2010 South American Under-23 Championships in Athletics


The 4th South American Under-23 Championships in Athletics were held in Medellín, Colombia, at the Estadio Alfonso Galvis Duque at the Unidad Deportiva Atanasio Girardot on March 20–23, 2010. The championships, organized by CONSUDATLE, were held as a part of the South American Games. A detailed report on the results was given. The most prominent result was achieved in the heat of the women's 100 metres by Ana Cláudia Lemos Silva. Her time of 11.17 equaled the South American and Brazilian record, and set a new championships and games record.

Participation

13 countries participated in the Under-23 Championships. 12 countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Perú, Suriname, Uruguay, and Venezuela competed in both the South American Games and in the Under-23 Championships. Panamá competed only in the Under-23 Championships, but did not register for the athletics section of the South American Games.
The Netherlands Antilles are only member of ODESUR, but not of CONSUDATLE. Their athletes participated in the South American Games, but acted as guest athletes in the South American Under-23 Championships.

Medal summary

Medal winners are published.
Detailed results can be found on the website of Todor Krastev, and on the Tilastopaja website.

Men

††: The women's 10.000 metres competition was not part of the South American Games, because the minimum number of 4 participating nations was not reached.

Doping

in the women's 5,000 metres event was disqualified for violating the doping rules by being tested positive for cocaine abuse.

Team trophies

Brazil won the overall team trophy of the South American Under-23 Championships for the 4th time in the role, and additionally the team trophy in the women category. Colombia won the team trophy in the men category for the first time. The number of points from the unofficial count from below based on the published results settled, i.e. by the disqualifications, differ somewhat from those published, without any influence on the order.

Total

RankNationPoints
Brazil385
Colombia305
Venezuela135
4Argentina133
5Peru99
6Ecuador70
7Chile67
8Paraguay24
9Uruguay14
10Panama6
11Bolivia4
12Suriname2

Male

RankNationPoints
Colombia162
Brazil159
Venezuela94
4Argentina63
4Peru50
6Ecuador44
7Chile35
8Paraguay10
9Uruguay8
10Panama6
11Suriname2

Female

RankNationPoints
Brazil226
Colombia143
Argentina70
4Peru49
5Venezuela41
6Chile32
7Ecuador26
8Paraguay14
9Uruguay6
10Bolivia4