Athletics at the 2010 South American Games
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men	women
10,000 m	men	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men	women
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men	women
Field events
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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The Men's High Jump event at the 2010 South American Games was held on March 20 at 18:40.

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Diego Ferrín  Ecuador	Carlos Izquierdo  Colombia	Simon Villa  Colombia

Standing records prior to the 2010 South American Games
World record	Javier Sotomayor	Cuba	2.45m	Salamanca, Spain	27 July 1993
World Leading	Liam Zamel-Paez	Australia	2.25m	Brisbane, Australia	6 February 2010
South American record	Gilmar Mayo	Colombia	2.33m	Pereira, Colombia	17 October 1994
South American U23 record	Hugo Muñoz	Perú	2.30m	Lima, Perú	29 October 1995

Results were published.^[1][2][3]

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Attempt											Best Result	Notes
			1.80	1.85	1.90	1.95	2.00	2.03	2.06	2.09	2.12	2.18	2.22
	Diego Ferrín	Ecuador	–	–	–	–	o	–	o	–	xxo	o	xxx	2.18
	Carlos Izquiero	Colombia	–	–	–	o	o	o	o	o	xxx			2.09
	Simon Villa	Colombia	–	–	–	o	o	–	o	xxo	xxx			2.09
4	Carlos Layoy	Argentina	–	–	–	o	o	–	xo	xxo	xxx			2.09
5	Arturo Chávez	Perú	–	–	–	–	xo	xo	o	xxo	xxx			2.09
6	Quentin Siberie	Netherlands Antilles	o	xo	o	o	xo	o	xxx					2.03	†
7	Talles Silva	Brazil	–	–	o	o	xxx							1.95
8	Jose Pires	Brazil	–	–	–	xo	xxx							1.95
9	Cristóbal Gómez	Chile	o	xo	xxx									1.85

^†: Not eligible for the South American Under-23 Championships.

• 2010 South American Under-23 Championships in Athletics

• Final