2003 South American Championships in Athletics

42nd South American Championships
42nd South American Championships
Dates	20–22 June 2003
Host city	Barquisimeto, Venezuela
Venue	Polideportivo Máximo Viloria
Events	44
Participation	296 athletes from ; 12 nations
Records set	8 Championships records
	← 2001 Manaus 2005 Cali →

The 2003 South American Championships in Athletics were held from June 20 to June 22 at the Polideportivo Máximo Viloria^[1]^[2] in Barquisimeto, Venezuela. Detailed day-by-day reports can be found on the IAAF website.^[3]^[4]^[5]

Medal summary

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Édson Ribeiro Brazil	10.30	Heber Viera Uruguay	10.33	Jarbas Mascarenhas Brazil	10.36
200 metres	Heber Viera Uruguay	20.60	Claudinei da Silva Brazil	20.63	Jorge Sena Brazil	20.71
400 metres	William José Hernández Venezuela	45.81	Anderson Jorge dos Santos Brazil	46.07	Mauricio Mery Chile	46.20
800 metres	Fabiano Peçanha Brazil	1:46.32	Osmar dos Santos Brazil	1:46.92	Simoncito Silvera Venezuela	1:48.31
1500 metres	Fabiano Peçanha Brazil	3:39.74	Miguel Ángel García Venezuela	3:41.01	Javier Carriqueo Argentina	3:42.65
5000 metres	Marílson dos Santos Brazil	13:52.15	William Naranjo Colombia	14:03.41	Luis Fonseca Venezuela	14:17.44
10000 metres	William Naranjo Colombia	29:37.38	Luiz Almeida Brazil	29:49.11	José Alejandro Semprún Venezuela	30:06.03
3000 metres steeplechase	Néstor Nieves Venezuela	8:46.41	Celso Ficagna Brazil	8:51.73	Richard Arias Ecuador	8:52.66
110 metres hurdles	Redelen dos Santos Brazil	13.45 CR	Jackson Quinónez Ecuador	13.59	Mateus Inocencio Brazil	13.69
400 metres hurdles	Bayano Kamani Panama	50.10	Cleverson da Silva Brazil	50.35	Eronilde de Araújo Brazil	50.81
4 × 100 metres relay	Brazil Jarbas Mascarenhas Édson Ribeiro Cláudio Roberto Souza Claudinei da Silva	38.96	Venezuela Juan Morillo Omar José Cortés José Carabalí Hely Ollarves	39.85	Chile Pablo Colville Ricardo Roach Guillermo Mayer Mauricio Mery	40.04
4 × 400 metres relay	Brazil Luís Ambrosio Eronilde de Araújo Flávio Godoy Anderson Jorge dos Santos	3:05.28	Venezuela Jonathan Palma Luis Luna Danny Núnez William José Hernández	3:09.26	Colombia Jhon Chávez Gélver Espinoza Edgar José Bermudes Julio César Rojas	3:09.48
20000 metres track walk	Sérgio Galdino Brazil	1:25:54.2	Fredy Hernández Colombia	1:26:00.0	Cristian Muñoz Chile	1:31:16.1
High jump	Fabrício Romero Brazil	2.22	Jessé de Lima Brazil	2.22	Alfredo Deza Peru	2.16
Pole vault	Ricardo Diez Venezuela	5.20	Javier Benítez Argentina	5.20	Gustavo Rehder Brazil	5.10
Long jump	Víctor Castillo Venezuela	7.78	Sérgio dos Santos Brazil	7.65	Irving Saladino Panama	7.46
Triple jump	Jadel Gregório Brazil	16.76	Anísio Silva Brazil	16.22	Johnny Rodríguez Venezuela	16.12
Shot put	Marco Antonio Verni Chile	20.23 CR	Yojer Medina Venezuela	19.29	Jhonny Rodríguez Colombia	18.22
Discus throw	Marcelo Pugliese Argentina	57.44	Jorge Balliengo Argentina	55.22	Héctor Hurtado Venezuela	54.61
Hammer throw	Juan Cerra Argentina	73.31	Adrián Marzo Argentina	67.25	Aldo Bello Venezuela	65.27
Javelin throw	Luiz Fernando da Silva Brazil	79.50 CR	Noraldo Palacios Colombia	76.81	Nery Kennedy Paraguay	75.53
Decathlon	Édson Bindilatti Brazil	7254	Juan Jaramillo Venezuela	6763	Enrique Aguirre Argentina	6585
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

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Digna Luz Murillo Colombia	11.35	Lucimar de Moura Brazil	11.43	Wilmary Álvarez Venezuela	11.59
200 metres	Digna Luz Murillo Colombia	23.13	Lucimar de Moura Brazil	23.34	Wilmary Álvarez Venezuela	23.40
400 metres	Geisa Coutinho Brazil	51.81	Eliana Pacheco Venezuela	52.43	Josiane Tito Brazil	52.68
800 metres	Luciana Mendes Brazil	2:02.06	Christiane dos Santos Brazil	2:02.50	Rosibel García Colombia	2:02.84
1500 metres	Juliana de Azevedo Brazil	4:17.54 CR	Niusha Mancilla Bolivia	4:21.54	Ana Cláudia Coimbra Brazil	4:21.75
5000 metres	Maria Rodrigues Brazil	16:11.70	Erika Olivera Chile	16:23.97	Lucélia Peres Brazil	16:36.31
10000 metres	Ednalva da Silva Brazil	34:13.50	Erika Olivera Chile	34:43.02	Luz Eliana Silva Chile	35:01.73
3000 metres steeplechase	Mónica Amboya Ecuador	10:25.90 CR	Silvia Paredes Ecuador	10:38.22	Patrícia Lobo Brazil	10:55.88
100 metres hurdles	Gilvaneide Parrela Brazil	13.44	Maíla Machado Brazil	13.63	Princesa Oliveros Colombia	13.77
400 metres hurdles	Lucimar Teodoro Brazil	56.86 CR	Raquel da Costa Brazil	57.51	Princesa Oliveros Colombia	57.53
4 × 100 metres relay	Brazil Renata Vilela Sampaio Lucimar de Moura Rosemar Coelho Neto Thatiana Regina Ignâcio	44.16	Colombia Mirtha Brock Luz Celia Ararat Melisa Murillo Digna Luz Murillo	44.67	Chile Daniela Riderelli María José Echeverría Daniela Pávez María Izabel Coloma	45.37
4 × 400 metres relay	Brazil Maria Laura Almirao Josiane Tito Lucimar Teodoro Geisa Coutinho	3:28.64 CR	Venezuela Wilmary Álvarez Ángela Alfonso Yusmelis García Eliana Pacheco	3:34.30	Colombia Luz Celia Ararat Princesa Oliveros Mirtha Brock Rosibel García	3:41.05
20000 metres track walk	Sandra Zapata Colombia	1:40:52.60	Morelba Useche Venezuela	1:48:24.90	Marcela Pacheco Chile	1:49:50.10
High jump	Luciane Dambacher Brazil	1.82	Yetzálida Pérez Venezuela	1.82	Claudia Casals Argentina	1.79
Pole vault	Alejandra García Argentina	4.20	Carolina Torres Chile	4.20	Milena Agudelo Colombia	4.00
Long jump	Keila Costa Brazil	6.30	Catherine Ibargüen Colombia	6.04	Mónica Falcioni Uruguay	5.94
Triple jump	Keila Costa Brazil	13.62	Luciana dos Santos Brazil	13.42	Catherine Ibargüen Colombia	13.07
Shot put	Elisângela Adriano Brazil	18.34	Luz Dary Castro Colombia	16.59	Marianne Berndt Chile	16.39
Discus throw	Elisângela Adriano Brazil	58.37	Luz Dary Castro Colombia	51.73	María Cubillán Venezuela	50.47
Hammer throw	Katiuscia de Jesus Brazil	61.01 CR	Josiane Soares Brazil	59.65	Adriana Benaventa Venezuela	58.34
Javelin throw	Sabina Moya Colombia	58.30	Alessandra Resende Brazil	57.01	Romina Maggi Argentina	52.36
Heptathlon	Thaimara Rivas Venezuela	5622	Elizete da Silva Brazil	5334	Valeria Steffens Chile	5169
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)

Medal table


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Brazil (BRA)	27	18	9	54
2	Venezuela (VEN)	5	9	10	24
3	Colombia (COL)	5	7	8	20
4	Argentina (ARG)	3	3	4	10
5	Chile (CHI)	1	3	8	12
6	Ecuador (ECU)	1	2	1	4
7	Uruguay (URU)	1	1	1	3
8	Panama (PAN)	1	0	1	2
9	Bolivia (BOL)	0	1	0	1
10	Paraguay (PAR)	0	0	1	1
10	Peru (PER)	0	0	1	1
Totals (11 entries)		44	44	44	132

Participation

Argentina (33)
Bolivia (3)
Brazil (75)
Chile (40)
Colombia (36)
Ecuador (20)
Guyana (4)
Panama (4)
Paraguay (2)
Peru (8)
Venezuela (62)
Uruguay (9)

References

^ EFE (Feb 20, 2003), Ciudad venezolana de Barquisimeto postula a sede Sudamericano (in Spanish), La Nación S.A., retrieved November 9, 2011
^ Biscayart, Eduardo (June 19, 2003), Venezuela to host Historic South American Championships, IAAF, retrieved November 8, 2011
^ Biscayart, Eduardo (June 21, 2003), 20.23 by Verni in SP – Day One, South American Champs, IAAF, retrieved November 8, 2011
^ Biscayart, Eduardo (June 22, 2003), 13.45 110mH by Redelen dos Santos – Day 2, S. American Champs, IAAF, retrieved November 8, 2011
^ Biscayart, Eduardo (June 23, 2003), Brazil reigns supreme in South American Championships, IAAF, retrieved November 8, 2011

[1] EFE (Feb 20, 2003), Ciudad venezolana de Barquisimeto postula a sede Sudamericano (in Spanish), La Nación S.A., retrieved November 9, 2011

[2] Biscayart, Eduardo (June 19, 2003), Venezuela to host Historic South American Championships, IAAF, retrieved November 8, 2011

[iaaf_03_01-3] Biscayart, Eduardo (June 21, 2003), 20.23 by Verni in SP – Day One, South American Champs, IAAF, retrieved November 8, 2011

[iaaf_03_02-4] Biscayart, Eduardo (June 22, 2003), 13.45 110mH by Redelen dos Santos – Day 2, S. American Champs, IAAF, retrieved November 8, 2011

[iaaf_03_03-5] Biscayart, Eduardo (June 23, 2003), Brazil reigns supreme in South American Championships, IAAF, retrieved November 8, 2011

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v t e Championships of the South American Athletics Confederation
Outdoor (records) Indoor Cross Country Race Walking Marathon Half Marathon Road Mile Mountain Running Under-23 Under-20 Under-18
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Indoor	2020 2022 2024
Under-23	2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2021 2022 2024
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Under-18	1973 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2021 2022 2024
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Cross Country	1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023
^* U = Unofficial Outdoor Championships · See also: Athletics at the South American Games