The 1995 South American Championships in Athletics were held at the Vila Olímpica in Manaus, Brazil, between 26 and 28 May.

Medal summary

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: +0.2 m/s)	Robson da Silva  Brazil	10.29	Édson Ribeiro  Brazil	10.30	Carlos Gats  Argentina	10.51
200 metres (wind: +1.2 m/s)	Robson da Silva  Brazil	20.54	Claudinei da Silva  Brazil	20.68	Carlos Gats  Argentina	20.90
400 metres	Sanderlei Parrela  Brazil	45.74 CR	Inaldo Sena  Brazil	45.88	Wenceslao Ferrín  Colombia	46.33
800 metres	José Luíz Barbosa  Brazil	1:46.16 CR	José Carlos de Oliveira  Brazil	1:48.88	Pablo Squella  Chile	1:49.80
1500 metres	Edgar de Oliveira  Brazil	3:38.81 CR	José Carlos de Oliveira  Brazil	3:41.73	Jacinto Navarrete  Colombia	3:44.27
5000 metres	Ronaldo da Costa  Brazil	13:51.66 CR	Elenilson da Silva  Brazil	14:04.97	Jacinto Navarrete  Colombia	14:07.63
10,000 metres	Sérgio Gonçalves da Silva  Brazil	29:10.73	César Troncoso  Argentina	30:24.29	Waldemar Cotelo  Uruguay	30:43.66
3000 metres steeplechase	Clodoaldo do Carmo  Brazil	8:56.87	Eduardo do Nascimento  Brazil	8:57.81	Antonio Soliz  Argentina	9:04.26
110 metres hurdles (wind: -0.7 m/s)	Joilto Bonfim  Brazil	13.92	Arturo Rodríguez  Chile	14.42	Oscar Ratto  Argentina	14.60
400 metres hurdles	Eronilde de Araújo  Brazil	48.63 CR	Llimy Rivas  Colombia	50.37	Francisco Carlos de Lima  Brazil	52.19
4 × 100 metres relay	Brazil Édson Ribeiro Marcelo Brivilatti da Silva Arnaldo da Silva Robson da Silva	39.42 CR	Colombia Robinson Urrutia Jhon Mena Luis Vega Wenceslao Ferrín	40.31	Argentina Jorge Polanco Cristian Vitasse Guillermo Cacián Carlos Gats	40.78
4 × 400 metres relay	Brazil Osmar dos Santos Eronilde de Araújo Inaldo Sena Sanderlei Parrela	3:04.93 CR	Colombia Robinson Urrutia Luis Vega Llimy Rivas Wenceslao Ferrín	3:10.16	Chile Carlos Morales Pablo Squella Juan Francisco Cobo Ricardo Roach	3:11.83
20,000 metres track walk	Querubín Moreno  Colombia	1:28:57.3 CR	Héctor Moreno  Colombia	1:31:03.9	Ademar Kammler  Brazil	1:32:17.9
High jump	Gilmar Mayo  Colombia	2.25 CR	Marcos dos Santos  Brazil	2.15	Fernando Moreno  Argentina	2.15
Pole vault	Cristián Aspillaga  Chile	4.70	Oscar Veit  Argentina	4.60	Renato Bortolocci  Brazil	4.40
Long jump	Douglas de Souza  Brazil	8.05 CR	Nelson Ferreira  Brazil	8.05	Oscar Valiente  Peru	7.16
Triple jump	Messias José Baptista  Brazil	16.29	Sergio Saavedra  Venezuela	16.25	Jefferson Ilário  Brazil	16.16
Shot put	Gert Weil  Chile	19.02	Yojer Medina  Venezuela	18.82	Adilson Oliveira  Brazil	17.68
Discus throw	João dos Santos  Brazil	58.52	Marcelo Pugliese  Argentina	57.80	Édson Miguel  Brazil	52.30
Hammer throw	Andrés Charadia  Argentina	70.34	Adrián Marzo  Argentina	69.04	Pedro Rivail Atílio  Brazil	59.14
Javelin throw	Luis Lucumí  Colombia	76.82	Mauricio Silva  Argentina	71.72	Marcos Vieira  Brazil	70.04
Decathlon	Pedro da Silva  Brazil	7374	Márcio de Souza  Brazil	6762	Oscar Veit  Argentina	6565

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: +0.4 m/s)	Cleide Amaral  Brazil	11.38	Mirtha Brock  Colombia	11.52	Kátia de Jesus Santos  Brazil	11.52
200 metres (wind: +1.1 m/s)	Kátia de Jesus Santos  Brazil	23.34	Cleide Amaral  Brazil	23.39	Patricia Rodríguez  Colombia	23.42
400 metres	Ximena Restrepo  Colombia	51.93	Luciana Mendes  Brazil	52.64	Patricia Rodríguez  Colombia	52.95
800 metres	Marlene da Silva  Brazil	2:04.57	Marta Orellana  Argentina	2:06.37	Mercy Colorado  Ecuador	2:10.36
1500 metres	Marta Orellana  Argentina	4:21.60	Célia dos Santos  Brazil	4:23.23	Clara Morales  Chile	4:24.89
5000 metres	Marlene Flores  Chile	16:48.35 CR	Esneda Londoño  Colombia	16:48.67	Bertha Sánchez  Colombia	16:49.58
10,000 metres	Carmem de Oliveira  Brazil	33:55.84	Marlene Flores  Chile	34:48.45	Esneda Londoño  Colombia	36:26.55
100 metres hurdles (wind: -0.1 m/s)	Carmen Bezanilla  Chile	13.62	Verónica Depaoli  Argentina	13.92	Vânia da Silva  Brazil	14.03
400 metres hurdles	Ximena Restrepo  Colombia	57.42	Marise da Silva  Brazil	58.62	Flor Robledo  Colombia	59.90
4 × 100 metres relay	Brazil Cleide Amaral Lucimar de Moura Vânia da Silva Kátia Regina Santos	44.97	Colombia Helena Guerrero Sandra Borrero Mirtha Brock Flor Robledo	45.64	Chile Marcela Barros Carmen Bezanilla Lisette Rondón Hannelore Grosser	46.73
4 × 400 metres relay	Colombia Mirtha Brock Flor Robledo Patricia Rodríguez Ximena Restrepo	3:33.37	Chile Marcela Barros Hannelore Grosser Carmen Bezanilla Ismenia Guzmán	3:42.27	Argentina Mariela Andrade Veronica Depaoli Sandra Izquierdo Marta Orellana	3:49.58
10,000 metres track walk	Miriam Ramón  Ecuador	49:26.4	Liliana Bermeo  Colombia	49:34.9	Nailse Pazin  Brazil	52:41.8
High jump	Orlane dos Santos  Brazil	1.80	Luciane Dambacher  Brazil	1.75	Mariela Andrade  Argentina	1.70
Pole vault	Alejandra García  Argentina	3.10 CR	Conceição Geremias  Brazil	2.70	Patrícia de Oliveira  Brazil	2.30
Long jump	Andrea Ávila  Argentina	6.58 CR	Luciana dos Santos  Brazil	6.16	Helena Guerrero  Colombia	6.06
Triple jump	Andrea Ávila  Argentina	13.34	Luciana dos Santos  Brazil	13.07	Milly Figueroa  Colombia	12.62
Shot put	Elisângela Adriano  Brazil	17.37 CR	María Isabel Urrutia  Colombia	16.43	Alexandra Amaro  Brazil	15.62
Discus throw	Amélia Moreira  Brazil	55.10	María Isabel Urrutia  Colombia	54.60	Liliana Martinelli  Argentina	54.32
Hammer throw	María Eugenia Villamizar  Colombia	56.34 CR	Karina Moya  Argentina	52.18	Zulma Lambert  Argentina	50.74
Javelin throw	Zuleima Araméndiz  Colombia	54.82	Carla Bispo  Brazil	52.56	Zorobabelia Córdoba  Colombia	51.82
Heptathlon	Zorobabelia Córdoba  Colombia	5495	Euzinete dos Reis  Brazil	5322	Andrea Ávila  Argentina	5290

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Brazil	24	20	13	57
2	Colombia	9	10	11	30
3	Argentina	5	8	12	25
4	Chile	4	3	4	11
5	Ecuador	1	0	1	2
6	Venezuela	0	2	0	2
7	Peru	0	0	1	1
	Uruguay	0	0	1	1
Totals (8 entries)		43	43	43	129

Participating nations

*Countries participating as guests

External links

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