1997 South American Athletics U20 Championships

Host City	San Carlos
Country	URU
Held	20 – 22 June 1997
Competitors	120
Countries	8

Events

Medal table

Pos	Country		🥇 Gold	🥈 Silver	🥉 Bronze	Total
1	Brazil	BRA	15	15	17	47
2	Argentina	ARG	8	9	6	23
3	Venezuela	VEN	7	3	7	17
4	Colombia	COL	5	9	6	20
5	Uruguay	URU	4	2	3	9
6	Ecuador	ECU	2	4	1	7
7	Peru	PER	1	1	1	3
8	Chile	CHI	1	0	3	4

Medal winners

Event	🥇 Gold		🥈 Silver		🥉 Bronze
100 m, Men	Martín Cortese	ARG	Heber Viera	URU	Evandro De Tristão	BRA
200 m, Men	Heber Viera	URU	José Luis Herrera	COL	Daniel Toledo	BRA
400 m, Men	Damián Spector	ARG	William Hernández	VEN	Vicente Erut	ARG
800 m, Men	John Chávez	COL	Glauco Santos	BRA	Carlos Márquez	VEN
1,500 m, Men	Cristian Rosales	URU	Juan Carlos De Bastos	ARG	José Luis Zapata John Chávez	COL COL
5,000 m, Men	Cristian Rosales	URU	Edegar Lobo	BRA	Leonardo Da Silva	BRA
10,000 m, Men	Lervis Arias	VEN	Jonathan Matos	BRA	Gustavo Pereira	URU
110 m Hurdles, Men	Rodrigo Palladino	BRA	Paulo Villar	COL	Pablo Sandoval	CHI
400 m Hurdles, Men	Adriano Maia	BRA	Robson Dos Santos	BRA	Paulo Villar	COL
3,000 m Steeplechase, Men	Juan Carlos De Bastos	ARG	Sebastián González	ARG	Damião De Melo	BRA
4 x 100 m Relay, Men	Brazil	BRA	Argentina	ARG	Uruguay	URU
4 x 400 m Relay, Men	Argentina	ARG	Brazil	BRA	Venezuela	VEN
10 km Walk, Men	Román Criollo	ECU	Geovanny Quinche	ECU	Raomir Hernández	VEN
High Jump, Men	Fabrício Romero	BRA	Alfredo Deza	PER	Vagner Príncipe	BRA
Pole Vault, Men	Cristian Aguirre	ARG	Juan Maronese	ARG	Gustavo Rehder	BRA
Long Jump, Men	Pablo Quiroga	CHI	Jefferson Lopes	BRA	Felipe Soto	COL
Triple Jump, Men	Jefferson Lopes	BRA	Jhonny Rodríguez	VEN	Alvin Rentería	COL
Shot Put, Men	Ronny Jiménez	VEN	Jhonny Rodríguez	COL	Andrés Calvo	ARG
Discus Throw, Men	Andrés Calvo	ARG	Hernán Vázquez	ARG	Julián Ángulo	COL
Hammer Throw, Men	Christian Fernández	ARG	Juan Palacios	ARG	Luis Prieto	VEN
Javelin Throw, Men	Edwin Cuesta	VEN	Adriano Vitorino	BRA	Phillip Delard	CHI
Decathlon, Men	Edson Bindilatti	BRA	Santiago Lorenzo	ARG	Alejo Kerwitz	ARG
100 m, Women	Mary Vázquez	COL	Juliana Pereira	BRA	Ana Caicedo	ECU
200 m, Women	Juliana Pereira	BRA	Mary Vázquez	COL	Vanesa De Oliveira	BRA
400 m, Women	Josiane Tito	BRA	Ana Pereira	BRA	Norbelis Bracho	VEN
800 m, Women	Josiane Tito	BRA	Christiane dos Santos	BRA	Faustina Huamaní	PER
1,500 m, Women	Faustina Huamaní	PER	Bertha Sánchez	COL	Fabiana da Silva	BRA
3,000 m, Women	Bertha Sánchez	COL	María Paredes	ECU	Valquiria Dos Santos	BRA
5,000 m, Women	Bertha Sánchez	COL	María Paredes	ECU	Lucélia De Oliveira Peres	BRA
100 m Hurdles, Women	Kelly De Oliveira	BRA	Cora Olivero	ARG	Patricia de Souza	BRA
400 m Hurdles, Women	Ana Pereira	BRA	Karina Soto	URU	Rúbia Dos Santos	BRA
4 x 100 m Relay, Women	Brazil	BRA	Colombia	COL	Argentina	ARG
4 x 400 m Relay, Women	Brazil	BRA	Colombia	COL	Uruguay	URU
5,000 m Walk, Women	Gladys Criollo	ECU	Luisa Paltín	ECU	Mayra Sosa	VEN
High Jump, Women	Delfina Blaquier	ARG	Eliana da Silva	BRA	Gláucia da Silva	BRA
Pole Vault, Women	Déborah Gyurcsek	URU	Miriam Schwuchow	BRA	Carolina González	CHI
Long Jump, Women	Gisele Oliveira	BRA	Yorly Lasso	COL	Edilene Ferreira	BRA
Triple Jump, Women	Edilene Ferreira	BRA	Gisele Oliveira	BRA	Silvina Boretto	ARG
Shot Put, Women	Luz Castro	COL	Vania Kolonko	BRA	Ana Borregales	VEN
Discus Throw, Women	María Cubillán	VEN	Luz Castro	COL	Fabiana Maria Alexandre	BRA
Hammer Throw, Women	Anabelle Gómez	VEN	Dubraska Rodríguez	VEN	Romina Toulemonde	ARG
Javelin Throw, Women	Xiolimar Castillo	VEN	Valeria Do Nascimento	BRA	Cristina Dia	BRA
Heptathlon, Women	Gladibeth Morles	VEN	María Dilascio	ARG	Ellen Marinho	BRA