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IX South American Junior Championships in Athletics
DatesOctober 21–25
Host city Asunción, Paraguay Paraguay
LevelJunior
Events33
Participationabout 194 athletes from
8 nations
1974 Lima

The ninth South American Junior Championships in Athletics were held in Asunción, Paraguay from October 21–25, 1972.

Participation (unofficial)

Detailed result lists can be found on the "World Junior Athletics History" website. [1] An unofficial count yields the number of about 194 athletes from about 8 countries: Argentina (40), Brazil (32), Chile (33), Colombia (22), Ecuador (6), Paraguay (24), Peru (22), Uruguay (15).

Medal summary

Medal winners are published for men [2] and women [3] Complete results can be found on the "World Junior Athletics History" website. [1]

Men

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres   Welbe Barreto ( BRA) 10.9   Ángel Guerrero ( PAR) 11.1   Jorge Lobera ( ARG) 11.1
200 metres   Delmo da Silva ( BRA) 22.4   Welbe Barreto ( BRA) 22.5   Diego Valencia ( COL) 22.5
400 metres   Pedro Teixeira ( BRA) 49.8   Francisco Bozzo ( CHI) 50.6   Francisco Rojas ( PAR) 50.9
800 metres   Ángel Holman ( ARG) 1:58.6   Ary Pinto ( BRA) 1:59.3   André Pereira ( BRA) 2:00.2
1500 metres   Antonio Tello ( ARG) 4:04.1   Jairo Correa ( COL) 4:05.1   André Pereira ( BRA) 4:05.7
3000 metres   Jairo Correa ( COL) 8:58.6   Luis Tipán ( ECU) 9:05.2   Carlos Soria ( ECU) 9:08.7
1500 metres steeplechase   Germán Aranda ( COL) 4:31.6   Roberto Assumpção ( BRA) 4:34.9   Antonio Tello ( ARG) 4:35.1
110 metres hurdles   Nicolás Rodillo ( CHI) 16.3   Eduardo Sosa ( ARG) 16.5   Rodolfo Iturraspe ( ARG) 16.6
400 metres hurdles   Francisco Rojas ( PAR) 53.9   Roberto Comisso ( ARG) 57.5   Rodolfo Iturraspe ( ARG) 58.6
High jump   Milton Reis ( BRA) 1.90   José Machado ( BRA) 1.85   Daniel Abugattás ( PER) 1.80
Pole vault   Ernesto Koike ( BRA) 4.00   Juan Rossetti ( ARG) 3.70   Raúl Lyon ( CHI) 3.70
Long jump   Héctor Elizón ( ARG) 6.90   Geraldo Rodrigues ( BRA) 6.84   César Vega ( PAR) 6.50
Triple jump   João Carlos de Oliveira ( BRA) 14.67   Rodney Gomes ( BRA) 14.07   Carlos Arrastía ( ARG) 13.98
Shot put   Joaquim Pérez ( CHI) 14.29   Humberto Vianna ( BRA) 14.13   Carlos Castro ( BRA) 13.33
Discus throw   Edval Petrechen ( BRA) 42.62   Oscar Attes ( ARG) 38.62   Eduardo Galvão ( BRA) 36.46
Hammer throw   Francisco Pedro ( ARG) 53.20   José Rangel ( COL) 48.28   Jorge Maldonado ( COL) 46.72
Javelin throw   Dante Bertorello ( ARG) 55.64   Humberto Vianna ( BRA) 53.24   Adolfo Leyva ( CHI) 53.20
Pentathlon*   Geraldo Rodrigues ( BRA) 3653   Pablo Pérez ( COL) 3518   Luis Betancourt ( COL) 3460
4 × 100 metres relay   Colombia 43.3   Paraguay 43.4   Ecuador 43.9
4 × 400 metres relay   Brazil 3:26.3   Colombia 3:28.6   Argentina 3:31.3

* = another source [1] rather states: Hexathlon

Women

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres   Leslie Cooper ( CHI) 12.5   Carmela Bolívar ( PER) 12.7   Ivete Barbosa ( BRA) 13.0
200 metres   Carmela Bolívar ( PER) 25.5   Hilda Javier ( URU) 25.8   Ivete Barbosa ( BRA) 26.2
400 metres   Carla Ramos ( CHI) 59.4   Hilda Javier ( URU) 59.5   Magaly Zumaeta ( PER) 59.6
800 metres   Rosângela Verissimo ( BRA) 2:21.0   Magaly Zumaeta ( PER) 2:23.5   Carla Ramos ( CHI) 2:23.6
100 metres hurdles   Edith Noeding ( PER) 15.0   Elisa Barros ( BRA) 16.0   Hildegard Krause ( BRA) 16.0
High jump   Catalina Recordón ( CHI) 1.60   Cecilia Rossi ( CHI) 1.50   Mónica Rodríguez ( ARG) 1.45
Long jump   Conceição Geremias ( BRA) 5.86   Edith Noeding ( PER) 5.63   Ana Desevici ( URU) 5.42
Shot put   Verônica Brunner ( BRA) 12.28   Eucaris Echevarría ( COL) 11.37   Soledad Jiménez ( PER) 10.84
Discus throw   Verônica Brunner ( BRA) 36.28   Eucaris Echevarría ( COL) 33.70   Gladys Sánchez ( ARG) 32.20
Javelin throw   María Rojas ( CHI) 35.14   Asunción Figueroa ( CHI) 34.20   Susana Sánchez ( ARG) 34.18
Pentathlon   Edith Noeding ( PER) 3432   Mirtha Fleitas ( URU) 2957   Hildegard Krause ( BRA) 2947
4 × 100 metres relay   Peru 49.4   Brazil 49.4   Argentina 49.9
4 × 400 metres relay   Brazil 4:08.0   Chile 4:11.5   Argentina 4:19.7

Medal table (unofficial)

  *   Host nation ( Paraguay)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Brazil1410832
2  Chile64313
3  Argentina541120
4  Peru43310
5  Colombia36312
6  Paraguay*1225
7  Uruguay0314
8  Ecuador0123
Totals (8 entries)33333399

References

  1. ^ a b c World Junior Athletics History, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), retrieved November 1, 2011
  2. ^ SOUTH AMERICAN JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS (MEN), Athletics Weekly, retrieved November 1, 2011
  3. ^ SOUTH AMERICAN JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS (WOMEN), Athletics Weekly, retrieved November 1, 2011

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