# 1981 South American Championships in Athletics – Results

These are the results of the 1981 South American Championships in Athletics which took place at the Estadio Olímpico Hernando Siles in La Paz, Bolivia, between 5 and 8 November.

## Men's results
### 100 metres

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Luis Alberto Schneider | Chile | 10.2 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Altevir de Araújo | Brazil | 10.2 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Giorgio Mautino | Peru | 10.4 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Yamil Manzur | Bolivia | 10.5 | q |
| 5 | 1 | Hugo Alzamora | Argentina | 10.6 | |
| 6 | 1 | Fabio García | Colombia | 10.6 | |
| 1 | 2 | Katsuiko Nakaia | Brazil | 10.2 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Marco Mautino | Peru | 10.4 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Héctor Fernández | Chile | 10.5 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Nicolás Glass | Argentina | 10.5 | q |
| 5 | 2 | Marco Luque | Bolivia | 10.7 | |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Katsuiko Nakaia | Brazil | 10.1 | =CR |
| | Altevir de Araújo | Brazil | 10.3 | |
| | Luis Alberto Schneider | Chile | 10.3 | |
| 4 | Marco Mautino | Peru | 10.3 | |
| 5 | Giorgio Mautino | Peru | 10.6 | |
| 6 | Héctor Fernández | Chile | 10.6 | |
| 7 | Nicolás Glass | Argentina | 10.6 | |
| 8 | Yamil Manzur | Bolivia | 10.6 | |

### 200 metres

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Héctor Daley | Panama | 20.4 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Luis Alberto Schneider | Chile | 20.8 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Altevir de Araújo | Brazil | 21.1 | q |
| 4 | 1 | Nicolás Glass | Argentina | 21.2 | q |
| 5 | 1 | Giorgio Mautino | Peru | 21.2 | |
| 6 | 1 | Fabio García | Colombia | 21.4 | |
| 7 | 1 | Yamil Manzur | Bolivia | 21.9 | |
| 1 | 2 | Paulo Roberto Correia | Brazil | 20.7 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Marco Mautino | Peru | 21.1 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Alfredo Muro | Argentina | 21.2 | |
| 4 | 2 | Héctor Fernández | Chile | 21.4 | |
| 5 | 2 | José Torrico | Bolivia | 21.5 | |
| 6 | 2 | Víctor Guijarro | Ecuador | 22.5 | |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Paulo Roberto Correia | Brazil | 20.2 | CR, PB |
| | Héctor Daley | Panama | 20.5 | |
| | Luis Alberto Schneider | Chile | 20.5 | |
| 4 | Altevir de Araújo | Brazil | 21.2 | |
| 5 | Marco Mautino | Peru | 21.6 | |
| 6 | Nicolás Glass | Argentina | 21.7 | |

### 400 metres

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Gérson de Souza | Brazil | 48.6 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Angel Gagliano | Argentina | 48.9 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Víctor Guijarro | Ecuador | 51.2 | |
| 4 | 1 | Dante Serrano | Bolivia | 51.4 | |
| 1 | 2 | Pablo Squella | Chile | 48.0 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Geraldo Pegado | Brazil | 48.2 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Jorge Díaz | Argentina | 49.2 | q |
| 4 | 2 | Aldo Tassi | Peru | 49.9 | q |
| 5 | 2 | Edgar Aguayo | Bolivia | 50.8 | |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Geraldo Pegado | Brazil | 46.8 |
| | Gérson de Souza | Brazil | 47.8 |
| | Pablo Squella | Chile | 48.0 |
| 4 | Jorge Díaz | Argentina | 48.5 |
| 5 | Aldo Tassi | Peru | 49.6 |
| 6 | Angel Gagliano | Argentina | 49.9 |

### 800 metres

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Cristián Molina | Chile | 1:59.4 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Wilson dos Santos | Brazil | 2:00.0 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Pedro Cáceres | Argentina | 2:00.1 | q |
| 4 | 1 | Gustavo Paredes | Ecuador | 2:00.4 | |
| 5 | 1 | Ricardo Taborga | Bolivia | 2:01.7 | |
| 1 | 2 | Edwin Lobatón | Bolivia | 1:57.0 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | José Luíz Barbosa | Brazil | 2:00.0 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Raúl López | Argentina | 2:00.2 | q |
| 4 | 2 | Jaime Punina | Ecuador | 2:00.4 | |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Cristián Molina | Chile | 1:53.6 |
| | José Luíz Barbosa | Brazil | 1:54.7 |
| | Wilson dos Santos | Brazil | 1:55.9 |
| 4 | Pedro Cáceres | Argentina | 1:56.4 |
| 5 | Edwin Lobatón | Bolivia | 1:59.3 |
| | Raúl López | Argentina | ? |

### 1500 metres

6 November
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Emilio Ulloa | Chile | 4:07.1 |
| | Johnny Pérez | Bolivia | 4:08.0 |
| | Jaime Punina | Ecuador | 4:09.0 |
| 4 | Cosme do Nascimento | Brazil | 4:10.0 |
| 5 | Freddy Báez | Bolivia | 4:14.7 |
| 6 | Jorge Moya | Ecuador | 4:19.7 |
| 7 | Omar Aguilar | Chile | 4:22.2 |

### 5000 metres

5 November
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Víctor Mora | Colombia | 15:23.9 |
| | Silvio Salazar | Colombia | 15:51.4 |
| | Johnny Pérez | Bolivia | 15:59.4 |
| 4 | José João da Silva | Brazil | 16:25.4 |
| 5 | Hugo Gavino | Peru | 16:38.4 |
| 6 | Freddy Báez | Bolivia | 16:57.6 |
| 7 | Juan Jofre | Chile | 17:85.1 |

### 10,000 metres

8 November
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Víctor Mora | Colombia | 31:56.4 |
| | Silvio Salazar | Colombia | 32:57.1 |
| | Hugo Gavino | Peru | 33:30.9 |
| 4 | Benedicto Aguilar | Bolivia | 34:13.8 |
| 5 | Rufino Chávez | Bolivia | 34:15.1 |
| 6 | Carlos Carvajal | Chile | 34:46.4 |

### Half marathon

8 November
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Víctor Mora | Colombia | 1:10:42 |
| | Alfonso Torres | Colombia | 1:13:20 |
| | René Moldes | Bolivia | 1:14:54 |
| 4 | Hugo Gavino | Peru | 1:15:03 |
| 5 | Rufino Chávez | Bolivia | 1:15:45 |
| 6 | Carlos Carvajal | Chile | 1:16:47 |
| 7 | Julio Llanaga | Ecuador | 1:32:50 |

### 110 metres hurdles

8 November
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Juan Carlos Fuentes | Chile | 14.2 |
| | Wellington da Nóbrega | Brazil | 14.4 |
| | Andrés Lyon | Chile | 14.4 |
| 4 | Javier Olivar | Uruguay | 14.5 |
| 5 | Rodolfo Iturraspe | Argentina | 14.6 |
| 6 | Carlos dos Santos | Brazil | 15.3 |
| 7 | Luis Ojeda | Peru | 15.7 |

### 400 metres hurdles

6 November
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Antônio Ferreira | Brazil | 52.3 |
| | Pablo Squella | Chile | 52.7 |
| | Donizete Soares | Brazil | 53.0 |
| 4 | Jorge Díaz | Argentina | 53.3 |
| 5 | Rodolfo Iturraspe | Argentina | 55.5 |
| 6 | Aldo Tassi | Peru | 56.3 |

### 3000 metres steeplechase

7 November
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Emilio Ulloa | Chile | 9:53.2 |
| | Johnny Pérez | Bolivia | 9:54.2 |
| | Elói Schleder | Brazil | 10:19.8 |
| 4 | Luis Palma | Chile | 10:27.8 |
| 5 | Luis Tipán | Ecuador | 10:29.4 |

### 4 × 100 metres relay

8 November
| Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes |
| | Brazil | Paulo Correia, Paulo Lima, Katsuhiko Nakaia, Altevir de Araújo | 39.6 | CR |
| | Chile | Héctor Fernández, Juan Carlos Fuentes, Luis Alberto Schneider, Francisco Pichott | 40.4 | |
| | Peru | Ronald Raborg, Giorgio Mautino, José Luis Valverde, Marco Mautino | 40.8 | |
| 4 | Bolivia | Marco Luque, José Torrico, Mosteiro, Yamil Manzur | 41.7 | |
| 5 | Argentina | Alfredo Muro, Angel Gagliano, Hugo Alzamora, Nicolás Glass | 41.9 | |

### 4 × 400 metres relay

6 November
| Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time |
| | Brazil | Agberto Guimarães, Geraldo Pegado, Gerson de Souza, José Luíz Barbosa | 3:09.5 |
| | Chile | Rodrigo Muñoz, Pablo Squella, Francisco Pichott, Emilio Ulloa | 3:11.8 |
| | Argentina | Jorge Díaz, Nicolás Glass, Raúl López, Angel Gagliano | 3:12.2 |
| 4 | Bolivia | Roberto Prado, Edgar Aguayo, Dante Serrano, José Torrico | 3:20.3 |

### 20 kilometres walk

7 November
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Oswaldo Morejón | Bolivia | 1:51:22 |
| | Ernesto Alfaro | Colombia | 1:52:52 |
| | Waldemar da Silva | Brazil | 1:53:10 |
| 4 | Enrique Peña | Colombia | 1:56:34 |
| 5 | Wilson de Matos | Brazil | 2:05:04 |

### High jump

8 November
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
| | Jorge Archanjo | Brazil | 2.15 | CR |
| | Cláudio Freire | Brazil | 2.10 | |
| | Daniel Wolfberg | Chile | 2.05 | |
| 4 | Fernando Pastoriza | Argentina | 2.00 | |
| 5 | Jorge Mazzeo | Argentina | 1.95 | |

### Pole vault

7 November
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
| | Fernando Hoces | Chile | 4.90 | CR, NR |
| | Fernando Ruocco | Uruguay | 4.70 | |
| | Renato Bortolocci | Brazil | 4.60 | |
| 4 | Guillermo Chiaraviglio | Argentina | 4.50 | |
| 5 | Flávio Ferreira | Brazil | 4.20 | |

### Long jump

6 November
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result |
| | Francisco Pichott | Chile | 7.55 |
| | Luís de Souza | Brazil | 7.25 |
| | Cláudio Flores | Brazil | 7.25 |
| 4 | Ronald Raborg | Peru | 7.14 |
| 5 | Jorge Mazzeo | Argentina | 7.08 |
| 6 | Eduardo Labalta | Argentina | 7.02 |
| 7 | Henry Pastorelli | Peru | 7.02 |
| 8 | Juan Cuellar | Bolivia | 6.89 |

### Triple jump

5 November
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
| | João Carlos de Oliveira | Brazil | 17.05 | CR |
| | Francisco Pichott | Chile | 16.23 | |
| | Angel Gagliano | Argentina | 15.95 | |
| 4 | Jorge Mazzeo | Argentina | 15.48 | |
| 5 | Cláudio Flores | Brazil | 15.33 | |
| 6 | Óscar Diesel | Paraguay | 14.65 | |
| 7 | Juan Cuellar | Bolivia | 14.42 | |
| 8 | Miguel Valdez | Peru | 14.34 | |

### Shot put

6 November
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result |
| | Gert Weil | Chile | 17.48 |
| | Juan Adolfo Turri | Argentina | 16.54 |
| | José Carlos Jacques | Brazil | 16.31 |
| 4 | João Lima | Brazil | 15.34 |
| 5 | José Pérez | Chile | 15.20 |
| 6 | Gerardo Carucci | Argentina | 15.02 |
| 7 | Armando Pugliese | Peru | 14.10 |
| 8 | Miguel Suárez | Bolivia | 12.41 |

### Discus throw

7 November
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result |
| | José Carlos Jacques | Brazil | 52.10 |
| | Alejandro Serrano | Chile | 48.94 |
| | Andrés Pérez | Chile | 45.44 |
| 4 | Norberto Aimé | Argentina | 45.42 |
| 5 | Claudio Escauriza | Paraguay | 44.82 |
| 6 | Juan Adolfo Turri | Argentina | 44.12 |
| 7 | Celso de Moraes | Brazil | 43.96 |
| 8 | Álvaro Alzamora | Peru | 42.20 |

### Hammer throw

5 November
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result |
| | Ivam Bertelli | Brazil | 62.40 |
| | Celso de Moraes | Brazil | 61.22 |
| | Daniel Gómez | Argentina | 59.72 |
| 4 | Ernesto Iglesias | Argentina | 59.20 |
| 5 | Mario Egnem | Chile | 56.06 |
| 6 | Edgar Yarce | Colombia | 52.52 |
| 7 | Luis García | Ecuador | 49.98 |
| 8 | Dante Retamal | Peru | 47.90 |

### Javelin throw

8 November – Old model
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
| | José Carlos Lima e Souza | Brazil | 75.02 | CR |
| | Luis Lucumí | Colombia | 71.76 | |
| | Amílcar de Barros | Brazil | 70.12 | |
| 4 | Juan Francisco Garmendia | Argentina | 68.92 | |
| 5 | Eustacio de León | Panama | 66.26 | |
| 6 | Domingo Mussio | Peru | 59.66 | |
| 7 | Jorge Mazzeo | Argentina | 54.10 | |
| 8 | Claudio Escauriza | Paraguay | 52.14 | |

### Decathlon

5–6 November – 1962 tables (1985 conversions given with *)
| Athlete | Nationality | 100m | LJ | SP | HJ | 400m | 110m H | DT | PV | JT | 1500m | Points | Conv. |
| Paulo Lima | Brazil | 10.3 | 7.26 | 14.33 | 2.00 | 48.5 | 15.6 | 39.34 | 4.30 | 49.58 | 6:17.0 | 7383 | 7157* |
| Claudio Escauriza | Paraguay | 10.9 | 6.88 | 13.02 | 1.80 | 53.2 | 16.5 | 45.84 | 4.00 | 56.88 | 6:29.8 | 6702 | 6477* |
| Fernando Brito | Brazil | 10.6 | 7.07 | 12.32 | 1.90 | 54.5 | 15.5 | 39.28 | 4.00 | 46.36 | 6:59.0 | 6607 | 6319* |
| Tito Steiner | Argentina | 11.4 | 7.03 | 15.26 | 1.85 | DNF | DNS | – | – | – | – | DNF | |

## Women's results
### 100 metres

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Sheila de Oliveira | Brazil | 11.7 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Daisy Salas | Chile | 11.8 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Brigitte Winter | Peru | 12.0 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Susana Jenkins | Argentina | 12.3 | q |
| 1 | 2 | Carmela Bolívar | Peru | 11.6 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Sueli Machado | Brazil | 12.0 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Leslie Cooper | Chile | 12.1 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | María Sol Besada | Argentina | 12.1 | q |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Carmela Bolívar | Peru | 11.2 | CR |
| | Daisy Salas | Chile | 11.4 | |
| | Sueli Machado | Brazil | 11.4 | |
| 4 | Sheila de Oliveira | Brazil | 11.5 | |
| 5 | Leslie Cooper | Chile | 11.6 | |
| 6 | Brigitte Winter | Peru | 12.1 | |
| 7 | María Sol Besada | Argentina | 12.1 | |
| 8 | Susana Jenkins | Argentina | 12.2 | |

### 200 metres

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Carmela Bolívar | Peru | 23.6 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Sueli Machado | Brazil | 23.8 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Daisy Salas | Chile | 24.2 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | María Sol Besada | Argentina | 25.1 | q |
| 1 | 2 | Eucaris Caicedo | Colombia | 24.2 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Sheila de Oliveira | Brazil | 24.3 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Patricia Pérez | Chile | 24.8 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Brigitte Winter | Peru | 24.8 | q |
| 5 | 2 | Susana Jenkins | Argentina | 26.0 | |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Eucaris Caicedo | Colombia | 23.6 |
| | Sueli Machado | Brazil | 23.8 |
| | Carmela Bolívar | Peru | 24.0 |
| 4 | Sheila de Oliveira | Brazil | 24.2 |
| 5 | Daisy Salas | Chile | 24.3 |
| 6 | Brigitte Winter | Peru | 24.5 |
| 7 | Patricia Pérez | Chile | 25.0 |
| | María Sol Besada | Argentina | ? |

### 400 metres

8 November
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Eucaris Caicedo | Colombia | 53.6 | CR |
| | Tânia Miranda | Brazil | 55.7 | |
| | Silvia Augsburger | Argentina | 56.0 | |
| 4 | Marcela López | Argentina | 56.6 | |
| 5 | Elba Barbosa | Brazil | 58.3 | |

### 800 metres

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Luz Villa | Colombia | 2:19.9 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Silvia Augsburger | Argentina | 2:26.8 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Sonia Galdos | Peru | 2:29.4 | q |
| 4 | 1 | Graciela Mardones | Chile | 2:38.6 | q |
| 1 | 2 | Nancy González | Chile | 2:28.3 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Sandra Ferreira | Brazil | 2:28.5 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Marcela López | Argentina | 2:38.1 | |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Nancy González | Chile | 2:17.7 |
| | Luz Villa | Colombia | 2:19.1 |
| | Sandra Ferreira | Brazil | 2:21.5 |
| 4 | Sonia Galdos | Peru | 2:23.9 |
| 5 | Graciela Mardones | Chile | 2:39.6 |
| | Silvia Augsburger | Argentina | ? |

### 1500 metres

5 November
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Norma Vallejos | Chile | 4:57.9 |
| | Marcia Chiliquinga | Ecuador | 5:01.9 |
| | Mery Rojas | Bolivia | 5:04.0 |
| 4 | Mónica Regonesi | Chile | 5:04.1 |
| 5 | Maricruz Sanjines | Bolivia | 5:13.3 |
| 6 | Sonia Galdos | Peru | 5:25.5 |
| 7 | Rosa de Souza | Brazil | 5:25.6 |

### 3000 metres

8 November
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Maricruz Sanjines | Bolivia | 11:04.2 | CR |
| | Norma Vallejos | Chile | 11:09.0 | |
| | Mery Rojas | Bolivia | 11:20.5 | |
| 4 | Mónica Regonesi | Chile | 11:24.3 | |
| 5 | Rosa de Souza | Brazil | 13:57.1 | |

### 100 metres hurdles

8 November
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Juraciara da Silva | Brazil | 13.5 | CR |
| | Nancy Vallecilla | Ecuador | 13.8 | |
| | Beatriz Capotosto | Argentina | 13.9 | |
| 4 | Patricia Deck | Chile | 14.3 | |
| 5 | Susana Jenkins | Argentina | 14.8 | |

### 400 metres hurdles

6 November
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Conceição Geremias | Brazil | 1:00.0 | CR |
| | Nancy Vallecilla | Ecuador | 1:02.2 | |
| | Maria José Ferreira | Brazil | 1:02.7 | |
| 4 | Anabella dal Lago | Argentina | 1:03.3 | |
| 5 | Luz Villa | Colombia | 1:06.9 | |

### 4 × 100 metres relay

8 November
| Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes |
| | Brazil | Juraciara da Silva, Conceição Geremias, Sueli Machado, Sheila de Oliveira | 45.3 | CR |
| | Peru | Margarita Bustios, Carmela Bolívar, Rocío Roca, Brigitte Winter | 46.7 | NR |
| | Argentina | Susana Jenkins, Araceli Bruschini, María Sol Besada, Beatriz Capotosto | 46.9 | |
| 4 | Chile | Patricia Pérez, Paola Raab, Daisy Salas, Leslie Cooper | 47.8 | |

### 4 × 400 metres relay

6 November
| Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time |
| | Brazil | Tânia Miranda, Sheila de Oliveira, Sueli Machado, Elba Barbosa | 3:49.4 |
| | Argentina | Silvia Augsburger, María Sol Besada, Beatriz Capotosto, Anabella Dal Lago | 3:51.0 |
| | Chile | Nancy González, Leslie Cooper, Patricia Pérez, Graciela Mardones | 3:59.3 |
| 4 | Bolivia | Virginia Ruiz, Mery Rojas, Carola Herbas, Rosemary Zeballos | 4:14.9 |

### High jump

5 November
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
| | Ana Maria Marcon | Brazil | 1.84 | CR |
| | Beatriz Dias | Brazil | 1.77 | |
| | Liliana Arigoni | Argentina | 1.71 | |
| 4 | Gloria Sánchez | Colombia | 1.65 | |
| 5 | Paola Raab | Chile | 1.60 | |

### Long jump

7 November
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
| | Conceição Geremias | Brazil | 6.26 | CR |
| | Araceli Bruschini | Argentina | 6.22 | |
| | Graciela Acosta | Uruguay | 5.97 | |
| 4 | María Sol Besada | Argentina | 5.96 | |
| 5 | Gloria Sánchez | Colombia | 5.90 | |
| 6 | Andrea Acevedo | Chile | 5.84 | |
| 7 | Margarita Bustios | Peru | 5.61 | |
| 8 | Ana Maria Marcon | Brazil | 5.50 | |

### Shot put

8 November
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result |
| | Marinalva dos Santos | Brazil | 14.80 |
| | Maria Fernandes | Brazil | 13.18 |
| | Patricia Guerrero | Peru | 12.97 |
| 4 | Jazmín Cirio | Chile | 12.86 |
| 5 | Alejandra Bevacqua | Argentina | 12.18 |
| 6 | Yvonne Neddermann | Argentina | 11.78 |
| 7 | Patricia Pinto | Bolivia | 11.39 |
| 8 | Selene Saldarriaga | Colombia | 10.51 |

### Discus throw

6 November
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result |
| | Odete Domingos | Brazil | 47.62 |
| | Selene Saldarriaga | Colombia | 44.22 |
| | Gloria Martínez | Chile | 41.36 |
| 4 | Marinalva dos Santos | Brazil | 41.30 |
| 5 | Lucía Azcune | Uruguay | 35.94 |
| 6 | Jazmín Cirio | Chile | 31.98 |

### Javelin throw

5 November – Old model
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result |
| | Marli dos Santos | Brazil | 50.52 |
| | Carolina Weil | Chile | 49.96 |
| | Ana María Campillay | Argentina | 47.70 |
| 4 | Patricia Guerrero | Peru | 42.92 |
| 5 | Olga Verissimo | Brazil | 39.44 |
| 6 | Esmeralda Lozano | Colombia | 38.60 |

### Heptathlon

7–8 November – 1962 tables (1985 conversions given with *)
| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | 100m H | HJ | SP | 200m | LJ | JT | 800m | Points | Conv. | Notes |
| | Yvonne Neddermann | Argentina | 14.5 | 1.62 | 11.70 | 25.7 | 6.03 | 36.48 | 2:29.1 | 5451 | 5241* | AR |
| | Olga Verissimo | Brazil | 15.0 | 1.65 | 10.96 | 26.0 | 5.57 | 42.20 | 2:49.5 | 5116 | 5172* | |
| | Paola Raab | Chile | 14.9 | 1.65 | 8.76 | 24.8 | 5.60 | 30.30 | 2:32.0 | 5081 | 4892* | |
| 4 | Nancy Vallecilla | Ecuador | 13.9 | 1.68 | 10.66 | 25.2 | 6.03 | 23.32 | 3:36.2 | 4808 | 4522* | |
| 5 | Jurema da Silva | Brazil | 15.6 | 1.71 | 11.10 | 26.6 | 5.58 | 31.00 | DNF | 4436 | 4147* | |