1989 South American Championships in Athletics

1989 South American Championships in Athletics
Dates	5–8 August
Host city	Medellín, Colombia
Venue	Estadio Alfonso Galvis Duque
Events	41
Participation	223 athletes from 10 nations
← São Paulo 1987 Manaus 1991 →

The 1989 South American Championships in Athletics were held in Medellín, Colombia, between 5 and 8 August.

It was the first edition to feature women's racewalking.

Medal summary

Further information: 1989 South American Championships in Athletics – Results

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: 0.0 m/s)	Jhon Mena  Colombia	10.4A	Florencio Aguilar  Panama	10.4A	Antônio dos Santos Filho  Brazil	10.5A
200 metres	Robson da Silva  Brazil	20.44A	Sérgio Menezes  Brazil	20.88A	Jesús Malavé  Venezuela	21.12A
400 metres	Sérgio Menezes  Brazil	45.88A	Wilson Cañizales  Colombia	45.91A	Roberto Bortolotto  Brazil	46.38A
800 metres	Pablo Squella  Chile	1:49.19A	Geraldo de Assis  Brazil	1:49.29A	Edgar de Oliveira  Brazil	1:49.51A
1500 metres	Edgar de Oliveira  Brazil	3:47.7A	José López  Venezuela	3:47.9A	José Abel Segura  Colombia	3:48.9A
5000 metres	Geraldo Francisco de Assis  Brazil	14:09.60A	Silvio Salazar  Colombia	14:10.58A	Silvio Guerra  Ecuador	14:11.20A
10,000 metres	Rolando Vera  Ecuador	29:28.1A	Geraldo Francisco de Assis  Brazil	29:55.5A	Silvio Salazar  Colombia	30:14.3A
Marathon	Gustavo Paredes  Ecuador	2:23:42A	Wilson Pérez  Ecuador	2:23:47A	Fernando Guio  Colombia	2:39:44A
110 metres hurdles (wind: +0.1 m/s)	Pedro Chiamulera  Brazil	14.1A	Eliexer Pulgar  Venezuela	14.1A	Elvis Cedeño  Venezuela	14.1A
400 metres hurdles	Pedro Chiamulera  Brazil	50.12A	Antônio Dias Ferreira  Brazil	51.26A	Antonio Smith  Venezuela	51.32A
3000 metres steeplechase	Adauto Domingues  Brazil	8:49.2A	Carlos Ravani  Brazil	8:53.9A	Ricardo Vera  Uruguay	8:57.5A
4 × 100 metres relay	Brazil Fernando Botasso Carlos de Oliveira Antônio dos Santos Filho Arnaldo da Silva	39.84A	Colombia Robinson Urrutia Fernando Arroyo Wilson Cañizales Jhon Mena	39.87A	Venezuela Reinaldo Santana Mervin Solarte Ángel Tovar Edgar Chourio	40.81A
4 × 400 metres relay	Venezuela Rafael Díaz Wilfredo Ferrer Henry Aguiar Jesús Malavé	3:05.76A CR	Brazil Antônio Ferreira Sidnei de Souza Pedro Chiamulera Roberto Bortolotto	3:06.33A	Chile Hernán Hevia Alejandro Krauss Pablo Squella Carlos Morales	3:06.34A
20 kilometre road walk	Sérgio Galdino  Brazil	1:24:51A	Héctor Moreno  Colombia	1:24:56A	Querubín Moreno  Colombia	1:28:32A
High jump	Milton Riitano Francisco  Brazil	2.15A	Santiago Lozada  Peru	2.09A	José Luís Mendes  Brazil	2.03A
Pole vault	Renato Bortolocci  Brazil	5.10A	Miguel Saldarriaga  Colombia	5.10A	Elson de Souza  Brazil	4.90A
Long jump	Luis Lorduy  Colombia	7.77A	Ángel Tovar  Venezuela	7.74A	Olivier Cadier  Brazil	7.68A
Triple jump	Sergio Saavedra  Venezuela	16.86A NR	Abcelvio Rodrigues  Brazil	16.48A	Jorge da Silva  Brazil	16.38A
Shot put	Gert Weil  Chile	19.98A	Adilson Oliveira  Brazil	17.49A	João dos Santos  Brazil	16.25A
Discus throw	João dos Santos  Brazil	58.00A CR	José Jacques  Brazil	52.88A	Gert Weil  Chile	52.36A
Hammer throw	Marcelo Pugliese  Argentina	67.00A CR	Andrés Charadia  Argentina	65.56A	Pedro Rivail Atílio  Brazil	63.34A
Javelin throw	Luis Lucumí  Colombia	77.80A CR	Antar Martínez  Colombia	67.20A	Luis Carrasco  Venezuela	65.38A
Decathlon	Martín Badano  Argentina	7378A	José de Assis  Brazil	7324A	Oscar Veit  Argentina	7033A

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: 0.0 m/s)	Amparo Caicedo  Colombia	11.3A	Ximena Restrepo  Colombia	11.4A	Cleide Amaral  Brazil	11.5A
200 metres	Olga Conte  Argentina	23.33A CR	Jupira da Graça  Brazil	23.44A	Amparo Caicedo  Colombia	23.68A
400 metres	Norfalia Carabalí  Colombia	52.10A CR	Olga Conte  Argentina	53.47A	Claudete Alves Pina  Brazil	54.26A
800 metres	Maria Andrade  Brazil	2:08.79A	Amparo Alba  Colombia	2:08.83A	Célia dos Santos  Brazil	2:08.99A
1500 metres	Rita de Jesus  Brazil	4:31.6A	Silvana Pereira  Brazil	4:32.1A	Janeth Caizalitín  Ecuador	4:32.9A
3000 metres	Carmem de Oliveira  Brazil	9:22.58A CR	Janeth Caizalitín  Ecuador	9:36.43A	Rita de Jesus  Brazil	9:36.95A
10,000 metres	Carmem de Oliveira  Brazil	35:08.5A	Sandra Ruales  Ecuador	35:55.2A	Yolanda Quimbita  Ecuador	35:55.3A
100 metres hurdles (wind: 0.0 m/s)	Juraciara da Silva  Brazil	13.5A	Ana María Comaschi  Argentina	13.7A	Arlene Phillips  Venezuela	13.8A
400 metres hurdles	Liliana Chalá  Ecuador	57.68A CR	Maribelcy Peña  Colombia	60.30A	Joana Caetano  Brazil	60.69A
4 × 100 metres relay	Brazil Claudileia dos Santos Jupira da Graça Rosmeire Lopes Cleide Amaral	44.69A CR	Colombia Rosa Segovia Alejandra Quiñones Amparo Caicedo Norfalia Carabalí	45.26A	Uruguay Margarita Martirena Inés Justet Soledad Acerenza Claudia Acerenza	46.61A
4 × 400 metres relay	Colombia Rosa Segovia Alejandra Quiñones Maribelcy Peña Norfalia Carabalí	3:37.0A CR	Brazil Rosângela Oliveira Jupira da Graça Maria do Carmo Fialho Claudete Alves Pina	3:37.7A	Uruguay Inés Justet Margarita Martirena Soledad Acerenza Claudia Acerenza	3:44.0A
10,000 metres track walk	Miriam Ramón  Ecuador	50:30.3A CR	Luisa Nivicela  Ecuador	50:30.3A	Liliana Bermeo  Colombia	51:02.4A
High jump	Orlane dos Santos  Brazil	1.85A	Mônica Lunkmoss  Brazil	1.79A	Janeth Lagoyete  Colombia	1.70A
Long jump	Rita Slompo  Brazil	6.22A	Maria de Jesus  Brazil	6.05A	Ana María Comaschi  Argentina	5.96A
Shot put	Marinalva dos Santos  Brazil	15.16A CR	Alexandra Amaro  Brazil	14.95A	Virginia Salomón  Venezuela	14.20A
Discus throw	Rosana Piovesan  Brazil	49.36A	Berta Gómez  Colombia	47.54A	Amélia Moreira  Brazil	44.54A
Javelin throw	Mônica Rocha  Brazil	54.94A	Marieta Riera  Venezuela	54.70A	Sueli dos Santos  Brazil	52.78A
Heptathlon	Conceição Geremias  Brazil	5574A	Zorobabelia Córdoba  Colombia	5436A	Joelma Souza  Brazil	5271A

A = affected by altitude

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Brazil (BRA)	24	16	17	57
2	Colombia (COL)	6	12	7	25
3	Ecuador (ECU)	4	4	3	11
4	Argentina (ARG)	3	3	2	8
5	Venezuela (VEN)	2	4	7	13
6	Chile (CHI)	2	0	2	4
7	Panama (PAN)	0	1	0	1
	Peru (PER)	0	1	0	1
9	Uruguay (URU)	0	0	3	3
Totals (9 entries)		41	41	41	123

Participating nations

•  Argentina (6)
•  Bolivia (2)
•  Brazil (62)
•  Chile (20)
•  Colombia (39)
•  Ecuador (26)
•  Panama (19)
•  Peru (3)
•  Uruguay (5)
•  Venezuela (41)

See also

• 1989 in athletics (track and field)

External links

• Men Results – GBR Athletics
• Women Results – GBR Athletics