The men's decathlon event at the 2010 South American Games was held on 20–21 March.

Medalists GoldSilverBronzeDiego Pereira de AraújoPedro LimaDamián Benedetich

Records Standing records prior to the 2010 South American GamesWorld recordRoman Šebrle 9026Götzis, Austria27 May 2001World leadingKeisuke Ushiro 7711Hamilton, Australia14 February 2010South American recordTito Steiner 8291Provo, United States23 June 1983South American U23 recordPedro Ferreira da Silva Filho 8266Walnut, United States23 April 1987

Results Results were published.

100m Rank Athlete Nationality ReactionResult Points1Wuilmer Valor 0.16911.118362Diego Pereira de Araújo 0.19111.198193Román Gastaldi 0.18711.208174Pedro Lima 0.18811.278015Victorio Gotuzzo Perú0.19311.297976Damián Benedetich 0.26911.337897Raúl Matajira 0.16511.467618José Lemos 0.15111.70711 Wind: +1.3 m/s

Long jump Rank Athlete Nationality Attempt Best result Points 1 2 3 1Diego Pereira de Araújo x 7.31 x 7.318882Pedro Lima 6.81 6.80 6.796.817693Victorio Gotuzzo Perú 6.66 6.74 6.626.747534Damián Benedetich 6.73 6.67 6.566.737505Román Gastaldi 6.61 x x6.617236José Lemos x 6.28 –6.286487Wuilmer Valor x 5.18 5.515.51483 –Raúl Matajira DNS

Shot put Rank Athlete Nationality Attempt Best result Points 1 2 3 1José Lemos 12.11 x 14.0214.027302Damián Benedetich 13.43 12.71 13.5313.537003Román Gastaldi 13.01 12.69 x13.016684Victorio Gotuzzo Perú x 12.57 x12.576415Wuilmer Valor 11.34 11.80 11.1111.805946Pedro Lima 11.11 10.25 11.1611.165567Diego Pereira de Araújo 9.57 x x9.57460 –Raúl Matajira DNS

High jump Rank Athlete Nationality Attempt Best result Points 1.65 1.68 1.71 1.74 1.77 1.80 1.83 1.86 1.89 1.92 1.95 1.98 2.01 2.04 2.07 2.10 2.131Diego Pereira de Araújo – – – – – – – – – – xo – o o o xxo xxx2.108962Pedro Lima – – – – – xo o o o o o o xxx 1.987853Román Gastaldi – – – – – o – o o o o xxx 1.957584Victorio Gotuzzo Perú – – – – – – o xo xxx 1.866795Damián Benedetich – – o o o o xxx 1.806276José Lemos – – – o o xxx 1.776027Wuilmer Valor xo o o o o xxx 1.77602 –Raúl Matajira DNS

400m Rank Athlete Nationality ReactionResult Points1Pedro Lima 0.21250.397972Diego Pereira de Araújo 0.19350.777793Victorio Gotuzzo Perú0.20650.967714Román Gastaldi 0.18451.657405Damián Benedetich 0.20451.887306Wuilmer Valor 0.19352.716947José Lemos 0.25354.14634 –Raúl Matajira DNS

110m hurdles Rank Athlete Nationality ReactionResult Points1Diego Pereira de Araújo 0.22115.088402Pedro Lima 0.18615.408023Victorio Gotuzzo Perú0.17015.857504Damián Benedetich 0.18215.947405José Lemos 0.20016.00733 –Román Gastaldi 0.186DNF0 –Wuilmer Valor DNS Wind: -0.9 m/s

Discus throw Rank Athlete Nationality Attempt Best result Points 1 2 3 1José Lemos x 43.29 x43.297322Damián Benedetich 39.72 x 39.6239.726593Victorio Gotuzzo Perú 33.07 x 38.3038.306304Pedro Lima x 33.32 37.0237.026045Diego Pereira de Araújo 35.36 32.60 31.2735.36571 –Román Gastaldi DNS –Wuilmer Valor DNS

Pole vault Rank Athlete Nationality Attempt Best result Points 3.00 3.10 3.20 3.30 3.40 3.50 3.60 3.70 3.80 3.90 4.00 4.10 4.20 4.30 4.40 4.50 4.60 4.701Diego Pereira de Araújo – – – – – – – – – – o – o – o – xo xxx4.607902Pedro Lima – – – – – – – – – xo xo – o – o – xxx 4.407313Damián Benedetich – – o – o – o o xxx 3.705354Victorio Gotuzzo Perú – – o – o xxo xxo xo xxx 3.705355José Lemos o – o o xxx 3.30431

Javelin throw Rank Athlete Nationality Attempt Best result Points 1 2 3 1José Lemos 60.99 59.85 64.4864.488052Damián Benedetich 55.33 54.77 54.4155.336683Victorio Gotuzzo Perú 45.41 44.23 47.0147.015444Diego Pereira de Araújo 41.56 x 43.8543.854985Pedro Lima 39.55 40.32 41.8741.87469

1500m Rank Athlete Nationality Result Points1Victorio Gotuzzo Perú4:34.417162Pedro Lima 4:35.987063Diego Pereira de Araújo 4:42.716634Damián Benedetich 4:47.016375José Lemos 5:30.72396

Final standings Rank Athlete Nationality 100m LJ SP HJ 400m 110H DT PV JT 1K5 TotalDiego Pereira de Araújo 819 888 460 896 779 840 571 790 498 663 7204Pedro Lima 801 769 556 785 797 802 604 731 469 706 7020Damián Benedetich 789 750 700 627 730 740 659 535 668 637 68354Victorio Gotuzzo Perú 797 753 641 679 771 750 630 535 544 716 68165José Lemos 711 648 730 602 634 733 732 431 805 396 6422 –Román Gastaldi 817 723 668 758 740 0 DNF –Wuilmer Valor 836 483 594 602 694 DNF –Raúl Matajira 761 DNF

See also 2010 South American Under-23 Championships in Athletics

References

External links 100m Long jump Shot put High jump 400m 110m hurdles Discus throw Pole vault Javelin throw 1500m Final standings