1978 South American Athletics Youth Championships

Host City	Montevideo
Country	URU
Held	11 – 13 November 1978
Competitors	91
Countries	7

Events

Medal table

Pos	Country		🥇 Gold	🥈 Silver	🥉 Bronze	Total
1	Argentina	ARG	15	5	7	27
2	Brazil	BRA	13	11	10	34
3	Chile	CHI	3	15	5	23
4	Uruguay	URU	1	1	4	6
5	Venezuela	VEN	0	2	3	5
6	Paraguay	PAR	0	1	1	2
7	Peru	PER	0	0	2	2

Medal winners

Event	🥇 Gold		🥈 Silver		🥉 Bronze
100 m, Men	Hugo Alzamora	ARG	Enrique Tapia Roberto Herrera	CHI CHI
200 m, Men	Hugo Alzamora	ARG	Enrique Tapia	CHI	Norberto Cedeño	VEN
400 m, Men	Joaquim Cruz	BRA	Sergio Cárdenas	CHI	Moisés Del Castillo	PER
800 m, Men	Joaquim Cruz	BRA	Reinaldo Silva Filho	BRA	Sergio Cárdenas	CHI
1,500 m, Men	Marcelo Bancalari	CHI	Carlos Alves	BRA	Reinaldo Silva Filho	BRA
3,000 m, Men	Marcelo Varela	CHI	Ángel Román	VEN	José Dos Santos	BRA
110 m Hurdles, Men	Sidney Dos Santos	BRA	Ricardo De Oliveira	BRA	Daniel Dubie	ARG
300 m Hurdles, Men	Ricardo De Oliveira	BRA	Sidney Dos Santos	BRA	Daniel Dubie	ARG
1,500 m Steeplechase, Men	Carlos Alves	BRA	Reinaldo Silva Filho	BRA	Johnny Moreno	VEN
4 x 100 m Relay, Men	Argentina	ARG	Chile	CHI	Brazil	BRA
4 x 400 m Relay, Men	Brazil	BRA	Chile	CHI	Venezuela	VEN
High Jump, Men	Federico Cavalcante	BRA	Cristián Bastías	CHI	Daniel Wolfberg	CHI
Pole Vault, Men	Adolfo Trucco	ARG	Francisco Cumplido	CHI	Jaime Silva	CHI
Long Jump, Men	Márcio Macarino	BRA	Marcelo Cárcamo	CHI	Rubén Riguetti	URU
Triple Jump, Men	Valdir Sabino	BRA	Newton Klauss	BRA	Juan Marcovich	PER
Shot Put, Men	Mario Hornos	URU	José Calderón	VEN	Mário Villareal	BRA
Discus Throw, Men	Luis Fiasco	ARG	Raúl Peralta	PAR	Omar Civalero	ARG
Hammer Throw, Men	Wilson Batista	BRA	Jorge Centurión	ARG	Raúl Charadia	ARG
Javelin Throw, Men	Joel Dos Santos	BRA	Jorge Standen	CHI	Ronaldo Alcáraz	BRA
Hexathlon, Men	Norberto Aimé	ARG	Ronaldo Alcáraz	BRA	Adolfo Marín	PAR
100 m, Women	Adriana Pero	ARG	Beatriz Capotosto	ARG	Fabiana Arizaga	URU
200 m, Women	Adriana Pero	ARG	María Labarca	CHI	Fabiana Arizaga	URU
400 m, Women	Marcela López	ARG	María Labarca	CHI	Alejandra Vives	ARG
800 m, Women	Marcela López	ARG	Cláudia Adolfo	BRA	Silvia Augsburger	ARG
80 m Hurdles, Women	Beatriz Capotosto	ARG	Céli Pereira	BRA	Maria Lopes	BRA
4 x 100 m Relay, Women	Argentina	ARG	Chile	CHI	Brazil	BRA
4 x 400 m Relay, Women	Argentina	ARG	Chile	CHI	Brazil	BRA
High Jump, Women	Elina Urbano	ARG	Ivonette Nascimento	BRA	Carmen Garib	CHI
Long Jump, Women	Adriana Duarte	BRA	Beatriz Capotosto	ARG	Graciela Acosta	URU
Shot Put, Women	Alejandra Bevacqua	ARG	María Calvetti	URU	Patricia Pacheco	ARG
Discus Throw, Women			Alejandra Bevacqua Solange Reimundo	ARG BRA	Vera Da Silva	BRA
Javelin Throw, Women	Carolina Kittsteiner	CHI	Eugenia Urra	CHI	Regina De Oliveira	BRA
Pentathlon, Women	Céli Pereira	BRA	Elina Urbano	ARG	Sonia Riffo	CHI