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Americas Continental championships · since 1959

1970 South American Junior Athletics Champs

Cali, Colombia 9–12 Oct 1970

events: 28
medals awarded: 84
nations on the podium: 7
world records: 0

Podiums

Sprints

100m

Julio Escobar 10.9

Augusto Marchinaris 11.0

Abdala Bucaram 11.0

Sprints

200m

Julio Escobar 21.6

Ruben Paulo 21.9

Jorge Villanueva 22.1

Sprints

400m

Jose Luis Baez (1952) 49.3

Demetrio Perez 50.2

Augusto Marchinaris 50.3

Middle & long

800m

Hector Lopez CR 1:49.9

Jose Luis Baez (1952) 1:53.6

Elio Carraveta 1:54.9

Middle & long

1500m

Guillermo Martinez (1952) 4:01.8

Luis Castro (1952) 4:04.7

Ernesto Barrantes 4:05.3

Middle & long

3000m

Guillermo Martinez (1952) CR= 8:45.7

Luis Castro (1952) 8:46.9

Jorge Pavon 8:58.2

Middle & long

1500m steeplechase

Jose Gonzalez 4:29.4

Carlos Pinheiro 4:31.7

Ernesto Barrantes 4:32.0

Hurdles

110m hurdles

Francisco Rosetto (1952) 15.2

Antonio Varela 15.4

Fernando Garcia 15.7

Hurdles

400m hurdles

Eduardo Rodrigues 55.6

Pelayo Arrieta 56.2

Eduardo Pini 56.3

Jumps

High jump

Dario Pignataro 1.86

Oscar Rodriguez 1.85

Paulo Perez 1.85

Jumps

Pole vault

Augusto Leon Piqueras CR 4.00

Timoteo Buckwalter (1953) 3.90

Eduardo Koike 3.70

Jumps

Long jump

Marcio Lomonaco 7.09

Ricardo Otazu 7.07

Anibal Cabrera 6.94

Jumps

Triple jump

Anibal Cabrera 13.99

Ricardo Otazu 13.92

Paulo Pinto 13.73

Throws

Shot put

Carlos Elias (1953) 15.94

Jesus Ramos 15.18

Jose Querubim 14.77

Throws

Discus throw

Jose Sarti 41.74

Jaime Mathinson 37.32

Alejandro Serrano 36.32

Throws

Hammer throw

Eduardo Mazzeo 45.42

Jorge Cicery 44.22

Candido Mauricio 42.34

Throws

Javelin throw

Jaime Mathinson 60.46

Fernando Hoces 57.52

Christian Kittsteiner 55.60

Combined

Hexathlon

Mario Grise 100-LJ-SP5kg-JT700g-HJ-800 3707

Dario Pignataro 100-LJ-SP5kg-JT700g-HJ-800 3658

Luis Diaz 100-LJ-SP5kg-JT700g-HJ-800 3629

Relays

4x400m

Colombia

Nelson Alfaro Jorge Solarte Arutor Rodriguez Jorge Velazquez

3:19.8

Venezuela

Pedro Diaz Omar Elvitar Jesus Testa Hector Lopez

3:20.0

Argentina

Juan Italiana Luis Molina Jorge Villanueva Ruben Paulo

3:20.8

Medal table

7 nations · 84 medals

#	Nation				Total
1	Argentina ARG	11	10	5	26
2	Colombia COL	5	1	3	9
3	Chile CHI	4	5	7	16
4	Peru PER	3	4	1	8
5	Brazil BRA	3	3	6	12
6	Venezuela VEN	2	3	3	8
7	Ecuador ECU	0	2	3	5

Records set

3 CR

CR Hector Lopez 800m · Men 1:49.9
CR= Guillermo Martinez (1952) 3000m · Men 8:45.7
CR Augusto Leon Piqueras Pole vault · Men 4.00