Athletics at the 1998 South American Games


Athletics events at the 1998 South American Games were held at the Coliseo Mayor de Deportes Jefferson Pérez next to the Estadio Alejandro Serrano Aguilar in Cuenca, Ecuador, between October 26–30, 1998. A total of 45 events were contested, 24 by men and 21 by women.
Brazil and Venezuela did not participate in the athletics events.
For the first time, a minimum participation of 4 nations per event was
required to award a full set of medals. Men's triple jump and women's 4 x 400 m relay
events were concerned, where athletes coming in third did not get bronze
medals. Women's marathon was completely cancelled, because
there would have been only athletes from host country Ecuador.

Medal summary

Medal winners were published in a book by written Argentinian journalist Ernesto Rodríguez III with support of the Argentine Olympic Committee under the auspices of the Ministry of Education in collaboration with the Office of Sports. Eduardo Biscayart supplied the list of winners and their results. Further results were published elsewhere, or can be found in athlete's IAAF biographies.
All results are marked as "affected by altitude", because the stadium in
Cuenca is situated 2536 m above sea level.

Men

Women

Medal table (unofficial)