Buenos Aires, Argentina - The 47th edition of the South American Championships, the oldest Area Championships in the IAAF, ended on Sunday, 5th of June.

Colombia dominated the javelin events with IAAF/VTB Bank Continental Cup 2010 finalist Arley Ibargüen winning the Men's Javelin with a throw of 73.61m, while María  Lucelly Murillo won the Women's javelin throw with 55.85m.
Braian Toledo of Argentina, competing for the first time at the South American Championships, was fourth with 71.05m. Toledo broke the youth wOrld record last year with a throw of 89.34m with the 700g javelin, and his personal best is 76.70m with the 800g javelin thrown this March.

In the Women's javelin throw the silver medal went to Leryn Franco, who broke the Paraguayan record with 55.66m, which she held since 2007.

Here are the results:

Men's Javelin Throw - Official Results

Pos.	Name	Nationality	Result
1.	Arley Ibarguen	COL	73.61
2.	Dairon Marquez	COL	73.15
3.	Victor Fatecha	PAR	72.51
4.	Braian Toledo	ARG	71.05
5.	Julio Cesar De Oliveira	BRA	70.94

Women's Javelin Throw - Official Results

Pos.	Name	Nationality	Result
1.	Maria Lucelly Murillo	COL	55.85
2.	Leryn Franco	PAR	55.66 NR
3.	Alessandra Resende	BRA	54.61
4.	Laila Ferrer E Silva	BRA	53.67
5.	Katryna Olga Subeldia Cabrera	PAR	50.14

Arley Ibargüen