# 1972 South American Junior Championships in Athletics

The ninth South American Junior Championships in Athletics were held in Asunción, Paraguay from October 21–25, 1972.

## Participation (unofficial)

Detailed result lists can be found on the "World Junior Athletics History" website. An unofficial count yields the number of about 194 athletes from about 8 countries: Argentina (40), Brazil (32), Chile (33), Colombia (22), Ecuador (6), Paraguay (24), Peru (22), Uruguay (15).

## Medal summary

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

### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres | Welbe Barreto (BRA) | 10.9 | Ángel Guerrero (PAR) | 11.1 | Jorge Lobera (ARG) | 11.1 |
| 200 metres | Delmo da Silva (BRA) | 22.4 | Welbe Barreto (BRA) | 22.5 | Diego Valencia (COL) | 22.5 |
| 400 metres | Pedro Teixeira (BRA) | 49.8 | Francisco Bozzo (CHI) | 50.6 | Francisco Rojas (PAR) | 50.9 |
| 800 metres | Ángel Holman (ARG) | 1:58.6 | Ary Pinto (BRA) | 1:59.3 | André Pereira (BRA) | 2:00.2 |
| 1500 metres | Antonio Tello (ARG) | 4:04.1 | Jairo Correa (COL) | 4:05.1 | André Pereira (BRA) | 4:05.7 |
| 3000 metres | Jairo Correa (COL) | 8:58.6 | Luis Tipán (ECU) | 9:05.2 | Carlos Soria (ECU) | 9:08.7 |
| 110 metres hurdles | Nicolás Rodillo (CHI) | 16.3 | Eduardo Sosa (ARG) | 16.5 | Rodolfo Iturraspe (ARG) | 16.6 |
| 400 metres hurdles | Francisco Rojas (PAR) | 53.9 | Roberto Comisso (ARG) | 57.5 | Rodolfo Iturraspe (ARG) | 58.6 |
| 1500 metres steeplechase | Germán Aranda (COL) | 4:31.6 | Roberto Assumpção (BRA) | 4:34.9 | Antonio Tello (ARG) | 4:35.1 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay | Colombia Rafael Nieto Diego Valencia Ernesto Herrera Arnoldo Vega | 43.3 | Paraguay Ángel Guerreros Juan Rieder César Vega Francisco Rojas | 43.4 | Ecuador Ramiro Del Pozo Roberto Erazo Pablo Hidalgo Fabian Zapata | 43.9 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay | Brazil Delmo da Silva Lucio da Luz Pedro Teixeira Ary Pinto | 3:26.3 | Colombia Rafael Uribe Álvaro Castillo Ernesto Herrera Diego Valencia | 3:28.6 | Argentina Roberto Comisso Antonio Tello Edelso Augsburger Ángel Holman | 3:31.3 |
| High jump | Milton Reis (BRA) | 1.90 | José Machado (BRA) | 1.85 | Daniel Abugattás (PER) | 1.80 |
| Pole vault | Ernesto Koike (BRA) | 4.00 | Juan Rossetti (ARG) | 3.70 | Raúl Lyon (CHI) | 3.70 |
| Long jump | Héctor Elizón (ARG) | 6.90 | Geraldo Rodrigues (BRA) | 6.84 | César Vega (PAR) | 6.50 |
| Triple jump | João Carlos de Oliveira (BRA) | 14.67 | Rodney Gomes (BRA) | 14.07 | Carlos Arrastía (ARG) | 13.98 |
| Shot put | Joaquim Pérez (CHI) | 14.29 | Humberto Vianna (BRA) | 14.13 | Carlos Castro (BRA) | 13.33 |
| Discus throw | Edval Petrechen (BRA) | 42.62 | Oscar Attes (ARG) | 38.62 | Eduardo Galvão (BRA) | 36.46 |
| Hammer throw | Francisco Pedro (ARG) | 53.20 | José Rangel (COL) | 48.28 | Jorge Maldonado (COL) | 46.72 |
| Javelin throw | Dante Bertorello (ARG) | 55.64 | Humberto Vianna (BRA) | 53.24 | Adolfo Leyva (CHI) | 53.20 |
| Pentathlon* | Geraldo Rodrigues (BRA) | 3653 | Pablo Pérez (COL) | 3518 | Luis Betancourt (COL) | 3460 |
* = another source rather states: Hexathlon

### Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres | Leslie Cooper (CHI) | 12.5 | Carmela Bolívar (PER) | 12.7 | Ivete Barbosa (BRA) | 13.0 |
| 200 metres | Carmela Bolívar (PER) | 25.5 | Hilda Javier (URU) | 25.8 | Ivete Barbosa (BRA) | 26.2 |
| 400 metres | Carla Ramos (CHI) | 59.4 | Hilda Javier (URU) | 59.5 | Magaly Zumaeta (PER) | 59.6 |
| 800 metres | Rosângela Verissimo (BRA) | 2:21.0 | Magaly Zumaeta (PER) | 2:23.5 | Carla Ramos (CHI) | 2:23.6 |
| 100 metres hurdles | Edith Noeding (PER) | 15.0 | Elisa Barros (BRA) | 16.0 | Hildegard Krause (BRA) | 16.0 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay | Peru Carmela Bolívar Martha Fernández Angelina Trelles Edith Noeding | 49.4 | Brazil Rosa Barros Cristina Nagy Ivette Barbosa Conceição Geremias | 49.4 | Argentina Ivonne Neddermann Lilian García Susana Torres Adriana Vives | 49.9 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay | Brazil Cristina Nagy Rosangela Verissimo Conceição Geremias Ivette Barbosa | 4:08.0 | Chile Carla Ramos Oriana Salas Consuelo Moreno Alejandra Ramos | 4:11.5 | Argentina Irma Quatrocchi Liliana Colla Susana Torres Liliana Simonetti | 4:19.7 |
| High jump | Catalina Recordón (CHI) | 1.60 | Cecilia Rossi (CHI) | 1.50 | Mónica Rodríguez (ARG) | 1.45 |
| Long jump | Conceição Geremias (BRA) | 5.86 | Edith Noeding (PER) | 5.63 | Ana Desevici (URU) | 5.42 |
| Shot put | Verônica Brunner (BRA) | 12.28 | Eucaris Echevarría (COL) | 11.37 | Soledad Jiménez (PER) | 10.84 |
| Discus throw | Verônica Brunner (BRA) | 36.28 | Eucaris Echevarría (COL) | 33.70 | Gladys Sánchez (ARG) | 32.20 |
| Javelin throw | María Rojas (CHI) | 35.14 | Asunción Figueroa (CHI) | 34.20 | Susana Sánchez (ARG) | 34.18 |
| Pentathlon | Edith Noeding (PER) | 3432 | Mirtha Fleitas (URU) | 2957 | Hildegard Krause (BRA) | 2947 |

## Medal table (unofficial)

* Host nation (Paraguay)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Brazil | 14 | 10 | 8 | 32 |
| 2 | Chile | 6 | 4 | 3 | 13 |
| 3 | Argentina | 5 | 4 | 11 | 20 |
| 4 | Peru | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| 5 | Colombia | 3 | 6 | 3 | 12 |
| 6 | Paraguay* | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 7 | Uruguay | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | Ecuador | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Totals (8 entries) | Totals (8 entries) | 33 | 33 | 33 | 99 |