| Athletics at the 2010 South American Games | ||
|---|---|---|
| | ||
| Track events | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| 800 m | men | women |
| 1500 m | men | women |
| 5000 m | men | women |
| 10,000 m | men | women |
| 100 m hurdles | women | |
| 110 m hurdles | men | |
| 400 m hurdles | men | women |
| 3000 m steeplechase | men | women |
| 4×100 m relay | men | women |
| 4×400 m relay | men | women |
| Field events | ||
| Long jump | men | women |
| Triple jump | men | women |
| High jump | men | women |
| Pole vault | men | women |
| Shot put | men | women |
| Discus throw | men | women |
| Javelin throw | men | women |
| Hammer throw | men | women |
| Combined events | ||
| Heptathlon | women | |
| Decathlon | men | |
The Men's Pole Vault event at the 2010 South American Games was held on March 21 at 17:00.
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Augusto Dutra de Oliveira | Cleber Damião da Silva | Rubén Benítez |
| Standing records prior to the 2010 South American Games | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World record | Sergey Bubka | 6.14m | Sestriere, Italy | 31 July 1994 | |
| World Leading | Steve Hooker | 5.91m | Sydney, Australia | 27 February 2010 | |
| South American record | Fábio Gomes da Silva | 5.77m | São Paulo, Brazil | 7 June 2007 | |
| South American U23 record | Germán Chiaraviglio | 5.71m | Beijing, China | 19 August 2006 | |
Results were published. [1] [2] [3]
| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Attempt | Best Result | Notes | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.20 | 4.35 | 4.50 | 4.60 | 4.70 | 4.80 | 4.85 | 4.90 | 4.95 | 5.00 | 5.10 | |||||
| Augusto Dutra de Oliveira | – | – | – | – | o | o | – | – | – | xo | xxx | 5.00 | |||
| Cleber Damião da Silva | – | – | – | – | xo | o | – | – | – | xxx | 4.80 | ||||
| Rubén Benítez | – | – | o | – | o | xxx | 4.70 | ||||||||
| 4 | Eberth Gómez | – | – | – | – | xo | xxx | 4.70 | |||||||
| 5 | Felipe Andrés Fuentes | xxo | xo | o | o | xxx | 4.60 | ||||||||
| – | Rubén Patiño | – | – | xxx | NM | ||||||||||