2007 South American Championships in Athletics explained

The 2007 South American Championships in Athletics were held at the Estádio Ícaro de Castro Mello in São Paulo, Brazil from 7 June to 9 June 2007. A total of 44 events were contested, of which 22 were by male and 22 by female athletes.Continuing in their traditional dominant role, the hosts Brazil easily topped both the medal and points tables, having won 28 gold medals and 61 medals in total. The next best team was Colombia who had a haul of seven golds and 26 overall, while Argentina took third with 13 medals of which 4 were gold.^[1]

In addition to the seven Championship records which were broken during the three-day event, two South American records were broken: Keila Costa jumped 14.57 m in the women's triple jump. In comparison, Fábio Gomes da Silva broke the men's pole vault record with a clearance of 5.77 m.^{[1] [2] [3]} A total of thirteen national records in athletics were broken by medal winning athletes.

Lucimar de Moura of Brazil was the stand out performer in the medals, winning the 100/200 metres double before taking the national team to a gold in the 4×100 metres relay. Felipa Palacios of Colombia took three silver medals in the same events, finishing behind de Moura each time, and also won silver in the 4×400 metres relay. Germán Lauro won both the men's shot put and discus throw events while Elisângela Adriano completed the same feat on the women's side. Hugo Chila won silver in the long jump and triple jump, and Keila Costa scored a long jump silver as well as her triple jump gold.^{[1] [2]} In one of the more dramatic moments of the championships, Rosibel García looked set to complete an 800/1500 metres double but she fell in the last 50 m of the 800 m race, allowing 1500 m silver medallist Marian Burnett of Guyana to win the gold.^[3]

Records

Name	Event	Country	Record	Type
			13:51.19	CR
			5.77 m	CR AR
			10:07.93	CR
			1:37:46.0	CR
			4.50 m	CR
			14.57 m	CR AR
			5803 pts	CR
Key:WR — World record AR — Area record CR — Championship record NR — National record. In addition, 15 national records were set.

Medal summary

See main article: 2007 South American Championships in Athletics – Results.

Men

100 metres		10.36		10.37		10.66
200 metres		20.54		20.59		20.66 =NR
400 metres		45.89		46.15		46.38
800 metres		1:49.61		1:49.98		1:50.10
1500 metres		3:42.53		3:43.26		3:43.40
5000 metres		13:51.19 CR		13:55.37		13:56.99
10,000 metres		29:57.80		30:12.36		31:15.30
110 metre hurdles		13.56		13.58		14.31
400 metre hurdles		49.81		50.39		50.62
3000 metre steeplechase		8:37.83 PB		8:43.69		8:54.43
4×100 metre relay	Vicente de Lima Nilson André Basílio de Morães Sandro Viana	38.77	Harlin Hechevarría Yeimer Mosquera Álvaro Gómez Daniel Grueso	39.80	José Manuel Garaventa Mariano Jiménez Miguel Wilken Iván Altamirano	39.91 NR
4×400 metre relay	Raphael Fernandes Eduardo Vasconcelos Rodrigo Bargas Fernando de Almeida	3:04.36	José Céspedes Simoncito Silvera Wilmer Rivas Josner Rodríguez	3:05.88	Jonathan Gibson Anghelo Edmund Andrés Rodríguez Alonso Edward	3:09.67 NR
20,000 m track walk		1:24:25.4		1:25:55.2		1:28:28.5
High jump		2.24 m		2.21 m		2.21 m
Pole vault		5.77 m CR AR		5.40 m		5.20 m
Long jump		7.94 m		7.81 m		7.77 m
Triple jump		16.68 m		16.37 m		15.89 m
Shot put		19.65 m		19.22 m		18.44 m
Discus throw		57.12 m		56.53 m		54.68 m
Hammer throw		72.96 m		66.56 m		65.15 m
Javelin throw		76.52 m NR		75.95 m		74.56 m
Decathlon		7504 pts NR		7288 pts		7243 pts

Women

100 metres		11.20		11.43		11.63
200 metres		23.00		23.10		23.58
400 metres		52.67		53.19		53.44 NR
800 metres		2:03.57		2:08.99		2:10.30
1500 metres		4:20.36		4:20.69 NR		4:22.08
5000 metres		16:09.96		16:16.07		16:21.17
10,000 metres		34:11.95		34:13.23		34:23.89
100 metre hurdles		13.27		13.40		13.48
400 metre hurdles		57.36		58.38		58.81
3000 metre steeplechase		10:07.93 CR		10:13.88 NR		10:24.35
4×100 metre relay	Thaíssa Barbosa Presti Luciana Alves dos Santos Lucimar de Moura Thatiana Regina Ignâcio	43.54	Felipa Palacios Brigitte Merlano Mirtha Brock Yomara Hinestroza	44.68	Daniela Pavez Carolina Díaz María Fernanda Mackenna Daniela Riderelli	45.34 NR
4×400 metre relay	Lucimar Teodoro Maria Laura Almirão Sheila Ferreira Josiane Tito	3:33.34	Felipa Palacios Rosibel García Mirtha Brock Maria Alejandra Idrobo	3:43.52	Daniela Riderelli Daniela Pavez Carolina Díaz María Fernanda Mackenna	3:55.13
20,000 m track walk		1:37:46.0 CR NR		1:38:26.3 NR		1:38:49.3
High jump		1.84 m		1.81 m		1.78 m
Pole vault		4.50 m CR		4.20 m		4.20 m
Long jump		6.91 m		6.83 m		6.18 m
Triple jump		14.57 m CR AR		13.63 m		13.52 m
Shot put		17.41 m		16.35 m		16.20 m
Discus throw		59.85 m		52.23 m		51.69 m
Hammer throw		61.93 m		61.57 m		61.10 m
Javelin throw		57.75 m		57.55 m		53.80 m
Heptathlon		5803 pts CR		5727 pts PB		4856 pts

Medal table

Points table

• Totals are calculated by awarding a country points for each time an athlete finishes in the top six of an event.^[1]

Rank	Country	width=50	Total	width=50	Men	width=50	Women
1		547.5	252.5	295
2		228	79	149
3		158.5	99.5	59
4		91	60	31
5		85	50	37
6		69	49	20
7		23	7	16
8		21	16	5
9		16	0	16
10		15	15	0
11		13	6	7
12		7	4	3
13		0	0	0

Participation

According to an unofficial count, at least 249 athletes from 13 countries participated.

• (39)
• (5)
• (73)
• (29)
• (34)
• (18)
• (2)
• (4)
• (5)
• (10)
• (2)
• (5)
• (23)

See also

• 2007 World Championships in Athletics
• 2007 in athletics (track and field)

Notes and References

1. Biscayart, Eduardo (2007-06-10). 14.57 Area Triple Jump Record for Costa as South American Champs finish. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-03-19.
2. Biscayart, Eduardo (2007-06-08). 5.77m Area Record Vault by Fábio Gomes da Silva - South American Championships Day One. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-03-19.
3. Biscayart, Eduardo (2007-06-09). 6.91 Long Jump victory for Maggi over Costa - South American Championships Day Two. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-03-19.