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{{Infobox Swim meet|
|name = XLIII South American Swimming Championships
|hostcity = [[Asunción|Asunción, Paraguay]]
|nations = 12
|events = 42
|dates = 30 March – 3 April 2016
|previous = [[2014 South American Swimming Championships|Mar del Plata 2014]]
|next = [[2018 South American Swimming Championships|Trujillo 2018]]
}}
The '''43rd [[South American Swimming Championships]]''' were held between March 30 and April 3, 2016, in [[Asunción]], Paraguay.

==Participating countries==
Countries which sent teams were:{{div col|colwidth=22em}}
*{{flag|Argentina}}
*{{flag|Bolivia}}
*{{flag|Brazil}}
*{{flag|Chile}}
*{{flag|Colombia}}
*{{flag|Ecuador}}
*{{flag|Panama}}
*{{flag|Paraguay}}
*{{flag|Peru}}
*{{flag|Suriname}}
*{{flag|Uruguay}}
*{{flag|Venezuela}}
*{{flag|Guyana}}
{{div col end}}

==Results==

===Men's events===
{| {{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2}}
|-
| 50 m freestyle <br>{{DetailsLink|2016 South American Swimming Championships – Men's 50 metre freestyle}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Federico Grabich]]|ARG}} || 22.55
| {{flagathlete|[[Guido Buscaglia]]|ARG}} || 22.58
| {{flagathlete|[[Cristian Quintero (swimmer)|Cristian Quintero]]|VEN}} || 22.77
|-
| 100 m freestyle <br>{{DetailsLink|2016 South American Swimming Championships – Men's 100 metre freestyle}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Federico Grabich]]|ARG}} || 49.59
| {{flagathlete|[[Cristian Quintero (swimmer)|Cristian Quintero]]|VEN}} || 49.69
| {{flagathlete|[[Guido Buscaglia]]|ARG}} || 49.98
|-
| 200 m freestyle <br>{{DetailsLink|2016 South American Swimming Championships – Men's 200 metre freestyle}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Federico Grabich]]|ARG}} || 1:47.39
| {{flagathlete|[[Luiz Altamir Melo|Luis Altamir Melo]]|BRA}} || 1:48.62
| {{flagathlete|[[Marcos Lavado]]|VEN}} || 1:50.03
|-
| 400 m freestyle <br>{{DetailsLink|2016 South American Swimming Championships – Men's 400 metre freestyle}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Luiz Altamir Melo|Luis Altamir Melo]]|BRA}} || 3:51.33
| {{flagathlete|[[Martin Naidich]]|ARG}} || 3:52.23
| {{flagathlete|[[Cristian Quintero (swimmer)|Cristian Quintero]]|VEN}} || 3:52.24
|-
| 800 m freestyle <br>{{DetailsLink|2016 South American Swimming Championships – Men's 800 metre freestyle}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Esteban Enderica]]|ECU}} || 7:58.46
| {{flagathlete|[[Martin Naidich]]|ARG}} || 7:59.18
| {{flagathlete|[[Rafael Davila]]|VEN}} || 8:02.66
|-
| 1500 m freestyle <br>{{DetailsLink|2016 South American Swimming Championships – Men's 1500 metre freestyle}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Esteban Enderica]]|ECU}} || 15:08.57 '''[[List of South American records in swimming|AR]]'''
| {{flagathlete|[[Martin Carrizo]]|ARG}} || 15:16.67
| {{flagathlete|[[Alejandro Gomez (swimmer)|Alejandro Gomez]]|VEN}} || 15:31.69
|- bgcolor=#DDDDDD
|colspan=7|
|-
| 50 m backstroke <br>{{DetailsLink|2016 South American Swimming Championships – Men's 50 metre backstroke}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Guilherme Guido]]|BRA}} || 25.19
| {{flagathlete|[[Robinson Molina]]|VEN}} || 25.74
| {{flagathlete|[[Fábio Santi]]|BRA}} || 25.85
|-
| 100 m backstroke <br>{{DetailsLink|2016 South American Swimming Championships – Men's 100 metre backstroke}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Guilherme Guido]]|BRA}} || 53.40
| {{flagathlete|[[Fábio Santi]]|BRA}} || 55.11
| {{flagathlete|[[Omar Pinzón]]|COL}} || 55.49
|-
| 200 m backstroke <br>{{DetailsLink|2016 South American Swimming Championships – Men's 200 metre backstroke}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Fábio Santi]]|BRA}} || 1:59.47
| {{flagathlete|[[Omar Pinzón]]|COL}} || 2:00.03
| {{flagathlete|[[Matias Lopez]]|PAR}} || 2:00.13
|- bgcolor=#DDDDDD
|colspan=7|
|-
| 50 m breaststroke <br>{{DetailsLink|2016 South American Swimming Championships – Men's 50 metre breaststroke}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Raphael de Oliveira (swimmer)|Raphael de Oliveira]]|BRA}} || 27.97
| {{flagathlete|[[Martin Melconián]]|URU}} || 28.01
| {{flagathlete|[[Jorge Murillo]]|COL}} || 28.04
|-
| 100 m breaststroke <br>{{DetailsLink|2016 South American Swimming Championships – Men's 100 metre breaststroke}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Carlos Claverie (swimmer)|Carlos Claverie]]|VEN}} || 1:00.82
| {{flagathlete|[[Raphael de Oliveira (swimmer)|Raphael de Oliveira]]|BRA}} || 1:01.37
| {{flagathlete|[[Jorge Murillo]]|COL}} || 1:01.88
|-
| 200 m breaststroke <br>{{DetailsLink|2016 South American Swimming Championships – Men's 200 metre breaststroke}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Carlos Claverie (swimmer)|Carlos Claverie]]|VEN}} || 2:10.44
| {{flagathlete|[[Carlos Mahecha]]|COL}} || 2:16.57
| {{flagathlete|[[Henrique Barbosa]]|BRA}} || 2:16.87
|- bgcolor=#DDDDDD
|colspan=7|
|-
| 50 m butterfly <br>{{DetailsLink|2016 South American Swimming Championships – Men's 50 metre butterfly}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Santiago Grassi]]|ARG}} || 24.03
| {{flagathlete|[[Benjamin Hockin]]|PAR}} || 24.10
| {{flagathlete|[[Marcos Barale]]|ARG}} || 24.17
|-
| 100 m butterfly <br>{{DetailsLink|2016 South American Swimming Championships – Men's 100 metre butterfly}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Albert Subirats]]|VEN}} || 51.90
| {{flagathlete|[[Santiago Grassi]]|ARG}} || 52.44
| {{flagathlete|[[Marcos Barale]]|ARG}} || 53.87
|-
| 200 m butterfly <br>{{DetailsLink|2016 South American Swimming Championships – Men's 200 metre butterfly}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Luiz Altamir Melo|Luis Altamir Melo]]|BRA}} || 1;58.39
| {{flagathlete|[[Marcos Lavado]]|VEN}} || 1:59.39
| {{flagathlete|[[Leonardo de Deus]]|BRA}} || 1:59.63
|- bgcolor=#DDDDDD
|colspan=7|
|-
| 200 m I.M. <br>{{DetailsLink|2016 South American Swimming Championships – Men's 200 metre individual medley}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Henrique Rodrigues]]|BRA}} || 2:01.18
| {{flagathlete|[[Carlos Omaña]]|VEN}} || 2:01.87
| {{flagathlete|[[Ícaro Pereira]]|BRA}} || 2:03.05
|-
| 400 m I.M. <br>{{DetailsLink|2016 South American Swimming Championships – Men's 400 metre individual medley}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Brandonn Almeida]]|BRA}} || 4:17.78
| {{flagathlete|[[Carlos Omaña]]|VEN}} || 4:23.11
| {{flagathlete|[[Matias Lopez]]|PAR}} || 4:27.23
|- bgcolor=#DDDDDD
|colspan=7|
|-
| 4 × 100 m <br>&nbsp;freestyle relay <br>{{DetailsLink|2016 South American Swimming Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay}}
| {{flagu|Argentina}}<br>[[Federico Grabich]]<br>[[Matias Aguilera]]<br>[[Lautaro Rodriguez]]<br>[[Guido Buscaglia]] || 3:17.54
| {{VEN}}<br>[[Cristian Quintero (swimmer)|Cristian Quintero]]<br>[[Daniele Tirabassi]]<br>[[Roberto Goméz (swimmer)|Roberto Goméz]]<br>[[Albert Subirats]] || 3:19.50
| {{flagu|Brazil}}<br>[[Alan Vitória]]<br>[[Henrique Rodrigues]]<br>[[Luiz Altamir Melo|Luis Altamir Melo]]<br>[[Pedro Henrique Silva]] || 3:20.60
|-
| 4 × 200 m <br>&nbsp;freestyle relay <br>{{DetailsLink|2016 South American Swimming Championships – Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay}}
| {{flagu|Brazil}}<br>[[Giovanny Lima]]<br>[[Leonardo de Deus]]<br>[[Brandonn Almeida]]<br>[[Luiz Altamir Melo|Luis Altamir Melo]] || 7:24.42
| {{VEN}}<br>[[Cristian Quintero (swimmer)|Cristian Quintero]]<br>[[Marcos Lavado]]<br>[[Carlos Omaña]]<br>[[Andres Doria]] || 7:25.69
| {{COL}}<br>[[Omar Pinzón]]<br>[[Esnaider Reales]]<br>[[David Arias]]<br>[[David Céspedes]] || 7:37.02
|-
| 4 × 100 m <br>&nbsp;medley relay <br>{{DetailsLink|2016 South American Swimming Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay}}
| {{VEN}}<br>[[Robinson Molina]]<br>[[Carlos Claverie (swimmer)|Carlos Claverie]]<br>[[Albert Subirats]]<br>[[Cristian Quintero (swimmer)|Cristian Quintero]] || 3:36.88
| {{flagu|Brazil}}<br>[[Guilherme Guido]]<br>[[Henrique Barbosa]]<br>[[Leonardo de Deus]]<br>[[Pedro Henrique Silva]] || 3:39.17
| {{flagu|Argentina}}<br>[[Federico Grabich]]<br>[[Rodrigo Frutos]]<br>[[Santiago Grassi]]<br>[[Guido Buscaglia]] || 3:40.01
|- bgcolor=#DDDDDD
|colspan=7|
|}
'''Legend:''' {{nowrap|'''CR''' – Championship record ;}} {{nowrap|'''NR''' – National record}}

===Women's events===
{| {{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2}}
|-
| 50 m freestyle <br>{{DetailsLink|2016 South American Swimming Championships – Women's 50 metre freestyle}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Etiene Medeiros]]|BRA}} || 24.80
| {{flagathlete|[[Graciele Herrmann]]|BRA}} || 25.37
| {{flagathlete|[[Karen Torrez]]|BOL}} || 25.67
|-
| 100 m freestyle <br>{{DetailsLink|2016 South American Swimming Championships – Women's 100 metre freestyle}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Etiene Medeiros]]|BRA}} || 54.83
| {{flagathlete|[[Manuella Lyrio]]|BRA}} || 55.07
| {{flagathlete|[[Isabella Arcila]]|COL}} || 56.55
|-
| 200 m freestyle <br>{{DetailsLink|2016 South American Swimming Championships – Women's 200 metre freestyle}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Manuella Lyrio]]|BRA}} || 1:58.94
| {{flagathlete|[[Andreina Pinto]]|VEN}} || 1:59.08
| {{flagathlete|[[Jessica Cavalheiro]]|BRA}} || 2:00.68
|-
| 400 m freestyle <br>{{DetailsLink|2016 South American Swimming Championships – Women's 400 metre freestyle}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Andreina Pinto]]|VEN}} || 4:07.17
| {{flagathlete|[[Manuella Lyrio]]|BRA}} || 4:10.62
| {{flagathlete|[[Delfina Pignatiello]]|ARG}} || 4:13.75
|-
| 800 m freestyle <br>{{DetailsLink|2016 South American Swimming Championships – Women's 800 metre freestyle}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Andreina Pinto]]|VEN}} || 8:32.31
| {{flagathlete|[[Cecilia Biagioli]]|ARG}} || 8:42.82
| {{flagathlete|[[Samanta Salinas]]|ECU}} || 8:47.20
|-
| 1500 m freestyle <br>{{DetailsLink|2016 South American Swimming Championships – Women's 1500 metre freestyle}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Cecilia Biagioli]]|ARG}} || 16:37.85
| {{flagathlete|[[Samanta Salinas]]|ECU}} || 16:44.44
| {{flagathlete|[[Daniela Coello]]|PER}} || 17:33.37
|- bgcolor=#DDDDDD
|colspan=7|
|-
| 50 m backstroke <br>{{DetailsLink|2016 South American Swimming Championships – Women's 50 metre backstroke}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Andrea Berrino]]|ARG}} || 28.11
| {{flagathlete|[[Etiene Medeiros]]|BRA}} || 28.17
| {{flagathlete|[[Ana Giulia Zortea]]|BRA}}<br>{{flagathlete|[[Jeserik Pinto]]|VEN}} || 28.98
|-
| 100 m backstroke <br>{{DetailsLink|2016 South American Swimming Championships – Women's 100 metre backstroke}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Etiene Medeiros]]|BRA}} || 1:00.38
| {{flagathlete|[[Andrea Berrino]]|ARG}} || 1:00.47
| {{flagathlete|[[Natalia de Luccas]]|BRA}} || 1:01.94
|-
| 200 m backstroke <br>{{DetailsLink|2016 South American Swimming Championships – Women's 200 metre backstroke}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Andrea Berrino]]|ARG}} || 2:13.47
| {{flagathlete|[[Carolina Colorado Henao]]|COL}} || 2:15.03
| {{flagathlete|[[Florencia Perotti]]|ARG}} || 2:15.30
|- bgcolor=#DDDDDD
|colspan=7|
|-
| 50 m breaststroke <br>{{DetailsLink|2016 South American Swimming Championships – Women's 50 metre breaststroke}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Macarena Ceballos]]|ARG}} || 31.93
| {{flagathlete|[[Julia Sebastián]]|ARG}} || 32.13
| {{flagathlete|[[Mercedes Toledo]]|VEN}} || 32.36
|-
| 100 m breaststroke <br>{{DetailsLink|2016 South American Swimming Championships – Women's 100 metre breaststroke}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Macarena Ceballos]]|ARG}} || 1:08.46
| {{flagathlete|[[Julia Sebastián]]|ARG}} || 1:09.33
| {{flagathlete|[[Pamela Souza]]|BRA}} || 1:11.05
|-
| 200 m breaststroke <br>{{DetailsLink|2016 South American Swimming Championships – Women's 200 metre breaststroke}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Julia Sebastián]]|ARG}} || 2:27.03 '''[[List of South American records in swimming|AR]]'''
| {{flagathlete|[[Macarena Ceballos]]|BRA}} || 2:30.08
| {{flagathlete|[[Mercedes Toledo]]|VEN}} || 2:31.61
|- bgcolor=#DDDDDD
|colspan=7|
|-
| 50 m butterfly <br>{{DetailsLink|2016 South American Swimming Championships – Women's 50 metre butterfly}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Daiene Dias]]|BRA}} || 26.53
| {{flagathlete|[[Daynara de Paula]]|BRA}} || 26.68
| {{flagathlete|[[Maria Belen Diaz]]|ARG}} || 27.37
|-
| 100 m butterfly <br>{{DetailsLink|2016 South American Swimming Championships – Women's 100 metre butterfly}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Daynara de Paula]]|BRA}} || 59.11
| {{flagathlete|[[Daiene Dias]]|BRA}} || 59.33
| {{flagathlete|[[Isabella Paez]]|CHI}} || 59.66
|-
| 200 m butterfly <br>{{DetailsLink|2016 South American Swimming Championships – Women's 200 metre butterfly}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Andreina Pinto]]|VEN}} || 2:09.92
| {{flagathlete|[[Virginia Bardach]]|ARG}} || 2:11.04
| {{flagathlete|[[Joanna Maranhão]]|BRA}} || 2:11.65
|- bgcolor=#DDDDDD
|colspan=7|
|-
| 200 m I.M. <br>{{DetailsLink|2016 South American Swimming Championships – Women's 200 metre individual medley}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Virginia Bardach]]|ARG}} || 2:13.46
| {{flagathlete|[[Joanna Maranhão]]|BRA}} || 2:14.09
| {{flagathlete|[[Florencia Perotti]]|ARG}} || 2:17.54
|-
| 400 m I.M. <br>{{DetailsLink|2016 South American Swimming Championships – Women's 400 metre individual medley}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Virginia Bardach]]|ARG}} || 4:42.62
| {{flagathlete|[[Joanna Maranhão]]|BRA}} || 4:43.31
| {{flagathlete|[[Florencia Perotti]]|ARG}} || 4:50.27
|- bgcolor=#DDDDDD
|colspan=7|
|-
| 4 × 100 m <br>&nbsp;freestyle relay <br>{{DetailsLink|2016 South American Swimming Championships – Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay}}
| {{flagu|Brazil}}<br>[[Graciele Herrmann]]<br>[[Daynara de Paula]]<br>[[Manuella Lyrio]]<br>[[Etiene Medeiros]] || 3:43.91
| {{COL}}<br>[[Jessica Camposano]]<br>[[Carolina Colorado Henao]]<br>[[María Álvarez (swimmer)|María Álvarez]]<br>[[Isabella Arcila]] || 3:50.37
| {{flagu|Argentina}}<br>[[Cecilia Bertoncello]]<br>[[Maria Belen Diaz]]<br>[[Maria Sol Martin]]<br>[[Florencia Panzini]] || 3:52.99
|-
| 4 × 200 m <br>&nbsp;freestyle relay <br>{{DetailsLink|2016 South American Swimming Championships – Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay}}
| {{flagu|Brazil}}<br>[[Joanna Maranhão]]<br>[[Jessica Cavalheiro]]<br>[[Bruna Primati]]<br>[[Manuella Lyrio]] || 8:04.29
| {{PER}}<br>[[Andrea Cedrón]]<br>[[Jessica Cattaneo]]<br>[[Azra Avdic]]<br>[[Daniela Coello]] || 8:18.85
| {{COL}}<br>[[Jessica Camposano]]<br>[[Isabella Arcila]]<br>[[Carolina Colorado Henao]]<br>[[María Álvarez (swimmer)|María Álvarez]] || 8:19.51
|-
| 4 × 100 m <br>&nbsp;medley relay <br>{{DetailsLink|2016 South American Swimming Championships – Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay}}
| {{flagu|Argentina}}<br>[[Andrea Berrino]]<br>[[Macarena Ceballos]]<br>[[Virginia Bardach]]<br>[[Maria Belen Diaz]] || 4:07.48
| {{flagu|Brazil}}<br>[[Natalia de Luccas]]<br>[[Pamela Souza]]<br>[[Daynara de Paula]]<br>[[Manuella Lyrio]] || 4:08.57
| {{VEN}}<br>[[Jeserik Pinto]]<br>[[Mercedes Toledo]]<br>[[Isabella Paez]]<br>[[Andreina Pinto]] || 4:11.94
|- bgcolor=#DDDDDD
|colspan=7|
|}
'''Legend:''' {{nowrap|'''CR''' – Championship record ;}} {{nowrap|'''NR''' – National record}}

===Mixed events===
{| {{MedalistTable|columns=2}}
|-
| 4 × 100 m freestyle relay<br>{{DetailsLink|2016 South American Swimming Championships – Mixed 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay}}
| {{flagu|Brazil}}<br>[[Alan Vitória]]<br>[[Pedro Henrique Silva]]<br>[[Manuella Lyrio]]<br>[[Graciele Herrmann]] || 3:30.98
| {{flagu|Argentina}}<br>[[Guido Buscaglia]]<br>[[Lautaro Rodriguez]]<br>[[Maria Belen Diaz]]<br>[[Andrea Berrino]] || 3:33.99
| {{COL}}<br>[[Marco Guerrero]]<br>[[Juan Pablo Botero]]<br>[[Isabella Arcila]]<br>[[Jessica Camposano]] || 3:35.42
|-
| 4 × 100 m medley relay<br>{{DetailsLink|2016 South American Swimming Championships – Mixed 4 × 100 metre medley relay}}
| {{flagu|Argentina}}<br>[[Andrea Berrino]]<br>[[Macarena Ceballos]]<br>[[Santiago Grassi]]<br>[[Federico Grabich]] || 3:42.31
| {{PAR}}<br>[[Maria Jose Arrua]]<br>Renato Prono<br>[[Benjamin Hockin]]<br>[[Karen Riveros]] || 3:57.70
| {{VEN}}<br>[[Carlos Omaña]]<br>[[Juan Sequera]]<br>[[Isabella Paez]]<br>[[Andrea Garrido]] || 3:59.56
|}

==Medal standings==
Final medal standings for the 2016 South American Swimming Championships are:
{{Medals table
 | caption        = 
 | host           = PAR
 | flag_template  = 
 | event          = 
 | team           = 
 | gold_BRA = 18| silver_BRA = 14| bronze_BRA = 10
 | gold_ARG = 15| silver_ARG = 11| bronze_ARG = 10
 | gold_VEN = 7 | silver_VEN = 8 | bronze_VEN = 10
 | gold_ECU = 2 | silver_ECU = 1 | bronze_ECU = 1
 | gold_COL = 0 | silver_COL = 4 | bronze_COL = 7
 | gold_PAR = 0 | silver_PAR = 2 | bronze_PAR = 2 | host_PAR = yes
 | gold_PER = 0 | silver_PER = 1 | bronze_PER = 1
 | gold_URU = 0 | silver_URU = 1 | bronze_URU = 0
 | gold_BOL = 0 | silver_BOL = 0 | bronze_BOL = 1
 | gold_CHI = 0 | silver_CHI = 0 | bronze_CHI = 1
}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* [http://consanat.org/resultados/2016/ 2016 South American Swimming Champs Results]

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