The 36th South American Championships in Athletics were held in Manaus, Brazil, between 28 and 30 June 1991.

Medal summary

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: +0.7 m/s)	Robson da Silva  Brazil	10.18	Arnaldo da Silva  Brazil	10.39	Carlos Moreno  Chile	10.44
200 metres (wind: +0.5 m/s)	Robson da Silva  Brazil	20.79	Marcelo da Silva  Brazil	20.94	Jesús Malavé  Venezuela	21.18
400 metres	Carlos Morales  Chile	46.55	Carlos Bortolotto  Brazil	46.90	Henry Aguiar  Venezuela	47.02
800 metres	Flavio Godoy  Brazil	1:47.94	Luís José Gonçalves  Brazil	1:48.16	Pablo Squella  Chile	1:48.21
1500 metres	Edgar de Oliveira  Brazil	3:42.41	Luís José Gonçalves  Brazil	3:42.48	Carlos Naput  Argentina	3:50.09
5000 metres	Valdenor dos Santos  Brazil	14:09.03	Otoniel dos Santos  Brazil	14:13.35	Eduardo Navas  Venezuela	14:16.06
10,000 metres	Valdenor dos Santos  Brazil	29:25.20	Juan José Castillo  Peru	29:37.40	Roberto Punina  Ecuador	30:00.40
Marathon	Joseildo Rocha  Brazil	2:33:22	Luis Nempo  Chile	2:39:57	Doval da Silva  Brazil	2:41:38
3000 metres steeplechase	Adauto Domingues  Brazil	8:36.21 CR	Wander Moura  Brazil	8:49.11	Oscar Amaya  Argentina	8:52.08
110 metres hurdles (wind: -1.1 m/s)	Joilto Bonfim  Brazil	14.11	Elvis Cedeño  Venezuela	14.23	Eliexer Pulgar  Venezuela	14.38
400 metres hurdles	Eronilde de Araújo  Brazil	49.65 CR	Antonio Smith  Venezuela	50.14	Luis Bello  Venezuela	50.73
4 × 100 metres relay	Brazil Joilto Bonfim Arnaldo da Silva Robson da Silva Reginaldo Aguiar	39.90	Chile Carlos Morales Carlos Moreno Héctor Fernández Roberto Marshall	40.61	Argentina Claudio Molocznik Guillermo Cacián José María Beduino Claudio Arcas	41.22
4 × 400 metres relay	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
20 kilometres road walk	Sérgio Galdino  Brazil	1:26:26	Querubín Moreno  Colombia	1:28:56	Orlando Díaz  Colombia	1:30:22
High jump	Gilmar Mayo  Colombia	2.20 CR	Fernando Moreno  Argentina	2.17	Jorge Archanjo  Brazil	2.11
Pole vault	Cristián Aspillaga  Chile	5.00	Konstantín Zagustín  Venezuela	5.00	Thomas Riether  Chile	4.80
Long jump	Paulo de Oliveira  Brazil	7.83	Gelson Vaqueiro  Brazil	7.46	Jimmy Ávila  Panama	7.40
Triple jump	Anísio Silva  Brazil	16.15	Sergio Saavedra  Venezuela	15.98	Ednilson de Miranda  Brazil	15.74
Shot put	Gert Weil  Chile	18.37	Adilson Oliveira  Brazil	18.08	Yojer Medina  Venezuela	16.35
Discus throw	João dos Santos  Brazil	58.08 CR	Marcelo Pugliese  Argentina	53.08	Jair Teutonio  Brazil	51.62
Hammer throw	Adrián Marzo  Argentina	65.12	Andrés Charadia  Argentina	62.88	Pedro Rivail Atílio  Brazil	61.32
Javelin throw	Luis Lucumí  Colombia	74.42	Rodrigo Zelaya  Chile	73.88	Gustavo Wielandt  Chile	68.64
Decathlon	José de Assis  Brazil	7227	Marco Antônio Brito  Brazil	6189	Giovanny Gudino  Ecuador	4617

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: -1.1 m/s)	Claudete Alves Pina  Brazil	11.84	Berenice Ferreira  Brazil	11.93	Alejandra Quiñones  Colombia	11.96
200 metres (wind: +0.1 m/s)	Ximena Restrepo  Colombia	23.21 CR	Claudete Alves Pina  Brazil	23.37	Eliane de Souza  Brazil	23.92
400 metres	Maria Figueirêdo  Brazil	51.56 CR	Eliane de Souza  Brazil	53.76	Ángela Mancilla  Colombia	54.11
800 metres	Maria Figueirêdo  Brazil	2:00.45 CR	Luciana Mendes  Brazil	2:04.44	Amparo Alba  Colombia	2:07.60
1500 metres	Rita de Jesus  Brazil	4:19.18 CR	Célia dos Santos  Brazil	4:21.64	Amparo Alba  Colombia	4:29.48
3000 metres	Carmem de Oliveira  Brazil	9:17.50 CR	Rita de Jesus  Brazil	9:24.44	Ruth Jaime  Peru	9:39.04
10,000 metres	Carmem de Oliveira  Brazil	33:27.85 CR	Solange de Souza  Brazil	34:00.90	Sandra Ruales  Ecuador	34:57.00
100 metres hurdles (wind: -1.8 m/s)	Carmen Bezanilla  Chile	13.73	Arlene Phillips  Venezuela	13.85	Anabella von Kesselstatt  Argentina	14.20
400 metres hurdles	Liliana Chalá  Ecuador	57.16 CR	Maribelsy Peña  Colombia	57.23	Arlene Phillips  Venezuela	58.42
4 × 100 metres relay	Brazil Araújo Gomes Berenice Ferreira Cleide Amaral Eliane de Sousa	44.87	Colombia Ximena Restrepo Alejandra Quiñones Manuela Mena Ángela Mancilla	45.00	Argentina Daniela Lebreo Olga Conte Virginia Lebreo Denise Sharpe	46.14
4 × 400 metres relay	Brazil Maria Magnólia Figueiredo Jupira da Graça Janice Vera Cruz Luciana Mendes	3:32.59 CR	Colombia Ximena Restrepo María Quiñones Maribelcy Pena Ángela Mancilla	3:36.56	Uruguay Inés Justet Soledad Acerenza Laura Abel Claudia Acerenza	3:40.19 NR
10,000 metres track walk	Gloria Moreno  Chile	52:40.5	Bertha Vera  Ecuador	52:53.2	Ivana Henn  Brazil	53:38.1
High jump	Orlane dos Santos  Brazil	1.89 CR	Mônica Lunkmoss  Brazil	1.81	Leonor Carter  Chile	1.75
Long jump	Rita Slompo  Brazil	5.94	Luciana dos Santos  Brazil	5.78	Ingrid Meilicke  Paraguay	5.51
Shot put	María Isabel Urrutia  Colombia	16.34 CR	Elisângela Adriano  Brazil	16.04	Alexandra Amaro  Brazil	14.95
Discus throw	María Isabel Urrutia  Colombia	51.70 CR	Fátima Germano  Brazil	49.74	Rosana Piovesan  Brazil	47.80
Javelin throw	Marieta Riera  Venezuela	57.40 CR	Sueli dos Santos  Brazil	56.64	Mônica Rocha  Brazil	50.26
Heptathlon	Zorobabelia Córdoba  Colombia	5564	Conceição Geremias  Brazil	5277	Ana Lúcia Silva  Brazil	4837

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Brazil	27	23	11	61
2	Colombia	6	4	5	15
3	Chile	5	3	5	13
4	Venezuela	1	6	7	14
5	Argentina	1	3	6	10
6	Ecuador	1	1	3	5
7	Peru	0	1	1	2
8	Panama	0	0	1	1
	Paraguay	0	0	1	1
	Uruguay	0	0	1	1
Totals (10 entries)		41	41	41	123

See also

• 1991 in athletics (track and field)

External links

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