# 1996 South American Youth Championships in Athletics

The 13th South American Youth Championships in Athletics were held in Asunción, Paraguay from October 18–20, 1996.

## 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: -1.1 m/s) | Helly Ollarves (VEN) | 11.11 | Carlos Santos (BRA) | 11.16 | Edison Núñez (COL) | 11.29 |
| 200 metres (wind: -4.1 m/s) | Helly Ollarves (VEN) | 22.74 | Jorge Maidana (ARG) | 22.80 | Carlos Santos (BRA) | 22.87 |
| 400 metres | Humberto de Oliveira (BRA) | 49.12 | Amauri dos Santos (BRA) | 49.13 | Paul Ríos (COL) | 49.64 |
| 800 metres | Gilberto dos Santos (BRA) | 1:58.23 | Glauco da Silva (BRA) | 1:58.25 | Rodrigo Escobar (CHI) | 1:58.90 |
| 1500 metres | André da Silva (BRA) | 4:02.54 | Sebastián González Cabot (ARG) | 4:03.26 | Rodrigo Escobar (CHI) | 4:04.44 |
| 5000 metres | André da Silva (BRA) | 15:10.74 | Ricardo Franzón (ARG) | 15:44.78 | Esteban Coria (ARG) | 15:49.11 |
| 1500 metres steeplechase | Leonardo Muntada (BRA) | 4:20.51 | Sebastián González Cabot (ARG) | 4:24.80 | Esteban Coria (ARG) | 4:27.54 |
| 110 metres hurdles (wind: +2.1 m/s) | Cristián Labra (CHI) | 14.59 w | Gabriel Morales (ARG) | 14.62 w | Wellington Silva (BRA) | 14.68 w |
| 300 metres hurdles | Jackson Quiñónez (ECU) | 38.1 | Xavier Caicedo (ECU) | 38.3 | Luiz Lima (BRA) | 39.1 |
| High jump | Leandro de Jesus (BRA) | 1.99 | Piero Vojvodic (PER) | 1.96 | Wilfried Heim-Caballero (PAR) | 1.90 |
| Pole vault | Francisco Pintos (CHI) | 4.30 | Gastón González (CHI) | 4.30 | Daniel Kassab (BRA) | 4.15 |
| Long jump | Cristian Setién (ARG) | 6.74 | Pablo Quiroga (CHI) | 6.59 | Marcelo Ibarra (CHI) | 6.55 |
| Triple jump | Alessandro Bonfim (BRA) | 14.22 | Pablo Quiroga (CHI) | 13.77 | Eduardo Adão (BRA) | 13.43 |
| Shot put | Julián Angulo (COL) | 16.68 | Hugo Zambelli (ARG) | 16.10 | Fernando Furlan (BRA) | 15.30 |
| Discus throw | Julián Angulo (COL) | 51.44 | Carlos Sosa (ARG) | 44.34 | Fernando Furlan (BRA) | 42.72 |
| Hammer throw | Leandro Gallay (ARG) | 62.52 | Gilbert Volta (PER) | 56.38 | Fernando Crovetto (ARG) | 55.28 |
| Javelin throw | Leandro de Souza (BRA) | 53.34 | Edwin Cuesta (VEN) | 52.60 | Carlos Sosa (ARG) | 52.10 |
| Hexathlon | Wilfried Heim-Caballero (PAR) | 3794 | Bruno Reis (BRA) | 3670 | Gabriel Fuchslocher (CHI) | 3560 |
| 5000 metres track walk | Paulo Ruiz (BRA) | 24:08.74 | Cristián Muñoz (CHI) | 24:08.82 | Evandro Mafra (BRA) | 24:27.30 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay | Brazil Carlos Santos Jarbas Mascarenhas Glauco Santos Gabriel Malateaux | 42.95 | Argentina Gabriel Morales Diego Ternavasio Cristian Setién Jorge Maidana | 43.59 | Colombia Edison Núñez Jairo Mejía Paulo Ríos Aldernar Álvarez | 43.97 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay | Brazil Humberto de Oliveira Cristian Dunker Carlos Santos Rodolfo dos Santos | 3:18.42 | Argentina Jorge Maidana Pablo Blanco Lucas Altamirano Carlos Borda | 3:25.53 | Uruguay Diego Dos Santos Pablo Martínez Agustín Gómez Lucas Martiarena | 3:26.01 |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres (wind: +0.9 m/s) | Sandra Reátegui (PER) | 12.11 | Silvana Belfiglio (ARG) | 12.13 | Juliana Pereira (BRA) | 12.33 |
| 200 metres (wind: -1.6 m/s) | Sandra Reátegui (PER) | 25.38 | Ana Mariuxi Caicedo (ECU) | 25.45 | Juliana Pereira (BRA) | 25.65 |
| 400 metres | Norbelis Bracho (VEN) | 56.06 | Rúbia dos Santos (BRA) | 56.06 | Flávia da Silva (BRA) | 57.17 |
| 800 metres | Christiane dos Santos (BRA) | 2:13.16 | Vanesa Maraviglia (ARG) | 2:13.26 | Maritza Córdoba (COL) | 2:14.21 |
| 1500 metres | Valquíria dos Santos (BRA) | 4:37.68 | Faustina Huamaní (PER) | 4:40.84 | Mabel Valenzuela (CHI) | 4:41.54 |
| 3000 metres | Faustina Huamaní (PER) | 9:54.71 | Tatiane Sá (BRA) | 9:55.15 | Mabel Valenzuela (CHI) | 10:10.82 |
| 100 metres hurdles (wind: 0.0 m/s) | Rúbia dos Santos (BRA) | 14.75 | Sicylle Jeria (CHI) | 14.76 | Sira Córdoba (COL) | 14.88 |
| 300 metres hurdles | Rúbia dos Santos (BRA) | 43.18 | Sira Córdoba (COL) | 44.35 | María Virginia Firpo (ARG) | 44.39 |
| High jump | Delfina Blaquier (ARG) | 1.75 | Jorgelina Rodríguez (ARG) | 1.68 | Paola Hoffmann (CHI) | 1.68 |
| Long jump | Gisele de Oliveira (BRA) | 5.71 | Ana Mariuxi Caicedo (ECU) | 5.68 | Andrea Luchisano (ARG) | 5.63 |
| Shot put | Melisa Bolis (ARG) | 11.98 | Leomelina Blandón (COL) | 11.81 | Fernanda Resende (BRA) | 11.63 |
| Discus throw | María Cubillán (VEN) | 39.02 | Analía Piñero (ARG) | 38.10 | Michele Brustolin (BRA) | 37.48 |
| Javelin throw | Denise Pintos (URU) | 38.76 | Roxana Fernández (ARG) | 38.16 | Selma Dias (BRA) | 37.78 |
| Pentathlon | Valeria Schönstedt (CHI) | 3288 | Raquel de Oliveira (BRA) | 3165 | Joana Ribeiro (BRA) | 3018 |
| 3000 metres Track Walk | Luisa Paltín (ECU) | 15:00.1 | Tatiana Silva (BOL) | 15:01.8 | Yesenia López (COL) | 15:31.7 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay | Brazil Flávia da Silva Eliana de Oliveira Juliana Pereira Vanesa de Oliveira | 47.81 | Argentina Juliana Santos Andrea Luchisano Agustina Rodríguez Silvana Belfiglio | 48.55 | Chile Daniela Pávez Ximena Henríquez Carolina Matesic Denise Landon | 48.57 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay | Brazil Flávia da Silva Mislene da Silva Adriana da Silva Rúbia dos Santos | 3:49.67 | Colombia Melisa Murillo Sira Córdoba Maritza Córdoba Victoria Mosquera | 3:55.55 | Chile Ximena Henríquez Cristina Aguirre Carolina Matesic Paula Osorio | 3:56.55 |

## Medal table (unofficial)

* Host nation (Paraguay)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Brazil (BRA) | 18 | 7 | 15 | 40 |
| 2 | Argentina (ARG) | 4 | 15 | 6 | 25 |
| 3 | Venezuela (VEN) | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | Chile (CHI) | 3 | 5 | 9 | 17 |
| 5 | Peru (PER) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 6 | Colombia (COL) | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 |
| 7 | Ecuador (ECU) | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 8 | Paraguay (PAR)* | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | Uruguay (URU) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | Bolivia (BOL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals (10 entries) | Totals (10 entries) | 38 | 38 | 38 | 114 |

## Participation (unofficial)

Detailed result lists can be found on the "World Junior Athletics History" website. An unofficial count yields the number of about 268 athletes from about 10 countries:
* Argentina (49)
* Bolivia (14)
* Brazil (57)
* Chile (45)
* Colombia (21)
* Ecuador (11)
* Paraguay (26)
* Peru (9)
* Uruguay (28)
* Venezuela (8)