The 21st South American Youth Championships in Athletics were held at the Parque San Martín in Mendoza, Argentina between October 26–28, 2012. A detailed discussion of the results was given elsewhere.

Medal summary Complete results can be found on the CONSUDATLE website. Detailed result lists can also be found on the "World Junior Athletics History" website.

Men 100 metres (wind: -1.9 m/s) 10.95 10.99 11.06200 metres (wind: -1.0 m/s) 21.31 21.49 21.84400 metres 48.88 49.03 49.08800 metres 1:51.69 1:52.01 1:52.131500 metres 4:05.28 4:05.77 4:06.883000 metres 8:34.47 8:43.04 8:46.03110 metres hurdles (wind: -2.6 m/s) 14.14 14.42 14.54400 metres hurdles 52.62 52.63 52.632000 m steeplechase 6:07.55 6:11.98 6:15.41High jump 2.10 CR 2.07 2.01Pole vault 4.40 4.10 4.10Long jump 7.35 (wind: 0.2 m/s) 7.32 (wind: 0.5 m/s) 7.26 (wind: 1.5 m/s)Triple jump 15.26 (wind: 0.7 m/s) 15.03 (wind: 0.9 m/s) 14.73 (wind: 1.3 m/s)Shot put 18.23 18.08 17.97Discus throw 57.00 56.83 53.18Hammer throw 81.15 CR 66.61 66.49Javelin throw 64.08 63.59 61.83Octathlon 6141 CR 5673 552610000 m race walk 47:05.21 47:41.73 49:19.561000m Medley relay (100m x 200m x 300m x 400m) Jonatan Rodrigues Vitor dos Santos Gabriel dos Santos Rafael Peres 1:55.50 Diego Hernández Yeiker Mendoza Wilson Bello Eudy Roberti 1:55.98 Camilo González Francisco López Rodrigo Mancilla Nicolas Vironneau 1:57.29

Women 100 metres (wind: -3.3 m/s) 11.99 12.41 12.50200 metres (wind: 1.8 m/s) 24.30 24.56 24.94400 metres 55.20 57.07 57.28800 metres 2:12.60 2:13.64 2:14.221500 metres 4:37.58 4:43.33 4:44.553000 metres 10:09.88 10:14.14 10:18.75100 metres hurdles (wind: -3.3 m/s) 14.32 14.61 14.69400 metres hurdles 1:01.49 1:02.92 1:02.972000 m steeplechase 6:40.28 7:08.69 7:14.77High jump 1.76 CR 1.71 1.71Pole vault 3.65 3.50 3.45Long jump 5.79 (wind: 0.4 m/s) 5.64 (wind: 0.5 m/s) 5.62 (wind: 0.9 m/s)Triple jump 12.54 (wind: -0.2 m/s) 12.51 (wind: 0.2 m/s) 12.45 (wind: -2.2 m/s)Shot put 16.82 CR 15.60 14.71Discus throw 47.19 46.70 42.16Hammer throw 61.19 CR 55.03 54.48Javelin throw 45.81 44.59 44.05Heptathlon 5090 CR 4836 44445000 m race walk 25:16.33 26:13.87 26:28.831000m Medley relay (100m x 200m x 300m x 400m) Aries Sánchez Jhoanmy Luque Génesis Romero Cardonna Briannill 2:13.12 Aldana Pucharcos Valeria Baron Noelia Martínez Fiorella Chiappe 2:13.95 Anyi García Diana Cruz Tatiana Sánchez Melissa Torres 2.15.03

Medal table (unofficial)

Team trophies The placing tables for team trophy (overall team, men and women categories) were published.

Total

Rank Nation Points 372 184.5 158 4 125 5 121.5 6 Perú 82.5 7 40 8 Panamá 23 9 19 10 11

Male

Rank Nation Points 195 115 77.5 4 66 5 58.5 6 Panamá 21 7 16 8 Perú 12.5 9 6 10 1

Female

Rank Nation Points 177 107 Perú 70 4 63 5 59 6 43 7 24 8 13 9 10 10 Panamá 2

Participation (unofficial) Different numbers were published. One source announces 317 athletes from 11 countries including 1 athlete from Costa Rica invited as guest nation. Working through the results, an unofficial count yields the number of about 308 athletes (including 1 athlete from Costa Rica as guest) in the start list. Following, the numbers in brackets refer to (athletes in published team roster/athletes in start list):

(65/61) (9) (69) (60/59) (21) Panamá (7) (5) Perú (29) (31/27) (20) (1) Guest nation

References

External links (in Spanish) World Junior Athletics History