.67 m Natalia Ducó  Chile 1 July 2007 2007 Championships São Paulo, Brazil [28][29]
Discus throw (1 kg) 55.88 m Izabela Rodrigues Da Silva  Brazil 20 October 2013 2013 Championships Resistencia, Argentina [11]
Hammer throw 60.42 m Mariana García  Chile 4 June 2017 2017 Championships Leonora, Guyana [30]
Javelin throw 56.24 m A Manuela Rotundo  Uruguay 19 May 2023 2023 Championships Bogotá, Colombia [31]
Heptathlon 5574 Vanessa Spínola  Brazil 1/2 August 2009 2009 Championships Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago [5]
100m H (wind) High jump Shot put 200m (wind) Long jump (wind) Javelin 800m
10000 m walk (track) 47:10.20 A Mary Luz Andia  Peru 15 June 2019 2019 Championships Cali, Colombia [9]
4×100 m relay 44.42 Josiane Valentim
Bárbara Leôncio
Ana Cláudia Lemos
Rosângela Santos 		 Brazil 30 June 2007 2007 Championships São Paulo, Brazil [28][32]
4×400 m relay 3:36.74 Melissa Torres
Janeth Largacha
Evelys Aguilar
Angélica Escobar 		 Colombia 25 September 2011 2011 Championships Medellín, Colombia [18][19]

* = assembled from gbrathletics.com[33] (heats not considered)

Mixed

Event Record Athlete Nationality Date Meet Place Ref
4×400 m relay 3:22.84 A Vinícius Moura
Camille de Oliveira
Elias Oliveira
Julia Aparecida Rocha 		 Brazil 20 May 2023 2023 Championships Bogotá, Colombia [34]

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