Athletics (Spanish: Atletismo), for the 2017 Bolivarian Games, took place at the Bureche Athletics Stadium in Santa Marta, Colombia from 21 to 25 November. A total of 47 events were contested, divided between the sexes bar the men's 50 kilometres race walk.
The host nation, Colombia, topped the medal table (as it did in 2013) with 17 gold medals among a total of 52. Venezuela were the next most successful team, with 28 medals, 11 of them gold. Chile had the third highest number of winners, with six, while Ecuador was third on the total medal count with 21.
The most successful athlete of the competition was Venezuela's Nercely Soto, who won the women's 200 metres and 400 metres (defending her 2013 double) as well as taking gold in the 4 × 100 metres relay and bronze in the 4 × 400 metres relay. The prevented women' 100 metres champion Ángela Tenorio of Ecuador from multiple titles, as she finished as silver medallist in the 200 m and 4 × 100 m relay. Tenorio's compatriot Álex Quiñónez defended his men's 100 m and 200 m titles in record-breaking times however, as well as taking a relay bronze. Carlos Díaz of Chile took a distance double in the men's 1500 metres and 5000 metres, a feat matched on the women's side by Colombia's Muriel Coneo.
Inés Melchor won a third consecutive title in the 10,000 metres. Other women athletes who defended their 2013 titles were Gladys Tejeda (women's half marathon), Robeilys Peinado (pole vault), Karen Gallardo (discus throw), Rosa Rodríguez (hammer throw) and Flor Ruiz. Additionally on the men's side, José Peña defended his steeplechase title, Andrés Chocho the 50 km walk, and Jhon Murillo the triple jump.
Medalists
Men 100 mwind +1.6 m/s 10.13 10.31 10.44 200 mwind +1.3 m/s 20.27 20.77 20.95 400 m 45.44 45.80 46.68 800 m 1:46.84 1:48.12 1:49.20 1500 m 3:45.58 3:46.24 3:47.92 5000 m 14:02.92 14:05.90 14:07.48 10,000 m 28:56.95 29:36.29 29:59.26 110 m hurdles 13.72 13.89 13.89400 m hurdles 50.47 50.53 50.743000 m steeplechase 8:39.99 8:40.12 8:40.804 × 100 m relayAlexis NievesArturo RamírezRafael VásquezYeiker Mendoza 39.40Bernardo BaloyesDiego PalomequeJhonny RenteríaDeivi Díaz 39.58Álex QuiñónezAnderson QuinteroCarlos PerlazaJhon Valencia 39.834 × 400 m relayYilmar HerreraRafith RodríguezJelssin RobledoJhon Perlaza 3:06.14Alberto AguilarKelvis PadrinoLuis Felipe RodríguezOmar Longart 3:06.32Sergio AldeaJosé Manuel Del PradoAlejandro FrancescoRafael Muñoz 3:10.29Half marathon 1:06:53 1:07:15 1:07:4120 km walk 1:26:32 1:27:03 1:27:4750 km walk 4:14:20 4:25:30 4:49:33High jump 2.24 m 2.18 m 2.15 mPole vault 5.25 m 5.20 m 5.00 mLong jump 7.81 m 7.65 m 7.50 mTriple jump 16.16 m 15.87 m 15.85 mShot put 18.16 m 17.92 m 17.78 mDiscus throw 57.99 m 55.53 m 53.42 mHammer throw 62.08 m 61.49 m 61.42 mJavelin throw 78.87 m 76.75 m 70.77 mDecathlon 7827 pts 6972 pts 6745 pts
Women 100 m 11.26 11.30 11.53 200 m 22.89 23.63 23.65 400 m 52.43 53.43 54.05 800 m 2:03.41 2:04.00 2:04.61 1500 m 4:15.61 4:18.35 4:19.03 5000 m 16:08.29 16:13.49 16:13.80 10,000 m 33:57.13 33:59.58 34:07.14100 m hurdles 13.19 13.42 13.46400 m hurdles 58.04 58.06 58.143000 m steeplechase 9:52.32 10:08.56 10:09.054 × 100 m relayNediam VargasAndrea PuricaGénesis RomeroNercely Soto 44.15Maribel CaicedoNarcisa LandazuriMarina PorosoÁngela Tenorio 45.15Melissa GonzalezEliecith PalaciosDarlenys ObregónEliana Chávez 45.964 × 400 m relayPaula GoñiCarmen MansillaMaría Fernanda MackennaMaría José Echeverria 3:37.93Eliana ChávezJohana ArrietaJulieth CaballeroRosangelica Escobar 3:38.49Pamela MilanoYdanis NavasMaría SimancasNercely Soto 3:40.81Half marathon 1:14:55 1:15:09 1:17:2320 km walk 1:32:39 1:33:07 1:34:05High jump 1.78 m 1.78 m 1.78 mPole vault 4.20 m 4.00 m 4.00 mLong jump 6.46 m 6.34 m 6.25 mTriple jump 13.50 m 13.20 m 13.17 mShot put 17.99 m 17.87 m 16.57 mDiscus throw 55.73 m 54.74 m 53.67 mHammer throw 66.31 m 62.17 m 61.92 mJavelin throw 62.48 m 54.88 m 54.66 mHeptathlon 5785 pts 5703 pts 5154 pts
Medal table
Participating nations
(23) (26) (67) (4) (37) (14) (12) (46) (48)
References
Results Atletismo. 2017 Bolivarian Games. Retrieved on 2018-01-13. . CONSUDATLE (November 2017). Retrieved on 2018-01-13.
External links Official website