The South American University Athletics Championships was an international athletics competition for student athletes from South American countries. It was staged on one occasion in May 2005 at the Estadio Modelo Alberto Spencer Herrera in Guayaquil, Ecuador. Four nations competed: Chile, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. A total of 42 athletics events were contested, 22 by men and 20 by women. Women did not compete in the pole vault, 3000 metres steeplechase or half marathon, while the men did not compete in a combined track and field event. The host nation topped the medal table, winning 22 events and a total of 55 medals. Peru were runners-up with eleven gold medals, while Chile and Colombia finished with six and three gold medals, respectively.South American University Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2019-10-10.
Ecuador's Lucy Jaramillo was the most successful athlete of the competition, winning the women's 400 metres, 800 metres and 400 metres hurdles titles. Her compatriots Silvia Paredes (5000 metres, 10,000 metres) and Luis Morán (100 metres, 200 metres) won double gold. Peru's Roxana Mendoza claimed the short sprint double on the women's side. Colombia's Kelly López won a medal in all of the women's sprint events, bar the 4 × 400 metres relay (in which Colombia did not compete).
Results Men 100 metres(wind: +2.5 m/s) 10.56 10.76 10.87200 metres(wind: +2.4 m/s) 21.71 21.88 21.95400 metres 48.20 48.94 50.30800 metres 1:52.80 1:54.42 1:55.501500 metres 3:54.75 3:56.79 3:58.515000 metres 14:?7.86 14:21.96 14:39.9410,000 metres 31:11.44 32:02.96 32:28.07Half marathon 1:19:03 1:21:05 1:23:24110 m hurdles(wind: +2.4 m/s) 14.91 15.16 15.82400 m hurdles 54.54 55.86 55.883000 m steeplechase 8:57.25 9:01.64 9:09.9620 km walk 1:31:31 1:39:59 1:44:04High jump 1.93 m 1.90 m 1.85 mPole vault 4.00 m 3.70 mOnly two entrantsLong jump 7.38 m 7.12 m 7.03 mTriple jump 15.23 m 14.91 m 14.76 m Shot put 17.43 m 15.39 m 13.79 mDiscus throw 45.72 m 40.27 m 37.25 mHammer throw 63.91 m 63.53 m 51.98 mJavelin throw 59.45 m 51.86 m 43.50 m4 × 100 m relay 42.97 43.10 44.234 × 400 m relay 3:20.93 3:21.95 3:35.02
Women 100 metres(wind: +0.7 m/s) 12.40 12.42 12.85200 metres(wind: +1.5 m/s) 25.56 25.63 25.70400 metres 54.78 57.11 57.92800 metres 2:11.10 2:14.50 2:16.161500 metres 4:36.69 4:41.65 4:44.035000 metres 17:55.60 18:03.43 18:34.6310,000 metres 38:53.15 39:21.42 40:20.05100 m hurdles(wind: +0.3 m/s) 13.85 14.38 14.90 400 m hurdles 59.91 62.55 62.6620 km walk 1:46:43 1:47:35 1:50:28High jump 1.76 m 1.65 m 1.65 mLong jump 6.04 m 5.80 m 5.18 mTriple jump 12.46 m 12.19 m 11.68 mShot put 15.09 m 13.06 m 13.04 mDiscus throw 46.99 m 46.68 m 39.48 mHammer throw 54.13 m 50.86 m 40.57 mJavelin throw 42.58 m 39.38 m 35.24 mHeptathlon 4197 pts 3574 pts 2696 pts4 × 100 m relay 47.82 48.86 49.654 × 400 m relay 3:54.09 3:55.33Only two teams started
Medal table
References
South American University Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2019-10-10.