# Athletics at the 1994 South American Games

Athletics events at the 1994 South American Games were held at the Polideportivo Misael Delgado in Valencia, Venezuela. A total of 43 events were contested, 24 by men and 19 by women.
Following a controversy between Sabino Hernández, president of the Comité Olímpico Ecuatoriano and Jacobo Bucaram, president of the Federación Ecuatoriana de Atletismo in the context of funding the number of athletes to travel to the games (22 versus 33 athletes), Ecuador did not participate in this year's athletics competitions.
On the other hand, athletics heavyweights Brazil (although only with a small delegation) and Colombia competed for the first time, leading to a noticeable improvement of the results as evident from the setting of (about) 26 games records.

## Medal summary

Medal winners were published in a book written by Argentinian journalist Ernesto Rodríguez III with support of the Argentine Olympic Committee (Spanish: Comité Olímpico Argentino) under the auspices of the Ministry of Education (Spanish: Ministerio de Educación de la Nación) in collaboration with the Office of Sports (Spanish: Secretaría de Deporte de la Nación). Eduardo Biscayart supplied the list of winners and their results. Further results were published elsewhere.

### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres (wind: +0.4 m/s) | Robinson Urrutia Colombia | 10.29 GR, NR | Claudinei Silva Brazil | 10.42 | Marcelo Brivilati da Silva Brazil | 10.43 |
| 200 metres (wind: +0.4 m/s) | Sebastián Keitel Chile | 20.1 GR | Claudinei Silva Brazil | 20.6 | Jorge Cañizales Venezuela | 20.9 |
| 400 metres | Wenceslao Ferrín Colombia | 45.84 GR | Sebastián Keitel Chile | 46.01 | Llimi Rivas Colombia | 47.12 |
| 800 metres | José Gregorio López Venezuela | 1:50.53 | Pablo Squella Chile | 1:51.24 | Manuel Balmaceda Chile | 1:51.57 |
| 1500 metres | José Gregorio López Venezuela | 3:47.56 | Jacinto Navarrete Colombia | 3:48.67 | Jaime Valenzuela Chile | 3:50.91 |
| 5000 metres | Jacinto Navarrete Colombia | 14:10.3 | Germán Beltrán Venezuela | 14:19.7 | Félix Ladera Venezuela | 14:25.6 |
| 10,000 metres | Rubén Maza Venezuela | 29:49.1 | Mariano Mamaní Bolivia | 30:08.8 | Félix Ladera Venezuela | 30:37.2 |
| Marathon | Policarpo Calizaya Bolivia | 2:32:06 | Gilberto Torres Peru | 2:32:58 | Freddy Luján Bolivia | 2:38:50 |
| 110 metres hurdles | Eliécer Pulgar Venezuela | 14.33 GR | José Rivas Colombia | 14.42 | Elvis Cedeño Venezuela | 14.46 |
| 400 metres hurdles | Llimi Rivas Colombia | 51.14 | Luis Gómez Venezuela | 52.57 | Juan Mago Venezuela | 53.68 |
| 3000 metres steeplechase | Jaime Valenzuela Chile | 9:04.2 | Juan Díaz Venezuela | 9:06.4 | Néstor Nieves Venezuela | 9:10.7 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay | Chile Pablo Almeida Sebastián Keitel Carlos Moreno Ricardo Roach | 39.67 GR | Brazil Fernando Botasso Claudinei da Silva Marcelo Brivilati da Silva Nelson Ferreira | 39.76 | Colombia Robinson Urrutia Luis Vega Wenceslao Ferrín José Humberto Rivas | 40.32 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay | Chile Carlos Moreno Pablo Squella Ricardo Roach Sebastián Keitel | 3:06.92 GR | Colombia Llimy Rivas Luis Vega Alcides Pinto Gilmar Mayo | 3:07.84 | Venezuela Vladimir Aponte Claudio Silva Medolphe Henry Aguiar | 3:15.74 |
| 20 kilometres race walk | José Querubín Moreno Colombia | 1:29:10.0 GR | Carlos Ramones Venezuela | 1:30:56 | Luis Quispe Bolivia | 1:35:45 |
| 50 kilometres race walk | Luis Quispe Bolivia | 4:36.08 | Rubén López Venezuela | 4:40:11 | Luis García Venezuela | 4:43:52 |
| High jump | Gilmar Mayo Colombia | 2.25 GR | Hugo Muñoz Peru | 2.14 | Valery Abugattas Peru | 2.08 |
| Pole vault | Oscar Veit Argentina | 5.10 | Cristián Aspillaga Chile | 5.00 | Luis Hidalgo Venezuela | 4.65 |
| Long jump | Nelson Ferreira Brazil | 7.84 GR | Luis Lourduy Colombia | 7.47 | Oscar Valiente Peru | 7.40 |
| Triple jump | Sergio Saavedra Venezuela | 16.26 | Oscar Valiente Peru | 15.60 | Ascanio Winston Venezuela | 15.29 |
| Shot put | Gert Weil Chile | 18.74 GR | Yoger Medina Venezuela | 18.06 | Adrián Marzo Argentina | 16.88 |
| Discus throw | Ramón Jiménez Gaona Paraguay | 57.88 GR | Yoger Medina Venezuela | 57.42 | Marcelo Pugliese Argentina | 56.40 |
| Hammer throw | Andrés Charadia Argentina | 70.80 GR | Adrián Marzo Argentina | 66.98 | José Manuel Llano Chile | 59.96 |
| Javelin throw | Nery Kennedy Paraguay | 76.70 GR | Rodrigo Zelaya Chile | 76.50 | Edgar Baumann Paraguay | 70.78 |
| Decathlon | Eladio Farfán Venezuela | 6678 | Iván Romero Venezuela | 6297 | | |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres (wind: 0.0 m/s) | Felipa Palacios Colombia | 11.51 | Katia Santos Brazil | 11.54 | Mirtha Brock Colombia | 11.66 |
| 200 metres (wind: +0.5 m/s) | Felipa Palacios Colombia | 23.6 | Patricia Rodríguez Colombia | 23.7 | Katia Santos Brazil | 23.9 |
| 400 metres | Ximena Restrepo Colombia | 51.31 GR | Elia Mera Colombia | 54.08 | Luciana Mendes Brazil | 54.72 |
| 800 metres | Luciana Mendes Brazil | 2:01.99 GR | Letitia Vriesde Suriname | 2:03.80 | Marta Orellana Argentina | 2:06.37 |
| 1500 metres | Marta Orellana Argentina | 4:22.33 GR | Letitia Vriesde Suriname | 4:24.50 | Clara Morales Colombia | 4:26.54 |
| 3000 metres | Erika Olivera Chile | 9:31.06 GR | Estela Castro Colombia | 9:49.1 | María Flores Chile | 9:49.7 |
| 10,000 metres | Erika Olivera Chile | 34:40.9 GR | Estela Castro Colombia | 35:07.6 | María Flores Chile | 35:29.6 |
| 100 metres hurdles (wind: -0.8 m/s) | Alejandra Martínez Chile | 14.42 | Zorobabelia Córdoba Colombia | 14.63 | Lisette Rondón Chile | 14.74 |
| 400 metres hurdles | Ximena Restrepo Colombia | 56.05 GR, NR | Flor Robledo Colombia | 60.20 | Paula Yáñez Venezuela | 62.05 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay | Colombia Patricia Rodríguez Mirtha Brock Felipa Palacios Ximena Restrepo | 44.98 GR | Chile Alejandra Martínez Marcela Barros Lisette Rondón Judith de la Fuente | 46.97 | | |
| 4 × 400 metres relay | Colombia Elia Mera Patricia Rodríguez Janeth Lucumí Flor Robledo | 3:40.33 GR | Chile Marcela Barros Clara Morales Lisette Rondón Ismenia Guzman | 3:47.37 | Venezuela Xiomara Díaz Dilza Buaiz Suarez Shamira Valero | 3:52.27 |
| 10 kilometres race walk | Liliana Bermeo Colombia | 48:54.9 | Geovana Irusta Bolivia | 53:23.0 | Carolin Rosales Venezuela | 55:41.4 |
| High jump | Alejandra Chomalí Chile | 1.73 | Teresa Rodríguez Venezuela | 1.70 | Rubia Quintanilla Venezuela | 1.65 |
| Long jump | Andrea Ávila Argentina | 6.51 GR | Mónica Castro Chile | 6.12 | Nathaniel Gómez Venezuela | 6.01 |
| Triple jump | Andrea Ávila Argentina | 13.12 GR | Nathaniel Gómez Venezuela | 12.48 | Milly Figueroa Colombia | 12.37 |
| Shot put | Lila Morales Venezuela | 13.02 | Tyolanda Orozco Venezuela | 12.07 | | |
| Discus throw | María Isabel Urrutia Colombia | 58.08 GR | Liliana Martinelli Argentina | 56.74 | Fanny García Venezuela | 48.54 |
| Javelin throw | Zuleima Aramendiz Colombia | 55.46 GR | Marieta Riera Venezuela | 50.64 | Verónica Prieto Colombia | 49.76 |
| Heptathlon | Zorobabelia Córdoba Colombia | 5448 GR | Rubia Quintanilla Venezuela | 4915 NR | Mónica Castro Chile | 4508 |

## Medal table (unofficial)

* Host nation (Venezuela)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Colombia | 16 | 10 | 6 | 32 |
| 2 | Chile | 9 | 7 | 7 | 23 |
| 3 | Venezuela* | 7 | 13 | 16 | 36 |
| 4 | Argentina | 5 | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| 5 | Brazil | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 |
| 6 | Bolivia | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 7 | Paraguay | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Peru | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 9 | Suriname | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Totals (9 entries) | Totals (9 entries) | 43 | 43 | 40 | 126 |