The 41st South American Swimming Championships were held March 11–25, 2012 in Belem, Brazil.

Participating countries

Countries which sent teams were:

Results

Men

Games	Gold		Silver		Bronze
50m Free	César Cielo Filho   Brazil	21.85	Bruno Fratus   Brazil	22.13	Federico Grabich   Argentina	22.50
100m Free	César Cielo Filho   Brazil	48.70	Bruno Fratus   Brazil	49.69	Federico Grabich   Argentina	49.77
200m Free	Benjamin Hockin   Paraguay	1'48.57	Cristian Quintero   Venezuela	1'48.65	Daniele Tirabassi   Venezuela	1'51.56
400m Free	Martin Naidich   Argentina	3'52.17	Lucas Kanieski   Brazil	3'54.34	Cristian Quintero   Venezuela	3'54.80
800m Free	Juan Martin Pereyra   Argentina	8'03.23	Lucas Kanieski   Brazil	8'04.63	Luiz Arapiraca   Brazil	8'17.40
1500m Free	Lucas Kanieski   Brazil	15'28.23	Juan Martin Pereyra   Argentina	15'34.63	Esteban Paz   Argentina	15'43.60
50m Back	Daniel Orzechowski   Brazil	25.56	Federico Grabich   Argentina	25.62	Omar Pinzón   Colombia	26.19
100m Back	Thiago Pereira   Brazil	55.29	Omar Pinzón   Colombia	55.60	Federico Grabich   Argentina	56.06
200m Back	Omar Pinzón   Colombia	1'59.67	Thiago Pereira   Brazil	2'00.35	Leonardo de Deus   Brazil	2'00.93
50m Breast	Felipe Silva   Brazil	27.39	João Luiz Gomes Júnior   Brazil	28.03	Jorge Murillo   Colombia	28.16
100m Breast	Felipe Silva   Brazil	1'00.76	João Luiz Gomes Júnior   Brazil	1'02.11	Jorge Murillo   Colombia	1'02.84
200m Breast	Jorge Murillo   Colombia	2'14.88	Henrique Barbosa   Brazil	2'15.33	Facundo Miguelena   Argentina	2'17.98
50m Fly	César Cielo Filho   Brazil	23.26	Glauber Silva   Brazil	23.64	Albert Subirats   Venezuela	23.78
100m Fly	Glauber Silva   Brazil	52.80	Albert Subirats   Venezuela	52.96	Benjamin Hockin   Paraguay	53.21
200m Fly	Kaio de Almeida   Brazil	1'58.15	Leonardo de Deus   Brazil	1'58.38	Mauricio Fiol   Peru	2'00.85
200m IM	Thiago Pereira   Brazil	1'58.49	Henrique Rodrigues   Brazil	2'02.35	Omar Pinzón   Colombia	2'02.77
400m IM	Thiago Pereira   Brazil	4'24.49	Esteban Enderica   Ecuador	4'24.97	Esteban Paz   Argentina	4'31.09
4 × 100 m   Free Relay	Brazil	3'20.07	Venezuela	3'21.00	Argentina	3'25.25
4 × 200 m   Free Relay	Venezuela	7'27.35	Brazil	7'30.13	Argentina	7'32.54
4 × 100 m   Medley Relay	Brazil	3'40.34	Paraguay	3'44.99	Colombia	3'45.15
Water polo	Argentina		Brazil		Venezuela

Women

Games	Gold		Silver		Bronze
50m Free	Arlene Semeco   Venezuela	25.21	Graciele Herrmann   Brazil	25.31	Daynara Ferreira   Brazil	25.64
100m Free	Tatiana Lima   Brazil	56.74	Arlene Semeco   Venezuela	56.77	Daynara Ferreira   Brazil	57.25
200m Free	Manuella Lyrio   Brazil	2'00.58	Andreina Pinto   Venezuela	2'00.83	Larissa Oliveira   Brazil	2'01.03
400m Free	Andreina Pinto   Venezuela	4'10.24	Manuella Lyrio   Brazil	4'12.14	Cecilia Biagioli   Argentina	4'12.69
800m Free	Andreina Pinto   Venezuela	8'33.80	Cecilia Biagioli   Argentina	8'35.23	Yanel Adriana Pinto   Venezuela	8'49.02
1500m Free	Cecilia Biagioli   Argentina	16'40.24	Carolina Bilich   Brazil	17'02.20	Samantha Arevalo   Ecuador	17'15.65
50m Back	Etiene Medeiros   Brazil	28.79	Carolina Colorado Henao   Colombia	29.81	Jeserik Pinto   Venezuela	29.84
100m Back	Carolina Colorado Henao   Colombia	1'02.57	Natalia Diniz   Brazil	1'03.19	Etiene Medeiros   Brazil	1'03.75
200m Back	Carolina Colorado Henao   Colombia	2'16.99	Fernanda Alvarenga   Brazil	2'19.34	Elimar Barrios   Venezuela	2'20.64
50m Breast	Ana Carla Carvalho   Brazil	31.89	Mercedes Toledo   Venezuela	32.72	Julia Sebastian   Argentina	32.77
100m Breast	Ana Carla Carvalho   Brazil	1'10.93	Julia Sebastian   Argentina	1'11.19	Mercedes Toledo   Venezuela	1'11.82
200m Breast	Julia Sebastian   Argentina	2'31.59	Mijail Asis   Argentina	2'34.99	Mercedes Toledo   Venezuela	2'38.43
50m Fly	Carolina Colorado Henao   Colombia	26.74	Daynara de Paula   Brazil	26.88	Jeserik Pinto   Venezuela	27.08
100m Fly	Daynara de Paula   Brazil	59.30	Gabriella Silva   Brazil	1'01.30	Carolina Colorado Henao   Colombia	1'01.41
200m Fly	Joanna Maranhão   Brazil	2'11.03	Virginia Bardach   Argentina	2'15.68	Jessica Camposano   Colombia	2'16.65
200m IM	Joanna Maranhão   Brazil	2'16.76	Georgina Bardach   Argentina	2'18.41	Virginia Bardach   Argentina	2'21.07
400m IM	Joanna Maranhão   Brazil	4'41.39	Georgina Bardach   Argentina	4'51.89	Julia Arino   Argentina	4'58.54
4 × 100 m   Free Relay	Brazil	3'45.03	Venezuela	3'49.79	Colombia	3'50.32
4 × 200 m   Free Relay	Brazil	8'11.60	Venezuela	8'16.41	Colombia	8'29.10
4 × 100 m   Medley Relay	Brazil	4'10.50	Venezuela	4'15.54	Argentina	4'15.72
Water polo	Brazil		Argentina		Venezuela

Medal standings

Final medal standings for the 2012 South American Swimming Championships are:

  *   Host nation (Brazil)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Brazil (BRA)*	25	19	6	50
2	Colombia (COL)	5	2	8	15
3	Argentina (ARG)	4	8	13	25
4	Venezuela (VEN)	4	8	9	21
5	Paraguay (PAR)	1	1	1	3
6	Ecuador (ECU)	0	1	1	2
7	Peru (PER)	0	0	1	1
Totals (7 entries)		39	39	39	117

External links

• 2012 South American Swimming Champs Results