The 6th South American Youth Championships in Athletics were held in Cochabamba, Bolivia from August 3–5, 1979.
Medal summary Medal winners are published for boys and girls. Complete results can be found on the "World Junior Athletics History" website. All results are marked as "affected by altitude" (A), because Cochabamba is located at 2,558 metres above sea level.
Men 100 metres 10.8A 11.0A 11.2A200 metres 22.3A 22.4A 22.6A400 metres 48.3A 48.6A 50.6A800 metres 1:58.6A 2:02.4A 2:03.4A1500 metres 4:15.5A 4:22.9A 4:23.7A3000 metres 9:58.2A 10:00.2A 10:05.6A1500 metres steeplechase 4:57.4A 4:57.7A 5:03.3A110 metres hurdles 15.3A 15.4A 15.6A300 metres hurdles 40.5A 40.8A 41.5AHigh jump 1.90A 1.70A 1.70ALong jump 6.93A 6.82A 6.42ATriple jump 14.16A 13.78A 13.12AShot put 14.37A 14.29A 12.86ADiscus throw 43.92A 43.52A 40.72AHammer throw 56.58A 38.58A 25.50AJavelin throw 44.88A 43.22A 42.44AHexathlon 3532A 3308A 3171A4 × 100 metres relay Robson da Silva Romeu Emigdio Akitisi de Souza 43.1A Rommy Fischer Marcelo Rejas J. Taira Carlos García 43.4A Oswaldo Zea Solano Enrique Villasana Victor Carrasquel 44.4A4 × 400 metres relay Joaquim Cruz E. Paulo Carlos de Oliveira Erivaldino Souza 3:24.7A Douglas Murillo Oswaldo Zea Aaron Phillips Victor Carrasquel 3:28.6A J. Taira F. Vaca Gabriel Mariaca G. Julian 3:34.4A
Women 100 metres 12.0A 12.1A 12.4A200 metres 24.8A 25.1A 26.0A400 metres 58.0A 58.9A 59.6A800 metres 2:25.3A 2:26.7A 2:26.7A80 metres hurdles 12.6A 12.8A 13.8AHigh jump 1.50A 1.50A 1.45ALong jump 5.71A 5.51A 5.48AShot put 11.56A 11.35A 10.10ADiscus throw 37.38A 36.62A 34.94AJavelin throw 38.86A 34.96A 29.94APentathlon 3025A 2918A 2648A4 × 100 metres relay Brigitte Winter Connie Basurco Panizo Rosario Heredia 49.2A Sorellis Bohorquez Griseria Palacios Yusela Sánchez Belkis Subero 49.8A Sueli Machado Machado Maria da Conceiçao Maria Simões 52.5A4 × 400 metres relay Cláudia Adolfo Maria Simões Sueli Machado S. de Souza 4:00.0A Yaneth Carvajal Chirinos Dora Medina Belkis Subero 4:20.3A Monica Sánchez Gloria Loayza Rosario Heredia Connie Basurco 4:30.5A
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 113 athletes from about 5 countries:
(16) (37) (4) Perú (31) (25)
References
External links World Junior Athletics History