1978 São Paulo 1981 Rio de Janeiro All 47 editions

Americas Continental championships · since 1959

1980 South American Junior Athletics Champs

Santiago, Chile 23–26 Oct 1980

events: 36
medals awarded: 108
nations on the podium: 7
world records: 0

Podiums

Sprints

100m

Ernesto Braun 10.86

Hugo Antonio Alzamora 10.86

Gerson Dos Santos 11.06

Sprints

200m

Hugo Antonio Alzamora 21.84

Pedro Tarrago 21.94

Joao Batista Da Silva 21.96

Sprints

400m

Joaquim Cruz CR 47.17

Luiz Borges (1962) 48.64

Moises Del Castillo 48.68

Middle & long

800m

Joaquim Cruz 1:50.5

Luiz Borges (1962) 1:52.5

Miguel Henriquez 1:55.8

Middle & long

1500m

Jacinto Navarrete 3:55.4

Francisco Paulo 3:56.4

Raul Conde 3:57.5

Middle & long

5000m

Jacinto Navarrete CR 14:40.3

Antonio Humberto 14:48.0

Carlos Alves 15:06.3

Middle & long

2000m steeplechase

Carlos Alves 5:51.7

Reinaldo Silva 5:55.2

Jorge Olmeda 5:58.5

Hurdles

110m hurdles

Sidney Dos Santos 15.06

George Biehl 15.37

Javier Olivar 15.38

Hurdles

400m hurdles

Pablo Squella 53.59

Jorge Diaz 54.46

Javier Olivar 54.77

Jumps

High jump

Milton Riitano Francisco CR 2.10

Carlos Izquierdo 1.99

Cristian Bastias 1.96

Jumps

Pole vault

Jaime Silva CR 4.60

Flavio Ferreira 4.55

Francisco Cumplido 4.40

Jumps

Long jump

Marcio Macarini 7.08

Sergio Izquierdo 7.02

Jorge Mena 6.93

Jumps

Triple jump

Roberto Ewert (1963) 14.76

Valdir Sabino 14.40

Francisco Costa 14.28

Throws

Shot put

Mario Villa Real 15.40

Norberto Aime 15.26

Carlos Hornos 14.84

Throws

Discus throw

Norberto Aime 45.14

Oziel Da Silva 40.52

Joao Caversan 39.02

Throws

Hammer throw

Jorge Centurion 57.78

Ralf Frustockl 52.66

Marcos Leme (1962) 51.84

Throws

Javelin throw

Wilson Pachalski 60.00

Dario Jacob (1962) 58.38

Joel dos Santos 57.80

Combined

Decathlon

Ronaldo Alcaraz Upd to 84 table: 6446 pts CR 6563

Osvaldo Frigerio Upd to 84 table: 6363 pts 6473

Francisco Munoz Upd to 84 table: 6281 pts 6355

Relays

4x100m

Argentina

Hugo Antonio Alzamora Anibal Grande Ernesto Braun Gustavo Raul Capart

CR 41.17

Brazil

Sidney Dos Santos Pedro Souza Joao Batista Da Silva Gerson Dos Santos

41.26

Chile

R. Casanueva Fernando Salazar Roberto Herrera Gerardo San Jose

42.10

Relays

4x400m

Brazil

Marcos Vieira (I) Pedro Souza Luiz Borges (1962) Joaquim Cruz

CR 3:13.1

Argentina

Jorge Diaz Daniel Buffarini Daniel Rolando Bambicha Ernesto Braun

3:17.5

Chile

Gerardo San Jose Fernando Salazar Carlos Contreras Fabian Alvarez

3:30.5

Medal table

7 nations · 108 medals

#	Nation				Total
1	Brazil BRA	14	16	14	44
2	Argentina ARG	13	16	4	33
3	Chile CHI	6	2	12	20
4	Colombia COL	3	2	1	6
5	Uruguay URU	0	0	3	3
6	Ecuador ECU	0	0	1	1
7	Peru PER	0	0	1	1

Records set

7 CR

CR Joaquim Cruz 400m · Men 47.17
CR Jacinto Navarrete 5000m · Men 14:40.3
CR Milton Riitano Francisco High jump · Men 2.10
CR Jaime Silva Pole vault · Men 4.60
CR Ronaldo Alcaraz Decathlon · Men 6563
CR Argentina 4x100m · Men 41.17
CR Brazil 4x400m · Men 3:13.1