1986 South American Youth Championships in Athletics
# 1986 South American Youth Championships in Athletics

The 8th South American Youth Championships in Athletics were held in Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentina, from October 17–19, 1986.

## Medal summary

Medal winners are published for boys and girls. Complete results can be found on the "World Junior Athletics History" website.

### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 100 metres (wind: -1.2 m/s) | Néstor Soncini (ARG) | 11.13 | Adilson da Silva (BRA) | 11.54 | Fernando Botasso (BRA) | 11.59 |
| 200 metres (wind: +1.5 m/s) | Néstor Soncini (ARG) | 22.2 | Adilson da Silva (BRA) | 23.2 | Roberto Provis (CHI) | 23.6 |
| 400 metres | Inaldo Sena (BRA) | 50.63 | Antônio Enrique Ferreira (BRA) | 51.44 | Santiago Ramírez (URU) | 51.62 |
| 800 metres | Ricardo Beltrán (ARG) | 1:57.34 | Luciano Rosa (BRA) | 1:57.94 | Ricardo Quesada (CHI) | 1:59.02 |
| 1500 metres | Edgardo Graglia (ARG) | 4:02.8 | Marcelo Barrientos (CHI) | 4:03.0 | Ricardo Moreno (ARG) | 4:04.7 |
| 3000 metres | Marcelo Barrientos (CHI) | 8:50.43 | Ricardo Moreno (ARG) | 8:53.60 | Heriberto Acevedo (BRA) | 8:56.84 |
| 1500 metres steeplechase | Hermelindo Almiro (BRA) | 4:28.8 | Marcelo Barrientos (CHI) | 4:30.0 | Marcelo Pires (BRA) | 4:34.0 |
| 110 metres hurdles (wind: +1.2 m/s) | Fábio Aleixo (BRA) | 14.5 | Sergio Kleng (ARG) | 15.1 | Fábio Tofani (BRA) | 15.3 |
| 300 metres hurdles | Fábio Aleixo (BRA) | 39.11 | Gonzalo Loveday (PER) | 39.81 | Ricardo Bukalil (BRA) | 40.12 |
| High jump | Fernando Damonte (ARG) | 1.92 | Damián Gianotti (ARG) | 1.88 | José Rodríguez (VEN) | 1.88 |
| Pole vault | Diego Vázquez (ARG) | 3.92 | Igor Castillo (PER) | 3.60 | Carlos Pérez (ARG) | 3.40 |
| Long jump | Sérgio Santos (BRA) | 6.73 | Marcos Cooper (ARG) | 6.57 | Marcos de Moraes (BRA) | 6.52 |
| Triple jump | Marcos de Moraes (BRA) | 13.94 | Sanderlei da Conceição (BRA) | 13.69 | Elvio Justiniano (BOL) | 13.35 |
| Shot put | Raimundo Monasterio (VEN) | 16.14 | Acassio da Silva (BRA) | 15.62 | Ricardo Torres (PAR) | 14.94 |
| Discus throw | Márcio Barreto (BRA) | 48.16 | Marcelo Dadario (ARG) | 48.08 | Acassio da Silva (BRA) | 46.16 |
| Hammer throw | Julio César Anelli (ARG) | 55.40 | Leonardo Melano (ARG) | 55.34 | Alexandre Mantovani (BRA) | 53.66 |
| Javelin throw | Daniel Mijares (VEN) | 52.16 | Fábio Boso (BRA) | 51.90 | Marcos Balbuena (ARG) | 50.02 |
| Hexathlon | Marcelo Viola (ARG) | 3890 | Daniel Mijares (VEN) | 3771 | Fernando Oliva (ARG) | 3723 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay | Brazil | 43.75 | Chile | 44.07 | Uruguay | 44.20 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay | Argentina Esteban Gambaro Marcos Cooper Fabian Gandolfi Gustavo Fontenla | 3:29.59 | Brazil | 3:31.54 | Uruguay | 3:34.86 |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 100 metres (wind: -0.8 m/s) | Roseli Diogo (BRA) | 12.82 | Ana Maria Rocha (BRA) | 12.87 | Silvina Grion (ARG) | 12.88 |
| 200 metres (wind: 0.0 m/s) | Jupira da Graça (BRA) | 26.2 | Roseli Diogo (BRA) | 26.3 | Claudia Riquelme (CHI) | 26.6 |
| 400 metres | Jupira da Graça (BRA) | 56.96 | Claudia Riquelme (CHI) | 57.01 | Virginia Guerra (URU) | 58.74 |
| 800 metres | Célia dos Santos (BRA) | 2:17.25 | Niusha Mansilla (BOL) | 2:19.18 | Roberta Baungarten (BRA) | 2:19.70 |
| 1500 metres | Roxana Coronatti (ARG) | 4:41.5 | Noemí Sabino (BRA) | 4:43.8 | Roxana Palavecino (ARG) | 4:44.9 |
| 100 metres hurdles (wind: 0.0 m/s) | Graciela Pugliese (ARG) | 15.24 | Susana Letts (PER) | 15.42 | Ana Maria Rocha (BRA) | 15.43 |
| High jump | Doroto Raimundo (BRA) | 1.63 | Graciela Pugliese (ARG) | 1.60 | Claudia Blotto (ARG) | 1.60 |
| Long jump | Ana Martina Vizioli (ARG) | 5.70 | Natalia Toledo (PAR) | 5.46 | María Isabel Rubio (CHI) | 5.44 |
| Shot put | Maria da Silva (BRA) | 11.52 | Stella Carpinelli (BRA) | 11.12 | Graciela Pugliese (ARG) | 10.99 |
| Discus throw | Rosemeire Silva (BRA) | 37.74 | Sadith Fretes (PAR) | 37.14 | Adriana Romero (ARG) | 35.32 |
| Javelin throw | Rosemeire Silva (BRA) | 47.76 | Natalia Toledo (PAR) | 40.86 | Jeanette Bensinger (PER) | 39.76 |
| Pentathlon | Ana Martina Vizioli (ARG) | 3177 | Carolina Sanz (CHI) | 3083 | Vera Alves (BRA) | 2917 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay | Brazil | 49.01 | Chile | 50.06 | Uruguay | 50.08 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay | Brazil | 4:02.64 | Argentina | 4:04.20 | Chile | 4:06.21 |

## Medal table (unofficial)

* Host nation (Argentina)

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Brazil (BRA) | 18 | 12 | 11 | 41 |
| 2 | Argentina (ARG)* | 13 | 8 | 9 | 30 |
| 3 | Venezuela (VEN) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Chile (CHI) | 1 | 6 | 5 | 12 |
| 5 | Paraguay (PAR) | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Peru (PER) | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Bolivia (BOL) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | Uruguay (URU) | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Totals (8 entries) | Totals (8 entries) | 34 | 34 | 34 | 102 |

## Participation (unofficial)

Detailed result lists can be found on the "World Junior Athletics History" website. An unofficial count yields the number of about 205 athletes from about 9 countries:

* Argentina (48)
* Bolivia (5)
* Brazil (38)
* Chile (22)
* Ecuador (10)
* Paraguay (18)
* Perú (39)
* Uruguay (14)
* Venezuela (11)
