The 5th South American Youth Championships in Athletics were held in Montevideo, Uruguay from November 11–13, 1978.

Medal summary Medal winners are published for boys and girls. Complete results can be found on the "World Junior Athletics History" website.

Men 100 metres (wind: +1.0 m/s) 10.89 10.93 11.27200 metres (wind: +1.5 m/s) 22.30 22.41 22.84400 metres 50.15 51.69 51.82800 metres 1:56.1 1:57.2 1:57.81500 metres 4:04.5 4:06.2 4:07.83000 metres 8:53.6 8:55.3 8:56.31500 metres steeplechase 4:24.9 4:28.8 4:37.9110 metres hurdles (wind: +1.5 m/s) 14.3 14.9 14.9300 metres hurdles 38.94 39.13 40.22High jump 1.95 1.85 1.85Pole vault 3.65 3.50 3.50Long jump 6.74 6.67 6.49Triple jump 14.01 13.75 13.66Shot put 16.08 15.59 15.50Discus throw 43.44 41.92 41.56Hammer throw 48.76 44.70 39.62Javelin throw 51.92 51.04 50.14Hexathlon 4048 4023 38344 × 100 metres relay Alberto Alzamora Ernesto Braun Jorge Araya Hugo Alzamora 43.27 Gerardo San José Guillermo Puebla Roberto Herrera Enrique Tapía 43.61 Roberto Lima Ricardo de Oliveira Erivaldino Souza Pedro Souza 44.174 × 400 metres relay Ricardo de Oliveira Sidney dos Santos Pedro Souza Joaquim Cruz 3:25.0 Gerardo San José Marcelo Bancalari Sergio Cárdenas Guillermo Puebla 3:27.4 Douglas Murillo Oswaldo Zea Chaparro Ramírez 3:30.1

Women 100 metres (wind: +0.7 m/s) 12.28 12.33 12.70200 metres (wind: +0.7 m/s) 25.43 25.60 26.12400 metres 57.38 57.87 59.28800 metres 2:13.7 2:14.7 2:15.480 metres hurdles (wind: +1.5 m/s) 11.75 12.65 12.81High jump 1.55 1.55 1.50Long jump 5.53 5.52 5.38Shot put 12.14 10.72 10.40Discus throw 33.96 32.76 31.70Javelin throw 39.68 39.28 39.06Pentathlon 3223 3183 31634 × 100 metres relay Adriana Pero Beatriz Capotosto Susana Crespo Patricia Pedrazzi 48.27 Carolina Cox Claudia Hoelzel Isabel Kurth María Labarca 49.57 Suzete Montalvão Cláudia Neves Maria Lopes Maria Figueirêdo 49.884 × 400 metres relay Adriana Pero Silvia Augsburger Marcela López Alejandra Vives 3:56.3 Carolina Ojeda Sara Cortés Alexandra Pavletich María Labarca 3:58.1 Célia Pereira Suzete Montalvão Maria Figueirêdo Cláudia Adolfo 4:10.0

Medal table (unofficial)

Participation (unofficial) Detailed result lists can be found on the "World Junior Athletics History" website. An unofficial count yields the number of about 179 athletes from about 7 countries:

(39) (38) (38) (14) Perú (15) (22) (13)

References

External links World Junior Athletics History