# 1987 South American Junior Championships in Athletics

The 19th South American Junior Championships in Athletics were held in Santiago, Chile from September 24–27, 1987.

## Participation (unofficial)

Detailed result lists can be found on the "World Junior Athletics History" website. An unofficial count yields the number of about 251 athletes from about 10 countries: Argentina (50), Bolivia (8), Brazil (49), Chile (51), Colombia (5), Ecuador (17), Paraguay (13), Peru (27), Uruguay (14), Venezuela (17).

## Medal summary

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

### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres | Gerardo Meinardi (ARG) | 10.64 | Néstor Soncini (ARG) | 10.75 | Fernando Botasso (BRA) | 10.79 |
| 200 metres | Gerardo Meinardi (ARG) | 21.41 | Carlos Gats (ARG) | 21.52 | Jessé de Souza (BRA) | 21.93 |
| 400 metres | Charles Bodington (VEN) | 47.67 | Inaldo Sena (BRA) | 48.26 | Piero Chichizola (PER) | 49.13 |
| 800 metres | Charles Bodington (VEN) | 1:51.26 | Juan Navarro (VEN) | 1:51.81 | Adauto da Silva (BRA) | 1:51.84 |
| 1500 metres | Clodoaldo do Carmo (BRA) | 3:57.45 | Adauto da Silva (BRA) | 3:57.63 | Reinaldo Camacho (PER) | 4:00.88 |
| 5000 metres | Clodoaldo do Carmo (BRA) | 14:25.17 | Valdenor dos Santos (BRA) | 14:29.75 | Eduardo Carrasco (CHI) | 14:30.31 |
| 110 metres hurdles | Javier del Río (PER) | 14.74 | Fábio Aleixo (BRA) | 14.82 | Erasmo Ceballos (ARG) | 15.64 |
| 400 metres hurdles | Fábio Aleixo (BRA) | 52.39 | Pedro Bakovic (CHI) | 52.64 | Paulo Rodrigues (BRA) | 53.02 |
| 2000 metres steeplechase | Wander Moura (BRA) | 5:46.94 | Leonardo Malgor (ARG) | 5:49.86 | Alexandre Coutinho (BRA) | 5:53.63 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay | Argentina | 41.41 | Brazil | 41.95 | Peru | 42.23 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay | Brazil | 3:15.01 | Argentina | 3:15.52 | Peru Pedro Velarde Piero Chichizola Javier del Rio Guillermo Ghersi | 3:16.96 |
| 10,000 metres track walk | Juan Rojas (ECU) | 43:20.6 | Juan Canevaro (CHI) | 45:20.0 | Sérgio Galdino (BRA) | 46:17.8 |
| High jump | Arnaldo Gorziglia (CHI) | 2.00 | Alejandro Terzián (ARG) | 1.95 | Guerrino Zani (BRA) | 1.95 |
| Pole vault | Konstantín Zagustín (VEN) | 4.60 | Martín Bossio (ARG) | 4.40 | Marcos Guzmán (ECU) | 4.30 |
| Long jump | Paulo de Oliveira (BRA) | 7.14 | Ricardo Valiente (PER) | 7.09 | Juan Carlos Moeckel (CHI) | 7.08 |
| Triple jump | Ricardo Valiente (PER) | 16.07 | Sergio Saavedra (VEN) | 15.45 | Julio da Costa (BRA) | 15.18 |
| Shot put | Valmir Campos (BRA) | 14.72 | Ramón Jiménez (PAR) | 14.66 | Paulo Nasvim (BRA) | 13.76 |
| Discus throw | Ramón Jiménez (PAR) | 46.28 | Marcelo Pugliese (ARG) | 44.12 | Ricardo Moreno (ARG) | 43.50 |
| Hammer throw | Adrián Marzo (ARG) | 60.88 | Marcelo Pugliese (ARG) | 59.66 | Alexandre Mantovani (BRA) | 53.20 |
| Javelin throw | Orion Pedroso (BRA) | 63.78 | Rodrigo Zelaya (CHI) | 62.98 | Mario Alaniz (URU) | 58.10 |
| Decathlon | Carlos Magno de Araújo (BRA) | 6507 | Juan Carlos Moeckel (CHI) | 6383 | Ivan Costa (BRA) | 6198 |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres | Ximena Restrepo (COL) | 11.69 | Milagros Allende (ARG) | 12.02 | Rita Gomes (BRA) | 12.12 |
| 200 metres | Ximena Restrepo (COL) | 23.72 | Jupira da Graça (BRA) | 24.56 | Milagros Allende (ARG) | 24.69 |
| 400 metres | Sidnéia Franco (BRA) | 56.21 | Claudia Riquelme (CHI) | 56.66 | Paola Gianna (ARG) | 58.67 |
| 800 metres | Célia dos Santos (BRA) | 2:13.68 | Mabel Arrúa (ARG) | 2:14.86 | Mónica Vilches (ARG) | 2:15.15 |
| 1500 metres | Célia dos Santos (BRA) | 4:37.04 | Valeria Martínez (ARG) | 4:37.29 | Roxana Coronatti (ARG) | 4:38.68 |
| 3000 metres | Valeria Martínez (ARG) | 9:50.68 | María Medina (ECU) | 9:57.71 | Roxana Coronatti (ARG) | 10:03.55 |
| 100 metres hurdles | Carolina Gutiérrez (ARG) | 14.42 | Mariana Albertsen (ARG) | 15.06 | Ana María Núñez (URU) | 15.18 |
| 400 metres hurdles | Ana María Núñez (URU) | 62.74 | Sidnéia Franco (BRA) | 62.92 | Anabella von Kesselstatt (ARG) | 63.05 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay | Brazil ? ? Rita Gomes Jupira da Graça | 46.62 | Argentina ? Elizabeth Minetti Soledad Serra Milagros Allende | 47.38 | Chile ? ? ? Soledad Bacarezza | 47.76 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay | Brazil | 3:47.65 | Chile | 3:50.48 | Argentina | 3:51.86 |
| High jump | Claudia Blotto (ARG) | 1.68 | Ana Lúcia Silva (BRA) | 1.68 | María Isabel Rubio (CHI) | 1.68 |
| Long jump | Ana Martina Vizioli (ARG) | 5.89 | María Isabel Rubio (CHI) | 5.77 | Andrea Ávila (ARG) | 5.68 |
| Shot put | Lila Morales (VEN) | 12.80 | Berta Gómez (COL) | 12.43 | Alexandra Amaro (BRA) | 12.32 |
| Discus throw | Berta Gómez (COL) | 45.28 | Elizabeth dos Santos (BRA) | 40.95 | Silvia Decoud (ARG) | 39.20 |
| Javelin throw | Berta Gómez (COL) | 49.24 | Alexandra Dumas (BRA) | 47.90 | Rosemeire Costa (BRA) | 46.66 |
| Heptathlon | Carolina Gutiérrez (ARG) | 4758 | Alexandra Dumas (BRA) | 4442 | Natalia Toledo (PAR) | 4414 |

## Medal table (unofficial)

* Host nation (Chile)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Brazil (BRA) | 14 | 11 | 14 | 39 |
| 2 | Argentina (ARG) | 9 | 13 | 11 | 33 |
| 3 | Venezuela (VEN) | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | Colombia (COL) | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | Peru (PER) | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 6 | Chile (CHI)* | 1 | 7 | 4 | 12 |
| 7 | Ecuador (ECU) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Paraguay (PAR) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | Uruguay (URU) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Totals (9 entries) | Totals (9 entries) | 37 | 37 | 37 | 111 |