1974 South American Junior Championships in Athletics

The tenth South American Junior Championships in Athletics were held in Lima, Peru, at the Estadio Nacional between October 9–13, 1974.

X South American Junior Championships in Athletics
Dates	October 9–13
Host city	Lima, Peru
Venue	Estadio Nacional
Level	Junior
Events	33
Participation	about 239 athletes from 9 nations
← 1972 Asunción 1976 Maracaibo →

Participation (unofficial)

Detailed result lists can be found on the "World Junior Athletics History" website. An unofficial count yields the number of about 239 athletes from about 9 countries: Argentina (44), Bolivia (11), Brazil (40), Chile (29), Colombia (17), Panama (10), Paraguay (11), Peru (45), Venezuela (32).

Medal summary

Medal winners are published for men and women Complete results can be found on the "World Junior Athletics History" website.

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Diego Valencia (COL)	10.7	Jorge Baleche (BRA)	10.8	Hipólito Brown (VEN)	11.0
200 metres	Edgar Biojo (COL)	21.5	Diego Valencia (COL)	21.9	Jorge Baleche (BRA)	22.0
400 metres	Joelmerson de Carvalho (BRA)	49.2	Eduardo Gómez (PER)	49.6	Edgar Biojo (COL)	49.6
800 metres	Luis Gómez (PER)	1:55.7	José Desterro Silva (BRA)	1:55.9	Juan Holman (ARG)	1:56.1
1500 metres	Ángel Holman (ARG)	3:56.2	Raúl Riveros (CHI)		Gabriel Giraldo (COL)	3:58.8
3000 metres	Gabriel Giraldo (COL)	8:46.4	Octavio O'Neill (CHI)	8:47.5	Héctor Ramírez (COL)	8:51.2
1500 metres steeplechase	Raúl Rivero (CHI)	4:20.1	Ángel Holman (ARG)	4:21.0	Sérgio Soares (BRA)	4:27.7
110 metres hurdles	Geraldo Rodrigues (BRA)	15.6	Guillermo Gago (ARG)	15.9	Carlos Spraggón (ARG)	16.0
400 metres hurdles	Guillermo Gago (ARG)	54.9	Jesús Betancourt (COL)	55.0	Juan Betancourt (CHI)	55.1
High jump	Azael Rivadeneyra (COL)	1.94	Renato Ferreira (BRA)	1.91	Geraldo Rodrigues (BRA)	1.91
Pole vault	Renato Bortolocci (BRA)	4.35	Guillermo Chiaraviglio (ARG)	4.10	Fernando Mendes (BRA)	4.05
Long jump	Hugo Meriano (ARG)	7.04	Gilmar dos Santos (BRA)	6.73	Hugo Martínez (PAN)	6.71
Triple jump	Walter Herrero (ARG)	14.42	Carlos Penna (BRA)	14.06	Lucivaldo Romano (BRA)	13.86
Shot put	Armando de Zorzi (BRA)	15.98	Modesto Barreto (COL)	15.66	Eduardo Galvão (BRA)	14.44
Discus throw	Modesto Barreto (COL)	47.16	Ramón Ángel Garmendia (ARG)	40.80	Eduardo Galvão (BRA)	40.71
Hammer throw	Armando de Zorzi (BRA)	53.46	José Rangel (COL)	53.02	Sergio Rodríguez (ARG)	51.56
Javelin throw	Ramón Ángel Garmendia (ARG)	62.74	Daniel Scharzer (ARG)	59.46	Manoel Bezerra (BRA)	59.00
Pentathlon*	Geraldo Rodrigues (BRA)	3898	Roberto Steinmetz (ARG)	3838	Renato Bortolocci (BRA)	3687
4 × 100 metres relay	Brazil	41.9	Peru	42.5	Paraguay	42.9
4 × 400 metres relay	Brazil	3:18.5	Colombia	3:19.4	Peru	3:22.8

* = another source rather states: Hexathlon

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Carmela Bolívar (PER)	11.8	Esmeralda Freitas (BRA)	11.8	Conceição Geremias (BRA)	12.0
200 metres	Belkis Fava (ARG)	24.4	Carmela Bolívar (PER)	24.6	Eucaris Caicedo (COL)	24.9
400 metres	Eucaris Caicedo (COL)	55.3	Adriana Marchena (VEN)	56.3	Alejandra Ramos (CHI)	56.4
800 metres	Alejandra Ramos (CHI)	2:12.6	Adriana Marchena (VEN)	2:13.3	Rita Femia (ARG)	2:17.4
100 metres hurdles	Conceição Geremias (BRA)	14.4	Simone Krauthausen (PER)	14.5	Gloria Barturen (CHI)	15.1
High jump	Beatriz Arancibia (CHI)	1.66	Ana Rojas (VEN)	1.66	Rosemarie Boeck (PER)	1.60
Long jump	Yvonne Neddermann (ARG)	5.97	Conceição Geremias (BRA)	5.84	Christa Sommersguter (ARG)	5.81
Shot put	Verônica Brunner (BRA)	12.78	Luisa Tapia (CHI)	11.27	Lúcia Porto (BRA)	11.04
Discus throw	Verônica Brunner (BRA)	43.46	Andrea Wilke (CHI)	37.62	Mónica Sholze (ARG)	35.72
Javelin throw	Susana Sánchez (ARG)	40.14	Olga Verissimo (BRA)	39.40	Asunción Figueroa (CHI)	39.10
Pentathlon	Conceição Geremias (BRA)	3964	Simone Krauthausen (PER)	3688	Rosemarie Boeck (PER)	3649
4 × 100 metres relay	Argentina	47.3	Peru	47.7	Brazil	47.9
4 × 400 metres relay	Brazil	3:54.1	Argentina	3:56.8	Colombia	4:01.4

Medal table (unofficial)

  *   Host nation (Peru)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Brazil	13	8	12	33
2	Argentina	9	7	6	22
3	Colombia	6	6	5	17
4	Chile	3	3	4	10
5	Peru*	2	6	3	11
6	Venezuela	0	3	1	4
7	Panama	0	0	1	1
	Paraguay	0	0	1	1
Totals (8 entries)		33	33	33	99

External links

• World Junior Athletics History