# Athletics at the 1982 Southern Cross Games

Athletics events at the 1982 Southern Cross Games were held at the Centro de Alto Rendimiento Deportivo Pedro Candioti (CARD), equipped with one of the first synthetic tracks in Argentina, in Santa Fe, Argentina. A total of 39 events were contested, 23 by men and 16 by women.

## Medal summary

Medal winners were published in a book written by Argentinian journalist Ernesto Rodríguez III with support of the Argentine Olympic Committee (Spanish: Comité Olímpico Argentino) under the auspices of the Ministry of Education (Spanish: Ministerio de Educación de la Nación) in collaboration with the Office of Sports (Spanish: Secretaría de Deporte de la Nación). Eduardo Biscayart supplied the list of winners and their results.

### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres | Luis Schneider Chile | 10.87 | Hugo Alzamora Argentina | 10.91 | Mauricio Urquiza Chile | 11.01 |
| 200 metres | Luis Schneider Chile | 21.28 | Gustavo Capart Argentina | 21.58 | Ernesto Braun Argentina | 21.84 |
| 400 metres | Pablo Squella Chile | 47.47 | Daniel Bambicha Argentina | 48.20 | Rubén Da Cunha Uruguay | 49.07 |
| 800 metres | Manuel Ramírez Colombia | 1:50.10 | Emilio Ulloa Chile | 1:50.12 | Raúl López Argentina | 1:51.45 |
| 1500 metres | Emilio Ulloa Chile | 3:46.70 | Ricardo Vera Uruguay | 3:48.85 | Abel Washington Godoy Uruguay | 3:49.06 |
| 5000 metres | Ricardo Vera Uruguay | 14:07.4 | Alejandro Silva Chile | 14:09.0 | Omar Ortega Argentina | 14:10.1 |
| 10,000 metres | Alejandro Silva Chile | 29:35.9 | Luis Tipán Ecuador | 29:47.0 | Omar Aguilar Chile | 29:55.6 |
| Marathon | Alfredo Maravilla Argentina | 2:26:45 | Luis Tipán Ecuador | 2:27:00 | Carlos Carvajal Chile | 2:30:00 |
| 110 m hurdles | Juan Carlos Fuentes Chile | 15.15 | Javier Olivar Uruguay | 15.27 | Andrés Lyon Chile | 15.28 |
| 400 m hurdles | Pablo Squella Chile | 50.81 | Ricardo Biosco Colombia | 52.16 | Javier Olivar Uruguay | 52.50 |
| 3000 m steeplechase | Emilio Ulloa Chile | 8:50.6 | Luis Palma Chile | 8:56.4 | Sigfredo Romero Colombia | 9:06.0 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay | Mauricio Urquiza Francisco Pichot Juan Carlos Fuentes Luis Schneider Chile | 41.00 | Jorge Cotito Ronald Raborg Enrique Goytisolo Mirko Kuljevan Peru | 43.00 | | |
| 4 × 400 metres relay | Juan Carlos Fuentes Alfredo Edwards Luis Schneider Pablo Squella Chile | 3:11.65 | Jorge Díaz Raúl López Gabriel Castellà Daniel Bambicha Argentina | 3:13.99 | Gabriel Díaz Javier Olivar Luis Cabral Rubén da Cunha Uruguay | 3:19.57 |
| 20 kilometres walk | Oswaldo Morejón Bolivia | 1:37:06 | Jorge Yannone Argentina | 1:38:01 | Esteban Quelale Bolivia | 1:38:12 |
| High jump | Fernando Pastoriza Argentina | 2.03 | Joaquín del Real Chile | 2.03 | Horacio Acevedo Argentina | 2.00 |
| Pole vault | Fernando Hoces Chile | 4.80 | Fernando Ruocco Uruguay | 4.80 | Marcelo Cibié Chile | 4.50 |
| Long jump | Francisco Pichot Chile | 7.44 | Eduardo Labalta Argentina | 7.17 | Mirko Kuljevan Paraguay | 7.06 |
| Triple jump | Francisco Pichot Chile | 15.73 w | Angel Gagliano Argentina | 15.19 w | Jorge Mazzeo Argentina | 15.07 w |
| Shot put | Gert Weil Chile | 17.37 | Tito Steiner Argentina | 15.29 | Gerardo Carucci Argentina | 15.12 |
| Discus throw | Carlos Bryner Argentina | 50.26 | Gert Weil Chile | 47.90 | Alejandro Serrano Chile | 47.60 |
| Hammer throw | Daniel Gómez Argentina | 56.24 | Ernesto Iglesias Argentina | 53.40 | Gert Weil Chile | 35.08 |
| Javelin throw | Luis Lucumi Colombia | 77.98 | Juan Francisco Garmendia Argentina | 76.12 | Antar Martínez Colombia | 68.70 |
| Decathlon | Carlos Gambetta Argentina | 7103pts | Claudio Escauriza Paraguay | 6774pts | Hugo Giménez Argentina | 6168pts |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres | Carmela Bolívar Peru | 12.40 | Leslie Cooper Chile | 12.55 | Carla Herencia Chile | 12.72 |
| 200 metres | Eucaris Caicedo Colombia | 24.48 | Margarita Grun Uruguay | 24.70 | Carmela Bolívar Peru | 24.99 |
| 400 metres | Eucaris Caicedo Colombia | 54.21 | Margarita Grun Uruguay | 54.84 | Cecilia Rodríguez Chile | 56.19 |
| 800 metres | Liliana Góngora Argentina | 2:09.06 | Norfalia Carabalí Colombia | 2:11.55 | Silvia Augsburger Argentina | 2:11.78 |
| 1500 metres | Liliana Góngora Argentina | 4:25.92 | Mónica Regonesi Chile | 4:29.19 | Marcela Arriagada Chile | 4:34.06 |
| 3000 metres | Mónica Regonesi Chile | 9:53.9 | Marcia Susana Chiliquinga Ecuador | 10:04.5 | Sonia Molina Argentina | 10:12.5 |
| 4×100 metres relay | Hilda Márquez Susana Jenkins Graciela Palacín Beatriz Capotosto Argentina | 47.1 | Cecilia Rodríguez Carla Herencia Daisy Salas Leslie Cooper Chile | 47.3 | María Isabel Urrutia Norfalia Carabalí Nadia Katich Eucaris Caicedo Colombia | 49.3 |
| 4×400 metres relay | Carla Herencia Paola Raab Graciela Mardones Cecilia Rodríguez Chile | 3:45.74 | Amalia Linietzky Silvia Augsburger Anabella Dal Lago Marcela López Espinosa Argentina | 3:46.26 | | |
| 100 m hurdles | Beatriz Capotosto Argentina | 13.75 | Susana Jenkins Argentina | 14.90 | Nadia Katich Colombia | 15.15 |
| 400 m hurdles | Anabella Dal Lago Argentina | 62.20 | Valentina Bahamonde Chile | 63.37 | | |
| High jump | Andrea Sassi Uruguay | 1.70 | Carmen Garib Chile | 1.70 | Mónica Halporn Argentina | 1.65 |
| Long jump | Araceli Bruschini Argentina | 5.85 w | Graciela Acosta Uruguay | 5.83 w | Andrea Sassi Uruguay | 5.54 w |
| Shot put | María Isabel Urrutia Colombia | 13.27 | Jazmín Cirio Chile | 13.18 | Alejandra Bevacqua Argentina | 12.71 |
| Discus throw | María Isabel Urrutia Colombia | 44.84 | Gloria Martínez Chile | 44.22 | Elizabeth Martínez Argentina | 39.80 |
| Javelin throw | Patricia Guerrero Peru | 49.32 | Ana María Campillay Argentina | 46.22 | Carolina Kittsteiner Chile | 46.20 |
| Heptathlon | Paola Raab Chile | 4754pts | Ana María Comaschi Argentina | 4580pts | María Esther Mediano Chile | 4540pts |

## Medal table (unofficial)

* Host nation (Argentina)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Chile (CHI) | 17 | 12 | 12 | 41 |
| 2 | Argentina (ARG)* | 11 | 14 | 12 | 37 |
| 3 | Colombia (COL) | 6 | 2 | 4 | 12 |
| 4 | Uruguay (URU) | 2 | 6 | 5 | 13 |
| 5 | Peru (PER) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Bolivia (BOL) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | Ecuador (ECU) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | Paraguay (PAR) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Totals (8 entries) | Totals (8 entries) | 39 | 39 | 36 | 114 |