Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
100 metres (wind: -2.9 m/s) | Cleide Amaral Brazil | 11.91 | Patricia Rodríguez Colombia | 12.10 | Kátia de Jesus Santos Brazil | 12.22 |
200 metres (wind: -3.4 m/s) | Patricia Rodríguez Colombia | 24.2 | Kátia de Jesus Santos Brazil | 24.6 | Olga Conte Argentina | 24.7 |
400 metres | Maria Figueirêdo Brazil | 52.67 | Luciana Mendes Brazil | 53.06 | Sara Montecinos Chile | 53.73 |
800 metres | Maria Figueirêdo Brazil | 2:04.2 | Luciana Mendes Brazil | 2:04.5 | Sara Montecinos Chile | 2:06.4 |
1500 metres | Soraya Telles Brazil | 4:23.10 | Alejandra Ramos Chile | 4:31.40 | Miriam Achote Ecuador | 4:31.90 |
3000 metres | Marilú Salazar Peru | 9:44.9 | Griselda González Argentina | 9:45.5 | Alejandra Ramos Chile | 9:52.1 |
10,000 metres | Carmem de Oliveira Brazil | 33:49.80 | Marilú Salazar Peru | 33:57.80 | Martha Tenorio Ecuador | 34:04.40 |
100 metres hurdles (wind: -2.6 m/s) | Vânia dos Santos Brazil | 14.26 | Vânia da Silva Brazil | 14.28 | Anabella von Kesselstatt Argentina | 14.30 |
400 metres hurdles | Anabella von Kesselstatt Argentina | 57.2 | Jupira da Graça Brazil | 57.4 | Tatiana Espinosa Peru | 65.8 |
4 × 100 metres relay | Brazil Cleide Amaral Jupira da Graca Kátia Regina Santos Vânia dos Santos | 45.1 | Argentina Virginia Lebreo Olga Conte Daniela Lebreo Anabella Von Kesselstatt | 45.9 | Chile Lisette Rondón Alejandra Martínez Sara Montecinos Judith de la Fuente | 46.5 |
4 × 400 metres relay | Brazil Maria Magnólia Figueiredo Jupira da Graça Luciana Mendes Soraya Telles | 3:36.49 | Argentina Virginia Lebreo Olga Conte Daniela Lebreo Anabella Von Kesselstatt | 3:43.42 | Chile Lisette Rondón Sara Montecinos Hannelore Grosser Marcela Barros | 3:43.43 |
10,000 metres track walk | Miriam Ramón Ecuador | 48:18.0 CR | Geovana Irusta Bolivia | 53:06.5 | Giovanna Morejón Bolivia | 57:45.6 |
High jump | Orlane dos Santos Brazil | 1.87 | Alejandra García Argentina | 1.84 | Alejandra Chomalí Chile | 1.75 |
Long jump | Andrea Ávila Argentina | 6.45w | Maria de Souza Brazil | 6.26 =CR | Gilda Massa Peru | 6.00w |
Triple jump | Andrea Ávila Argentina | 13.91 CR NR | Maria de Souza Brazil | 12.77w | Conceição Geremias Brazil | 12.71 |
Shot put | Elisângela Adriano Brazil | 16.47 CR | María Isabel Urrutia Colombia | 15.09 | Carmen Chalá Ecuador | 14.83 |
Discus throw | María Isabel Urrutia Colombia | 55.14 CR | Elisângela Adriano Brazil | 53.16 | Liliana Martinelli Argentina | 52.80 |
Javelin throw | Carla Bispo Brazil | 49.20 | Zorobabelia Córdoba Colombia | 48.74 | Isabel Ordóñez Ecuador | 42.66 |
Heptathlon | Zorobabelia Córdoba Colombia | 5410 | Conceição Geremias Brazil | 5105 | Elizabeth Arteaga Bolivia | 4282 |