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1995 Santiago 1997 San Carlos All 47 editions

Americas Continental championships · since 1959

1996 South American Junior Athletics Champs

Bucaramanga, Colombia 8–10 Jun 1996

events: 43
medals awarded: 129
nations on the podium: 9
world records: 0

Podiums

Sprints

100m

wind +1.2

1

Paulo Poersch 10.2

2

John Jairo Mena 10.4

3

Heber Viera 10.5

Sprints

200m

wind +2.7

1

Paulo Poersch 20.2

2

Heber Viera 20.9

3

Valmir Da Silva 21.4

Sprints

400m

1

Gustavo Aguirre 48.3

2

Andre Dos Santos 48.4

3

Claudio Silva 48.4

Middle & long

800m

1

Hudson De Souza 1:50.8

2

Davi De Jesus 1:51.8

3

Gustavo Aguirre 1:52.4

Middle & long

1500m

1

Claudinei Vitor 3:53.6

2

Jose Da Silva 3:55.9

3

Jose Luis Zapata 3:58.0

Middle & long

5000m

1

Ricardo Maestrello 14:44.2

2

Marilson Gomes dos Santos 14:48.3

3

Mauricio Ladino 14:54.9

Middle & long

10,000m

1

Mauricio Ladino 31:31.5

2

Paulo Lunkes 31:32.1

3

Julio Cutipa 32:06.0

Middle & long

3000m steeplechase

1

Ramiro Nogueira 9:20.5

2

Rogelio Fernandez 9:21.5

3

Nelson Gonzalez 9:26.3

Hurdles

110m hurdles

wind +1.6

1

Alexander Mena 14.6

2

Paulo Villar 14.8

3

Adriano Oliveira 15.2

Hurdles

400m hurdles

1

Alexander Mena 51.9

2

Cristiano Moura 53.5

3

Robson Dos Santos 53.6

Jumps

High jump

1

Alfredo Deza (1979) 2.12

2

Fabricio Romero 2.12

3

Jorge Balliengo 2.09

Jumps

Pole vault

1

Waldo Martinez 4.60

2

Gustavo Rehder 4.50

3

Cristobal Zegers 4.45

Jumps

Long jump

1

Cristian Antivilo 7.30

2

Felipe Soto (1978) 7.04

3

Elton De Queiroz 7.03

Jumps

Triple jump

1

Marcos Da Costa 15.05

2

Jefferson Lopes 15.04

3

Jose Joaquin Reyes 14.68

Throws

Shot put

1

Jhonny Rodriguez 16.17

2

Ronny Jimenez 15.07

3

Marcelo Moreira (1977) 14.47

Throws

Discus throw

1

Hernan Vazquez 46.76

2

Andres Calvo 46.26

3

Julian Angulo 45.38

Throws

Hammer throw

1

Cristian Fernandez 51.98

2

Patricio Palma 50.02

3

Juan Alviar 46.28

Throws

Javelin throw

1

Carlos Perez 61.88

2

John Mena 61.46

3

Cruz Gamez 60.82

Race walks

10,000m race walk

1

Omar Aguirre 45:53.8

2

Rodrigo De Araujo (1977) 46:06.7

3

Jose Marin 46:36.7

Combined

Decathlon

1

Santiago Lorenzo 6352

2

Edson Bindilatti 6255

3

Everaldo do Vasconcelos 5977

Relays

4x100m

1

Brazil

Valmir Da Silva Adriano Oliveira Rodrigo Palladino Paulo Poersch

CR 40.3

2

Colombia

Emir Garcia Jose Luis Herrera Alexander Mena John Jairo Mena

40.4

3

Argentina

Ivan Altamirano Gustavo Aguirre Gustavo Blanco Martin Cortese

41.5

Relays

4x400m

1

Brazil

Wagner Pereira Rogerio Da Silva (1977) Andre Dos Santos Paulo Poersch

CR 3:10.6

2

Colombia

Jose Luis Herrera John Aguilar John Jairo Mena Alexander Mena

3:14.6

3

Venezuela

Johnny Lahoz Luis Parra . Izaguirre Claudio Silva

3:15.0

Medal table

9 nations · 129 medals

#	Nation				Total	Share
1	Brazil BRA	21	21	12	54
2	Colombia COL	9	12	10	31
3	Argentina ARG	6	3	10	19
4	Venezuela VEN	2	3	6	11
5	Guyana GUY	2	0	0	2
6	Chile CHI	1	2	3	6
7	Peru PER	1	0	1	2
8	Ecuador ECU	1	0	0	1
9	Uruguay URU	0	2	1	3

Records set

2 CR

CR Brazil 4x100m · Men 40.3
CR Brazil 4x400m · Men 3:10.6