Athletics at the 2018 South American Games
Venue	Complejo Aurora
Dates	5–8 June
Competitors	295 from 14 nations

There were 45 athletics events at the 2018 South American Games in Cochabamba, Bolivia. 23 for men and 22 for women. The events were held between June 5 and 8 at the Estadio de Atletismo GAMC.

The winner of each individual event qualifies for the 2019 Pan American Games, granted their NOC enters them into the competition.^[1]

Results

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Alonso Edward  Panama	10.01 GR, NR	Álex Quiñónez  Ecuador	10.09 =NR	Vitor Hugo dos Santos  Brazil	10.12
200 metres	Álex Quiñónez  Ecuador	19.93 GR, NR	Vitor Hugo dos Santos  Brazil	20.21	Bernardo Baloyes  Colombia	20.28
400 metres	Lucas Carvalho  Brazil	45.61	Yilmar Herrera  Colombia	45.64	Winston George  Guyana	45.67
800 metres	Lucirio Antonio Garrido  Venezuela	1:51.15	Jelssin Robledo  Colombia	1:51.50	Leandro Paris  Argentina	1:51.94
1500 metres	Carlos Díaz  Chile	3:50.82	Willy Canchanya  Peru	3:51.23	Federico Bruno  Argentina	3:54.34
5000 metres	Bayron Piedra  Ecuador	14:32.47	Vidal Basco  Bolivia	14:32.58	Luis Ostos  Peru	14:32.79
10,000 metres	Iván González  Colombia	30:25.10	Jorge Cesar Fernández  Bolivia	30:37.29	Bayron Piedra  Ecuador	30:51.74
110 metres hurdles	Eduardo de Deus  Brazil	13.44 GR	Fanor Escobar  Colombia	13.61	Juan Moreno  Colombia	13.68
400 metres hurdles	Guillermo Ruggeri  Argentina	49.28 GR, NR	Alfredo Sepúlveda  Chile	49.62 NR	Márcio Teles  Brazil	49.78
3000 metres steeplechase	Yuri Labra  Peru	9:01.95	Gerald Giraldo  Colombia	9:01.99	Yessy Apaza  Bolivia	9:21.81
4 × 100 metres relay	Colombia Jhonny Rentería Diego Palomeque Jessi Chará Bernardo Baloyes	38.97 NR	Venezuela Alberto Aguilar Rafael Vásquez Alexis Nieves Arturo Ramírez	39.03	Brazil Lucas Carvalho Vítor Hugo dos Santos Aldemir da Silva Júnior Felipe dos Santos	39.54
4 × 400 metres relay	Colombia Bernardo Baloyes Jelssin Robledo Diego Palomeque Yilmar Herrera	3:04.78	Venezuela José Meléndez Alberto Aguilar Freddy Mezones Kelvis Padrino	3:05.75	Chile Enzo Faulbaum Rafael Muñoz Sergio Aldea Alfredo Sepúlveda	3:11.58
20 kilometres walk	Brian Pintado  Ecuador	1:24:56	César Augusto Rodríguez  Peru	1:26:23	Yerko Araya  Chile	1:29:37
50 kilometres walk	Andrés Chocho  Ecuador	3:55:48 GR	Luis Henry Campos  Peru	3:59:23	Ronald Quispe  Bolivia	4:05:05
High jump	Eure Yáñez  Venezuela	2.28 m GR	Fernando Ferreira  Brazil	2.25 m	Carlos Layoy  Argentina	2.25 m
Pole vault	Augusto Dutra de Oliveira  Brazil	5.50 m	Germán Chiaraviglio  Argentina	5.40 m	Walter Viafara  Colombia	5.00 m
Long jump	Emiliano Lasa  Uruguay	8.26 m GR, NR	Paulo Sérgio Oliveira  Brazil	8.12 m	Alexsandro de Melo  Brazil	8.09 m
Triple jump	Miguel van Assen  Suriname	16.81 m GR	Mateus de Sá  Brazil	16.76 m	Leodan Torrealba  Venezuela	16.23 m
Shot put	Darlan Romani  Brazil	21.21 m GR	Aldo Gonzáles  Bolivia	18.33 m	Levin Moreno  Colombia	17.60 m
Discus throw	Mauricio Ortega  Colombia	62.10 m GR	Juan Caicedo  Ecuador	57.37 m	José Miguel Ballivián  Chile	52.91 m
Hammer throw	Joaquín Gómez  Argentina	75.10 m GR	Humberto Mansilla  Chile	74.71 m NR	Wagner Domingos  Brazil	72.53 m
Javelin throw	Arley Ibargüen  Colombia	80.11 m GR	Leslain Baird  Guyana	78.65 m NR	Braian Toledo  Argentina	78.57 m
Decathlon	Georni Jaramillo  Venezuela	7977 pts GR, NR	José Lemos  Colombia	7757 pts	Felipe dos Santos  Brazil	7739 pts

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Narcisa Landazuri  Ecuador	11.12	Ángela Tenorio  Ecuador	11.13	Vitória Cristina Rosa  Brazil	11.23
200 metres	Vitória Cristina Rosa  Brazil	22.87	Ángela Tenorio  Ecuador	23.07	Nercely Soto  Venezuela	23.11
400 metres	Jennifer Padilla  Colombia	52.14	Geisa Coutinho  Brazil	52.93	María Fernanda Mackenna  Chile	53.60
800 metres	Déborah Rodríguez  Uruguay	2:16.21	Rosangélica Escobar  Colombia	2:16.89	María Pía Fernández  Uruguay	2:17.16
1500 metres	Muriel Coneo  Colombia	4:27.10	María Pía Fernández  Uruguay	4:30.56	Micaela Levaggi  Argentina	4:30.88
5000 metres	Saida Meneses  Peru	16:47.37	Luz Mery Rojas  Peru	17:09.59	Carmen Toaquiza  Ecuador	17:16.40
10,000 metres	Inés Melchor  Peru	35:57.86	Gladys Tejeda  Peru	35:59.45	Irma Vila Sonco  Bolivia	36:12.74
100 metres hurdles	Génesis Romero  Venezuela	13.08 GR, NR	Diana Bazalar  Peru	13.36 NR	Jenea McCammon  Guyana	13.39 NR
400 metres hurdles	Fiorella Chiappe  Argentina	56.39	Melissa González  Colombia	56.86	Gianna Woodruff  Panama	57.68
3000 metres steeplechase	Rina Cjuro  Peru	10:53.83	Edith Mamani  Bolivia	10:59.06	Jhoselyn Camargo  Bolivia	11:18.63
4 × 100 metres relay	Venezuela Luisarys Toledo Andrea Purica Génesis Romero Nercely Soto	44.71	Bolivia Danitza Avila Alinny Delgadillo Guadalupe Torrez Carolina Ocampo	46.17 NR	Peru Paola Mautino Maitte Torres Diana Bazalar Kimberly Cardoza	46.43
4 × 400 metres relay	Colombia Eliana Chávez Rosangélica Escobar Melissa González Jennifer Padilla	3:31.87 GR	Chile Martina Weil Isidora Jiménez María Echeverría María Fernanda Mackenna	3:33.42 NR	Argentina María Ayelén Diogo Valeria Baron Noelia Martínez Fiorella Chiappe	3:35.96 NR
20 kilometres walk	Kimberly García  Peru	1:33:11 GR	Ángela Castro  Bolivia	1:34:25	Maritza Guamán  Ecuador	1:36:23
High jump	María Fernanda Murillo  Colombia	1.90 m GR	Valdileia Martins  Brazil	1.83 m	Amanda Vergara  Venezuela	1.80 m
Pole vault	Robeilys Peinado  Venezuela	4.70 m GR, NR	Juliana Campos  Brazil	4.20 m	Carmen Villanueva  Venezuela	3.90 m
Long jump	Paola Mautino  Peru	6.66 m NR	Eliane Martins  Brazil	6.66 m GR	Nathalee Aranda  Panama	6.60 m NR
Triple jump	Núbia Soares  Brazil	14.59 m GR, NR	Silvana Segura  Peru	13.56 m	Giselly Landázury  Colombia	13.46 m
Shot put	Natalia Duco  Chile	18.15 m GR	Ahimara Espinoza  Venezuela	18.09 m	Geisa Arcanjo  Brazil	17.30 m
Discus throw	Andressa de Morais  Brazil	58.86 m	Fernanda Martins  Brazil	57.29 m	Ailén Armada  Argentina	48.77 m
Hammer throw	Jennifer Dahlgren  Argentina	70.98 m GR	Rosa Rodríguez  Venezuela	70.93 m	Valeria Chiliquinga  Ecuador	66.77 m
Javelin throw	Laila Domingos  Brazil	60.25 m	María Lucelly Murillo  Colombia	58.81 m	Eloah Scramin  Brazil	57.42 m
Heptathlon	Giovana Cavaleti  Brazil	6081 pts GR	Martha Araújo  Colombia	5719 pts	Ana Camila Pirelli  Paraguay	5503 pts

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Bolivia)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Brazil (BRA)	9	9	9	27
2	Colombia (COL)	9	9	5	23
3	Peru (PER)	6	7	2	15
4	Venezuela (VEN)	6	4	4	14
5	Ecuador (ECU)	5	4	4	13
6	Argentina (ARG)	4	1	7	12
7	Chile (CHI)	2	3	4	9
8	Uruguay (URU)	2	1	1	4
9	Panama (PAN)	1	0	2	3
10	Suriname (SUR)	1	0	0	1
11	Bolivia (BOL)*	0	6	4	10
12	Guyana (GUY)	0	1	2	3
13	Paraguay (PAR)	0	0	1	1
Totals (13 entries)		45	45	45	135

Participating nations

References

External links

• 2018 South American Games – Athletics (in Spanish)
• Results