# 2016 South American U18 Championships in Athletics

The 23rd South American Youth Championships in Athletics were held in Concordia, Argentina on 12 and 13 November 2016.

## Medal summary
### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres +1.8 m/s | Vinicius Rocha Moraes Brazil | 10.36 GR | Tryell Peters Guyana | 10.68 | Sebastián Hood Chile | 10.81 |
| 200 metres -3.9 m/s | Vinicius Rocha Moraes Brazil | 21.41 GR | Cleverson Pereira Junior Brazil | 21.93 | Daniel Williams Guyana | 22.11 |
| 400 metres | Bruno Benedito da Silva Brazil | 48.12 | Daniel Williams Guyana | 48.57 | Cleverson Pereira Junior Brazil | 48.94 |
| 800 metres | Max Paulo dos Santos Brazil | 1:56.79 | Marco Vilca Peru | 1:58.37 | Diego Facundo Alegre Argentina | 1:58.98 |
| 1500 metres | José Miguel Costa Brazil | 4:09.97 | Andrés Mauricio Carrillo Colombia | 4:10.44 | Pablo Cárdenas Chile | 4:11.01 |
| 3000 metres | Jhonathan Pulido Colombia | 8:45.39 | Alexander Huanca Peru | 8:46.98 | José Zabala Argentina | 8:50.54 |
| 110 metres hurdles (91.4 cm) +0.4 m/s | Marcos Morley Ecuador | 13.55 GR | Diego Alejandro Vivas Colombia | 14.27 | Cristobal Victoriano Chile | 14.32 |
| 400 metres hurdles (84 cm) | Caio Giovani Martins Brazil | 53.00 | Cristobal Muñoz Chile | 53.45 | Luciano Techeira Uruguay | 54.48 |
| 2000 m steeplechase | Jeferson Alberto dos Santos Brazil | 6:00.20 | Edwar Condori Peru | 6:02.75 | José Armando Sánchez Ecuador | 6:11.09 |
| 10,000 m track walk | David Hurtado Ecuador | 43:16.07 | Sebastián Merchán Colombia | 43:48.63 | Yhojan Melillan Chile | 45:08.47 |
| High jump | Francisco Moraga Chile | 2.00 | Daniel Williams Guyana | 2.00 | Luiz Gustavo de Brito Brazil | 2.00 |
| Pole vault | Lucca Torres Brazil | 4.90 | Agustin Zulueta Chile | 4.50 | Eduardo Martín Chile | 4.40 |
| Long jump | Gabriel Menezes Oliveira Brazil | 7.45 | Yeimer Palacios Colombia | 7.45 | Juan David Moreno Colombia | 7.37 |
| Triple jump | Gabriel Menezes Oliveira Brazil | 15.45 | Yeimer Palacios Colombia | 15.31 | Juan Luis Eguiguren Chile | 14.23 |
| Shot put (5 kg) | Saymon Hoffmann Brazil | 19.67 | Claudio Romero Chile | 19.14 | Nicolas Tieri Argentina | 18.98 |
| Discus throw (1.5 kg) | Saymon Hoffmann Brazil | 60.92 GR | Claudio Romero Chile | 60.49 | Vitor Motin Brazil | 57.64 |
| Hammer throw (5 kg) | Alejandro Medina Paraguay | 75.18 | Alencar Pereira Brazil | 74.39 | Roberto Montiel Chile | 67.15 |
| Javelin throw (700 kg) | Pedro Henrique Rodrigues Brazil | 77.30 | Joel Benítez Venezuela | 69.10 | Ignacio Toledo Chile | 64.83 |
| Decathlon (youth) | Damian Moretta Argentina | 6525 GR | Nicolás Pérez Argentina | 5965 | Diego Arias Chile | 5910 |
| WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season) |||||| |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres +0.5 m/s | Lorraine Martins Brazil | 11.78 | Romina Cifuentes Ecuador | 11.81 | Gabriela Mourão Brazil | 11.82 |
| 200 metres -2.2 m/s | Romina Cifuentes Ecuador | 24.44 | Gabriela Mourão Brazil | 24.90 | Lorraine Martins Brazil | 24.98 |
| 400 metres | Tiffani Beatriz Marinho Brazil | 54.90 | Tania Caicedo Ecuador | 55.87 | Angie Nagles Colombia | 56.13 |
| 800 metres | Pamela Milano Venezuela | 2:17.58 | Pamela Dias Brazil | 2:18.20 | Valeria Cornejo Chile | 2:18.42 |
| 1500 metres | María Paula Guerrero Colombia | 4:51.88 | Leidy Ortiz Colombia | 4:54.76 | Isabelle Cristina de Almeida Brazil | 4:55.63 |
| 3000 metres | Agustina Boucherie Argentina | 10:26.80 | Virginia Huatorongo Peru | 10:28.20 | Sonia Salazar Peru | 10:28.47 |
| 100 metres hurdles (76.2 cm) +2.8 m/s | Micaela Rosa de Mello Brazil | 13.54 GR | Yoveini Mota Venezuela | 13.68 | Yuly Andrea Quinto Colombia | 13.95 |
| 400 metres hurdles | Rita de Cassia Silva Brazil | 60.78 | Micaela Rosa de Mello Brazil | 61.33 | Oriana Prieto Argentina | 62.09 |
| 2000 m steeplechase | Clara Baiocchi Argentina | 6:56.62 | Heidi Bola Colombia | 7:03.26 | Giovanna Domene Brazil | 7:19.25 |
| 4600 m track walk | Glenda Quiñónez Ecuador | | Maryluz Andia Peru | | Laura Chalarca Colombia | |
| High jump | María Fernanda Murillo Colombia | 1.85 GR | Victoria Rozas Chile | 1.73 | María Parra Venezuela | 1.70 |
| Pole vault | Ana Gabriela Quiñónez Ecuador | 3.90 =GR, NR | Carmen Villanueva Venezuela | 3.90 =GR | Isabel de Quadros Brazil | 3.70 |
| Long jump | Yuly Quinto Colombia | 6.13 GR | Valentina Leiva Chile | 5.99w | Chantoba Bright Guyana | 5.94w |
| Triple jump | Leidy Cuesta Colombia | 13.20w GR | Mirieli Santos Brazil | 13.08w | Liz Levrino Argentina | 12.32w |
| Shot put (3 kg) | Dayna Toledo Chile | 17.24 GR | Gleice Stefanie de Castro Brazil | 16.15 | Fernanda Holguin Ecuador | 14.69 |
| Discus throw | Catalina Bravo Chile | 44.57 | Valquiria Meurer Brazil | 42.37 | Yosiris Córdoba Colombia | 36.27 |
| Hammer throw (3 kg) | Mariana García Chile | 64.31 GR | Ximena Zorrilla Peru | 60.65 | Antonella Creazzola Venezuela | 59.02 |
| Javelin throw (500 g) | Yuleixi Angulo Ecuador | 51.20 | Fabielle Ferreira Brazil | 49.40 | Yudi Rivera Ecuador | 46.92 |
| Heptathlon (youth) | Naiuri Rigo Krein Brazil | 4811 | Mariangeles Manno Argentina | 4390 | Neurelis Manzanillo Venezuela | 4366 |
| WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season) |||||| |

### Mixed

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Mixed 4 × 400 metres relay | Brazil Bruno Benedito da Silva Rita de Cassia Silva Tiffani Beatriz Marinho Cleverson Pereira Junior | 3:30.12 | Chile Karina Mendoza Andres Orrego Katherine Córdoba Cristóbal Muñoz | 3:36.48 | Colombia Angie Nagles Manuel Henao María Paula Guerrero Kevin Angarita | 3:37.24 |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Brazil (BRA) | 19 | 9 | 8 | 36 |
| 2 | Ecuador (ECU) | 6 | 2 | 3 | 11 |
| 3 | Colombia (COL) | 5 | 7 | 7 | 19 |
| 4 | Chile (CHI) | 4 | 7 | 10 | 21 |
| 5 | Argentina (ARG) | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 6 | Venezuela (VEN) | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| 7 | Paraguay (PAR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Peru (PER) | 0 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 9 | Guyana (GUY) | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 10 | Uruguay (URU) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (10 entries) | Totals (10 entries) | 39 | 39 | 40 | 118 |