1989 South American Championships in Athletics

1989 South American Championships in Athletics
Dates	5–8 August
Host city	Medellín, Colombia
Venue	Estadio Alfonso Galvis Duque
Events	41
Participation	223 athletes from 10 nations
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The 1989 South American Championships in Athletics were held in Medellín, Colombia, between 5 and 8 August.

It was the first edition to feature women's racewalking.

Medal summary

Further information: 1989 South American Championships in Athletics – Results

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: 0.0 m/s)	Jhon Mena Colombia	10.4A	Florencio Aguilar Panama	10.4A	Antônio dos Santos Filho Brazil	10.5A
200 metres	Robson da Silva Brazil	20.44A	Sérgio Menezes Brazil	20.88A	Jesús Malavé Venezuela	21.12A
400 metres	Sérgio Menezes Brazil	45.88A	Wilson Cañizales Colombia	45.91A	Roberto Bortolotto Brazil	46.38A
800 metres	Pablo Squella Chile	1:49.19A	Geraldo de Assis Brazil	1:49.29A	Edgar de Oliveira Brazil	1:49.51A
1500 metres	Edgar de Oliveira Brazil	3:47.7A	José López Venezuela	3:47.9A	José Abel Segura Colombia	3:48.9A
5000 metres	Geraldo Francisco de Assis Brazil	14:09.60A	Silvio Salazar Colombia	14:10.58A	Silvio Guerra Ecuador	14:11.20A
10,000 metres	Rolando Vera Ecuador	29:28.1A	Geraldo Francisco de Assis Brazil	29:55.5A	Silvio Salazar Colombia	30:14.3A
Marathon	Gustavo Paredes Ecuador	2:23:42A	Wilson Pérez Ecuador	2:23:47A	Fernando Guio Colombia	2:39:44A
110 metres hurdles (wind: +0.1 m/s)	Pedro Chiamulera Brazil	14.1A	Eliexer Pulgar Venezuela	14.1A	Elvis Cedeño Venezuela	14.1A
400 metres hurdles	Pedro Chiamulera Brazil	50.12A	Antônio Dias Ferreira Brazil	51.26A	Antonio Smith Venezuela	51.32A
3000 metres steeplechase	Adauto Domingues Brazil	8:49.2A	Carlos Ravani Brazil	8:53.9A	Ricardo Vera Uruguay	8:57.5A
4 × 100 metres relay	Brazil Fernando Botasso Carlos de Oliveira Antônio dos Santos Filho Arnaldo da Silva	39.84A	Colombia Robinson Urrutia Fernando Arroyo Wilson Cañizales Jhon Mena	39.87A	Venezuela Reinaldo Santana Mervin Solarte Ángel Tovar Edgar Chourio	40.81A
4 × 400 metres relay	Venezuela Rafael Díaz Wilfredo Ferrer Henry Aguiar Jesús Malavé	3:05.76A CR	Brazil Antônio Ferreira Sidnei de Souza Pedro Chiamulera Roberto Bortolotto	3:06.33A	Chile Hernán Hevia Alejandro Krauss Pablo Squella Carlos Morales	3:06.34A
20 kilometre road walk	Sérgio Galdino Brazil	1:24:51A	Héctor Moreno Colombia	1:24:56A	Querubín Moreno Colombia	1:28:32A
High jump	Milton Riitano Francisco Brazil	2.15A	Santiago Lozada Peru	2.09A	José Luís Mendes Brazil	2.03A
Pole vault	Renato Bortolocci Brazil	5.10A	Miguel Saldarriaga Colombia	5.10A	Elson de Souza Brazil	4.90A
Long jump	Luis Lorduy Colombia	7.77A	Ángel Tovar Venezuela	7.74A	Olivier Cadier Brazil	7.68A
Triple jump	Sergio Saavedra Venezuela	16.86A NR	Abcelvio Rodrigues Brazil	16.48A	Jorge da Silva Brazil	16.38A
Shot put	Gert Weil Chile	19.98A	Adilson Oliveira Brazil	17.49A	João dos Santos Brazil	16.25A
Discus throw	João dos Santos Brazil	58.00A CR	José Jacques Brazil	52.88A	Gert Weil Chile	52.36A
Hammer throw	Marcelo Pugliese Argentina	67.00A CR	Andrés Charadia Argentina	65.56A	Pedro Rivail Atílio Brazil	63.34A
Javelin throw	Luis Lucumí Colombia	77.80A CR	Antar Martínez Colombia	67.20A	Luis Carrasco Venezuela	65.38A
Decathlon	Martín Badano Argentina	7378A	José de Assis Brazil	7324A	Oscar Veit Argentina	7033A

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: 0.0 m/s)	Amparo Caicedo Colombia	11.3A	Ximena Restrepo Colombia	11.4A	Cleide Amaral Brazil	11.5A
200 metres	Olga Conte Argentina	23.33A CR	Jupira da Graça Brazil	23.44A	Amparo Caicedo Colombia	23.68A
400 metres	Norfalia Carabalí Colombia	52.10A CR	Olga Conte Argentina	53.47A	Claudete Alves Pina Brazil	54.26A
800 metres	Maria Andrade Brazil	2:08.79A	Amparo Alba Colombia	2:08.83A	Célia dos Santos Brazil	2:08.99A
1500 metres	Rita de Jesus Brazil	4:31.6A	Silvana Pereira Brazil	4:32.1A	Janeth Caizalitín Ecuador	4:32.9A
3000 metres	Carmem de Oliveira Brazil	9:22.58A CR	Janeth Caizalitín Ecuador	9:36.43A	Rita de Jesus Brazil	9:36.95A
10,000 metres	Carmem de Oliveira Brazil	35:08.5A	Sandra Ruales Ecuador	35:55.2A	Yolanda Quimbita Ecuador	35:55.3A
100 metres hurdles (wind: 0.0 m/s)	Juraciara da Silva Brazil	13.5A	Ana María Comaschi Argentina	13.7A	Arlene Phillips Venezuela	13.8A
400 metres hurdles	Liliana Chalá Ecuador	57.68A CR	Maribelcy Peña Colombia	60.30A	Joana Caetano Brazil	60.69A
4 × 100 metres relay	Brazil Claudileia dos Santos Jupira da Graça Rosmeire Lopes Cleide Amaral	44.69A CR	Colombia Rosa Segovia Alejandra Quiñones Amparo Caicedo Norfalia Carabalí	45.26A	Uruguay Margarita Martirena Inés Justet Soledad Acerenza Claudia Acerenza	46.61A
4 × 400 metres relay	Colombia Rosa Segovia Alejandra Quiñones Maribelcy Peña Norfalia Carabalí	3:37.0A CR	Brazil Rosângela Oliveira Jupira da Graça Maria do Carmo Fialho Claudete Alves Pina	3:37.7A	Uruguay Inés Justet Margarita Martirena Soledad Acerenza Claudia Acerenza	3:44.0A
10,000 metres track walk	Miriam Ramón Ecuador	50:30.3A CR	Luisa Nivicela Ecuador	50:30.3A	Liliana Bermeo Colombia	51:02.4A
High jump	Orlane dos Santos Brazil	1.85A	Mônica Lunkmoss Brazil	1.79A	Janeth Lagoyete Colombia	1.70A
Long jump	Rita Slompo Brazil	6.22A	Maria de Jesus Brazil	6.05A	Ana María Comaschi Argentina	5.96A
Shot put	Marinalva dos Santos Brazil	15.16A CR	Alexandra Amaro Brazil	14.95A	Virginia Salomón Venezuela	14.20A
Discus throw	Rosana Piovesan Brazil	49.36A	Berta Gómez Colombia	47.54A	Amélia Moreira Brazil	44.54A
Javelin throw	Mônica Rocha Brazil	54.94A	Marieta Riera Venezuela	54.70A	Sueli dos Santos Brazil	52.78A
Heptathlon	Conceição Geremias Brazil	5574A	Zorobabelia Córdoba Colombia	5436A	Joelma Souza Brazil	5271A

A = affected by altitude

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Brazil (BRA)	24	16	17	57
2	Colombia (COL)	6	12	7	25
3	Ecuador (ECU)	4	4	3	11
4	Argentina (ARG)	3	3	2	8
5	Venezuela (VEN)	2	4	7	13
6	Chile (CHI)	2	0	2	4
7	Panama (PAN)	0	1	0	1
	Peru (PER)	0	1	0	1
9	Uruguay (URU)	0	0	3	3
Totals (9 entries)		41	41	41	123

Participating nations

• Argentina (6)
• Bolivia (2)
• Brazil (62)
• Chile (20)
• Colombia (39)
• Ecuador (26)
• Panama (19)
• Peru (3)
• Uruguay (5)
• Venezuela (41)

See also

• 1989 in athletics (track and field)

External links

• Men Results – GBR Athletics
• Women Results – GBR Athletics