| 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 Women's Shot Put event at the 2010 South American Games was held on March 21 at 17:40.
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Natalia Ducó | Ángela Rivas | Luz Leyni Montaño |
| Standing records prior to the 2010 South American Games | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World record | Natalya Lisovskaya | 22.63m | Moscow, USSR | 7 June 1987 | |
| World Leading | Valerie Vili | 20.57m | Sydney, Australia | 27 February 2010 | |
| South American record | Elisângela Adriano | 19.30m | Tunja, Colombia | 14 July 2001 | |
| South American U23 record | Natalia Ducó | 18.65m | Iquique, Chile | 13 June 2008 | |
Results were published. [1] [2] [3]
| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Attempt | Best Result | Notes | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |||||
| Natalia Ducó | 17.34 | 17.54 | 17.71 | 17.38 | 17.06 | x | 17.71 | |||
| Ángela Rivas | 15.47 | 14.70 | 15.24 | 16.01 | 16.33 | 15.41 | 16.33 | |||
| Luz Leyni Montaño | 12.84 | 14.40 | 14.17 | x | 14.00 | 14.54 | 14.54 | |||
| 4 | Renata Severiano | 12.84 | 14.28 | 14.07 | 14.30 | 13.81 | 14.00 | 14.30 | ||
| 5 | Geisa Arcanjo | x | x | 14.16 | x | x | x | 14.16 | ||
| 6 | Alessandra Gamboa | | 12.67 | 13.60 | 13.41 | x | 13.50 | x | 13.60 | |
| 7 | Madelaine Santa Cruz | 10.96 | 11.93 | 11.79 | x | 11.55 | 11.08 | 11.93 | ||