2012 South American Cross Country Championships
Organisers	CONSUDATLE
Edition	27th
Date	March 4
Host city	Lima, Perú
Venue	Escuela de Equitación del Ejército
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	85 athletes from 9 nations
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The 2012 South American Cross Country Championships took place on March 4, 2012. The races were held at the Escuela de Equitación del Ejército (Army’s Equestrian School) in Lima, Perú. ^[1] A detailed report of the event was given for the IAAF. ^[2]

Complete results ^{[3] [4]} and results for junior and youth competitions ^[5] were published.

Medallists

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Individual
Senior men (12 km)	Gilberto Silvestre Lopes   Brazil	38:05.4	Sergio Celestino da Silva   Brazil	38:27.0	Raúl Machacuay Perú	38:54.4
Junior (U20) men (8 km)	Thiarles Cacanha dos Santos   Brazil	26:21.3	Yerson Orellana Perú	26:31.5	Ioran Fernandes Etchechury   Brazil	26:34.6
Youth (U18) men (4 km)	Victor Vinícius Alves da Silva   Brazil	12:40.1	Thiago do Rosário André   Brazil	12:42.3	Weverton Fidélis   Brazil	12:49.2
Senior women (8 km)	Tatiele Roberta de Carvalho   Brazil	28:58.4	Angie Orjuela Soche   Colombia	29:30.4	Nubia Arteaga   Venezuela	29:34.0
Junior (U20) women (6 km)	Luz Mery Rojas Perú	22:54.7	Belén Casetta   Argentina	23:14.9	Evelyn Escobar Perú	23:28.9
Youth (U18) women (3 km)	Lucy Basilio Perú	10:59.0	Angie Legarda Bejarano   Colombia	11:04.6	Zulema Arenas Perú	11:05.9
Team
Senior men	Brazil	8	Ecuador	21	Perú	25
Junior (U20) men	Brazil	9	Perú	25	Argentina	39
Youth (U18) men	Brazil	3	Colombia	11	Ecuador	14
Senior women	Brazil	12	Perú	21
Junior (U20) women	Perú	8	Argentina	26	Brazil	27
Youth (U18) women	Perú	4	Brazil	12

Race results

Senior men's race (12 km)

Individual race

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	Gilberto Silvestre Lopes	Brazil	38:05.4
	Sergio Celestino da Silva	Brazil	38:27.0
	Raúl Machacuay	Perú	38:54.4
4	Paulo Buenaño	Ecuador	39:01.3
5	Leandro Prates Oliveira	Brazil	39:06.5
6	Rafael Santos Novais	Brazil	39:31.3
7	Altobeli Santos da Silva	Brazil	39:39.4
8	Miguel Almachi	Ecuador	39:45.1
9	César Pilaluisa	Ecuador	39:57.7
10	José Luis Rojas	Perú	40:15.1
11	Gerardo Villacres	Ecuador	40:30.0
12	Jean Pierre Castro	Perú	41:00.8
13	Juan Hilario	Perú	41:37.3
—	Alexis Peña	Venezuela	DNF
—	Miguel Amador	Colombia	DNF
—	Abel Villanueva	Peru	DNS

Teams

Rank	Team	Points
	Brazil Gilberto Silvestre Lopes 1 Sergio Celestino da Silva 2 Leandro Prates Oliveira 5 ( Rafael Santos Novais) (6) ( Altobeli Santos da Silva) (7)	8
	Ecuador Paulo Buenaño 4 Miguel Almachi 8 César Pilaluisa 9 ( Gerardo Villacres) (11)	21
	Perú Raúl Machacuay 3 José Luis Rojas 10 Jean Pierre Castro 12 ( Juan Hilario) (13)	25

• Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result.

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

Individual race

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	Thiarles Cacanha dos Santos	Brazil	26:21.3
	Yerson Orellana	Perú	26:31.5
	Ioran Fernandes Etchechury	Brazil	26:34.6
4	Mauricio Matute	Ecuador	26:47.3
5	Alex Render de Almeida	Brazil	27:05.4
6	Iván Choque	Bolivia	27:21.4
7	Marcelo Fabricius	Argentina	27:24.0
8	Cristian Pacheco	Perú	27:25.5
9	Jorge Camargo	Venezuela	27:39.5
10	Vladimir Uzuay	Ecuador	27:41.4
11	Daniel Alcântara	Brazil	27:54.5
12	José Andrés Plata	Colombia	28:07.7
13	Alexander Riaño	Colombia	28:21.2
14	Kevin Aguirre	Argentina	29:04.2
15	Mauricio Díaz	Perú	29:43.6
16	William Díaz	Venezuela	30:15.5
17	Juan Limachi	Perú	30:38.0
18	Miguel Altamirano	Argentina	30:59.2
—	Justino Giraldo	Perú	DNF
—	Sebastián Cano	Argentina	DNF

Teams

Rank	Team	Points
	Brazil Thiarles Cacanha dos Santos 1 Ioran Fernandes Etchechury 3 Alex Render de Almeida 5 ( Daniel Alcântara) (11)	9
	Perú Yerson Orellana 2 Cristian Pacheco 8 Mauricio Díaz 15 ( Juan Limachi) (17) ( Justino Giraldo) (DNF)	25
	Argentina Marcelo Fabricius 7 Kevin Aguirre 14 Miguel Altamirano 18 ( Sebastián Cano) (DNF)	39

• Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result.

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

Individual race

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	Victor Vinícius Alves da Silva	Brazil	12:40.1
	Thiago do Rosário André	Brazil	12:42.3
	Weverton Fidélis	Brazil	12:49.2
4	Camilo Aguillón	Colombia	12:52.2
5	Jhordan Ccope	Perú	12:54.0
6	Jonathán Mogrovejo	Ecuador	13:03.0
7	Ramiro Sanabria	Colombia	13:07.3
8	Pedro Mogrovejo	Ecuador	13:18.6
9	Jhon Vargas	Perú	13:24.5
10	Pablo Quispe	Ecuador	13:25.4
11	Yonathan Ñuñonca	Perú	13:34.5
12	Kevin Gadea	Uruguay	14:05.6

Teams

Rank	Team	Points
	Brazil Victor Vinícius Alves da Silva 1 Thiago do Rosário André 2 ( Weverton Fidélis) (3)	3
	Colombia Camilo Aguillón 4 Ramiro Sanabria 7	11
	Ecuador Jonathán Mogrovejo 6 Pedro Mogrovejo 8 ( Pablo Quispe) (10)	14
4	Perú Jhordan Ccope 5 Jhon Vargas 9 ( Yonathan Ñuñonca) (11)	14

• Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result.

Senior women's race (8 km)

Individual race

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	Tatiele Roberta de Carvalho	Brazil	28:58.4
	Angie Orjuela Soche	Colombia	29:30.4
	Nubia Arteaga	Venezuela	29:34.0
4	Hortencia Arzapalo	Perú	29:34.5
5	Tatiana de Souza Araújo	Brazil	29:42.4
6	Sirlene Souza de Pinho	Brazil	29:42.9
7	Valdilene dos Santos Silva	Brazil	29:44.8
8	Karina Villazana	Perú	30:00.3
9	Rocío Cantará	Perú	30:05.1
10	Cynthia Ruiz	Perú	30:39.3
11	Andrea Ferris	Panamá	30:52.3
12	Yoni Ninahuamán	Perú	31:52.3
13	Mileidys Jaimes	Venezuela	32:04.6
—	Egris Arias	Venezuela	DNF

Teams

Rank	Team	Points
	Brazil Tatiele Roberta de Carvalho 1 Tatiana de Souza Araújo 5 Sirlene Souza de Pinho 6 ( Valdilene dos Santos Silva) (7)	12
	Perú Hortencia Arzapalo 4 Karina Villazana 8 Rocío Cantará 9 ( Cynthia Ruiz) (10) ( Yoni Ninahuamán) (12)	21
—	Venezuela ( Nubia Arteaga) (3) ( Mileidys Jaimes) (13) ( Egris Arias) (DNF)	(DNF)

• Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result.

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

Individual race

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	Luz Mery Rojas	Perú	22:54.7
	Belén Casetta	Argentina	23:14.9
	Evelyn Escobar	Perú	23:28.9
4	Angelly Gonzáles	Perú	23:55.4
5	Sunilda Lozano	Perú	24:09.3
6	Nelly Puma	Perú	24:13.7
7	Lizeth Choque	Bolivia	24:17.4
8	Jacira Coutinho de Freitas Santos	Brazil	24:30.0
9	Ana Oliveira Pacheco	Brazil	24:43.6
10	Flávia Maria de Lima	Brazil	25:17.5
11	Tamara Arias	Argentina	25:52.7
12	Paola Ríos	Ecuador	26:17.7
13	Estrella Isabel Maldonado	Argentina	26:22.4
14	Sofía Luna	Argentina	27:55.4
—	Jéssica Ladeira Soares	Brazil	DNF
—	Wilyeska Suárez	Venezuela	DNF

Teams

Rank	Team	Points
	Perú Luz Mery Rojas 1 Evelyn Escobar 3 Angelly Gonzáles 4 ( Sunilda Lozano) (5) ( Nelly Puma) (6)	8
	Argentina Belén Casetta 2 Tamara Arias 11 Estrella Isabel Maldonado 13 ( Sofía Luna) (14)	26
	Brazil Jacira Coutinho de Freitas Santos 8 Ana Oliveira Pacheco 9 Flávia Maria de Lima 10 ( Jéssica Ladeira Soares) (DNF)	27

• Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result.

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

Individual race

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	Lucy Basilio	Perú	10:59.0
	Angie Legarda Bejarano	Colombia	11:04.6
	Zulema Arenas	Perú	11:05.9
4	Aldana Sabatel	Uruguay	11:16.5
5	Nathália de Assis Ramalho	Brazil	11:32.7
6	Hetaira Palacios	Perú	11:34.0
7	Alessandra Cordeiro da Rosa	Brazil	11:34.3
8	Karina Pereira Gualberto	Brazil	11:45.4

Teams

Rank	Team	Points
	Perú Lucy Basilio 1 Zulema Arenas 3 ( Hetaira Palacios) (6)	4
	Brazil Nathália de Assis Ramalho 5 Alessandra Cordeiro da Rosa 7 ( Karina Pereira Gualberto) (8)	12

• Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result.

Medal table (unofficial)

  *   Host nation ( Peru)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Brazil (BRA)	8	3	3	14
2	Peru (PER)*	4	3	4	11
3	Colombia (COL)	0	3	0	3
4	Argentina (ARG)	0	2	1	3
5	Ecuador (ECU)	0	1	1	2
6	Venezuela (VEN)	0	0	1	1
Totals (6 entries)		12	12	10	34

• Note: Totals include both individual and team medals, with medals in the team competition counting as one medal.

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 85 athletes from 9 countries participated.

See also

• 2012 in athletics (track and field)

References