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South American Championships in Athletics

Biennial athletics event

Summary

Biennial athletics event

The South American Championships in Athletics is a biennial athletics event organized by Atletismo Sudamericano. It is the first and oldest continental athletics competition. The first edition in 1919 was competed between only two countries (Chile and Uruguay), but it has since expanded and has generally been held every two years since 1927.

In addition, 8 unofficial championships were held between 1918 and 1957: the 1918 event was titled "Campeonato de Iniciación". The 1922 event was titled "Campeonato Latino-Americano". The 1931 event was held in celebration of the 100th anniversary of Uruguayan independence. The 1946 event was held in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the modern Olympic Games. The 1948 event was held in celebration of the 100th anniversary of the foundation of La Paz. The 1950 event was held in celebration of the 30th anniversary of the Uruguayan Athletics Federation. The 1957 event was for men only.

Countries are measured by a points system resulting from their respective athletes' performances. The country with the highest total points is declared the winner.

Summary of Championships

Edition	Year	City	Country	Date	Venue	No. of
Events	No. of
Athletes	Top of the
medal table
unofficial	1918	Buenos Aires		24–26 May
1	1919	Montevideo		11–13 April
2	1920	Santiago		23–25 April
unofficial	1922	Rio de Janeiro	BRA	September
3	1924	Buenos Aires		17–22 April
4	1926	Montevideo		15–20 April
5	1927	Santiago		14–19 April
6	1929	Lima	PER	5–10 May
7	1931	Buenos Aires		30 April – 5 May
unofficial	1931	Montevideo		8–10 May
8	1933	Montevideo		6–9 April
9	1935	Santiago		11–14 April
10	1937	São Paulo	BRA	27–30 May				BRA
11	1939	Lima	PER	25–28 May
12	1941	Buenos Aires		26 April – 4 May
13	1943	Santiago		23 April – 2 May
14	1945	Montevideo		15–22 April
unofficial	1946	Santiago		April
15	1947	Rio de Janeiro	BRA	25 April – 3 May
unofficial	1948	La Paz		October				PER
16	1949	Lima	PER	16–24 April
unofficial	1950	Montevideo
17	1952	Buenos Aires		3–11 May
unofficial	1953	Santiago		19–26 April	Estadio Nacional			BRA
18	1954	São Paulo	BRA	17–25 April				BRA
19	1956	Santiago		14–22 April	Estadio Nacional
unofficial	1957	Santiago		19-21 April	Estadio Nacional	22		BRA
20	1958	Montevideo		19–27 April				BRA
21	1961	Lima		20–28 May	Estadio Nacional	31
22	1963	Cali		29 June – 7 July	Estadio Pascual Guerrero	31	175	VEN
23	1965	Rio de Janeiro	BRA	8–16 May	Estádio Célio de Barros	31
24	1967	Buenos Aires		7–15 October	Pista de Atletismo Parque Chacabuco	32	250	BRA
25	1969	Quito		4–12 October	Estadio Atahualpa	34	204	BRA
26	1971	Lima		9–17 October	Estadio Nacional	34	208	BRA
27	1974	Santiago		16–21 April	Estadio Nacional	37	229	BRA
28	1975	Rio de Janeiro	BRA	26–31 August	Estádio Célio de Barros	37	163	BRA
29	1977	Montevideo		4–6 November	Pista del Parque Batlle y Ordoñez	37	253	BRA
30	1979	Bucaramanga		31 October – 4 November	Estadio Alfonso López Pumarejo	37	240	BRA
31	1981	La Paz		5–8 November	Estadio Olímpico Hernando Siles	39	185	BRA
32	1983	Santa Fé		29 September – 2 October	Centro de Alto Rendimiento Deportivo Pedro Candioti	39	231	BRA
33	1985	Santiago		12–15 September	Estadio Nacional	40	252	BRA
34	1987	São Paulo	BRA	8–11 October	Estádio Ícaro de Castro Melo	40	207	BRA
35	1989	Medellín		5–8 August	Estadio Alfonso Galvis Duque	41	223	BRA
36	1991	Manaus	BRA	28–30 June	Vila Olímpica de Manaus	41	257	BRA
37	1993	Lima		2–4 July	Villa Deportiva Nacional	41	216
38	1995	Manaus		26–28 May	Vila Olímpica de Manaus	43	198
39	1997	Mar del Plata		4–6 April	Estadio Municipal Teodoro Bronzini	43	225
40	1999	Bogotá		25–27 June	El Salitre	43	260
41	2001	Manaus		18–20 May	Vila Olímpica de Manaus	44	217
42	2003	Barquisimeto		20–22 June	Polideportivo Máximo Viloria	44	296
43	2005	Cali		21–24 July	Estadio Pascual Guerrero	44
44	2006	Tunja		29 September – 1 October	Estadio La Independencia	44	229
45	2007	São Paulo		7–9 June	Estádio Ícaro de Castro Melo	44
46	2009	Lima		19–21 June	Villa Deportiva Nacional	44
47	2011	Buenos Aires		2–5 June	CeNARD	44	345
48	2013	Cartagena		5–7 July	Parque de Atletismo Campo Elías Gutiérrez	44	322
49	2015	Lima		12–14 June	Villa Deportiva Nacional	44	333
50	2017	Asunción		23–25 June	Pista Comité Olímpico Paraguayo	44	357
51	2019	Lima		24–26 May	Villa Deportiva Nacional	44	325
52	2021	Guayaquil		29–31 May	Estadio Modelo Alberto Spencer Herrera	45	377
53	2023	São Paulo		28–30 July	COTP Stadium	45	371
54	2025	Mar del Plata		25–27 April	Estadio Justo Ernesto Román	45	401

Medals (1919-2025)

Source:

Wins by country

Country	No. wins
	35
	14
	7
	1

References

Athletics Weekly. "SOUTH AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIPS (UNOFFICIAL)".
"Athletics Podium".

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