2018 South American U18 Championships in Athletics

The 24th South American U18 Championships in Athletics were held in Cuenca, Ecuador on 30 June and 1 July 2018.

XXIV South American U18 Championships in Athletics
Dates	30 June – 1 July
Host city	Cuenca
Venue	Jefferson Pérez Stadium
Level	Youth
Events	39
Participation	14 nations
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Medal summary

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres -0.8 m/s	Gian Carlos Mosquera Colombia	10.75	Mateo Vargas Paraguay	10.82	Steeven Salas Ecuador	10.92
200 metres -0.4 m/s	Lucas Vilar Brazil	21.34	Gian Carlos Mosquera Colombia	21.57	Alexander Salazar Panama	21.89
400 metres	Caio de Almeida Brazil	48.20	Lucas Vilar Brazil	48.34	Alexander Salazar Panama	49.64
800 metres	Jhonatan Rodríguez Colombia	1:54.18	Jorge Luis Tamay Ecuador	1:55.82	Lucas Leite Brazil	1:56.36
1500 metres	Lucas Leite Brazil	4:11.90	Esteban González Colombia	4:13.65	Daniel Taramuel Ecuador	4:14.00
3000 metres	Antony Saenz Peru	9:07.75	Julio Palomino Peru	9:12.47	Dylan Van Der Hock Argentina	9:16.74
110 metres hurdles (91.4 cm)	Marcos Paulo Ferreira Brazil	13.69	Eric Vitor Campos Brazil	13.90	Martín Saenz Chile	13.95
400 metres hurdles (84 cm)	Caio de Almeida Brazil	52.09	João Carlos dos Santos Brazil	52.27	Pedro Garrido Argentina	53.96
2000 m steeplechase	Diego Muñoz Colombia	6:26.40	Julio Palomino Peru	6:28.09	Leonardo do Nascimento Brazil	6:29.11
4 × 100 metres relay	Brazil Lucas Vilar Marcos Paulo Ferreira Caio de Almeida Eric Vitor Campos	41.33	Ecuador Iván Pizarro Anderson Marquinez Mario Landucci Steeven Salas	41.69	Peru Hugo Carazas Guillermo Herrera Santiago Varillas Jorge Ordemar	44.19
10,000 m track walk	Oscar Patín Ecuador	46:54.86	Kevin Cahuana Peru	47:18.74	Erik Carhuallanqui Peru	48:13.12
High jump	Elton Petronilho Brazil	2.01	Augusto de Campos Brazil	2.01	Justin Herrera Ecuador	2.01
Pole vault	Pablo Zaffaroni Argentina	4.90	José Tomas Nieto Colombia	4.80	Santiago Thomson Colombia	4.70
Long jump	Adrian Vieira Brazil	7.45	Navaro Aboikonie Suriname	7.45	Daniel Mejicano Venezuela	7.37w
Triple jump	Kevin Bueno Ecuador	15.38	Luciano Mendez Argentina	15.25	Marco Ponce Ecuador	15.17
Shot put (5 kg)	Nazareno Sasia Argentina	21.40 GR	Lazaro Bonora Argentina	17.97	Vitor Gabriel Motin Brazil	17.69
Discus throw (1.5 kg)	Vitor Gabriel Motin Brazil	58.03	Nazareno Sasia Argentina	57.19	Lazaro Bonora Argentina	54.75
Hammer throw (5 kg)	Luis Alberto Ochoa Colombia	73.24	Erick Barbosa Colombia	73.24	Julio Nobile Argentina	71.29
Javelin throw (700 kg)	Pedro Henrique Rodrigues Brazil	74.47	Joel Benítez Venezuela	70.71	Ignacio Toledo Chile	69.46
Decathlon (U18)	Henrique Pereira Brazil	6716	Jonathan Da Silva Brazil	6387	Nicolas Viera Argentina	6170

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres -1.3 m/s	Gabriela Suarez Ecuador	11.84	Angie Saray González Colombia	12.03	Orangy Jiménez Venezuela	12.06
200 metres +0.6 m/s	Gabriela Suarez Ecuador	23.57	Angie Saray González Colombia	24.18	Aimara Nazareno Ecuador	24.51
400 metres	Jessica Moreira Brazil	56.02	Erica Cavalheiro Brazil	56.17	Eliana Fuentes Colombia	57.24
800 metres	Laura Acuña Chile	2:13.01	María Veronica Pérez Argentina	2:13.96	Eliana Fuentes Colombia	2:16.27
1500 metres	Laura Acuña Chile	4:44.98	Irene Navarrete Ecuador	4:46.96	Angie Coronado Colombia	4:49.55
3000 metres	Alejandra Sierra Colombia	10:29.36	Inocencia Huacasi Peru	10:37.64	Angie Coronado Colombia	10:39.26
100 metres hurdles (76.2 cm) +0.5 m/s	Aimara Nazareno Ecuador	13.86	Daniela Mena Colombia	13.95	Valeria Cabezas Colombia	13.99
400 metres hurdles	Valeria Cabezas Colombia	59.64	Jessica Moreira Brazil	60.42	Vivica Ifeoma Ilobi Brazil	62.52
2000 m steeplechase	Veronica Hilario Peru	7:18.30	María Eugenia Once Ecuador	7:24.35	Lesli Chasiluisa Ecuador	7:37.68
4 × 100 metres relay	Ecuador Gloria Rambay Aimara Nazareno Nicole Jazmine Chala Gabriela Suarez	46.94	Brazil Thais Michele da Silva Erica Cavalheiro Vivica Ifeoma Ilobi Vitoria Jardim	47.28	Peru Jasmin Figueroa Mariana Olivares Karina Iwamoto Gabriela Gabriela	49.52
5000 m track walk	María Villalva Ecuador	24:17.79	Freysi Donaires Peru	25:44.56	Norita Huamani Peru	25:53.91
High jump	Arielly Monteiro Brazil	1.73	Indiana Holgado Argentina	1.65	Monica Montero Chile	1.65
Pole vault	Karen Bedoya Colombia	3.60	Luciana Gómez Argentina	3.55	Javiera Contreras Chile	3.50
Long jump	Rocio Muñoz Chile	6.04	Lissandra Campos Brazil	5.99	Sofía Aylén Levrino Argentina	5.76
Triple jump	Nerisnelia Sousa Brazil	12.68	Monifah Latavia Djoe Suriname	12.46	Rocio Muñoz Chile	12.28
Shot put (3 kg)	Lorna Zurita Ecuador	15.84	Rafaela de Sousa Brazil	15.52	Javiera Bravo Chile	14.70
Discus throw	Merari Herrera Ecuador	44.97	Dahiana López Uruguay	40.17	Esmirnova Borja Ecuador	39.30
Hammer throw (3 kg)	Carolina Ulloa Colombia	65.92 GR	Silenis Vargas Venezuela	62.31	Valentina Clavería Chile	60.57
Javelin throw (500 g)	Yuleixi Angulo Ecuador	54.33 GR	Lucerys Suarez Colombia	49.95	Avigail Pino Colombia	49.27
Heptathlon (U18)	Sara Isabel García Colombia	5036	Larissa de Souza Brazil	4335	Genesis Foronda Ecuador	4146

Mixed

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
8 × 300 metres relay	Brazil João Carlos dos Santos Erica Cavalheiro Lucas Vilar Jessica Moreira Vitoria Jardim Marcos Paulo Ferreira Vivica Ifeoma Ilobi Caio de Almeida	4:54.20	Ecuador Miguel Ángel Maldonado Andrés Gaigua Britney Pachito Andreina Minda Ángel David Paredes Ruth Ramírez Isabel Cristina Oyervide Kenny Leon	5:04.98	Colombia Sebastián Barrera Eliana Fuentes Daniela Mena Gian Carlos Mosquera Alejandra Sierra Valeria Cabezas José Tomas Nieto Jhonathan Rodríguez	5:15.01

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Brazil (BRA)	14	11	5	30
2	Ecuador (ECU)	10	6	9	25
3	Colombia (COL)	9	8	8	25
4	Argentina (ARG)	3	6	6	15
5	Chile (CHI)	3	0	6	9
6	Peru (PER)	2	5	4	11
7	Suriname (SUR)	0	2	0	2
8	Venezuela (VEN)	0	1	2	3
9	Paraguay (PAR)	0	1	0	1
	Uruguay (URU)	0	1	0	1
11	Panama (PAN)	0	0	2	2
Totals (11 entries)		41	41	42	124