Iberian 10,000 Metres Championships

The Iberian 10,000 Metres Championships or Iberian Trophy (Portuguese: Troféu Ibérico; Spanish: Trofeo Ibérico) is an annual team track running competition over 10,000 metres that is contested between athletes from Portugal and Spain. The event has been held over two separate periods. Launched in 1991, the competition originally ran for six editions, but was made defunct by the European 10000 Metres Challenge in 1997. That competition was expanded further as the European Cup 10,000m in 2005.^[1] A desire to resume a bi-national event saw the relaunch of the original event under the title of the "Iberian Trophy" in 2011.^[2]

The competition consists of two elements: an individual aspect and a team aspect. The team competition is decided by combining the finishing times of each nations four best performing athletes. There are two senior races, one for each of the sexes. On top of this, the host nation incorporates its nation championship into the race, so the host's leading athlete is also declared the national champion.^[3] Guest athletes are a common feature and, although their times and finishing positions are recorded, they are not considered part of the international Iberian Trophy race.^[1][4]

Editions

Edition	Year	Host city	Host country	Date	No. of athletes
1st	1991	Vigo	Spain	11 May[5]
2nd	1992	Maia	Portugal	25 April[6]
3rd	1993	Getxo	Spain	2 May[7]
4th	1994	Braga	Portugal	9 April[8]
5th	1995	Cáceres	Spain	8 April(?)[9]
6th	1996	Leiria	Portugal	6 April[10]
7th	2011	Pontevedra	Spain	2 April	22 men, 21 women[2]
8th	2012	Lisbon	Portugal	24 March	36 men, 28 women[11]
9th	2013	Mataró	Spain	6 April	18 men, 28 women[12]
10th	2014	Lisbon	Portugal	29 March	24 men, 31 women[13]

Champions

Year	Men's team	Men's individual	Women's team	Women's individual
1991[nb1]	?	Dionísio Castro (POR)	?	Fernanda Marques (POR)
1992	?	Domingos Castro (POR)	?	Fernanda Ribeiro (POR)
1993	?	José Carlos Adán (ESP)	?	Albertina Dias (POR)
1994	?	Paulo Guerra (POR)	?	Conceição Ferreira (POR)
1995	?	Paulo Guerra (POR)	?	Albertina Dias (POR)
1996	?	Alejandro Gómez (ESP)	?	Julia Vaquero (ESP)
2011nb2	Portugal	Rui Silva (POR)	Portugal	Ana Dulce Félix (POR)
2012	Portugal	Manuel Ángel Penas (ESP)	Portugal	Gema Barrachina (ESP)
2013[nb3]	Spain	Carles Castillejo (ESP)	Spain	Carla Salomé Rocha (POR)
2014	Spain	Alemayehu Bezabeh (ESP)	Spain	Jéssica Augusto (POR)

• ^nb1 The 1991 individual women's race was won by guest athlete Delilah Asiago of Kenya.^[1]
• ^nb2 The 2011 individual races were won by Kenya guest athletes Vincent Rono and Vivian Cheruiyot.^[2]
• ^nb3 The 2013 individual women's race was won by guest athlete Trihas Gebre Aunoon of Ethiopia.^[12] She later became a Spanish citizen.^[14]

References

1. IBERIAN 10000 METRES CHAMPIONSHIPS. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-02-28.
2. Trofeo Iberico 10.000m Pontevedra, 2 de abril 2011. RFEA (2011). Retrieved on 2015-02-28.
3. Carles Castillejo y Gema Barrachina, grandes favoritos para el Campeonato de España de 10.000 metros. Europa Press (2013-04-05). Retrieved on 2015-02-28.
4. Ramsak, Bob (2011-04-03). Cheruiyot clocks 31:07.02 in track 10,000m debut. IAAF. Retrieved on 2015-02-28.
5. 1991 Men's 10,000 metres Lists. Mennea. Retrieved on 2015-02-28.
6. 1992 Men's 10,000 metres Lists. Mennea. Retrieved on 2015-02-28.
7. 1993 Men's 10,000 metres Lists. Mennea. Retrieved on 2015-02-28.
8. 1994 Men's 10,000 metres Lists. Mennea. Retrieved on 2015-02-28.
9. 1995 Men's 10,000 metres Lists. Mennea. Retrieved on 2015-02-28.
10. 1996 Men's 10,000 metres Lists. Mennea. Retrieved on 2015-02-28.
11. Federação Portuguesa de Atletismo Comunicado de Resultados. Federação Portuguesa de Atletismo (2012). Retrieved on 2015-02-28.
12. Trofeo Ibérico LXXXVII Cto. de España de 10.000m Absoluto, Junior y Prome. RFEA (2013). Retrieved on 2015-02-28.
13. Federação Portuguesa de Atletismo Comunicado de Resultados. Federação Portuguesa de Atletismo (2014). Retrieved on 2015-02-28.
14. Trihas Gebre Aunoon. RFEA. Retrieved on 2015-02-28.