1996 South American Cross Country Championships

The 1996 South American Cross Country Championships took place on February 24–25, 1996. The races were held at the Club Mbiguá in Asunción, Paraguay.[1]

1996 South American Cross Country Championships
OrganisersCONSUDATLE
Edition11th
DateFebruary 24–25
Host cityAsunción, Paraguay Paraguay
VenueClub Mbiguá
Events6
Distances12 km – Senior men
8 km – Junior men (U20)
4 km – Youth men (U17)
6 km – Senior women
4 km – Junior women (U20)
3 km – Youth women (U17)
Participation108 athletes from
7 nations

Complete results,[1] results for junior and youth competitions,[2] and medal winners[3] were published.

Medallists edit

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Individual
Senior men
(12 km)
Herder Vásquez
  Colombia
38:19 Daniel Lopes Ferreira
  Brazil
38:27 Sérgio Gonçalves da Silva
  Brazil
38:45
Junior (U20) men
(8 km)
Paulo Vitor Lunkes
  Brazil
25:54 Marilson Gomes dos Santos
  Brazil
26:09 Hudson Santos de Souza
  Brazil
26:20
Youth (U17) men
(4 km)
Pedro Herrera
  Argentina
13:35 Juan Marinoni
  Argentina
13:42 Antonio Baldi
  Argentina
13:48
Senior women
(6 km)
Stella Castro
  Colombia
21:43 Érika Olivera
  Chile
21:51 Nadir Sabino de Siqueira
  Brazil
21:52
Junior (U20) women
(4 km)
Bertha Sánchez
  Colombia
14:21 Fabiana Cristine da Silva
  Brazil
14:33 Valquíria Silva Santos
  Brazil
14:56
Youth (U17) women
(3 km)
Vanesa Maraviglia
  Argentina
11:04 Vanesa Davico
  Argentina
11:22 María Rodríguez
  Uruguay
11:42
Team
Senior men   Brazil 17   Colombia 21   Argentina 40
Junior (U20) men   Brazil 6   Argentina 18   Colombia 24
Youth (U17) men   Argentina 6   Paraguay 15
Senior women   Brazil 8   Argentina 13   Paraguay 24
Junior (U20) women   Brazil 11   Colombia 15   Argentina 20
Youth (U17) women   Argentina 6   Paraguay 15

Race results edit

Senior men's race (12 km) edit

Individual race
Rank Athlete Country Time
  Herder Vásquez   Colombia 38:19
  Daniel Lopes Ferreira   Brazil 38:27
  Sérgio Gonçalves da Silva   Brazil 38:45
4 José Guerrero   Colombia 39:01
5 Elenilson da Silva   Brazil 39:09
6 Pedro Rojas   Colombia 39:13
7 Eder Moreno Fialho   Brazil 39:22
8 Tranquilino Valenzuela   Argentina 39:25
9 Darío Nuñez   Argentina 39:40
10 William Roldán   Colombia 39:51
11 Leonardo Vieira Guedes   Brazil 40:04
12 Oscar Cortínez   Argentina 40:20
13 José Montenegro   Argentina 40:27
14 Néstor García   Uruguay 40:45
15 Antonio Soliz   Argentina 41:11
16 Antonio Ibañez   Argentina 42:28
17 Humberto Hermosilla   Paraguay 44:25
18 Javier Benítez   Uruguay 45:33
19 Ademar Araujo   Uruguay 45:40
20 Ángel Leyton   Uruguay 46:28
21 Ramón Aranda   Paraguay 48:06
22 Gustavo Ortega   Paraguay 48:14
23 Pedro Rodríguez   Paraguay 49:44
24 Juan Toledo   Paraguay 51:09
Daniel Castro   Argentina DNF
Porfirio Méndez   Paraguay DNF
Rubén Navarro   Paraguay DNF
Juan Pablo Juárez   Argentina DNF
Teams
Rank Team Points
    Brazil
Daniel Lopes Ferreira 2
Sérgio Gonçalves da Silva 3
Elenilson da Silva 5
Eder Moreno Fialho 7
(Leonardo Vieira Guedes) (n/s)
17
    Colombia
Herder Vásquez 1
José Guerrero 4
Pedro Rojas 6
William Roldán 10
21
    Argentina
Tranquilino Valenzuela 8
Darío Nuñez 9
Oscar Cortínez 11
José Montenegro 12
(Antonio Soliz) (n/s)
(Antonio Ibañez) (n/s)
(Daniel Castro) (DNF)
(Juan Pablo Juárez) (DNF)
40
4   Uruguay
Néstor García 13
Javier Benítez 15
Ademar Araujo 16
Ángel Leyton 17
61
5   Paraguay
Humberto Hermosilla 14
Ramón Aranda 18
Gustavo Ortega 19
Pedro Rodríguez 20
(Juan Toledo) (n/s)
(Porfirio Méndez) (DNF)
(Rubén Navarro) (DNF)
71
  • Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result. (n/s: nonscorer)

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

Individual race
Rank Athlete Country Time
  Paulo Vitor Lunkes   Brazil 25:54
  Marilson Gomes dos Santos   Brazil 26:09
  Hudson Santos de Souza   Brazil 26:20
4 Julián Peralta   Argentina 26:28
5 Mauricio Ladino   Colombia 26:45
6 Rômulo Wagner da Silva   Brazil 26:57
7 Rubén Vera   Argentina 27:12
8 Oscar Meza   Paraguay 27:15
9 Cristóbal Valenzuela   Argentina 27:32
10 Nelson González   Colombia 27:37
11 Ariel Frías   Argentina 27:50
12 Marcos Silva   Uruguay 28:01
13 Wilmer Avendaño   Colombia 28:19
14 Gustavo Pereira   Uruguay 28:23
15 Carlos Barrientos   Paraguay 28:33
16 Alberto González   Argentina 29:18
17 Israel Recalde   Paraguay 31:28
18 Lucas Panadero   Paraguay 31:55
19 Rodrigo Brambilla   Paraguay 32:58
Hugo Máscaro   Paraguay DNF
Teams
Rank Team Points
    Brazil
Paulo Vitor Lunkes 1
Marilson Gomes dos Santos 2
Hudson Santos de Souza 3
(Rômulo Wagner da Silva) (n/s)
6
    Argentina
Julián Peralta 4
Rubén Vera 6
Cristóbal Valenzuela 8
(Ariel Frías) (n/s)
(Alberto González) (n/s)
18
    Colombia
Mauricio Ladino 5
Nelson González 9
Wilmer Avendaño 10
24
4   Paraguay
Oscar Meza 7
Carlos Barrientos 11
Israel Recalde 12
(Lucas Panadero) (n/s)
(Rodrigo Brambilla) (n/s)
(Hugo Máscaro) (DNF)
30
  • Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result. (n/s: nonscorer)

Youth (U17) men's race (4 km) edit

Individual race
Rank Athlete Country Time
  Pedro Herrera   Argentina 13:35
  Juan Marinoni   Argentina 13:42
  Antonio Baldi   Argentina 13:48
4 Gustavo Fontana   Argentina 14:06
5 Christian González   Paraguay 14:16
6 Daniel Casas   Argentina 14:57
7 William Panadero   Paraguay 15:13
8 Daniel Ruíz   Paraguay 15:37
9 Fernando Portillo   Paraguay 15:50
10 Fernando Orué   Paraguay 15:51
11 Carlos Ferreira   Paraguay 16:53
Teams
Rank Team Points
    Argentina
Pedro Herrera 1
Juan Marinoni 2
Antonio Baldi 3
(Gustavo Fontana) (n/s)
(Daniel Casas) (n/s)
6
    Paraguay
Christian González 4
William Panadero 5
Daniel Ruíz 6
(Fernando Portillo) (n/s)
(Fernando Orué) (n/s)
(Carlos Ferreira) (n/s)
15
  • Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result. (n/s: nonscorer)

Senior women's race (6 km) edit

Individual race
Rank Athlete Country Time
  Stella Castro   Colombia 21:43
  Érika Olivera   Chile 21:51
  Nadir Sabino de Siqueira   Brazil 21:52
4 Verónica Páez   Argentina 22:13
5 Luciene Soares de Deus   Brazil 22:24
6 Sebélia Maria de Vasconcelos   Brazil 22:30
7 Esneda Londoño   Colombia 22:53
8 María de los Ángeles Fernández   Argentina 22:59
9 Jorilda Sabino   Brazil 23:14
10 Zulma Ortiz   Argentina 23:23
11 Sandra Torres Álvarez   Argentina 23:33
12 Roxana Coronatti   Argentina 24:05
13 Mónica Pereira   Paraguay 24:11
14 Lilian López   Paraguay 24:55
15 Esmilsa Jiménez   Paraguay 25:47
16 Sandra Ponzo Gómez   Uruguay 25:50
17 Connie de Chang   Paraguay 27:13
18 Lourdes Cabrera   Paraguay 27:41
19 Eligia Cuevas   Paraguay 27:57
Carmen Cáceres   Uruguay DNF
Teams
Rank Team Points
    Brazil
Nadir Sabino de Siqueira 1
Luciene Soares de Deus 3
Sebélia Maria de Vasconcelos 4
(Jorilda Sabino) (n/s)
8
    Argentina
Verónica Páez 2
María de los Ángeles Fernández 5
Zulma Ortiz 6
(Sandra Torres Álvarez) (n/s)
(Roxana Coronatti) (n/s)
13
    Paraguay
Mónica Pereira 7
Lilian López 8
Esmilsa Jiménez 9
(Connie de Chang) (n/s)
(Lourdes Cabrera) (n/s)
(Eligia Cuevas) (n/s)
24
  • Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result. (n/s: nonscorer)

Junior (U20) women's race (4 km) edit

Individual race
Rank Athlete Country Time
  Bertha Sánchez   Colombia 14:21
  Fabiana Cristine da Silva   Brazil 14:33
  Valquíria Silva Santos   Brazil 14:56
4 Ana Rondón   Colombia 14:58
5 María de los Ángeles Peralta   Argentina 15:01
6 Isabel Aparecida Boldo   Brazil 15:09
7 Mariela Davico   Argentina 15:10
8 Michelle Barreto Costa   Brazil 15:19
9 Virginia Quijada   Argentina 15:22
10 Gabriela Cevallos   Ecuador 15:27
11 Yolanda Fernández   Colombia 15:29
12 Susana Trinak   Argentina 15:46
13 Nancy Osorio   Ecuador 16:09
14 Sandra Cevallos   Ecuador 16:19
15 Analía Rivarola   Argentina 16:36
16 Shiela Yegros   Paraguay 17:16
17 Rocío Rodríguez   Paraguay 18:49
18 Miriam Rodríguez   Paraguay 19:49
19 Antonia Lombardo   Paraguay 20:19
Teams
Rank Team Points
    Brazil
Fabiana Cristine da Silva 2
Valquíria Silva Santos 3
Isabel Aparecida Boldo 6
(Michelle Barreto Costa) (n/s)
11
    Colombia
Bertha Sánchez 1
Ana Rondón 4
Yolanda Fernández 10
15
    Argentina
María de los Ángeles Peralta 5
Mariela Davico 7
Virginia Quijada 8
(Susana Trinak) (n/s)
(Analía Rivarola) (n/s)
20
4   Ecuador
Gabriela Cevallos 9
Nancy Osorio 11
Sandra Cevallos 12
32
5   Paraguay
Shiela Yegros 13
Rocío Rodríguez 14
Miriam Rodríguez 15
(Antonia Lombardo) (n/s)
42
  • Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result. (n/s: nonscorer)

Youth (U17) women's race (3 km) edit

Individual race
Rank Athlete Country Time
  Vanesa Maraviglia   Argentina 11:04
  Vanesa Davico   Argentina 11:22
  María Rodríguez   Uruguay 11:42
4 Nancy Gallo   Argentina 11:50
5 Laura Garciarena   Argentina 11:59
6 Natalia Domínguez   Argentina 12:32
7 Rocío Duarte   Paraguay 13:11
8 Sara González   Paraguay 13:36
9 Ilsa Giménez   Paraguay 15:35
Lorena Viñas   Argentina DNF
Teams
Rank Team Points
    Argentina
Vanesa Maraviglia 1
Vanesa Davico 2
Nancy Gallo 3
(Laura Garciarena) (n/s)
(Natalia Domínguez) (n/s)
(Lorena Viñas) (DNF)
6
    Paraguay
Rocío Duarte 4
Sara González 5
Ilsa Giménez 6
15
  • Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result. (n/s: nonscorer)

Medal table (unofficial) edit

  *   Host nation (Paraguay)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Brazil53412
2  Argentina44311
3  Colombia3216
4  Paraguay*0213
5  Chile0101
6  Uruguay0011
Totals (6 entries)12121034
  • Note: Totals include both individual and team medals, with medals in the team competition counting as one medal.

Participation edit

According to an unofficial count, 108 athletes from 7 countries participated.

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b CAMPEONATO SUDAMERICANO DE CROSS COUNTRY (in Spanish), Confederación Atlética del Uruguay, archived from the original on January 4, 2014, retrieved January 11, 2014
  2. ^ Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas (December 1, 2012), SOUTH AMERICAN CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS - SAXC - 1996 Asuncion PAR Feb 24-25, World Junior Athletics History (WJAH), archived from the original on January 12, 2014, retrieved January 11, 2014
  3. ^ SOUTH AMERICAN CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved January 11, 2014

External links edit