1997 South American Athletics Championships

Host City	Mar del Plata
Country	ARG
Held	4 – 6 April 1997
Competitors	122
Countries	9

Events

Medal table

Pos	Country		🥇 Gold	🥈 Silver	🥉 Bronze	Total
1	Brazil	BRA	18	19	9	46
2	Colombia	COL	9	4	7	20
3	Argentina	ARG	8	9	17	34
4	Chile	CHI	3	7	3	13
5	Paraguay	PAR	2	0	0	2
6	Ecuador	ECU	1	3	2	6
7	Uruguay	URU	1	1	3	5
8	Bolivia	BOL	1	1	0	2
9	Peru	PER	0	0	1	1

Medal winners

Event	🥇 Gold		🥈 Silver		🥉 Bronze
100 m, Men	Sebastián Keitel	CHI	André da Silva	BRA	Carlos Gats	ARG
200 m, Men	Claudinei da Silva	BRA	Sebastián Keitel	CHI	Sidney de Souza	BRA
400 m, Men	Sanderlei Parrela	BRA	Carlos Zbinden	CHI	Gustavo Aguirre	ARG
800 m, Men	Valdinei da Silva	BRA	Flávio Godoy	BRA	Manuel Balmaceda	CHI
1,500 m, Men	Edgar de Oliveira	BRA	José Valente	BRA	Pablo Ramírez	ECU
5,000 m, Men	Eduardo Carrasco	CHI	Néstor García	URU	Pedro Rojas	COL
10,000 m, Men	Eduardo Carrasco	CHI	Emerson Iser Bem	BRA	Pedro Rojas	COL
110 m Hurdles, Men	Emerson Perín	BRA	José Rivas	COL	Óscar Ratto	ARG
400 m Hurdles, Men	Eronilde de Araújo	BRA	Cléverson da Silva	BRA	Carlos Zbinden	CHI
3,000 m Steeplechase, Men	Wander Moura	BRA	Pablo Ramírez	ECU	Julián Peralta	ARG
4 x 100 m Relay, Men	Brazil	BRA	Chile	CHI	Argentina	ARG
4 x 400 m Relay, Men	Brazil	BRA	Chile	CHI	Colombia	COL
20 km Walk, Men	Héctor Moreno	COL	Sérgio Galdino	BRA	Cláudio Bertolino	BRA
High Jump, Men	Gilmar Mayo	COL	Fabrício Romero	BRA	Vagner Príncipe	BRA
Pole Vault, Men	Óscar Veit	ARG	Fernando Pastoriza	ARG	Sebastián Ortiz	URU
Long Jump, Men	Nélson Ferreira Júnior	BRA	Márcio da Cruz	BRA	Yesid Cossio	COL
Triple Jump, Men	Anísio Silva	BRA	Márcio Cardoso	BRA	Alejandro Gats	ARG
Shot Put, Men	Edson Miguel	BRA	Marco Antonio Verni	CHI	Andrés Solo	CHI
Discus Throw, Men	Ramón Jiménez-Gaona	PAR	Marcelo Pugliese	ARG	Julio César Piñero	ARG
Hammer Throw, Men	Juan Ignacio Cerra	ARG	Adrián Marzo	ARG	Eduardo Acuña	PER
Javelin Throw, Men	Nery Kennedy	PAR	Luíz Fernando Da Silva	BRA	Luis Carlos Lucumí	COL
Decathlon, Men	Alejandro Acosta	ARG	Santiago Lorenzo	ARG	Alexis Recioy	URU
100 m, Women	Lucimar Moura	BRA	Felipa Palacios	COL	Zandra Borrero	COL
200 m, Women	Felipa Palacios	COL	Lucimar Moura	BRA	Olga Conte	ARG
400 m, Women	Olga Conte	ARG	Maria Magnólia Figueiredo	BRA	Norfalia Carabalí	COL
800 m, Women	Luciana Mendes	BRA	Mercy Colorado	ECU	Fátima Dos Santos	BRA
1,500 m, Women	Janeth Caizalitín	ECU	Niusha Mancilla	BOL	Célia dos Santos	BRA
5,000 m, Women	María Castro	COL	Érika Olivera	CHI	Elisa Cobañea	ARG
10,000 m, Women	María Castro	COL	Érika Olivera	CHI	Mónica Adriana Cervera	ARG
100 m Hurdles, Women	Verónica de Paoli	ARG	Maurren Maggi	BRA	Vânia Maria Ferreira Valentino da Silva	BRA
400 m Hurdles, Women	Verónica de Paoli	ARG	Maria José Ferreira dos Santos	BRA	Marise Da Silva	BRA
4 x 100 m Relay, Women	Colombia	COL	Brazil	BRA	Argentina	ARG
4 x 400 m Relay, Women	Colombia	COL	Brazil	BRA	Argentina	ARG
10 km Walk, Women	Geovana Irusta	BOL	Miriam Ramón	ECU	Bertha Vera	ECU
High Jump, Women	Solange Witteveen	ARG	Delfina Blaquier Orlane dos Santos	ARG BRA
Pole Vault, Women	Déborah Gyurcsek	URU	Alejandra García	ARG	Mariela Laurora	ARG
Long Jump, Women	Maurren Maggi	BRA	Andrea Ávila	ARG	Mónica Falcioni	URU
Triple Jump, Women	Andrea Ávila	ARG	Maria de Souza	BRA	Luciana dos Santos	BRA
Shot Put, Women	Elisângela Adriano	BRA	Alexandra Amaro	BRA	Silvana Filippi	ARG
Discus Throw, Women	Elisângela Adriano	BRA	Liliana Martinelli	ARG	María Giggi	ARG
Hammer Throw, Women	María Villamizar	COL	Karina Moya	ARG	Zulma Lambert	ARG
Javelin Throw, Women	Zuleima Araméndiz	COL	Sabina Moya	COL	Mariela Arch	ARG
Heptathlon, Women	Euzinete dos Reis	BRA	Zorobabelia Córdoba	COL	Joelma Sousa	BRA