2008 South American Cross Country Championships

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]

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 →

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)

See also

• 2008 in athletics (track and field)

References

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