# 1989 South American Championships in Athletics – Results

These are the results of the 1989 South American Championships in Athletics which took place at the Estadio Alfonso Galvis Duque in Medellín, Colombia, between 5 and 8 August.

## Men's results
### 100 metres

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Arnaldo da Silva | Brazil | 10.3 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Jhon Mena | Colombia | 10.4 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Florencio Aguilar | Panama | 10.4 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Edgar Chourio | Venezuela | 10.5 | q |
| 5 | 1 | Fernando Espinosa | Ecuador | 10.6 | |
| 6 | 1 | Hernán Hevia | Chile | 10.8 | |
| 1 | 2 | Antônio dos Santos Filho | Brazil | 10.3 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Carlos Bernardo Moreno | Chile | 10.5 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Reinaldo Santana | Venezuela | 10.5 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Robinson Urrutia | Colombia | 10.6 | q |
| 5 | 2 | Jorge Castellón | Bolivia | 10.6 | |
| 6 | 2 | Danilo Almeida | Ecuador | 10.7 | |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Jhon Mena | Colombia | 10.4 |
| | Florencio Aguilar | Panama | 10.4 |
| | Antônio dos Santos Filho | Brazil | 10.5 |
| 4 | Edgar Chourio | Venezuela | 10.5 |
| 5 | Reinaldo Santana | Venezuela | 10.5 |
| 6 | Robinson Urrutia | Colombia | 10.6 |
| 7 | Carlos Bernardo Moreno | Chile | 10.6 |
| | Arnaldo da Silva | Brazil | DQ |

### 200 metres

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | Sérgio Menezes | Brazil | 20.79 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Robson da Silva | Brazil | 20.99 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Mervin Solarte | Venezuela | 21.24 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Jesús Malavé | Venezuela | 21.26 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Jhon Mena | Colombia | 21.41 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | Danilo Almeida | Ecuador | 21.60 | q |
| 7 | 2 | Fernando Espinosa | Ecuador | 21.63 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | Carlos Bernardo Moreno | Chile | 21.66 | q |
| 9 | 1 | Jorge Castellón | Bolivia | 21.79 | |
| 10 | 1 | Alejandro Krauss | Chile | 22.13 | |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Robson da Silva | Brazil | 20.44 |
| | Sérgio Menezes | Brazil | 20.88 |
| | Jesús Malavé | Venezuela | 21.12 |
| 4 | Mervin Solarte | Venezuela | 21.62 |
| 5 | Carlos Bernardo Moreno | Chile | 21.74 |
| 6 | Danilo Almeida | Ecuador | 21.81 |
| 7 | Fernando Espinosa | Ecuador | 21.93 |
| | Jhon Mena | Colombia | DQ |

### 400 metres

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Wilson Cañizales | Colombia | 46.0 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Sérgio Menezes | Brazil | 46.1 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Carlos Morales | Chile | 46.6 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Jesús Malavé | Venezuela | 46.7 | q |
| 5 | 1 | Jaime Camargo | Panama | 48.5 | |
| 6 | 1 | Aurelio Mancheno | Ecuador | 48.7 | |
| 1 | 2 | Roberto Carlos Bortolotto | Brazil | 46.7 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Henry Aguiar | Venezuela | 46.9 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Héctor Daley | Panama | 47.5 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Alejandro Krauss | Chile | 47.6 | q |
| 5 | 2 | Nicolás Valencia | Colombia | 47.7 | |
| 6 | 2 | Geovanny Vascones | Ecuador | 48.7 | |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Sérgio Menezes | Brazil | 45.88 |
| | Wilson Cañizales | Colombia | 45.91 |
| | Roberto Carlos Bortolotto | Brazil | 46.38 |
| 4 | Jesús Malavé | Venezuela | 46.40 |
| 5 | Carlos Morales | Chile | 46.68 |
| 6 | Henry Aguiar | Venezuela | 47.34 |
| 7 | Héctor Daley | Panama | 47.47 |
| 8 | Alejandro Krauss | Chile | 49.44 |

### 800 metres

8 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Pablo Squella | Chile | 1:49.19 |
| | Geraldo de Assis | Brazil | 1:49.29 |
| | Edgar de Oliveira | Brazil | 1:49.51 |
| 4 | Juan Navarro | Venezuela | 1:50.83 |
| 5 | Diego Córdoba | Colombia | 1:51.07 |
| 6 | Hugo Endara | Ecuador | 1:52.99 |
| 7 | Charles Boddington | Venezuela | 1:53.65 |

### 1500 metres

6 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Edgar de Oliveira | Brazil | 3:47.7 |
| | José López | Venezuela | 3:47.9 |
| | José Abel Segura | Colombia | 3:48.9 |
| 4 | Omar Aguilar | Chile | 3:52.3 |
| 5 | Ricardo Vera | Uruguay | 3:53.3 |
| 6 | Hugo Endara | Ecuador | 3:53.9 |
| 7 | Rudimir Ojeda | Chile | 3:54.5 |
| 8 | Diego Córdoba | Colombia | 3:57.1 |
| 9 | Clodoaldo do Carmo | Brazil | 3:57.5 |
| 10 | Dagoberto Yumán | Panama | 4:09.2 |
| 11 | Juan Navarro | Venezuela | 4:16.2 |

### 5000 metres

7 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Geraldo Francisco de Assis | Brazil | 14:09.60 |
| | Silvio Salazar | Colombia | 14:10.58 |
| | Silvio Guerra | Ecuador | 14:11.20 |
| 4 | José Castillo | Peru | 14:11.94 |
| 5 | Eduardo Navas | Venezuela | 14:18.50 |
| 6 | Omar Aguilar | Chile | 14:24.86 |
| 7 | Herder Vásquez | Colombia | 14:37.13 |
| 8 | Artur Castro | Brazil | 14:37.19 |
| 9 | Roberto Punina | Ecuador | 14:38.57 |
| 10 | Óscar González | Venezuela | 15:27.64 |
| 11 | Agustín Morán | Panama | 15:37.20 |
| 12 | Concepción González | Panama | 15:53.22 |

### 10,000 metres

5 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Rolando Vera | Ecuador | 29:28.1 |
| | Geraldo Francisco de Assis | Brazil | 29:55.5 |
| | Silvio Salazar | Colombia | 30:14.3 |
| 4 | Artur Castro | Brazil | 30:55.5 |
| 5 | Óscar González | Venezuela | 31:09.2 |
| 6 | Néstor Jami | Ecuador | 31:14.4 |
| 7 | Raúl Miranda | Panama | 32:20.5 |
| 8 | Agustín Morán | Panama | 32:35.6 |

### Marathon

7 August
| Name | Nationality | Time |
| Gustavo Paredes | Ecuador | 2:23:42 |
| Wilson Pérez | Ecuador | 2:23:47 |
| Fernando Guio | Colombia | 2:39:44 |

### 110 metres hurdles

6 August Wind: +0.1 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Pedro Chiamulera | Brazil | 14.1 |
| | Eliexer Pulgar | Venezuela | 14.1 |
| | Elvis Cedeño | Venezuela | 14.1 |
| 4 | Joilto Bonfim | Brazil | 14.1 |
| 5 | José Humberto Rivas | Colombia | 14.6 |
| | Miguel Saldarriaga | Colombia | DNF |

### 400 metres hurdles

8 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Pedro Chiamulera | Brazil | 50.12 |
| | Antônio Dias Ferreira | Brazil | 51.26 |
| | Antonio Smith | Venezuela | 51.32 |
| 4 | Wilfredo Ferrer | Venezuela | 52.77 |
| 5 | Leonel Pedroza | Colombia | 52.87 |
| 6 | Arnold Chará | Colombia | 53.82 |
| 7 | Juan Phillips | Panama | 53.99 |
| 8 | Teófilo Caicedo | Ecuador | 55.44 |

### 3000 metres steeplechase

8 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Adauto Domingues | Brazil | 8:49.2 |
| | Carlos Ravani | Brazil | 8:53.9 |
| | Ricardo Vera | Uruguay | 8:57.5 |
| 4 | José Castillo | Peru | 9:00.2 |
| 5 | José Martínez | Venezuela | 9:07.4 |
| 6 | Carlos Ospina | Colombia | 9:19.5 |
| 7 | Amado Rivas | Venezuela | 9:20.7 |
| 8 | Rudimir Ojeda | Chile | 9:29.4 |
| 9 | Roberto Punina | Ecuador | 9:32.7 |
| 10 | Dagoberto Yumán | Panama | 10:08.2 |

### 4 × 100 metres relay

8 August
| Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time |
| | Brazil | Fernando Botasso, Carlos de Oliveira, Antônio dos Santos Filho, Arnaldo da Silva | 39.84 |
| | Colombia | Robinson Urrutia, Fernando Arroyo, Wilson Cañizales, Jhon Mena | 39.87 |
| | Venezuela | Reinaldo Santana, Mervin Solarte, Ángel Tovar, Edgar Chourio | 40.81 |
| 4 | Ecuador | Danilo Almeida, Geovanny Vascones, Aurelio Mancheno, Fernando Espinosa | 40.99 |
| 5 | Chile | Alejandro Krauss, Carlos Bernardo Moreno, Carlos Morales, Hernán Hevia | 41.66 |

### 4 × 400 metres relay

7 August
| Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes |
| | Venezuela | Rafael Díaz, Wilfredo Ferrer, Henry Aguiar, Jesús Malavé | 3:05.76 | CR |
| | Brazil | Antônio Ferreira, Sidnei de Souza, Pedro Chiamulera, Roberto Bortolotto | 3:06.33 | |
| | Chile | Hernán Hevia, Alejandro Krauss, Pablo Squella, Carlos Morales | 3:06.34 | NR |
| 4 | Colombia | Leonel Pedroza, Martínez, Nicolás Valencia, Wilson Cañizales | 3:09.78 | |
| 5 | Ecuador | Danilo Almeida, Geovanny Vascones, Aurelio Mancheno, Fernando Espinosa | 3:12.21 | |

### 20 kilometres walk

7 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Sérgio Galdino | Brazil | 1:24:51 |
| | Héctor Moreno | Colombia | 1:24:56 |
| | Querubín Moreno | Colombia | 1:28:32 |
| 4 | Cláudio Bertolino | Brazil | 1:31:50 |
| 5 | Carlos Ramones | Venezuela | 1:32:34 |
| 6 | Henry Goitia | Venezuela | 1:33:54 |
| 7 | Juan Iván Rojas | Ecuador | 1:36:29 |
| 8 | Juan Canevaro | Chile | 1:42:04 |
| 9 | Mario Rodríguez | Panama | 1:42:55 |
| 10 | Leonel Ramos | Panama | 1:47:08 |

### High jump

5 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result |
| | Milton Francisco | Brazil | 2.15 |
| | Santiago Lozada | Peru | 2.09 |
| | José Luís Mendes | Brazil | 2.03 |
| 4 | Jorge Quiñaliza | Ecuador | 1.90 |
| 5 | Pedro Aguirre | Panama | 1.85 |
| 6 | Roberto Bratwaite | Panama | 1.80 |

### Pole vault

7 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result |
| | Renato Bortolocci | Brazil | 5.10 |
| | Miguel Saldarriaga | Colombia | 5.10 |
| | Elson de Souza | Brazil | 4.90 |
| 4 | Konstantín Zagustín | Venezuela | 4.80 |
| 5 | Oscar Veit | Argentina | 4.70 |
| 6 | Cristián Aspillaga | Chile | 4.60 |

### Long jump

6 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result |
| | Luis Lourduy | Colombia | 7.77 |
| | Ángel Tovar | Venezuela | 7.74 |
| | Olivier Cadier | Brazil | 7.68 |
| 4 | Gilson Vaqueiro | Brazil | 7.19 |
| 5 | José Quiñaliza | Ecuador | 6.77 |
| 6 | Jimmy Ávila | Panama | 6.61 |

### Triple jump

8 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
| | Sergio Saavedra | Venezuela | 16.86 | NR |
| | Abcélvio Rodrigues | Brazil | 16.48 | |
| | Jorge da Silva | Brazil | 16.38 | |
| 4 | José Quiñaliza | Ecuador | 16.35 | |
| 5 | Roberto Audain | Venezuela | 16.19 | |
| 6 | Gilmar Mayo | Colombia | 15.94 | |

### Shot put

6 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result |
| | Gert Weil | Chile | 19.98 |
| | Adilson Oliveira | Brazil | 17.49 |
| | João Joaquim dos Santos | Brazil | 16.25 |
| 4 | Andrés Charadía | Argentina | 15.63 |
| 5 | Celso Aragón | Colombia | 15.04 |
| 6 | Wilfredo Jaime | Venezuela | 14.41 |
| 7 | Jorge Coronel | Ecuador | 12.75 |

### Discus throw

5 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
| | João Joaquim dos Santos | Brazil | 58.00 | CR |
| | José Carlos Jacques | Brazil | 52.88 | |
| | Gert Weil | Chile | 52.36 | |
| 4 | Luis Palacios | Venezuela | 49.20 | |
| 5 | Marcelo Pugliese | Argentina | 48.46 | |
| 6 | Wilfredo Jaime | Venezuela | 47.40 | |
| 7 | Andrés Charadía | Argentina | 45.80 | |
| 8 | Jorge Coronel | Ecuador | 39.28 | |

### Hammer throw

8 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
| | Marcelo Pugliese | Argentina | 67.00 | CR |
| | Andrés Charadía | Argentina | 65.56 | |
| | Pedro Rivail Atílio | Brazil | 63.34 | |
| 4 | Alexandre Mantovani | Brazil | 58.02 | |
| 5 | Roberto Lozano | Colombia | 56.64 | |
| 6 | Edmundo Castillo | Venezuela | 55.40 | |
| 7 | Carlos Yépez | Venezuela | 54.90 | |

### Javelin throw

7 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
| | Luis Lucumí | Colombia | 77.80 | AR |
| | Antar Martínez | Colombia | 67.20 | |
| | Luis Carrasco | Venezuela | 65.38 | |
| 4 | Nivaldo Beje Filho | Brazil | 63.48 | |
| 5 | Rodrigo Zelaya | Chile | 62.66 | |
| 6 | Orion Pedroso | Brazil | 60.74 | |
| 7 | Jorge Coronel | Ecuador | 54.60 | |
| 8 | Rodolfo Méndez | Panama | 52.46 | |

### Decathlon

6–7 August
| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | 100m | LJ | SP | HJ | 400m | 110m H | DT | PV | JT | 1500m | Points |
| | Martín Badano | Argentina | 11.4 | 7.02 | 13.56 | 2.10 | 52.4 | 15.1 | 38.40 | 4.60 | 56.72 | 4:50.0 | 7378 |
| | José Ricardo Nunes | Brazil | 10.8 | 7.12 | 13.30 | 1.98 | 49.1 | 14.7 | 34.26 | 3.80 | 34.70 | 4:39.6 | 7324 |
| | Oscar Veit | Argentina | 11.1 | 7.15 | 12.81 | 1.86 | 52.3 | 15.1 | 38.44 | 5.10 | 54.42 | 5:47.2 | 7033 |
| 4 | José Velázquez | Venezuela | 11.2 | 6.91 | 13.78 | 1.80 | 54.2 | 14.7 | 43.74 | 4.30 | 56.80 | 5:37.4 | 6879 |
| 5 | Rubén Herrada | Venezuela | 11.2 | 6.53 | 13.85 | 1.92 | 50.4 | 15.8 | 36.38 | 3.90 | 48.92 | 4:49.2 | 6814 |
| 6 | Pedro da Silva Filho | Brazil | 11.2 | 7.16 | 14.49 | 1.92 | 56.4 | 14.7 | 41.56 | NM | 52.42 | 4:22.0 | 6619 |
| 7 | Pedro Aguirre | Panama | 11.5 | 5.31 | 8.76 | 1.74 | 57.6 | 17.8 | 22.88 | 2.80 | NM | 5:34.6 | 4156 |

## Women's results
### 100 metres

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Amparo Caicedo | Colombia | 11.3 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Olga Conte | Argentina | 11.9 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Claudia Acerenza | Uruguay | 11.9 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Rosmeire Lopes | Brazil | 11.9 | q |
| 5 | 1 | Florinda Méndez | Venezuela | 12.1 | q |
| 6 | 1 | Narcisa Gaona | Ecuador | 12.4 | |
| 1 | 2 | Ximena Restrepo | Colombia | 11.4 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Cleide Amaral | Brazil | 11.7 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Margarita Martirena | Uruguay | 12.1 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Soledad Bacarezza | Chile | 12.2 | |
| 5 | 2 | Marta Phillips | Panama | 12.7 | |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Amparo Caicedo | Colombia | 11.3 |
| | Ximena Restrepo | Colombia | 11.4 |
| | Cleide Amaral | Brazil | 11.5 |
| 4 | Olga Conte | Argentina | 11.6 |
| 5 | Margarita Martirena | Uruguay | 11.8 |
| 6 | Rosmeire Lopes | Brazil | 11.8 |
| 7 | Claudia Acerenza | Uruguay | 11.9 |
| 8 | Florinda Méndez | Venezuela | 11.9 |

### 200 metres

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | Jupira da Graça | Brazil | 23.41 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Olga Conte | Argentina | 23.45 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Amparo Caicedo | Colombia | 23.57 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Claudete Alves Pina | Brazil | 23.84 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Claudia Acerenza | Uruguay | 24.05 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | Ana María Comaschi | Argentina | 24.14 | q |
| 7 | 1 | Margarita Martirena | Uruguay | 24.95 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | Soledad Bacarezza | Chile | 25.19 | q |
| 9 | 1 | Narcisa Gaona | Ecuador | 25.85 | |
| 10 | 1 | Marta Phillips | Panama | 26.78 | |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Olga Conte | Argentina | 23.33 | CR |
| | Jupira da Graça | Brazil | 23.44 | |
| | Amparo Caicedo | Colombia | 23.68 | |
| 4 | Claudete Alves Pina | Brazil | 24.01 | |
| 5 | Claudia Acerenza | Uruguay | 24.07 | |
| 6 | Margarita Martirena | Uruguay | 24.82 | |
| | Ana María Comaschi | Argentina | DNS | |
| | Soledad Bacarezza | Chile | DNS | |

### 400 metres

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Norfalia Carabalí | Colombia | 52.4 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Olga Conte | Argentina | 53.1 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Claudete Alves Pina | Brazil | 53.7 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Liliana Chalá | Ecuador | 53.9 | q |
| 5 | 1 | Ismenia Guzmán | Chile | 54.8 | q |
| 6 | 2 | Claudia Riquelme | Chile | 54.9 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | Soledad Acerenza | Uruguay | 55.4 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | Rosa Segovia | Colombia | 56.1 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | Rosângela Oliveira | Brazil | 56.3 | |
| 10 | 1 | Yosira Sequera | Venezuela | 57.2 | |
| 11 | 2 | Ingrid Rosero | Ecuador | 58.9 | |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Norfalia Carabalí | Colombia | 52.10 | CR |
| | Olga Conte | Argentina | 53.47 | |
| | Claudete Alves Pina | Brazil | 54.26 | |
| 4 | Liliana Chalá | Ecuador | 54.34 | |
| 5 | Soledad Acerenza | Uruguay | 55.38 | |
| 6 | Ismenia Guzmán | Chile | 55.53 | |
| 7 | Claudia Riquelme | Chile | 56.40 | |
| 8 | Rosa Segovia | Colombia | 57.94 | |

### 800 metres

7 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Maria Andrade | Brazil | 2:08.79 |
| | Amparo Alba | Colombia | 2:08.83 |
| | Célia dos Santos | Brazil | 2:08.99 |
| 4 | Rocío Estrada | Colombia | 2:10.24 |
| 5 | Ismenia Guzmán | Chile | 2:12.84 |
| 6 | Ingrid Rosero | Ecuador | 2:18.76 |
| 7 | Milexa Figueroa | Venezuela | 2:22.31 |

### 1500 metres

6 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Rita de Jesus | Brazil | 4:31.6 |
| | Silvana Pereira | Brazil | 4:32.1 |
| | Janeth Caizalitín | Ecuador | 4:32.9 |
| 4 | Yolanda Quimbita | Ecuador | 4:38.1 |
| 5 | Rocío Estrada | Colombia | 4:44.2 |
| 6 | Amparo Alba | Colombia | 4:47.5 |
| 7 | Mileika Arauz | Panama | 5:05.4 |

### 3000 metres

7 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Carmem de Oliveira | Brazil | 9:22.58 | CR |
| | Janeth Caizalitín | Ecuador | 9:36.43 | |
| | Rita de Jesus | Brazil | 9:36.95 | |
| 4 | Yolanda Quimbita | Ecuador | 9:43.97 | |
| 5 | Marisol Cossio | Bolivia | 10:28.49 | |
| 6 | María Arias | Colombia | 10:32.87 | |
| 7 | Hilda Méndez | Panama | 10:54.22 | |
| 8 | Mileika Arauz | Panama | 11:11.09 | |

### 10,000 metres

5 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Carmem de Oliveira | Brazil | 35:08.5 |
| | Sandra Ruales | Ecuador | 35:55.2 |
| | Yolanda Quimbita | Ecuador | 35:55.3 |
| 4 | Janeth Mayal | Brazil | 36:4.7 |
| 5 | Marisol Cossio | Bolivia | 38:10.8 |
| 6 | María Arias | Colombia | 38:34.7 |
| 7 | Hilda Méndez | Panama | 39:36.2 |

### 100 metres hurdles

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Juraciara da Silva | Brazil | 13.6 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Ana María Comaschi | Argentina | 14.0 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Marta Dinas | Colombia | 14.3 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Inés Justet | Uruguay | 15.0 | q |
| 5 | 1 | María Paulina Caroca | Chile | 15.0 | q |
| 1 | 2 | Arlene Phillips | Venezuela | 13.6 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Carmen Bezanilla | Chile | 13.6 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Conceição Geremias | Brazil | 14.4 | Q |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Juraciara da Silva | Brazil | 13.5 |
| | Ana María Comaschi | Argentina | 13.7 |
| | Arlene Phillips | Venezuela | 13.8 |
| 4 | Carmen Bezanilla | Chile | 13.9 |
| 5 | Conceição Geremias | Brazil | 14.3 |
| 6 | Marta Dinas | Colombia | 14.8 |
| 7 | Inés Justet | Uruguay | 15.0 |
| 8 | María Paulina Caroca | Chile | 15.6 |

### 400 metres hurdles

8 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Liliana Chalá | Ecuador | 57.68 | CR |
| | Maribelcy Peña | Colombia | 1:00.30 | |
| | Joana Caetano | Brazil | 1:00.69 | |
| 4 | Maria do Carmo Fialho | Brazil | 1:00.97 | |
| 5 | Claudia Riquelme | Chile | 1:01.52 | |
| 6 | Inés Justet | Uruguay | 1:01.59 | |
| 7 | Arlene Phillips | Venezuela | 1:01.79 | |
| 8 | María Paulina Caroca | Chile | 1:02.72 | |

### 4 × 100 metres relay

8 August
| Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes |
| | Brazil | Claudileia dos Santos, Jupira da Graça, Rosmeire Lopes, Cleide Amaral | 44.69 | AR |
| | Colombia | Rosa Segovia, Alejandra Quiñones, Amparo Caicedo, Norfalia Carabalí | 45.26 | |
| | Uruguay | Margarita Martirena, Inés Justet, Soledad Acerenza, Claudia Acerenza | 46.61 | |
| 4 | Chile | Ismenia Guzmán, Soleda Bacarezza, Carmen Bezanilla, Claudia Riquelme | 47.20 | |
| 5 | Venezuela | Arlene Phillips, Milexa Figueroa, Sorelis Bohorquez, Florinda Mèndez | 48.70 | |
| 6 | Ecuador | Narcisa Gaona, Ingrid Rosero, Sandra Barragán, Liliana Chalá | 48.90 | |

### 4 × 400 metres relay

7 August
| Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes |
| | Colombia | Rosa Segovia, Alejandra Quiñones, Maribelcy Peña, Norfalia Carabalí | 3:37.0 | CR |
| | Brazil | Rosângela Oliveira, Jupira da Graça, Maria do Carmo Fialho, Claudete Alves Pina | 3:37.7 | |
| | Uruguay | Inés Justet, Margarita Martirena, Soledad Acerenza, Claudia Acerenza | 3:44.0 | |
| 4 | Chile | María Paulina Caroca, Ismenia Guzmán, Carmen Bezanilla, Claudia Riquelme | 3:46.0 | |
| 5 | Ecuador | Sandra Barragán, Ingrid Rosero, Narcisa Gaona, Liliana Chalá | 3:54.6 | |
| 6 | Venezuela | Yosira Sequera, Florinda Méndez, Milexa Figueroa, Arlene Phillips | 3:58.9 | |

### 10,000 metres walk

6 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Miriam Ramón | Ecuador | 50:30.3 | CR |
| | Luisa Nivicela | Ecuador | 50:30.3 | |
| | Liliana Bermeo | Colombia | 51:02.4 | |
| 4 | Gloria Moreno | Colombia | 52:03.4 | |
| 5 | Ivana Hehn | Brazil | 55:36.2 | |

### High jump

7 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result |
| | Orlane dos Santos | Brazil | 1.85 |
| | Mónica Lunkmoss | Brazil | 1.79 |
| | Janeth Lagoyette | Colombia | 1.70 |
| 4 | Leonor Carter | Chile | 1.70 |
| 5 | Claudia Brien | Chile | 1.65 |
| 5 | Araceli Jaén | Panama | 1.50 |

### Long jump

8 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result |
| | Rita Slompo | Brazil | 6.22 |
| | Maria Aparecida de Jesus | Brazil | 6.05 |
| | Ana María Comaschi | Argentina | 5.96 |
| 4 | Milly Figueroa | Colombia | 5.84 |
| 5 | Zorobabelia Córdoba | Colombia | 5.75 |
| 6 | Sorelis Bohorquez | Venezuela | 5.75 |
| 7 | Claudia Brien | Chile | 5.39 |
| 8 | Leonor Carter | Chile | 5.12 |

### Shot put

5 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
| | Marinalva dos Santos | Brazil | 15.16 | CR |
| | Alexandra Amaro | Brazil | 14.95 | |
| | Virginia Salomón | Venezuela | 14.20 | |
| 4 | Berta Gómez | Colombia | 13.76 | |
| 5 | Rosa Peña | Peru | 13.69 | |
| 6 | Carmen Chalá | Ecuador | 13.41 | |
| 7 | Lila Morales | Venezuela | 13.06 | |
| 8 | Claudia Brien | Chile | 12.30 | |
| 9 | Silka del Rosario | Panama | 9.87 | |

### Discus throw

6 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result |
| | Rosana Piovesan | Brazil | 49.36 |
| | Berta Gómez | Colombia | 47.54 |
| | Amelia Moreira | Brazil | 44.54 |
| 4 | Carmen Chalá | Ecuador | 43.02 |
| 5 | Yunaira Piña | Venezuela | 42.26 |
| 6 | Claudia Larenas | Chile | 41.64 |
| 7 | Lila Morales | Venezuela | 40.22 |
| 8 | Silka del Rosario | Panama | 37.94 |

### Javelin throw

8 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result |
| | Mônica Rocha | Brazil | 54.94 |
| | Marietta Riera | Venezuela | 54.70 |
| | Sueli dos Santos | Brazil | 52.78 |
| 4 | Mariela Riera | Venezuela | 51.36 |
| 5 | Berta Gómez | Colombia | 50.76 |
| 6 | Carolina Weil | Chile | 48.78 |
| 7 | Verónica Prieto | Colombia | 45.30 |
| 8 | Carmen Chalá | Ecuador | 30.04 |

### Heptathlon

5–6 August
| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | 100m H | HJ | SP | 200m | LJ | JT | 800m | Points |
| | Conceição Geremias | Brazil | 14.0 | 1.72 | 13.56 | 25.0 | 5.75 | 39.00 | 2:29.6 | 5574 |
| | Zorobabelia Córdoba | Colombia | 14.4 | 1.57 | 12.62 | 24.9 | 5.64 | 49.44 | 2:31.1 | 5436 |
| | Joelma Oliveira | Brazil | 14.6 | 1.78 | 11.68 | 25.1 | 5.26 | 38.08 | 2:29.6 | 5271 |
| 4 | Claudia Brien | Chile | 15.3 | 1.72 | 13.22 | 28.1 | 5.34 | 35.08 | DNF | 4224 |
| | Ana María Comaschi | Argentina | 14.1 | 1.63 | 13.16 | DQ | DNS | – | – | DNF |