# 1966 South American Junior Championships in Athletics

The sixth South American Junior Championships in Athletics were held in Montevideo, Uruguay from October 9–14, 1966. For the first time, women's events were included.

## Participation (unofficial)

Detailed result lists can be found on the "World Junior Athletics History" website. An unofficial count yields the number of about 159 athletes from about 6 countries: Argentina (36), Brazil (36), Chile (33), Paraguay (11), Peru (22), Uruguay (21).

## 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 | Carlos Ripoll (ARG) | 10.5 | Lincoln Flores (PER) | 10.7 | Marcos Vilela (BRA) | 10.7 |
| 200 metres | Carlos Ripoll (ARG) | 22.0 | Eduardo Satoyama (ARG) | 22.2 | Lincoln Flores (PER) | 22.3 |
| 400 metres | Jaime Núñez (CHI) | 49.9 | Celso Wolf (BRA) | 50.1 | Carlos Schopf (URU) | 50.3 |
| 800 metres | Homero Arce (CHI) | 1:58.5 | José de Andrade (BRA) | 1:59.5 | Alberto Gajate (ARG) | 1:59.8 |
| 1500 metres | Homero Arce (CHI) | 4:02.4 | Jorge Henríquez (ARG) | 4:02.6 | Alfredo Aguirre (ARG) | 4:03.3 |
| 3000 metres | Alfredo Aguirre (ARG) | 9:03.0 | Jorge Weulle (CHI) | 9:04.4 | Juan López (CHI) | 9:13.8 |
| 110 metres hurdles | Patricio Saavedra (CHI) | 14.7 | Raúl Domínguez (ARG) | 15.5 | Ricardo Sirvent (ARG) | 15.7 |
| 400 metres hurdles | Santiago Brumel (CHI) | 54.7 | Ricardo Sirvent (ARG) | 56.3 | Juan Kromschroder (CHI) | 57.5 |
| 1500 metres steeplechase | Jorge Enríquez (ARG) | 4:22.5 | José Parra (CHI) | 4:28.1 | Enrique Urrejola (CHI) | 4:29.6 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay | Argentina Francisco Verino Roberto Líñares Eduardo Satoyama Carlos Ripoll | 41.9 | Chile E. Correa Patricio Saavedra Dominique Castillo Einar Erlandsen | 42.1 | Peru Torres Luis García César Arroyo Lincoln Flores | 42.6 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay | Chile Santiago Brumel Dominique Castillo Homero Arce Jaime Núñez | 3:21.8 | Brazil António Carlos Siquera Paulo Roberto Carlos Gallupo Celso Wolf | 3:24.3 | Argentina Eduardo Satoyama José Pereiro Roberto Giraudo Alberto Gajate | 3:25.9 |
| High jump | José Dalmastro (ARG) | 1.95 | Fernando Abugattás (PER) | 1.90 | Patricio Labar (CHI) | 1.90 |
| Pole vault | Marco Baroni (BRA) | 3.20 | César Noya (PER) | 3.20 | Luis Cárdenas (PER) | 3.20 |
| Long jump | Dominique Castillo (CHI) | 6.89 | Roberto Chagra (ARG) | 6.88 | Carlos Proto (CHI) | 6.88 |
| Triple jump | Juan Kurata (BRA) | 14.18 | Luís Puhl (BRA) | 13.83 | Mario Delfino (ARG) | 13.73 |
| Shot put | Cláudio Leal (BRA) | 15.86 | Juan Bryce (PER) | 15.04 | Pedro Ugarte (CHI) | 14.65 |
| Discus throw | Juan Ruggieri (ARG) | 40.88 | Esteban Drapich (ARG) | 38.95 | Juan Bryce (PER) | 38.65 |
| Hammer throw | Carlos Gatica (ARG) | 54.66 | Walter Drago (BRA) | 53.43 | Celso de Moraes (BRA) | 53.20 |
| Javelin throw | Werner Klötzer (CHI) | 56.15 | Manuel Morimoto (BRA) | 50.91 | Arnaldo Albero (ARG) | 49.61 |
| Pentathlon* | Valdir Barbanti (BRA) | 3711 | Werner Klötzer (CHI) | 3521 | Kenji Kido (BRA) | 3521 |
* = another source states rather: Hexathlon

### Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres | Mabel Camprubi (CHI) | 12.2 | Josefa Vicent (URU) | 12.2 | Alicia Masuccio (ARG) | 12.3 |
| 200 metres | Josefa Vicent (URU) | 25.7 | Graciela Pinto (ARG) | 25.9 | Alba Oberti (ARG) | 26.3 |
| 80 metres hurdles | Rosa Sains (CHI) | 12.2 | Adilia do Rosário (BRA) | 12.3 | Ana Akiko Omote (BRA) | 12.4 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay | Chile Mabel Camprubi Cristina Miguel Cecilia Montesinos Victoria Roa | 48.9 | Argentina Alicia Masuccio Alba Oberti Graciela Pinto María Cristina Filgueira | 49.0 | Brazil Eliana Leitão Neide Nakatsukasa Adilia do Rosário Silvina Pereira | 49.0 |
| High jump | Ana Akiko Omote (BRA) | 1.45 | Patricia Mantero (PER) | 1.45 | Cecilia Goddard (CHI) | 1.45 |
| Long jump | Yolanda Durant (CHI) | 5.01 | Yolanda Dimarco (URU) | 4.98 | Cristina Miguel (CHI) | 4.97 |
| Shot put | Marta Silva (CHI) | 10.91 | M. Jorgensen (BRA) | 10.57 | Neide Nakatsukasa (BRA) | 10.18 |
| Discus throw | Eleonor Torres (CHI) | 33.50 | Marta Silva (CHI) | 33.16 | Neide Nakatsukasa (BRA) | 33.00 |
| Javelin throw | Maria Sogabe (BRA) | 36.47 | Hilda Rebolledo (CHI) | 34.41 | Vilma Totaro (ARG) | 32.96 |

## Medal table (unofficial)

* Host nation (Uruguay)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Chile (CHI) | 14 | 6 | 8 | 28 |
| 2 | Argentina (ARG) | 8 | 8 | 9 | 25 |
| 3 | Brazil (BRA) | 6 | 8 | 7 | 21 |
| 4 | Uruguay (URU)* | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Peru (PER) | 0 | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| Totals (5 entries) | Totals (5 entries) | 29 | 29 | 29 | 87 |