2009 South American Championships in Athletics
46th South American Championships | |
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Dates | 19 June – 21 June |
Host city | Lima, Peru |
Venue | Villa Deportiva Nacional |
Level | Senior |
Events | 44 |
Records set | 10 Championship records 2 Area records |
The 2009 South American Championships in Athletics (Spanish: 2009 Campeonatos Sudamericanos) was the forty sixth edition of the tournament and was held between 19 and 21 June in Lima, Peru.
Brazil dominated the tournament, easily finishing with the highest total points and medals, and also winning the most gold, silver, and bronze medals. Colombia and Argentina took second and third places, respectively, while hosts Peru finished in fifth.[1]
Numerous records were broken at the Championships, including two
Colombian
The competition was marred by drugs bans for medalling athletes: a Brazilian coach, Jayme Netto, admitted that he had administered the banned drug recombinant EPO on five of his athletes without their knowledge, which included: 800 m silver medallist Josiane Tito, 200 m bronze medallist Bruno de Barros, heptathlon champion Lucimara da Silva and 400 m hurdles silver medallist Luciana França.[4] In a separate case, Lucimar Teodoro, the 400 m hurdles gold medallist, also received a two-year ban.[5]
Records
Medal summary
Men's events
Women's events
Final standings
Points table
Rank | Country | Points | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Total | Men | Women | ||
1 | Brazil | 446 | 204 | 242 |
2 | Colombia | 275 | 98 | 177 |
3 | Argentina | 138.5 | 88.5 | 50 |
4 | Ecuador | 111 | 64 | 47 |
5 | Peru | 91 | 51 | 40 |
6 | Chile | 87 | 42 | 45 |
7 | Venezuela | 73.5 | 49.5 | 24 |
8 | Panama | 25 | 20 | 5 |
Medal table
* Host nation (Peru)
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Brazil | 15 | 16 | 14 | 45 |
2 | Colombia | 14 | 8 | 5 | 27 |
3 | Argentina | 3 | 6 | 10 | 19 |
4 | Ecuador | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 |
5 | Peru* | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
6 | Panama | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Uruguay | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
8 | Chile | 1 | 6 | 1 | 8 |
9 | Venezuela | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 |
Totals (9 entries) | 44 | 44 | 43 | 131 |
See also
- 2009 in athletics (track and field)
- 2009 World Championships in Athletics
References
- General
- Biscayart, Eduardo (2009-06-20). Murer vaults 4.60m at South American Championships – Day 1 report. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-06-24.
- Biscayart, Eduardo (2009-06-21). Adriano takes seventh South American Discus title – Day 2 report. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-06-24.
- Biscayart, Eduardo (2009-06-22). Brazil repeats triumph at South American Championships – Day 3 report. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-06-24.
- Official results[usurped] (archived)
- Specific
- ^ "Athletics: Brazil repeats triumph at South American Chmps". en.olympic.cn. 2009-06-23. Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2009-06-24.
- 2009-08-14.
- ^ CONSUDATLE(2009-06-21). Retrieved on 2009-06-24.
- ^ Coach takes blame for five Brazilian athletes failing drug tests. The Guardian (2009-08-06). Retrieved on 2009-10-25.
- ^ Brazilian hurdler banned for two years for doping. Reuters (2009-08-12). Retrieved on 2009-08-12.
- ^ The original bronze medallist was Bruno de Barros of Brazil in 20.93 seconds (disqualified due to doping).
- ^ Brazil, originally finishing in the silver medal position, disqualified after Jorge Célio Sena was found guilty of doping.
- ^ The original silver medallist was João Gabriel Sousa of Brazil with 5.30 metres (disqualified due to doping).
- ^ The original bronze medallist was Leonardo Elisiário dos Santos of Brazil with 15.58 metres (disqualified due to doping violation).
- ^ Lauro se fue con doblete. Olé Clarin (2009-06-22). Retrieved on 2009-06-24. Archived 2009-08-14.
- ^ Original silver medallist was: Josiane Tito of Brazil in 2:06.66 minutes (disqualified for a doping violation)
- ^ Original gold and silver medalists were Brazilians Lucimar Teodoro (56.32 CR) and Luciana França (56.53). Both were disqualified for doping violations.
- ^ The original gold and silver medalists, Johana Triviño of Colombia and Fernanda Gonçalves of Brazil respectively, were disqualified due to doping.
- ^ The original gold medalist was Johana Triviño of Colombia with 14.02 metres (disqualified due to doping).
- ^ The original winner, Brazil's Lucimara da Silva in a championship record of 5996 points, was later disqualified as she failed a drugs test prior to the competition.
External links
- Competition overview[usurped] (in Spanish)