The 2012 South American Under-23 Championships in Athletics were held in São Paulo, Brazil, at the Estádio Ícaro de Castro Melo from 22 to 23 September 2012. They were the 5th edition of the competition, organised under the supervision of the CONSUDATLE. A detailed report on the results was given. Brazilian shot putters Geisa Arcanjo who achieved 18.43m in the women's event, and Darlan Romani who achieved 19.93m in the men's event, were awarded the title for the best performance of the event.

Participation A total of 240 athletes from 12 nations participated at the championships. Other sources count only 236 athletes. An unofficial count through the result lists resulted in 234 participating athletes:

(27) (6) (75) (21) (28) (8) (4) (2) (7) (20) (11) (25)

Suriname was the only CONSUDATLE member federation absent.

Records A total of 13 new championships records were set.

Medal summary

Complete results were published.

Men 100 metres (0.3 m/s) 10.42 10.45 10.65200 metres (1.2 m/s) 20.51 CR 20.87 21.00400 metres 45.52 CR 46.20 46.52800 metres 1:48.06 1:48.34 1:48.601500 metres 3:47.13 3:48.07 3:50.015000 metres 14:16.25 14:24.21 14:29.3010000 metres 30:31.93 30:32.82 30:33.113000 m steeplechase 8:53.42 8:54.53 8:55.90110 m hurdles (–0.9 m/s) 14.14 14.28 14.57400 m hurdles 51.02 51.11 51.69High jump 2.21 CR 2.19 2.16Pole vault 5.05 5.00 4.80Long jump 7.96 (3.0 m/s) 7.72 (2.3 m/s) 7.63 (2.7 m/s) Triple jump 16.19 (2.4 m/s) 15.68 (2.7 m/s) 15.37 (0.5 m/s) Shot put 19.93 CR 18.85 17.28Discus throw 53.94 51.71 51.48 Hammer throw 63.20 61.18 60.84Javelin throw 78.49 CR 71.30 71.23Decathlon 7203 6930 687820000 m walk 1:23:22.83 CR 1:23:41.57 1:29:46.674 x 100 metres relay Jackson da Silva Jorge Vides Aldemir da Silva Junior Eric de Jesus 40.10 Jefferson Valencia Bernardo Baloyes Roberto Murillo Isidro Montoya 40.14 Matías Robledo Fabio Martínez Lucas Semino Rubén Benítez 40.824 x 400 metres relay Anderson Machado dos Santos Willian Carvalho Jonathan da Silva Pedro Luiz de Oliveira 3:07.44 Noel Campos Lucirio Antonio Garrido Cleiderman Medina Arturo Ramírez 3:08.56 Jordy Portilla Andy Martínez Edmundo Díaz Paulo Herrera 3:14.18

Women 100 metres (0.5 m/s) 11.72 11.85 11.88200 metres (1.2 m/s) 23.40 23.63 23.79400 metres 53.12 CR 53.45 54.22800 metres 2:07.42 2:08.15 2:08.511500 metres 4:26.29 4:30.09 4:35.545000 metres 16:50.21 16:50.43 17:00.0410000 metres† 35:29.08 35:37.32 35:54.223000 m steeplechase 10:14.52 CR 10:27.75 10:45.08100 m hurdles (–1.7 m/s) 14.48 14.58 14.65400 m hurdles 57.63 CR 58.09 59.14High jump 1.76 1.73 1.73 Pole vault 3.90 3.80 3.75Long jump 6.18 (1.5 m/s) 6.09 (1.0 m/s) 6.03 (1.5 m/s)Triple jump 13.31 (1.5 m/s) 13.13 (2.5 m/s) 13.13 (1.7 m/s) Shot put 18.43 15.57 14.94Discus throw 57.66 CR 51.09 47.31Hammer throw 62.59 61.66 58.63Javelin throw 56.00 49.07 48.90Heptathlon 5899 CR 4870 458120000 m walk 1:38:29.51 CR 1:40:14.28 1:41:04.694 x 100 metres relay Viviana Olivares Isidora Jiménez Javiera Errázuriz Paula Goñi 45.61 Janeth Largacha Jennifer Padilla Merlin Palacios Carmen Vergara 45.66 Thaís Vides Vanusa dos Santos Andressa Fidélis Lorena Lourenço 45.884 x 400 metres relay Bárbara de Oliveira Dandadeua da Silva Débora dos Santos Jéssica dos Santos 3:41.16 Javiera Errázuriz Yaritza Travisani Paula Goñi Isidora Jiménez 3:42.25 María Ayelen Diogo Mariana Borelli Victoria Woodward Evangelina Thomas 3:58.86

Medal table

Points table

Rank Nation Points 494 151 138 4 137 5 132 6 71 7 34 8 18 9 13 13 11 11 12 10

Men Rank Nation Points 250 97 82 4 64 4 62 6 26 7 16 8 11 9 7 10 4 11 2

Women Rank Nation Points 244 75 74 4 54 5 50 6 45 7 18 8 14 9 11 10 10 11 6

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