Athletics at the 2010 South American Games

The athletics events at the 2010 South American Games (Spanish: IX Juegos Suramericanos) were held from March 20–23 at the Alfonso Galvis Duque Stadium in Medellín, Colombia. The competition also acted at the 4th South American Under-23 Championships. A total of 42 events were contested, 21 by male athletes and 21 by female athletes. The stadium was 1541 metres above sea level, thus some athletes' performances benefited from altitude assistance.[1]

Athletics at the 9th South American Games
Athletics stadium at the Atanasio Girardot sports complex in Medellín, Colombia.
Dates	March 20 – March 23
Host city	Medellín, Colombia
Venue	Alfonso Galvis Duque Stadium
Level	U23
Events	42
Participation	13 nations
← 2006 Buenos Aires 2014 Santiago → 2010 South American Games

Brazil topped the medal table with 13 golds and 41 medals overall. Hosts Colombia were the next most successful (11 golds and 35 total) while Venezuela and Peru took third and fourth place respectively. Ana Cláudia Lemos Silva provided one of the highlights of the competition, equalling the South American record in the women's 100 metres with a run of 11.17 seconds. Jorge McFarlane of Peru took victory in both the 110 metres hurdles and the long jump, setting championships and Games records in both events, as well as breaking the Peruvian record in the hurdles.[1]

Two Colombian athletes also set new championships and Games records in their events: María Lucelly Murillo set new best marks of 56.08 m in the women's discus throw and Rafith Rodríguez won in Colombian record time in the 800 metres (1:47.20). Other record breaking performances of note included Ana Camila Pirelli's Paraguayan record in heptathlon, although this was only enough for the bronze in the competition.[1]

The 10,000 m gold medallist and 5000 m runner-up Karina Alvarez of Peru was stripped of her medals after failing a drugs test for cocaine.[2] Bolivian 400 m runner Alison Mariana Delfin – who helped win a relay bronze medal – was also later disqualified and banned for two years due to a doping offence.[3]

Medal summary

Men

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
100 m (wind: 2.2 m/s)	Isidro Valencia  Colombia	Álvaro Gómez  Colombia	Diego Rivas  Venezuela
200 m	Arturo Ramirez  Venezuela	Luis Carlos Nuñez  Colombia	Rubens Quirino  Brazil
400 m	Omar Longart  Venezuela	Hederson Estefani  Brazil	Helder Alves  Brazil
800 m	Rafith Rodríguez  Colombia	Lutimar Paes  Brazil	Diomar Souza  Brazil
1500 m	Ivan Guido Bilbao  Chile	Marvin Blanco  Venezuela	Mauricio Gonzalez  Colombia
5000 m	Mauricio Gonzalez  Colombia	Javier Andres Cabrera  Colombia	Victor Pincheira  Chile
10,000 m	Javier Andres Cabrera  Colombia	Daniel Silva  Brazil	Gilberto Lopes  Brazil
110 m hurdles	Jorge McFarlane  Peru	Jolver Lozano  Colombia	Javier McFarlane  Peru
400 m hurdles	Juan Pablo Maturana  Colombia	Geormi Jaramillo  Venezuela	Brayan Ambuila  Colombia
3000 m steeplechase	Marvin Blanco  Venezuela	Luis Millan  Venezuela	Mauricio Verdugo  Chile
20,000 m walk	Mauricio Jose Sanchez  Ecuador	Omar Sierra  Colombia	Caio Bonfim  Brazil
4 × 100 m relay	Isidro Valencia Luis Carlos Nunez Álvaro Gómez Diego Vergara  Colombia	Omar Longart Arturo Ramirez Alvaro Cassiani Diego Rivas  Venezuela	Gustavo Santos Rubens Quirino Helder Alves Jonathan Henrique Silva  Brazil
4 × 400 m relay	Ruben Headly Georni Jaramillo Arturo Ramirez Omar Longart  Venezuela	José Oliveira Hederson Estefani Henrique Souza Helder Alves  Brazil	Juan Pablo Maturana Brayan Ambuila Javier Hurtado Rafith Rodríguez  Colombia
High jump	Diego Javier Valencia  Ecuador	Carlos Izquierdo  Colombia	Simon Villa Arango  Colombia
Pole vault	Augusto de Oliveira  Brazil	Cleber Silva  Brazil	Ruben Benitez  Argentina
Long jump	Jorge McFarlane  Peru	Javier McFarlane  Peru	Lourival Almeida  Brazil
Triple jump	Robin Mosquera  Colombia	Jean Rosa  Brazil	Jose Adrian Carreno  Ecuador
Shot put	Edder Cesar Lopez  Colombia	Nicola Martina  Argentina	Michael Kevin Vidal  Peru
Discus throw	Andres Rossini  Argentina	Michael Kevin Vidal  Peru	Nicolas Martina  Argentina
Javelin throw	Victor Abel Riveros  Paraguay	Lucas Silva  Brazil	Tomas Martorell  Chile
Hammer throw	Allan Wolski  Brazil	Prinston Quailey  Venezuela	Guillermo Salazar  Ecuador
Decathlon	Diego Pereira de Araujo  Brazil	Pedro Lima  Brazil	Damian Benedetich  Argentina

Women

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
100 m	Ana Claudia Silva  Brazil	Yomara Hinestroza  Colombia	Nelcy Caicedo  Colombia
200 m	Ericka Belinda Quinteros  Ecuador	Vanda Gomes  Brazil	Bárbara Leôncio  Brazil
400 m	Barbara Oliveira  Brazil	Yenifer Padilla  Colombia	Yanet Largacha  Colombia
800 m	Jessica Santos  Brazil	Geisiane Lima  Brazil	Evangelina Thomas  Argentina
1500 m	Evangelina Thomas  Argentina	Rocio Alvarez  Peru	Jenifer Silva  Brazil
5000 m	Tatiele Carvalho  Brazil	Aura Maria Hincapie  Colombia	Charo Quinto  Peru
10,000 m	Yony Umiyauri  Peru	Aura Maria Hincapie  Colombia	Ana Brandao  Brazil
100 m hurdles	Agustina Zerboni  Argentina	Anita Souza  Brazil	Giuliana Maria Tovar  Peru
400 m hurdles	Magdalena Mendoza  Venezuela	Déborah Rodríguez  Uruguay	Elaine Paixão  Brazil
3000 m steeplechase	Rocio Huillca Alvarez  Peru	Jovana Capani  Peru	Florencia Borelli  Argentina
20,000 m walk	Ingrid Hernandez (COL)	Anabelli Sanchez (COL)	Paola Viviana Saquipay (ECU)
4 × 100 m relay	Vanusa Santos Vanda Gomes Ana Claudia Silva Franciela Krasucki  Brazil	Nelcy Caicedo Yenifer Padilla Maria Alejandra Paz Yomara Hinestroza  Colombia	Maria Ayelen Diogo Florencia Lamboglia Constanza Eckhardt Agustina Zerboni  Argentina
4 × 400 m relay	Time: 3:40.09 Yanet Largacha Maria Alejandra Paz Marcela Caicedo Yenifer Gonzalez  Colombia	Time: 3:40.68 Barbara Leoncio Elaine Paixão Ana Claudia Silva Barbara Oliveira  Brazil	Time: 3:51.74 Maria Ayelen Diogo Agustina Zerboni Juliana Menedez Florencia Lamboglia  Argentina
High jump	Valdileia Martins  Brazil	Lais Silva  Brazil	Sara Grisales  Colombia
Pole vault	Sara Pereira  Brazil	Raissa Schubert  Brazil	Diana Leyton  Colombia
Long jump	Ana Esperança  Brazil	Munich Tovar  Venezuela	Melissa Valencia  Colombia
Triple jump	Munich Tovar  Venezuela	Bianca Santos  Brazil	Feber Hernandez  Venezuela
Shot put	Natalia Duco Soler  Chile	Angela Marcela Moreno  Colombia	Luz Leyni Montano  Colombia
Discus throw	Fernanda Martins  Brazil	Andressa Morais  Brazil	Luz Leyni Montano  Colombia
Javelin throw	María Lucelly Murillo  Colombia	Olga Katryna Cabrera  Paraguay	Rafaela Gonçalves  Brazil
Hammer throw	Andressa Morais  Brazil	Carla Michel  Brazil	Dukina Freytters  Venezuela
Heptathlon	Agustina Zerboni  Argentina	Cynthia Alves  Brazil	Anna Camila Cubas  Paraguay

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Colombia)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Brazil (BRA)	13	18	11	42
2	Colombia (COL)*	11	11	13	35
3	Venezuela (VEN)	6	6	3	15
4	Peru (PER)	4	6	3	13
5	Argentina (ARG)	4	1	6	11
6	Ecuador (ECU)	3	0	3	6
7	Chile (CHI)	2	0	3	5
8	Paraguay (PAR)	1	1	1	3
9	Uruguay (URU)	0	1	0	1
10	Bolivia (BOL)	0	0	1	1
Totals (10 nations)		44	44	44	132

References

1. Biscayart, Eduardo (2010-03-24). 100m record at South American U23 champs. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-03-27.
2. Sudamericanos: Peruana y boliviana pierden medallas por dopaje. UNIVision (2010-03-27). Retrieved on 2011-01-25.
3. IAAF Newsletter Ed. 119. IAAF (2011-01-25). Retrieved on 2011-01-25.

External links

• Athletics at the official 2010 Games website