2008 South American Cross Country Championships

2008 South American Cross Country Championships
Organisers	CONSUDATLE
Edition	23rd
Date	March 2
Host city	Asunción, Paraguay
Location	Parque Ñu Guazú
Nations participating	7
Athletes participating	91
Races	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)
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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 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
01 !	Marilson Gomes dos Santos	Brazil	37:28
02 !	Jorge Cabrera	Paraguay	37:58
03 !	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
01 !	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
02 !	Colombia Giovanny Amador 3 Herder Vásquez 7 Jhon Tello 8 (John Jairo Vargas) (n/s) (Oscar Robayo) (DNF)	18
03 !	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
01 !	Gilberto Silvestre Lopes	Brazil	26:22
02 !	Derlis Ayala	Paraguay	26:30
03 !	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
01 !	Brazil Gilberto Silvestre Lopes 1 Éderson Vilela Pereira 3 José Marcio Leao da Silva 5 (Paulo Sergio dos Reis Carvalho) (DNF)	9
02 !	Argentina Sergio Daniel Pérez 6 Matías Martín Schiel 7 Joaquín Arbe 10 (Walter Corbalán) (n/s)	23
03 !	Paraguay Derlis 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
01 !	Antonio Ribeiro Barbosa Filho	Brazil	12:29
02 !	René Champi	Perú	12:39
03 !	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
01 !	Brazil Antonio Ribeiro Barbosa Filho 1 Cleiton Pedro Machado 4 (Evandro Maciel) (n/s)	5
02 !	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
01 !	Inés Melchor	Perú	28:19
02 !	Zenaide Vieira	Brazil	28:51
03 !	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
01 !	Brazil Zenaide Vieira 2 Maria Zeferina Rodrigues Baldaia 3 Isabel Cristina Feliciano da Silva 6 (Rosângela Raimunda Pereira Faria) (n/s)	11
02 !	Argentina Sandra Amarillo 5 Nadia Rodríguez 8 Rosa Capurro 12 (Andrea Latapie) (n/s)	25
03 !	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
01 !	Yoni Ninahuamán	Perú	23:10
02 !	Rosario Romero	Perú	23:18
03 !	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
01 !	Perú Yoni Ninahuamán 1 Rosario Romero 2 Yessica Huamán 3	6
02 !	Brazil Viviane Amorim Figueiredo 4 Nadia Fernanda Aguilera Conceição 5 Poliana Oliveira Borges 10	19
03 !	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
01 !	Soledad Torre	Perú	10:37
02 !	Florencia Borelli	Argentina	10:49
03 !	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
01 !	Argentina Florencia Borelli 2 Lucrecia Ortíz 3	5
02 !	Perú Soledad Torre 1 Danitza Crisóstomo 5	6
03 !	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)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Brazil	7	2	2	11
2	Perú	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
Total		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)

See also

• 2008 in athletics (track and field)

References

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