Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
100 metres (wind: +0.4 m/s) | Cleide Amaral Brazil | 11.38 | Mirtha Brock Colombia | 11.52 | Kátia de Jesus Santos Brazil | 11.52 |
200 metres (wind: +1.1 m/s) | Kátia de Jesus Santos Brazil | 23.34 | Cleide Amaral Brazil | 23.39 | Patricia Rodríguez Colombia | 23.42 |
400 metres | Ximena Restrepo Colombia | 51.93 | Luciana Mendes Brazil | 52.64 | Patricia Rodríguez Colombia | 52.95 |
800 metres | Marlene da Silva Brazil | 2:04.57 | Marta Orellana Argentina | 2:06.37 | Mercy Colorado Ecuador | 2:10.36 |
1500 metres | Marta Orellana Argentina | 4:21.60 | Célia dos Santos Brazil | 4:23.23 | Clara Morales Chile | 4:24.89 |
5000 metres | Marlene Flores Chile | 16:48.35 CR | Esneda Londoño Colombia | 16:48.67 | Bertha Sánchez Colombia | 16:49.58 |
10,000 metres | Carmem de Oliveira Brazil | 33:55.84 | Marlene Flores Chile | 34:48.45 | Esneda Londoño Colombia | 36:26.55 |
100 metres hurdles (wind: -0.1 m/s) | Carmen Bezanilla Chile | 13.62 | Verónica Depaoli Argentina | 13.92 | Vânia da Silva Brazil | 14.03 |
400 metres hurdles | Ximena Restrepo Colombia | 57.42 | Marise da Silva Brazil | 58.62 | Flor Robledo Colombia | 59.90 |
4 × 100 metres relay | Brazil Cleide Amaral Lucimar de Moura Vânia da Silva Kátia Regina Santos | 44.97 | Colombia Helena Guerrero Sandra Borrero Mirtha Brock Flor Robledo | 45.64 | Chile Marcela Barros Carmen Bezanilla Lisette Rondón Hannelore Grosser | 46.73 |
4 × 400 metres relay | Colombia Mirtha Brock Flor Robledo Patricia Rodríguez Ximena Restrepo | 3:33.37 | Chile Marcela Barros Hannelore Grosser Carmen Bezanilla Ismenia Guzmán | 3:42.27 | Argentina Mariela Andrade Veronica Depaoli Sandra Izquierdo Marta Orellana | 3:49.58 |
10,000 metres track walk | Miriam Ramón Ecuador | 49:26.4 | Liliana Bermeo Colombia | 49:34.9 | Nailse Pazin Brazil | 52:41.8 |
High jump | Orlane dos Santos Brazil | 1.80 | Luciane Dambacher Brazil | 1.75 | Mariela Andrade Argentina | 1.70 |
Pole vault | Alejandra García Argentina | 3.10 CR | Conceição Geremias Brazil | 2.70 | Patrícia de Oliveira Brazil | 2.30 |
Long jump | Andrea Ávila Argentina | 6.58 CR | Luciana dos Santos Brazil | 6.16 | Helena Guerrero Colombia | 6.06 |
Triple jump | Andrea Ávila Argentina | 13.34 | Luciana dos Santos Brazil | 13.07 | Milly Figueroa Colombia | 12.62 |
Shot put | Elisângela Adriano Brazil | 17.37 CR | María Isabel Urrutia Colombia | 16.43 | Alexandra Amaro Brazil | 15.62 |
Discus throw | Amélia Moreira Brazil | 55.10 | María Isabel Urrutia Colombia | 54.60 | Liliana Martinelli Argentina | 54.32 |
Hammer throw | María Eugenia Villamizar Colombia | 56.34 CR | Karina Moya Argentina | 52.18 | Zulma Lambert Argentina | 50.74 |
Javelin throw | Zuleima Araméndiz Colombia | 54.82 | Carla Bispo Brazil | 52.56 | Zorobabelia Córdoba Colombia | 51.82 |
Heptathlon | Zorobabelia Córdoba Colombia | 5495 | Euzinete dos Reis Brazil | 5322 | Andrea Ávila Argentina | 5290 |