| 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 High Jump event at the 2010 South American Games was held on March 20 at 18:40.
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Diego Ferrín | Carlos Izquierdo | Simon Villa |
| Standing records prior to the 2010 South American Games | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World record | Javier Sotomayor | 2.45m | Salamanca, Spain | 27 July 1993 | |
| World Leading | Liam Zamel-Paez | 2.25m | Brisbane, Australia | 6 February 2010 | |
| South American record | Gilmar Mayo | 2.33m | Pereira, Colombia | 17 October 1994 | |
| South American U23 record | Hugo Muñoz | | 2.30m | Lima, Perú | 29 October 1995 |
Results were published. [1] [2] [3]
| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Attempt | Best Result | Notes | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.80 | 1.85 | 1.90 | 1.95 | 2.00 | 2.03 | 2.06 | 2.09 | 2.12 | 2.18 | 2.22 | |||||
| Diego Ferrín | – | – | – | – | o | – | o | – | xxo | o | xxx | 2.18 | |||
| Carlos Izquiero | – | – | – | o | o | o | o | o | xxx | 2.09 | |||||
| Simon Villa | – | – | – | o | o | – | o | xxo | xxx | 2.09 | |||||
| 4 | Carlos Layoy | – | – | – | o | o | – | xo | xxo | xxx | 2.09 | ||||
| 5 | Arturo Chávez | | – | – | – | – | xo | xo | o | xxo | xxx | 2.09 | |||
| 6 | Quentin Siberie | o | xo | o | o | xo | o | xxx | 2.03 | † | |||||
| 7 | Talles Silva | – | – | o | o | xxx | 1.95 | ||||||||
| 8 | Jose Pires | – | – | – | xo | xxx | 1.95 | ||||||||
| 9 | Cristóbal Gómez | o | xo | xxx | 1.85 | ||||||||||
†: Not eligible for the South American Under-23 Championships.