# 1997 South American Championships in Athletics – Results

These are the results of the 1997 South American Championships in Athletics which took place at the Estadio Municipal Teodoro Bronzini in Mar del Plata, Argentina, on 4, 5 and 6 April.

## Men's results
### 100 metres

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | Carlos Gats | Argentina | 10.23 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | André Domingos | Brazil | 10.24 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Carlos Bernardo Moreno | Chile | 10.42 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Sebastián Keitel | Chile | 10.52 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Robinson Urrutia | Colombia | 10.53 | q |
| 6 | 1 | Gabriel Simón | Argentina | 10.65 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | Fernando Robledo | Colombia | 10.69 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | Heber Viera | Uruguay | 10.77 | |
| 9 | 2 | Rubén Techeira | Uruguay | 10.85 | q |
| 10 | 1 | Javier Verme | Peru | 11.03 | |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Sebastián Keitel | Chile | 10.30 |
| | André Domingos | Brazil | 10.32 |
| | Carlos Gats | Argentina | 10.46 |
| 4 | Carlos Bernardo Moreno | Chile | 10.54 |
| 5 | Gabriel Simón | Argentina | 10.61 |
| 6 | Fernando Robledo | Colombia | 10.64 |
| 7 | Rubén Techeira | Uruguay | 11.04 |
| | Robinson Urrutia | Colombia | DQ |

### 200 metres

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Claudinei da Silva | Brazil | 21.18 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Sebastián Keitel | Chile | 21.53 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Carlos Bernardo Moreno | Chile | 21.59 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Sidney de Souza | Brazil | 21.65 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Carlos Gats | Argentina | 21.80 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | Guillermo Cacián | Argentina | 22.14 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | Javier Verme | Peru | 22.30 | q |
| 8 | 2 | José Luis Herrera | Colombia | 22.32 | q |
| 9 | 2 | Daniel Sarmiento | Uruguay | 22.40 | |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Claudinei da Silva | Brazil | 21.06 |
| | Sebastián Keitel | Chile | 21.13 |
| | Sidney de Souza | Brazil | 21.32 |
| 4 | Carlos Gats | Argentina | 21.37 |
| 5 | Carlos Bernardo Moreno | Chile | 21.67 |
| 6 | Guillermo Cacián | Argentina | 21.77 |
| 7 | Javier Verme | Peru | 23.31 |
| | José Luis Herrera | Colombia | DNS |

### 400 metres

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Sanderlei Parrela | Brazil | 47.78 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Gustavo Aguirre | Argentina | 48.28 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Inaldo Sena | Brazil | 48.31 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Carlos Zbinden | Chile | 48.35 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Wenceslao Ferrín | Colombia | 48.40 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | Julio César Rojas | Colombia | 48.79 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | Guillermo Cacián | Argentina | 49.27 | q |
| 8 | 2 | Ricardo Roach | Chile | 49.61 | q |
| 9 | 1 | Danielo Estefan | Uruguay | 50.16 | |
| 10 | 2 | Xavier Caicedo | Ecuador | 50.72 | |
| 11 | 2 | Sebastián Barrios | Uruguay | 51.70 | |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Sanderlei Parrela | Brazil | 46.17 |
| | Carlos Zbinden | Chile | 47.33 |
| | Gustavo Aguirre | Argentina | 47.52 |
| 4 | Inaldo Sena | Brazil | 47.57 |
| 5 | Wenceslao Ferrín | Colombia | 47.71 |
| 6 | Julio César Rojas | Colombia | 48.21 |
| 7 | Ricardo Roach | Chile | 48.23 |
| 8 | Guillermo Cacián | Argentina | 48.76 |

### 800 metres

6 April
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Valdinei da Silva | Brazil | 1:46.89 |
| | Flávio Godoy | Brazil | 1:48.50 |
| | Manuel Balmaceda | Chile | 1:51.38 |
| 4 | Gabriel Guzmán | Argentina | 1:51.94 |
| 5 | Rafael Iturrioz | Argentina | 1:52.08 |
| 6 | Pablo Ramírez | Ecuador | 1:52.79 |
| 7 | Danielo Estefan | Uruguay | 1:53.63 |
| 8 | Rafael Scabino | Uruguay | 1:53.90 |

### 1500 metres

4 April
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Edgar de Oliveira | Brazil | 3:49.76 |
| | José Valente | Brazil | 3:50.64 |
| | Pablo Ramírez | Ecuador | 3:51.84 |
| 4 | Juan José Cruz | Argentina | 3:52.60 |
| 5 | Cristian Rosales | Uruguay | 3:52.76 |
| 6 | Darío Martínez | Argentina | 3:56.79 |
| 7 | Néstor García | Uruguay | 4:00.77 |
| 8 | Carlos Barrientos | Paraguay | 4:09.62 |

### 5000 metres

6 April
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Eduardo Carrasco | Chile | 14:08.48 |
| | Néstor García | Uruguay | 14:15.56 |
| | Pedro Rojas | Colombia | 14:17.48 |
| 4 | Cristian Rosales | Uruguay | 14:20.53 |
| 5 | Juan José Cruz | Argentina | 14:20.54 |
| 6 | Franklin Tenorio | Ecuador | 14:20.58 |
| 7 | Edgar de Oliveira | Brazil | 14:25.69 |
| 8 | Oscar Amaya | Argentina | 14:27.04 |
| 9 | Agustín Morán | Panama | 14:34.29 |

### 10,000 metres

4 April
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Eduardo Carrasco | Chile | 29:07.77 |
| | Emerson Iser Bem | Brazil | 29:10.67 |
| | Pedro Rojas | Colombia | 29:11.74 |
| 4 | Franklin Tenorio | Ecuador | 29:15.66 |
| 5 | José Montenegro | Argentina | 29:31.61 |
| 6 | Agustín Morán | Panama | 30:15.64 |
| 7 | Waldemar Cotelo | Uruguay | 30:16.26 |

### 110 metres hurdles

4 April Wind: +3.8 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Emerson Perín | Brazil | 14.21 |
| | José Humberto Rivas | Colombia | 14.29 |
| | Oscar Ratto | Argentina | 14.64 |
| 4 | Gabriel Corradini | Argentina | 14.90 |

### 400 metres hurdles

6 April
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Eronilde de Araújo | Brazil | 49.35 |
| | Cleverson da Silva | Brazil | 49.85 |
| | Carlos Zbinden | Chile | 50.11 |
| 4 | Llimy Rivas | Colombia | 51.29 |
| 5 | Ricardo D'Andrilli | Argentina | 51.57 |
| 6 | Xavier Caicedo | Ecuador | 53.05 |

### 3000 metres steeplechase

5 April
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Wander Moura | Brazil | 8:35.40 | CR |
| | Pablo Ramírez | Ecuador | 8:48.50 | NR |
| | Julián Peralta | Argentina | 8:54.64 | |
| 4 | Leonardo Ribas | Brazil | 9:00.12 | |
| 5 | Rogelio Fernández | Uruguay | 9:08.09 | |
| 6 | Héctor Aimar | Argentina | 9:19.26 | |
| 7 | Marcos Silva | Uruguay | 9:35.10 | |

### 4 × 100 metres relay

5 April
| Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time |
| | Brazil | Emerson Perín, Nélson Carlos Ferreira, Sidney de Souza, Claudinei da Silva | 40.07 |
| | Chile | Pablo Almeida, Ricardo Roach, Sebastián Keitel, Carlos Bernardo Moreno | 40.08 |
| | Argentina | Jorge Luis Polanco, Gabriel Simón, Guillermo Cacián, Carlos Gats | 40.11 |
| 4 | Colombia | Robinson Urrutia, José Luis Herrera, Fernando Robledo, Wenceslao Ferrín | 41.36 |
| 5 | Uruguay | Gustavo Alzugaray, Danielo Estefan, Rubén Techeira, Daniel Sarmiento | 42.87 |

### 4 × 400 metres relay

6 April
| Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time |
| | Brazil | Inaldo de Sena, Eronilde de Araújo, Valdinei da Silva, Sanderlei Parrela | 3:04.20 |
| | Chile | Carlos Bernardo Moreno, Ricardo Roach, Alejandro Krauss, Carlos Zbinden | 3:07.98 |
| | Colombia | Fernando Robledo, Wenceslao Ferrín, Llimy Rivas, Julio César Rojas | 3:09.10 |
| 4 | Argentina | Gabriel Guzmán, Ricardo D'Andrilli, Guillermo Cacián, Gustavo Aguirre | 3:10.33 |
| 5 | Uruguay | Sebastián Barrios, Rafael Scabino, Zunino, Danielo Estefan | 3:16.86 |

### 20,000 metres walk

5 April
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Héctor Moreno | Colombia | 1:23:06.73 | CR |
| | Sérgio Galdino | Brazil | 1:23:28.06 | |
| | Cláudio Bertolino | Brazil | 1:28:02.74 | |
| 4 | Jorge Loréfice | Argentina | 1:28:03.9 | |
| 5 | Jorge Yannone | Argentina | 1:42:35.1 | |

### High jump

5 April
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Results | Notes |
| | Gilmar Mayo | Colombia | 2.26 | CR |
| | Fabrício Romero | Brazil | 2.15 | |
| | Vagner Príncipe | Brazil | 2.15 | |
| 4 | Fernando Moreno | Argentina | 2.10 | |
| 5 | Erasmo Jara | Argentina | 2.10 | |
| 6 | Franco Moy | Peru | 2.05 | |
| 7 | José Barahona | Panama | 2.05 | |
| 8 | Víctor Betancour | Uruguay | 2.05 | |
| 9 | Alfredo Deza | Peru | 2.05 | |
| 10 | Enrique Vallory | Paraguay | 1.95 | |

### Pole vault

4 April
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Results |
| | Oscar Veit | Argentina | 4.85 |
| | Fernando Pastoriza | Argentina | 4.80 |
| | Sebastián Ortiz | Uruguay | 4.70 |
| 4 | Cristian Aspillaga | Chile | 4.60 |
| 5 | Igor Castillo | Peru | 4.50 |
| 6 | Gustavo Alzugaray | Uruguay | 4.50 |
| 7 | Gustavo Rehder | Brazil | 4.40 |
| 8 | Francisco León | Peru | 4.20 |

### Long jump

4 April
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Results |
| | Nélson Carlos Ferreira | Brazil | 7.84 |
| | Márcio da Cruz | Brazil | 7.59 |
| | Yessid Cossio | Colombia | 7.32 |
| 4 | Diego Vázquez | Argentina | 6.90 |
| 5 | Pablo Armando Silva | Argentina | 6.73 |

### Triple jump

6 April
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Results |
| | Anísio Silva | Brazil | 16.24 |
| | Márcio Cardoso | Brazil | 15.89 |
| | Alejandro Gats | Argentina | 14.99 |
| 4 | Leandro Simes | Argentina | 14.67 |
| 5 | Franco Moy | Peru | 14.37w |

### Shot put

4 April
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Results |
| | Édson Miguel | Brazil | 17.44 |
| | Marco Antonio Verni | Chile | 16.82 |
| | Andrés Solo de Zaldívar | Chile | 15.74 |
| 4 | Adrián Marzo | Argentina | 15.45 |
| 5 | Marcelo Pugliese | Argentina | 15.30 |
| 6 | Juan Tello | Peru | 14.21 |

### Discus throw

6 April
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Results |
| | Ramón Jiménez Gaona | Paraguay | 57.32 |
| | Marcelo Pugliese | Argentina | 54.18 |
| | Julio César Piñero | Argentina | 53.00 |
| 4 | Édson Miguel | Brazil | 52.02 |
| 5 | Andrés Solo de Zaldívar | Chile | 48.96 |
| 6 | Marco Antonio Verni | Chile | 48.56 |
| 7 | Dante Yorges | Peru | 47.26 |
| 8 | Juan Tello | Peru | 47.04 |

### Hammer throw

4 April
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Results |
| | Juan Ignacio Cerra | Argentina | 68.92 |
| | Adrián Marzo | Argentina | 66.36 |
| | Eduardo Acuña | Peru | 58.44 |
| 4 | José Manuel Llano | Chile | 57.20 |
| 5 | Mario Leme | Brazil | 56.86 |
| 6 | Pedro Atilio | Brazil | 56.70 |

### Javelin throw

5 April
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Results |
| | Nery Kennedy | Paraguay | 75.08 |
| | Luiz Fernando da Silva | Brazil | 74.88 |
| | Luis Lucumí | Colombia | 74.00 |
| 4 | Edgar Baumann | Paraguay | 72.18 |
| 5 | Marcos Vieira | Brazil | 70.62 |
| 6 | Rodrigo Zelaya | Chile | 69.70 |
| 7 | Mauricio Silva | Argentina | 63.76 |
| 8 | Michael Musselmann | Peru | 61.46 |
| 9 | Néstor Giménez | Argentina | 59.66 |

### Decathlon

4–5 April
| Athlete | Nationality | 100m | LJ | SP | HJ | 400m | 110m H | DT | PV | JT | 1500m | Points |
| Alejandro Acosta | Argentina | 11.45w | 16.87w | 9.94 | 1.94 | 53.93 | 15.37w | 30.60 | 4.20 | 43.64 | 4:40.66 | 6546 |
| Santiago Lorenzo | Argentina | 11.52w | 6.01w | 11.10 | 1.82 | 50.46 | 16.22w | 30.84 | 4.00 | 52.22 | 4:36.98 | 6495 |
| Alexis Recioy | Uruguay | 11.09w | 6.81w | 10.29 | 1.85 | 50.69 | 15.93w | 31.48 | 3.90 | 44.36 | 5:04.08 | 6433 |
| Emerson Vianna | Brazil | 11.66w | 6.59 | DNS | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | DNF |

## Women's results
### 100 metres

4 April Wind: +4.5 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Lucimar de Moura | Brazil | 11.47 |
| | Felipa Palacios | Colombia | 11.48 |
| | Zandra Borrero | Colombia | 11.75 |
| 4 | Kátia Regina Santos | Brazil | 11.88 |
| 5 | Marcela Tiscornia | Uruguay | 11.94 |
| 6 | Ana Mariuxi Caicedo | Ecuador | 12.01 |
| 7 | Vanesa Wohlgemuth | Argentina | 12.03 |
| 8 | Claudia Acerenza | Uruguay | 12.36 |

### 200 metres

6 April Wind: -0.8 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Felipa Palacios | Colombia | 23.20 | CR |
| | Lucimar de Moura | Brazil | 23.51 | |
| | Olga Conte | Argentina | 23.90 | |
| 4 | Mirtha Brock | Colombia | 24.19 | |
| 5 | Marcela Tiscornia | Uruguay | 24.41 | |
| 6 | Kátia Regina Santos | Brazil | 24.75 | |
| 7 | Daniela Lebreo | Argentina | 24.83 | |
| 8 | Mónica Castro | Chile | 25.06 | |

### 400 metres

4 April
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Olga Conte | Argentina | 53.41 |
| | Maria Magnólia Figueiredo | Brazil | 53.49 |
| | Norfalia Carabalí | Colombia | 54.47 |
| 4 | Janeth Lucumí | Colombia | 55.92 |
| 5 | Claudete Alves Pina | Brazil | 56.55 |
| 6 | Daniela Lebreo | Argentina | 58.02 |
| 7 | Ondina Rodríguez | Ecuador | 1:01.21 |
| 8 | Macarena Darias | Uruguay | 1:01.74 |

### 800 metres

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Luciana Mendes | Brazil | 2:09.63 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Fátima dos Santos | Brazil | 2:10.85 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Mercy Colorado | Ecuador | 2:10.86 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Silvia dos Santos Coelho | Argentina | 2:12.65 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Janeth Lucumí | Colombia | 2:12.85 | q |
| 6 | 2 | Patricia Martínez | Peru | 2:13.05 | q |
| 7 | 1 | Niusha Mancilla | Bolivia | 2:13.29 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | Paula Tello | Argentina | 2:13.64 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | Clara Morales | Chile | 2:14.17 | |
| 10 | 1 | Faustina Huamaní | Peru | 2:16.75 | |
| 11 | 2 | Macarena Darias | Uruguay | 2:17.22 | |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Luciana Mendes | Brazil | 2:03.56 | |
| | Mercy Colorado | Ecuador | 2:06.90 | NR |
| | Fátima dos Santos | Brazil | 2:09.08 | |
| 4 | Niusha Mancilla | Bolivia | 2:10.28 | |
| 5 | Paula Tello | Argentina | 2:12.55 | |
| 6 | Silvia dos Santos Coelho | Argentina | 2:15.61 | |
| 7 | Patricia Martínez | Peru | 2:16.97 | |
| | Janeth Lucumí | Colombia | DNS | |

### 1500 metres

4 April
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Janeth Caizalitín | Ecuador | 4:33.65 |
| | Niusha Mancilla | Bolivia | 4:34.90 |
| | Celia dos Santos | Brazil | 4:35.29 |
| 4 | Clara Morales | Chile | 4:35.41 |
| 5 | Elisa Cobañea | Argentina | 4:37.81 |
| 6 | María de los Angeles Peralta | Argentina | 4:39.40 |
| 7 | Mercy Colorado | Ecuador | 4:41.72 |
| 8 | Faustina Huamaní | Peru | 4:44.93 |
| 9 | Stella Castro | Colombia | 4:54.03 |

### 5000 metres

6 April
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Stella Castro | Colombia | 15:48.82 | CR, NR |
| | Érika Olivera | Chile | 15:52.27 | |
| | Elisa Cobañea | Argentina | 16:05.51 | |
| 4 | Janeth Caizalitín | Ecuador | 16:54.93 | |
| 5 | Marisa da Silva | Brazil | 17:24.75 | |

### 10,000 metres

4 April
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Stella Castro | Colombia | 33:24.07 | CR |
| | Érika Olivera | Chile | 33:56.98 | |
| | Mónica Cervera | Argentina | 36:39.25 | |
| 4 | Florinda Camayo | Peru | 36:57.36 | |
| 5 | Rita López | Argentina | 37:36.52 | |

### 100 metres hurdles

4 April Wind: +8.0 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Verónica de Paoli | Argentina | 13.41 |
| | Maurren Maggi | Brazil | 13.65 |
| | Vânia Amorim dos Santos | Brazil | 13.95 |
| 4 | Andrea Ávila | Argentina | 14.48 |

### 400 metres hurdles

6 April
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Verónica de Paoli | Argentina | 58.05 |
| | Maria dos Santos | Brazil | 59.62 |
| | Marise da Silva | Brazil | 1:00.00 |
| 4 | María Fernanda de Bastos | Argentina | 1:02.43 |
| 5 | Ondina Rodríguez | Ecuador | 1:04.84 |

### 4 × 100 metres relay

5 April
| Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes |
| | Colombia | Norfalia Carabalí, Felipa Palacios, Zandra Borrero, Mirtha Brock | 44.58 | CR |
| | Brazil | Kátia Regina Santos, Maria Magnólia Figueiredo, Claudete Alves Pina, Lucimar de Moura | 45.21 | |
| | Argentina | Daniela Lebreo, Verónica De Paoli, Vanesa Wohlgemuth, Olga Conte | 46.18 | |
| 4 | Uruguay | Pintos, Claudia Acerenza, Alejandra Monza, Marcela Tiscornia | 47.72 | |

### 4 × 400 metres relay

6 April
| Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time |
| | Colombia | Mirtha Brock, Norfalia Carabalí, Janeth Lucumí, Felipa Palacios | 3:36.71 |
| | Brazil | Luciana Mendes, Claudete Alves Pina, Fátima dos Santos, Maria Magnólia Figueiredo | 3:38.18 |
| | Argentina | Daniela Lebreo, Marina Arias, Verónica De Paoli, Olga Conte | 3:40.72 |
| 4 | Uruguay | Alejandra Monza, Macarena Darias, Claudia Acerenza, Marcela Tiscornia | 3:55.85 |

### 10,000 metres walk

5 April
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Geovana Irusta | Bolivia | 46:01.06 | CR |
| | Miriam Ramón | Ecuador | 46:50.57 | |
| | Bertha Vera | Ecuador | 47:15.90 | |
| 4 | Liliana Bermeo | Colombia | 47:40.75 | |
| 5 | Ángela Aliaga | Bolivia | 47:49.12 | |
| 6 | Gianetti Bonfim | Brazil | 48:25.83 | |
| 7 | Nailze de Azevedo | Brazil | 48:53.68 | |
| 8 | Lidia Carriego | Argentina | 52:48.30 | |
| 9 | Ofelia Puyol | Argentina | 56:08.83 | |

### High jump

5 April
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Results | Notes |
| | Solange Witteveen | Argentina | 1.89 | =CR |
| | Delfina Blaquier | Argentina | 1.83 | |
| | Orlane dos Santos | Brazil | 1.83 | |
| 4 | Luciane Dambacher | Brazil | 1.76 | |
| 5 | Lorena Diosy | Uruguay | 1.73 | |

### Pole vault

6 April
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Results | Notes |
| | Déborah Gyurcsek | Uruguay | 3.85 | CR, AR |
| | Alejandra García | Argentina | 3.50 | |
| | Mariela Laurora | Argentina | 3.45 | |
| 4 | María José Torrealba | Chile | 3.10 | |
| 5 | Viviane Pandolfo | Brazil | 3.00 | |
| 6 | Patricia Jiacomussi | Brazil | 3.00 | |

### Long jump

4 April
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Results |
| | Maurren Maggi | Brazil | 6.54 |
| | Andrea Ávila | Argentina | 6.26w |
| | Mónica Falcioni | Uruguay | 6.25w |
| 4 | Luciana dos Santos | Brazil | 6.16w |
| 5 | Gilda Massa | Peru | 5.99w |
| 6 | Mónica Castro | Chile | 5.94w |
| 7 | Alejandra Quiñones | Colombia | 5.48w |
| 8 | Sabine Stegmuller | Argentina | 5.47w |
| 9 | Erika Varillas | Peru | 5.15w |
| 10 | Alejandra Monza | Uruguay | 5.08 |

### Triple jump

6 April
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Results |
| | Andrea Ávila | Argentina | 13.76 |
| | Maria de Souza | Brazil | 13.72 |
| | Luciana dos Santos | Brazil | 13.30 |
| 4 | Mónica Falcioni | Uruguay | 12.94 |
| 5 | Clara Córdoba | Colombia | 12.40 |
| 6 | Silvina Boretto | Argentina | 12.12w |
| 7 | Ana Mariuxi Caicedo | Ecuador | 12.01 |

### Shot put

4 April
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Results | Notes |
| | Elisângela Adriano | Brazil | 18.16 | CR |
| | Alexandra Amaro | Brazil | 16.34 | |
| | Silvana Filippi | Argentina | 13.81 | |
| 4 | Zorobabelia Córdoba | Colombia | 12.71 | |
| 5 | Ana Cuastumal | Ecuador | 11.78 | |
| 6 | Marisol Bengoa | Chile | 11.64 | |
| 7 | María Fernanda Wals | Argentina | 11.59 | |
| 8 | Karina Cordova | Peru | 11.39 | |

### Discus throw

6 April
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Results | Notes |
| | Elisângela Adriano | Brazil | 58.46 | CR |
| | Liliana Martinelli | Argentina | 52.26 | |
| | María Eugenia Giggi | Argentina | 45.80 | |
| 4 | Maria Ines Pacheco | Brazil | 43.68 | |
| 5 | Marisol Bengoa | Chile | 43.52 | |
| 6 | Ana Cuastumal | Ecuador | 30.64 | |

### Hammer throw

4 April
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Results |
| | María Eugenia Villamizar | Colombia | 55.48 |
| | Karina Moya | Argentina | 54.30 |
| | Zulma Lambert | Argentina | 50.64 |
| 4 | Maria Ines Pacheco | Brazil | 49.12 |
| 5 | Josiane Soares | Brazil | 48.48 |
| 6 | Ana Cuastumal | Ecuador | 44.66 |
| 7 | Karina Cordova | Peru | 40.56 |

### Javelin throw

4 April
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Results |
| | Zuleima Araméndiz | Colombia | 56.66 |
| | Sabina Moya | Colombia | 55.30 |
| | Andrea Arch | Argentina | 54.08 |
| 4 | Alessandra Resende | Brazil | 50.54 |
| 5 | Romina Maggi | Argentina | 48.24 |
| 6 | Carla Bispo | Brazil | 48.04 |

### Heptathlon

4–5 April
| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | 100m H | HJ | SP | 200m | LJ | JT | 800m | Points |
| | Euzinete dos Reis | Brazil | 14.47 | 1.61 | 11.38 | 25.27w | 5.88w | 45.20 | 2:19.73 | 5549 |
| | Zorobabelia Córdoba | Colombia | 15.04 | 1.61 | 12.56 | 25.96w | 5.79 | 53.30 | 2:34.60 | 5428 |
| | Joelma Souza | Brazil | 15.74 | 1.73 | 12.15 | 26.40w | 5.35w | 39.18 | DNF | 4380 |
| 4 | Verónica Domínguez | Argentina | 15.85 | 1.55 | 6.98 | 27.73w | 4.70 | 20.12 | 2:37.35 | 3771 |