2009 South American Championships in Athletics
The 2009 South American Championships in Athletics (Spanish: 2009 Campeonatos Sudamericanos) was the forty sixth edition of the tournament and was held between 19 and 21 June in Lima, Peru.
46th South American Championships | |
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Dates | 19 June – 21 June |
Host city | Lima, Peru ![]() |
Venue | Villa Deportiva Nacional |
Level | Senior |
Events | 44 |
Records set | 10 Championship records 2 Area records |

Brazil dominated the tournament, easily finishing with the highest total points and medals, and also winning the most gold, silver, and bronze medals. Colombia and Argentina took second and third places, respectively, while hosts Peru finished in fifth.[1]
Numerous records were broken at the Championships, including two area records, 10 Championship records and seventeen national records.[2] Both area records were achieved in the 20000 metres track walk event, with Luis Fernando López running 1:20:53.6 in the men's race to break Jefferson Pérez's previous mark, and Johana Ordóñez winning the women's race in 1:34:58. Mario Bazán also beat one of Pérez's records, setting a Championship record in the 3000 metres steeplechase.[3]
Colombian Norma González was the athlete with the most medals at the end of the tournament, with three golds from the 200 metres, 400 metres, and 4×100 metres relay, and a silver from the 4×400 metres relay. A handful of other athletes also won multiple gold medals. Three women won two gold medals: Rosibel García won the 800 and 1500 metres, Germán Lauro took the shot put and discus titles, and Inés Melchor set a national and a Championship record in the 5000 and 10000 metres, respectively. Three male athletes also achieved double golds: Alonso Edward did the 100 and 200 metres sprint double, Andrés Silva won the 400 metres sprint and hurdles, while Byron Piedra won both the 1500 and 5000 metres races.[3]
The competition was marred by drugs bans for medalling athletes: a Brazilian coach, Jayme Netto, admitted that he had administered the banned drug recombinant EPO on five of his athletes without their knowledge, which included: 800 m silver medallist Josiane Tito, 200 m bronze medallist Bruno de Barros, heptathlon champion Lucimara da Silva and 400 m hurdles silver medallist Luciana França.[4] In a separate case, Lucimar Teodoro, the 400 m hurdles gold medallist, also received a two-year ban.[5]
Records
Name | Event | Country | Record | Type |
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Inés Melchor | 5000 metres | ![]() | 16:00.41 | NR |
Fabiana Murer | Pole vault | ![]() | 4.60 | CR |
Odette Palma | Hammer throw | ![]() | 64.55 | NR |
Mario Bazán | 3000 metres steeplechase | ![]() | 8:35.17 | CR NR |
Eduardo Acuña | Hammer throw | ![]() | 67.26 | NR |
Arley Ibargüen | Javelin throw | ![]() | 81.07 | CR NR |
Sabine Heitling | 3000 metres steeplechase | ![]() | 9:52.54 | CR |
Ángela Figueroa | 3000 metres steeplechase | ![]() | 9:54.83 | NR |
Elisângela Adriano | Discus throw | ![]() | 61.00 | CR |
María Angélica Cubillán | Discus throw | ![]() | 54.07 | NR |
Lucimara da Silva | Heptathlon | ![]() | 5996 (DQ) | CR |
Macarena Reyes | Heptathlon | ![]() | 5360 | NR |
Johana Ordóñez | 20000 metres track walk | ![]() | 1:34:58 | AR CR |
Sandra Zapata | 20000 metres track walk | ![]() | 1:35:53 | NR |
Luis Fernando López | 20000 metres track walk | ![]() | 1:20:53.6 | AR CR |
Yerko Araya | 20000 metres track walk | ![]() | 1:23:08.2 | NR |
Inés Melchor | 10,000 metres | ![]() | 33:11.79 | CR |
Lucimar Teodoro | 400 metres hurdles | ![]() | 56.32 | CR |
Key: • AR — Area record • CR — Championship record • NR — National record | WR — World record
Medal summary
- For full event details see 2009 South American Championships in Athletics – Results
Men's events
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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100 metres | Alonso Edward![]() | 10.29 | Daniel Grueso![]() | 10.39 | José Carlos Moreira![]() | 10.49 |
200 metres[6] | Alonso Edward![]() | 20.45 | Hugo de Sousa![]() | 20.92 | Kael Becerra![]() | 21.32 |
400 metres | Andrés Silva![]() | 46.06 | Geiner Mosquera![]() | 46.28 | Freddy Mezones![]() | 46.28 |
800 metres | Fabiano Peçanha![]() | 1:47.82 | Kléberson Davide![]() | 1:49.33 | Nico Herrera![]() | 1:49.53 |
1500 metres | Byron Piedra![]() | 3:41.81 | Hudson de Souza![]() | 3:42.72 | Eduar Villanueva![]() | 3:43.23 |
5000 metres | Byron Piedra![]() | 13:56.93 | Mario Bazán![]() | 13:57.37 | Damião de Souza![]() | 13:57.94 |
10,000 metres | Damião de Souza![]() | 29:23.57 | Miguel Ángel Bárzola![]() | 29:23.62 | Jhon Cusi![]() | 29:40.05 |
110 metres hurdles | Paulo Villar![]() | 13.89 | Éder Antônio Souza![]() | 13.97 | Anselmo Gomes da Silva![]() | 14.12 |
400 metres hurdles | Andrés Silva![]() | 50.28 | Raphael Fernandes![]() | 50.42 | Yeison Rivas![]() | 50.87 |
3000 metres steeplechase | Mario Bazán![]() | 8:35.17 CR NR | José Peña![]() | 8:36.17 PB | Mariano Mastromarino![]() | 8:51.48 |
4 x 100 metres relay[7] | ![]() Yeison Rivas Jhon Valoyes Yeimer Mosquera Daniel Grueso | 39.41 | ![]() Lenin Cubillán Jermaine Chirinos Álvaro Cassiani Ronald Amaya | 40.26 | ![]() Matías Usandivaras Fabian Jiménez Miguel Wilken José Manuel Garaventa | 40.76 |
4 x 400 metres relay | ![]() Yeison Rivas Jhon Valoyes Amílcar Torres Yeimer Mosquera | 3:06.22 | ![]() Luis Eduardo Ambrósio Eduardo Vasconcelos Rodrigo Bargas Wallace Vieira | 3:06.85 | ![]() Matías Larregle Miguel Wilken Christian Deymonnaz Mariano Jiménez | 3:11.70 |
20,000 metres track walk | Luis Fernando López![]() | 1:20:53.6 CR AR | Yerko Araya![]() | 1:23:08.2 NR | Patricio Ortega![]() | 1:23:30.9 PB |
High jump | Jessé de Lima![]() | 2.216 | Alberth Bravo![]() | 2.13 | Diego Ferrín![]() | 2.10 |
Pole vault[8] | Fábio Gomes da Silva![]() | 5.40 | Marcelo Terra![]() | 4.80 | César González![]() | 4.80 |
Long jump | Rogério Bispo![]() | 7.77 | Erivaldo Vieira![]() | 7.61 | Hugo Chila![]() | 7.51 |
Triple jump[9] | Jefferson Sabino![]() | 16.38w | Hugo Chila![]() | 16.12 | Maximiliano Díaz![]() | 15.49 |
Shot put | Germán Lauro![]() | 19.20 | Ronald Julião![]() | 18.19 | Gustavo de Mendonça![]() | 17.55 |
Discus | Germán Lauro![]() | 60.41 | Jorge Balliengo![]() | 58.04 | Ronald Julião![]() | 54.97 |
Hammer | Juan Cerra![]() | 69.42 | Patricio Palma![]() | 68.53 | Eduardo Acuña![]() | 67.26 NR |
Javelin | Arley Ibargüen![]() | 81.07 CR NR | Noraldo Palacios![]() | 77.87 | Júlio César de Oliveira![]() | 73.51 |
Decathlon | Carlos Chinin![]() | 7474 | Oscar Mina![]() | 6659 | Fernando Korniejczuk![]() | 6505[10] |
WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season) |
Women's events
Final standings

Points table
Rank | Country | Points | ||
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Total | Men | Women | ||
1 | ![]() | 446 | 204 | 242 |
2 | ![]() | 275 | 98 | 177 |
3 | ![]() | 138.5 | 88.5 | 50 |
4 | ![]() | 111 | 64 | 47 |
5 | ![]() | 91 | 51 | 40 |
6 | ![]() | 87 | 42 | 45 |
7 | ![]() | 73.5 | 49.5 | 24 |
8 | ![]() | 25 | 20 | 5 |
Medal table
* Host nation (Peru)
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | ![]() | 15 | 16 | 14 | 45 |
2 | ![]() | 14 | 8 | 5 | 27 |
3 | ![]() | 3 | 6 | 10 | 19 |
4 | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 |
5 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
6 | ![]() | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
![]() | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
8 | ![]() | 1 | 6 | 1 | 8 |
9 | ![]() | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 |
Totals (9 nations) | 44 | 44 | 43 | 131 |
See also
- 2009 in athletics (track and field)
- 2009 World Championships in Athletics
References
- General
- Biscayart, Eduardo (2009-06-20). Murer vaults 4.60m at South American Championships – Day 1 report. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-06-24.
- Biscayart, Eduardo (2009-06-21). Adriano takes seventh South American Discus title – Day 2 report. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-06-24.
- Biscayart, Eduardo (2009-06-22). Brazil repeats triumph at South American Championships – Day 3 report. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-06-24.
- Official results (archived)
- Specific
- "Athletics: Brazil repeats triumph at South American Chmps". en.olympic.cn. 2009-06-23. Archived from the original on 2009-08-14. Retrieved 2009-06-24.
- Los números finales del Sudamericano (in Spanish). CONSUDATLE (2009-06-21). Retrieved on 2009-06-24. Archived 2009-08-14.
- La despedida de Lima Archived 2009-07-08 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish). CONSUDATLE (2009-06-21). Retrieved on 2009-06-24.
- Coach takes blame for five Brazilian athletes failing drug tests. The Guardian (2009-08-06). Retrieved on 2009-10-25.
- Brazilian hurdler banned for two years for doping. Reuters (2009-08-12). Retrieved on 2009-08-12.
- The original bronze medallist was Bruno de Barros of Brazil in 20.93 seconds (disqualified due to doping).
- Brazil, originally finishing in the silver medal position, disqualified after Jorge Célio Sena was found guilty of doping.
- The original silver medallist was João Gabriel Sousa of Brazil with 5.30 metres (disqualified due to doping).
- The original bronze medallist was Leonardo Elisiário dos Santos of Brazil with 15.58 metres (disqualified due to doping violation).
- Lauro se fue con doblete. Olé Clarin (2009-06-22). Retrieved on 2009-06-24. Archived 2009-08-14.
- Original silver medallist was: Josiane Tito of Brazil in 2:06.66 minutes (disqualified for a doping violation)
- Original gold and silver medalists were Brazilians Lucimar Teodoro (56.32 CR) and Luciana França (56.53). Both were disqualified for doping violations.
- The original gold and silver medalists, Johana Triviño of Colombia and Fernanda Gonçalves of Brazil respectively, were disqualified due to doping.
- The original gold medalist was Johana Triviño of Colombia with 14.02 metres (disqualified due to doping).
- The original winner, Brazil's Lucimara da Silva in a championship record of 5996 points, was later disqualified as she failed a drugs test prior to the competition.
External links
- Competition overview (in Spanish)