# Athletics at the 1990 South American Games

Athletics events at the 1990 South American Games were held at the Estadio Atlético de San Luis next to the Estadio Nacional in Lima, Perú, between December 6-9, 1990. A total of 42 events were contested, 23 by men and 19 by women.

## Medal summary

Medal winners were published in a book by written 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. More results were assembled from other sources.

### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres (wind: -1.0 m/s) | Roberto Marshall Chile | 10.81 | Miguel Bernal Peru | 10.83 | Carlos Gats Argentina | 10.84 |
| 200 metres | Carlos Gats Argentina | 22.28 | Jorge Cañizales Venezuela | 22.56 | Roberto Marshall Chile | 22.65 |
| 400 metres | Carlos Morales Chile | 48.30 | Hernán Hevia Chile | 48.60 | José Zambrano Venezuela | 48.80 |
| 800 metres | Edwin Lobatón Bolivia | 1:56.2 | Manuel Bravo Ecuador | 1:56.3 | Daniel Loayza Peru | 1:56.7 |
| 1500 metres | José Carrasco Chile | 3:56.10 | Miguel Meza Chile | 3:58.30 | Edwin Lobatón Bolivia | 3:59.70 |
| 5000 metres | José Carrasco Chile | 14:10.4 | Silvio Guerra Ecuador | 14:10.8 | Luis Nempo Chile | 14:19.1 |
| 10,000 metres | Silvio Guerra Ecuador | 29:59.7 | Néstor Jami Ecuador | 30:02.2 | José Castillo Peru | 30:10.4 |
| Marathon | Waldemar Cotelo Uruguay | 2:18:47 | Edwin Calatayud Bolivia | 2:20:50 | José Jami Ecuador | 2:24:00 |
| 110 metres hurdles | Marco Mina Peru | 14.84 | Arturo Rodríguez Chile | 15.03 | Fernando Valiente Peru | 15.48 |
| 400 metres hurdles | Marco Mina Peru | 52.6 | Nicolás Majluf Chile | 54.9 | Luis Page Peru | 55.2 |
| 3000 metres steeplechase | Miguel Meza Chile | 9:01.8 | Eddy Punica Ecuador | 9:04.2 | Silviano Simeón Peru | 9:16.7 |
| 4 x 100 metres relay | Peru Moisés Del Castillo Miguel Bernal José Uribe Óscar Fernández | 41.0 | Chile Roberto Marshall Carlos Morales Carlos Bernardo Moreno Juan Francisco Cobo | 41.3 | Bolivia Jorge Castellón Marco Ortiz Vladimir Aponte Miguel Mercado | 41.9 |
| 4 x 400 metres relay | Chile Roberto Marshall Nicolas Majluf Hernán Hevia Carlos Morales | 3:16.70 | Peru Marco Mina Aldo Consiglieri Pedro Velarde Ramiro Quintana | 3:18.20 | Ecuador Fernando Espinosa Dick Perlaza Aurelio Mancheno Manuel Bravo | 3:18.22 |
| 20 Kilometres Walk | Luis Rodríguez Ecuador | 1:45:13 | Carlos Montalbán Ecuador | 1:46:26 | Sergio Quispe Peru | 1:46:53 |
| High Jump | Fernando Moreno Argentina | 2.15 | Hugo Muñoz Peru | 2.12 | Valery Abugattas Peru | 2.06 |
| Pole Vault | Konstantín Zagustín Venezuela | 5.15 | Cristián Aspillaga Chile | 4.90 | Oscar Veit Argentina | 4.70 |
| Long Jump | Joan Moeckel Chile | 7.67 | Ricardo Valiente Peru | 7.56 | Fernando Valiente Peru | 7.33 |
| Triple Jump | Ricardo Valiente Peru | 16.47 | Alfredo Audain Venezuela | 16.27 | Oscar Valiente Peru | 15.48 |
| Shot Put | Gert Weil Chile | 18.32 | Andrés Charadía Argentina | 15.24 | Marcelo Pugliese Argentina | 14.76 |
| Discus Throw | Andrés Solo Chile | 47.20 | Andrés Charadía Argentina | 47.10 | Marcelo Pugliese Argentina | 46.70 |
| Hammer Throw | Andrés Charadía Argentina | 69.94 AR | Marcelo Pugliese Argentina | 58.74 | Rubén Torres Ecuador | 54.78 |
| Javelin Throw | Pedro Claure Chile | 66.14 | Edgar Baumann Paraguay | 64.40 | Jorge Parraguirre Chile | 62.74 |
| Decathlon | Moisés Del Castillo Peru | 5717 | Álvaro Fernández Peru | 5160 | | |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres (wind: -1.1 m/s) | Marbelis Barriga Venezuela | 12.18 | Claudia Acerenza Uruguay | 12.20 | Lisette Rondón Chile | 12.29 |
| 200 metres | Olga Conte Argentina | 25.24 | Claudia Acerenza Uruguay | 25.75 | Lisette Rondón Chile | 26.00 |
| 400 metres | Olga Conte Argentina | 55.03 | Claudia Acerenza Uruguay | 55.22 | Ismenia Guzmán Chile | 55.64 |
| 800 metres | Letitia Vriesde Suriname | 2:06.2 | Adriana Martínez Ecuador | 2:11.2 | Ismenia Guzmán Chile | 2:12.1 |
| 1500 metres | Letitia Vriesde Suriname | 4:23.0 | Janeth Caizalitin Ecuador | 4:32.0 | Niusha Mansilla Bolivia | 4:37.4 |
| 3000 metres | Yolanda Quimbita Ecuador | 9:50.7 | Ena Guevara Peru | 9:58.2 | Marisol Cossio Bolivia | 10:14.5 |
| 10,000 metres | Yolanda Quimbita Ecuador | 35:40.4 | Ena Guevara Peru | 36:04.80 | Mónica Tapia Ecuador | 36:09.8 |
| Marathon | Graciela Caizabanda Ecuador | 2:56:44 | Elsa Pizarro Chile | 3:10:16 | Florinda Tamayo Peru | 3:14:01 |
| 100 metres hurdles | Carmen Bezanilla Chile | 13.96 | Débora De Souza Peru | 15.39 | Michelle Openshaw Peru | 15.39 |
| 400 metres hurdles | Liliana Chalá Ecuador | 59.8 | Inés Justet Uruguay | 60.4 | Carmen Bezanilla Chile | 61.2 |
| 4 x 100 metres relay | Uruguay Marcela Tiscornia Soledad Acerenza Laura Abel Claudia Acerenza | 47.19 | Bolivia Jacqueline Solíz Elizabeth Arteaga Ana María Luzio Sandra Antela | 48.72 | Peru Ana Atencio Rocío de la Cruz Debora De Souza Cecilia Zereceda | 48.93 |
| 4 x 400 metres relay | Uruguay Inés Justet Marcela Tiscornia Laura Abel Claudia Acerenza | 3:44.70 | Chile Gina Pareglio Sara Montecinos Hannelore Grosser Ismenia Guzmán | 3:47.60 | Ecuador Liliana Chalá Mercy Colorado Adriana Martínez Mayra Carchi | 3:54.62 |
| 10 Kilometres Walk | Mirian Ramón Ecuador | 50:46.1 | Bertha Vera Ecuador | 56:37.3 | | |
| High Jump | María Chomali Chile | 1.70 | Ximena Guzmán Peru | 1.60 | Claudia Brien Chile | 1.60 |
| Long Jump | Andrea Ávila Argentina | 6.12 | Deisy Zereceda Peru | 5.64 | María Luzio Bolivia | 5.48 |
| Shot Put | Carmen Chalá Ecuador | 13.44 | Claudia Brien Chile | 12.80 | Rosa Peña Peru | 12.66 |
| Discus Throw | Liliana Martinelli Argentina | 48.00 AR | Claudia Larenas Chile | 43.96 | Carmen Chalá Ecuador | 43.14 |
| Javelin Throw | Claudia Brien Chile | 35.32 | Hanny Basurco Peru | 35.02 | Marie Musselmann Peru | 34.82 |
| Heptathlon | Katherine Yáñez Peru | 4234 | Marleni Olaechea Peru | 3681 | Carmen Chalá Ecuador | 2421 |

## Medal table (unofficial)

* Host nation (Peru)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Chile | 13 | 10 | 9 | 32 |
| 2 | Ecuador | 8 | 8 | 7 | 23 |
| 3 | Argentina | 7 | 3 | 4 | 14 |
| 4 | Peru* | 6 | 12 | 14 | 32 |
| 5 | Uruguay | 3 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
| 6 | Venezuela | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 7 | Suriname | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | Bolivia | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 9 | Paraguay | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals (9 entries) | Totals (9 entries) | 42 | 42 | 40 | 124 |