# 2000 South American Youth Championships in Athletics

The 15th South American Youth Championships in Athletics were held at the Estadio El Salitre in Bogotá, Colombia from November 4–5, 2000. For the first time, the competition was open for athletes from the age group under 18 (U18) rather than under 17 (U17) as before.

## Medal summary

Medal winners are published for boys and girls. Complete results can be found on the "World Junior Athletics History" website.
All results are marked as "affected by altitude" (A), because Bogotá is located at 2,625 metres above sea level.

### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres (wind: -1.0 m/s) | Bruno Pacheco (BRA) | 10.88A | Luís Ambrósio (BRA) | 10.93A | Diego Valdés (CHI) | 10.96A |
| 200 metres (wind: -2.7 m/s) | Angelo Edmund (PAN) | 21.45A | Bruno Pacheco (BRA) | 21.89A | Klaydson de Souza (BRA) | 22.00A |
| 400 metres | Luis Luna (VEN) | 47.65A | Angelo Edmund (PAN) | 47.75A | Klaydson de Souza (BRA) | 48.30A |
| 800 metres | Olwyn Granados (VEN) | 1:55.31A | Elio Arenas (ARG) | 1:56.64A | Cristián Matute (ECU) | 1:57.74A |
| 1500 metres | Clayton Aguiar (BRA) | 4:06.15A | Wendell da Conceição (BRA) | 4:07.81A | Edison Pico (COL) | 4:08.78A |
| 3000 metres | Giovanny Amador (COL) | 9:07.23A | Wendell da Conceição (BRA) | 9:09.05A | Darwin Tayupo (VEN) | 9:13.27A |
| 2000 metres steeplechase | Fernando Fernandes (BRA) | 6:19.46A | Juarez de Souza (BRA) | 6:32.62A | Cristián Patiño (ECU) | 6:40.92A |
| 110 metres hurdles (wind: -0.8 m/s) | Thiago Dias (BRA) | 13.79A | Sebastián Bustos (ARG) | 14.18A | Nerluis Pereira (VEN) | 14.20A |
| 400 metres hurdles | José Ferrín (ECU) | 53.46A | Tiago Bueno (BRA) | 54.17A | Joelson da Silva (BRA) | 54.44A |
| High jump | Fábio Baptista (BRA) | 2.07A | Renan dos Santos (BRA) | 2.07A | Gerardo Canale (ARG) | 2.04A |
| Pole vault | José Francisco Nava (CHI) | 5.00A | Fábio da Silva (BRA) | 4.95A | Rodrigo Constantino (BRA) | 4.55A |
| Long jump | Marcos Trivelato (BRA) | 7.51A | Thiago Dias (BRA) | 7.46A | Helmut Ospina (COL) | 7.14A |
| Triple jump | Leonardo dos Santos (BRA) | 14.85A | Fernando dos Santos (BRA) | 14.73A | Jorge Cardona (COL) | 14.36A |
| Shot put | Germán Lauro (ARG) | 17.77A | Clayton Santos (BRA) | 17.36A | Gustavo de Mendonça (BRA) | 17.20A |
| Discus throw | Germán Lauro (ARG) | 53.99A | Gustavo de Mendonça (BRA) | 51.43A | Paolo Mangili (CHI) | 50.14A |
| Hammer throw | Fabián Di Paolo (ARG) | 74.24A | Roberto Sáez (CHI) | 71.62A | Marcos Leiva (ARG) | 61.89A |
| Javelin throw | Júlio César de Oliveira (BRA) | 66.10A | Dairon Márquez (COL) | 62.44A | Nicolás Infante (CHI) | 61.28A |
| Octathlon | Federico Staudt (BRA) | 5506A | Roberto Morgon (BRA) | 5482A | Fernando Martín (ARG) | 5158A |
| 10,000 metres track walk | Andrés Chocho (ECU) | 47:52.68A | Rafael dos Anjos Duarte (BRA) | 49:22.18A | Pablo Pinzón (COL) | 49:43.26A |
| 4 × 100 metres relay | Brazil Luiz da Silva André Oliveira Luís Ambrósio Bruno Pacheco | 40.77A | Chile Cristián Riesco Nicolás Sepúlveda Pablo Colville Diego Valdés | 41.73A | Colombia Uriel Linero John Valoyes Geiler Rovira Jackson Moreno | 42.61A |
| 1000 metres Medley relay | Brazil Luís Ambrósio Luiz da Silva Bruno Pacheco Klaydson de Souza | 1:53.67A | Venezuela Luis Luna Olwin Granados Nerluis Pereira Orlando Acosta | 1:55.07A | Colombia Uriel Linero Geiler Rovira John Valoyes Jackson Moreno | 1:57.69A |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres (wind: +0.2 m/s) | Thatiana Ignácio (BRA) | 11.55A | Wilmary Álvarez (VEN) | 11.74A | Luciana Lazet (ARG) | 11.82A |
| 200 metres (wind: -3.3 m/s) | Luciana Lazet (ARG) | 24.00A | Wilmary Álvarez (VEN) | 24.18A | Liliana Tantucci (ARG) | 24.33A |
| 400 metres | Yusmelys García (VEN) | 53.94A | Amanda Dias (BRA) | 54.36A | Joyce Prieto (BRA) | 55.94A |
| 800 metres | Juliana de Azevedo (BRA) | 2:13.87A | Jenny Mejías (VEN) | 2:15.94A | Gabriela Chalá (ECU) | 2:17.05A |
| 1500 metres | Silvia Paredes (ECU) | 4:50.84A | Jennifer Garzón (COL) | 4:54.16A | Diana Alzate (COL) | 5:05.07A |
| 3000 metres | Silvia Paredes (ECU) | 10:37.37A | Inés Melchor (PER) | 10:40.67A | Luisa Jiménez (COL) | 10:51.25A |
| 2000 metres steeplechase | Patrícia Lobo (BRA) | 7:47.32A | Luisa Jiménez (COL) | 8:03.72A | Lina María Arias (COL) | 8:15.23A |
| 100 metres hurdles (wind: +0.1 m/s) | Sandrine Legenort (VEN) | 14.01A | Soledad Donzino (ARG) | 14.17A | Evelyn de Santana (BRA) | 14.61A |
| 400 metres hurdles | Yusmelys García (VEN) | 61.63A | Evelyn de Santana (BRA) | 63.34A | Martina Valoyes (COL) | 64.53A |
| High jump | Jhoris Luque (VEN) | 1.74A | Jailma de Lima (BRA) | 1.74A | Paula Bastías (ARG) | 1.72A |
| Pole vault | Alejandra Llorente (ARG) | 3.60A | Rosângela da Silva (BRA) | 3.55A | Michaela Heitkotter (BRA) | 3.55A |
| Long jump | Keila Costa (BRA) | 6.05A | Macarena Reyes (CHI) | 5.66A | Cinthia de Lima (BRA) | 5.66A |
| Triple jump | Keila Costa (BRA) | 13.04A | Ivonne Patarroyo (COL) | 12.17A | Cinthia de Lima (BRA) | 12.07A |
| Shot put | Paola Cheppi (ARG) | 13.77A | Arelis Quiñones (COL) | 13.37A | Juliana Olier (COL) | 13.14A |
| Discus throw | Arelis Quiñones (COL) | 42.27A | Jennifer Dahlgren (ARG) | 39.55A | Brigitte Flores (PER) | 37.85A |
| Hammer throw | Jennifer Dahlgren (ARG) | 56.68A | Laura Perovich (ARG) | 45.50A | Stefanía Żoryez (URU) | 44.02A |
| Javelin throw | Edna Rodrigues (BRA) | 45.07A | Adriana Torres (COL) | 43.77A | Catalina Toro (CHI) | 42.67A |
| Heptathlon | Soledad Donzino (ARG) | 4573A | Patricia Cavanna (ARG) | 4495A | Virna Salazar (ECU) | 4392A |
| 5000 metres track walk | Ariana Quino (BOL) | 26:06.23A | Carla Litardo (ECU) | 26:47.11A | Gina Meneses (COL) | 26:54.90A |
| 4 × 100 metres relay | Venezuela Myleidi López Jenny Mejías Sandrine Legenort Yusmelys García | 45.99A | Brazil Mônica de Freitas Joice Vignoli Evelyn dos Santos Thatiana Ignâcio | 46.15A | Argentina Soledad Donzino Paula Bastias Liliana Tantucci Luciana Lazet | 46.67A |
| 1000 metres Medley relay | Brazil Joyce Prieto Evelyn dos Santos Thatiana Ignâcio Amanda Dias | 2:12.21A | Venezuela Yusmelys García Myleidi López Wilmary Álvarez Sandrine Legenort | 2:14.05A | Argentina Jorgelina Litterini Soledad Donzino Liliana Tantucci Luciana Lazet | 2:16.50A |

## Medal table (unofficial)

* Host nation (Brazil)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Brazil* | 18 | 19 | 10 | 47 |
| 2 | Argentina | 8 | 6 | 8 | 22 |
| 3 | Venezuela | 7 | 5 | 2 | 14 |
| 4 | Ecuador | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 5 | Colombia | 2 | 6 | 12 | 20 |
| 6 | Chile | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| 7 | Panama | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | Bolivia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Peru | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | Uruguay | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (10 entries) | Totals (10 entries) | 42 | 42 | 42 | 126 |

## Participation (unofficial)

Detailed result lists can be found on the "World Junior Athletics History" website. An unofficial count yields the number of about 228 athletes from about 12 countries:
* Argentina (22)
* Bolivia (6)
* Brazil (63)
* Chile (22)
* Colombia (39)
* Ecuador (29)
* Guyana (2)
* Panama (3)
* Paraguay (3)
* Peru (8)
* Uruguay (11)
* Venezuela (20)