# 1989 South American Championships in Athletics

The 1989 South American Championships in Athletics were held in Medellín, Colombia, between 5 and 8 August.
It was the first edition to feature women's racewalking.

## Medal summary
### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres (wind: 0.0 m/s) | Jhon Mena Colombia | 10.4A | Florencio Aguilar Panama | 10.4A | Antônio dos Santos Filho Brazil | 10.5A |
| 200 metres | Robson da Silva Brazil | 20.44A | Sérgio Menezes Brazil | 20.88A | Jesús Malavé Venezuela | 21.12A |
| 400 metres | Sérgio Menezes Brazil | 45.88A | Wilson Cañizales Colombia | 45.91A | Roberto Bortolotto Brazil | 46.38A |
| 800 metres | Pablo Squella Chile | 1:49.19A | Geraldo de Assis Brazil | 1:49.29A | Edgar de Oliveira Brazil | 1:49.51A |
| 1500 metres | Edgar de Oliveira Brazil | 3:47.7A | José López Venezuela | 3:47.9A | José Abel Segura Colombia | 3:48.9A |
| 5000 metres | Geraldo Francisco de Assis Brazil | 14:09.60A | Silvio Salazar Colombia | 14:10.58A | Silvio Guerra Ecuador | 14:11.20A |
| 10,000 metres | Rolando Vera Ecuador | 29:28.1A | Geraldo Francisco de Assis Brazil | 29:55.5A | Silvio Salazar Colombia | 30:14.3A |
| Marathon | Gustavo Paredes Ecuador | 2:23:42A | Wilson Pérez Ecuador | 2:23:47A | Fernando Guio Colombia | 2:39:44A |
| 110 metres hurdles (wind: +0.1 m/s) | Pedro Chiamulera Brazil | 14.1A | Eliexer Pulgar Venezuela | 14.1A | Elvis Cedeño Venezuela | 14.1A |
| 400 metres hurdles | Pedro Chiamulera Brazil | 50.12A | Antônio Dias Ferreira Brazil | 51.26A | Antonio Smith Venezuela | 51.32A |
| 3000 metres steeplechase | Adauto Domingues Brazil | 8:49.2A | Carlos Ravani Brazil | 8:53.9A | Ricardo Vera Uruguay | 8:57.5A |
| 4 × 100 metres relay | Brazil Fernando Botasso Carlos de Oliveira Antônio dos Santos Filho Arnaldo da Silva | 39.84A | Colombia Robinson Urrutia Fernando Arroyo Wilson Cañizales Jhon Mena | 39.87A | Venezuela Reinaldo Santana Mervin Solarte Ángel Tovar Edgar Chourio | 40.81A |
| 4 × 400 metres relay | Venezuela Rafael Díaz Wilfredo Ferrer Henry Aguiar Jesús Malavé | 3:05.76A CR | Brazil Antônio Ferreira Sidnei de Souza Pedro Chiamulera Roberto Bortolotto | 3:06.33A | Chile Hernán Hevia Alejandro Krauss Pablo Squella Carlos Morales | 3:06.34A |
| 20 kilometre road walk | Sérgio Galdino Brazil | 1:24:51A | Héctor Moreno Colombia | 1:24:56A | Querubín Moreno Colombia | 1:28:32A |
| High jump | Milton Riitano Francisco Brazil | 2.15A | Santiago Lozada Peru | 2.09A | José Luís Mendes Brazil | 2.03A |
| Pole vault | Renato Bortolocci Brazil | 5.10A | Miguel Saldarriaga Colombia | 5.10A | Elson de Souza Brazil | 4.90A |
| Long jump | Luis Lorduy Colombia | 7.77A | Ángel Tovar Venezuela | 7.74A | Olivier Cadier Brazil | 7.68A |
| Triple jump | Sergio Saavedra Venezuela | 16.86A NR | Abcelvio Rodrigues Brazil | 16.48A | Jorge da Silva Brazil | 16.38A |
| Shot put | Gert Weil Chile | 19.98A | Adilson Oliveira Brazil | 17.49A | João dos Santos Brazil | 16.25A |
| Discus throw | João dos Santos Brazil | 58.00A CR | José Jacques Brazil | 52.88A | Gert Weil Chile | 52.36A |
| Hammer throw | Marcelo Pugliese Argentina | 67.00A CR | Andrés Charadia Argentina | 65.56A | Pedro Rivail Atílio Brazil | 63.34A |
| Javelin throw | Luis Lucumí Colombia | 77.80A CR | Antar Martínez Colombia | 67.20A | Luis Carrasco Venezuela | 65.38A |
| Decathlon | Martín Badano Argentina | 7378A | José de Assis Brazil | 7324A | Oscar Veit Argentina | 7033A |

### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres (wind: 0.0 m/s) | Amparo Caicedo Colombia | 11.3A | Ximena Restrepo Colombia | 11.4A | Cleide Amaral Brazil | 11.5A |
| 200 metres | Olga Conte Argentina | 23.33A CR | Jupira da Graça Brazil | 23.44A | Amparo Caicedo Colombia | 23.68A |
| 400 metres | Norfalia Carabalí Colombia | 52.10A CR | Olga Conte Argentina | 53.47A | Claudete Alves Pina Brazil | 54.26A |
| 800 metres | Maria Andrade Brazil | 2:08.79A | Amparo Alba Colombia | 2:08.83A | Célia dos Santos Brazil | 2:08.99A |
| 1500 metres | Rita de Jesus Brazil | 4:31.6A | Silvana Pereira Brazil | 4:32.1A | Janeth Caizalitín Ecuador | 4:32.9A |
| 3000 metres | Carmem de Oliveira Brazil | 9:22.58A CR | Janeth Caizalitín Ecuador | 9:36.43A | Rita de Jesus Brazil | 9:36.95A |
| 10,000 metres | Carmem de Oliveira Brazil | 35:08.5A | Sandra Ruales Ecuador | 35:55.2A | Yolanda Quimbita Ecuador | 35:55.3A |
| 100 metres hurdles (wind: 0.0 m/s) | Juraciara da Silva Brazil | 13.5A | Ana María Comaschi Argentina | 13.7A | Arlene Phillips Venezuela | 13.8A |
| 400 metres hurdles | Liliana Chalá Ecuador | 57.68A CR | Maribelcy Peña Colombia | 60.30A | Joana Caetano Brazil | 60.69A |
| 4 × 100 metres relay | Brazil Claudileia dos Santos Jupira da Graça Rosmeire Lopes Cleide Amaral | 44.69A CR | Colombia Rosa Segovia Alejandra Quiñones Amparo Caicedo Norfalia Carabalí | 45.26A | Uruguay Margarita Martirena Inés Justet Soledad Acerenza Claudia Acerenza | 46.61A |
| 4 × 400 metres relay | Colombia Rosa Segovia Alejandra Quiñones Maribelcy Peña Norfalia Carabalí | 3:37.0A CR | Brazil Rosângela Oliveira Jupira da Graça Maria do Carmo Fialho Claudete Alves Pina | 3:37.7A | Uruguay Inés Justet Margarita Martirena Soledad Acerenza Claudia Acerenza | 3:44.0A |
| 10,000 metres track walk | Miriam Ramón Ecuador | 50:30.3A CR | Luisa Nivicela Ecuador | 50:30.3A | Liliana Bermeo Colombia | 51:02.4A |
| High jump | Orlane dos Santos Brazil | 1.85A | Mônica Lunkmoss Brazil | 1.79A | Janeth Lagoyete Colombia | 1.70A |
| Long jump | Rita Slompo Brazil | 6.22A | Maria de Jesus Brazil | 6.05A | Ana María Comaschi Argentina | 5.96A |
| Shot put | Marinalva dos Santos Brazil | 15.16A CR | Alexandra Amaro Brazil | 14.95A | Virginia Salomón Venezuela | 14.20A |
| Discus throw | Rosana Piovesan Brazil | 49.36A | Berta Gómez Colombia | 47.54A | Amélia Moreira Brazil | 44.54A |
| Javelin throw | Mônica Rocha Brazil | 54.94A | Marieta Riera Venezuela | 54.70A | Sueli dos Santos Brazil | 52.78A |
| Heptathlon | Conceição Geremias Brazil | 5574A | Zorobabelia Córdoba Colombia | 5436A | Joelma Souza Brazil | 5271A |
A = affected by altitude

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Brazil (BRA) | 24 | 16 | 17 | 57 |
| 2 | Colombia (COL) | 6 | 12 | 7 | 25 |
| 3 | Ecuador (ECU) | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 |
| 4 | Argentina (ARG) | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| 5 | Venezuela (VEN) | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 |
| 6 | Chile (CHI) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | Panama (PAN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Peru (PER) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Uruguay (URU) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Totals (9 entries) | Totals (9 entries) | 41 | 41 | 41 | 123 |

## Participating nations

* Argentina (6)
* Bolivia (2)
* Brazil (62)
* Chile (20)
* Colombia (39)
* Ecuador (26)
* Panama (19)
* Peru (3)
* Uruguay (5)
* Venezuela (41)