# 1977 South American Youth Championships in Athletics

The 4th South American Youth Championships in Athletics were held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from July 22–24, 1977.

## Medal summary

Medal winners are published for boys and girls. Complete results can be found on the "World Junior Athletics History" website.

### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres (wind: +1.0 m/s) | Sérgio Modroka (BRA) | 11.23 | Alfredo Sancho (CHI) | 11.29 | Nelson Mann (VEN) | 11.31 |
| 200 metres | Jesús Machuca (VEN) | 22.6 | Héctor Fernández (CHI) | 22.8 | Reinaldo Rey (VEN) | 23.0 |
| 400 metres | Raúl Martínez (VEN) | 50.66 | José Obispo (VEN) | 50.76 | Daniel Orlando (ARG) | 51.20 |
| 800 metres | Humberto Oliveira (BRA) | 1:57.9 | Fernando Gil (BRA) | 1:58.0 | José Obispo (VEN) | 1:58.2 |
| 1500 metres | Paulo Damasceno (BRA) | 4:01.2 | Carlos Alves (BRA) | 4:01.8 | Alfredo Decalles (VEN) | 4:02.1 |
| 1500 metres steeplechase | Carlos Alves (BRA) | 4:20.9 | Alejandro Duniec (ARG) | 4:24.9 | Osvaldo Lezcano (PAR) | 4:25.7 |
| 110 metres hurdles | Tomás de Alencar (BRA) | 15.04 | Sidney dos Santos (BRA) | 15.25 | Sergio Faivovich (CHI) | 15.32 |
| 300 metres hurdles | Sidney dos Santos (BRA) | 40.0 | Ricardo Pedrotti (ARG) | 40.6 | Javier Olivar (URU) | 40.7 |
| High jump | Carlos Gambetta (ARG) | 1.92 | Juan Gallardo (CHI) | 1.87 | Jorge Archanjo (BRA) | 1.84 |
| Pole vault | Cristián Barriu (CHI) | 3.75 | Marcelo Cibié (CHI) | 3.70 | Jorge Drika (VEN) | 3.60 |
| Long jump | Carlos Gambetta (ARG) | 6.77 | Paulo Silva (BRA) | 6.71 | João Batista Dias (BRA) | 6.61 |
| Triple jump | Daniel Bonazola (ARG) | 14.05 | Oscar Diesel (PAR) | 13.31 | Marcelo Moraes (BRA) | 13.04 |
| Shot put | João Lima (BRA) | 15.77 | Luis Spahn (ARG) | 14.84 | Roberto Malatesta (ARG) | 14.46 |
| Discus throw | Miro Ronac (PER) | 49.40 | Miguel Rojas (VEN) | 45.88 | João Paulo Cunha (BRA) | 44.08 |
| Hammer throw | Pedro Rivail Atílio (BRA) | 51.06 | Rogério Karpinski (BRA) | 50.94 | Luis Spahn (ARG) | 50.20 |
| Javelin throw | Alejandro Gordillo (ARG) | 55.74 | André Vianna (BRA) | 52.42 | Raimundo Molaya (VEN) | 51.92 |
| Hexathlon | Daniel Pollo (ARG) | 3720 | Jorge García (ARG) | 3700 | Adolfo Marín (PAR) | 3609 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay | Venezuela Reinaldo Key Nelson Mann Ángel Román Jesús Machuca | 43.0 | Chile Alfredo Sancho Luis Lagos Roberto Héctor Fernández | 43.4 | Brazil Marcos Okamoto Sérgio Modroka Etore Albira | 43.5 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay | Venezuela José Obispo Pedro Martínez Antonio Rivas Raúl Martínez | 3:25.4 | Brazil Sidney dos Santos Tomás de Alencar Marcio Gonzaga Carlos Santos | 3:26.8 | Chile Guillermo García Héctor Fernández Sergio Cárdenas Luis Lagos | 3:29.2 |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres | Carla Herencia (CHI) | 12.21 | Beatriz Capotosto (ARG) | 12.29 | Adriana Pero (ARG) | 12.33 |
| 200 metres | Sueli Machado (BRA) | 24.95 | Carla Herencia (CHI) | 25.39 | Simone Santos (BRA) | 25.42 |
| 400 metres | Sueli Machado (BRA) | 55.55 | Marcela López Espinosa (ARG) | 55.89 | Cecilia Rodríguez (CHI) | 58.67 |
| 800 metres | Marcela López Espinosa (ARG) | 2:14.1 | Sandra Ferreira (BRA) | 2:16.2 | Mónica Regonessi (CHI) | 2:16.2 |
| 80 metres hurdles | Juraciara da Silva (BRA) | 12.38 | Priscilla Sautchuck (BRA) | 12.68 | Claudia Benavente (CHI) | 12.85 |
| High jump | Evelyn Jabiles (PER) | 1.70 | Linda Spenst (BOL) | 1.68 | Lucilene Lonardoni (BRA) | 1.66 |
| Long jump | Evelyn Jabiles (PER) | 5.44 | Silvia Barchetta (ARG) | 5.36 | Marisa Batista (BRA) | 5.33 |
| Shot put | Patricia Guerrero (PER) | 12.29 | Cristina Madoz (ARG) | 10.96 | Sandra Vázquez (CHI) | 10.72 |
| Discus throw | Alejandra Bevacqua (ARG) | 37.02 | Graciela Scaglia (ARG) | 35.40 | Márcia Barbosa (BRA) | 34.92 |
| Javelin throw | Patricia Guerrero (PER) | 44.06 | Gladys Aguayo (CHI) | 41.82 | Alejandra Valenzuela (CHI) | 36.74 |
| Pentathlon | Lucilene Lonardoni (BRA) | 3500 | Ana Maria de Oliveira (BRA) | 3346 | Adriana Freiberg (ARG) | 3124 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay | Brazil Lindalva Ferreira Simone Santos Maria do Carmo Sueli Machado | 47.66 | Chile Claudia Benavente Pía Ábalos María Labarca Carla Herencia | 49.02 | Argentina Adriana Pero Gabriela Kiczka Silvia Barchetta Beatriz Capotosto | 49.06 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay | Brazil Antonia Mainart Iłża Telles Sandra Ferreira Sueli Machado | 3:50.6 | Argentina Alejandra Vives Viviana Brossard Silvia Augsburger Marcela López | 3:52.1 | Chile María Labarca Pía Ábalos Cecilia Rodríguez Mónica Regonesi | 3:57.7 |

## Medal table (unofficial)

* Host nation (Brazil)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Brazil (BRA)* | 14 | 10 | 9 | 33 |
| 2 | Argentina (ARG) | 7 | 10 | 6 | 23 |
| 3 | Peru (PER) | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | Venezuela (VEN) | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 5 | Chile (CHI) | 2 | 8 | 8 | 18 |
| 6 | Paraguay (PAR) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | Bolivia (BOL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Uruguay (URU) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (8 entries) | Totals (8 entries) | 32 | 32 | 32 | 96 |

## Participation (unofficial)

Detailed result lists can be found on the "World Junior Athletics History" website. An unofficial count yields the number of about 202 athletes from about 8 countries:
* Argentina (39)
* Bolivia (4)
* Brazil (53)
* Chile (36)
* Paraguay (17)
* Perú (20)
* Venezuela (20)