2001 South American Championships in Athletics

41st South American Championships

Host city	Manaus, Brazil
Date(s)	18–20 May 2001
Main stadium	Vila Olímpica de Manaus
Participation	217 athletes from 14 nations
Events	44
Records set	10 CR's
← 1999 Bogotá 2003 Barquisimeto →

The 2001 South American Championships in Athletics were held at the Vila Olímpica^[1] in Manaus, Brazil, from May 18–20.

Medal summary

For full event details see 2001 South American Championships in Athletics – Results

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Raphael de Oliveira Brazil	10.36	Cláudio Sousa Brazil	10.37	Heber Viera Uruguay	10.37
200 metres	André da Silva Brazil	20.52	Heber Viera Uruguay	20.68	Augusto de Oliveira Brazil	21.02
400 metres	Sanderlei Parrela Brazil	45.11 CR	Valdinei da Silva Brazil	46.50	Jonathan Palma Venezuela	46.78
800 metres	Hudson de Souza Brazil	1:47.20	Flavio Godoy Brazil	1:47.65	Simoncito Silvera Venezuela	1:48.54
1500 metres	Hudson de Souza Brazil	3:36.47 CR	Edgar de Oliveira Brazil	3:43.56	Sebastián González Cabot Argentina	3:45.35
5000 metres	Elenilson da Silva Brazil	14:10.94	José Frazão Brazil	14:25.35	José Alejandro Semprún Venezuela	14:32.90
10,000 metres	Néstor García Uruguay	30:17.09	José Alejandro Semprún Venezuela	30:24.56	Oscar Cortínez Argentina	31:12.45
3000 metres steeplechase	Celso Ficagna Brazil	8:44.83	Emigdio Delgado Venezuela	8:47.55	Adelar Schuler Brazil	8:51.70
110 metres hurdles	Márcio de Souza Brazil	13.64 CR	Redelen dos Santos Brazil	13.87	Paulo Villar Colombia	13.88
400 metres hurdles	Anderson Costa dos Santos Brazil	50.48	Carlos Zbinden Chile	50.99	João Carlos dos Santos Brazil	51.04
4 x 100 metres relay	Brazil Raphael de Oliveira Cláudio Roberto Souza Vicente de Lima André Domingos	38.67	Venezuela Juan Morillo José Peña José Carabalí Helly Ollarves	40.02	Uruguay Heber Viera Rubén Techeira Danielo Estefan José Daniel García	40.34
4 x 400 metres relay	Venezuela Jonathan Palma Luis Luna Simoncito Silvera William Hernández	3:06.31	Brazil Valdinei da Silva Luís Antônio Elói Anderson Jorge dos Santos Flávio Godoy	3:06.64	Argentina Gustavo Aguirre Sebastián González Cabot Gabriel Heredia Eric Kerwitz	3:13.88
20,000 metres track walk	José Alessandro Baggio Brazil	1:31:42.84	Mário dos Santos Brazil	1:32:45.90	Xavier Moreno Ecuador	1:35:42.11
High jump	Jessé de Lima Brazil	2.20	Alfredo Deza Peru	2.20	Felipe Apablaza Chile	2.15
Pole vault	Javier Benítez Argentina	5.40 CR	Ricardo Diez Venezuela	5.35 =NR	Gustavo Rehder Brazil	5.15
Long jump	Nelson Ferreira Brazil	7.67	Lewis Asprilla Colombia	7.48w	Esteban Copland Venezuela	7.31
Triple jump	Jadel Gregório Brazil	16.98	Messias José Baptista Brazil	16.23	Freddy Nieves Ecuador	16.14
Shot put	Marco Antonio Verni Chile	18.57	Yojer Medina Venezuela	18.49	Édson Miguel Brazil	17.00
Discus throw	Marcelo Pugliese Argentina	56.30	João Joaquim dos Santos Brazil	54.40	Julio Piñero Argentina	54.10
Hammer throw	Juan Cerra Argentina	73.95 CR	Adrián Marzo Argentina	69.69	Eduardo Acuña Peru	63.53
Javelin throw	Luiz Fernando da Silva Brazil	74.50	Nery Kennedy Paraguay	74.41	Manuel Fuenmayor Venezuela	71.44
Decathlon	Édson Bindilatti Brazil	7564	Eric Kerwitz Argentina	7305	Enrique Aguirre Argentina	7226
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	Lucimar de Moura Brazil	11.55	María Isabel Coloma Chile	11.79	Rosemar Coelho Brazil	11.79
200 metres	Felipa Palacios Colombia	23.36	Rosemar Coelho Brazil	23.52	Lucimar de Moura Brazil	23.68
400 metres	Luciana Mendes Brazil	52.76	Maria Laura Almirao Brazil	53.14	Norma González Colombia	53.29
800 metres	Luciana Mendes Brazil	2:00.04 CR	Letitia Vriesde Suriname	2:00.93	Marlene da Silva Brazil	2:05.82
1500 metres	Letitia Vriesde Suriname	4:19.97	Célia dos Santos Brazil	4:23.91	Andréa da Silva Brazil	4:28.01
5000 metres	Maria Rodrigues Brazil	16:35.1	Selma dos Reis Brazil	16:40.0	María Paredes Ecuador	16:53.5
10,000 metres	Maria Rodrigues Brazil	35:25.70	Rosa Apaza Bolivia	35:30.04	Adriana de Souza Brazil	35:30.06
3000 metres steeplechase	Michelle Costa Brazil	10:31.30 CR	Claudia Camargo Argentina	10:58.81	Magda Azevedo Brazil	11:03.95
100 metres hurdles	Maurren Maggi Brazil	12.71 AR CR	Maíla Machado Brazil	13.18	Sandrine Legenort Venezuela	13.88
400 metres hurdles	Isabel Silva Brazil	57.47	Princesa Oliveros Colombia	58.76	Luciana França Brazil	58.87
4 x 100 metres relay	Brazil Lucimar de Moura Rosemar Coelho Neto Kátia Regina Santos Thatiana Regina Ignâcio	44.32	Colombia Norma González Digna Luz Murillo Princesa Oliveros Felipa Palacios	45.43	Venezuela Jennifer Arveláez Sandrine Legenort Yusmely García Wilmary Álvarez	47.22
4 x 400 metres relay	Brazil Maria Laura Almirão Maria Figueirêdo Lucimar Teodoro Luciana Mendes	3:32.43 CR	Colombia Felipa Palacios Norma González Rosibel García Princesa Oliveros	3:40.27	Venezuela Wilmary Álvarez Eliana Pacheco Yusmely García Jenny Mejías	3:44.74
20,000 metres track walk	Geovana Irusta Bolivia	1:42:42.33	Gianetti Bonfim Brazil	1:46:02.08	Cristina Bohórquez Colombia	1:48:18.75
High jump	Luciane Dambacher Brazil Thais de Andrade Brazil	1.83
Pole vault	Alejandra García Argentina	4.00	Alina Alló Argentina	3.90	María Paz Ausín Chile Karen da Silva Brazil	3.70
Long jump	Maurren Maggi Brazil	6.69	Luciana dos Santos Brazil	6.10	Helena Guerrero Colombia	6.04
Triple jump	Keila Costa Brazil	13.61	Luciana dos Santos Brazil	13.48	Mónica Falcioni Uruguay	13.43
Shot put	Elisângela Adriano Brazil	17.93	Andréa Pereira Brazil	15.64	Marianne Berndt Chile	15.38
Discus throw	Elisângela Adriano Brazil	58.40	Katiuscia de Jesus Brazil	49.52	María Eugenia Giggi Argentina	48.30
Hammer throw	Karina Moya Argentina	60.83 CR	Josiane Soares Brazil	58.81	Erika Melián Argentina	55.70
Javelin throw	Carla Bispo Brazil	51.98	Alessandra Resende Brazil	50.83	Romina Maggi Argentina	48.90
Heptathlon	Elizete da Silva Brazil	5338	Valeria Steffens Chile	5157	Mônica Marques Brazil	5125
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	34	22	14	70
2	Argentina	5	4	8	17
3	Venezuela	1	5	8	14
4	Colombia	1	4	4	9
5	Chile	1	3	3	7
6	Uruguay	1	1	3	5
7	Bolivia	1	1	0	2
7	Suriname	1	1	0	2
9	Peru	0	1	1	2
10	Paraguay	0	1	0	1
11	Ecuador	0	0	3	3

Participation

Argentina (34)
Bolivia (5)
Brazil (77)
Chile (23)
Colombia (10)
Ecuador (16)
France (1) (guest)

Guyana (3)
Panama (1)
Paraguay (1)
Peru (7)
Suriname (2)
Uruguay (9)
Venezuela (28)

References

↑ Brasil predomina do Sul-Americano de Atletismo (in Portuguese), Helio Fontes - Copacabana Runners, May 21, 2001, retrieved November 9, 2011

External links

Men Results - GBR Athletics
Women Results - GBR Athletics
Full results

Championships of the South American Athletics Confederation

Senior Championships (records) Cross Country Championships Race Walking Championships Marathon Championships Half Marathon Championships Road Mile Championships Mountain Running Championships Under-23 Championships in Athletics (records) Junior Championships in Athletics Youth Championships in Athletics (records)

Senior	1919 1920 1924 1926 1927 1929 1931 1933 1935 1937 1939 1941 1943 1945 1947 1949 1952 1954 1956 1958 1961 1963 1965 1967 1969 1971 1974 1975 1977 1979 1981 1983 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2006 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015

Under-23	2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016

Junior	1959 1960 1961 1962 1964 1966 1968 1970 1972 1974 1976 1978 1980 1981 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015

Youth	1973 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016

Race Walking	1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014

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

See also: Athletics at the South American Games