2008_South_American_Cross_Country_Championships References

2008 South American Cross Country Championships
2008 South American Cross Country Championships
Organisers	CONSUDATLE
Edition	23rd
Date	March 2
Host city	Asunción, Paraguay
Venue	Parque Ñu Guazú
Events	6
Distances	12 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)
Participation	91 athletes from ; 7 nations
	← 2007 Rio de Janeiro 2009 Concepción →

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 Perú	12:39	Miguel Angel Amador Colombia	12:46
Senior women (8 km)	Inés Melchor Perú	28:19	Zenaide Vieira Brazil	28:51	Maria Zeferina Rodrigues Baldaia Brazil	29:12
Junior (U20) women (6 km)	Yoni Ninahuamán Perú	23:10	Rosario Romero Perú	23:18	Yessica Huamán Perú	23:37
Youth (U18) women (3 km)	Soledad Torre 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	Perú	6	Brazil	19	Argentina	22
Youth (U18) women	Argentina	5	Perú	6	Paraguay	13

Race results

Senior men's race (12 km)

Individual race
Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	Marilson Gomes dos Santos	Brazil	37:28
	Jorge Cabrera	Paraguay	37:58
	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

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

Colombia

Giovanny Amador	3
Herder Vásquez	7
Jhon Tello	8
( John Jairo Vargas)	(n/s)
( Oscar Robayo)	(DNF)

18

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
	Gilberto Silvestre Lopes	Brazil	26:22
	Derlis Ramón Ayala	Paraguay	26:30
	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	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

Brazil

Gilberto Silvestre Lopes	1
Éderson Vilela Pereira	3
José Marcio Leao da Silva	5
( Paulo Sergio dos Reis Carvalho)	(DNF)

9

Argentina

Sergio Daniel Pérez	6
Matías Martín Schiel	7
Joaquín Arbe	10
( Walter Corbalán)	(n/s)

23

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
	Antonio Ribeiro Barbosa Filho	Brazil	12:29
	René Champi	Perú	12:39
	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

Brazil

Antonio Ribeiro Barbosa Filho	1
Cleiton Pedro Machado	4
( Evandro Maciel)	(n/s)

5

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
	Inés Melchor	Perú	28:19
	Zenaide Vieira	Brazil	28:51
	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	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

Brazil

Zenaide Vieira	2
Maria Zeferina Rodrigues Baldaia	3
Isabel Cristina Feliciano da Silva	6
( Rosângela Raimunda Pereira Faria)	(n/s)

11

Argentina

Sandra Amarillo	5
Nadia Rodríguez	8
Rosa Capurro	12
( Andrea Latapie)	(n/s)

25

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
	Yoni Ninahuamán	Perú	23:10
	Rosario Romero	Perú	23:18
	Yessica Huamán	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

Perú

Yoni Ninahuamán	1
Rosario Romero	2
Yessica Huamán	3

6

Brazil

Viviane Amorim Figueiredo	4
Nadia Fernanda Aguilera Conceição	5
Poliana Oliveira Borges	10

19

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
	Soledad Torre	Perú	10:37
	Florencia Borelli	Argentina	10:49
	Lucrecia Ortíz	Argentina	11:00
4	Juana Paniagua	Paraguay	11:18
5	Danitza Crisóstomo	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

Argentina

Florencia Borelli	2
Lucrecia Ortíz	3

5

Perú

Soledad Torre	1
Danitza Crisóstomo	5

6

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)


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Brazil*	7	2	2	11
2	Peru	4	3	1	8
3	Argentina	1	3	2	6
4	Paraguay	0	3	2	5
5	Colombia	0	1	2	3
6	Venezuela	0	0	2	2
Totals (6 entries)		12	12	11	35

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]

Argentina (19)
Bolivia (2)
Brazil (23)
Colombia (9)
Paraguay (21)
Perú (9)
Venezuela (8)

References

^ Biscayart, Eduardo (March 4, 2008), Marílson dos Santos on course for Edinburgh – South American XC Champs, IAAF, retrieved January 4, 2014
^ CAMPEONATO SUDAMERICANO DE CROSS COUNTRY (in Spanish), Confederación Atlética del Uruguay, archived from the original on January 4, 2014, retrieved January 4, 2014
^ ^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
^ 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

[iaaf_01-1] Biscayart, Eduardo (March 4, 2008), Marílson dos Santos on course for Edinburgh – South American XC Champs, IAAF, retrieved January 4, 2014

[uru_01-2] CAMPEONATO SUDAMERICANO DE CROSS COUNTRY (in Spanish), Confederación Atlética del Uruguay, archived from the original on January 4, 2014, retrieved January 4, 2014

[cbat_01-3] 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

[wjah_01-4] 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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v t e Championships of the South American Athletics Confederation
Outdoor ( records) Indoor Cross Country Race Walking Marathon Half Marathon Road Mile Mountain Running Under-23 Under-20 Under-18
Senior*	1918U 1919 1920 1922U 1924 1926 1927 1929 1931 1931U 1933 1935 1937 1939 1941 1943 1945 1946U 1947 1948U 1949 1950U 1952 1953U 1954 1956 1957U 1958 1961 1963 1965 1967 1969 1971 1974 1975 1977 1979 1981 1983 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2006 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023
Indoor	2020 2022 2024
Under-23	2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2021 2022 2024
Under-20	1959 1960 1961 1962 1964 1966 1968 1970 1972 1974 1976 1978 1980 1981 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2024
Under-18	1973 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2021 2022 2024
Race Walking	1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2017 2018 2020 2022 2024
Cross Country	1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023
^* U = Unofficial Outdoor Championships · See also: Athletics at the South American Games

Medallists

Race results

Senior men's race (12 km)

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

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

Senior women's race (8 km)

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

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

Medal table (unofficial)

Participation

See also

References