# 1992 South American Junior Championships in Athletics

The 24th South American Junior Championships in Athletics were held in Lima, Peru from August 21–23, 1992.

## Participation (unofficial)

Detailed result lists can be found on the "World Junior Athletics History" website. An unofficial count yields the number of about 191 athletes from about 10 countries: Bolivia (9), Brazil (44), Chile (29), Colombia (9), Ecuador (17), Panama (4), Paraguay (3), Peru (45), Uruguay (3), Venezuela (28).

## 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 | Luis Vega (COL) | 11.1 | Pablo Almeida (CHI) | 11.1 | Clovis Schneider (BRA) | 11.1 |
| 200 metres | Sebastián Keitel (CHI) | 21.5 | Luis Vega (COL) | 21.8 | Douglas Figueroa (VEN) | 21.9 |
| 400 metres | Ronaldo dos Santos (BRA) | 48.3 | Sebastián Keitel (CHI) | 48.4 | Gustavo del Castillo (PAN) | 48.5 |
| 800 metres | Alexandre Oliveira (BRA) | 1:52.6 | Mark Olivo (VEN) | 1:52.7 | Márcio de Resende (BRA) | 1:53.2 |
| 1500 metres | Mark Olivo (VEN) | 3:53.8 | Jaciel da Silva (BRA) | 3:54.1 | Néstor Nieves (VEN) | 3:57.0 |
| 5000 metres | Emerson Vettori (BRA) | 14:39.3 | Elías Bastos (BRA) | 14:49.1 | Francisco Galindo (PER) | 14:50.9 |
| 10,000 metres | José Alejandro Semprún (VEN) | 30:32.6 | Elías Bastos (BRA) | 30:40.4 | Jorge Chávez (PER) | 30:43.2 |
| 110 metres hurdles | Emerson Perín (BRA) | 14.5 | Cleverson da Silva (BRA) | 14.6 | José Gregorio Turbay (VEN) | 14.9 |
| 400 metres hurdles | Emerson da Silva (BRA) | 51.9 | Víctor Mendoza (PER) | 51.9 | Sérgio Ribeiro (BRA) | 52.5 |
| 3000 metres steeplechase | Emerson Vettori (BRA) | 8:57.2 | Néstor Nieves (VEN) | 9:05.1 | Jaciel da Silva (BRA) | 9:06.0 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay | Brazil Jair Moreira Sérgio Ribeiro Emerson Perin Clovis Schnaider | 41.5 | Venezuela Kelvin Briceño Douglas Figueroa José Turbay Slym Guzmán | 41.8 | Colombia Julián Sánchez Álvaro Portela Ricardo Segura Luis Vega | 42.5 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay | Brazil | 3:15.4 | Colombia | 3:15.9 | Chile | 3:24.6 |
| 10,000 metres track walk | Jefferson Pérez (ECU) | 45:31.2 | Reinaldo Rosario (VEN) | 45:50.0 | João Sendeski (BRA) | 46:31.5 |
| High jump | Hugo Muñoz (PER) | 2.06 | Paulo Ruimar (BRA) | 2.03 | Franco Moy (PER) | 1.95 |
| Pole vault | Ricardo Diez (VEN) | 4.30 | Luis Hidalgo (VEN) | 4.30 | Andrés Fernández (CHI) | 4.00 |
| Long jump | Márcio da Cruz (BRA) | 7.36 | Nelson Ferreira (BRA) | 7.33 | Pedro Brao (VEN) | 6.68 |
| Triple jump | Márcio da Cruz (BRA) | 15.65 | Antônio da Costa (BRA) | 14.94 | Franco Moy (PER) | 14.82 |
| Shot put | Yojer Medina (VEN) | 16.77 | Simerio Teixeira (BRA) | 14.44 | Juan Tello (PER) | 14.24 |
| Discus throw | Yojer Medina (VEN) | 48.40 | Juan Tello (PER) | 42.10 | Antonio Consiglieri (PER) | 40.90 |
| Hammer throw | Rodolfo García (VEN) | 50.70 | Aloisio da Silva (BRA) | 46.48 | Simerio Teixeira (BRA) | 44.26 |
| Javelin throw | Nery Kennedy (PAR) | 63.30 | Yojer Medina (VEN) | 63.18 | Flavio de Souza (BRA) | 60.38 |
| Decathlon | Alexis Recioy (URU) | 5973 | Vinicius Barbosa (BRA) | 5927 | Luis Rafael Mariño (VEN) | 5772 |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres | Lucimar de Moura (BRA) | 11.8 | Mônica Figueirêdo (BRA) | 12.0 | Lisette Rondón (CHI) | 12.0 |
| 200 metres | Lucimar de Moura (BRA) | 24.8 | Lisette Rondón (CHI) | 24.9 | Mônica Figueirêdo (BRA) | 24.9 |
| 400 metres | Fátima dos Santos (BRA) | 55.0 | Andrea Hoelzel (CHI) | 57.6 | Norma Pinheiro (BRA) | 58.3 |
| 800 metres | Fátima dos Santos (BRA) | 2:09.8 | Janeth Caizalitín (ECU) | 2:11.3 | Clara Morales (CHI) | 2:17.4 |
| 1500 metres | Janeth Caizalitín (ECU) | 4:37.1 | Clara Morales (CHI) | 4:43.8 | Miriam Achote (ECU) | 4:45.9 |
| 3000 metres | Janeth Caizalitín (ECU) | 9:53.4 | Bertha Vera (ECU) | 10:09.6 | Fabiana Cristine da Silva (BRA) | 10:17.9 |
| 10,000 metres | Bertha Vera (ECU) | 37:41.5 | Carla Velásquez (BOL) | 38:08.7 | Fabiana Cristine da Silva (BRA) | 38:09.3 |
| 100 metres hurdles | Gilda Massa (PER) | 14.2 | Antonina Santângelo (BRA) | 14.4 | Marília de Souza (BRA) | 14.5 |
| 400 metres hurdles | Kelly de Oliveira (BRA) | 61.9 | Velma Rodallega (VEN) | 65.1 | Marina Canelas (VEN) | 65.2 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay | Brazil Norma Pinneiro Marília de Souza Mônica Figueirêdo Lucimar de Moura | 46.8 | Chile Marcela Barros Lisette Rondón Andrea Hoelzel María Isabel Coloma | 47.9 | Peru Patricia Hasegawa Gina Alvarado Patricia Vargas Gilda Massa | 48.4 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay | Brazil Kelly de Oliveira Norma Aparecida Mônica Figueirêdo Fatima dos Santos | 3:47.4 | Chile Lisette Rondón Andrea Hoelzel Clara Morales Marcela Barros | 3:55.0 | Ecuador Mayra Cachi Monica Chalá Janeth Caizaltin Sandra Barragan | 4:01.2 |
| 5000 metres track walk | Miriam Ramón (ECU) | 24:03.6 | Bertha Vera (ECU) | 24:04.2 | Geovana Irusta (BOL) | 24:33.2 |
| High jump | Teresa Rodríguez (VEN) | 1.65 | Soledad Harambour (CHI) | 1.65 | Luciane Dambacher (BRA) | 1.62 |
| Long jump | Gilda Massa (PER) | 5.72 | Lucineide de Oliveira (BRA) | 5.69 | Claudia Valle (CHI) | 5.44 |
| Triple jump | Adriana Matoso (BRA) | 11.66 | Lucineide de Oliveira (BRA) | 11.64 | Karla Salazar (PER) | 11.25 |
| Shot put | Margit Wahlbrink (BRA) | 13.20 | Nefertity Zurita (VEN) | 12.55 | Neolanis Suárez (VEN) | 11.66 |
| Discus throw | Neolanis Suárez (VEN) | 40.64 | Nefertity Zurita (VEN) | 38.44 | Neila Solange (BRA) | 37.12 |
| Javelin throw | Zuleima Araméndiz (COL) | 50.92 | Patricia Alonso (VEN) | 47.56 | Martha Rodríguez (VEN) | 46.42 |
| Heptathlon | Eliomara Carvalho (BRA) | 4511 | María Pesce (URU) | 4280 | Samantha de Souza (BRA) | 4196 |

## Medal table (unofficial)

* Host nation (Peru)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Brazil | 20 | 14 | 15 | 49 |
| 2 | Venezuela | 8 | 10 | 8 | 26 |
| 3 | Ecuador | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| 4 | Peru* | 3 | 2 | 8 | 13 |
| 5 | Colombia | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 6 | Chile | 1 | 8 | 5 | 14 |
| 7 | Uruguay | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | Paraguay | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Bolivia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | Panama | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (10 entries) | Totals (10 entries) | 41 | 41 | 41 | 123 |