# Athletics at the 2024 Bolivarian Youth Games

Athletics competitions at the 2024 Bolivarian Youth Games in Sucre, Bolivia were held from 11 to 14 April 2024 at Estadio Olímpico Patria.
Forty three medal events were scheduled to be contested: 42 events equally divided among boys and girls plus a 4 × 400 metres relay mixed event. A total of 164 athletes (86 boys and 78 girls) competed in the events. Athletes had to be born between 1 January 2005 and 31 December 2008 to be eligible (ages 16 to 19), that is, they must belong to the U20 category.

## Participating nations

All 7 ODEBO National Olympic Committees (NOCs) registered athletes for the athletics competitions. Each NOC was able to enter a maximum of 36 athletes (18 per gender), with up to two athletes for each boys and girls individual events and one team for each relay event. Athletes belonging to the U18 category (16 and 17 years old) could compete in any event, but no U18 athlete could compete in more than one event of a distance greater than 200 metres on the same day.
Numbers in parentheses indicate the number of athletes entered the competition by each NOC.
* Bolivia (33)
* Chile (26)
* Colombia (32)
* Ecuador (12)
* Panama (8)
* Peru (29)
* Venezuela (24)

## Medal summary
### Medal table

* Host nation (Bolivia)
| Rank | NOC | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Colombia (COL) | 12 | 5 | 15 | 32 |
| 2 | Chile (CHI) | 11 | 12 | 6 | 29 |
| 3 | Ecuador (ECU) | 7 | 4 | 3 | 14 |
| 4 | Venezuela (VEN) | 6 | 10 | 4 | 20 |
| 5 | Peru (PER) | 4 | 7 | 10 | 21 |
| 6 | Bolivia (BOL)* | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Totals (6 entries) | Totals (6 entries) | 40 | 39 | 39 | 118 |

### Medalists
#### Boys' events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres | Benjamín Aravena Chile | 10.35 | Aron Earl Peru | 10.51 | Hugo Thyme Colombia | 10.73 |
| 200 metres | Benjamín Aravena Chile | 20.75 | Axel Gómez Venezuela | 21.18 | Hugo Thyme Colombia | 21.29 |
| 400 metres | Ian Andrey Pata Ecuador | 47.41 | Axel Gómez Venezuela | 48.26 | Santiago Leal Colombia | 48.53 |
| 800 metres | Jhoiner Delgado Venezuela | 1:54.64 | Lucas Jara Chile | 1:55.32 | Giancarlo Bravo Peru | 1:56.31 |
| 1500 metres | Lucas Jara Chile | 4:06.77 | Sebastián Dossow Chile | 4:07.55 | Thomas Castro Colombia | 4:08.03 |
| 3000 metres | Luis Gustavo Huamán Peru | 8:55.08 | Thomas Castro Colombia | 8:55.22 | Jessiel Paez Ecuador | 9:00.66 |
| 5000 metres | Luis Gustavo Huamán Peru | 15:34.25 | Brayan Huanca Peru | 15:36.09 | Dylan Carrasco Colombia | 15:36.21 |
| 110 metres hurdles | Roger Rodríguez Ecuador | 13.80 | Alonso Quiroz Peru | 13.90 | Ramón Fuenzalida Chile | 14.07 |
| 400 metres hurdles | Ramón Fuenzalida Chile | 51.93 | Ian Andrey Pata Ecuador | 52.05 | Santiago Quintero Venezuela | |
| 3000 metres steeplechase | Lizardo Huamaní Peru | 10:04.29 | Deangelo Cadima Bolivia | 10:26.54 | Julio Espinoza Chile | 10:55.02 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay | Chile Gonzalo Mena Benjamín Aravena Martín Villegas Ramón Fuenzalida | 41.52 | Venezuela Ángel Ramírez Axel Gómez Santiago Quintero Sebastian Gómez | 41.99 | Peru Nicolás Sánchez Mariano Fiol Jeffrey Cajo Aron Earl | 42.03 |
| 10 kilometres walk | Ivan Darío Oña Ecuador | 45:08.18 | Jesús Ramirez Colombia | 45:54.02 | Juan Pablo Rojas Colombia | 46:35.50 |
| High jump | Cristóbal Sahurie Chile | 2.10 m | Jholeixon Rodríguez Ecuador | 2.04 m | Héctor Añez Venezuela | 1.95 m |
| Pole vault | Leonardo Olate Chile | 4.40 m | No silver and bronze medals were awarded (NM). | No silver and bronze medals were awarded (NM). | No silver and bronze medals were awarded (NM). | No silver and bronze medals were awarded (NM). |
| Long jump | Ángel Ramírez Venezuela | 7.00 m | Gonzalo Mena Chile | 6.98 m | Santiago Theran Colombia | 6.77 m |
| Triple jump | | | | | | |
| Shot put | Erick Caicedo Ecuador | 16.71 m | Kevin Huang Huang Chile | 15.51 m | Juan David Montaño Colombia | 15.33 m |
| Discus throw | Juan David Montaño Colombia | 57.97 m | Alan Fell Chile | 53.41 m | Kevin Huang Huang Chile | 47.96 m |
| Hammer throw | Benjamín Muñoz Chile | 68.81 m | Cipriano Riquelme Chile | 66.40 m | Juan Sebastián Scarpetta Colombia | 65.81 m |
| Javelin throw | Orlando Fernández Venezuela | 71.59 m | Pablo Frutos Chile | 60.75 m | Santiago Pimentel Colombia | 56.03 m |
| Decathlon | Max Moraga Chile | 6859 pts | Facundo Millán Chile | 6566 pts | Antoni Estrada Venezuela | 6054 pts |

#### Girls' events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres | Antonia Ramírez Chile | 11.76 | Beynailis Romero Venezuela | 11.86 | Cayetana Chirinos Peru | 11.87 |
| 200 metres | Antonia Ramírez Chile | 23.61 | Beynailis Romero Venezuela | 23.70 | Dana Jiménez Colombia | 23.94 |
| 400 metres | Paola Loboa Colombia | 53.84 | Nahomy Castro Colombia | 54.10 | Maria Celeste Rojas Venezuela | 56.01 |
| 800 metres | Luciana Fernández Peru | 2:12.30 | Maria Celeste Rojas Venezuela | 2:12.50 | Jacoba Goicochea Peru | 2:14.55 |
| 1500 metres | Karol Luna Colombia | 04:50.90 | Dayana Flores Peru | 04:52.67 | Laura Camargo Colombia | 04:52.75 |
| 3000 metres | Karol Luna Colombia | 11:46.48 | Luz Arias Peru | 11:55.14 | Alison Guamán Ecuador | 12:26.85 |
| 5000 metres | | | | | | |
| 100 metres hurdles | Luciana Zapata Colombia | 14.12 | Catalina Rozas Chile | 14.16 | Maria Paula Reinoso Colombia | 15.22 |
| 400 metres hurdles | Yariana Carpio Venezuela | 1:02.15 | Ximena Vásquez Peru | 1:06.37 | Luciana Estrada Bolivia | 1:08.18 |
| 3000 metres steeplechase | Laura Camargo Colombia | 11:22.47 | Salicia Salcedo Peru | 12:10.74 | Ytala Canchanya Peru | 12:41.12 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay | Venezuela Glanyernis Guerra Orihana Guzmán Nahomy García Beynailis Romero | 46.05 | Chile Jacinta Philipps Antonia Ramírez Catalina Heilenkotter Blanca Yarur | 46.06 | Peru Daniela Salazar Bianca Conroy Adriana Chávez Cayetana Chirinos | 46.90 |
| 10 kilometres walk | Ruby Segura Colombia | 52:10.75 | Katherine Barreto Ecuador | 54:04.07 | Yadira Orihuela Peru | 55:06.27 |
| High jump | María Arboleda Colombia | 1.86 m | Katherine Desiderio Ecuador | 1.72 m | María Baboun Chile | 1.60 m |
| Pole vault | Luna Pabón Colombia | 3.60 m | Asunción Dreyfus Chile | 3.10 m | Mariana Minchola Peru | 2.90 m |
| Long jump | Dana Jiménez Colombia | 5.92 m | Matilde Tejos Chile | 5.66 m | Angie Rivas Colombia | 5.64 m |
| Triple jump | Sylvana Behile Ecuador | 12.98 | Valery Arce Colombia | 12.97 | Matilde Tejos Chile | 12.43 |
| Shot put | Belsy Quiñonez Ecuador | 14.32 m | Luisanyz Fuentes Venezuela | 13.67 m | Sury Murillo Colombia | 12.87 m |
| Discus throw | Angélica Caicedo Colombia | 47.81 | Ottaynis Febres Venezuela | 46.94 | Belsy Quiñonez Ecuador | 45.19 |
| Hammer throw | Yenniver Veroes Venezuela | 62.29 m | Karol Hurtado Colombia | 51.37 m | Catalina Heilenkotter Chile | 47.64 m |
| Javelin throw | Hashly Ayoví Ecuador | 49.71 m | Arianny Rojas Venezuela | 45.78 m | Kimberly Flores Peru | 41.69 m |
| Heptathlon | | | | | | |

#### Mixed event

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 4 × 400 metres relay | Colombia Esteban Bermúdez Paola Loboa Óscar Leal Nahomy Castro | 3:27.62 | Venezuela Royber Montes María Rojas Roineld Lara Yariana Carpio | 3:36.46 | Peru Anderson Távara Emilia Martínez Jeffrey Cajo Luciana Fernández | 3:40.79 |