# 1991 South American Championships in Athletics – Results

These are the results of the 1991 South American Championships in Athletics which took place at the Vila Olímpica de Manaus in Manaus, Brazil, on 28, 29 and 30 June.

## Men's results
### 100 metres

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Arnaldo da Silva | Brazil | 10.49 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Carlos Bernardo Moreno | Chile | 10.60 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Robson da Silva | Brazil | 10.61 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Edgar Chourio | Venezuela | 10.69 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Robinson Urrutia | Colombia | 10.70 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | José María Beduino | Argentina | 10.79 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | Claudio Molocznik | Argentina | 10.86 | q |
| 8 | 2 | Wenceslao Ferrín | Colombia | 10.89 | q |
| 9 | 1 | Miguel Bernal | Peru | 10.93 | |
| 10 | 2 | Roberto Marshall | Chile | 10.97 | |
| 11 | 2 | Óscar Fernández | Peru | 11.03 | |
| 12 | 1 | Cristóbal Caguao | Venezuela | 11.10 | |
| 13 | 2 | Marco Antonio Ortiz | Bolivia | 11.12 | |
| 14 | 1 | Guillermo Saucedo | Bolivia | 11.40 | |
| 15 | 1 | Steven Stander | Ecuador | 11.50 | |
| 15 | 2 | Patricio Corral | Ecuador | 11.50 | |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Robson da Silva | Brazil | 10.18 |
| | Arnaldo da Silva | Brazil | 10.39 |
| | Carlos Bernardo Moreno | Chile | 10.44 |
| 4 | Edgar Chourio | Venezuela | 10.56 |
| 5 | Robinson Urrutia | Colombia | 10.66 |
| 6 | José María Beduino | Argentina | 10.72 |
| 7 | Wenceslao Ferrín | Colombia | 10.73 |
| 8 | Claudio Molocznik | Argentina | 10.76 |

### 200 metres

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | Robson da Silva | Brazil | 20.66 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Marcelo Brivilatti da Silva | Brazil | 20.96 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Jesús Malavé | Venezuela | 21.22 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Carlos Bernardo Moreno | Chile | 21.33 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | José María Beduino | Argentina | 21.33 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | Jorge Cañizales | Venezuela | 21.44 | q |
| 7 | 2 | Carlos Morales | Chile | 21.45 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | Manuel Oliveira | Peru | 21.99 | q |
| 9 | 2 | Marco Antonio Ortiz | Bolivia | 22.40 | |
| 10 | 2 | Miguel Bernal | Peru | 22.74 | |
| 11 | 2 | Steven Stander | Ecuador | 23.26 | |
| 12 | 1 | Guillermo Saucedo | Bolivia | 23.61 | |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Robson da Silva | Brazil | 20.79 | |
| | Marcelo Brivilatti da Silva | Brazil | 20.94 | |
| | Jesús Malavé | Venezuela | 21.18 | |
| 4 | Carlos Bernardo Moreno | Chile | 21.19 | |
| 5 | José María Beduino | Argentina | 21.22 | PB |
| 6 | Carlos Morales | Chile | 21.38 | |
| 7 | Jorge Cañizales | Venezuela | 21.44 | |
| 8 | Manuel Oliveira | Peru | 21.99 | |

### 400 metres

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Roberto Bortolotto | Brazil | 47.09 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Jorge Costa | Brazil | 47.66 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Henry Aguiar | Venezuela | 47.87 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Carlos Morales | Chile | 48.11 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Claudio Arcas | Argentina | 48.18 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | Sebastián Keitel | Chile | 48.36 | q |
| 6 | 2 | Guillermo Cacián | Argentina | 48.36 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | Moisés del Castillo | Peru | 48.40 | q |
| 9 | 2 | José Zambrano | Venezuela | 48.62 | |
| 10 | 2 | Piero da Giau | Peru | 48.87 | |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Carlos Morales | Chile | 46.55 |
| | Roberto Bortolotto | Brazil | 46.90 |
| | Henry Aguiar | Venezuela | 47.02 |
| 4 | Jorge Costa | Brazil | 47.09 |
| 5 | Claudio Arcas | Argentina | 47.92 |
| 6 | Sebastián Keitel | Chile | 48.37 |
| 7 | Moisés del Castillo | Peru | 48.67 |
| 8 | Guillermo Cacián | Argentina | 49.16 |

### 800 metres

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | Flávio Godoy | Brazil | 1:49.66 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Pablo Squella | Chile | 1:49.67 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Luiz José Gonçalves | Brazil | 1:50.23 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Edgardo Graglia | Argentina | 1:50.56 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Juan Navarro | Venezuela | 1:50.80 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | Alejandro Torres | Argentina | 1:51.49 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | Omar Best | Venezuela | 1:51.88 | q |
| 8 | 2 | Javier Bermúdez | Colombia | 1:51.91 | q |
| 9 | 1 | Manuel Balmaceda | Chile | 1:52.05 | |
| 10 | 1 | Efren Ycaza | Ecuador | 1:54.08 | |
| 11 | 2 | Daniel Loayza | Peru | 1:54.99 | |
| 12 | 1 | Luis Aspedilla | Panama | 1:55.82 | |
| 13 | 1 | Italo Mejía | Peru | 1:56.67 | |
| 14 | 2 | Manuel Bravo | Ecuador | 1:57.17 | |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Flávio Godoy | Brazil | 1:47.94 |
| | Luiz José Gonçalves | Brazil | 1:48.16 |
| | Pablo Squella | Chile | 1:48.21 |
| 4 | Juan Navarro | Venezuela | 1:49.61 |
| 5 | Edgardo Graglia | Argentina | 1:51.03 |
| 6 | Javier Bermúdez | Colombia | 1:51.93 |
| 7 | Omar Best | Venezuela | 1:51.95 |
| 8 | Alejandro Torres | Argentina | 1:52.04 |

### 1500 metres

30 June
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Edgar de Oliveira | Brazil | 3:42.41 |
| | Luiz José Gonçalves | Brazil | 3:42.48 |
| | Carlos Naput | Argentina | 3:50.09 |
| 4 | Eduardo Navas | Venezuela | 3:50.51 |
| 5 | Alejandro Torres | Argentina | 3:52.56 |
| 6 | Daniel Loayza | Peru | 3:57.87 |
| 7 | Jaime Valenzuela | Chile | 4:08.25 |
| 8 | Carlos Collahuaso | Ecuador | 4:11.71 |
| | Eduardo Carrasco | Chile | DNF |
| | Juan Navarro | Venezuela | DNF |

### 5000 metres

28 June
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Valdenor dos Santos | Brazil | 14:09.03 |
| | Otoniel dos Santos | Brazil | 14:13.35 |
| | Eduardo Navas | Venezuela | 14:16.06 |
| 4 | Eduardo Carrasco | Chile | 14:25.61 |
| 5 | Néstor Quinapanta | Ecuador | 14:29.93 |
| 6 | Oscar Amaya | Argentina | 14:35.53 |
| 7 | Edy Punina | Ecuador | 14:39.62 |
| 8 | Luis Nempo | Chile | 14:44.54 |
| 9 | Dagoberto Yuman | Panama | 14:50.12 |
| 10 | Policarpio Calizaya | Bolivia | 14:53.55 |
| 11 | Félix Flores | Peru | 16:11.57 |

### 10,000 metres

29 June
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Valdenor dos Santos | Brazil | 29:25.2 |
| | José Castillo | Peru | 29:37.4 |
| | Edy Punina | Ecuador | 30:00.4 |
| 4 | Waldemar Cotelo | Uruguay | 30:23.0 |
| 5 | Otoniel dos Santos | Brazil | 30:40.3 |
| 6 | Nelson Zamora | Uruguay | 30:45.9 |
| 7 | Antonio Vásquez | Venezuela | 30:54.6 |
| 8 | Policarpio Calizaya | Bolivia | 31:04.7 |
| 9 | José Carmona | Venezuela | 31:14.0 |
| 10 | Félix Flores | Peru | 33:47.5 |

### Marathon

30 June
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Joseildo da Silva | Brazil | 2:33:22 |
| | Luis Nempo | Chile | 2:39:57 |
| | Doval da Silva | Brazil | 2:41:38 |
| 4 | Adolfo López | Peru | 2:41:40 |
| 5 | Iván Acosta | Peru | 2:48:54 |

### 110 metres hurdles

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | Joilto Bonfim | Brazil | 14.05 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Elvis Cedeño | Venezuela | 14.39 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | José Humberto Rivas | Colombia | 14.40 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | José Costa | Brazil | 14.42 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Oscar Ratto | Argentina | 14.63 | q |
| 6 | 2 | Eliexer Pulgar | Venezuela | 14.75 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | Marco Mina | Peru | 14.79 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | Arturo Rodríguez | Chile | 15.15 | q |
| 9 | 1 | Javier del Río | Peru | 15.45 | |
| 10 | 2 | Omar Triviño | Ecuador | 15.52 | |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Joilto Bonfim | Brazil | 14.11 |
| | Elvis Cedeño | Venezuela | 14.23 |
| | Eliexer Pulgar | Venezuela | 14.38 |
| 4 | José Humberto Rivas | Colombia | 14.40 |
| 5 | José Costa | Brazil | 14.66 |
| 6 | Marco Mina | Peru | 14.71 |
| 7 | Oscar Ratto | Argentina | 14.95 |
| 8 | Arturo Rodríguez | Chile | 15.89 |

### 400 metres hurdles

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | Eronilde de Araújo | Brazil | 50.50 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Luis Bello | Venezuela | 51.28 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Antonio Smith | Venezuela | 51.40 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Llimy Rivas | Colombia | 52.26 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | José Carlos Lima | Brazil | 52.40 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | Mauro Mina | Peru | 52.46 | q |
| 7 | 1 | Miguel Pérez | Argentina | 52.58 | q |
| 8 | 2 | Leonel Pedroza | Colombia | 53.63 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | Jorge Lau | Peru | 55.32 | |
| 10 | 2 | Omar Triviño | Ecuador | 57.14 | |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Eronilde de Araújo | Brazil | 49.65 | CR |
| | Antonio Smith | Venezuela | 50.14 | |
| | Luis Bello | Venezuela | 50.73 | |
| 4 | Llimy Rivas | Colombia | 51.49 | |
| 5 | José Carlos Lima | Brazil | 51.81 | |
| 6 | Miguel Pérez | Argentina | 52.26 | |
| 7 | Mauro Mina | Peru | 52.38 | |
| 8 | Leonel Pedroza | Colombia | 53.40 | |

### 3000 metres steeplechase

29 June
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Adauto Domingues | Brazil | 8:36.21 | CR |
| | Wander Moura | Brazil | 8:49.11 | |
| | Oscar Amaya | Argentina | 8:52.08 | |
| 4 | Carlos Naput | Argentina | 8:58.80 | |
| 5 | Jaime Valenzuela | Chile | 9:25.96 | |
| 6 | Carlos Collahuaso | Ecuador | 9:52.91 | |

### 4 × 100 metres relay

29 June
| Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time |
| | Brazil | Reginaldo Aguiar, Joilto Bonfim, Arnaldo da Silva, Robson da Silva | 39.90 |
| | Chile | Héctor Fernández, Roberto Marshall, Carlos Morales, Carlos Moreno | 40.61 |
| | Argentina | Claudio Molocznik, Guillermo Cacián, José María Beduino, Claudio Arcas | 41.22 |
| 4 | Venezuela | Cristóbal Caguao, Jorge Cañizales, Edgar Chourio, Jesús Malavé | 42.05 |
| | Colombia | | DNF |
| | Peru | | DNF |

### 4 × 400 metres relay

30 June
| Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes |
| | Brazil | Roberto Bortolotto, Jorge Costa, Geraldo Maranhão Jr., Ediélson Tenório | 3:05.60 | CR |
| | Venezuela | Antonio Smith, Henry Aguiar, José Moisés Zambrano, Luis Bello | 3:08.39 | |
| | Argentina | Claudio Arcas, José María Beduino, Guillermo Cacián, Claudio Molocznik | 3:11.10 | |
| 4 | Colombia | Leonel Pedroza, Wenceslao Ferrín, Javier Bermúdez, Llimy Rivas | 3:13.72 | |
| 5 | Chile | Sebastián Keitel, Pablo Squella, Manuel José Balmaceda, Carlos Morales | 3:14.41 | |
| 6 | Peru | Piero da Giau, Andrade, Jorge Lau, Moisés del Castillo | 3:15.02 | |
| | Ecuador | | DQ | |

### 20 kilometres walk

28 June
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Sérgio Galdino | Brazil | 1:26:25.3 |
| | Querubín Moreno | Colombia | 1:28:55.3 |
| | Orlando Díaz | Colombia | 1:30:21.6 |
| 4 | Carlos Ramones | Venezuela | 1:32:24.8 |
| 5 | Jorge Loréfice | Argentina | 1:38:58.0 |
| 6 | Sergio Quispe | Peru | 1:57:43.0 |
| | Carlos Bizet | Peru | DQ |
| | Marcelo Palma | Brazil | DQ |
| | Mauricio Cárdenas | Ecuador | DQ |
| | Jefferson Pérez | Ecuador | DQ |

### High jump

30 June
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
| | Gilmar Mayo | Colombia | 2.20 | CR |
| | Fernando Moreno | Argentina | 2.17 | |
| | Jorge Archanjo | Brazil | 2.11 | |
| 4 | Hugo Muñoz | Peru | 2.11 | |
| 5 | Valery Abugattas | Peru | 2.11 | |
| 6 | Luciano Bacelli | Brazil | 2.11 | |
| 7 | Fernando Pastoriza | Argentina | 2.05 | |
| 8 | Cristian Kraemer | Chile | 2.05 | |
| 9 | Claudio Pinto | Bolivia | 1.95 | |
| 10 | Giovanny Gudiño | Ecuador | 1.95 | |

### Pole vault

29 June
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result |
| | Cristián Aspillaga | Chile | 5.00 |
| | Konstantín Zagustín | Venezuela | 5.00 |
| | Tómas Riether | Chile | 4.80 |
| 4 | Fernando Pastoriza | Argentina | 4.60 |
| 5 | Marlon Borges | Brazil | 4.60 |
| 6 | Igor Castillo | Peru | 4.30 |

### Long jump

29 June
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result |
| | Paulo de Oliveira | Brazil | 7.83 |
| | Gelson Vaqueiro | Brazil | 7.46 |
| | Jimmy Ávila | Panama | 7.40 |
| 4 | Juan Carlos Moeckel | Chile | 7.31 |
| 5 | Sergio Saavedra | Venezuela | 7.20 |
| 6 | Rubén Herrada | Venezuela | 6.76 |
| 7 | Luis Candia | Chile | 6.68 |
| 8 | Santiago Lozada | Peru | 6.26 |
| 9 | Patricio Corral | Ecuador | 6.03 |

### Triple jump

28 June
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result |
| | Anísio Silva | Brazil | 16.15 |
| | Sergio Saavedra | Venezuela | 15.98 |
| | Ednilson de Miranda | Brazil | 15.74 |
| 4 | Freddy Nieves | Ecuador | 14.70 |
| 5 | Luis Candia | Chile | 14.70 |

### Shot put

29 June
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result |
| | Gert Weil | Chile | 18.37 |
| | Adilson Oliveira | Brazil | 18.08 |
| | Yojer Medina | Venezuela | 16.35 |
| 4 | Edson Miguel | Brazil | 15.95 |
| 5 | Andrés Charadía | Argentina | 15.14 |
| 6 | Marcelo Pugliese | Argentina | 14.48 |
| 7 | Daniel Duharte | Peru | 13.28 |
| 8 | Rubén Herrada | Venezuela | 12.94 |

### Discus throw

29 June
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
| | João dos Santos | Brazil | 58.08 | CR |
| | Marcelo Pugliese | Argentina | 53.08 | |
| | Jair Teotonio | Brazil | 51.62 | |
| 4 | Yojer Medina | Venezuela | 48.72 | |
| 5 | Andrés Charadía | Argentina | 47.44 | |
| 6 | José Andrés de Zaldívar | Chile | 45.96 | |
| 7 | Juan Tello | Peru | 39.80 | |

### Hammer throw

28 June
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result |
| | Adrián Marzo | Argentina | 65.12 |
| | Andrés Charadía | Argentina | 62.88 |
| | Pedro Rivail Atílio | Brazil | 61.32 |
| 4 | Ivam Bertelli | Brazil | 60.32 |
| 5 | Edmundo Castillo | Venezuela | 53.50 |
| 6 | Eduardo Acuña | Peru | 46.56 |

### Javelin throw

30 June
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result |
| | Luis Lucumí | Colombia | 74.42 |
| | Rodrigo Zelaya | Chile | 73.88 |
| | Gustavo Wielandt | Chile | 68.64 |
| 4 | Alan Dashwood | Argentina | 64.14 |
| 5 | Volmir Zilli | Brazil | 60.98 |
| 6 | Nivaldo Beje Filho | Brazil | 59.30 |
| 7 | Leónidas López | Ecuador | 49.46 |
| 8 | Tomislav Muhvic | Peru | 39.08 |

### Decathlon

29–30 June
| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | 100m | LJ | SP | HJ | 400m | 110m H | DT | PV | JT | 1500m | Points |
| | José de Assis | Brazil | 11.19 | 7.04 | 13.14 | 1.94 | 49.23 | 15.45 | 37.14 | 3.80 | 56.96 | 4:44.51 | 7227 |
| | Marco Antônio Brito | Brazil | 11.38 | 6.43 | 10.04 | 1.88 | 49.24 | 18.15 | 33.70 | 3.20 | 44.30 | 4:31.36 | 6189 |
| | Giovanny Gudiño | Ecuador | 12.25 | 5.79 | 9.05 | 1.94 | 55.86 | 18.35 | 20.76 | NM | 33.24 | 4:52.09 | 4617 |
| 4 | Freddy Nieves | Ecuador | 11.81 | 6.23 | 7.65 | 1.82 | 52.87 | 18.56 | 14.70 | NM | 34.30 | 4:53.26 | 4611 |

## Women's results
### 100 metres

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | Claudete Alves Pina | Brazil | 11.56 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Berenice Ferreira | Brazil | 11.76 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Elia Mera | Colombia | 11.89 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Alejandra Quiñones | Colombia | 11.97 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Margarita Martiarena | Uruguay | 12.14 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Emmy Ochoa | Venezuela | 12.14 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | Virginia Lebreo | Argentina | 12.17 | q |
| 8 | 2 | Denise Sharpe | Argentina | 12.20 | q |
| 9 | 2 | Lisette Rondón | Chile | 12.28 | |
| 10 | 2 | Ana María Luzio | Bolivia | 12.55 | |
| 11 | 1 | Sandra Antelo | Bolivia | 12.56 | |
| 12 | 1 | Gilda Massa | Peru | 12.59 | |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Claudete Alves Pina | Brazil | 11.84 |
| | Berenice Ferreira | Brazil | 11.93 |
| | Alejandra Quiñones | Colombia | 11.96 |
| 4 | Elia Mera | Colombia | 12.15 |
| 5 | Margarita Martiarena | Uruguay | 12.23 |
| 6 | Virginia Lebreo | Argentina | 12.31 |
| 7 | Emmy Ochoa | Venezuela | 12.34 |
| 8 | Denise Sharpe | Argentina | 12.37 |

### 200 metres

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Ximena Restrepo | Colombia | 23.21 | Q, CR |
| 2 | 1 | Claudete Alves Pina | Brazil | 23.34 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Eliane de Souza | Brazil | 24.16 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Claudia Acerenza | Uruguay | 24.19 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Hannelore Grosser | Chile | 24.51 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | Emmy Ochoa | Venezuela | 24.61 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | Virginia Lebreo | Argentina | 24.75 | q |
| 8 | 2 | Denise Sharpe | Argentina | 24.78 | q |
| 9 | 1 | Laura Abel | Uruguay | 24.93 | |
| 10 | 1 | Jackeline Solís | Bolivia | 25.52 | |
| 11 | 2 | Sandra Antelo | Bolivia | 25.64 | |
| 12 | 1 | Ana Solano | Ecuador | 27.72 | |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Ximena Restrepo | Colombia | 23.21 | =CR |
| | Claudete Alves Pina | Brazil | 23.37 | |
| | Eliane de Souza | Brazil | 23.92 | |
| 4 | Emmy Ochoa | Venezuela | 24.21 | |
| 5 | Claudia Acerenza | Uruguay | 24.27 | |
| 6 | Hannelore Grosser | Chile | 24.55 | |
| 7 | Virginia Lebreo | Argentina | 24.57 | |
| 8 | Denise Sharpe | Argentina | 24.93 | |

### 400 metres

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Eliane de Souza | Brazil | 54.60 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Maria Magnólia Figueiredo | Brazil | 54.85 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Ángela Mancilla | Colombia | 55.07 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Claudia Acerenza | Uruguay | 55.26 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Ismenia Guzmán | Chile | 55.45 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | Inés Justet | Uruguay | 55.81 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | Sara Montecinos | Chile | 57.34 | q |
| 8 | 2 | Janeth Castillo | Venezuela | 57.57 | q |
| 9 | 1 | Jackeline Solís | Bolivia | 57.77 | |
| 10 | 2 | Graciela Maidana | Paraguay | 57.79 | |
| 11 | 1 | Daniela Lebreo | Argentina | 57.82 | |
| 12 | 2 | Patricia Martínez | Peru | 59.54 | |
| 13 | 1 | Mayra Carchi | Ecuador | 1:00.62 | |
| 14 | 1 | Maritza Cuba | Peru | 1:01.05 | |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Maria Magnólia Figueiredo | Brazil | 51.56 | CR |
| | Eliane de Souza | Brazil | 53.76 | |
| | Ángela Mancilla | Colombia | 54.11 | |
| 4 | Claudia Acerenza | Uruguay | 54.55 | |
| 5 | Inés Justet | Uruguay | 55.46 | |
| 6 | Ismenia Guzmán | Chile | 55.92 | |
| 7 | Sara Montecinos | Chile | 57.05 | |
| 8 | Janeth Castillo | Venezuela | 57.88 | |

### 800 metres

28 June
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | ? | Maria Magnólia Figueiredo | Brazil | 2:00.45 | CR |
| | ? | Luciana Mendes | Brazil | 2:04.44 | |
| | ? | Amparo Alba | Colombia | 2:07.60 | |
| 4 | ? | Soledad Acerenza | Uruguay | 2:08.99 | |
| 5 | ? | Adriana Martínez | Ecuador | 2:09.04 | |
| 6 | ? | Paula Val | Argentina | 2:10.76 | |
| 7 | ? | Janeth Castillo | Venezuela | 2:11.10 | |
| 8 | ? | Sara Montecinos | Chile | 2:13.88 | |
| 9 | ? | Patricia Martínez | Peru | 2:14.19 | |
| 10 | ? | Niusha Mancilla | Bolivia | 2:14.50 | |
| 11 | ? | Mónica Chalá | Ecuador | 2:15.78 | |
| 12 | ? | Graciela Maidana | Paraguay | 2:16.10 | |
| 13 | ? | Maritza Cuba | Peru | 2:19.69 | |

### 1500 metres

28 June
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Rita de Jesus | Brazil | 4:19.18 | CR |
| | Celia dos Santos | Brazil | 4:21.64 | |
| | Amparo Alba | Colombia | 4:29.48 | |
| 4 | Rosa Ibarra | Colombia | 4:34.85 | |
| 5 | Paula Val | Argentina | 4:36.09 | |
| 6 | Niusha Mancilla | Bolivia | 4:38.86 | |
| 7 | Mónica Chalá | Ecuador | 4:46.33 | |

### 3000 metres

30 June
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Carmem de Oliveira | Brazil | 9:17.50 | CR |
| | Rita de Jesus | Brazil | 9:24.44 | |
| | Ruth Jaime | Peru | 9:39.04 | |
| 4 | Sandra Ruales | Ecuador | 9:46.00 | |
| 5 | Rosa Ibarra | Colombia | 9:51.59 | |
| 6 | María Inés Rodríguez | Argentina | 9:52.08 | |
| 7 | Carmen Naranjo | Ecuador | 9:53.72 | |
| 8 | Marisol Cossio | Bolivia | 10:10.13 | |
| 9 | Esneda Londoño | Colombia | 10:35.19 | |

### 10,000 metres

28 June
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Carmem de Oliveira | Brazil | 33:27.85 | CR |
| | Solange de Souza | Brazil | 34:00.90 | |
| | Sandra Ruales | Ecuador | 34:57.00 | |
| 4 | Carmen Naranjo | Ecuador | 35:20.87 | |
| 5 | Yolanda Casas | Peru | 35:21.13 | |
| 6 | Ruth Jaime | Peru | 36:21.29 | |
| 7 | María Inés Rodríguez | Argentina | 37:35.50 | |
| 8 | Esneda Londoño | Colombia | 38:36.45 | |

### 100 metres hurdles

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | Arlene Phillips | Venezuela | 13.97 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Carmen Bezanilla | Chile | 14.00 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Anabella von Kesselstatt | Argentina | 14.05 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Lucy da Conceiçao | Brazil | 14.41 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Juraciara da Silva | Brazil | 14.91 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | Rosa Morales | Peru | 14.91 | q |
| 7 | 2 | Gilda Massa | Peru | 15.07 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | Ingrid Meilicker | Paraguay | 15.08 | q |
| 9 | 2 | Lisette Rondón | Chile | 15.52 | |
| 10 | 1 | Gabriela Beatler | Ecuador | 16.11 | |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Carmen Bezanilla | Chile | 13.73 |
| | Arlene Phillips | Venezuela | 13.85 |
| | Anabella von Kesselstatt | Argentina | 14.20 |
| 4 | Lucy da Conceiçao | Brazil | 14.38 |
| 5 | Juraciara da Silva | Brazil | 14.72 |
| 6 | Gilda Massa | Peru | 14.88 |
| 7 | Rosa Morales | Peru | 15.07 |
| 8 | Ingrid Meilicker | Paraguay | 15.10 |

### 400 metres hurdles

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | Maria José dos Santos | Brazil | 59.64 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Maribelcy Peña | Colombia | 59.94 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Arlene Phillips | Venezuela | 1:00.94 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Liliana Chalá | Ecuador | 1:01.29 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Lucimara Machado | Brazil | 1:01.31 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | Inés Justet | Uruguay | 1:02.96 | q |
| 7 | 1 | Anabella von Kesselstatt | Argentina | 1:04.53 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | Ana Atencio | Peru | 1:06.84 | q |
| 9 | 2 | Amalia Gómez | Peru | 1:08.84 | |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Liliana Chalá | Ecuador | 57.16 | CR |
| | Maribelcy Peña | Colombia | 57.23 | |
| | Arlene Phillips | Venezuela | 58.42 | |
| 4 | Maria José dos Santos | Brazil | 58.75 | |
| 5 | Anabella von Kesselstatt | Argentina | 59.35 | |
| 6 | Inés Justet | Uruguay | 1:00.21 | |
| 7 | Lucimara Machado | Brazil | 1:01.35 | |
| 8 | Ana Atencio | Peru | 1:06.89 | |

### 4 × 100 metres relay

29 June
| Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time |
| | Brazil | Rita Gomes, Berenice Ferreira, Cleide Amaral, Eliane de Souza | 44.87 |
| | Colombia | Ángela Mancilla, Elia Mera, Alejandra Quiñones, Ximena Restrepo | 45.00 |
| | Argentina | Daniela Lebreo, Anabella von Kesselstatt, Virginia Lebreo, Denise Sharpe | 46.14 |
| 4 | Chile | Lisette Rondón, Carmen Bezanilla, Ismenia Guzmán, Hannelore Grosser | 46.54 |
| 5 | Uruguay | Claudia Acerenza, Margarita Martiarena, Inés Justet, Soledad Acerenza | 46.61 |
| 6 | Peru | Rosa Morales, Deysi Zereceda, Déborah de Souza, Gilda Massa | 49.60 |
| 7 | Ecuador | Liliana Chalá, Ana Solano, Adriana Martínez, Mayra Carchi | 50.18 |

### 4 × 400 metres relay

30 June
| Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes |
| | Brazil | Maria Magnólia Figueiredo, Jupira da Graça, Janice Vera Cruz, Luciana Mendes | 3:32.59 | CR |
| | Colombia | Ximena Restrepo, María Quiñones, Maribelcy Peña, Ángela Mancilla | 3:36.56 | |
| | Uruguay | Inés Justet, Soledad Acerenza, Laura Abel, Claudia Acerenza | 3:40.19 | NR |
| 4 | Chile | Sara Montecinos, Hannelore Grosser, Carmen Bezanilla, Ismenia Guzmán | 3:40.43 | |
| 5 | Argentina | Anabella von Kesselstatt, Paula Val, Daniela Lebreo, Virginia Lebreo | 3:50.91 | |
| 6 | Ecuador | Liliana Chalá, Mónica Chalá, Adriana Martínez, Mayra Carchi | 3:53.14 | |
| 7 | Peru | Ana Atencio, Patricia Martínez, Amalia Gómez, Maritza Cuba | 3:57.45 | |

### 10,000 metres walk

30 June
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Gloria Moreno | Colombia | 52:40.5 |
| | Bertha Vera | Ecuador | 52:53.2 |
| | Ivanna Hehn | Brazil | 53:38.1 |
| 4 | Miriam Ramón | Ecuador | 54:39.1 |
| 5 | Rosemar Piazza | Brazil | 55:12.1 |
| 6 | Lidia de Carriego | Argentina | 58:27.0 |
| 7 | Ruth Tenicela | Peru | 1:03:52.7 |
| 8 | Brenda Astudillo | Peru | 1:05:11.8 |

### High jump

28 June
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
| | Orlane dos Santos | Brazil | 1.89 | CR |
| | Mónica Lunkmoss | Brazil | 1.81 | |
| | Leonor Carter | Chile | 1.75 | |
| 4 | Liliana Derfler | Argentina | 1.70 | |
| 5 | María Alejandra Chomalí | Chile | 1.70 | |

### Long jump

29 June
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result |
| | Rita Slompo | Brazil | 5.94 |
| | Luciana dos Santos | Brazil | 5.78 |
| | Ingrid Meilicker | Paraguay | 5.51 |
| 4 | Ana María Luzio | Bolivia | 5.41 |
| 5 | Deysi Zereceda | Peru | 5.37 |
| 6 | Déborah de Souza | Peru | 5.29 |

### Shot put

30 June
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
| | María Isabel Urrutia | Colombia | 16.34 | CR |
| | Elisângela Adriano | Brazil | 16.04 | |
| | Alexandra Amaro | Brazil | 14.95 | |
| 4 | Virginia Salomón | Venezuela | 13.72 | |
| 5 | Rosa Peña | Peru | 12.56 | |
| 6 | Elvira Padilla | Peru | 12.16 | |
| 7 | Sonia Favre | Argentina | 11.54 | |
| 8 | Claudia Larenas | Chile | 11.01 | |

### Discus throw

29 June
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
| | María Isabel Urrutia | Colombia | 51.70 | CR |
| | Fátima Germano | Brazil | 49.74 | |
| | Rosana Piovesan | Brazil | 47.80 | |
| 4 | Claudia Larenas | Chile | 47.30 | |
| 5 | Elvira Padilla | Peru | 29.90 | |
| 6 | Isabel Ordoñez | Ecuador | 20.52 | |

### Javelin throw

28 June
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
| | Marieta Riera | Venezuela | 51.70 | CR |
| | Sueli dos Santos | Brazil | 56.64 | |
| | Mônica Rocha | Brazil | 50.26 | |
| 4 | Verónica Prieto | Colombia | 48.58 | |
| 5 | Sonia Favre | Argentina | 43.00 | |
| 6 | Isabel Ordoñez | Ecuador | 40.66 | |

### Heptathlon

29–30 June
| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | 100m H | HJ | SP | 200m | LJ | JT | 800m | Points |
| | Zorobabelia Córdoba | Colombia | 14.76 | 1.67 | 13.45 | 25.22 | 5.84 | 44.62 | 2:30.32 | 5564 |
| | Conceição Geremias | Brazil | 14.53 | 1.67 | 12.80 | 25.90 | 5.69 | 36.40 | 2:31.16 | 5277 |
| | Ana Lúcia Silva | Brazil | 15.82 | 1.64 | 12.25 | 26.46 | 5.54 | 36.58 | 2:40.53 | 4837 |
| 4 | Liliana Derfler | Argentina | 14.54 | 1.73 | 8.15 | 26.46 | 5.82 | 28.96 | 3:32.90 | 4335 |
| 5 | Isabel Ordoñez | Ecuador | 17.83 | 1.46 | 9.25 | 28.44 | 4.60 | 35.48 | 2:52.91 | 3630 |