Americas Continental championships · since 1978 
Cuenca ↗, Ecuador 26–30 Oct 1998
1998 South American Games
Cuenca ↗, Ecuador 26–30 Oct 1998- events
- 45
- medals awarded
- 132
- nations on the podium
- 8
- world records
- 0
Podiums
200m
wind +0.1400m
800m
1500m
5000m
10,000m
Marathon
3000m steeplechase
110m hurdles
wind +0.6400m hurdles
High jump
Pole vault
Long jump
Triple jump
Three contestant. Two medals given.
Shot put
Discus throw
Hammer throw
Javelin throw
20 km race walk
50 km race walk
Decathlon
Other contestant - DNF
4x100m
4x400m
Medal table
8 nations · 132 medals| # | Nation | Total | Share | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ecuador ECU | 15 | 15 | 17 | 47 | |
| 2 |  Colombia COL | 13 | 5 | 3 | 21 | |
| 3 |  Chile CHI | 7 | 12 | 9 | 28 | |
| 4 |  Argentina ARG | 7 | 2 | 1 | 10 | |
| 5 |  Peru PER | 1 | 5 | 8 | 14 | |
| 6 |  Uruguay URU | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |
| 7 |  Paraguay PAR | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 8 |  Bolivia BOL | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
Records set
14 CR- CR Carlos Zbinden 400m hurdles · Men 50.1
- CR Marcelo Pugliese Discus throw · Men 59.74
- CR Jefferson Perez 20 km race walk · Men 1:23:11
- CR Hector Moreno 50 km race walk · Men 4:27:13
- CR Santiago Lorenzo Decathlon · Men 6940
- CR Ana Mariuxi Caicedo 100m · Women 11.57
- CR Felipa Palacios 200m · Women 22.78
- CR Martha Tenorio 5000m · Women 16:27.6
- CR Martha Tenorio 10,000m · Women 34:23.6
- CR Veronica Depaoli 100m hurdles · Women 13.62
- CR= Solange Witteveen High jump · Women 1.75
- CR Alejandra Garcia Pole vault · Women 4.05
- CR Andrea Avila Triple jump · Women 13.60
- CR Maria Eugenia Villamizar Hammer throw · Women 57.84
About this edition
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