1991 South American Championships in Athletics – Results

These are the results of the 1991 South American Championships in Athletics which took place at the Vila Olímpica de Manaus in Manaus, Brazil, on 28, 29 and 30 June.^[1]

Men's results

100 metres

Heats – 28 June Wind: Heat 1: -0.7 m/s, Heat 2: -0.7 m/s Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Arnaldo da Silva  Brazil 10.49 Q 2 1 Carlos Bernardo Moreno  Chile 10.60 Q 3 2 Robson da Silva  Brazil 10.61 Q 4 2 Edgar Chourio  Venezuela 10.69 Q 5 1 Robinson Urrutia  Colombia 10.70 Q 6 2 José María Beduino  Argentina 10.79 Q 7 1 Claudio Molocznik  Argentina 10.86 q 8 2 Wenceslao Ferrín  Colombia 10.89 q 9 1 Miguel Bernal  Peru 10.93 10 2 Roberto Marshall  Chile 10.97 11 2 Óscar Fernández  Peru 11.03 12 1 Cristóbal Caguao  Venezuela 11.10 13 2 Marco Antonio Ortiz  Bolivia 11.12 14 1 Guillermo Saucedo  Bolivia 11.40 15 1 Steven Stander  Ecuador 11.50 15 2 Patricio Corral  Ecuador 11.50

Final – 28 June Wind: +0.7 m/s Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Robson da Silva  Brazil 10.18 Arnaldo da Silva  Brazil 10.39 Carlos Bernardo Moreno  Chile 10.44 4 Edgar Chourio  Venezuela 10.56 5 Robinson Urrutia  Colombia 10.66 6 José María Beduino  Argentina 10.72 7 Wenceslao Ferrín  Colombia 10.73 8 Claudio Molocznik  Argentina 10.76

200 metres

Heats – 29 June Wind: Heat 1: +0.2 m/s, Heat 2: +0.7 m/s Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 2 Robson da Silva  Brazil 20.66 Q 2 1 Marcelo Brivilatti da Silva  Brazil 20.96 Q 3 2 Jesús Malavé  Venezuela 21.22 Q 4 1 Carlos Bernardo Moreno  Chile 21.33 Q 5 1 José María Beduino  Argentina 21.33 Q 6 1 Jorge Cañizales  Venezuela 21.44 q 7 2 Carlos Morales  Chile 21.45 Q 8 1 Manuel Oliveira  Peru 21.99 q 9 2 Marco Antonio Ortiz  Bolivia 22.40 10 2 Miguel Bernal  Peru 22.74 11 2 Steven Stander  Ecuador 23.26 12 1 Guillermo Saucedo  Bolivia 23.61

Final – 29 June Wind: +0.5 m/s Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Robson da Silva  Brazil 20.79 Marcelo Brivilatti da Silva  Brazil 20.94 Jesús Malavé  Venezuela 21.18 4 Carlos Bernardo Moreno  Chile 21.19 5 José María Beduino  Argentina 21.22 PB 6 Carlos Morales  Chile 21.38 7 Jorge Cañizales  Venezuela 21.44 8 Manuel Oliveira  Peru 21.99

400 metres

Heats – 28 June Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Roberto Bortolotto  Brazil 47.09 Q 2 2 Jorge Costa  Brazil 47.66 Q 3 1 Henry Aguiar  Venezuela 47.87 Q 4 2 Carlos Morales  Chile 48.11 Q 5 1 Claudio Arcas  Argentina 48.18 Q 6 1 Sebastián Keitel  Chile 48.36 q 6 2 Guillermo Cacián  Argentina 48.36 Q 8 1 Moisés del Castillo  Peru 48.40 q 9 2 José Zambrano  Venezuela 48.62 10 2 Piero da Giau  Peru 48.87

Final – 28 June Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Carlos Morales  Chile 46.55 Roberto Bortolotto  Brazil 46.90 Henry Aguiar  Venezuela 47.02 4 Jorge Costa  Brazil 47.09 5 Claudio Arcas  Argentina 47.92 6 Sebastián Keitel  Chile 48.37 7 Moisés del Castillo  Peru 48.67 8 Guillermo Cacián  Argentina 49.16

800 metres

Heats – 28 June Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 2 Flávio Godoy  Brazil 1:49.66 Q 2 2 Pablo Squella  Chile 1:49.67 Q 3 1 Luiz José Gonçalves  Brazil 1:50.23 Q 4 1 Edgardo Graglia  Argentina 1:50.56 Q 5 1 Juan Navarro  Venezuela 1:50.80 Q 6 2 Alejandro Torres  Argentina 1:51.49 Q 7 2 Omar Best  Venezuela 1:51.88 q 8 2 Javier Bermúdez  Colombia 1:51.91 q 9 1 Manuel Balmaceda  Chile 1:52.05 10 1 Efren Ycaza  Ecuador 1:54.08 11 2 Daniel Loayza  Peru 1:54.99 12 1 Luis Aspedilla  Panama 1:55.82 13 1 Italo Mejía  Peru 1:56.67 14 2 Manuel Bravo  Ecuador 1:57.17

Final – 29 June Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Flávio Godoy  Brazil 1:47.94 Luiz José Gonçalves  Brazil 1:48.16 Pablo Squella  Chile 1:48.21 4 Juan Navarro  Venezuela 1:49.61 5 Edgardo Graglia  Argentina 1:51.03 6 Javier Bermúdez  Colombia 1:51.93 7 Omar Best  Venezuela 1:51.95 8 Alejandro Torres  Argentina 1:52.04

1500 metres

30 June

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Edgar de Oliveira	Brazil	3:42.41
	Luiz José Gonçalves	Brazil	3:42.48
	Carlos Naput	Argentina	3:50.09
4	Eduardo Navas	Venezuela	3:50.51
5	Alejandro Torres	Argentina	3:52.56
6	Daniel Loayza	Peru	3:57.87
7	Jaime Valenzuela	Chile	4:08.25
8	Carlos Collahuaso	Ecuador	4:11.71
	Eduardo Carrasco	Chile	DNF
	Juan Navarro	Venezuela	DNF

5000 metres

28 June

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Valdenor dos Santos	Brazil	14:09.03
	Otoniel dos Santos	Brazil	14:13.35
	Eduardo Navas	Venezuela	14:16.06
4	Eduardo Carrasco	Chile	14:25.61
5	Néstor Quinapanta	Ecuador	14:29.93
6	Oscar Amaya	Argentina	14:35.53
7	Edy Punina	Ecuador	14:39.62
8	Luis Nempo	Chile	14:44.54
9	Dagoberto Yuman	Panama	14:50.12
10	Policarpio Calizaya	Bolivia	14:53.55
11	Félix Flores	Peru	16:11.57

10,000 metres

29 June

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Valdenor dos Santos	Brazil	29:25.2
	José Castillo	Peru	29:37.4
	Edy Punina	Ecuador	30:00.4
4	Waldemar Cotelo	Uruguay	30:23.0
5	Otoniel dos Santos	Brazil	30:40.3
6	Nelson Zamora	Uruguay	30:45.9
7	Antonio Vásquez	Venezuela	30:54.6
8	Policarpio Calizaya	Bolivia	31:04.7
9	José Carmona	Venezuela	31:14.0
10	Félix Flores	Peru	33:47.5

Marathon

30 June

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Joseildo da Silva	Brazil	2:33:22
	Luis Nempo	Chile	2:39:57
	Doval da Silva	Brazil	2:41:38
4	Adolfo López	Peru	2:41:40
5	Iván Acosta	Peru	2:48:54

110 metres hurdles

Heats – 29 June Wind: Heat 1: +0.2 m/s, Heat 2: +0.2 m/s Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 2 Joilto Bonfim  Brazil 14.05 Q 2 1 Elvis Cedeño  Venezuela 14.39 Q 3 1 José Humberto Rivas  Colombia 14.40 Q 4 1 José Costa  Brazil 14.42 Q 5 1 Oscar Ratto  Argentina 14.63 q 6 2 Eliexer Pulgar  Venezuela 14.75 Q 7 2 Marco Mina  Peru 14.79 Q 8 2 Arturo Rodríguez  Chile 15.15 q 9 1 Javier del Río  Peru 15.45 10 2 Omar Triviño  Ecuador 15.52

Final – 30 June Wind: -1.1 m/s Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Joilto Bonfim  Brazil 14.11 Elvis Cedeño  Venezuela 14.23 Eliexer Pulgar  Venezuela 14.38 4 José Humberto Rivas  Colombia 14.40 5 José Costa  Brazil 14.66 6 Marco Mina  Peru 14.71 7 Oscar Ratto  Argentina 14.95 8 Arturo Rodríguez  Chile 15.89

400 metres hurdles

Heats – 28 June Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 2 Eronilde de Araújo  Brazil 50.50 Q 2 2 Luis Bello  Venezuela 51.28 Q 3 1 Antonio Smith  Venezuela 51.40 Q 4 1 Llimy Rivas  Colombia 52.26 Q 5 1 José Carlos Lima  Brazil 52.40 Q 6 1 Mauro Mina  Peru 52.46 q 7 1 Miguel Pérez  Argentina 52.58 q 8 2 Leonel Pedroza  Colombia 53.63 Q 9 2 Jorge Lau  Peru 55.32 10 2 Omar Triviño  Ecuador 57.14

Final – 29 June Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Eronilde de Araújo  Brazil 49.65 CR Antonio Smith  Venezuela 50.14 Luis Bello  Venezuela 50.73 4 Llimy Rivas  Colombia 51.49 5 José Carlos Lima  Brazil 51.81 6 Miguel Pérez  Argentina 52.26 7 Mauro Mina  Peru 52.38 8 Leonel Pedroza  Colombia 53.40

3000 metres steeplechase

29 June

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Adauto Domingues	Brazil	8:36.21	CR
	Wander Moura	Brazil	8:49.11
	Oscar Amaya	Argentina	8:52.08
4	Carlos Naput	Argentina	8:58.80
5	Jaime Valenzuela	Chile	9:25.96
6	Carlos Collahuaso	Ecuador	9:52.91

4 × 100 metres relay

29 June

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
	Brazil	Reginaldo Aguiar, Joilto Bonfim, Arnaldo da Silva, Robson da Silva	39.90
	Chile	Héctor Fernández, Roberto Marshall, Carlos Morales, Carlos Moreno	40.61
	Argentina	Claudio Molocznik, Guillermo Cacián, José María Beduino, Claudio Arcas	41.22
4	Venezuela	Cristóbal Caguao, Jorge Cañizales, Edgar Chourio, Jesús Malavé	42.05
	Colombia		DNF
	Peru		DNF

4 × 400 metres relay

30 June

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
	Brazil	Roberto Bortolotto, Jorge Costa, Geraldo Maranhão Jr., Ediélson Tenório	3:05.60	CR
	Venezuela	Antonio Smith, Henry Aguiar, José Moisés Zambrano, Luis Bello	3:08.39
	Argentina	Claudio Arcas, José María Beduino, Guillermo Cacián, Claudio Molocznik	3:11.10
4	Colombia	Leonel Pedroza, Wenceslao Ferrín, Javier Bermúdez, Llimy Rivas	3:13.72
5	Chile	Sebastián Keitel, Pablo Squella, Manuel José Balmaceda, Carlos Morales	3:14.41
6	Peru	Piero da Giau, Andrade, Jorge Lau, Moisés del Castillo	3:15.02
	Ecuador		DQ

20 kilometres walk

28 June

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Sérgio Galdino	Brazil	1:26:25.3
	Querubín Moreno	Colombia	1:28:55.3
	Orlando Díaz	Colombia	1:30:21.6
4	Carlos Ramones	Venezuela	1:32:24.8
5	Jorge Loréfice	Argentina	1:38:58.0
6	Sergio Quispe	Peru	1:57:43.0
	Carlos Bizet	Peru	DQ
	Marcelo Palma	Brazil	DQ
	Mauricio Cárdenas	Ecuador	DQ
	Jefferson Pérez	Ecuador	DQ

High jump

30 June

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Gilmar Mayo	Colombia	2.20	CR
	Fernando Moreno	Argentina	2.17
	Jorge Archanjo	Brazil	2.11
4	Hugo Muñoz	Peru	2.11
5	Valery Abugattas	Peru	2.11
6	Luciano Bacelli	Brazil	2.11
7	Fernando Pastoriza	Argentina	2.05
8	Cristian Kraemer	Chile	2.05
9	Claudio Pinto	Bolivia	1.95
10	Giovanny Gudiño	Ecuador	1.95

Pole vault

29 June

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Cristián Aspillaga	Chile	5.00
	Konstantín Zagustín	Venezuela	5.00
	Tómas Riether	Chile	4.80
4	Fernando Pastoriza	Argentina	4.60
5	Marlon Borges	Brazil	4.60
6	Igor Castillo	Peru	4.30

Long jump

29 June

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Paulo de Oliveira	Brazil	7.83
	Gelson Vaqueiro	Brazil	7.46
	Jimmy Ávila	Panama	7.40
4	Juan Carlos Moeckel	Chile	7.31
5	Sergio Saavedra	Venezuela	7.20
6	Rubén Herrada	Venezuela	6.76
7	Luis Candia	Chile	6.68
8	Santiago Lozada	Peru	6.26
9	Patricio Corral	Ecuador	6.03

Triple jump

28 June

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Anísio Silva	Brazil	16.15
	Sergio Saavedra	Venezuela	15.98
	Ednilson de Miranda	Brazil	15.74
4	Freddy Nieves	Ecuador	14.70
5	Luis Candia	Chile	14.70

Shot put

29 June

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Gert Weil	Chile	18.37
	Adilson Oliveira	Brazil	18.08
	Yojer Medina	Venezuela	16.35
4	Edson Miguel	Brazil	15.95
5	Andrés Charadía	Argentina	15.14
6	Marcelo Pugliese	Argentina	14.48
7	Daniel Duharte	Peru	13.28
8	Rubén Herrada	Venezuela	12.94

Discus throw

29 June

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	João dos Santos	Brazil	58.08	CR
	Marcelo Pugliese	Argentina	53.08
	Jair Teotonio	Brazil	51.62
4	Yojer Medina	Venezuela	48.72
5	Andrés Charadía	Argentina	47.44
6	José Andrés de Zaldívar	Chile	45.96
7	Juan Tello	Peru	39.80

Hammer throw

28 June

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Adrián Marzo	Argentina	65.12
	Andrés Charadía	Argentina	62.88
	Pedro Rivail Atílio	Brazil	61.32
4	Ivam Bertelli	Brazil	60.32
5	Edmundo Castillo	Venezuela	53.50
6	Eduardo Acuña	Peru	46.56

Javelin throw

30 June

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Luis Lucumí	Colombia	74.42
	Rodrigo Zelaya	Chile	73.88
	Gustavo Wielandt	Chile	68.64
4	Alan Dashwood	Argentina	64.14
5	Volmir Zilli	Brazil	60.98
6	Nivaldo Beje Filho	Brazil	59.30
7	Leónidas López	Ecuador	49.46
8	Tomislav Muhvic	Peru	39.08

Decathlon

29–30 June

  The highest mark recorded in each event is highlighted in yellow

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	100m	LJ	SP	HJ	400m	110m H	DT	PV	JT	1500m	Points	Notes
	José de Assis	Brazil	11.19	7.04	13.14	1.94	49.23	15.45	37.14	3.80	56.96	4:44.51	7227
	Marco Antônio Brito	Brazil	11.38	6.43	10.04	1.88	49.24	18.15	33.70	3.20	44.30	4:31.36	6189
	Giovanny Gudiño	Ecuador	12.25	5.79	9.05	1.94	55.86	18.35	20.76	NM	33.24	4:52.09	4617
4	Freddy Nieves	Ecuador	11.81	6.23	7.65	1.82	52.87	18.56	14.70	NM	34.30	4:53.26	4611

Women's results

100 metres

Heats – 28 June Wind: Heat 1: +0.6 m/s, Heat 2: +0.4 m/s Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 2 Claudete Alves Pina  Brazil 11.56 Q 2 1 Berenice Ferreira  Brazil 11.76 Q 3 2 Elia Mera  Colombia 11.89 Q 4 1 Alejandra Quiñones  Colombia 11.97 Q 5 1 Margarita Martiarena  Uruguay 12.14 Q 5 2 Emmy Ochoa  Venezuela 12.14 Q 7 1 Virginia Lebreo  Argentina 12.17 q 8 2 Denise Sharpe  Argentina 12.20 q 9 2 Lisette Rondón  Chile 12.28 10 2 Ana María Luzio  Bolivia 12.55 11 1 Sandra Antelo  Bolivia 12.56 12 1 Gilda Massa  Peru 12.59

Final – 28 June Wind: -1.1 m/s Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Claudete Alves Pina  Brazil 11.84 Berenice Ferreira  Brazil 11.93 Alejandra Quiñones  Colombia 11.96 4 Elia Mera  Colombia 12.15 5 Margarita Martiarena  Uruguay 12.23 6 Virginia Lebreo  Argentina 12.31 7 Emmy Ochoa  Venezuela 12.34 8 Denise Sharpe  Argentina 12.37

200 metres

Heats – 28 June Wind: Heat 1: +0.7 m/s, Heat 2: +0.3 m/s Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Ximena Restrepo  Colombia 23.21 Q, CR 2 1 Claudete Alves Pina  Brazil 23.34 Q 3 2 Eliane de Souza  Brazil 24.16 Q 4 2 Claudia Acerenza  Uruguay 24.19 Q 5 1 Hannelore Grosser  Chile 24.51 Q 6 2 Emmy Ochoa  Venezuela 24.61 Q 7 1 Virginia Lebreo  Argentina 24.75 q 8 2 Denise Sharpe  Argentina 24.78 q 9 1 Laura Abel  Uruguay 24.93 10 1 Jackeline Solís  Bolivia 25.52 11 2 Sandra Antelo  Bolivia 25.64 12 1 Ana Solano  Ecuador 27.72

Final – 29 June Wind: +0.1 m/s Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Ximena Restrepo  Colombia 23.21 =CR Claudete Alves Pina  Brazil 23.37 Eliane de Souza  Brazil 23.92 4 Emmy Ochoa  Venezuela 24.21 5 Claudia Acerenza  Uruguay 24.27 6 Hannelore Grosser  Chile 24.55 7 Virginia Lebreo  Argentina 24.57 8 Denise Sharpe  Argentina 24.93

400 metres

Heats – 29 June Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Eliane de Souza  Brazil 54.60 Q 2 2 Maria Magnólia Figueiredo  Brazil 54.85 Q 3 1 Ángela Mancilla  Colombia 55.07 Q 4 1 Claudia Acerenza  Uruguay 55.26 Q 5 2 Ismenia Guzmán  Chile 55.45 Q 6 2 Inés Justet  Uruguay 55.81 Q 7 1 Sara Montecinos  Chile 57.34 q 8 2 Janeth Castillo  Venezuela 57.57 q 9 1 Jackeline Solís  Bolivia 57.77 10 2 Graciela Maidana  Paraguay 57.79 11 1 Daniela Lebreo  Argentina 57.82 12 2 Patricia Martínez  Peru 59.54 13 1 Mayra Carchi  Ecuador 1:00.62 14 1 Maritza Cuba  Peru 1:01.05

Final – 30 June Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Maria Magnólia Figueiredo  Brazil 51.56 CR Eliane de Souza  Brazil 53.76 Ángela Mancilla  Colombia 54.11 4 Claudia Acerenza  Uruguay 54.55 5 Inés Justet  Uruguay 55.46 6 Ismenia Guzmán  Chile 55.92 7 Sara Montecinos  Chile 57.05 8 Janeth Castillo  Venezuela 57.88

800 metres

28 June

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	?	Maria Magnólia Figueiredo	Brazil	2:00.45	CR
	?	Luciana Mendes	Brazil	2:04.44
	?	Amparo Alba	Colombia	2:07.60
4	?	Soledad Acerenza	Uruguay	2:08.99
5	?	Adriana Martínez	Ecuador	2:09.04
6	?	Paula Val	Argentina	2:10.76
7	?	Janeth Castillo	Venezuela	2:11.10
8	?	Sara Montecinos	Chile	2:13.88
9	?	Patricia Martínez	Peru	2:14.19
10	?	Niusha Mancilla	Bolivia	2:14.50
11	?	Mónica Chalá	Ecuador	2:15.78
12	?	Graciela Maidana	Paraguay	2:16.10
13	?	Maritza Cuba	Peru	2:19.69

1500 metres

28 June

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Rita de Jesus	Brazil	4:19.18	CR
	Celia dos Santos	Brazil	4:21.64
	Amparo Alba	Colombia	4:29.48
4	Rosa Ibarra	Colombia	4:34.85
5	Paula Val	Argentina	4:36.09
6	Niusha Mancilla	Bolivia	4:38.86
7	Mónica Chalá	Ecuador	4:46.33

3000 metres

30 June

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Carmem de Oliveira	Brazil	9:17.50	CR
	Rita de Jesus	Brazil	9:24.44
	Ruth Jaime	Peru	9:39.04
4	Sandra Ruales	Ecuador	9:46.00
5	Rosa Ibarra	Colombia	9:51.59
6	María Inés Rodríguez	Argentina	9:52.08
7	Carmen Naranjo	Ecuador	9:53.72
8	Marisol Cossio	Bolivia	10:10.13
9	Esneda Londoño	Colombia	10:35.19

10,000 metres

28 June

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Carmem de Oliveira	Brazil	33:27.85	CR
	Solange de Souza	Brazil	34:00.90
	Sandra Ruales	Ecuador	34:57.00
4	Carmen Naranjo	Ecuador	35:20.87
5	Yolanda Casas	Peru	35:21.13
6	Ruth Jaime	Peru	36:21.29
7	María Inés Rodríguez	Argentina	37:35.50
8	Esneda Londoño	Colombia	38:36.45

100 metres hurdles

Heats – 29 June Wind: Heat 1: -0.2 m/s, Heat 2: -0.2 m/s Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 2 Arlene Phillips  Venezuela 13.97 Q 2 1 Carmen Bezanilla  Chile 14.00 Q 3 1 Anabella von Kesselstatt  Argentina 14.05 Q 4 2 Lucy da Conceiçao  Brazil 14.41 Q 5 1 Juraciara da Silva  Brazil 14.91 Q 6 1 Rosa Morales  Peru 14.91 q 7 2 Gilda Massa  Peru 15.07 Q 8 2 Ingrid Meilicker  Paraguay 15.08 q 9 2 Lisette Rondón  Chile 15.52 10 1 Gabriela Beatler  Ecuador 16.11

Final – 30 June Wind: -1.8 m/s Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Carmen Bezanilla  Chile 13.73 Arlene Phillips  Venezuela 13.85 Anabella von Kesselstatt  Argentina 14.20 4 Lucy da Conceiçao  Brazil 14.38 5 Juraciara da Silva  Brazil 14.72 6 Gilda Massa  Peru 14.88 7 Rosa Morales  Peru 15.07 8 Ingrid Meilicker  Paraguay 15.10

400 metres hurdles

Heats – 28 June Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 2 Maria José dos Santos  Brazil 59.64 Q 2 2 Maribelcy Peña  Colombia 59.94 Q 3 2 Arlene Phillips  Venezuela 1:00.94 Q 4 1 Liliana Chalá  Ecuador 1:01.29 Q 5 1 Lucimara Machado  Brazil 1:01.31 Q 6 2 Inés Justet  Uruguay 1:02.96 q 7 1 Anabella von Kesselstatt  Argentina 1:04.53 Q 8 1 Ana Atencio  Peru 1:06.84 q 9 2 Amalia Gómez  Peru 1:08.84

Final – 29 June Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Liliana Chalá  Ecuador 57.16 CR Maribelcy Peña  Colombia 57.23 Arlene Phillips  Venezuela 58.42 4 Maria José dos Santos  Brazil 58.75 5 Anabella von Kesselstatt  Argentina 59.35 6 Inés Justet  Uruguay 1:00.21 7 Lucimara Machado  Brazil 1:01.35 8 Ana Atencio  Peru 1:06.89

4 × 100 metres relay

29 June

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
	Brazil	Rita Gomes, Berenice Ferreira, Cleide Amaral, Eliane de Souza	44.87
	Colombia	Ángela Mancilla, Elia Mera, Alejandra Quiñones, Ximena Restrepo	45.00
	Argentina	Daniela Lebreo, Anabella von Kesselstatt, Virginia Lebreo, Denise Sharpe	46.14
4	Chile	Lisette Rondón, Carmen Bezanilla, Ismenia Guzmán, Hannelore Grosser	46.54
5	Uruguay	Claudia Acerenza, Margarita Martiarena, Inés Justet, Soledad Acerenza	46.61
6	Peru	Rosa Morales, Deysi Zereceda, Déborah de Souza, Gilda Massa	49.60
7	Ecuador	Liliana Chalá, Ana Solano, Adriana Martínez, Mayra Carchi	50.18

4 × 400 metres relay

30 June

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
	Brazil	Maria Magnólia Figueiredo, Jupira da Graça, Janice Vera Cruz, Luciana Mendes	3:32.59	CR
	Colombia	Ximena Restrepo, María Quiñones, Maribelcy Peña, Ángela Mancilla	3:36.56
	Uruguay	Inés Justet, Soledad Acerenza, Laura Abel, Claudia Acerenza	3:40.19	NR
4	Chile	Sara Montecinos, Hannelore Grosser, Carmen Bezanilla, Ismenia Guzmán	3:40.43
5	Argentina	Anabella von Kesselstatt, Paula Val, Daniela Lebreo, Virginia Lebreo	3:50.91
6	Ecuador	Liliana Chalá, Mónica Chalá, Adriana Martínez, Mayra Carchi	3:53.14
7	Peru	Ana Atencio, Patricia Martínez, Amalia Gómez, Maritza Cuba	3:57.45

10,000 metres walk

30 June

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Gloria Moreno	Colombia	52:40.5
	Bertha Vera	Ecuador	52:53.2
	Ivanna Hehn	Brazil	53:38.1
4	Miriam Ramón	Ecuador	54:39.1
5	Rosemar Piazza	Brazil	55:12.1
6	Lidia de Carriego	Argentina	58:27.0
7	Ruth Tenicela	Peru	1:03:52.7
8	Brenda Astudillo	Peru	1:05:11.8

High jump

28 June

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Orlane dos Santos	Brazil	1.89	CR
	Mónica Lunkmoss	Brazil	1.81
	Leonor Carter	Chile	1.75
4	Liliana Derfler	Argentina	1.70
5	María Alejandra Chomalí	Chile	1.70

Long jump

29 June

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Rita Slompo	Brazil	5.94
	Luciana dos Santos	Brazil	5.78
	Ingrid Meilicker	Paraguay	5.51
4	Ana María Luzio	Bolivia	5.41
5	Deysi Zereceda	Peru	5.37
6	Déborah de Souza	Peru	5.29

Shot put

30 June

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	María Isabel Urrutia	Colombia	16.34	CR
	Elisângela Adriano	Brazil	16.04
	Alexandra Amaro	Brazil	14.95
4	Virginia Salomón	Venezuela	13.72
5	Rosa Peña	Peru	12.56
6	Elvira Padilla	Peru	12.16
7	Sonia Favre	Argentina	11.54
8	Claudia Larenas	Chile	11.01

Discus throw

29 June

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	María Isabel Urrutia	Colombia	51.70	CR
	Fátima Germano	Brazil	49.74
	Rosana Piovesan	Brazil	47.80
4	Claudia Larenas	Chile	47.30
5	Elvira Padilla	Peru	29.90
6	Isabel Ordoñez	Ecuador	20.52

Javelin throw

28 June

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Marieta Riera	Venezuela	51.70	CR
	Sueli dos Santos	Brazil	56.64
	Mônica Rocha	Brazil	50.26
4	Verónica Prieto	Colombia	48.58
5	Sonia Favre	Argentina	43.00
6	Isabel Ordoñez	Ecuador	40.66

Heptathlon

29–30 June

  The highest mark recorded in each event is highlighted in yellow

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	100m H	HJ	SP	200m	LJ	JT	800m	Points	Notes
	Zorobabelia Córdoba	Colombia	14.76	1.67	13.45	25.22	5.84	44.62	2:30.32	5564
	Conceição Geremias	Brazil	14.53	1.67	12.80	25.90	5.69	36.40	2:31.16	5277
	Ana Lúcia Silva	Brazil	15.82	1.64	12.25	26.46	5.54	36.58	2:40.53	4837
4	Liliana Derfler	Argentina	14.54	1.73	8.15	26.46	5.82	28.96	3:32.90	4335
5	Isabel Ordoñez	Ecuador	17.83	1.46	9.25	28.44	4.60	35.48	2:52.91	3630