:South American U18 Championships in Athletics
{{Short description|Biennial athletics event}}
The South American U18 Championships in Athletics (Campeonato Sudamericano U18 de atletismo) is a biennial athletics event
organized by "Confederación Sudamericana de Atletismo" (CONSUDATLE), the South American area association of the World Athletics (IAAF). Starting in 1973, the competition was open for athletes under-17 in the early years. Since 2000 the international age group definition (under 18) has applied.
{{Citation
| last = Athletics Weekly
| title = SOUTH AMERICAN YOUTH CHAMPIONSHIPS (BOYS)
| url = http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/say.htm
| publisher = gbrathletics.com
| access-date = November 11, 2011
| last = Athletics Weekly
| title = SOUTH AMERICAN YOUTH CHAMPIONSHIPS (GIRLS)
| url = http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/sayw.htm
| publisher = gbrathletics.com
| access-date = November 11, 2011
}} Up until the 2016 edition the competition was known as the South American Youth Championships in Athletics. The tournament is open for athletes from CONSUDATLE member federations. Athletes from IAAF members of other geographical areas may be invited.
Events
Each member federation is allowed to enter 2 athletes and 1 relay team per event.
Due to the latest edition of article 27 of the regulations of CONSUDATLE
{{Citation
|title = Reglamento
|url = http://www.consudatle.org/reglamento.php
|publisher = Confederación Sudamericana de Atletismo (CONSUDATLE)
|language = es
|access-date = November 11, 2011
|url-status = usurped
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110725200141/http://www.consudatle.org/reglamento.php
|archive-date = July 25, 2011
}} the following events are held during the championships:
=Boys=
- Dash: 100m, 200m, 400m, 800m, 1500m, 3000m
- Hurdling: 110m (height: 0.914 m), 400m (height: 0.84 m)
- Steeplechase: 2000m
- Relay: 1000m Medley relay (100m x 200m x 300m x 400m)
- Racewalking: 10,000m
- Throw: Shot put (5 kg), Discus (1.5 kg), Hammer (5 kg), Javelin (700 g)
- Jump: High jump, Long jump, Triple jump, Pole vault
- Combined: Octathlon (100m, Long jump, Shot put, 400m, 110m hurdles, High jump, Javelin, 1000m).
=Girls=
Starting in 2012, there were new implements for the throws (and consequently in heptathlon):
{{ Citation
|date = October 29, 2012
|title = Jefferson de Carvalho fue la estrella en el final
|url = http://consudatle.org/noticias_detalle.php?id_not=4128
|publisher = CONSUDATLE
|language = es
|access-date = October 30, 2012
|url-status = usurped
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121104013253/http://consudatle.org/noticias_detalle.php?id_not=4128
|archive-date = November 4, 2012
}}
- Dash: 100m, 200m, 400m, 800m, 1500m, 3000m
- Hurdling: 100m (height: 0.762 m), 400m (height: 0.762 m)
- Steeplechase: 2000m
- Relay: 1000m Medley relay (100m x 200m x 300m x 400m)
- Racewalking: 5000m
- Throw: Shot put (3 kg; (until 2011: 4 kg)), Discus (1 kg), Hammer (3 kg; (until 2011: 4 kg)), Javelin (500 g; (until 2011: 600 g))
- Jump: High jump, Long jump, Triple jump, Pole vault
- Combined: Heptathlon (100m hurdles, High jump, Shot put, 200m, Long jump, Javelin, 800m).
Awards
Medals are awarded for individuals and relay team members for the first three
places in each event.
Trophies are awarded to teams in each category (male and female) with the
highest total number of cumulative points in the entire competition.
In addition, a trophy will be given to the country for the overall title.
A trophy is also presented to both a male and a female athlete for the most
Summary of championships
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| bgcolor=DDEEFF| 1 | 1973 | Comodoro Rivadavia | {{ARG}} | 2–4 November | |
| bgcolor=DDEEFF| 2 | 1975 | Quito | {{ECU}} | 8–11 November | Estadio Atahualpa |
| bgcolor=DDEEFF| 3 | 1976 | Santiago | {{CHI}} | 4–7 November | |
| bgcolor=DDEEFF| 4 | 1977 | Rio de Janeiro | {{flagcountry|BRA|1968}} | 22–24 July | |
| bgcolor=DDEEFF| 5 | 1978 | Montevideo | {{URU}} | 11–13 November | |
| bgcolor=DDEEFF| 6 | 1979 | Cochabamba | {{BOL}} | 3–5 August | |
| bgcolor=DDEEFF| 7 | 1984 | Tarija | {{BOL}} | 13–16 September | |
| bgcolor=DDEEFF| 8 | 1986 | Comodoro Rivadavia | {{ARG}} | 17–19 October | |
| bgcolor=DDEEFF| 9 | 1988 | Cuenca | {{ECU}} | 2–4 November | |
| bgcolor=DDEEFF| 10 | 1990 | Lima | {{PER}} | 22–24 November | |
| bgcolor=DDEEFF| 11 | 1992 | Santiago | {{CHI}} | 2–4 October | |
| bgcolor=DDEEFF| 12 | 1994 | Cochabamba | {{BOL}} | 30 September – 2 October | |
| bgcolor=DDEEFF| 13 | 1996 | Asunción | {{flagcountry|PAR|1990}} | 18–20 October | |
| bgcolor=DDEEFF| 14 | 1998 | Manaus | {{BRA}} | 23–25 October | |
| bgcolor=DDEEFF| 15 | 2000 | Bogotá | {{COL}} | 4–5 November | El Salitre |
| bgcolor=DDEEFF| 16 | 2002 | Asunción | {{flagcountry|PAR|1990}} | 19–20 October | Consejo Nacional de Deportes |
| bgcolor=DDEEFF| 17 | 2004 | Guayaquil | {{ECU}} | 25–26 September | Estadio Modelo |
| bgcolor=DDEEFF| 18 | 2006 | Caracas | {{VEN}} | 14–15 October | Estadio Nacional “Brígido Iriarte” |
| bgcolor=DDEEFF| 19 | 2008 | Lima | {{PER}} | 29–30 November | Villa Deportiva Nacional (VIDENA) |
| bgcolor=DDEEFF| 20 | 2010 | Santiago | {{CHI}} | 9–10 October | Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos |
| bgcolor=DDEEFF| 21 | 2012 | Mendoza | {{ARG}} | 27–28 October | Parque San Martín |
| bgcolor=DDEEFF| 22 | 2014 | Cali | {{COL}} | 29–30 November | Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero |
| bgcolor=DDEEFF| 23 | 2016 | Concordia | {{ARG}} | 12–13 November | Centro de Desarrollo Deportivo |
| bgcolor=DDEEFF| 24 | 2018 | Cuenca | {{ECU}} | 30 June–1 July | Jefferson Perez Stadium |
| bgcolor=DDEEFF| 25 | 2021 | Encarnación | {{PAR}} | 25–26 September | Estadio Comunal |
| bgcolor=DDEEFF| 26 | 2022 | São Paulo | {{BRA}} | 9–11 September | Centro Olímpico de Treinamento e Pesquisa |
| bgcolor=DDEEFF| 27 | 2024 | San Luis | {{ARG}} | 6–8 December | Centro de Desarrollo Deportivo Pedro Presti |
Medal table(1973-2024)
{{Medals table
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| gold_BRA = 441 | silver_BRA = 379 | bronze_BRA = 282
| gold_ARG = 185 | silver_ARG = 171 | bronze_ARG = 172
| gold_CHI = 92 | silver_CHI = 133 | bronze_CHI = 170
| gold_COL = 91 | silver_COL = 106 | bronze_COL = 119
| gold_ECU = 79 | silver_ECU = 60 | bronze_ECU = 69
| gold_VEN = 63 | silver_VEN = 70 | bronze_VEN = 81
| gold_PER = 62 | silver_PER = 75 | bronze_PER = 89
| gold_URU = 19 | silver_URU = 16 | bronze_URU = 23
| gold_PAR = 16 | silver_PAR = 18 | bronze_PAR = 26
| gold_PAN = 8 | silver_PAN = 5 | bronze_PAN = 8
| gold_BOL = 5 | silver_BOL = 19 | bronze_BOL = 16
| gold_GUY = 1 | silver_GUY = 6 | bronze_GUY = 4
| gold_SUR = 0 | silver_SUR = 2 | bronze_SUR = 2
}}
Records
=Boys=
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| Event
!Record !Athlete !Nationality !Date !Meet !Place !{{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |
|---|
| 100 m
|10.36 {{wind|+1.2}} |{{flagu|Brazil}} |12 November 2016 |Concordia, Argentina |
| 200 m
|21.16 {{wind|+1.9}} |{{flagu|Brazil}} |13 November 2016 |Concordia, Argentina |{{cite web|title=2016 South American Youth Championships Results|url=http://consudatle.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Resultados-generales.pdf|publisher=CONSUDATLE|date=13 November 2016|access-date=17 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202002454/http://consudatle.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Resultados-generales.pdf|archive-date=2 February 2017|url-status=usurped|df=dmy-all}} |
| 400 m
|47.46 |{{flagu|Brazil}} |19 October 2002 |Asunción, Paraguay {{ Citation | date = August 12, 2010 | title = Mejores Marcas Campeonatos Sudamericanos | url = http://www.fedachi.cl/sudamericano/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=63&Itemid=63 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120403153144/http://www.fedachi.cl/sudamericano/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=63&Itemid=63 | url-status = dead | archive-date = April 3, 2012 | publisher = Federación Atlética de Chile | access-date = November 11, 2011 }} {{ Citation | title = Campeonato Sudamericano de Menores | url = http://consudatle.org/sudamericano-menores-2012-mendoza/archivos/sedes_records.doc | publisher = CONSUDATLE | language = es | access-date = October 31, 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121030044433/http://consudatle.org/sudamericano-menores-2012-mendoza/archivos/sedes_records.doc | archive-date = October 30, 2012 | url-status = usurped | df = mdy-all }} |
| 800 m
|1:50.6 |{{flagu|Brazil}} |10 October 2010 |Santiago, Chile {{ Citation | last = Biscayart | first = Eduardo | date = October 11, 2010 | title = Toledo, Arévalo and Ballivián shine at South American Youth Championships | url = http://www.iaaf.org/news/kind=100/newsid=58493.html | publisher = IAAF | access-date = November 11, 2011 }} |
| 1500 m
|3:53.72 |{{flagu|Uruguay}} |9 September 2022 |São Paulo, Brazil |
| 3000 m
|8:32.04 |{{flagu|Ecuador}} |8 December 2024 |San Luis, Argentina |
| 110 m hurdles
|13.55 {{wind|+0.4}} |{{flagu|Ecuador}} |November 2016 |Concordia, Argentina |
| 400 m hurdles
|51.67 |{{flagu|Brazil}} |30 November 2008 |Lima, Peru |
| 2000 m steeplechase
|5:52.2 |{{flagu|Venezuela}} |26 September 2004 |Guayaquil, Ecuador |
| High jump
|2.10 m |{{flagu|Colombia}} |27 October 2012 |Mendoza, Argentina |{{cite news|title=Cinco nuevos récords de campeonatos|url=http://consudatle.org/noticias_detalle.php?id_not=4124|publisher=CONSUDATLE|language=es|date=27 October 2012|access-date=28 October 2012|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104013231/http://consudatle.org/noticias_detalle.php?id_not=4124|archive-date=4 November 2012}} |
| Pole vault
|5.20 m |{{flagu|Argentina}} |25 September 2004 |Guayaquil, Ecuador |
| Long jump
|7.82 m {{wind|+1.2}} |{{flagu|Panama}} |29 November 2008 |Lima, Peru |
| Triple jump
|15.83 m |{{flagu|Brazil}} |24 November 1990 |Lima, Peru |
| Shot put
|21.40 m {{AthAbbr|A}} AR-y |{{flagu|Argentina}} |30 June 2018 |Cuenca, Ecuador |
| Discus throw
|60.92 m |{{flagu|Brazil}} |12 November 2016 |Concordia, Argentina |
| Hammer throw
|81.15 m AR-y |{{flagu|Argentina}} |27 October 2012 |Mendoza, Argentina |
| Javelin throw
|85.32 m |{{flagu|Argentina}} |10 October 2010 |Santiago, Chile |
| rowspan=2|Decathlon
|6716 pts {{AthAbbr|A}} |{{flagu|Brazil}} |30 June–1 July 2018 |Cuenca, Ecuador |
| colspan=6|{{Decathlon score|10.82 {{wind|+1.0}}|6.46 m {{wind |
| 0.2}}|14.84 m|1.77 m|51.72|14.44 {{wind|+1.4}}|41.53 m|3.00 m|51.96 m|5:26.09}} |
| 10,000 m walk (track)
|40:27.95 |{{flagu|Colombia}} |10 October 2010 |Santiago, Chile |
| 4 × 100 m relay
|40.77 {{AthAbbr|A}} |Luiz Ambrosio da Silva |{{flagu|Brazil}} |5 November 2000 |Bogotá, Colombia |
| class="wikitable"
!colspan=4| Key: |
| {{note label|Note1|WR-y|WR-y}}World youth record
|{{note label|Note2|AR-y|AR-y}}South American youth record |{{note label|Note3|NR-y|NR-y}}National youth record |{{note label|Note4|A|A}}affected by altitude |
=Girls=
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| Event
!Record !Athlete !Nationality !Date !Meet !Place !{{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |
|---|
| 100 m
|11.48 {{wind|+1.3}} |Franciela das Graças Krasucki |{{flagu|Brazil}} |25 September 2004 |Guayaquil, Ecuador |
| 200 m
|23.57 {{AthAbbr|A}} {{wind|+0.6}} |{{flagu|Venezuela}} |1 July 2018 |Cuenca, Ecuador |
| 400 m
|53.94 {{AthAbbr|A}} |{{flagu|Venezuela}} |4 November 2000 |Bogotá, Colombia |
| 800 m
|2:10.5 |{{flagu|Peru}} |26 September 2004 |Guayaquil, Ecuador |
| 1500 m
|4:21.6 |{{flagu|Peru}} |25 September 2004 |Guayaquil, Ecuador |
| 3000 m
|9:29.8 |{{flagu|Peru}} |25 September 2004 |Guayaquil, Ecuador |
| 100 m hurdles
|13.66 {{wind |
| 1.5}}
|{{flagu|Colombia}} |25 September 2021 |Encarnación, Paraguay | |
| 400 m hurdles
|59.33 |{{flagu|Brazil}} |26 September 2021 |Encarnación, Paraguay |
| rowspan=2|2000 m steeplechase
|6:34.7 {{AthAbbr|h}} |{{flagu|Brazil}} |26 September 2004 |Guayaquil, Ecuador |
| 6:40.28
|{{flagu|Peru}} |27 October 2012 |Mendoza, Argentina {{ Citation | last = Biscayart | first = Eduardo | date = October 30, 2012 | title = Gómez highlights South American Youth Champs with 81.15m Hammer effort | url = http://www.iaaf.org/news/newsid=68070.html | publisher = IAAF | access-date = October 30, 2012 }} |
| High jump
|1.85 m |{{flagu|Colombia}} |November 2016 |Concordia, Argentina |
| rowspan=2|Pole vault
|rowspan=2|3.90 m |{{flagu|Colombia}} |19 October 1996 |Asunción, Paraguay |
| Ana Gabriela Quiñónez
|{{flagu|Ecuador}} |13 November 2016 |Concordia, Argentina |{{cite web|title=2016 South American Youth Championships Results|url=http://consudatle.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Resultados-generales.pdf|publisher=CONSUDATLE|date=13 November 2016|access-date=17 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202002454/http://consudatle.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Resultados-generales.pdf|archive-date=2 February 2017|url-status=usurped|df=dmy-all}} |
| Long jump
|6.39 m {{wind|+0.4}} |{{flagu|Brazil}} |10 September 2022 |São Paulo, Brazil |
| Triple jump
|13.06 m {{wind|+1.5}} |{{flagu|Colombia}} |13 November 2016 |Concordia, Argentina |{{cite web|title=2016 South American Youth Championships Results|url=http://consudatle.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Resultados-generales.pdf|publisher=CONSUDATLE|date=13 November 2016|access-date=17 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202002454/http://consudatle.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Resultados-generales.pdf|archive-date=2 February 2017|url-status=usurped|df=dmy-all}} |
| Shot put (3 kg)
|17.24 m AR-y |{{flagu|Chile}} |12 November 2016 |Concordia, Argentina |
| Discus throw
|48.22 m |{{flagu|Brazil}} |9 October 2010 |Santiago, Chile |
| Hammer throw (3 kg)
|65.92 m |{{flagu|Colombia}} |1 July 2018 |Cuenca, Ecuador |
| Javelin throw (500 g)
|54.33 m {{AthAbbr|A}} AR-y |{{flagu|Ecuador}} |30 June 2018 |Cuenca, Ecuador |
| rowspan=2|Heptathlon
|rowspan=2|5090 pts |{{flagu|Argentina}} |27–28 October 2012 |Mendoza, Argentina | |
| colspan=6|{{Heptathlon Score|14.53 {{wind |
| 3.3}}|1.57 m|10.90 m (3 kg)|25.18 {{wind|+0.8}}|5.55 m ({{AthAbbr|NWI}})|38.74 m (500 g)|2:32.08}} |
| 5000 m walk
|22:33.63 AR-y |{{flagu|Peru}} |9 October 2010 |Santiago, Chile |
| 4 × 100 m relay
|45.99 {{AthAbbr|A}} |Mileidy López |{{flagu|Venezuela}} |5 November 2000 |Bogotá, Colombia |
=Mixed events=
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| Event
!Record !Athlete !Nationality !Date !Meet !Place !{{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |
|---|
| 4 × 400 m relay
|3:27.02 |Stephanie Andreza Guimarães |{{flagu|Brazil}} |30 November 2014 |Cali, Colombia | |
| 8×300 m relay
|4:54.20 |Vitoria Pereira Jardim |{{flagu|Brazil}} |1 July 2018 |Cuenca, Ecuador |
| class="wikitable"
!colspan=4| Key: |
| {{note label|Note1|WR-y|WR-y}}World youth record
|{{note label|Note2|AR-y|AR-y}}South American youth record |{{note label|Note3|NR-y|NR-y}}National youth record |{{note label|Note4|A|A}}affected by altitude |
=Defunct events=
;Men
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!Event !Record !Name !Nation !Date !Meet !Place !{{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |
| 5000 m
|14:53.94 |{{flagu|Brazil}} |4 October 1992 |Santiago, Chile |
| 300 m hurdles
|37.79 |{{flagu|Brazil}} |4 October 1992 |Santiago, Chile |
| 1500 m steeplechase
|4:18.89 |{{flagu|Argentina}} |2 October 1992 |Santiago, Chile |
| rowspan=2|Hexathlon
|rowspan=2|4172 pts |{{flagu|Brazil}} |2–3 October 1992 |Santiago, Chile |
| colspan=6|14.24 (100 m hurdles), 12.16 m (shot put), 6.74 m (long jump), 43.56 m (javelin), 1.98 m (high jump), 2:10.53 (800 m) |
| rowspan=2|Octathlon
|rowspan=2|6141 pts |{{flagu|Brazil}} |27–28 October 2012 |Mendoza, Argentina | |
| colspan=6|{{Octathlon score|11.44 {{wind |
| 2.6}}|7.22 m {{wind|+1.6}}|15.44 m|51.64|14.27 {{wind |
| 2.6}}|2.06 m|42.67 m|2:59.18}} |
| 5000 m walk
|19:49.54 |{{flagu|Ecuador}} |22 November 1990 |Lima, Peru |
| 4 × 400 m relay
|3:18.42 |Humberto de Oliveira |{{flagu|Brazil}} |20 October 1996 |Asunción, Paraguay |
| Swedish relay
|1:51.65 |Diego Venâncio (100m) |{{flagu|Brazil}} |20 October 2002 |Asunción, Paraguay |
;Women
| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; width: 95%;"
!Event !Record !Name !Nation !Date !Meet !Place !{{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |
| 600 m
|1:33.1 |{{flagu|Argentina}} |7 November 1976 |Santiago, Chile |
| 80 metres hurdles
|11.75 |{{flagu|Argentina}} |11 November 1978 |Montevideo, Uruguay |
| 300 m hurdles
|43.18 |{{flagu|Brazil}} |19 October 1996 |Asunción, Paraguay |
| Shot put (4 kg)
|15.67 m |{{flagu|Chile}} |15 October 2006 |Caracas, Venezuela |
| Hammer throw (4 kg)
|56.68 m {{AthAbbr|A}} |{{flagu|Argentina}} |4 November 2000 |Bogotá, Colombia |
| Javelin throw (600 g)
|48.04 m |{{flagu|Brazil}} |25 September 2004 |Guayaquil, Ecuador |
| rowspan=2|Pentathlon
|rowspan=2|3642 pts {{AthAbbr|A}} |{{flagu|Peru}} |November 1975 |Quito, Ecuador |
| colspan=6|{{Women's Indoor Pentathlon Score}} |
| rowspan=2|Heptathlon (old implements)
|rowspan=2|5347 pts |{{flagu|Brazil}} |9–10 October 2010 |Santiago, Chile |
| colspan=6|{{Heptathlon Score|14.37 {{wind |
| 0.7}}|1.62 m|13.47 m (4 kg)|25.29 {{wind |
| 1.0}}|5.75 m {{wind |
| 0.7}}|40.73 m (600 g)|2:38.75}} |
| 3000 m walk
|14:04.99 {{AthAbbr|A}} |{{flagu|Ecuador}} |23 October 1998 |Manaus, Brazil |
| 4 × 400 m relay
|3:49.67 |Flávia da Silva |{{flagu|Brazil}} |20 October 1996 |Asunción, Paraguay |
| Swedish relay
|2:11.6 |Franciela das Graças Krasucki (100m) |{{flagu|Brazil}} |26 September 2004 |Guayaquil, Ecuador |
References
{{Reflist|2}}
External links
- [http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/say.htm List of winners (boys) until 2004]. List of medallists courtesy of Eduardo Biscayart.
- [http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/say.htm List of winners (girls) until 2004]. List of medallists courtesy of Eduardo Biscayart.
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20140226190931/http://www.wjah.co.uk/wojc/meetlist.htm World Junior Athletics History ("WJAH")]
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