# 1968 South American Junior Championships in Athletics

The seventh South American Junior Championships in Athletics were held in São Bernardo do Campo, Brazil, at the Estádio Distrital de Vila Euclides between September 8–14, 1968.

## Participation (unofficial)

Detailed result lists can be found on the "World Junior Athletics History" website. An unofficial count yields the number of about 176 athletes from about 8 countries: Argentina (39), Brazil (34), Chile (38), Colombia (5), Ecuador (5), Paraguay (17), Peru (23), 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 | Jimmy Sierra (COL) | 10.8 | Carlos Ripoll (ARG) | 10.8 | Paulo Matschinske (BRA) | 11.0 |
| 200 metres | Jimmy Sierra (COL) | 21.7 | Carlos Bertotti (ARG) | 22.2 | Julio Torres (CHI) | 22.4 |
| 400 metres | Carlos Bertotti (ARG) | 49.4 | Iván Varas (CHI) | 49.8 | Ricardo Rovira (URU) | 50.1 |
| 800 metres | Atílio Alegre (BRA) | 1:55.7 | Iván Varas (CHI) | 1:56.0 | Ricardo Rovira (URU) | 1:58.5 |
| 1500 metres | Víctor Ríos (CHI) | 3:57.5 | Atílio Alegre (BRA) | 3:57.5 | Abel Córdoba (ARG) | 4:02.4 |
| 3000 metres | Víctor Ríos (CHI) | 8:45.7 | Rafael Baracaldo (COL) | 8:49.9 | David Sandoval (PER) | 8:55.2 |
| 110 metres hurdles | Márcio Lomónaco (BRA) | 15.7 | Alfredo Guzmán (CHI) | 16.1 | Kiyoshi Mizukawa (BRA) | 16.1 |
| 400 metres hurdles | Carlos Saavedra (CHI) | 55.9 | Alfredo Guzmán (CHI) | 56.3 | Jarbas Benck (BRA) | 56.5 |
| 1500 metres steeplechase | Atílio Alegre (BRA) | 4:18.7 | Rafael Baracaldo (COL) | 4:24.3 | Ricardo Montero (CHI) | 4:24.6 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay | Argentina Milton Copparoni Carlos Bertotti Virgilio Zunino Carlos Ripoll | 43.5 | Chile Julio Torres Antonio Rioseco E. Correa Víctor Dumas | 43.7 | Brazil Massimiti Massumoto Angelo Takahara Roberto dos Santos Márcio Lomónaco | 43.7 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay | Argentina José Luis Amatti Milton Copparoni José Nist Carlos Bertotti | 3:20.9 | Chile Carlos Varas Víctor Dumas Bernardo Díaz Alfredo López | 3:22.0 | Brazil António Fonseca Angelo Takahara Atílio Alegre Dorival Negrisoli | 3:28.1 |
| High jump | Luis Barrionuevo (ARG) | 2.00 | Luis Arbulú (PER) | 2.00 | Alberto Calio (ARG) | 1.90 |
| Pole vault | Ciro Valdés (COL) | 3.70 | Pedro Aratzabala (CHI) | 3.60 | Fernando Hoces (CHI) | 3.60 |
| Long jump | Eduardo Labalta (ARG) | 7.14 | Joel Dias (BRA) | 6.93 | Meberi Cuello (URU) | 6.48 |
| Triple jump | Joel Dias (BRA) | 14.95 | Miguel Zapata (COL) | 14.13 | Emilio Mazzeo (ARG) | 13.88 |
| Shot put | Juan Turri (ARG) | 16.94 | Cláudio Leal (BRA) | 16.84 | Paulo Matschinske (BRA) | 15.42 |
| Discus throw | Ronaldo Rascher (BRA) | 39.62 | Celso de Moraes (BRA) | 39.12 | José Deustua (PER) | 38.52 |
| Hammer throw | Celso de Moraes (BRA) | 61.24 | Tulio Tebaldi (PER) | 49.68 | Armando Fusaro (ARG) | 49.54 |
| Javelin throw | Álvaro Maururi (ECU) | 52.24 | Luis Cortina (ARG) | 50.64 | Oscar Raggio (ARG) | 50.36 |
| Pentathlon* | Jarbas Benck (BRA) | 3694 | Alberto Calio (ARG) | 3476 | Oscar Raggio (ARG) | 3475 |
* = another source rather states: Hexathlon

### Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres | Josefa Vicent (URU) | 11.9 | Victoria Roa (CHI) | 12.0 | Juana Mosquera (COL) | 12.2 |
| 200 metres | Josefa Vicent (URU) | 25.0 | Victoria Roa (CHI) | 25.5 | Juana Mosquera (COL) | 25.7 |
| 80 metres hurdles | Ana Akiko Omote (BRA) | 11.8 | Alicia Cantarini (ARG) | 11.8 | Paz Gallo (CHI) | 12.3 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay | Argentina Patricia Morone María Cristina Filgueira Nora Peñas Alicia Cantarini | 48.2 | Chile Paz Gallo Carla Maturana Victoria Roa Margarita Pérez | 49.7 | Uruguay Raquel Amaro Edith Varela Alicia Gogluska Josefa Vicent | 50.0 |
| High jump | Carolina Roche (ARG) | 1.45 | Sonia Neubauer (CHI) | 1.45 | Maria Custódio (BRA) | 1.45 |
| Long jump | Ana Akiko Omote (BRA) | 5.65 | Silvia Kinzel (CHI) | 5.62 | Patricia Morone (ARG) | 5.25 |
| Shot put | Gladys Ortega (ARG) | 11.53 | Neide Nakatsukasa (BRA) | 11.05 | Ana Julieta Scursoni (ARG) | 10.60 |
| Discus throw | Mirtha Salas (ARG) | 35.98 | Gladys Ortega (ARG) | 35.96 | Verónica Díaz (CHI) | 32.18 |
| Javelin throw | Ana Julieta Scursoni (ARG) | 35.67 | Gladys Ortega (ARG) | 35.48 | Irani Milani (BRA) | 35.00 |

## Medal table (unofficial)

* Host nation (Brazil)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Argentina (ARG) | 11 | 7 | 8 | 26 |
| 2 | Brazil (BRA)* | 9 | 5 | 8 | 22 |
| 3 | Chile (CHI) | 3 | 12 | 5 | 20 |
| 4 | Colombia (COL) | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| 5 | Uruguay (URU) | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 6 | Ecuador (ECU) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Peru (PER) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Totals (7 entries) | Totals (7 entries) | 29 | 29 | 29 | 87 |