Athletics at the 1990 South American Games

Athletics events at the 1990 South American Games were held at the Estadio Atlético de San Luis next to the Estadio Nacional in Lima, Perú, between December 6-9, 1990. A total of 42 events were contested, 23 by men and 19 by women.

Athletics at the IV South American Games
Dates	December 6–9
Host city	Lima, Perú
Venue	Estadio Nacional
Level	Senior
Events	42 (23 men, 19 women)
← 1986 Santiago 1994 Valencia → 1990 South American Games

Medal summary

Medal winners were published in a book by written Argentinian journalist Ernesto Rodríguez III with support of the Argentine Olympic Committee (Spanish: Comité Olímpico Argentino) under the auspices of the Ministry of Education (Spanish: Ministerio de Educación de la Nación) in collaboration with the Office of Sports (Spanish: Secretaría de Deporte de la Nación). Eduardo Biscayart supplied the list of winners and their results. More results were assembled from other sources.

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: -1.0 m/s)	Roberto Marshall Chile	10.81	Miguel Bernal Peru	10.83	Carlos Gats Argentina	10.84
200 metres	Carlos Gats Argentina	22.28	Jorge Cañizales Venezuela	22.56	Roberto Marshall Chile	22.65
400 metres	Carlos Morales Chile	48.30	Hernán Hevia Chile	48.60	José Zambrano Venezuela	48.80
800 metres	Edwin Lobatón Bolivia	1:56.2	Manuel Bravo Ecuador	1:56.3	Daniel Loayza Peru	1:56.7
1500 metres	José Carrasco Chile	3:56.10	Miguel Meza Chile	3:58.30	Edwin Lobatón Bolivia	3:59.70
5000 metres	José Carrasco Chile	14:10.4	Silvio Guerra Ecuador	14:10.8	Luis Nempo Chile	14:19.1
10,000 metres	Silvio Guerra Ecuador	29:59.7	Néstor Jami Ecuador	30:02.2	José Castillo Peru	30:10.4
Marathon	Waldemar Cotelo Uruguay	2:18:47	Edwin Calatayud Bolivia	2:20:50	José Jami Ecuador	2:24:00
110 metres hurdles	Marco Mina Peru	14.84	Arturo Rodríguez Chile	15.03	Fernando Valiente Peru	15.48
400 metres hurdles	Marco Mina Peru	52.6	Nicolás Majluf Chile	54.9	Luis Page Peru	55.2
3000 metres steeplechase	Miguel Meza Chile	9:01.8	Eddy Punica Ecuador	9:04.2	Silviano Simeón Peru	9:16.7
4 x 100 metres relay	Peru Moisés Del Castillo Miguel Bernal José Uribe Óscar Fernández	41.0	Chile Roberto Marshall Carlos Morales Carlos Bernardo Moreno Juan Francisco Cobo	41.3	Bolivia Jorge Castellón Marco Ortiz Vladimir Aponte Miguel Mercado	41.9
4 x 400 metres relay	Chile Roberto Marshall Nicolas Majluf Hernán Hevia Carlos Morales	3:16.70	Peru Marco Mina Aldo Consiglieri Pedro Velarde Ramiro Quintana	3:18.20	Ecuador Fernando Espinosa Dick Perlaza Aurelio Mancheno Manuel Bravo	3:18.22
20 Kilometres Walk	Luis Rodríguez Ecuador	1:45:13	Carlos Montalbán Ecuador	1:46:26	Sergio Quispe Peru	1:46:53
High Jump	Fernando Moreno Argentina	2.15	Hugo Muñoz Peru	2.12	Valery Abugattas Peru	2.06
Pole Vault	Konstantín Zagustín Venezuela	5.15	Cristián Aspillaga Chile	4.90	Oscar Veit Argentina	4.70
Long Jump	Joan Moeckel Chile	7.67	Ricardo Valiente Peru	7.56	Fernando Valiente Peru	7.33
Triple Jump	Ricardo Valiente Peru	16.47	Alfredo Audain Venezuela	16.27	Oscar Valiente Peru	15.48
Shot Put	Gert Weil Chile	18.32	Andrés Charadía Argentina	15.24	Marcelo Pugliese Argentina	14.76
Discus Throw	Andrés Solo Chile	47.20	Andrés Charadía Argentina	47.10	Marcelo Pugliese Argentina	46.70
Hammer Throw	Andrés Charadía Argentina	69.94 AR	Marcelo Pugliese Argentina	58.74	Rubén Torres Ecuador	54.78
Javelin Throw	Pedro Claure Chile	66.14	Edgar Baumann Paraguay	64.40	Jorge Parraguirre Chile	62.74
Decathlon	Moisés Del Castillo Peru	5717	Álvaro Fernández Peru	5160

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: -1.1 m/s)	Marbelis Barriga Venezuela	12.18	Claudia Acerenza Uruguay	12.20	Lisette Rondón Chile	12.29
200 metres	Olga Conte Argentina	25.24	Claudia Acerenza Uruguay	25.75	Lisette Rondón Chile	26.00
400 metres	Olga Conte Argentina	55.03	Claudia Acerenza Uruguay	55.22	Ismenia Guzmán Chile	55.64
800 metres	Letitia Vriesde Suriname	2:06.2	Adriana Martínez Ecuador	2:11.2	Ismenia Guzmán Chile	2:12.1
1500 metres	Letitia Vriesde Suriname	4:23.0	Janeth Caizalitin Ecuador	4:32.0	Niusha Mansilla Bolivia	4:37.4
3000 metres	Yolanda Quimbita Ecuador	9:50.7	Ena Guevara Peru	9:58.2	Marisol Cossio Bolivia	10:14.5
10,000 metres	Yolanda Quimbita Ecuador	35:40.4	Ena Guevara Peru	36:04.80	Mónica Tapia Ecuador	36:09.8
Marathon	Graciela Caizabanda Ecuador	2:56:44	Elsa Pizarro Chile	3:10:16	Florinda Tamayo Peru	3:14:01
100 metres hurdles	Carmen Bezanilla Chile	13.96	Débora De Souza Peru	15.39	Michelle Openshaw Peru	15.39
400 metres hurdles	Liliana Chalá Ecuador	59.8	Inés Justet Uruguay	60.4	Carmen Bezanilla Chile	61.2
4 x 100 metres relay	Uruguay Marcela Tiscornia Soledad Acerenza Laura Abel Claudia Acerenza	47.19	Bolivia Jacqueline Solíz Elizabeth Arteaga Ana María Luzio Sandra Antela	48.72	Peru Ana Atencio Rocío de la Cruz Debora De Souza Cecilia Zereceda	48.93
4 x 400 metres relay	Uruguay Inés Justet Marcela Tiscornia Laura Abel Claudia Acerenza	3:44.70	Chile Gina Pareglio Sara Montecinos Hannelore Grosser Ismenia Guzmán	3:47.60	Ecuador Liliana Chalá Mercy Colorado Adriana Martínez Mayra Carchi	3:54.62
10 Kilometres Walk	Mirian Ramón Ecuador	50:46.1	Bertha Vera Ecuador	56:37.3
High Jump	María Chomali Chile	1.70	Ximena Guzmán Peru	1.60	Claudia Brien Chile	1.60
Long Jump	Andrea Ávila Argentina	6.12	Deisy Zereceda Peru	5.64	María Luzio Bolivia	5.48
Shot Put	Carmen Chalá Ecuador	13.44	Claudia Brien Chile	12.80	Rosa Peña Peru	12.66
Discus Throw	Liliana Martinelli Argentina	48.00 AR	Claudia Larenas Chile	43.96	Carmen Chalá Ecuador	43.14
Javelin Throw	Claudia Brien Chile	35.32	Hanny Basurco Peru	35.02	Marie Musselmann Peru	34.82
Heptathlon	Katherine Yáñez Peru	4234	Marleni Olaechea Peru	3681	Carmen Chalá Ecuador	2421

Medal table (unofficial)

  *   Host nation (Peru)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Chile	13	10	9	32
2	Ecuador	8	8	7	23
3	Argentina	7	3	4	14
4	Peru*	6	12	14	32
5	Uruguay	3	4	0	7
6	Venezuela	2	2	1	5
7	Suriname	2	0	0	2
8	Bolivia	1	2	5	8
9	Paraguay	0	1	0	1
Totals (9 entries)		42	42	40	124