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events at the 2002 South American Games were held at the Estádio Olímpico do Pará in

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, between August 1–3, 2002. For the first time, the tournament was restricted to junior athletes (U-20). The results were used to determine the medals awarded for this year's South American Junior Championships. A total of 44 events were contested, 22 by men and 22 by women.

Medal summary

Medal winners were published in a book written by 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. Further results are published for the South American Junior Championships (Netherlands Antilles unregarded).

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's results are collected elsewhere. Results that are identical to the South American Junior Championships are shown elsewhere. Here, only those results are displayed that are different. Further events with low participation (only 4 athletes from 3 countries) are men's High jump and Javelin throw, and women's 3000 metres steeplechase, Shot put, and Heptathlon. However, there is no indication for awarding a reduced number of medals.

Men

Other results of the men's events are shown elsewhere.

Note

^†: No medal because of lack of minimum participation.

Women

Other results of the women's events are shown elsewhere.

Note

^†: No medal because of lack of minimum participation.

Doping

Doping offences during the athletics events of the games are documented elsewhere.

Medal table (unofficial)

An unofficial medal count for the athletics events at South American Games is shown below. This medal table differs from the medal table published for the South American Under-23 Championships because of different number of nations, and the minimum participation necessary to award a full set of medals as introduced by ODESUR. Affected are the medal counts for Brazil, Chile, and the Netherlands Antilles.

References

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