2012 South American Race Walking Championships

{{Infobox XC Championships

|Name = 2012 South American Race Walking Championships

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|Size =

|Caption =

|Organisers = Atletismo Sudamericano

|Edition = 19th

|Date = March 17–18

|Host city = Salinas, Santa Elena, Ecuador {{flagicon|Ecuador}}

|Location = El Malecón de Salinas

|Nations participating = 8

|Athletes participating = 87

|Races = 7

|Website =

|Previous = 2010 Cochabamba

|Next = 2014 Cochabamba

}}

The 2012 South American Race Walking Championships were held in Salinas, Ecuador, on March 17–18, 2012. The track of the championship runs in El Malecón de Salinas.{{ Citation

|title = XVII CAMPEONATO SUDAMERICANO DE MARCHA - BASES DEL CAMPEONATO

|url = http://www.fedachi.cl/web/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=1093&Itemid=

|publisher = Federación Atlética de Chile

|language = es

|access-date = August 11, 2013

|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121226044934/http://www.fedachi.cl/web/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=1093&Itemid=

|archive-date = 2012-12-26

|url-status = dead

}}

A detailed report on the event and an appraisal of the results was given by Eduardo Biscayart for the World Athletics.

{{ Citation

| last = Biscayart

| first = Eduardo

| date = March 20, 2012

| title = Colombians shine at South American Race Walking champs

| url = http://www.iaaf.org/news/news/colombians-shine-at-south-american-race-walki

| publisher = IAAF

| access-date = August 11, 2013

}}

Complete results were published.{{ Citation

|title = XVII CAMPEONATO SUDAMERICANO DE MARCHA - SALINAS 17 Y 18 DE MARZO DEL 2012

|url = http://www.consudatle.org/calendario/158-2.pdf

|publisher = CONSUDATLE

|language = es

|access-date = August 11, 2013

|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120512012206/http://consudatle.org/calendario/158-2.pdf

|archive-date = 2012-05-12

|url-status = usurped

}}

{{ Citation

| title = XVII CAMPEONATO SUDAMERICANO DE MARCHA - SALINAS 17 Y 18 DE MARZO DEL 2012

| url = http://www.cbat.org.br/resultados/2012/Res%20SA%20Marcha%2012.pdf

| publisher = Confederação Brasileira de Atletismo

| language = es

| access-date = August 11, 2013

}}

The junior events are documented on the World Junior Athletics History webpages.{{Citation

| title = WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH")

| url = http://www.wjah.co.uk/wojc/SARW/SARW2012.html

| publisher = World Junior Athletics History ("WJAH")

| access-date = August 11, 2013

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180923073641/http://www.wjah.co.uk/wojc/SARW/SARW2012.html

| archive-date = September 23, 2018

| url-status = dead

}}