The 2012

South American Under-23 Championships in Athletics The South American Under-23 Championships in Athletics (Campeonatos Sudamericanos de Atletismo de Sub-23) is an under-23 athletics competition held between the member associations of the South American Athletics Confederation (ConSudAtle). Rules an ...

were held in

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, at the

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from 22 to 23 September 2012. They were the 5th edition of the competition, organised under the supervision of the

CONSUDATLE Atletismo Sudamericano (''South American Athletics''), formerly CONSUDATLE (Spanish: Confederación Sudamericana de Atletismo; ''South American Athletics Confederation''), is the continental confederation governing body of athletics for national ...

. A detailed report on the results was given. Brazilian shot putters Geisa Arcanjo who achieved 18.43m in the women's event, and

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who achieved 19.93m in the men's event, were awarded the title for the best performance of the event.

Participation

A total of 240 athletes from 12 nations participated at the championships. Other sources count only 236 athletes. An unofficial count through the result lists resulted in 234 participating athletes: * (27) * (6) * (75) * (21) * (28) * (8) * (4) * (2) * (7) * (20) * (11) * (25)

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was the only

member federation absent.

Records

A total of 13 new championships records were set.

Medal summary

Complete results were published.

Men

Women

Medal table

Points table

Men

Women

References

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