List of South American youth records in athletics

South American youth records in the sport of athletics are the all-time best marks set in competition by aged 17 or younger throughout the entire calendar year of the performance and competing for a member nation of the South American Athletics Confederation (CONSUDATLE). CONSUDATLE maintains these records only in a specific list of outdoor events. All other records, including all indoor records, shown on this list are tracked by statisticians not officially sanctioned by CONSUDATLE.

Outdoor

Key:  Awaiting ratification  Record not kept by CONSUDATLE  Not ratified or later rescinded by CONSUDATLE

A = affected by altitude
h = hand timing

Boys

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Meet	Place	Age	Ref
100 m	10.30 (+1.9 m/s)	Paulo André de Oliveira	Brazil	14 November 2015		Maringá, Brazil	17 years, 86 days
200 m	20.67 (-1.0 m/s)	Vítor Hugo dos Santos	Brazil	14 July 2013	World Youth Championships	Donetsk, Ukraine	17 years, 163 days
400 m	46.23	Andrés Silva	Uruguay	21 June 2003	South American Championships	Barquisimeto, Venezuela	17 years, 89 days
800 m	1:47.85	Joaquim Cruz	Brazil	30 August 1980		Sudbury, Canada	17 years, 171 days
1500 m	3:47.35	Federico Bruno	Argentina	4 May 2010		Mar del Plata, Argentina	16 years, 320 days
3000 m	8:23.51	Federico Bruno	Argentina	6 November 2010		Buenos Aires, Argentina	17 years, 141 days
5000 m	14:31.81	Daniel do Nascimento	Brazil	31 July 2015		Edmonton, Canada	17 years, 3 days
10000 m
110 m hurdles (91.4 cm)	13.20 (+1.7 m/s)	Vinicius de Brito	Brazil	2 September 2023	Jogos da Juventude	Pirassununga, Brazil	17 years, 183 days	[1]
400 m hurdles (84 cm)	51.12	Mikael de Jesus	Brazil	22 August 2014	Youth Olympics	Nanjing, China	17 years, 3 days
2000 m steeplechase	5:45.22	Daniel do Nascimento	Brazil	14 June 2015	Brazilian U18 Championships	São Bernardo do Campo, Brazil	16 years, 321 days
3000 m steeplechase	8:39.45	Sergio Arezo	Uruguay	13 November 2011	Uruguayan Championships	Montevideo, Uruguay	17 years, 259 days	[2]
High jump	2.18 m	Luciano Bacelli	Brazil	26 June 1983		São Paulo, Brazil
Pole vault	5.51 m	Germán Chiaraviglio	Argentina	1 May 2004		Porto Alegre, Brazil	17 years, 15 days
Long jump	7.97 m (+1.4 m/s)	Jamal Bowen	Panama	11 May 2008		Barquisimeto, Venezuela
Triple jump	16.33 m (+2.0 m/s)	Miguel van Assen	Surinam	19 April 2014	CARIFTA Games	Fort-de-France, Martinique	16 years, 263 days
Shot put (5 kg)	21.94 m	Nazareno Sasia	Argentina	12 October 2018	Youth Olympic Games	Buenos Aires, Argentina	17 years, 280 days	[3]
Discus throw (1.5 kg)	67.05 m	Claudio Romero	Chile	23 September 2017		Santiago, Chile	17 years, 75 days
Hammer throw (5 kg)	85.38 m	Joaquin Gomez	Argentina	30 November 2013	"Profesor Hugo La Nasa" Meet	Buenos Aires, Argentina	17 years, 47 days	[4]
Javelin throw (800 g)	75.41 m	Edwin Cuesta	Venezuela	19 August 1998		Maracaibo, Venezuela
Javelin throw (700 g)	89.34 m	Braian Toledo	Argentina	6 March 2010		Mar del Plata, Argentina	16 years, 179 days
Octathlon	6456 pts	Andrés Silva	Uruguay	10–11 July 2003	World Youth Championships	Sherbrooke, Canada	17 years, 106 days
	10.74 (+0.7 m/s) (100 m), 6.87 m (-0.3 m/s) (long jump), 14.76 m (shot put), 48.09 (400 m) / 13.74 (+1.6 m/s) (110 m hurdles), 1.83 m (high jump), 43.58 m (javelin), 2:35.91 (1000 m)
Decathlon	7396 pts	Caio da Silva	Brazil	16 October 2016		São Bernardo do Campo, Brazil
	100m (wind) Long jump (wind) Shot put High jump 400m 110H (wind) Discus Pole vault Javelin 1500m
5000 m walk (track)	20:13.69	Óscar Patín	Ecuador	11 October 2018	Youth Olympic Games	Buenos Aires, Argentina	17 years, 252 days	[5]
10000 m walk (track)	40:08.23 [lower-alpha 1]	Jefferson Pérez	Ecuador	10 August 1990	World Junior Championships	Plovdiv, Bulgaria	16 years, 40 days
10 km walk (road)	41:32	David Hurtado	Ecuador	6 November 2016		Hauppauge, United States	17 years, 199 days
20 km walk (road)
4 × 100 m relay	40.77 A		Brazil	4 November 2000		Bogotá, Colombia
4 × 400 m relay	3:14.39		Colombia	20 November 2011		Panama City, Panama
Swedish medley relay	1:51.65		Brazil Rafael da Silva Ribeiro Bruno de Alcántara Goes Jorge Celio da Rocha Sena Diego Venancio	20 October 2002		Asunción, Paraguay

Girls

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Meet	Place	Age	Ref
100 m	11.39 (+1.1 m/s)	Franciela Krasucki	Brazil	13 July 2005	World Youth Championships	Marrakesh, Morocco	17 years, 48 days
	11.39 (+1.6 m/s)			1 October 2005	South American Junior Championships	Rosario, Argentina	17 years, 128 days
	11.30	Ángela Tenorio	Ecuador	29 June 2013	Ecuadorian Junior Championships	Quito, Ecuador	17 years, 153 days	[6]
200 m	23.13 (-0.1 m/s)	Angela Tenorio	Ecuador	14 July 2013	World Youth Championships	Donetsk, Ukraine	17 years, 168 days	[7]
400 m	51.04	Kadecia Baird	Guyana	13 July 2012	World Junior Championships	Barcelona, Spain	17 years, 140 days
800 m	2:06.81	Juliana Paula dos Santos	Brazil	6 August 2000		Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	17 years, 25 days
1500 m	4:13.53	Yessica Quispe	Peru	16 October 2004		Lima, Peru	17 years, 269 days
3000 m	9:19.92	Yessica Quispe	Peru	11 September 2004		Lima, Peru	17 years, 234 days
5000 m
10000 m
Marathon
100 m hurdles (76.2 cm)	13.04 A (+0.1)	Maribel Caicedo	Ecuador	16 July 2015	World Youth Championships	Cali, Colombia	17 years, 106 days	[8]
100 m hurdles (84 cm)	13.72 (+0.6 m/s)	Gilda Massa	Peru	19 June 1993		Puerto la Cruz, Venezuela
400 m hurdles	57.74	Valeria Cabezas	Colombia	25 August 2018	Ibero-American Championships	Trujillo, Peru	17 years, 221 days
2000 m steeplechase	6:34.7 h	Sabine Heitling	Brazil	26 September 2004	South American Youth Championships	Guayaquil, Ecuador	17 years, 86 days
3000 m steeplechase	10:14.52	Zulema Arenas	Peru	22 September 2012	South American Under-23 Championships	São Paulo, Brazil	16 years, 312 days	[9]
High jump	1.85 m A	Orlane dos Santos	Brazil	17 June 1983		Mexico City, Mexico	16 years, 190 days
	1.85 m	María Fernanda Murillo	Colombia	13 November 2016	South American U18 Championships	Concordia, Entre Ríos, Argentina	17 years, 297 days
Pole vault	4.40 m A	Robeilys Peinado	Venezuela	25 August 2013	Pan American Junior Championships	Medellín, Colombia	15 years, 272 days	[10]
Long jump	6.41 m A (-0.2 m/s)	Natalia Linares	Colombia	13 December 2020	Grand Prix de Ecuador	Quito, Ecuador	17 years, 345 days	[11]
Triple jump	13.60 m (+0.8 m/s)	Núbia Soares	Brazil	12 July 2013	World Youth Championships	Donetsk, Ukraine	17 years, 108 days
Shot put (3 kg)	17.24 m	Dayna Toledo	Chile	12 November 2016	South American Youth Championships	Concordia, Argentina	17 years, 261 days	[12]
Shot put (4 kg)	16.36 m	Natalia Duco	Chile	11 November 2006	South American U23 Championships	Buenos Aires, Argentina	17 years, 284 days
Discus throw
Hammer throw
Javelin throw (500 g)	59.82 m	Yuleixi Angulo	Ecuador	13 October 2018	Youth Olympic Games	Buenos Aires, Argentina	17 years, 284 days	[13]
Javelin throw (600 g)	54.95 m A	Yuleixi Angulo	Ecuador	29 September 2018	South American U-23 Championships	Cuenca, Ecuador	17 years, 270 days	[14]
Heptathlon
	100m H (wind) High jump Shot put 200m (wind) Long jump (wind) Javelin 800m
5000 m walk (track)	21:53.8 h	Yuli Capcha	Peru	14 May 2011	Grand Prix Internacional de Marcha	Lima, Peru	16 years, 277 days	[15]
5 km walk (road)	22:42+	Glenda Morejón	Ecuador	13 May 2017	Pan American Race Walking Cup	Lima, Peru	16 years, 348 days	[16]
	21:16	Glenda Morejón	Ecuador	15 April 2017	National Racewalking Championships	Sucúa, Ecuador	16 years, 320 days	[17]
	21:59	Paula Milena Torres					16 years, 180 days
10000 m walk (track)
4 × 100 m relay	45.75		Brazil	31 July 2005
4 × 400 m relay	3:49.67		Brazil	20 October 1996		Asunción, Paraguay
Swedish medley relay	2:06.60	Tatiane Ferraz Vanda Gomes Franciela Krasucki Josiane Valentim	Brazil	17 July 2005	World Youth Championships	Marrakesh, Morocco	16 years, 252 days 17 years, 82 days

Indoor

Boys

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Meet	Place	Age	Ref
60 m
200 m
400 m
800 m
1500 m
3000 m
60 m hurdles
High jump
Pole vault	5.41 m	Germán Chiaraviglio	Argentina	6 October 2004	Festival Sudamericano de Garrocha	Santa Fe, Argentina	17 years, 173 days	[18]
Long jump
Triple jump
Shot put
Heptathlon
	60m Long jump Shot put High jump 60m H Pole vault 1000m
5000 m walk
4 × 400 m relay

Girls

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Meet	Place	Age	Ref
60 m	7.42 A	Natalia Linares	Colombia	1 February 2020	South American Championships	Cochabamba, Bolivia	17 years, 29 days	[19]
200 m	24.19 A	Natalia Linares	Colombia	2 February 2020	South American Championships	Cochabamba, Bolivia	17 years, 30 days	[20]
400 m
800 m
1500 m
3000 m
60 m hurdles
High jump
Pole vault
Long jump
Triple jump
Shot put
Pentathlon
	60m H High jump Shot put Long jump 800m
3000 m walk
4 × 400 m relay

Notes

1. by official result source; 40:14.50 by CONSUDATLE, probably a typo

References

General

• CONSUDATLE:South American Records 10 September 2023 updated

Specific

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2. "All time Top lists – 3000 Metres Steeplechase Men". World Athletics . Retrieved 1 November 2020.
3. "Shot Put Results". IAAF. 12 October 2018. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
4. "JOAQUIN GOMEZ: 85.38, MEJOR MARCA MUNDIAL" (in Spanish). www.cada-atletismo.org. 30 November 2013. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 2 December 2013.
5. "5000 Metres Race Walk men". World Athletics . Retrieved 1 November 2020.
6. "Ángela Tenorio marca nuevo record nacional". deporte.gob.ec (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 November 2020.
7. "200m Result". IAAF. 10 July 2013. Retrieved 22 October 2013.
8. "Girls' 100m Hurdles Results" (PDF). IAAF. 16 July 2017. Retrieved 12 April 2017.
9. Eduardo Biscayart (24 September 2012). "Brazil dominates South American Under-23 Champs". IAAF . Retrieved 1 November 2020.
10. Alfons Juck, Kevin Mangan (27 May 2013). "EME News May 26th". www.american-trackandfield.com. Retrieved 29 May 2013.
11. "Triunfos y récords de atletas colombiano en GP de Quito". acordcolombia.com.co. 21 December 2020. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
12. Eduardo Biscayart (15 November 2016). "Brazil's Rocha Morães shines at South American Youth Championships". IAAF. Retrieved 16 November 2016.
13. "Javelin Throw Results". IAAF. 13 October 2018. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
14. "Javelin Throw Results". resultadosonline.org. 29 September 2018. Retrieved 3 November 2018.
15. "Yuli Capcha Se Lució En Grand Prix De Marcha Atletica" (in Spanish). Atletismo Peruano. 19 May 2011. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
16. "RESULTADOS INDIVIDUALES XVIII COPA PANAMERICANA DE MARCHA LIMA 2017" (PDF). North American, Central American and Caribbean Athletic Association (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 November 2020.
17. "Azuay e Imbabura se llevan los aplausos en campeonato de marcha". El Universo (in Spanish). 20 April 2017. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
18. "All time Top lists – Pole Vault Men". World Athletics . Retrieved 24 March 2021.
19. "Jornada Del 01/02/2020 Desde Las 08.30 Hasta Las 11.30 – Campeonato Sudamericano Indoor" (PDF). resultadosonline.org (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 March 2021.
20. "Jornada Del 02/02/2020 Desde Las 09.00 Hasta Las 13.20 – Campeonato Sudamericano Indoor" (PDF). resultadosonline.org (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 March 2021.