# 1985 South American Championships in Athletics – Results

These are the results of the 1985 South American Championships in Athletics which took place at the Estadio Nacional in Santiago, Chile, between 12 and 15 September.

## Men's results
### 100 metres

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Arnaldo da Silva | Brazil | 10.56 | Q |
| 1 | 2 | Robson da Silva | Brazil | 10.56 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Enrique Canavire | Venezuela | 10.67 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Oscar Barrionuevo | Argentina | 10.67 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Marco Mautino | Peru | 10.84 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | Jorge Reboiras | Uruguay | 10.86 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | Álvaro Prenafeta | Chile | 10.86 | q |
| 8 | 1 | Hugo Alzamora | Argentina | 10.88 | q |
| 9 | 1 | Fernando Arroyo | Colombia | 10.94 | |
| 10 | 1 | Luis Alberto Schneider | Chile | 11.01 | |
| 11 | 2 | Nelson Oquendo | Venezuela | 11.03 | |
| 12 | 1 | Giorgio Mautino | Peru | 11.08 | |
| 13 | 2 | Luis Dorrego | Uruguay | 11.19 | |
| 14 | 2 | Luis Villalba | Paraguay | 11.27 | |
| 15 | 1 | Bolívar Luzuriaga | Ecuador | 11.58 | |
| 16 | 2 | Julio Guerrero | Ecuador | 11.81 | |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Arnaldo da Silva | Brazil | 10.39 |
| | Robson da Silva | Brazil | 10.45 |
| | Enrique Canavire | Venezuela | 10.69 |
| 4 | Oscar Barrionuevo | Argentina | 10.79 |
| 5 | Hugo Alzamora | Argentina | 10.86 |
| 6 | Álvaro Prenafeta | Chile | 10.92 |
| 7 | Jorge Reboiras | Uruguay | 10.95 |
| 8 | Marco Mautino | Peru | 10.98 |

### 200 metres

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | Robson da Silva | Brazil | 21.08 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Sérgio Menezes | Brazil | 21.49 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Oscar Barrionuevo | Argentina | 21.63 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Álvaro Prenafeta | Chile | 21.68 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Marco Mautino | Peru | 21.84 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | Eduardo Fuentes | Chile | 22.00 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | Gustavo Capart | Argentina | 22.11 | q |
| 8 | 1 | Jorge Reboiras | Uruguay | 22.13 | q |
| 9 | 1 | Moisés del Castillo | Peru | 22.23 | |
| 10 | 2 | Luis Cabral | Uruguay | 22.29 | |
| 11 | 2 | Fernando Arroyo | Colombia | 22.31 | |
| 12 | 1 | Marcelo Rejas | Bolivia | 22.69 | |
| 13 | 1 | Luis Villalba | Paraguay | 22.77 | |
| 14 | 2 | Pablo Duré | Paraguay | 22.90 | |
| 15 | 1 | Bolívar Luzuriaga | Ecuador | 23.35 | |
| 16 | 2 | Julio Guerrero | Ecuador | 23.87 | |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Robson da Silva | Brazil | 20.70 |
| | Oscar Barrionuevo | Argentina | 21.42 |
| | Sérgio Menezes | Brazil | 21.47 |
| 4 | Álvaro Prenafeta | Chile | 21.49 |
| 5 | Marco Mautino | Peru | 21.69 |
| 6 | Eduardo Fuentes | Chile | 21.72 |
| 7 | Gustavo Capart | Argentina | 22.17 |
| 8 | Jorge Reboiras | Uruguay | 22.19 |

### 400 metres

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Sérgio Menezes | Brazil | 46.81 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | José María Beduino | Argentina | 47.19 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Héctor Daley | Panama | 47.21 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Aaron Phillips | Venezuela | 47.30 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Carlos Morales | Chile | 47.34 | q |
| 6 | 2 | Wilson dos Santos | Brazil | 47.79 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | Gustavo Capart | Argentina | 48.45 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | Moisés del Castillo | Peru | 48.78 | q |
| 9 | 2 | Alejandro Krauss | Chile | 49.41 | |
| 10 | 2 | Eulogio Medina | Uruguay | 49.44 | |
| 11 | 1 | Jorge Cotito | Peru | 49.70 | |
| 12 | 1 | Pablo Duré | Paraguay | 49.95 | |
| 13 | 1 | Luis Cabral | Uruguay | 50.22 | |
| 14 | 2 | Javier Rodríguez | Ecuador | 50.36 | |
| 15 | 1 | Fabián Almeida | Ecuador | 50.37 | |
| 16 | 2 | Marcelo Rejas | Bolivia | 52.00 | |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Héctor Daley | Panama | 46.06 | CR |
| | Sérgio Menezes | Brazil | 46.53 | |
| | Aaron Phillips | Venezuela | 46.66 | |
| 4 | Wilson dos Santos | Brazil | 47.16 | |
| 5 | José María Beduino | Argentina | 47.27 | |
| 6 | Carlos Morales | Chile | 47.69 | |
| 7 | Gustavo Capart | Argentina | 48.21 | |
| 8 | Moisés del Castillo | Peru | 48.58 | |

### 800 metres

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | Luis Migueles | Argentina | 1:50.68 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Rinaldo Gomes | Brazil | 1:50.85 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Manuel Balmaceda | Chile | 1:51.17 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Abel Segura | Colombia | 1:51.41 | q |
| 5 | 1 | Igor Costa | Brazil | 1:51.88 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | Cristián Molina | Chile | 1:51.91 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | Raúl López | Argentina | 1:52.28 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | Eulogio Medina | Uruguay | 1:52.61 | q |
| 9 | 1 | Miguel Marcano | Venezuela | 1:53.75 | |
| 10 | 1 | Francisco Figueredo | Paraguay | 1:58.58 | |
| 11 | 2 | Vicente Medina | Paraguay | 1:58.67 | |
| 12 | 1 | Jorge Cotito | Peru | 2:04.91 | |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Luis Migueles | Argentina | 1:46.90 | CR |
| | Igor Costa | Brazil | 1:47.61 | |
| | Rinaldo Gomes | Brazil | 1:49.35 | |
| 4 | Cristián Molina | Chile | 1:49.90 | |
| 5 | Abel Segura | Colombia | 1:50.54 | |
| 6 | Eulogio Medina | Uruguay | 1:51.52 | |
| 7 | Manuel Balmaceda | Chile | 1:51.88 | |
| 8 | Raúl López | Argentina | 1:52.18 | |

### 1500 metres

13 September
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Adauto Domingues | Brazil | 3:42.16 | CR |
| | Emilio Ulloa | Chile | 3:43.63 | |
| | Ricardo Vera | Uruguay | 3:46.87 | |
| 4 | Abel Segura | Colombia | 3:48.26 | |
| 5 | Abel Godoy | Uruguay | 3:51.44 | |
| 6 | Jorge Rojas | Chile | 3:52.76 | |
| 7 | Rinaldo Gomes | Brazil | 3:54.49 | |
| 8 | José Martínez | Venezuela | 3:54.84 | |
| 9 | Marcelo Cascabelo | Argentina | 3:56.35 | |
| 10 | Raúl López | Argentina | 3:57.63 | |
| 11 | Alfredo Cilloniz | Peru | 4:00.56 | |
| 12 | Vicente Medina | Paraguay | 4:06.88 | |

### 5000 metres

14 September
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Omar Aguilar | Chile | 13:53.69 | CR |
| | Silvio Salazar | Colombia | 14:03.18 | |
| | João de Souza | Brazil | 14:09.43 | |
| 4 | Jorge Rojas | Chile | 14:11.36 | |
| 5 | Juan Pablo Juárez | Argentina | 14:22.82 | |
| 6 | Florindo Correia | Brazil | 14:30.07 | |
| 7 | Roberto Wendorff | Argentina | 14:32.62 | |
| 8 | Abel Godoy | Uruguay | 14:52.18 | |
| 9 | Ramón López | Paraguay | 14:55.81 | |
| 10 | Alfredo Cilloniz | Peru | 14:57.51 | |
| 11 | Félix Inado | Peru | 14:57.59 | |

### 10,000 metres

12 September
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Omar Aguilar | Chile | 28:39.90 | CR |
| | João de Souza | Brazil | 29:02.34 | |
| | Silvio Salazar | Colombia | 29:03.34 | |
| 4 | Julio César Gómez | Argentina | 29:33.66 | |
| 5 | Juan Pablo Juárez | Argentina | 29:36.82 | |
| 6 | Florindo Correia | Brazil | 29:57.03 | |
| 7 | Juan Jofre | Chile | 30:15.81 | |
| 8 | Ramón López | Paraguay | 30:33.43 | |
| 9 | Eladio Fernández | Paraguay | 31:04.84 | |

### Marathon

15 September
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Eloy Schleder | Brazil | 2:22:13 |
| | José San Martín | Chile | 2:24:10 |
| | Mauricio Arancibia | Chile | 2:26:41 |
| 4 | Eladio Fernández | Paraguay | 2:31:31 |
| 5 | Horacio Useglio | Argentina | 2:31:37 |
| 6 | Nelson Zamora | Uruguay | 2:32:58 |
| 7 | Carlos Orué | Argentina | 2:38:59 |
| 8 | Juan Carlos Díaz | Chile | 2:30:56 |
| 9 | Luis Vera | Chile | 2:35:35 |
| 10 | Manuel Centurión | Argentina | 2:41:33 |
| 11 | Sergio D'Angelo | Argentina | 2:50:32 |

### 110 metres hurdles

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | George Biehl | Chile | 14.37 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Pedro Chiamulera | Brazil | 14.24 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Joilto Bonfim | Brazil | 14.41 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Carlos Varas | Argentina | 14.52 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Andrés Lyon | Chile | 14.75 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | Javier Olivar | Uruguay | 15.00 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | José Duque | Venezuela | 15.16 | q |
| 8 | 1 | Harry Franco | Uruguay | 16.05 | q |
| 9 | 2 | Esteban Gorostiaga | Paraguay | 16.41 | |
| 10 | 1 | Ricardo Valiente | Peru | 16.68 | |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Pedro Chiamulera | Brazil | 13.87 | AR |
| | Joilto Bonfim | Brazil | 14.21 | |
| | George Biehl | Chile | 14.40 | |
| 4 | Carlos Varas | Argentina | 14.61 | |
| 5 | Andrés Lyon | Chile | 14.63 | |
| 6 | Javier Olivar | Uruguay | 14.94 | |
| 7 | José Duque | Venezuela | 14.96 | |
| 8 | Harry Franco | Uruguay | 16.11 | |

### 400 metres hurdles

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | Pedro Chiamulera | Brazil | 51.31 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Wilfredo Ferrer | Venezuela | 51.86 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Antônio Ferreira | Brazil | 52.04 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Rodrigo de la Fuente | Chile | 52.26 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Pablo Squella | Chile | 52.86 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | Jorge Díaz | Argentina | 53.01 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | José Castillo | Venezuela | 53.19 | q |
| 8 | 2 | Sebastián Valcarce | Argentina | 53.37 | q |
| 9 | 2 | Javier Olivar | Uruguay | 53.61 | |
| 10 | 1 | Carlos Lima | Uruguay | 54.42 | |
| 11 | 1 | Alberto Izu | Peru | 54.42 | |
| 12 | 2 | Fernando Valiente | Peru | 54.92 | |
| 13 | 2 | Javier Rodríguez | Ecuador | 55.30 | |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Pedro Chiamulera | Brazil | 49.71 | CR |
| | Antônio Ferreira | Brazil | 50.36 | |
| | Wilfredo Ferrer | Venezuela | 51.36 | |
| 4 | Rodrigo de la Fuente | Chile | 51.45 | |
| 5 | Pablo Squella | Chile | 52.44 | |
| 6 | José Castillo | Venezuela | 52.59 | |
| 7 | Jorge Díaz | Argentina | 52.66 | |
| 8 | Sebastián Valcarce | Argentina | 53.32 | |

### 3000 metres steeplechase

15 September
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Adauto Domingues | Brazil | 8:44.38 | CR |
| | Ricardo Vera | Uruguay | 8:44.85 | |
| | Emilio Ulloa | Chile | 8:45.27 | |
| 4 | Marcelo Cascabelo | Argentina | 9:00.49 | |
| 5 | Luis Palma | Chile | 9:02.52 | |
| 6 | Wilson de Santana | Brazil | 9:08.23 | |
| 7 | Ramón López | Paraguay | 9:12.89 | |
| 8 | José Martínez | Venezuela | 9:13.60 | |
| 9 | Carlos Naput | Argentina | 9:20.30 | |

### 4 × 100 metres relay

13 September
| Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time |
| | Brazil | Olivier Cadier, Arnaldo da Silva, Paulo Lima, Robson da Silva | 40.00 |
| | Chile | Boris Mihovilovic, Luis Sáez, Carlos Moreno, Álvaro Prenafeta | 40.69 |
| | Venezuela | Wilfredo Ferrer, Enrique Canavire, José Mirena, Nelson Oquendo | 40.87 |
| 4 | Argentina | Hugo Alzamora, Gustavo Capart, José María Beduino, Oscar Barrionuevo | 41.17 |
| 5 | Peru | Fernando Valiente, Marco Mautino, Moisés del Castillo, Giorgio Mautino | 41.54 |
| 6 | Uruguay | Jorge Reboiras, Javier Olivar, Luis Dorrego, Luis Cabral | 42.31 |
| 7 | Ecuador | Javier Rodríguez, Julio Guerrero, Fabián Almeida, Bolívar Luzuriaga | 43.94 |
| 8 | Paraguay | Luis Villalba, Pablo Duré, Esteban Gorostiaga, Julio Arriola | 44.01 |

### 4 × 400 metres relay

15 September
| Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes |
| | Brazil | Igor Costa, Pedro Chiamulera, Wilson dos Santos, Sérgio Menezes | 3:07.96 | CR |
| | Argentina | Gustavo Capart, Luis Migueles, Oscar Barrionuevo, José María Beduino | 3:10.21 | |
| | Venezuela | José Castillo, Wilfredo Ferrer, Miguel Marcano, Aaron Phillips | 3:11.29 | |
| 4 | Chile | Carlos Morales, Eduardo Fuentes, Alejandro Krauss, Rodrigo de la Fuente | 3:11.32 | |
| 5 | Uruguay | Luis Cabral, Carlos Lima, Harry Franco, Eulogio Medina | 3:17.55 | |

### 20 kilometres walk

14 September
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Jorge Yannone | Argentina | 1:39:04 |
| | Juan Yañez | Venezuela | 1:42:23 |
| | Jorge Torrealba | Venezuela | 1:45:41 |
| 4 | Eloy Quispe | Bolivia | 1:47:38 |
| 5 | Eliu Barrera | Chile | 1:49:32 |
| 6 | Jorge Linari | Argentina | 1:54:04 |
| 7 | Héctor Guerra | Chile | 2:05:01 |

### High jump

13 September
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
| | Milton Francisco | Brazil | 2.17 | CR |
| | Fernando Pastoriza | Argentina | 2.11 | |
| | Cláudio Freire | Brazil | 2.08 | |
| 4 | Heriberto Corrales | Chile | 2.08 | PB |
| 5 | Pablo Román | Chile | 2.05 | |
| 6 | Horacio Acevedo | Argentina | 2.05 | |
| 7 | Juan Carlos Silva | Uruguay | 2.00 | |
| 8 | Fernando Valiente | Peru | 2.00 | |
| 9 | Ricardo Valiente | Peru | 1.90 | |

### Pole vault

12 September
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
| | Oscar Veit | Argentina | 4.90 | =CR |
| | Jaime Silva | Chile | 4.80 | |
| | Elson de Souza | Brazil | 4.80 | |
| 4 | Renato Bortolocci | Brazil | 4.80 | |
| 5 | Manuel Fuentes | Venezuela | 4.50 | |
| 6 | Daniel Prieto | Chile | 4.40 | |
| 7 | Walter Franzantti | Argentina | 4.20 | |

### Long jump

12 September
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result |
| | Enrique Canavire | Venezuela | 7.54 |
| | Olivier Cadier | Brazil | 7.46 |
| | Sergio Roh | Argentina | 7.20 |
| 4 | Fernando Brito | Brazil | 7.05 |
| 5 | Francisco Pichott | Chile | 6.92 |
| 6 | José Mirena | Venezuela | 6.88 |
| 7 | Óscar Ham | Chile | 6.87 |
| 8 | Carlos Alarcón | Argentina | 6.82 |
| 9 | Fernando Valiente | Peru | 6.78 |

### Triple jump

15 September
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result |
| | Francisco dos Santos | Brazil | 16.87 |
| | Jailto Bonfim | Brazil | 16.06 |
| | Roberto Audain | Venezuela | 15.62 |
| 4 | Francisco Pichott | Chile | 15.33 |
| 5 | Angel Gagliano | Argentina | 14.87 |
| 6 | Fernando Kraemer | Chile | 14.74 |
| 7 | Ricardo Valiente | Peru | 14.73 |
| 8 | Juan Carlos Silva | Uruguay | 13.61 |

### Shot put

14 September
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
| | Gert Weil | Chile | 20.14 | CR |
| | Adilson Oliveira | Brazil | 17.13 | |
| | José Jara | Chile | 16.20 | |
| 4 | Otmar Welsch | Brazil | 15.97 | |
| 5 | Gerardo Carucci | Argentina | 15.73 | |
| 6 | Oscar Peñalba | Argentina | 14.83 | |
| 7 | Óscar Gadea | Uruguay | 14.47 | |
| 8 | Alberto Auad | Ecuador | 13.13 | |

### Discus throw

13 September
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result |
| | José de Souza | Brazil | 53.10 |
| | Carlos Brynner | Argentina | 51.60 |
| | Otmar Welsch | Brazil | 50.92 |
| 4 | Oscar Peñalba | Argentina | 50.62 |
| 5 | Gert Weil | Chile | 50.52 |
| 6 | Roberto Pesqueira | Chile | 44.92 |
| 7 | Óscar Gadea | Uruguay | 40.28 |
| 8 | Ramón Jiménez Gaona | Paraguay | 39.16 |

### Hammer throw

14 September
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result |
| | Daniel Gómez | Argentina | 60.26 |
| | Celso de Moraes | Brazil | 60.20 |
| | Pedro Rivail Atílio | Brazil | 60.04 |
| 4 | Gabriel Tomasi | Argentina | 54.76 |
| 5 | Víctor Guerrero | Chile | 52.68 |
| 6 | Humberto Cáceres | Chile | 50.24 |
| 7 | Raúl Ramón | Ecuador | 48.74 |

### Javelin throw

12 September – Old model
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
| | Juan Francisco Garmendia | Argentina | 75.10 | CR |
| | Luis Lucumí | Colombia | 70.64 | |
| | Gustavo Wielandt | Chile | 70.30 | |
| 4 | Amílcar de Barros | Brazil | 67.62 | |
| 5 | José Carlos de Lima e Souza | Brazil | 66.14 | |
| 6 | Jesús López | Argentina | 66.14 | |
| 7 | Marco Talavera | Paraguay | 59.76 | |
| 8 | Claudio Escauriza | Paraguay | 58.86 | |

### Decathlon

12–13 September
| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | 100m | LJ | SP | HJ | 400m | 110m H | DT | PV | JT | 1500m | Points |
| | Paulo Lima | Brazil | 11.03 | 6.96 | 13.94 | 1.95 | 48.39 | 16.28 | 40.46 | 4.20 | 50.78 | 4:43.01 | 7341 |
| | Carlos Martín | Argentina | 11.44 | 6.71 | 12.81 | 1.92 | 50.44 | 16.30 | 39.50 | 3.80 | 44.44 | 4:44.84 | 6764 |
| | Claudio Escauriza | Paraguay | 11.65 | 6.81 | 13.20 | 1.77 | 54.88 | 17.24 | 43.68 | 4.30 | 63.58 | 5:31.60 | 6599 |
| 4 | Fernando Fondello | Argentina | 11.78 | 6.59 | 11.99 | 1.89 | 52.53 | 16.80 | 37.74 | 3.60 | 50.20 | 4:50.59 | 6406 |
| 5 | Pedro da Silva | Brazil | 11.15 | NM | 12.68 | 2.01 | 53.46 | 14.88 | 38.88 | 4.50 | 55.26 | 5:15.95 | 6354 |
| 6 | Leonel Rojas | Chile | 11.67 | 6.65 | 10.51 | 1.71 | 52.85 | 16.56 | 33.12 | 4.10 | 50.78 | 4:53.20 | 6247 |
| 7 | Julio Arriola | Paraguay | 11.89 | 6.30 | 10.69 | 1.59 | 51.64 | 17.03 | 36.36 | 3.40 | 53.76 | 4:49.02 | 5988 |
| 8 | Tómas Riether | Chile | 11.42 | 6.32 | 10.83 | 1.71 | 52.14 | 18.11 | 31.42 | 4.10 | 39.84 | 5:25.38 | 5746 |
| 9 | Dean Torres | Ecuador | 12.19 | 6.09 | 6.56 | 1.71 | 53.47 | 19.34 | 21.40 | 4.00 | 32.92 | 4:40.50 | 5051 |

## Women's results
### 100 metres

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Patricia Pérez | Chile | 11.78 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Bárbara do Nascimento | Brazil | 12.13 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Claudiléia dos Santos | Brazil | 12.16 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Daisy Salas | Chile | 12.22 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Liliana Chalá | Ecuador | 12.23 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | Julia Schuth | Argentina | 12.37 | q |
| 7 | 1 | Claudia Acerenza | Uruguay | 12.40 | q |
| 8 | 2 | Andrea Barabino | Argentina | 12.43 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | Adriana Andrade | Ecuador | 12.78 | |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Patricia Pérez | Chile | 11.78 |
| | Claudiléia dos Santos | Brazil | 12.02 |
| | Daisy Salas | Chile | 12.11 |
| 4 | Bárbara do Nascimento | Brazil | 12.25 |
| 5 | Liliana Chalá | Ecuador | 12.29 |
| 6 | Julia Schuth | Argentina | 12.37 |
| 7 | Claudia Acerenza | Uruguay | 12.42 |
| 8 | Andrea Barabino | Argentina | 12.45 |

### 200 metres

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Claudiléia dos Santos | Brazil | 24.33 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Liliana Chalá | Ecuador | 24.51 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Margarita Grün | Uruguay | 24.59 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Daisy Salas | Chile | 24.60 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Patricia Pérez | Chile | 24.66 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | Claudia Acerenza | Uruguay | 25.01 | q |
| 7 | 2 | Inés Ribeiro | Brazil | 25.08 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | Andrea Barabino | Argentina | 25.42 | q |
| 9 | 2 | Graciela Palacín | Argentina | 25.44 | |
| 10 | 2 | Valeria López | Ecuador | 26.17 | |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Claudiléia dos Santos | Brazil | 23.99 | |
| | Patricia Pérez | Chile | 24.13 | |
| | Liliana Chalá | Ecuador | 24.26 | |
| 4 | Daisy Salas | Chile | 24.36 | PB |
| 5 | Margarita Grün | Uruguay | 24.47 | |
| 6 | Claudia Acerenza | Uruguay | 24.73 | |
| 7 | Inés Ribeiro | Brazil | 25.01 | |
| 8 | Andrea Barabino | Argentina | 25.44 | |

### 400 metres

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Norfalia Carabalí | Colombia | 54.16 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Maria do Carmo Fialho | Brazil | 54.85 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Carmen Mosegui | Uruguay | 55.06 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Elba Barbosa | Brazil | 55.36 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Margarita Grün | Uruguay | 56.13 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | Ismenia Guzmán | Chile | 56.28 | q |
| 7 | 1 | Laura de Falco | Argentina | 56.90 | q |
| 8 | 2 | Flavia Villar | Chile | 57.01 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | Andrea Fuchs | Argentina | 58.13 | |
| 10 | 2 | Valeria López | Ecuador | 59.61 | |
| 11 | 2 | Susana Quintana | Peru | 1:00.15 | |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Norfalia Carabalí | Colombia | 53.25 | CR |
| | Elba Barbosa | Brazil | 54.36 | |
| | Margarita Grün | Uruguay | 54.39 | NR |
| 4 | Maria do Carmo Fialho | Brazil | 54.47 | |
| 5 | Carmen Mosegui | Uruguay | 55.22 | |
| 6 | Ismenia Guzmán | Chile | 56.24 | |
| 7 | Flavia Villar | Chile | 56.32 | |
| 8 | Laura de Falco | Argentina | 57.06 | |

### 800 metres

15 September
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Alejandra Ramos | Chile | 2:03.54 | CR |
| | Soraya Telles | Brazil | 2:06.30 | |
| | Elba Barbosa | Brazil | 2:09.21 | |
| 4 | Graciela Mardones | Chile | 2:10.78 | |
| 5 | Carmen Mosegui | Uruguay | 2:11.02 | |
| 6 | Nora Wiedemer | Argentina | 2:11.56 | |
| 7 | Viviana Cortez | Argentina | 2:21.30 | |

### 1500 metres

13 September
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Alejandra Ramos | Chile | 4:20.16 | CR |
| | Mónica Regonesi | Chile | 4:22.45 | |
| | Fabiola Rueda | Colombia | 4:22.63 | |
| 4 | Liliana Góngora | Argentina | 4:25.00 | |
| 5 | Soraya Telles | Brazil | 4:25.87 | |
| 6 | Jorilda Sabino | Brazil | 4:27.69 | |
| 7 | Ruth Jaime | Peru | 4:38.90 | |
| 8 | Paola Patrón | Uruguay | 4:46.04 | |

### 3000 metres

14 September
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Mónica Regonesi | Chile | 9:29.67 | CR |
| | Carmem de Oliveira | Brazil | 9:30.37 | |
| | Fabiola Rueda | Colombia | 9:31.10 | |
| 4 | Jorilda Sabino | Brazil | 9:32.54 | |
| 5 | Liliana Góngora | Argentina | 9:35.12 | |
| 6 | Margot Vargas | Argentina | 9:54.96 | |
| 7 | Ruth Jaime | Peru | 9:56.15 | |
| 8 | Ariela Bergamini | Chile | 10:07.07 | |
| 9 | Paola Patrón | Uruguay | 10:14.16 | |

### 10,000 metres

15 September
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Mónica Regonesi | Chile | 34:31.37 | AR |
| | Carmem de Oliveira | Brazil | 34:31.37 | |
| | Margot Vargas | Argentina | 36:16.80 | |
| 4 | Marisela de Díaz | Venezuela | 36:37.29 | |
| 5 | Ruth Jaime | Peru | 37:04.46 | |
| 6 | Stella Selles | Argentina | 38:40.53 | |

### 100 metres hurdles

13 September Wind: +0.5 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Beatriz Capotosto | Argentina | 13.87 |
| | Susana Jenkins | Argentina | 13.94 |
| | Juraciara da Silva | Brazil | 13.97 |
| 4 | Conceição Geremias | Brazil | 14.15 |
| 5 | Claudia Oxman | Chile | 14.36 |

### 400 metres hurdles

15 September
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Maria do Carmo Fialho | Brazil | 59.45 | CR |
| | Cornelia Holzinger | Brazil | 1:00.28 | |
| | Claudia Oxman | Chile | 1:01.42 | |
| 4 | Paulina Caroca | Chile | 1:02.64 | |
| 5 | Laura Arriarán | Argentina | 1:03.62 | |
| 6 | Susana Quintana | Peru | 1:00.46 | |

### 4 × 100 metres relay

13 September
| Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time |
| | Chile | Daisy Salas, Flavia Villar, Michelle Camino, Patricia Pérez | 45.80 |
| | Brazil | Inês Antónia Ribeiro, Barbara Nascimento, Claudileia dos Santos, Juraciara da Silva | 46.09 |
| | Argentina | Julia Schuth, Graciela Palacín, Susan Jenkins, Beatriz Capotosto | 46.80 |
| 4 | Uruguay | Margarita Grün, Carmen Mosegui, Soledad Acerenza, Claudia Acerenza | 46.80 |
| 5 | Ecuador | Yalile Moreira, Nancy Vallecilla, Adriana Andrade, Liliana Chalá | 47.23 |

### 4 × 400 metres relay

15 September
| Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes |
| | Brazil | Soraya Telles, Elba Barbosa, Cornelia Holzinguer, Maria do Carmo Fialho | 3:39.77 | CR |
| | Uruguay | Margarita Grün, Carmen Mosegui, Claudia Acerenza, Soledad Acerenza | 3:41.49 | |
| | Chile | Flavia Villar, Ismenia Guzmán, Ximena Carvajal, Alejandra Ramos | 3:43.85 | |
| 4 | Argentina | María Elena Croatto, Julia Schuth, Andrea Fuchs, Laura de Falco | 3:47.11 | |

### High jump

15 September
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
| | Ana Maria Marcon | Brazil | 1.88 | CR |
| | Carmen Garib | Chile | 1.76 | |
| | Conceição Geremias | Brazil | 1.73 | |
| 4 | Ana María Oliver | Argentina | 1.70 | |
| 5 | Leonor Carter | Chile | 1.70 | |

### Long jump

14 September
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result |
| | Conceição Geremias | Brazil | 6.04 |
| | Silvia Murialdo | Argentina | 5.81 |
| | Graciela Acosta | Uruguay | 5.81 |
| 4 | Silvina Pereira | Brazil | 5.67 |
| 5 | Yalile Moreira | Ecuador | 5.63 |
| 6 | Isabel Oliva | Chile | 5.57 |
| 7 | Leonor Carter | Chile | 5.46 |

### Shot put

13 September
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result |
| | Maria Fernandes | Brazil | 14.89 |
| | Jazmín Cirio | Chile | 14.50 |
| | Marinalva dos Santos | Brazil | 14.44 |
| 4 | Berenice da Silva | Uruguay | 13.78 |
| 5 | Patricia Guerrero | Peru | 12.93 |
| 6 | Rosa Molina | Chile | 12.82 |
| 7 | Daphne Birnios | Argentina | 12.68 |
| 8 | Liliana Olguín | Argentina | 12.37 |

### Discus throw

14 September
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result |
| | Márcia Barbosa | Brazil | 46.16 |
| | Marinalva dos Santos | Brazil | 43.50 |
| | Daphne Birnios | Argentina | 42.20 |
| 4 | Liliana Olguín | Argentina | 42.18 |
| 5 | Elvira Yufra | Peru | 41.48 |
| 6 | Verónica Díaz | Chile | 41.16 |
| 7 | Gloria Martínez | Chile | 40.90 |

### Javelin throw

15 September – Old model
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
| | Mónica Rocha | Brazil | 52.08 | CR |
| | Sueli dos Santos | Brazil | 51.52 | |
| | Patricia Guerrero | Peru | 45.38 | |
| 4 | Sonia Favre | Argentina | 44.62 | |
| 5 | Eugenia Urra | Chile | 44.50 | |
| 6 | Ana María Campillay | Argentina | 43.06 | |
| 7 | Verónica Díaz | Chile | 40.10 | |

### Heptathlon

10–11 September
| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | 100m H | HJ | SP | 200m | LJ | JT | 800m | Points |
| | Ana María Comaschi | Argentina | 14.83 | 1.48 | 10.93 | 25.76 | 5.27 | 38.18 | 2:27.20 | 4866 |
| | Nancy Vallecilla | Ecuador | 13.71 | 1.66 | 10.52 | 25.17 | 5.71 | NM | 2:18.64 | 4865 |
| | Rita Geremias | Brazil | 15.52 | 1.57 | 9.03 | 26.84 | 5.47 | 33.88 | 2:23.53 | 4710 |
| 4 | María Esther Mediano | Chile | 14.71 | 1.60 | 10.20 | 27.32 | 5.42 | 32.44 | 2:39.36 | 4624 |
| 5 | Claudia Brien | Chile | 15.80 | 1.60 | 12.68 | 28.84 | 4.87 | 38.06 | 2:40.66 | 4466 |
| 6 | Ingrid Meilicker | Paraguay | 16.05 | 1.54 | 8.91 | 26.75 | 5.21 | 33.72 | 2:41.48 | 4285 |
| 7 | Ana María Destéfanis | Argentina | 16.32 | 1.51 | 11.08 | 28.61 | 4.98 | 30.86 | 2:32.15 | 4205 |
| 8 | Lucy Agüero | Paraguay | 18.24 | 1.48 | 9.19 | 29.59 | 4.56 | 37.86 | 2:47.83 | 3606 |