# 1990 South American Youth Championships in Athletics

The 10th South American Youth Championships in Athletics were held in Lima, Peru, between November 22–24, 1990.

## Medal summary

Medal winners are published for boys and girls. Complete results can be found on the "World Junior Athletics History" website.

### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres (wind: +0.1 m/s) | Pablo Cavero (CHI) | 10.5 | Pablo Almeida (CHI) | 10.9 | Iñaki Godoy (PER) | 10.9 |
| 200 metres (wind: +0.2 m/s) | Pablo Cavero (CHI) | 21.8 | Pablo Almeida (CHI) | 22.3 | Nelson Rodrigues (BRA) | 23.0 |
| 400 metres | Nelson López (ARG) | 49.6 | Sanderlei Parrela (BRA) | 50.3 | Alexander Melo (BRA) | 51.7 |
| 800 metres | Vanderlei Soares (BRA) | 1:56.3 | Fábio Rogério (BRA) | 1:56.3 | Víctor Cruz (CHI) | 1:57.3 |
| 1500 metres | Mariano Tarilo (ARG) | 4:05.1 | Joelson Dias (BRA) | 4:05.6 | Raimundo Alcino (BRA) | 4:05.7 |
| 5000 metres | Elías Bastos (BRA) | 15:06.1 | Jorge Chávez (PER) | 15:07.7 | Mariano Tarilo (ARG) | 15:18.4 |
| 1500 metres steeplechase | Eduardo Monge (CHI) | 4:22.83 | Marcelo Blanco (BRA) | 4:24.80 | Mariano Tarilo (ARG) | 4:26.76 |
| 110 metres hurdles (wind: +0.1 m/s) | Maximiliano Alfaro (CHI) | 13.9 | Gabriel Corradini (ARG) | 14.1 | Carlos Correa (CHI) | 14.4 |
| 300 metres hurdles | José dos Santos (BRA) | 38.8 | Gabriel Corradini (ARG) | 39.3 | Javier Verme (PER) | 39.4 |
| High jump | Marcelo Miranda (BRA) | 2.00 | Mario León (PER) | 1.97 | Marcos dos Santos (BRA) | 1.97 |
| Pole vault | Genivaldo Meira (BRA) | 4.00 | Gerardo Ríos (CHI) | 3.80 | Israel Morán (PER) | 3.60 |
| Long jump | Márcio da Cruz (BRA) | 7.26 | Vinicius Barroso (BRA) | 6.77 | Maximiliano Alfaro (CHI) | 6.76 |
| Triple jump | Márcio da Cruz (BRA) | 15.83 | Mario León (PER) | 13.99 | José dos Santos (BRA) | 13.82 |
| Shot put | Hugo Scévola (ARG) | 15.71 | Adriano Souza (BRA) | 15.13 | Márcio da Cruz (BRA) | 15.03 |
| Discus throw | Julio Piñero (ARG) | 48.52 | Fábio Ribeiro (BRA) | 45.22 | Leandro Teixeira (BRA) | 44.48 |
| Hammer throw | Hugo Scévola (ARG) | 64.90 | Javier Álvarez (ARG) | 58.68 | Eberton Giacomelli (BRA) | 45.74 |
| Javelin throw | Ariel Martínez (ARG) | 56.70 | Fábio de Souza (BRA) | 54.12 | Julio Piñero (ARG) | 51.70 |
| Hexathlon | Moisés Pereira (BRA) | 3975 | Mario Caorlín (ARG) | 3477 | Alejandro Cordobés (ARG) | 3390 |
| 5000 metres track walk | Jefferson Pérez (ECU) | 19:49.54 | João Sendeski (BRA) | 22:16.57 | Jaime Rodríguez (COL) | 22:35.62 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay | Chile Oscar Cavero Pablo Almeida Rodrigo Schmidt Maximiliano Alfaro | 42.37 | Brazil Silvio de Moraes Nelson Rodrigues Jair Moreira Vinicius Barroso | 43.58 | Perú Iñaki Godoy Marco Carrasco Franco Pedraz Javier Verne | 43.78 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay | Chile Cristian Ihlo Pablo Almeida Oscar Cavero Carlos Sandoval | 3:22.2 | Brazil Sanderlei Parrela Alexander Melo José dos Santos Edmar Silva | 3:24.0 | Perú Javier Verne Erick Cuadros Marco Carrasco Iñaki Godoy | 3:28.8 |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres (wind: +0.2 m/s) | Lisette Rondón (CHI) | 12.18 | Hannelore Grosser (CHI) | 12.39 | Gilda Massa (PER) | 12.46 |
| 200 metres (wind: +0.0 m/s) | Lisette Rondón (CHI) | 25.4 | Hannelore Grosser (CHI) | 25.5 | Verónica Klingerberger (PER) | 26.0 |
| 400 metres | Janeth Lucumí (COL) | 58.18 | Viviana Chiozza (ARG) | 58.39 | Mayra Carchi (ECU) | 58.80 |
| 800 metres | Janeth Caizalitín (ECU) | 2:14.7 | Ana de Oliveira (BRA) | 2:17.3 | Paola López (ARG) | 2:17.9 |
| 1500 metres | Janeth Caizalitín (ECU) | 4:32.5 | Carmen Naranjo (ECU) | 4:37.5 | Ana de Oliveira (BRA) | 4:39.0 |
| 3000 metres | Janeth Caizalitín (ECU) | 9:44.34 | Carmen Naranjo (ECU) | 9:45.33 | Maria da Conceição (BRA) | 9:54.54 |
| 100 metres hurdles (wind: +0.1 m/s) | Gilda Massa (PER) | 14.58 | Marília de Souza (BRA) | 14.76 | Claudia Casals (ARG) | 15.33 |
| High jump | Soledad Harambour (CHI) | 1.68 | Ximena Guzmán (PER) Carolina Tovar (PAR) | 1.68 | | |
| Long jump | Lucimar de Moura (BRA) | 5.81 | Lilia Aguirre (ARG) | 5.80 | Claudia Valle (CHI) | 5.52 |
| Shot put | Margit Wahlbrink (BRA) | 12.52 | Marisol Bengoa (CHI) | 10.72 | Natalia Parra (ARG) | 10.54 |
| Discus throw | Erika Melián (ARG) | 38.96 | Carla Campos (PER) | 34.40 | Marisol Bengoa (CHI) | 34.26 |
| Javelin throw | Zuleima Araméndiz (COL) | 41.22 | Zoila Ayala (PAR) | 39.26 | Marisa de Almeida (BRA) | 38.32 |
| Pentathlon | Marcela Savio (ARG) | 3275 | Samantha Pereira (BRA) | 3068 | Lucimar de Moura (BRA) | 3056 |
| 3000 metres Track Walk | Bertha Vera (ECU) | 14:13.8 | Luisa Nivicela (ECU) | 14:24.4 | Ivana Henn (BRA) | 14:51.0 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay | Chile Lisette Rondón Hannelore Grosser Paula Amestica Claudia Valle | 48.3 | Brazil Lila da Silva Deborah Mosser Adriana Andrade Marília de Souza | 48.6 | Perú Verónica Klingerberger Gilda Massa Gianina Cuba Patricia Hasegawa | 49.2 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay | Chile Paula Amestica Hannelore Grosser Clara Morales Lisette Rondón | 3:54.8 | Brazil Lila da Silva Shirley Ferreira Kelly de Oliveira Marília de Souza | 3:58.1 | Ecuador Janeth Caizalitín Mayra Cachi Ondina Rodríguez Corina Trelles | 4:06.9 |

## Medal table (unofficial)

* Host nation (Peru)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Chile (CHI) | 11 | 6 | 5 | 22 |
| 2 | Brazil (BRA) | 10 | 16 | 13 | 39 |
| 3 | Argentina (ARG) | 8 | 6 | 7 | 21 |
| 4 | Ecuador (ECU) | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| 5 | Colombia (COL) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Peru (PER)* | 1 | 5 | 8 | 14 |
| 7 | Paraguay (PAR) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Totals (7 entries) | Totals (7 entries) | 37 | 38 | 36 | 111 |

## Participation (unofficial)

Detailed result lists can be found on the "World Junior Athletics History" website. An unofficial count yields the number of about 196 athletes from about 10 countries:
* Argentina (28)
* Bolivia (3)
* Brazil (55)
* Chile (31)
* Colombia (13)
* Ecuador (13)
* Panama (3)
* Paraguay (10)
* Peru (35)
* Uruguay (5)