2006 South American Championships in Athletics

44th South American Championships
Dates	29 September – 1 October
Host city	Tunja, Colombia
Venue	Estadio La Independencia
Events	44
Participation	229 athletes from 12 nations
Records set	5 Championships records
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The 2006 South American Championships in Athletics were held at the Estadio La Independencia in Tunja, Colombia from 29 September to 1 October. The competition represented a departure from the traditional biennial cycle of the championships, a decision taken partly as a response to the lack of major competitions that year for the region's athletes, as well as the fact many athletes would instead focus on the 2007 World Championships in Athletics and the Pan American Games (in Rio de Janeiro) which were scheduled for the following year. The stadium's location at 2810 metres above sea level aided the performances of athletes competing in the sprint and field events.^[1] A total of 44 events were contested, of which 22 by male and 22 by female athletes.

Brazil continued its dominance in the medals and points tables with 26 gold medals and 55 medals in all, adding to an undefeated streak in the men's and women's sides since the 1975 edition.^[1] The hosts Colombia were clear runners-up with nine golds and 36 medals, while Argentina and Ecuador were the next most successful nations. Cold, windy conditions affected athletes performances over the course of the three-day competition, but five Championships records were broken or equalled. Pole vaulter Fabiana Murer won her first continental title with a record clearance of 4.40 m, while Argentine Germán Chiaraviglio equalled the best mark in the men's event. Jessé de Lima beat defending high jump champion Gilmar Mayo in a record height and Jennifer Dahlgren retained her hammer throw title with a new record.

Colombian Bertha Sánchez became champion in three events (5000 m, 10,000 m and steeplechase) and her compatriot Caterine Ibargüen took a gold and two silver medals in the jumping events, as well as setting a national record in the triple jump. Brazil's Elisângela Adriano won both the shot put and discus throw disciplines. Two more of her compatriots scored event doubles: Lucimar Teodoro won the 400 metres and the 400 metres hurdles, while the 100 metres and 200 metres titles went to Rosemar Coelho Neto.^[2]

Name	Event	Country	Record	Type
Jessé de Lima	High jump	Brazil	2.28 m	CR
Germán Chiaraviglio	Pole vault	Argentina	5.40 m	CR=
Louis Tristán	Long jump	Peru	8.09 m	NR
Noraldo Palacios	Javelin throw	Colombia	79.09 m	NR
Key:0000WR — World record  • AR — Area record  • CR — Championship record  • NR — National record

Name	Event	Country	Record	Type
Fabiana Murer	Pole vault	Brazil	4.47 m	CR
Tânia Ferreira da Silva	Triple jump	Brazil	13.92 m	CR
Jennifer Dahlgren	Hammer throw	Argentina	69.07 m	CR
Caterine Ibargüen	Triple jump	Colombia	13.91 m	NR
Katiuscia de Jesus	Hammer throw	Brazil	64.58	NR
Key:0000WR — World record  • AR — Area record  • CR — Championship record  • NR — National record

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Daniel Grueso (COL)	10.50	Kael Becerra (CHI)	10.50	José Carlos Moreira (BRA)	10.51
200 metres	Basílio de Morães (BRA)	20.70	Daniel Grueso (COL)	20.99	Heber Viera (URU)	21.10
400 metres	Sanderlei Parrela (BRA)	46.19	Eduardo Vasconcelos (BRA)	46.65	Javier Mosquera (COL)	46.88
800 metres	Fabiano Peçanha (BRA)	1:49.55	Hudson de Souza (BRA)	1:49.97	John Chávez (COL)	1:51.81
1500 metres	Hudson de Souza (BRA)	3:46.98	Fredy Espinoza (COL)	3:50.82	Byron Piedra (ECU)	3:54.48
5000 metres	Juan Diego Contreras (PER)	14:59.06	Byron Piedra (ECU)	15:00.00	Eduardo Arequipa (BOL)	15:00.70
10,000 metres	Jacinto López (COL)	31:41.00	Juan Diego Contreras (PER)	31:41.58	Jason Gutiérrez (COL)	31:44.25
110 metres hurdles	Paulo Villar (COL)	13.62	Anselmo da Silva (BRA)	13.78	Matheus Facho Inocêncio (BRA)	13.84
400 metres hurdles	Tiago Bueno (BRA)	49.96	Luis Montenegro (CHI)	50.17	Raphael Fernandes (BRA)	50.49
3000 metres steeplechase	Sergio Lobos (CHI)	9:15.42	Diego Moreno (PER)	9:21.28	Gladson Barbosa (BRA)	9:22.51
4×100 metres relay	Brazil (BRA) Eliezer de Almeida Basílio de Moraes Júnior Vicente de Lima José Carlos Moreira	39.03	Colombia (COL) Harlin Echevarría Eduard Mena Álvaro Gómez Paulo Villar	40.17	Argentina (ARG) José Manuel Garaventa Gustavo Aguirre Iván Altamirano Mariano Jiménez	40.47
4×400 metres relay	Brazil (BRA) Fernando de Almeida Sanderlei Parrela Eduardo Vasconcelos Raphael Fernandes	3:03.05	Colombia (COL) Geiner Mosquera Amílcar Torres Javier Mosquera Juan Pablo Maturana	3:06.49	Venezuela (VEN) Josner Rodríguez José Céspedes Víctor Solarte Roberto Lineros	3:10.43
20,000 m walk	Gustavo Restrepo (COL)	1:28:12.0	Xavier Moreno (ECU)	1:29:50.2	Patricio Ortega (ECU)	1:35:29.1
High jump	Jessé de Lima (BRA)	2.28 m CR	Gilmar Mayo (COL)	2.20 m	Santiago Guerci (ARG)  Fábio Baptista (BRA)	2.13 m
Pole vault	Germán Chiaraviglio (ARG)	5.40 m CR=	Javier Benítez (ARG)	5.35 m	Fábio Gomes da Silva (BRA)	5.20 m
Long jump	Rogério Bispo (BRA)	8.32 m (w)	Louis Tristán (PER)	8.09 m NR	Rodrigo Araújo (BRA)	8.05 m
Triple jump	Hugo Chila (ECU)	16.68 m (w)	Thiago Carahyba Dias (BRA)	16.57 m (w)	Jhon Murillo (COL)	16.36 m (w)
Shot put	Germán Lauro (ARG)	18.97 m	Marco Antonio Verni (CHI)	18.62 m	Marcelo Moreira (BRA)	17.84 m
Discus throw	Jorge Balliengo (ARG)	60.19 m	Ronald Julião (BRA)	57.02 m	Gustavo Mendonça (BRA)	51.15 m
Hammer throw	Juan Ignacio Cerra (ARG)	71.20 m	Patricio Palma (CHI)	67.30 m	Wagner Domingos (BRA)	67.27 m
Javelin throw	Noraldo Palacios (COL)	79.09 m NR	Víctor Fatecha (PAR)	76.79 m NJR	João Carlos Martins (BRA)	75.26 m
Decathlon	Carlos Eduardo Chinin (BRA)	7208 pts	Erik Kerwitz (ARG)	7188 pts	Enrique Aguirre (ARG)	6683 pts
WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season)

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Rosemar Coelho Neto (BRA)	11.53	Yomara Hinestroza (COL)	11.72	Darlenys Obregón (COL)	11.72
200 metres	Rosemar Coelho Neto (BRA)	23.44	Darlenys Obregón (COL)	23.58	Vanda Gomes (BRA)	23.76
400 metres	Lucimar Teodoro (BRA)	53.31	Perla Regina dos Santos (BRA)	53.82	Alejandra Idrobo (COL)	53.94
800 metres	Christiane Ritz dos Santos (BRA)	2:10.15	Muriel Coneo (COL)	2:14.13	Diana Armas (ECU)	2:18.67
1500 metres	Juliana de Azevedo (BRA)	4:33.74	Ana Joaquina Rondón (COL)	4:37.03	Muriel Coneo (COL)	4:55.24
5000 metres	Bertha Sánchez (COL)	17:16.39	Ana Joaquina Rondón (COL)	17:17.11	Rosa Apaza (BOL)	17:18.31
10,000 metres	Bertha Sánchez (COL)	37:36.16	Ednalva da Silva (BRA)	37:37.47	Rosa Apaza (BOL)	37:38.12
100 metres hurdles	Maíla Machado (BRA)	13.28	Francisca Guzmán (CHI)	13.83	Gilveneide de Oliveira (BRA)	14.06
400 metres hurdles	Lucimar Teodoro (BRA)	58.16	Perla dos Santos (BRA)	58.40	Lucy Jaramillo (ECU)	58.93
3000 metres steeplechase	Bertha Sánchez (COL)	10:48.44	Zenaide Vieira (BRA)	10:56.16	Michelle Barreto de Costa (BRA)	11:34.53
4×100 metres relay	Brazil (BRA) Maíla Machado Lucimar de Moura Rosemar Coelho Neto Vanda Gomes	44.72	Colombia (COL) Shirley Aragón María Alejandra Idrobo Darlenys Obregón Yomara Hinestroza	44.78	Ecuador (ECU) Erika Chávez Lucy Jaramillo Mayra Pachito Victoria Quiñonez	47.47
4×400 metres relay	Brazil (BRA) Lucimar Teodoro Perla Regina dos Santos Sheila Ferreira Juliana de Azevedo	3:32.56	Colombia (COL) Muriel Coneo Princesa Oliveros Shirley Aragón María Alejandra Idrobo	3:37.12	Ecuador (ECU) Erika Chávez Lucy Jaramillo Diana Armas Karina Caicedo	3:47.58
20,000 m walk	Yadira Guamán (ECU)	1:46:06.7	Luz Villamarín (COL)	1:46:40.3	Magaly Andrade  (ECU)	1:46:40.4
High jump	Caterine Ibargüen (COL)	1.90 m	Solange Witteveen (ARG)	1.82 m	Eliana Renata da Silva (BRA)	1.82 m
Pole vault	Fabiana Murer (BRA)	4.47 m CR	Carolina Torres (CHI)	4.25 m	Alejandra García (ARG)	4.00 m
Long jump	Maurren Maggi (BRA)	6.86 m (w)	Caterine Ibargüen (COL)	6.51 m (w)	Fernanda Gonçalves (BRA)	6.36 m (w)
Triple jump	Tânia Ferreira da Silva (BRA)	13.92 m CR	Caterine Ibargüen (COL)	13.91 m NR	Fabrícia da Silva (BRA)	13.39 m
Shot put	Elisângela Adriano (BRA)	17.37 m	Andréa Pereira (BRA)	16.27 m	Luz Dary Castro (COL)	16.26 m
Discus throw	Elisângela Adriano (BRA)	56.18 m	Luz Dary Castro (COL)	48.88 m	Karen Gallardo (CHI)	48.75 m
Hammer throw	Jennifer Dahlgren (ARG)	69.07 m CR	Eli Johana Moreno (COL)	64.94 m	Katiuscia de Jesus (BRA)	64.58 m NR
Javelin throw	Alessandra Resendre (BRA)	58.11 m	Zuleima Araméndiz (COL)	55.60 m	Sabina Moya (COL)	54.52 m
Heptathlon	Elizete da Silva (BRA)	5612 pts	Jailma de Lima (BRA)	5348 pts	Andrea Bordalejo (ARG)	5015 pts
WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season)

  *   Host nation (Colombia)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Brazil	26	11	18	55
2	Colombia*	9	18	9	36
3	Argentina	5	3	5	13
4	Ecuador	2	2	7	11
5	Chile	1	6	1	8
6	Peru	1	3	0	4
7	Paraguay	0	1	0	1
8	Bolivia	0	0	3	3
9	Uruguay	0	0	1	1
	Venezuela	0	0	1	1
Totals (10 entries)		44	44	45	133

• Totals are calculated by awarding a country points for each time an athlete finishes in the top six of an event.

Rank	Country	Total	Men	Women
1	Brazil	498
2	Colombia	317
3	Argentina	152
4	Ecuador	116
5	Chile	67
6	Peru	28

Specific

Results

• Biscayart, Eduardo (2006-10-02). Brazil confirms its South American domination in Tunja. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-07-22.
• Official results^[usurped] (archived)

• Official CONSUDATLE website^[usurped]