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2008 South American Race Walking Championships
Organisers	CONSUDATLE
Edition	17th
Date	March 15-16
Host city	Cuenca, Azuay, Ecuador
Venue	Avenida España
Events	7
Participation	74 athletes from 7 nations
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The 2008 South American Race Walking Championships were held in Cuenca, Ecuador, on March 15-16, 2008. The track of the championship runs in the Avenida España. ^[1]

A detailed report on the event and an appraisal of the results was given. ^[2]

Complete results were published. ^{[3] [4]} The junior events are documented on the World Junior Athletics History webpages. ^[5]

Medallists

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Men
20km	Luis Fernando López ( COL)	1:24:38	Rolando Saquipay ( ECU)	1:25:41	James Rendón ( COL)	1:27:07
50km	Mesías Zapata ( ECU)	4:15:26	David Guevara ( ECU)	4:33:33	Edwin Ochoa ( ECU)	4:34:55
10km Junior (U20)	Julián Rendón ( COL)	45:07	Ricardo Lojan ( ECU)	45:47	José Montaña ( COL)	46:06
10km Youth (U18)	Alexander Castañeda ( COL)	46:50	Caio Bonfim ( BRA)	47:00	José Fernández ( ECU)	48:26
Team (Men)
20km Team	Colombia	10 pts	Ecuador	16 pts	Chile	37 pts
50km Team	Ecuador	6 pts
10km Junior (U20) Team	Colombia	4 pts	Ecuador	6 pts	Brazil	15 pts
10km Youth (U18) Team	Ecuador	7 pts
Women
20km	Sandra Zapata ( COL)	1:39:02	Johana Ordóñez ( ECU)	1:39:28	Janeth Guamán ( ECU)	1:40:25
10km Junior (U20)	Anlly Pineda ( COL)	49:13	Claudia Cornejo ( BOL)	49:22	Maria Rayo ( COL)	49:41
5km Youth (U18)	Ximena Sangoquisa ( ECU)	25:39	Kimberly García ( PER)	25:51	Wendy Cornejo ( BOL)	26:03
Team (Women)
20km Team	Ecuador	9 pts	Colombia	13 pts
10km Junior (U20) Team	Colombia	4 pts	Ecuador	10 pts	Brazil	17 pts
5km Youth (U18) Team	Ecuador	5 pts

Results

Men's 20km

Place	Athlete	Time
	Luis Fernando López   COL	1:24:38
	Rolando Saquipay   ECU	1:25:41
	James Rendón   COL	1:27:07
4	Pavel Chihuán   PER	1:28:56
5	Mauricio Arteaga   ECU	1:29:16
6	John Edison García   COL	1:30:07
7	Juan Manuel Cano   ARG	1:30:40
8	Rafael Duarte   BRA	1:31:09
—*	Andrés Chocho   ECU	1:31:27
9	Claudio Villanueva   ECU	1:32:30
10	Yerko Araya   CHI	1:32:34
11	Alex Tapia   PER	1:33:17
12	Edward Araya   CHI	1:39:11
13	Jonathan Riekmann   BRA	1:40:22
14	Fabio Benito González   ARG	1:40:42
15	Camilo Acuña   CHI	1:41:43
—	José Alessandro Bagio   BRA	DNF
—	Patricio Ortega   ECU	DNF

^*: Extra athlete (illegible for team and individual results).

Team 20km Men

Place	Country	Points
	Colombia	10 pts
	Ecuador	16 pts
	Chile	37 pts

Men's 50km

Place	Athlete	Time
	Mesías Zapata   ECU	4:15:26
—*	Fausto Quinde   ECU	4:25:27
	David Guevara   ECU	4:33:33
	Edwin Ochoa   ECU	4:34:55
—*	Edgar Cudco   ECU	4:42:57
4	Luis Felipe dos Santos   BRA	4:47:45
—	Samir César Sabadin   BRA	DNF
—	Luis Figueroa   CHI	DNF

^*: Extra athlete (illegible for team and individual results).

Team 50km Men

Place	Country	Points
	Ecuador	6 pts

Men's 10km Junior (U20)

Place	Athlete	Time
	Julián Rendón   COL	45:07
	Ricardo Lojan   ECU	45:47
	José Montaña   COL	46:06
4	Jonathan Cáceres   ECU	46:28
5	Felipe Toloza   CHI	48:16
6	Samuel Babativa   COL	48:55
7	Diego Martin   BRA	50:29
8	Tiago Fonseca   BRA	54:23
—	Washington Alvarado   ECU	DQ
—	Dejaime de Oliveira   BRA	DQ
—*	Diego Fernández   ECU	DNS

^*: Extra athlete (illegible for team and individual results).

Team 10km Men Junior (U20)

Place	Country	Points
	Colombia	4 pts
	Ecuador	6 pts
	Brazil	15 pts

Men's 10km Youth (U18)

Place	Athlete	Time
	Alexander Castañeda   COL	46:50
	Caio Bonfim   BRA	47:00
	José Fernández   ECU	48:26
4	Andrés Díaz   ECU	48:58
—*	Oscar Orozco   ECU	51:00
5	Henry Gajardo   CHI	51:02
6	Ariel Magallanes   ARG	56:04
—	Jackson Vivar   ECU	DQ

^*: Extra athlete (illegible for team and individual results).

Team 10km Men Youth (U18)

Place	Country	Points
	Ecuador	7 pts

Women's 20km

Place	Athlete	Time
	Sandra Zapata   COL	1:39:02
	Johana Ordóñez   ECU	1:39:28
	Janeth Guamán   ECU	1:40:25
4	Miriam Ramón   ECU	1:40:26
5	Leslie Guavita   COL	1:44:00
6	Yadira Guamán   ECU	1:44:39
7	Sandra Galvis   COL	1:45:06
8	Tânia Spindler   BRA	1:46:48
9	Janeth Mamani   BOL	1:47:38
10	Marcela Pacheco   CHI	1:48:38
—*	Magaly Andrade   ECU	1:53:26
11	Josette Sepúlveda   CHI	1:53:59
12	Elianay Santana da Silva Pereira   BRA	2:01:00
—	Vanessa Contreras   CHI	DNF
—	Alessandra Picagevicz   BRA	DNF

^*: Extra athlete (illegible for team and individual results).

Team 20km Women

Place	Country	Points
	Ecuador	9 pts
	Colombia	13 pts

Women's 10km Junior (U20)

Place	Athlete	Time
	Anlly Pineda   COL	49:13
	Claudia Cornejo   BOL	49:22
	Maria Rayo   COL	49:41
4	Gabriela Cornejo   ECU	50:15
5	Lina Cruz   COL	52:18
6	Adriana Velázquez   ECU	53:35
—*	Andrea Gordón   ECU	57:10
7	Daiana Luján   ARG	58:13
8	Franciele da Costa   BRA	59:57
9	Liliane Barbosa   BRA	1:01:22
10	Pámela da Silva   BRA	1:03:09
—	Paola Pérez   ECU	DQ

^*: Extra athlete (illegible for team and individual results).

Team 10km Women Junior (U20)

Place	Country	Points
	Colombia	4 pts
	Ecuador	10 pts
	Brazil	17 pts

Women's 5km Youth (U18)

Place	Athlete	Time
	Ximena Sangoquisa   ECU	25:39
	Kimberly García   PER	25:51
	Wendy Cornejo   BOL	26:03
4	Rita Andrade   ECU	26:23
—*	Katherine Álvarez   ECU	27:41
5	Janeth Huiracocha   ECU	28:08
6	Viviana Jurado   COL	28:49
7	Mayara Vicentainer   BRA	29:03
8	Maricela Salamanca   CHI	30:21
9	Romina Oyola   ARG	31:04

^*: Extra athlete (illegible for team and individual results).

Team 5km Women Youth (U18)

Place	Country	Points
	Ecuador	5 pts

Participation

The participation of 74 athletes from 7 countries is reported. ^{[3] [4]}

See also

• 2008 Race Walking Year Ranking

References