2008 South American Cross Country Championships

International athletics championship event

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
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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 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

Colombia

Giovanny Amador	3
Herder Vásquez	7
Jhon Tello	8
(John Jairo Vargas)	(n/s)
(Oscar Robayo)	(DNF)

Venezuela

Jean Carlos Calzadilla	5
José Gregorio Peña	6
Robert Lugo	11
(Didimo Armando Sánchez)	(n/s)

Paraguay

Jorge Cabrera	2
Roberto Carlos González	15
Gustavo Alberto López	16
(Orlando Javier Elizeche)	(n/s)
(Raúl Cardozo)	(DNF)

Argentina

Matías Juan José Roth	12
Ulises Pedro Sanguinetti	13
Mauro Carrasco	14
(Roberto Carlos Balcedo)	(DNF)

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)

Argentina

Sergio Daniel Pérez	6
Matías Martín Schiel	7
Joaquín Arbe	10
(Walter Corbalán)	(n/s)

Paraguay

Derlis Ramón Ayala	2
Iván Guillermo González	11
Carlos Roberto Báez	12
(José Francisco Bordón)	(n/s)
(Claudio Nicolás Gómez)	(n/s)

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)

Paraguay

Carlos Alejandro González	6
Diego José Cabrera	7
(Edulfo David Forcado)	(n/s)

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)

Argentina

Sandra Amarillo	5
Nadia Rodríguez	8
Rosa Capurro	12
(Andrea Latapie)	(n/s)

Venezuela

Yeisy Álvarez	9
Zuleima Amaya	10
Mileidys Jaimes	13

Paraguay

Rosa Elizabeth Ramos	11
Carmen Patricia Martínez	14
María Verónica Domínguez	15
(Cristina Ramona Ramos)	(n/s)

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

Brazil

Viviane Amorim Figueiredo	4
Nadia Fernanda Aguilera Conceição	5
Poliana Oliveira Borges	10

Argentina

Etelvina Bagolin	6
Erika Gómez	7
Gladis Rodríguez	9
(Marta Raquel Pino)	(10)
(Damiana Batista Seles)	(DNF)

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

Perú

Soledad Torre	1
Danitza Crisóstomo	5

Paraguay

Juana Paniagua	4
Elena Victoria Fernández	9
(Selva Florentin)	(n/s)

Brazil

Jéssica Pelario Bueno	6
Keila Cristina Rodrigues	7
(Valdilene dos Santos Silva)	(n/s)

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)

References

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

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