1991 South American Championships in Athletics

The 36th South American Championships in Athletics were held in Manaus, Brazil in late June 1991.

Medal summary

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Robson da Silva Brazil	10.18	Arnaldo da Silva Brazil	10.39	Carlos Moreno Chile	10.44
200 metres	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
10000 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	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
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
20 kilometres road walk	Sérgio Galdino Brazil	1:26:26	Querubín Moreno Colombia	1:28:56	Orlando Díaz Colombia	1:30:22
4 × 100 metres relay	Brazil	39.90	Chile	40.61	Argentina	41.22
4 × 400 metres relay	Brazil	3:05.60 CR	Venezuela	3:08.39	Argentina	3:11.10

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Claudete Alves Pina Brazil	11.84	Berenice Ferreira Brazil	11.93	Alejandra Quiñones Colombia	11.96
200 metres	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
10000 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	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
High jump	Orlane dos Santos Brazil	1.89 CR	Mônica Lun kilometreoss 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
10000 metres track walk	Gloria Moreno Chile	52:40.5	Bertha Vera Ecuador	52:53.2	Ivana Henn Brazil	53:38.1
4 × 100 metres relay	Brazil	44.87	Colombia	45.00	Argentina	46.14
4 × 400 metres relay	Brazil	3:32.59 CR	Colombia	3:36.56	Uruguay Ines Justet Soledad Acerenza Laura Abel Claudia Acerenza	3:40.19 NR

Medal table

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	Paraguay	0	0	1	1
	Uruguay	0	0	1	1
	Panama	0	0	1	1

See also

• 1991 in athletics (track and field)

External links

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