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competitions at the

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, Paraguay will be held from 12 to 15 October 2022 at the Athletics National Center in the Parque Olímpico cluster in

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, a sub-venue outside Asunción, with the marathon and 35 km racewalks being held at Costanera José Asunción Flores. Forty nine medal events are scheduled to be contested; 48 events equally divided among men and women plus a 4 × 400 metres relay mixed event. A total of 324 athletes will compete in the events. The events were open competitions without age restrictions. Athletes who achieve the gold medal in each event will qualify for the

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, with the qualification quotas going to the athletes and not their NOCs. Brazil are the athletics competitions defending champions having won them in the previous edition in

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Participating nations

A total of 13 nations registered athletes for the athletics competitions. Each nation was able to enter a maximum of 85 athletes; up to 2 men and 2 women for the individual events and one team for each relay event: * * * * * * * * * * * * *

Venues

The athletics competitions were held in two venues. Road events (marathons and 35 km racewalks) will take place at Costanera José Asunción Flores in Asunción, while

track and field Track and field (or athletics in British English) is a sport that includes Competition#Sports, athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name used in North America is derived from where the sport takes place, a ru ...

events (including 20 km racewalks) will be held at Athletics National Center located within the Parque Olímpico in Luque. The athletic track has a certificate of the

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Medal summary

Medal table

Medalists

Men's events

Women's events

Mixed event

References

External links

ASU2022 AthleticsResults book
{{2022 in athletics Events at the 2022 South American Games

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South American Games The South American Games (also known as ODESUR Games; Spanish: ''Juegos Suramericanos''; Portuguese: ''Jogos Sul-Americanos''), formerly the Southern Cross Games (Spanish: ''Juegos Cruz del Sur'') is a regional multi-sport event held between nat ...