The South American U20 Championships in Athletics are the South American championships in the sport of athletics which is open for those in the junior age category (19 years or under). It is organized by the South American Athletics Confederation (CONSUDATLE).

The competition was first held in 1959 in Buenos Aires. It was an annual event from its inaugural year until 1962, at which point it was held every two years. The championships became an annual event again over the period between 1983 and 2003, but reverted to a biennial format from then onwards.^[1][2]

Medals are awarded for individuals and relay team members for the first three places in each event.

Trophies are awarded to teams in each category (male and female) with the highest total number of cumulative points in the entire competition. In addition, a trophy will be given to the country for the overall title.

A trophy is also presented to both a male and a female athlete for the most outstanding performance.^[3]

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	Year	City	Country	Date	Venue
1	1959	Buenos Aires	Argentina	April 18–19
2	1960	Santiago	Chile	April 30–May 1
3	1961	Santa Fe	Argentina	October 15–16	Centro de Alto Rendimiento Deportivo Pedro Candioti
4	1962	Lima	Peru	September 21–24
5	1964	Santiago	Chile	September 24–27
6	1966	Montevideo	Uruguay	October 9–14
7	1968	São Bernardo do Campo	Brazil	September 8–14	Estadio Atlético de São Bernardo do Campo
8	1970	Cali	Colombia	October 9–12	Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero
9	1972	Asunción	Paraguay	October 21–25
10	1974	Lima	Peru	October 9–13	Estadio Nacional
11	1976	Maracaibo	Venezuela	October 13–17
12	1978	São Paulo	Brazil	December 15–17
13	1980	Santiago	Chile	October 23–26
14	1981	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	October 15–18
15	1983	Medellín	Colombia	June 9–12
16	1984	Caracas	Venezuela	October 4–7
17	1985	Santa Fe	Argentina	November 21–24	Centro de Alto Rendimiento Deportivo Pedro Candioti
18	1986	Quito	Ecuador	September 13–16	Estadio Los Chasquis
19	1987	Santiago	Chile	September 24–27
20	1988	Cubatão	Brazil	June 30–July 3
21	1989	Montevideo	Uruguay	June 16–19
22	1990	Bogotá	Colombia	July 13–15	Estadio El Campín
23	1991	Asunción	Paraguay	June 21–23
24	1992	Lima	Peru	August 21–23
25	1993	Puerto La Cruz	Venezuela	June 18–20
26	1994	Santa Fe	Argentina	September 1–4	Centro de Alto Rendimiento Deportivo Pedro Candioti
27	1995	Santiago	Chile	September 5–7
28	1996	Bucaramanga	Colombia	June 8–10
29	1997	San Carlos	Uruguay	June 20–21
30	1998	Córdoba	Argentina	May 16–17
31	1999	Concepción	Chile	October 22–23
32	2000	São Leopoldo	Brazil	October 7–8	University of Unisinos Track club
33	2001	Santa Fe	Argentina	October 11–20	Centro de Alto Rendimiento Deportivo Pedro Candioti
34	2002	Belém	Brazil	August 1–3	Estádio Olímpico do Pará
35	2003	Guayaquil	Ecuador	June 7–8	Estadio Modelo
36	2005	Rosario	Argentina	October 1–2	Estadio Municipal Jorge Newbery
37	2007	São Paulo*	Brazil	June 30-July 1 July 6–8	Estádio Ícaro de Castro Melo
38	2009	São Paulo Port of Spain**	Brazil  Trinidad and Tobago	July 25–26 July 31–August 2	Estádio Ícaro de Castro Melo Hasely Crawford Stadium
39	2011	Medellín	Colombia	September 23–25	Estadio Alfonso Galvis Duque
40	2013	Resistencia	Argentina	October 18–20	Polideportivo Jaime Zapata
41	2015	Cuenca	Ecuador	May 29–31	Pista Atlética Jefferson Perez
42	2017	Leonora	Guyana	June 3–4	National Track and Field Centre
43	2019	Cali	Colombia	June 14–16	Estadio Pedro Grajales
44	2021	Lima	Peru	June 9–10	Villa Deportiva Nacional
45	2023	Bogotá	Colombia	May 19–21	El Salitre Coliseum
46	2024	Lima	Peru	July 20–21

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* = The Champions for men's 10,000m, both Race Walking and Combined Events were extracted from the classification of the 2007 Pan American Junior Championships.^[4]

** = The Champions for men's 10,000m, both Race Walking and Combined Events were extracted from the classification of the 2009 Pan American Junior Championships.^[5][6]