2008 South American Cross Country Championships

2008 South American Cross Country Championships
OrganisersCONSUDATLE
Edition23rd
DateMarch 2
Host cityAsunción, Paraguay Paraguay
VenueParque Ñu Guazú
Events6
Distances12 km – Senior men
8 km – Junior men (U20)
4 km – Youth men (U18)
8 km – Senior women
6 km – Junior women (U20)
3 km – Youth women (U18)
Participation91 athletes from
7 nations

The 2008 South American Cross Country Championships took place on March 2, 2008. The races were held at the Parque Ñu Guazú in Asunción, Paraguay. A detailed report of the event was given for the IAAF.[1]

Complete results[2][3] and results for junior and youth competitions[4] were published.

Medallists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Individual
Senior men
(12 km) 		Marilson Gomes dos Santos
 Brazil		 37:28 Jorge Cabrera
 Paraguay		 37:58 Giovanny Amador
 Colombia		 38:12
Junior (U20) men
(8 km) 		Gilberto Silvestre Lopes
 Brazil		 26:22 Derlis Ramón Ayala
 Paraguay		 26:30 Éderson Vilela Pereira
 Brazil		 26:48
Youth (U18) men
(4 km) 		Antonio Ribeiro Barbosa Filho
 Brazil		 12:29 René Champi
Peru Perú		 12:39 Miguel Angel Amador
 Colombia		 12:46
Senior women
(8 km) 		Inés Melchor
Peru Perú		 28:19 Zenaide Vieira
 Brazil		 28:51 Maria Zeferina Rodrigues Baldaia
 Brazil		 29:12
Junior (U20) women
(6 km) 		Yoni Ninahuamán
Peru Perú		 23:10 Rosario Romero
Peru Perú		 23:18 Yessica Huamán
Peru Perú		 23:37
Youth (U18) women
(3 km) 		Soledad Torre
Peru Perú		 10:37 Florencia Borelli
 Argentina		 10:49 Lucrecia Ortíz
 Argentina		 11:00
Team
Senior men  Brazil 15  Colombia 18  Venezuela 22
Junior (U20) men  Brazil 9  Argentina 23  Paraguay 25
Youth (U18) men  Brazil 5  Paraguay 13
Senior women  Brazil 11  Argentina 25  Venezuela 32
Junior (U20) women Peru Perú 6  Brazil 19  Argentina 22
Youth (U18) women  Argentina 5 Peru Perú 6  Paraguay 13

Race results

Senior men's race (12 km)

Individual race
Rank Athlete Country Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Marilson Gomes dos Santos  Brazil 37:28
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Jorge Cabrera  Paraguay 37:58
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Giovanny Amador  Colombia 38:12
4 Cosme Anselmo de Souza  Brazil 38:32
5 José Cicero Eloy  Brazil 38:35
6 Jean Carlos Calzadilla  Venezuela 38:40
7 José Gregorio Peña  Venezuela 38:47
8 Herder Vásquez  Colombia 39:11
9 Jhon Tello  Colombia 39:13
10 Rolando Pillco  Bolivia 39:14
11 José Gutemberg Ferreira  Brazil 39:29
12 Robert Lugo  Venezuela 39:38
13 Matías Juan José Roth  Argentina 39:50
14 John Jairo Vargas  Colombia 40:09
15 Ulises Pedro Sanguinetti  Argentina 40:22
16 Didimo Armando Sánchez  Venezuela 41:13
17 Mauro Carrasco  Argentina 41:29
18 Roberto Carlos González  Paraguay 42:21
19 Gustavo Alberto López  Paraguay 42:33
20 Orlando Javier Elizeche  Paraguay 47:18
— Roberto Carlos Balcedo  Argentina DNF
— Raúl Cardozo  Paraguay DNF
— Damiao Anselmo de Souza  Brazil DNF
— Oscar Robayo  Colombia DNF
Teams
Rank Team Points
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Brazil
Marilson Gomes dos Santos 1
Cosme Anselmo de Souza† 4 or (n/s)
José Cicero Eloy† 4 or (n/s)
José Gutemberg Ferreira 10
15
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Colombia
Giovanny Amador 3
Herder Vásquez 7
Jhon Tello 8
(John Jairo Vargas) (n/s)
(Oscar Robayo) (DNF)
18
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Venezuela
Jean Carlos Calzadilla 5
José Gregorio Peña 6
Robert Lugo 11
(Didimo Armando Sánchez) (n/s)
22
4  Paraguay
Jorge Cabrera 2
Roberto Carlos González 15
Gustavo Alberto López 16
(Orlando Javier Elizeche) (n/s)
(Raúl Cardozo) (DNF)
33
5  Argentina
Matías Juan José Roth 12
Ulises Pedro Sanguinetti 13
Mauro Carrasco 14
(Roberto Carlos Balcedo) (DNF)
39
  • Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result.. (n/s: nonscorer)

†: One of two athletes was a nonscorer.

Junior (U20) men's race (8 km)

Individual race
Rank Athlete Country Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Gilberto Silvestre Lopes  Brazil 26:22
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Derlis Ramón Ayala  Paraguay 26:30
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Éderson Vilela Pereira  Brazil 26:48
4 Luis Alberto Orta  Venezuela 27:13
5 José Marcio Leao da Silva  Brazil 27:16
6 Sergio Daniel Pérez  Argentina 27:27
7 Matías Martín Schiel  Argentina 27:42
8 Alexander Rojas  Colombia 28:00
9 Esteban Franco Quispe Peru Perú 28:26
10 Joaquín Arbe  Argentina 28:30
11 Walter Corbalán  Argentina 29:10
12 Iván Guillermo González  Paraguay 29:33
13 Carlos Roberto Báez  Paraguay 31:09
14 José Francisco Bordón  Paraguay 31:11
15 Claudio Nicolás Gómez  Paraguay 33:00
— Paulo Sergio dos Reis Carvalho  Brazil DNF
Teams
Rank Team Points
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Brazil
Gilberto Silvestre Lopes 1
Éderson Vilela Pereira 3
José Marcio Leao da Silva 5
(Paulo Sergio dos Reis Carvalho) (DNF)
9
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Argentina
Sergio Daniel Pérez 6
Matías Martín Schiel 7
Joaquín Arbe 10
(Walter Corbalán) (n/s)
23
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Paraguay
Derlis Ramón Ayala 2
Iván Guillermo González 11
Carlos Roberto Báez 12
(José Francisco Bordón) (n/s)
(Claudio Nicolás Gómez) (n/s)
25
  • Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result. (n/s: nonscorer)

Youth (U18) men's race (4 km)

Individual race
Rank Athlete Country Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Antonio Ribeiro Barbosa Filho  Brazil 12:29
2nd place, silver medalist(s) René Champi Peru Perú 12:39
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Miguel Angel Amador  Colombia 12:46
4 Cleiton Pedro Machado  Brazil 13:08
5 Evandro Maciel  Brazil 13:10
6 Jorge Burgos  Argentina 14:13
7 Carlos Alejandro González  Paraguay 14:39
8 Diego José Cabrera  Paraguay 14:45
9 Edulfo David Forcado  Paraguay 15:45
Teams
Rank Team Points
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Brazil
Antonio Ribeiro Barbosa Filho 1
Cleiton Pedro Machado 4
(Evandro Maciel) (n/s)
5
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Paraguay
Carlos Alejandro González 6
Diego José Cabrera 7
(Edulfo David Forcado) (n/s)
13
  • Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result. (n/s: nonscorer)

Senior women's race (8 km)

Individual race
Rank Athlete Country Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Inés Melchor Peru Perú 28:19
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Zenaide Vieira  Brazil 28:51
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Maria Zeferina Rodrigues Baldaia  Brazil 29:12
4 Nelbi Sánchez  Bolivia 29:12
5 Sandra Amarillo  Argentina 29:13
6 Isabel Cristina Feliciano da Silva  Brazil 29:38
7 Julia Rivera Peru Perú 29:51
8 Nadia Rodríguez  Argentina 29:58
9 Yeisy Álvarez  Venezuela 30:16
10 Rosângela Raimunda Pereira Faria  Brazil 30:59
11 Zuleima Amaya  Venezuela 31:19
12 Rosa Elizabeth Ramos  Paraguay 31:26
13 Rosa Capurro  Argentina 31:30
14 Mileidys Jaimes  Venezuela 31:40
15 Andrea Latapie  Argentina 32:21
16 Carmen Patricia Martínez  Paraguay 34:15
17 María Verónica Domínguez  Paraguay 35:02
18 Cristina Ramona Ramos  Paraguay 36:57
Teams
Rank Team Points
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Brazil
Zenaide Vieira 2
Maria Zeferina Rodrigues Baldaia 3
Isabel Cristina Feliciano da Silva 6
(Rosângela Raimunda Pereira Faria) (n/s)
11
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Argentina
Sandra Amarillo 5
Nadia Rodríguez 8
Rosa Capurro 12
(Andrea Latapie) (n/s)
25
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Venezuela
Yeisy Álvarez 9
Zuleima Amaya 10
Mileidys Jaimes 13
32
4  Paraguay
Rosa Elizabeth Ramos 11
Carmen Patricia Martínez 14
María Verónica Domínguez 15
(Cristina Ramona Ramos) (n/s)
40
  • Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result. (n/s: nonscorer)

Junior (U20) women's race (6 km)

Individual race
Rank Athlete Country Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Yoni Ninahuamán Peru Perú 23:10
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Rosario Romero Peru Perú 23:18
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Yessica Huamán Peru Perú 23:37
4 Viviane Amorim Figueiredo  Brazil 24:02
5 Nadia Fernanda Aguilera Conceição  Brazil 24:42
6 Etelvina Bagolin  Argentina 25:00
7 Erika Gómez  Argentina 25:12
8 Angie Rocío Orjuela  Colombia 25:21
9 Gladis Rodríguez  Argentina 25:38
10 Marta Raquel Pino  Argentina 25:53
11 Poliana Oliveira Borges  Brazil 26:28
12 Fátima Viviane Romero  Paraguay 28:35
— Damiana Batista Seles  Brazil DNF
Teams
Rank Team Points
1st place, gold medalist(s) Peru Perú
Yoni Ninahuamán 1
Rosario Romero 2
Yessica Huamán 3
6
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Brazil
Viviane Amorim Figueiredo 4
Nadia Fernanda Aguilera Conceição 5
Poliana Oliveira Borges 10
19
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Argentina
Etelvina Bagolin 6
Erika Gómez 7
Gladis Rodríguez 9
(Marta Raquel Pino) (10)
(Damiana Batista Seles) (DNF)
22
  • Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result. (n/s: nonscorer)

Youth (U18) women's race (3 km)

Individual race
Rank Athlete Country Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Soledad Torre Peru Perú 10:37
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Florencia Borelli  Argentina 10:49
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Lucrecia Ortíz  Argentina 11:00
4 Juana Paniagua  Paraguay 11:18
5 Danitza Crisóstomo Peru Perú 11:30
6 Jéssica Pelario Bueno  Brazil 11:33
7 Keila Cristina Rodrigues  Brazil 11:47
8 Diana Melo  Colombia 12:04
9 Valdilene dos Santos Silva  Brazil 12:08
10 Elena Victoria Fernández  Paraguay 12:34
11 Selva Florentin  Paraguay 12:47
Teams
Rank Team Points
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Argentina
Florencia Borelli 2
Lucrecia Ortíz 3
5
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Peru Perú
Soledad Torre 1
Danitza Crisóstomo 5
6
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Paraguay
Juana Paniagua 4
Elena Victoria Fernández 9
(Selva Florentin) (n/s)
13
4  Brazil
Jéssica Pelario Bueno 6
Keila Cristina Rodrigues 7
(Valdilene dos Santos Silva) (n/s)
13
  • Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result. (n/s: nonscorer)

Medal table (unofficial)

  *   Host nation (Brazil)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Brazil*72211
2 Peru4318
3 Argentina1326
4 Paraguay0325
5 Colombia0123
6 Venezuela0022
Totals (6 entries)12121135
  • Note: Totals include both individual and team medals, with medals in the team competition counting as one medal.

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 91 athletes from 7 countries participated. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ Biscayart, Eduardo (March 4, 2008), Marílson dos Santos on course for Edinburgh – South American XC Champs, IAAF, retrieved January 4, 2014
  2. ^ CAMPEONATO SUDAMERICANO DE CROSS COUNTRY (in Spanish), Confederación Atlética del Uruguay, archived from the original on January 4, 2014, retrieved January 4, 2014
  3. ^ a b CAMPEONATOS SUL–AMERICANOS DE CROSS COUNTRY - 02/03/2008 – Assunção – PAR (PDF) (in Portuguese), Confederação Brasileira de Atletismo, March 2, 2008, retrieved January 4, 2014
  4. ^ Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas (October 27, 2012), SOUTH AMERICAN CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS - SAXC - 2008 Asuncion PAR Mar 2, World Junior Athletics History (WJAH), archived from the original on January 4, 2014, retrieved January 4, 2014
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