Lucimar Aparecida de Moura at Josef Odlozil Memorial in Prague 27June2005

The 2007 South American Championships in Athletics were held at the Estádio Ícaro de Castro Mello in São Paulo, Brazil from 7 June to 9 June 2007. A total of 44 events were contested, of which 22 by male and 22 by female athletes. Continuing in their traditional dominant role, the hosts Brazil easily topped both the medal and points tables, having won 28 gold medals and 61 medals in total. The next best team was

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who had a haul of seven golds and 26 overall, while Argentina took third with 13 medals of which 4 were gold.Biscayart, Eduardo (2007-06-10)
14.57 Area Triple Jump Record for Costa as South American Champs finish

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. Retrieved on 2010-03-19. In addition to the seven Championship records which were broken during the three-day event, two

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were broken: Keila Costa jumped 14.57 m in the women's triple jump while

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broke the men's pole vault record with a clearance of 5.77 m.Biscayart, Eduardo (2007-06-08)
5.77m Area Record Vault by Fábio Gomes da Silva - South American Championships Day One

. Retrieved on 2010-03-19.Biscayart, Eduardo (2007-06-09)
6.91 Long Jump victory for Maggi over Costa - South American Championships Day Two

. Retrieved on 2010-03-19. A total of thirteen

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were broken by medal winning athletes.

Lucimar de Moura Lucimar Aparecida de Moura (born 22 March 1974 in Timóteo, MG) is a female track and field athlete from Brazil, who competes in the sprint events. She represented her native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, and won the ...

of Brazil was the stand out performer in the medals, winning the

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double before taking the national team to a gold in the 4×100 metres relay.

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of Colombia took three silver medals in the same events, finishing behind de Moura each time, and also won silver in the

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won both the men's

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and discus throw events while

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completed the same feat on the women's side.

Hugo Chila Hugo Dionisio Chila Ayoví (born 22 July 1987 in Santo Domingo de Los Tsáchilas) is an Ecuadorian long jumper and triple jumper. Career He set a personal best and Ecuadorian record of 16.70 m in the triple jump at the 2009 World Champion ...

won silver in the long jump and triple jump, and Keila Costa scored a long jump silver as well as her triple jump gold. In one of the more dramatic moments of the championships,

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looked set to complete an 800/

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double but she fell in the last 50 m of the 800 m race, allowing 1500 m silver medallist Marian Burnett of

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to win the gold.

Records

Medal summary

Men

Women

Medal table

Points table

*Totals are calculated by awarding a country points for each time an athlete finishes in the top six of an event.

Participation

According to an unofficial count, at least 249 athletes from 13 countries participated. * (39) * (5) * (73) * (29) * (34) * (18) * (2) * (4) * (5) * (10) * (2) * (5) * (23)

References

External links

* {{South American athletics championships South American South American Championships in Athletics Athletics South American 2007 in South American sport International athletics competitions hosted by Brazil