# 1986 South American Youth Championships in Athletics

The eighth South American Youth Championships in Athletics were held in Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentina, from October 17–19, 1986. Approximately 205 athletes of nine nationalities took part in 34 races.

## Medal summary

Medal winners are published for boys and girls. Complete results can be found on the "World Junior Athletics History" website.

### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres (wind: -1.2 m/s) | Néstor Soncini (ARG) | 11.13 | Adilson da Silva (BRA) | 11.54 | Fernando Botasso (BRA) | 11.59 |
| 200 metres (wind: +1.5 m/s) | Néstor Soncini (ARG) | 22.2 | Adilson da Silva (BRA) | 23.2 | Roberto Provis (CHI) | 23.6 |
| 400 metres | Inaldo Sena (BRA) | 50.63 | Antônio Enrique Ferreira (BRA) | 51.44 | Santiago Ramírez (URU) | 51.62 |
| 800 metres | Ricardo Beltrán (ARG) | 1:57.34 | Luciano Rosa (BRA) | 1:57.94 | Ricardo Quesada (CHI) | 1:59.02 |
| 1500 metres | Edgardo Graglia (ARG) | 4:02.8 | Marcelo Barrientos (CHI) | 4:03.0 | Ricardo Moreno (ARG) | 4:04.7 |
| 3000 metres | Marcelo Barrientos (CHI) | 8:50.43 | Ricardo Moreno (ARG) | 8:53.60 | Heriberto Acevedo (BRA) | 8:56.84 |
| 1500 metres steeplechase | Hermelindo Almiro (BRA) | 4:28.8 | Marcelo Barrientos (CHI) | 4:30.0 | Marcelo Pires (BRA) | 4:34.0 |
| 110 metres hurdles (wind: +1.2 m/s) | Fábio Aleixo (BRA) | 14.5 | Sergio Kleng (ARG) | 15.1 | Fábio Tofani (BRA) | 15.3 |
| 300 metres hurdles | Fábio Aleixo (BRA) | 39.11 | Gonzalo Loveday (PER) | 39.81 | Ricardo Bukalil (BRA) | 40.12 |
| High jump | Fernando Damonte (ARG) | 1.92 | Damián Gianotti (ARG) | 1.88 | José Rodríguez (VEN) | 1.88 |
| Pole vault | Diego Vázquez (ARG) | 3.92 | Igor Castillo (PER) | 3.60 | Carlos Pérez (ARG) | 3.40 |
| Long jump | Sérgio Santos (BRA) | 6.73 | Marcos Cooper (ARG) | 6.57 | Marcos de Moraes (BRA) | 6.52 |
| Triple jump | Marcos de Moraes (BRA) | 13.94 | Sanderlei da Conceição (BRA) | 13.69 | Elvio Justiniano (BOL) | 13.35 |
| Shot put | Raimundo Monasterio (VEN) | 16.14 | Acassio da Silva (BRA) | 15.62 | Ricardo Torres (PAR) | 14.94 |
| Discus throw | Márcio Barreto (BRA) | 48.16 | Marcelo Dadario (ARG) | 48.08 | Acassio da Silva (BRA) | 46.16 |
| Hammer throw | Julio César Anelli (ARG) | 55.40 | Leonardo Melano (ARG) | 55.34 | Alexandre Mantovani (BRA) | 53.66 |
| Javelin throw | Daniel Mijares (VEN) | 52.16 | Fábio Boso (BRA) | 51.90 | Marcos Balbuena (ARG) | 50.02 |
| Hexathlon | Marcelo Viola (ARG) | 3890 | Daniel Mijares (VEN) | 3771 | Fernando Oliva (ARG) | 3723 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay | Brazil | 43.75 | Chile | 44.07 | Uruguay | 44.20 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay | Argentina Esteban Gambaro Marcos Cooper Fabian Gandolfi Gustavo Fontenla | 3:29.59 | Brazil | 3:31.54 | Uruguay | 3:34.86 |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres (wind: -0.8 m/s) | Roseli Diogo (BRA) | 12.82 | Ana Maria Rocha (BRA) | 12.87 | Silvina Grion (ARG) | 12.88 |
| 200 metres (wind: 0.0 m/s) | Jupira da Graça (BRA) | 26.2 | Roseli Diogo (BRA) | 26.3 | Claudia Riquelme (CHI) | 26.6 |
| 400 metres | Jupira da Graça (BRA) | 56.96 | Claudia Riquelme (CHI) | 57.01 | Virginia Guerra (URU) | 58.74 |
| 800 metres | Célia dos Santos (BRA) | 2:17.25 | Niusha Mansilla (BOL) | 2:19.18 | Roberta Baungarten (BRA) | 2:19.70 |
| 1500 metres | Roxana Coronatti (ARG) | 4:41.5 | Noemí Sabino (BRA) | 4:43.8 | Roxana Palavecino (ARG) | 4:44.9 |
| 100 metres hurdles (wind: 0.0 m/s) | Graciela Pugliese (ARG) | 15.24 | Susana Letts (PER) | 15.42 | Ana Maria Rocha (BRA) | 15.43 |
| High jump | Doroto Raimundo (BRA) | 1.63 | Graciela Pugliese (ARG) | 1.60 | Claudia Blotto (ARG) | 1.60 |
| Long jump | Ana Martina Vizioli (ARG) | 5.70 | Natalia Toledo (PAR) | 5.46 | María Isabel Rubio (CHI) | 5.44 |
| Shot put | Maria da Silva (BRA) | 11.52 | Stella Carpinelli (BRA) | 11.12 | Graciela Pugliese (ARG) | 10.99 |
| Discus throw | Rosemeire Silva (BRA) | 37.74 | Sadith Fretes (PAR) | 37.14 | Adriana Romero (ARG) | 35.32 |
| Javelin throw | Rosemeire Silva (BRA) | 47.76 | Natalia Toledo (PAR) | 40.86 | Jeanette Bensinger (PER) | 39.76 |
| Pentathlon | Ana Martina Vizioli (ARG) | 3177 | Carolina Sanz (CHI) | 3083 | Vera Alves (BRA) | 2917 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay | Brazil | 49.01 | Chile | 50.06 | Uruguay | 50.08 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay | Brazil | 4:02.64 | Argentina | 4:04.20 | Chile | 4:06.21 |

## Medal table (unofficial)

* Host nation (Argentina)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Brazil (BRA) | 18 | 12 | 11 | 41 |
| 2 | Argentina (ARG)* | 13 | 8 | 9 | 30 |
| 3 | Venezuela (VEN) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Chile (CHI) | 1 | 6 | 5 | 12 |
| 5 | Paraguay (PAR) | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Peru (PER) | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Bolivia (BOL) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | Uruguay (URU) | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Totals (8 entries) | Totals (8 entries) | 34 | 34 | 34 | 102 |

## Participation (unofficial)

Detailed result lists can be found on the "World Junior Athletics History" website. An unofficial count yields the number of about 205 athletes from about 9 countries:
* Argentina (48)
* Bolivia (5)
* Brazil (38)
* Chile (22)
* Ecuador (10)
* Paraguay (18)
* Perú (39)
* Uruguay (14)
* Venezuela (11)