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2002 South American Junior Championships in Athletics

Field	Value
Name	XXXIV South American Junior Championships in Athletics
Size	200px
Host city	Belém, Brazil Brazil
Dates	August 1–3
Stadium	Estádio Olímpico do Pará
Nations participating	10 + 1 guest nation
Athletes participating	about 194 + guests
Events	44
Level	Junior
Previous	2001 Santa Fe
Next	2003 Guayaquil

The 34th South American Junior Championships in Athletics were held at the Estádio Olímpico do Pará | access-date = November 4, 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120425141127/http://emsergipe.globo.com/esporteemsergipe/visualizar/146489 | archive-date = April 25, 2012 | url-status = dead | access-date = November 6, 2011 in Belém, Brazil from August 1–3, 2002 in conjunction with the 7th South American (ODESUR) Games. Athletes from the Netherlands Antilles competed solely for the South American Games, and were considered as guests for the South American Junior Championships.

Medal summary

Main article: 2002 South American Junior Championships in Athletics – Results

Medal winners are published for men | access-date = November 1, 2011 and women | access-date = November 1, 2011 Complete results can be found on the "World Junior Athletics History" website. |access-date=November 1, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304105630/http://www.wjah.co.uk/wojc/SAJC/SAJC2002.html |archive-date=March 4, 2016

Men

4 × 400 metres relay
Diego Venâncio
Luís Ambrósio
Thiago Chyaromont
Luiz da Silva	3:06.68
Nico Herrera
Luis Luna
Arnold Amaya
José Acevedo	3:11.20
Sebastián Lasquera
Leandro Peyrano
José Ignacio Pignataro
Matías López	3:14.16

Women

4 × 400 metres relay
Juliana de Azevedo
Amanda Dias
Raquel da Costa
Ana Souza	3:40.56
Grace Arias
Lucy Jaramillo
Gabriela Chala
Mónica Ceballos	3:45.70
Angela Alfonso
Yusmelys García
Jenny Mejías
Sandrine Legenort	3:45.78

Doping

Eliane Pereira from Brazil was tested positive for Stanozolol, an anabolic steroid. Consequently, she lost her gold medal in 1,500 m (in 4:33.19) and her silver medal in 3,000 m (in 9:52.42), and was banned for two years.

Two further cases with enhanced Testosterone/Epitestosterone ratio were discovered (no medalists involved).

Medal table (unofficial)

Final scoring per countries

The winners in point scoring per country were published. | access-date = November 4, 2011

Rank	Nation	Points
1		587
2		180.5
3		163

Participation (unofficial)

Detailed result lists can be found on the "World Junior Athletics History" website. An unofficial count yields the number of about 194 athletes (plus an unknown number of guest athletes from the Netherlands Antilles) from about 10 countries:

Argentina (22)
Bolivia (7)
Brazil (69)
Chile (29)
Ecuador (19)
Guyana (4)
Paraguay (3)
Peru Perú (8)
Uruguay (3)
Venezuela (30) Guest Nation:
Netherlands Antilles (unknown)

References

Rodríguez III, Ernesto. (2010). "LIBROS DEL CICLO OLÍMPICO ARGENTINO - Libro I de los Juegos Odesur 1978-2010". Alarco Ediciones.

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