# 2010 South American Youth Championships in Athletics

The 20th South American Youth Championships in Athletics were held in Santiago, Chile at the Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos from October 9–10, 2010. A detailed report on the results was given.

## Medal summary

Medal winners are published, and complete results can be found on the Fedachi, on the Fecodatle, and on the "World Junior Athletics History" website.

### Men salto triplo

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres (wind: +2.2 m/s) | Mateo Edward (PAN) | 10.65 w | Rodrigo Rocha (BRA) | 10.77 w | Caio dos Santos (BRA) | 10.80 w |
| 200 metres | Antônio Rodrigues (BRA) | 21.48 | Mateo Edward (PAN) | 21.78 | Rodrigo Rocha (BRA) | 21.90 |
| 400 metres | Leandro de Araújo (BRA) | 47.87 | Diego Palomeque (COL) | 47.89 | Edmundo Díaz (PER) | 48.80 |
| 800 metres | Joseilton Cuñha (BRA) | 1:50.6 CR | Maicon dos Santos (BRA) | 1:51.1 | Alejandro Peirano (CHI) | 1:53.8 |
| 1500 metres | Carlos Díaz (CHI) | 4:12.11 | Vanilso Silva (BRA) | 4:14.81 | Michael Villanueva (PER) | 4:16.87 |
| 3000 metres | Marcos Guaman (ECU) | 8:52.80 | Michael Alba (CHI) | 8:55.54 | Maicon da Silva Mancuso (BRA) | 8:59.52 |
| 2000 metres steeplechase | Ioran Etchechury (BRA) | 6:10.21 | William Díaz (VEN) | 6:12.83 | Luiz Nunes (BRA) | 6:14.61 |
| 110 metres hurdles (wind: -1.0 m/s) | Patricio Colarte (CHI) | 14.08 | Claudinei Oliveira (BRA) | 14.21 | Lucas Carvalho (BRA) | 14.26 |
| 400 metres hurdles | Alfredo Sepúlveda (CHI) | 53.6 | Wesley Martins (BRA) | 54.1 | Mauricio Barrios (CHI) | 54.6 |
| High Jump | Almir dos Santos (BRA) | 2.00 | Felipe Hickmann (BRA) | 1.97 | Eure Añez (VEN) | 1.94 |
| Pole Vault | Thiago Braz da Silva (BRA) | 5.10 | Heberth Gómez (COL) | 5.05 | Giovani Gattei (BRA) | 4.20 |
| Long Jump | Douglas Selestrino (BRA) | 7.42 (wind: -0.9 m/s) | Jadson Silva (BRA) | 7.36 (wind: +1.9 m/s) | Leandro Monje (ARG) | 6.90 (wind: +0.4 m/s) |
| Triple Jump | Henrique da Silva (BRA) | 15.16 (wind: -0.3 m/s) | Paulo Sérgio Oliveira (BRA) | 15.13 (wind: +0.3 m/s) | Divie Murillo (COL) | 14.41 (wind: +0.4 m/s) |
| Shot Put | Joaquín Ballivián (CHI) | 20.53 CR AR-y | John Zea (COL) | 17.86 | Daniel Castillo (CHI) | 17.26 |
| Discus Throw | Felipe Lorenzon (BRA) | 58.74 CR | Alejandro Copete (ECU) | 54.23 | Joaquín Ballivián (CHI) | 53.99 |
| Hammer Throw | Fabián Serna (COL) | 71.77 | Jonatan Gras (ARG) | 67.11 | Hevertt Álvarez (CHI) | 66.47 |
| Javelin Throw | Braian Toledo (ARG) | 85.32 CR | Edgar Landazuri (ECU) | 68.13 | Paulo da Silva (BRA) | 67.05 |
| Octathlon | Lucas Conceiçâo (BRA) | 5625 | Sergio Vilchez (ARG) | 5565 | Jorge Vergara (COL) | 5223 |
| 10000 metres Walk | Éider Arévalo (COL) | 40:27.95 CR | Marco Antonio Rodríguez (BOL) | 47:00.84 | Sergio Carrillo (PER) | 47:36.92 |
| 1000 metres Medley relay | Brazil$^†$ Caio dos Santos Antônio Rodrigues Leandro de Araújo | 1:54.06 | Peru Kevin Centty Marcelo Huaroto Andy Martínez Edmundo Díaz | 1:56.70 | Colombia | 1:56.71 |
$^†$: This is the relay team announced to compete by CBAt. Neither the order nor whether there were any substitutions is known. The announced Carlos Eduardo Pereira did not appear in the start lists.

### Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres (wind: +0.9 m/s) | Isidora Jiménez (CHI) | 11.92 | Jessica dos Reis (BRA) | 12.00 | Ramona van der Vloot (SUR) | 12.12 |
| 200 metres (wind: +0.5 m/s) | Isidora Jiménez (CHI) | 24.30 | Selene Cevallos (ECU) | 24.41 | Ramona van der Vloot (SUR) | 24.45 |
| 400 metres | Evelis Aguilar (COL) | 55.64 | Lorayna Lima (BRA) | 57.33 | Lourdes Dallazem (BRA) | 57.83 |
| 800 metres | Ana Funes (ARG) | 2:10.96 | Rosa Escobar (COL) | 2:13.93 | Jennifer Méndez (ECU) | 2:14.00 |
| 1500 metres | Érika Lima (BRA) | 4:36.31 | Pamela Méndez (ARG) | 4:48.48 | Adriely Rodrigues (BRA) | 4:50.84 |
| 3000 metres | Andrea Torres (ECU) | 10:01.41 | Jessica Soares (BRA) | 10:03.63 | Charo Inga (PER) | 10:12.65 |
| 2000 metres steeplechase | July da Silva (BRA) | 7:09.16 | Luz Mery Rojas (PER) | 7:12.04 | Ana Pacheco (BRA) | 7:18.07 |
| 100 metres hurdles (wind: +0.9 m/s) | Trinidad León (CHI) | 14.63 | Natalia Pinzón (COL) | 14.64 | Narvelis Rengel (VEN) | 14.68 |
| 400 metres hurdles | Natania Habitxreiter (BRA) | 62.09 | Belén Casetta (ARG) | 62.48 | Karen Palomeque (COL) | 62.67 |
| High Jump | Betsabée Páez (ARG) | 1.75 =CR | Mariana da Silva (BRA) | 1.72 | Mariana Rojas (ARG) | 1.72 |
| Pole Vault | Angie Hernández (COL) | 3.80 | Isvianky Zerpa (VEN) | 3.50 | Macarena Fuica (CHI) | 3.45 |
| Long Jump | Jessica dos Reis (BRA) | 6.01 (wind: +0.3 m/s) | Andressa Fidelis (BRA) | 5.60 (wind: +1.3 m/s) | Mayra Chila (ECU) | 5.56 (wind: +0.3 m/s) |
| Triple Jump | Aline do Nascimento (BRA) | 12.21 (wind: -0.4 m/s) | Miriam Reyes (PER) | 12.17 (wind: +1.1 m/s) | Mayra Chila (ECU) | 12.03 (wind: +0.8 m/s) |
| Shot Put | Esthefania da Costa (BRA) | 13.82 | Elimar Quintero (VEN) | 12.27 | Gisela Henríquez (PAN) | 11.99 |
| Discus Throw | Esthefania da Costa (BRA) | 48.22 CR | Maia Varela (ARG) | 43.15 | Ivana Gallardo (CHI) | 39.48 |
| Hammer Throw | Paola Miranda (PAR) | 49.44 | Giuliana Piva (ARG) | 48.97 | Daniela Gómez (ARG) | 46.61 |
| Javelin Throw | María Mello (URU) | 42.42 | Fátima Pavón (PAR) | 41.66 | Rocio Sabadini (ARG) | 40.67 |
| Heptathlon | Tamara de Souza (BRA) | 5347 | Amanda Tomaz (BRA) | 4377 | Alejandra Waidele (CHI) | 4168 |
| 5000 metres Walk | Yuli Capcha (PER) | 22:33.63 CR AR-y | Kimberly García (PER) | 23:25.76 | Ana Karina Bustos (ECU) | 23:52.55 |
| 1000 metres Medley relay | Brazil$^†$ Jessica dos Reis Camila de Souza Lorayna Lima Lourdes Dallazem | 2:11.98 | Colombia | 2:12.47 | Chile Macarena Borie Anneliese Grosser Paola Paredes Isidora Jiménez | 2:13.58 |
$^†$: This is the relay team announced to compete by CBAt. Neither the order nor whether there were any substitutions is known.

## Medal table

The medal count was published.
* Host nation (Chile)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Brazil (BRA) | 20 | 14 | 10 | 44 |
| 2 | Chile (CHI)* | 7 | 1 | 9 | 17 |
| 3 | Colombia (COL) | 4 | 6 | 4 | 14 |
| 4 | Argentina (ARG) | 3 | 6 | 4 | 13 |
| 5 | Ecuador (ECU) | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| 6 | Peru (PER) | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 |
| 7 | Panama (PAN) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Paraguay (PAR) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Uruguay (URU) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Venezuela (VEN) | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 11 | Bolivia (BOL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Suriname (SUR) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Totals (12 entries) | Totals (12 entries) | 40 | 40 | 40 | 120 |

## Team trophies

The placing tables for team trophy (overall team, men and women categories) were published.

## Participation (unofficial)

Detailed result lists can be found on the "World Junior Athletics History" website. An unofficial count yields the number of about 278 athletes from about 13 countries:
* Argentina (48)
* Bolivia (12)
* Brazil (66)
* Chile (56)
* Colombia (18)
* Ecuador (18)
* Guyana (1)
* Panamá (3)
* Paraguay (7)
* Perú (26)
* Suriname (1)
* Uruguay (6)
* Venezuela (16)