2013 South American Championships in Athletics

The 48th South American Championships in Athletics were held at the Parque de Atletismo Campo Elías Gutiérrez in Cartagena, Colombia, between July 5-7, 2013.

A total of 44 events were contested, 22 by men and 22 by women.

Detailed reports on the championships were given by Eduardo Biscayart.

Records
One new area record in pole vault, as well as seven new South American Championships records and a couple of other (mainly national) records were set.

Medal summary
The results were published by the Federación Colombiana de Atletismo.

Team trophies
Brazil won the team trophies in all three categories.

Total
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Men
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Women
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Participation
All 13 member federations of CONSUDATLE were participating summing up to about 322 athletes.


 * 🇦🇷 argentina (27)
 * 🇧🇴 bolivia (5)
 * 🇧🇷 brazil (78)
 * 🇨🇱 chile (14)
 * 🇨🇴 colombia (69)
 * 🇪🇨 ecuador (31)
 * 🇬🇾 guyana (3)
 * 🇵🇦 Panama (14)
 * 🇵🇾 paraguay (8)
 * 🇵🇪 Perú (29)
 * 🇸🇷 suriname (1)
 * 🇺🇾 uruguay (6)
 * 🇻🇪 venezuela (37)