Athletics at the 1986 South American Games
# Athletics at the 1986 South American Games

Athletics events at the 1986 South American Games were held at the Estadio Nacional in Santiago, Chile. A total of 40 events were contested, 23 by men and 17 by women.

## Medal summary

Medal winners were published in a book by written Argentinian journalist Ernesto Rodríguez III with support of the Argentine Olympic Committee (Spanish: Comité Olímpico Argentino) under the auspices of the Ministry of Education (Spanish: Ministerio de Educación de la Nación) in collaboration with the Office of Sports (Spanish: Secretaría de Deporte de la Nación). Eduardo Biscayart supplied the list of winners and their results.

### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 100 metres | Gerardo Meinardi Argentina | 10.65 | Oscar Barrionuevo Argentina | Álvaro Prenafeta Chile |
| 200 metres | Álvaro Prenafeta Chile | 21.29 | Marco Mautino Peru | Gerardo Meinardi Argentina |
| 400 metres | Carlos Morales Chile | 47.01 | Alejandro Krauss Chile | Moisés Del Castillo Peru |
| 800 metres | Manuel Balmaceda Chile | 1:47.98 | Luis Migueles Argentina | Rodrigo Muñoz Chile |
| 1,500 metres | Emilio Ulloa Chile | 3:44.21 | Marcelo Cascabello Argentina | Rodrigo Muñoz Chile |
| 5,000 metres | Omar Aguilar Chile | 14:05.56 | Rolando Vera Ecuador | Antonio Silio Argentina |
| 10,000 metres | Rolando Vera Ecuador | 28:53.90 | Omar Aguilar Chile | Jorge Rojas Chile |
| 4x100 metres relay | Peru | 40.75 | Chile | Ecuador |
| 4x400 metres relay | Alejandro Krauss Álvaro Prenafeta Carlos Morales Pablo Squella Chile | 3:08.37 | Oscar Barrionuevo Dardo Angerami Gerardo Meinardi José Beduino Argentina | Peru |
| Marathon | Sergio Magne Chile | 2:26:08 | Policarpo Calizaya Bolivia | Rolando Acuña Chile |
| 110 metres hurdles | Carlos Varas Argentina | 14.51 | George Biehl Chile | Fernando Valiente Peru |
| 400 metres hurdles | Pablo Squella Chile | 52.01 | Alberto Izu Peru | Dardo Angerami Argentina |
| 3000 metres steeplechase | Emilio Ulloa Chile | 8:38.49 | Marcelo Cascabello Argentina | Rudimir Ojeda Chile |
| 20 Kilometres Walk | Senón Quispe Bolivia | | Eloy Quispe Bolivia | Juan Canevaro Chile |
| Long Jump | Fernando Valiente Peru | 7.48 | Osvaldo Frigerio Argentina | Fidel Solórzano Ecuador |
| Triple Jump | José Quiñaliza Ecuador | 15.40 | Francisco Pichot Chile | Ricardo Valiente Peru |
| High Jump | Fernando Pastoriza Argentina | 2.15 | Francisco Muñoz Chile | Santiago Lozada Peru |
| Pole Vault | Oscar Veit Argentina | 5.01 | Jaime Silva Chile | Daniel Prieto Chile |
| Shot Put | José Jara Chile | 15.95 | Gerardo Carucci Argentina | Carlos Bryner Argentina |
| Discus Throw | Carlos Bryner Argentina | 50.68 | Gerardo Carucci Argentina | Roberto Pesqueira Chile |
| Hammer Throw | Andrés Charadía Argentina | 62.72 | Daniel Gómez Argentina | Raúl Ramón Ecuador |
| Javelin Throw | Gustavo Wielandt Chile | 70.38 | Marco Talavera Paraguay | Jorge Parraguirre Chile |
| Decathlon | Carlos Martín Argentina | 6,759pts | Fidel Solórzano Ecuador | George Biehl Chile |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 100 metres | Patricia Pérez Chile | 11.90 | Claudia Acerenza Uruguay | | Deborah Bell Argentina |
| 200 metres | Liliana Chalá Ecuador | 24.01 | Claudia Acerenza Uruguay | | Soledad Acerenza Uruguay |
| 400 metres | Liliana Chalá Ecuador | 54.47 | Graciela Mardones Chile | | María Del Carmen Mosegui Uruguay |
| 800 metres | Graciela Mardones Chile | 2:07.11 | Liliana Góngora Argentina | | Gina Toledo Chile |
| 1,500 metres | Liliana Góngora Argentina | 4:25.87 | Gina Toledo Chile | | Ruth Jaime Peru |
| 3,000 metres | Mónica Regonesi Chile | 9:41.13 | Ruth Jaime Peru | | María Teresa Paucar Ecuador |
| 10,000 metres | Mónica Regonesi Chile | 35:25.30 | María Teresa Paucar Ecuador | | Ruth Jaime Peru |
| 4x100 metres relay | Uruguay Margarita Martirena Maria del Carmen Mosegui Soledad Acerenza Claudia Acerenza | 46.69 NR | Chile | | Ecuador |
| 4 x 400 metres relay | Uruguay | 3:40.51 | Chile Claudia Riquelme Ximena Monreal Claudia Oxman Graciela Mardones | 3:41.18 | Ecuador |
| 100 metres hurdles | Alejandra Martínez Chile | 14.22 | Carmen Bezanilla Chile | | Adriana Martínez Ecuador |
| 400 metres hurdles | Liliana Chalá Ecuador | 58.64 | Claudia Oxman Chile | | Inés Justet Uruguay |
| Long Jump | Graciela Acosta Uruguay | 5.78 | Isabel Oliva Chile | | Claudia Herrera Chile |
| High Jump | Leonor Carter Chile | 1.74 | Carmen Garib Chile | | Ilona Bohman Ecuador |
| Shot Put | Berenice Da Silva Uruguay | 14.32 | Claudia Brien Chile | | Mónica Fuentes Chile |
| Discus Throw | Berenice Da Silva Uruguay | 43.94 | Elvira Yuera Peru | | Gloria Martínez Chile |
| Javelin Throw | Eugenia Urra Chile | 44.38 | Verónica Silva Chile | | Ana María Comaschi Argentina |
| Heptathlon | Ana María Comaschi Argentina | 4,686pts | María Esther Mediano Chile | | Claudia Brien Chile |

## Medal table (unofficial)

* Host nation (Chile)

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Chile (CHI)* | 18 | 18 | 16 | 52 |
| 2 | Argentina (ARG) | 9 | 10 | 6 | 25 |
| 3 | Ecuador (ECU) | 5 | 3 | 8 | 16 |
| 4 | Uruguay (URU) | 5 | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| 5 | Peru (PER) | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 |
| 6 | Bolivia (BOL) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Paraguay (PAR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals (7 entries) | Totals (7 entries) | 40 | 40 | 40 | 120 |
