List of South American records in athletics
Men

List of South American records in athletics

Section Title: Men
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Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Meet	Place	Ref

50 m	5.6 (ht)	Fernando Acevedo	Peru	28 January 1978	Germany Böblingen, Germany

José Bento de Assis Junior	Brazil	22 August 1942	Brazil São Paulo, Brazil

5.75+ #	Vicente de Lima	Brazil	10 February 2009	Meeting Pas de Calais	France Liévin, France

60 m	6.52	José Carlos Moreira	Brazil	13 February 2009	France Paris, France

200 m	20.65	Robson da Silva	Brazil	26 February 1989	Germany Sindelfingen, Germany

300 m	32.19	Robson da Silva	Brazil	24 February 1989	BW-Bank Meeting	Germany Karlsruhe, Germany

400 m	46.14	Jhon Perlaza	Colombia	4 March 2018	United States Boston, United States

600 m	1:15.90	Osmar dos Santos	Brazil	31 January 2004	United States Boston, United States

800 m	1:45.43	José Luíz Barbosa	Brazil	8 March 1989	Greece Piraeus, Greece

1000 m	2:16.99	Joaquim Cruz	Brazil	12 February 1989	Sparkassen Cup	Germany Stuttgart, Germany

1500 m	3:39.79	David Torrence	Peru	4 February 2017	Weltklasse in Karlsruhe	Germany Karlsruhe, Germany

Mile	3:56.26	Hudson de Souza	Brazil	10 February 2001	Tyson Invitational	United States Fayetteville, United States

2000 m	5:09.61	Federico Bruno	Argentina	26 January 2013	France Bordeaux, France

3000 m	7:49.46	Jacinto Navarrete	Colombia	10 March 1991	World Championships	Spain Sevilla, Spain

5000 m	13:42.54	Antonio Silio	Argentina	20 February 1990	Spain San Sebastián, Spain

50 m hurdles	6.57	Redelen Melo dos Santos	Brazil	28 January 2006	Netherlands Groningen, Netherlands

60 m hurdles	7.60	Márcio de Souza	Brazil	15 February 2004	BW-Bank Meeting	Germany Karlsruhe, Germany

Gabriel Constantino	Brazil	17 February 2018	Brazil São Caetano do Sul, Brazil

High jump	2.27 m	Gilmar Mayo	Colombia	24 February 1999	Greece Pireás, Greece

Pole vault	5.93 m	Thiago Braz	Brazil	13 February 2016	ISTAF Indoor	Germany Berlin, Germany

Long jump	8.42 m	Irving Saladino	Panama	13 February 2008	Greece Paiania, Greece

Triple jump	17.56 m	Jadel Gregório	Brazil	12 March 2006	World Championships	Russia Moscow, Russia

Shot put	21.37 m	Darlan Romani	Brazil	3 March 2018	World Championships	United Kingdom Birmingham, United Kingdom

Discus throw	57.62 m	Mauricio Ortega	Colombia	10 February 2017	ISTAF Indoor	Germany Berlin, Germany

Heptathlon	5951 pts	Gonzalo Barroilhet	Chile	14–15 March 2008	NCAA Indoor Championships	United States Fayetteville, United States

7.19 (60 m), 7.42 m (long jump), 13.74 m(shot put), 2.02 m (high jump) / 7.98 (60 m hurdles), 5.05 m (pole vault), 2:40.30 (1000 m)

5951 pts	Carlos Chinin	Brazil	7–8 February 2014	Combined Events International Meeting	Estonia Tallinn, Estonia

7.01 (60 m), 7.41 m (long jump), 14.27 m (shot put), 2.01 m (high jump) / 8.01 (60 m hurdles), 4.64 m (pole vault), 2:44.88 (1000 m)

5000 m walk	19:28.87	Sérgio Galdino	Brazil	13 March 1993	World Championships	Canada Toronto, Canada

4 × 200 m relay	1:28.08	Jeremy Bascom Winston George Ken Nelson Stefan Smith	Guyana	27 January 2018	Dr. Norb Sander Invitational	United States New York City, United States

4×400 m relay	3:10.50	Claudinei da Silva Osmar dos Santos Flávio Godoy Geraldo Maranhao	Brazil	8 March 1997	World Championships	France Paris, France

Sentence(s)

Hudson de Souza was the South American record holder in the mile.

final_sentence: Hudson de Souza was the South American record holder in the mile.