# 2012 South American Under-23 Championships in Athletics

The 2012 South American Under-23 Championships in Athletics were held in São Paulo, Brazil, at the Estádio Ícaro de Castro Melo from 22 to 23 September 2012. They were the 5th edition of the competition, organised under the supervision of the CONSUDATLE. A detailed report on the results was given. Brazilian shot putters Geisa Arcanjo who achieved 18.43m in the women's event, and Darlan Romani who achieved 19.93m in the men's event, were awarded the title for the best performance of the event.

## Participation

A total of 240 athletes from 12 nations participated at the championships. Other sources count only 236 athletes. An unofficial count through the result lists resulted in 234 participating athletes:
* Argentina (27)
* Bolivia (6)
* Brazil (75)
* Chile (21)
* Colombia (28)
* Ecuador (8)
* Guyana (4)
* Panama (2)
* Paraguay (7)
* Peru (20)
* Uruguay (11)
* Venezuela (25)
Suriname was the only CONSUDATLE member federation absent.

## Records

A total of 13 new championships records were set.

## Medal summary

Complete results were published.

### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres (0.3 m/s) | Aldemir da Silva Junior (BRA) | 10.42 | Isidro Montoya (COL) | 10.45 | Chavez Ageday (GUY) | 10.65 |
| 200 metres (1.2 m/s) | Aldemir da Silva Junior (BRA) | 20.51 CR | Bernardo Baloyes (COL) | 20.87 | Arturo Ramírez (VEN) | 21.00 |
| 400 metres | Pedro Luiz de Oliveira (BRA) | 45.52 CR | Arturo Ramírez (VEN) | 46.20 | Stephan James (GUY) | 46.52 |
| 800 metres | Tomás Squella (CHI) | 1:48.06 | David Díaz Franco (ARG) | 1:48.34 | Lucirio Antonio Garrido (VEN) | 1:48.60 |
| 1500 metres | Federico Bruno (ARG) | 3:47.13 | Iván López (CHI) | 3:48.07 | Carlos Díaz (CHI) | 3:50.01 |
| 5000 metres | Víctor Aravena (CHI) | 14:16.25 | Federico Bruno (ARG) | 14:24.21 | Daniel Toroya (BOL) | 14:29.30 |
| 10000 metres | Víctor Aravena (CHI) | 30:31.93 | José Luis Rojas (PER) | 30:32.82 | Wily Canchanya (PER) | 30:33.11 |
| 3000 m steeplechase | Alexis Peña (VEN) | 8:53.42 | Jean Carlos Machado (BRA) | 8:54.53 | Joaquín Arbe (ARG) | 8:55.90 |
| 110 m hurdles (–0.9 m/s) | João Vitor de Oliveira (BRA) | 14.14 | Robson Braga (BRA) | 14.28 | Jefferson Valencia (COL) | 14.57 |
| 400 m hurdles | Hederson Estefani (BRA) | 51.02 | Alejandro Chala (ECU) | 51.11 | Vinícius Guimarães (BRA) | 51.69 |
| High jump | Talles Frederico Silva (BRA) | 2.21 CR | Carlos Layoy (ARG) | 2.19 | Rafael Uchona dos Santos (BRA) | 2.16 |
| Pole vault | Matheus da Silva (BRA) | 5.05 | Rubén Benítez (ARG) | 5.00 | Daniel Zupeuc (CHI) | 4.80 |
| Long jump | Rebert Firmiano (BRA) | 7.96 (3.0 m/s) | Higor Alves (BRA) | 7.72 (2.3 m/s) | Emiliano Lasa (URU) | 7.63 (2.7 m/s) |
| Triple jump | Jonathan Henrique Silva (BRA) | 16.19 (2.4 m/s) | Jean Rosa (BRA) | 15.68 (2.7 m/s) | Edwin Murillo (COL) | 15.37 (0.5 m/s) |
| Shot put | Darlan Romani (BRA) | 19.93 CR | Willian Braido (BRA) | 18.85 | Joaquín Ballivián (CHI) | 17.28 |
| Discus throw | Mauricio Ortega (COL) | 53.94 | Felipe Lorenzon (BRA) | 51.71 | Thiago Negreiros (BRA) | 51.48 |
| Hammer throw | Allan Wolski (BRA) | 63.20 | Hevertt Álvarez (CHI) | 61.18 | Pedro da Costa (BRA) | 60.84 |
| Javelin throw | Braian Toledo (ARG) | 78.49 CR | Tomás Guerra (CHI) | 71.30 | Paulo Enrique da Silva (BRA) | 71.23 |
| Decathlon | Guillermo Ruggeri (ARG) | 7203 | Ricardo Herrada (VEN) | 6930 | Óscar Campos (VEN) | 6878 |
| 20000 m walk | Caio Bonfim (BRA) | 1:23:22.83 CR | José Leonardo Montaña (COL) | 1:23:41.57 | Richard Vargas (VEN) | 1:29:46.67 |
| 4 x 100 metres relay | Brazil Jackson da Silva Jorge Vides Aldemir da Silva Junior Eric de Jesus | 40.10 | Colombia Jefferson Valencia Bernardo Baloyes Roberto Murillo Isidro Montoya | 40.14 | Argentina Matías Robledo Fabio Martínez Lucas Semino Rubén Benítez | 40.82 |
| 4 x 400 metres relay | Brazil Anderson Machado dos Santos Willian Carvalho Jonathan da Silva Pedro Luiz de Oliveira | 3:07.44 | Venezuela Noel Campos Lucirio Antonio Garrido Cleiderman Medina Arturo Ramírez | 3:08.56 | Peru Jordy Portilla Andy Martínez Edmundo Díaz Paulo Herrera | 3:14.18 |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres (0.5 m/s) | Vanusa dos Santos (BRA) | 11.72 | Merlin Palacios (COL) | 11.85 | Victoria Woodward (ARG) | 11.88 |
| 200 metres (1.2 m/s) | Nercely Soto (VEN) | 23.40 | Isidora Jiménez (CHI) | 23.63 | Vanusa dos Santos (BRA) | 23.79 |
| 400 metres | Jennifer Padilla (COL) | 53.12 CR | Nercely Soto (VEN) | 53.45 | Jéssica dos Santos (BRA) | 54.22 |
| 800 metres | Jéssica dos Santos (BRA) | 2:07.42 | Evangelina Thomas (ARG) | 2:08.15 | Andrea Calderón (ECU) | 2:08.51 |
| 1500 metres | Erika Lima (BRA) | 4:26.29 | Thayra dos Santos (BRA) | 4:30.09 | Evangelina Thomas (ARG) | 4:35.54 |
| 5000 metres | Yony Ninahuamán (PER) | 16:50.21 | Adriana da Luz (BRA) | 16:50.43 | Florencia Borelli (ARG) | 17:00.04 |
| 10000 metres | Florencia Borelli (ARG) | 35:29.08 | Adriana da Luz (BRA) | 35:37.32 | Valdilene Silva (BRA) | 35:54.22 |
| 3000 m steeplechase | Zulema Arenas (PER) | 10:14.52 CR | Yony Ninahuamán (PER) | 10:27.75 | Tatiane da Silva (BRA) | 10:45.08 |
| 100 m hurdles (–1.7 m/s) | Nelsibeth Villalobos (VEN) | 14.48 | Genesis Romero (VEN) | 14.58 | Gabriela Lima (BRA) | 14.65 |
| 400 m hurdles | Déborah Rodríguez (URU) | 57.63 CR | Magdalena Mendoza (VEN) | 58.09 | Débora dos Santos (BRA) | 59.14 |
| High jump | Kashani Ríos (PAN) | 1.76 | Nulfa Palacios (COL) | 1.73 | Yulimar Rojas (VEN) | 1.73 |
| Pole vault | Sara Pereira (BRA) | 3.90 | Maira Silva (BRA) | 3.80 | María Victoria Fernández (CHI) | 3.75 |
| Long jump | Jéssica dos Reis (BRA) | 6.18 (1.5 m/s) | Nelsibeth Villalobos (VEN) | 6.09 (1.0 m/s) | Josefina Loyza (ARG) | 6.03 (1.5 m/s) |
| Triple jump | Giselly Landázury (COL) | 13.31 (1.5 m/s) | Yudelsi González (VEN) | 13.13 (2.5 m/s) | Silvana Segura (PER) | 13.13 (1.7 m/s) |
| Shot put | Geisa Arcanjo (BRA) | 18.43 | Alessandra Gamboa (PER) | 15.57 | Renata Severiano (BRA) | 14.94 |
| Discus throw | Andressa de Morais (BRA) | 57.66 CR | Lidiane Cansian (BRA) | 51.09 | Maia Varela (ARG) | 47.31 |
| Hammer throw | Zuleima Mina (ECU) | 62.59 | Mariana Marcelino (BRA) | 61.66 | Valeria Chiliquinga (ECU) | 58.63 |
| Javelin throw | Jucilene de Lima (BRA) | 56.00 | Maria Conceição da Silva (BRA) | 49.07 | María Mello (URU) | 48.90 |
| Heptathlon | Vanessa Spínola (BRA) | 5899 CR | Tamara de Sousa (BRA) | 4870 | Mariza Karabia (PAR) | 4581 |
| 20000 m walk | Yeseida Carrillo (COL) | 1:38:29.51 CR | Wendy Cornejo (BOL) | 1:40:14.28 | Anlly Pineda (COL) | 1:41:04.69 |
| 4 x 100 metres relay | Chile Viviana Olivares Isidora Jiménez Javiera Errázuriz Paula Goñi | 45.61 | Colombia Janeth Largacha Jennifer Padilla Merlin Palacios Carmen Vergara | 45.66 | Brazil Thaís Vides Vanusa dos Santos Andressa Fidélis Lorena Lourenço | 45.88 |
| 4 x 400 metres relay | Brazil Bárbara de Oliveira Dandadeua da Silva Débora dos Santos Jéssica dos Santos | 3:41.16 | Chile Javiera Errázuriz Yaritza Travisani Paula Goñi Isidora Jiménez | 3:42.25 | Argentina María Ayelen Diogo Mariana Borelli Victoria Woodward Evangelina Thomas | 3:58.86 |

## Medal table

* Host nation (Brazil)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Brazil* | 24 | 14 | 13 | 51 |
| 2 | Colombia | 4 | 7 | 3 | 14 |
| 3 | Argentina | 4 | 5 | 8 | 17 |
| 4 | Chile | 4 | 5 | 4 | 13 |
| 5 | Venezuela | 3 | 8 | 5 | 16 |
| 6 | Peru | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| 7 | Ecuador | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | Uruguay | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 9 | Panama | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Bolivia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | Guyana | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 12 | Paraguay | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (12 entries) | Totals (12 entries) | 44 | 44 | 44 | 132 |

## Points table

| Rank | Nation | Points |
| | Brazil | 494 |
| | Argentina | 151 |
| | Venezuela | 138 |
| 4 | Colombia | 137 |
| 5 | Chile | 132 |
| 6 | Peru | 71 |
| 7 | Ecuador | 34 |
| 8 | Uruguay | 18 |
| 9 | Paraguay | 13 |
| 9 | Bolivia | 13 |
| 11 | Guyana | 11 |
| 12 | Panama | 10 |