| 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 Discus Throw event at the 2010 South American Games was held on March 21 at 18:00.
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Andrés Rossini | Michael Putman | Nicolás Martina |
| Standing records prior to the 2010 South American Games | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World record | Jürgen Schult | 74.08m | Neubrandenburg, Germany | 6 June 1986 | |
| World Leading | Jorge Fernández | 66.00m | Havana, Cuba | 11 March 2010 | |
| South American record | Jorge Balliengo | 66.32m | Rosario, Argentina | 15 April 2006 | |
| South American U23 record | Ramón Jiménez Gaona | 62.14m | Modesto, United States | 11 May 1991 | |
Results were published. [1] [2] [3]
| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Attempt | Best Result | Notes | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |||||
| Andrés Rossini | 52.23 | 53.91 | 56.28 | 51.61 | 53.55 | x | 56.28 | |||
| Michael Putman | | 48.23 | 48.24 | x | 51.53 | x | x | 51.53 | ||
| Nicolás Martina | 50.14 | x | x | 48.10 | 50.37 | x | 50.37 | |||
| 4 | Gerson Carvalho dos Santos | 40.66 | 46.14 | 38.11 | 49.86 | 48.58 | 47.92 | 49.86 | ||
| 5 | Juan Andrés Aguilera | x | 44.32 | 48.62 | 45.62 | 47.85 | x | 48.62 | ||
| 6 | Levin Moreno | 47.91 | 48.61 | 43.60 | 46.93 | 46.04 | 46.37 | 48.61 | ||
| 7 | Luís Schneider | x | 46.18 | 48.01 | 46.14 | 46.72 | 47.52 | 48.01 | ||
| 8 | Luis Alberto Castro | 46.85 | 45.47 | x | 45.32 | x | x | 46.85 | ||
| 9 | Felipe Nicolás Martínez | 44.86 | 43.13 | 43.89 | 44.86 | |||||
| – | Josnner Ortiz | x | x | x | NM | |||||