The 2011

South American Championships in Athletics The South American Championships in Athletics is a biennial athletics event organized by CONSUDATLE. The first edition in 1919 was competed between only two countries (Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the weste ...

were the 47th edition of the

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, organised under the supervision of the

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. They were held at the National Center of High Performance Athletics (''Centro Nacional de Alto Rendimiento Deportivo'', CeNARD) in

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from 2 to 5 June 2011. Forty-four

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events were contested, with the number of contests split evenly between the sexes. A total of 345 athletes participated at the championships. It was the first time since

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that the city had hosted the event. Brazil continued its dominance at the continental competition, winning the most medals of the fourteen participating countries (51 in total, 21 of them gold). It also retained both the men's and women's title on points. Colombia was the next most successful nation, taking twelve gold medals and thirty-three overall, while the host nation Argentina came third with five golds and twenty medals altogether. In the events, two South American records were set in the men's and women's 20,000 m track walk competition. Although cold weather conditions affected performances, a total of eight Championships records were improved over the course of the four-day competition, which also saw ten

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beaten. On the first day, Brazil's

Fabiana Murer Fabiana de Almeida Murer (born 16 March 1981) is a retired Brazilian pole vaulter. She holds the South American record in the event with an indoor best of 4.82 m and an outdoor best of 4.87 m, making her the fourth highest vaulter eve ...

won the women's

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in a championship record, while Argentine Jennifer Dahlgren achieved the same feat in the women's

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. Reigning Olympic champion

Maurren Maggi Maurren Higa Maggi (born June 25, 1976, in São Carlos) is a former Brazilian track and field athlete and Olympic gold medallist. She is the South American record holder in the 100 metres hurdles and long jump, with 12.71 seconds and 7.26 m ...

won her sixth title in the

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. On day two

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won his ninth hammer throw gold medal in the history of the event, while

Luiz Alberto de Araújo Luiz Alberto Cardoso de Araújo (born 27 June 1987) is a Brazilian decathlete. Career He broke the South American record in decathlon in 30 June 2012, with 8,276 points. In June 2013, Carlos Chinin broke his record, with the mark of 8,393 po ...

made his breakthrough in the men's

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– a championship record of 7944 points made him the fourth best South American of all time. The women's track events on day three saw Ana Cláudia Silva complete a sprint double over 100 and 200 metres.

Rosibel García Rosibel García Mina (born 13 February 1981) is a Colombian track and field athlete who specialises in middle-distance running events. She has represented her country at the Summer Olympics and has also competed at the World Championships ...

did the middle-distance equivalent, taking the titles over 800 and

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. On the final day, Simone da Silva of Brazil won the women's

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in 31:59.11 minutes, making her the second fastest South American runner over the distance.Biscayart, Eduardo (2011-06-06)
Brazil retains South American title in Buenos Aires – Final Day

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. Retrieved on 2011-06-06.

Records

Medal summary

Men's results

Track

Field

Women's results

Track

Field

Medal table

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Points table

*''Note: Points are scored by athlete's finishing positions in event finals. All data from official website.. CONSUDATLE. Retrieved on 2011-06-11.

Participating nations

* (71) (Host nation) * (1) * (11) * (78) * (34) * (56) * (22) * (3) * (25) * (15) * (1) * (13) * (15)

References

;Day reports *Biscayart, Eduardo (2011-06-02)
Murer vaults to world season leading 4.70m in Buenos Aires - South American Championships Day 1

. Retrieved on 2011-06-05. *Biscayart, Eduardo (2011-06-04)
Cerra wins ninth Hammer Throw title in Buenos Aires – South American Champs Day 2

. Retrieved on 2011-06-05. *Biscayart, Eduardo (2011-06-05)
Windy 14.59m Triple Jump for Ibargüen in Buenos Aires – South American Champs, Day 3

. Retrieved on 2011-06-05. *Biscayart, Eduardo (2011-06-06)
Brazil retains South American title in Buenos Aires – Final Day

. Retrieved on 2011-06-06.

External links

* * {{South American athletics championships

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