# 1984 South American Youth Championships in Athletics

The 7th South American Youth Championships in Athletics were held in Tarija, Bolivia from September 13–16, 1984.

## Medal summary

Medal winners are published for boys and girls. Complete results can be found on the "World Junior Athletics History" website. All results are marked as "affected by altitude" (A), because Tarija is located at 1,854 metres above sea level.

### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres | Luís Mattos (BRA) | 11.0A | Marcelo Ducart (ARG) | 11.1A | Miguel Huamán (PER) | 11.2A |
| 200 metres | Luís Mattos (BRA) | 22.8A | Miguel Huamán (PER) | 23.2A | Claudio Galdos (PER) | 23.3A |
| 400 metres | Arovaldo Silva (BRA) | 51.0A | Antônio de Oliveira (BRA) | 52.7A | Héctor Villarraga (COL) | 53.7A |
| 800 metres | Antônio de Oliveira (BRA) | 2:02.1A | Vital Santo (BRA) | 2:02.6A | Javier Ferrario (ARG) | 2:03.5A |
| 1500 metres | Clodoaldo do Carmo (BRA) | 4:10.0A | Vital Santo (BRA) | 4:10.1A | José Castillo (PER) | 4:20.0A |
| 3000 metres | Clodoaldo do Carmo (BRA) | 9:00.1A | Alexandre César (BRA) | 9:19.8A | José Castillo (PER) | 9:19.9A |
| 1500 metres steeplechase | Clodoaldo do Carmo (BRA) | 4:25.2A | Vital Santo (BRA) | 4:33.2A | Fuad Ramos (BOL) | 4:50.4A |
| 110 metres hurdles | Marcelo Ducart (ARG) | 14.4A | Javier del Río (PER) | 15.7A | Luis de la Cruz (PER) | 15.8A |
| 300 metres hurdles | Alexandre da Silva (BRA) | 40.8A | Ariel Pintos (ARG) | 41.6A | Eduardo Lloret (PAR) | 41.9A |
| High jump | Humberto Sarubbi (PAR) | 1.95A | Aníbal Folmer (ARG) | 1.86A | Jorge Oliveira (BRA) | 1.80A |
| Pole vault | Martín Bossio (ARG) | 3.60A | Orestes Menegas (BRA) | 3.50A | | |
| Long jump | Paulo de Oliveira (BRA) | 6.66A | Marcelo Ducart (ARG) | 6.58A | Erwin Arteaga (BOL) | 6.42A |
| Triple jump | Caio Rocha (BRA) | 14.14A | Ricardo Valiente (PER) | 13.69A | Luis Mércuri (ARG) | 13.59A |
| Shot put | Raúl Folmer (ARG) | 15.78A | Ricardo Romero (ARG) | 14.97A | Gustavo Barreto (BRA) | 13.52A |
| Discus throw | Ricardo Romero (ARG) | 46.78A | Raúl Folmer (ARG) | 41.44A | Cristiano Corone (BRA) | 40.40A |
| Hammer throw | Adrián Marzo (ARG) | 59.14A | Raúl Folmer (ARG) | 53.72A | Marcelo Bordin (BRA) | 42.00A |
| Javelin throw | Orion Bittencourt (BRA) | 50.40A | Martín Bossio (ARG) | 48.72A | Ricardo Valiente (PER) | 44.06A |
| Hexathlon | Orion Bittencourt (BRA) | 3713A | Gabriel Quintás (ARG) | 3392A | Ricardo Valiente (PER) | 3366A |
| 4 × 100 metres relay | Peru Eduardo Núñez Javier Narduce Claudio Galdos Miguel Huamán | 44.1A | Argentina Alejandro Ordinas Fernando Oliva Leonardo Tellado Marcelo Ducart | 45.4A | Paraguay Juan Wasmosy Humberto Sarubbi Eduardo Lloret Pablo Papalardo | 45.5A |
| 4 × 400 metres relay | Brazil | 3:31.7A | Peru | 3:38.2A | Argentina | 3:39.1A |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres | Nancy Chemini (ARG) | 12.6A | Rosana Viasco (URU) | 12.7A | Rita Gomes (BRA) | 12.9A |
| 200 metres | Jupira da Graça (BRA) | 25.7A | Virginia Guerra (URU) | 26.5A | Rita Gomes (BRA) | 26.5A |
| 400 metres | Jupira da Graça (BRA) | 57.1A | Ana Verissimo (BRA) | 57.8A | Susana Quintana (PER) | 60.0A |
| 800 metres | Ana Verissimo (BRA) | 2:19.8A | Luiza do Nascimento (BRA) | 2:20.3A | Niusha Mansilla (BOL) | 2:24.8A |
| 1500 metres | Martha Palomino (PER) | 4:55.1A | Luiza do Nascimento (BRA) | 4:56.6A | Roxana Coronatti (ARG) | 4:59.1A |
| 100 metres hurdles | Clarice Kuhn (BRA) | 15.2A | Roberta Fernandes (BRA) | 15.3A | Virginia Arriola (PAR) | 15.5A |
| High jump | Clarice Kuhn (BRA) | 1.63A | Elena Junges (ARG) | 1.63A | Ursula Karl (PER) | 1.55A |
| Long jump | Mónica Falcioni (URU) | 5.54A | Roberta Fernandes (BRA) | 5.32A | Maritza Macogno (ARG) | 5.27A |
| Shot put | Ana Viglione (ARG) | 10.84A | Elvira Yufra (PER) | 10.24A | María Grimaldi (ARG) | 10.17A |
| Discus throw | Cristiane Meher (BRA) | 37.26A | Elvira Yufra (PER) | 34.00A | María Gamboa (ARG) | 31.86A |
| Javelin throw | María Gamboa (ARG) | 35.64A | Zorobabelia Córdoba (COL) | 34.36A | Alexandra Dumas (BRA) | 28.86A |
| Pentathlon | Alexandra Dumas (BRA) | 3086A | Ana Keutman (BRA) | 2985A | Adriana Giménez (ARG) | 2959A |
| 4 × 100 metres relay | Brazil Clarice Kuhn Jupira da Graça Roberta Fernandes Rita Gomes | 49.9A | Argentina Graciela Guglielmo Andrea Ávila Carolina Schlossberg Nancy Chemini | 50.9A | Peru Malú Croussilat M. Bonilla Liliana Pereira Susana Quintana | 51.7A |
| 4 × 400 metres relay | Brazil | 4:03.3A | Argentina | 4:15.3A | Peru | 4:20.5A |

## Medal table (unofficial)

* Host nation (Bolivia)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Brazil (BRA) | 22 | 12 | 7 | 41 |
| 2 | Argentina (ARG) | 8 | 13 | 8 | 29 |
| 3 | Peru (PER) | 2 | 6 | 11 | 19 |
| 4 | Uruguay (URU) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | Paraguay (PAR) | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 6 | Colombia (COL) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | Bolivia (BOL)* | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Totals (7 entries) | Totals (7 entries) | 34 | 34 | 33 | 101 |

## Participation (unofficial)

Detailed result lists can be found on the "World Junior Athletics History" website. An unofficial count yields the number of about 136 athletes from about 7 countries:
* Argentina (39)
* Bolivia (22)
* Brazil (28)
* Colombia (5)
* Paraguay (18)
* Perú (21)
* Uruguay (3)