Athletics at the 2017 Bolivarian Games

Athletics (Spanish: Atletismo), for the 2017 Bolivarian Games, took place at the Bureche Athletics Stadium in Santa Marta, Colombia from 21 to 25 November. A total of 47 events were contested, divided between the sexes bar the men's 50 kilometres walk.

Athletics at the XVIII Bolivarian Games
Dates21–25 November
Host citySanta Marta, Colombia
VenueBureche Athletics Stadium
LevelSenior
Events47 (24 men, 23 women)
Participation11 nations


The host nation, Colombia, topped the medal table (as it did in 2013) with 17 gold medals among a total of 52. Venezuela were the next most successful team, with 28 medals, 11 of them gold. Chile had the third highest number of winners, with six, while Ecuador was third on the total medal count with 21.

The most successful athlete of the competition was Venezuela's Nercely Soto, who won the women's 200 metres and 400 metres (defending her 2013 double) as well as taking gold in the 4 × 100 metres relay and bronze in the 4 × 400 metres relay. The prevented women' 100 metres champion Ángela Tenorio of Ecuador from multiple titles, as she finished as silver medallist in the 200 m and 4 × 100 m relay. Tenorio's compatriot Álex Quiñónez defended his men's 100 m and 200 m titles in record-breaking times however, as well as taking a relay bronze. Carlos Díaz of Chile took a distance double in the men's 1500 metres and 5000 metres, a feat matched on the women's side by Colombia's Muriel Coneo.

Inés Melchor won a third consecutive title in the 10,000 metres. Other women athletes who defended their 2013 titles were Gladys Tejeda (women's half marathon), Robeilys Peinado (pole vault), Karen Gallardo (discus throw), Rosa Rodríguez (hammer throw) and Flor Ruiz. Additionally on the men's side, José Peña defended his steeplechase title, Andrés Chocho the 50 km walk, and Jhon Murillo the triple jump.

Medalists

Men

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 m
wind +1.6 m/s[1]
Álex Quiñónez
 Ecuador
10.13 GR Diego Palomeque
 Colombia
10.31 Jhonny Rentería
 Colombia
10.44
200 m
wind +1.3 m/s
Álex Quiñónez
 Ecuador
20.27 GR Bernardo Baloyes
 Colombia
20.77 Luguelín Santos
 Dominican Republic
20.95
400 m Luguelín Santos
 Dominican Republic
45.44 Jhon Perlaza
 Colombia
45.80 Alberto Aguilar
 Venezuela
46.68
800 m Rafith Rodríguez
 Colombia
1:46.84 Lucirio Antonio Garrido
 Venezuela
1:48.12 Jelssin Robledo
 Colombia
1:49.20
1500 m[2] Carlos Díaz
 Chile
3:45.58 Freddy Espinosa
 Colombia
3:46.24 Lucirio Antonio Garrido
 Venezuela
3:47.92
5000 m Carlos Díaz
 Chile
14:02.92 Marvin Blanco
 Venezuela
14:05.90 José Luis Rojas
 Peru
14:07.48
10,000 m[3] Luis Ostos
 Peru
28:56.95 GR José Mauricio González
 Colombia
29:36.29 Luis Alberto Orta
 Venezuela
29:59.26
110 m hurdles Javier McFarlane
 Peru
13.72 Yeison Rivas
 Colombia
13.89 Juan Moreno
 Colombia
13.89
400 m hurdles Yeison Rivas
 Colombia
50.47 Emerson Alejandro Chalá
 Ecuador
50.53 Wilson Bello
 Venezuela
50.74
3000 m steeplechase José Peña
 Venezuela
8:39.99 Gerald Giraldo
 Colombia
8:40.12 Andrés Camargo
 Colombia
8:40.80
4 × 100 m relay  Venezuela
Alexis Nieves
Arturo Ramírez
Rafael Vásquez
Yeiker Mendoza
39.40  Colombia
Bernardo Baloyes
Diego Palomeque
Jhonny Rentería
Deivi Díaz
39.58  Ecuador
Álex Quiñónez
Anderson Quintero
Carlos Perlaza
Jhon Valencia
39.83
4 × 400 m relay  Colombia
Yilmar Herrera
Rafith Rodríguez
Jelssin Robledo
Jhon Perlaza
3:06.14  Venezuela
Alberto Aguilar
Kelvis Padrino
Luis Felipe Rodríguez
Omar Longart
3:06.32  Chile
Sergio Aldea
José Manuel Del Prado
Alejandro Francesco
Rafael Muñoz
3:10.29
Half marathon Jeison Suárez
 Colombia
1:06:53 Diego Colorado
 Colombia
1:07:15 Segundo Jami
 Ecuador
1:07:41
20 km walk Manuel Esteban Soto
 Colombia
1:26:32 Mauricio Arteaga
 Ecuador
1:27:03 Éider Arévalo
 Colombia
1:27:47
50 km walk Andrés Chocho
 Ecuador
4:14:20 Ronald Quispe
 Bolivia
4:25:30 Claudio Villanueva
 Ecuador
4:49:33
High jump Eure Yáñez
 Venezuela
2.24 m Arturo Chávez
 Peru
2.18 m Alexander Bowen
 Panama
2.15 m
Pole vault Walter Viafara
 Colombia
5.25 m GR José Pacho
 Ecuador
5.20 m Pablo Chaverra
 Colombia
5.00 m
Long jump Santiago Cova
 Venezuela
7.81 m Jorge McFarlane
 Peru
7.65 m Eddy Florián
 Dominican Republic
7.50 m
Triple jump Jhon Murillo
 Colombia
16.16 m Divie Murillo
 Colombia
15.87 m Santiago Cova
 Venezuela
15.85 m
Shot put Edder Moreno
 Colombia
18.16 m Jhon Zea
 Colombia
17.92 m Aldo Gonzáles
 Bolivia
17.78 m
Discus throw Juan Caicedo
 Ecuador
57.99 m José Miguel Ballivian
 Chile
55.53 m Claudio Romero
 Chile
53.42 m
Hammer throw Hevertt Álvarez
 Chile
62.08 m Elías Díaz
 Colombia
61.49 m Daniel Felipe Aguirre
 Colombia
61.42 m
Javelin throw Arley Ibargüen
 Colombia
78.87 m GR Dayron Márquez
 Colombia
76.75 m Julio Billy Williams
 Venezuela
70.77 m
Decathlon José Gregorio Lemos
 Colombia
7827 pts GR Óscar Campos
 Venezuela
6972 pts Georni Jaramillo
 Venezuela
6745 pts

Women

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 m Ángela Tenorio
 Ecuador
11.26 Narcisa Landazuri
 Ecuador
11.30 Andrea Purica
 Venezuela
11.53
200 m Nercely Soto
 Venezuela
22.89 Ángela Tenorio
 Ecuador
23.63 Narcisa Landazuri
 Ecuador
23.65
400 m Nercely Soto
 Venezuela
52.43 Jennifer Padilla
 Colombia
53.43 María Fernanda Mackenna
 Chile
54.05
800 m Rosangelica Escobar
 Colombia
2:03.41 Andrea Calderón
 Ecuador
2:04.00 Johana Arrieta
 Colombia
2:04.61
1500 m Muriel Coneo
 Colombia
4:15.61 Rosibel García
 Colombia
4:18.35 Zulema Arenas
 Peru
4:19.03
5000 m Muriel Coneo
 Colombia
16:08.29 Carmen Toaquiza
 Ecuador
16:13.49 Saida Meneses
 Peru
16:13.80
10,000 m Inés Melchor
 Peru
33:57.13 Luz Mery Rojas
 Peru
33:59.58 Carmen Martínez
 Paraguay
34:07.14
100 m hurdles Genesis Romero
 Venezuela
13.19 Eliecith Palacios
 Colombia
13.42 Maribel Caicedo
 Ecuador
13.46
400 m hurdles Julieth Caballero
 Colombia
58.04 Gianna Woodruff
 Panama
58.06 Melissa González
 Colombia
58.14
3000 m steeplechase Zulema Arenas
 Peru
9:52.32 Rolanda Bell
 Panama
10:08.56 Andrea Ferris
 Panama
10:09.05
4 × 100 m relay  Venezuela
Nediam Vargas
Andrea Purica
Génesis Romero
Nercely Soto
44.15  Ecuador
Maribel Caicedo
Narcisa Landazuri
Marina Poroso
Ángela Tenorio
45.15  Colombia
Melissa González
Eliecith Palacios
Darlenys Obregón
Eliana Chávez
45.96
4 × 400 m relay  Chile
Paula Goñi
Carmen Mansilla
María Fernanda Mackenna
María José Echeverria
3:37.93  Colombia
Eliana Chávez
Johana Arrieta
Julieth Caballero
Rosangelica Escobar
3:38.49  Venezuela
Pamela Milano
Ydanis Navas
María Simancas
Nercely Soto
3:40.81
Half marathon Gladys Tejeda
 Peru
1:14:55 Angie Orjuela
 Colombia
1:15:09 Diana Landi
 Ecuador
1:17:23
20 km walk Sandra Arenas
 Colombia
1:32:39 Kimberly García
 Peru
1:33:07 Ángela Castro
 Bolivia
1:34:05
High jump María Fernanda Murillo
 Colombia
1.81 m Amanda Vergara
 Venezuela
1.81 m Joice Micolta
 Ecuador
1.81 m
Pole vault Robeilys Peinado
 Venezuela
4.20 m Katherine Castillo
 Colombia
4.00 m Carmen Villanueva
 Venezuela
4.00 m
Long jump Nathalee Aranda
 Panama
6.46 m Macarena Reyes
 Chile
6.34 m Paola Mautino
 Peru
6.25 m
Triple jump Ana José Tima
 Dominican Republic
13.50 m Mirian Isabel Reyes
 Peru
13.20 m Valeria Quispe
 Bolivia
13.17 m
Shot put Natalia Duco
 Chile
17.99 m Sandra Lemos
 Colombia
17.87 m Ahymara Espinoza
 Venezuela
16.57 m
Discus throw Karen Gallardo
 Chile
55.73 m Aixa Middleton
 Panama
54.74 m Johana Martínez
 Colombia
53.67 m
Hammer throw Rosa Rodríguez
 Venezuela
66.31 m Johana Moreno
 Colombia
62.17 m Maryuri Orozco
 Colombia
61.92 m
Javelin throw Flor Ruiz
 Colombia
62.48 m Estefany Chacón
 Venezuela
54.88 m María Lucelly Murillo
 Colombia
54.66 m
Heptathlon Luisarys Toledo
 Venezuela
5785 pts Martha Araujo
 Colombia
5703 pts Joice Micolta
 Ecuador
5154 pts

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Colombia)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Colombia (COL)*17221352
2 Venezuela (VEN)1161128
3 Chile (CHI)62311
4 Ecuador (ECU)58821
5 Peru (PER)55414
6 Dominican Republic (DOM)2024
7 Panama (PAN)1326
8 Bolivia (BOL)0134
9 Paraguay (PAR)0011
Totals (9 entries)474747141

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