The 2008 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics (Spanish: XIII Campeonato Iberoamericano de Atletismo), was an athletics competition which was held at the Estadio Tierra de Campeones in Iquique, Chile from June 13 to the 15th. A total of forty-four events were contested, of which 22 by male and 22 by female athletes.
| XIII Ibero-American Championships in Athletics | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Dates | 13 – 15 June 2008 |
| Host city | Iquique, Chile |
| Venue | Estadio Tierra de Campeones |
| Events | 44 |
| Participation | 316 athletes from 19 nations |
Iquique was selected as the host city for the event, in May 2006, at the Iberoamerican Athletics Confederation Congress (Congreso de la Confederación Iberoamericana de Atletismo).[1] A running track was installed at the stadium specifically for the competition.[2]
No championship records were set at an edition which has hampered by cold, windy whether in the Chilean city. Six national records were broken at the competition,[3] however, including a Chilean record throw of 18.65 m by shot put winner Natalia Ducó, which was also a South American junior record.[4] Ecuador's Bayron Piedra was another stand-out performer as he set a national record to win the 3000 metres, adding to his silver medal from the 1500 metres.
The competition was dominated by Brazilian athletes: seventeen gold medals were won by the country's athletes and it topped the medal table with a total of 44 medals – a third of those on offer. Colombia had the next most golds with five and Spain and Argentina took four each. The hosts Chile had two golds in their medal haul of eight altogether.[3]
Medal summary edit
Men edit
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 metres (wind: -2.3 m/s) |
 José Carlos Moreira (BRA) |
10.54 |  Franklin Nazareno (ECU) |
10.60 | Kael Becerra (CHI) |
10.62 |
| 200 metres | Sandro Viana (BRA) |
20.87 | Bruno de Barros (BRA) |
20.95 | Cristián Reyes (CHI) |
21.14 |
| 400 metres |  Geiner Mosquera (COL) |
46.63 | Fernando de Almeida (BRA) |
46.73 |  Héctor Carrasquillo (PUR) |
46.92 |
| 800 metres |  Andy González (CUB) |
1:47.59 | Fabiano Peçanha (BRA) |
1:47.83 |  Salvador Crespo (ESP) |
1:48.11 |
| 1500 metres | Fabiano Peçanha (BRA) |
3:42.06 | Bayron Piedra (ECU) |
3:42.65 | Víctor Montaner (ESP) |
3:42.93 |
| 3000 metres | Bayron Piedra (ECU) |
7:54.69 NR |  Isaías Ataro (MEX) |
7:54.70 |  Mario Bazán (PER) |
7:57.95 NR |
| 5000 metres |  Javier Carriqueo (ARG) |
13:51.14 | Alejandro Suárez (MEX) |
13:51.20 | Juan Carlos Romero (MEX) |
13:51.25 |
| 110 metres hurdles (wind: -2.0 m/s) |
Paulo César Villar (COL) |
13.74 | Enrique Llanos (PUR) |
13.89 | Éder Antônio Souza (BRA) |
14.10 |
| 400 metres hurdles | Mahau Suguimati (BRA) |
50.07 | Jeisson Rivas (COL) |
50.92 | Tiago Bueno (BRA) |
51.20 |
| 3000 metres steeplechase | Mario Bazán (PER) |
8:42.51 | Francisco Lara (ESP) |
8:43.57 | Gládson Barbosa (BRA) |
8:44.93 |
| 4×100 metres relay | Brazil (BRA) Vicente de Lima Sandro Viana Bruno de Barros José Carlos Moreira |
38.96 | Argentina (ARG) José Manuel Garaventa Mariano Jiménez Miguel Wilken Matías Usandivaras |
40.28 | Only two finishers | |
| 4×400 metres relay | Cuba (CUB) Omar Cisneros William Collazo Yasmani Copello Yeimer López |
3:03.22 | Brazil (BRA) Luís Ambrosio Luíz Guilherme de Oliveira André de Melo Fernando de Almeida |
3:08.45 |  Dominican Republic (DOM)Ramon Frías Tayron Reyes Gustavo Cuesta Kelvin Herrera |
3:08.70 |
| 20,000 metres walk | José Alessandro Bagio (BRA) |
1:23:12.6 | Juan Manuel Cano (ARG) |
1:24:19.2 | Patricio Ortega (ECU) |
1:24:24.1 |
| High jump | Jessé de Lima (BRA) |
2.20 m | Fábio Baptista (BRA) |
2.20 m | Santiago Guerci (ARG) |
2.20 m |
| Pole vault | Henrique Martins (BRA) |
5.00 m | Marcelo Terra (ARG) |
5.00 m | Guillermo Chiaraviglio (ARG) |
4.80 m |
| Long jump |  Gaspar Araújo (POR) |
7.82 m | Jonathan Martínez (ESP) |
7.64 m | Louis Tristán (PER) |
7.58 m |
| Triple jump | Hugo Chila (ECU) |
16.31 m | Thiago Dias (BRA) |
15.53 m | Leonardo Elisiario dos Santos (BRA) |
15.34 m |
| Shot put | Borja Vivas (ESP) |
19.45 m | Reinaldo Proenza (CUB) |
19.42 m | Germán Lauro (ARG) |
19.02 m |
| Discus throw | Jorge Balliengo (ARG) |
59.43 m | Pedro Cuesta (ESP) |
57.67 m | Ronald Julião (BRA) |
56.77 m |
| Hammer throw | Juan Ignacio Cerra (ARG) |
69.74 m | Dário Manso (POR) |
68.96 m | Moisés Campeny (ESP) |
68.87 m |
| Javelin throw | Anier Boué (CUB) |
78.77 m | Noraldo Palacios (COL) |
77.20 m |  Víctor Fatecha (PAR) |
75.81 m |
| Decathlon | Odirlei Pessoni (BRA) |
7362 pts | Ânderson Venâncio (BRA) |
6944 pts | Tiago Marto (POR) |
6915 pts |
Women edit
Medal table edit
* Host nation (Chile)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brazil | 17 | 15 | 12 | 44 |
| 2 | Colombia | 5 | 4 | 3 | 12 |
| 3 | Argentina | 4 | 7 | 6 | 17 |
| 4 | Spain | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 |
| 5 | Cuba | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 |  Venezuela | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| 7 | Mexico | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| 8 | Chile* | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 9 | Ecuador | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 10 | Portugal | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 11 | Peru | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 12 | Puerto Rico | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 13 | Dominican Republic | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Paraguay | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (14 entries) | 44 | 44 | 44 | 132 | |
Participation edit
Of the twenty-eight members of the Asociación Iberoamericana de Atletismo, nineteen nations sent delegations to the 2008 championships. This represented all the organisation's members but for Guinea-Bissau. A total of 322 athletes were set to take part in the competition [5] of which 316 actually participated.
References edit
- ^ Iquique será la sede del Iberoamericano de Atletismo 2008. Cooperativa (2006-05-26). Retrieved on 2011-01-03.
- ^ Atletas piden acelerar pista Archived 2011-07-07 at the Wayback Machine. Estrella Iquique (2007-04-27). Retrieved on 2011-01-03.
- ^ a b Biscayart, Eduardo (2008-06-16). Brazil takes Ibero-American Championships in Chile – Final Day. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-01-03.
- ^ Biscayart, Eduardo (2008-06-14). Shot putter Ducó extends South American junior record in Iquique - Ibero-American Champs Day 1. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-01-03.
- ^ El Atletismo Ibero-Americano - San Fernando 2010 Archived 2011-11-23 at the Wayback Machine (pg. 214). RFEA. Retrieved on 2012-01-08.
- Day reports
- Biscayart, Eduardo (2008-06-14). Shot putter Ducó extends South American junior record in Iquique - Ibero-American Champs Day 1. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-01-03.
- Biscayart, Eduardo (2008-06-15). Brazil leads after day 2 of Ibero-American Championships in Iquique. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-01-03.
- Biscayart, Eduardo (2008-06-16). Brazil takes Ibero-American Championships in Chile – Final Day. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-01-03.
- Results
External links edit
- Video review from ITVNoticias (in Spanish)
- Competition Technical Manual (in Spanish)