2002 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics

The 2002 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics (Spanish: X Campeonato Iberoamericano de Atletismo) was the tenth edition of the international athletics competition between Ibero-American nations which was held at the Estadio Cementos Progreso in Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala on 11 and 12 May. A total of 328 athletes participated in the 44-event programme.[1] The 3000 metres was introduced for both men and women, replacing the longer 10,000 metres event.

X Ibero-American Championships
Dates11 & 12 May
Host cityCiudad de Guatemala, Guatemala
VenueEstadio Cementos Progreso
Events44
Participation312 athletes from
21 nations
Records set6 Championship records

Following on from the success of the 2001 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics and 2001 Central American Games, Guatemala hosted the Ibero-American Championships for the first time. The competition was a factor for selection for the Americas team in the 2002 IAAF World Cup. Cuba, Spain and Portugal all sent small delegations to the competition, which was held at an altitude of 1402 m – a factor which raised performances in the sprints and jumps.[2]

Brazil topped the medal table for the second time running, taking 38 medals (15 of them gold) from the events. Despite its reduced numbers, Cuba placed second as its athletes won eight events and 16 medals overall. Mexico had the next highest number of event winners, with five gold medallists, while Colombia had the third highest medal haul (13). Fifteen of the 21 nations present reached the medal table.[3][4]

Six new championship records were set at the competition. Maurren Maggi cleared a record of 6.97 m to win the long jump, while Isbel Luaces's javelin throw of 81.64 m bettered the championship record. Vânia Silva improved the women's hammer throw mark by several metres. Uruguay's Heber Viera and Brazil's Vicente de Lima needed a photo finish to separate them in the 100 metres. The Uruguayan took the honours by 2/1000 of a second – a difference which may have been made by de Lima's premature celebration before the line. Viera went on take the 200 metres silver in a Uruguayan record time.[4][5]

Former Olympic champion Jefferson Pérez was present for the men's racewalk and won by half a minute. Hudson de Souza defended his 800/1500 metres double from the 2000 edition. Others to defend their titles were Alejandra García in the women's pole vault, Felipa Palacios in the 200 m and Gilmar Mayo in the men's high jump. [6]

Medal summary

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres
(Wind: 3.0 m/s)
  Heber Viera (URU) 10.08w   Vicente de Lima (BRA) 10.08w   Édson Ribeiro (BRA) 10.22w
200 metres   André da Silva (BRA) 20.22   Heber Viera (URU) 20.46 NR   John Jairo Córdoba (COL) 20.99
400 metres   Carlos Santa (DOM) 45.69   Jonathan Palma (VEN) 46.09   Ricardo Roach (CHI) 46.37
800 metres   Hudson de Souza (BRA) 1:46.74   Osmar dos Santos (BRA) 1:46.81   Ricardo Etheridge (PUR) 1:47.08
1500 metres   Hudson de Souza (BRA) 3:45.46   Manuel Damião (POR) 3:47.09   Javier Carriqueo (ARG) 3:48.73
3000 metres   Pablo Villalobos (ESP) 8:10.28 CR   Alejandro Suárez (MEX) 8:10.62   José David Galván (MEX) 8:12.18
5000 metres   Alejandro Suárez (MEX) 14:16.22   Teodoro Vega (MEX) 14:17.18   Mauricio Díaz (CHI) 14:19.92
110 metres hurdles   Paulo Villar (COL) 13.57   Mateus Inocêncio (BRA) 13.58   Anselmo da Silva (BRA) 13.66
400 metres hurdles   Sergio Hierrezuelo (CUB) 50.60   Eronilde de Araújo (BRA) 50.78   Cleverson da Silva (BRA) 50.88
3000 metres steeplechase   Salvador Miranda (MEX) 8:47.79   José María González (ESP) 8:50.72   Francisco Munuera (ESP) 8:59.95
4×100 metres relay   Brazil (BRA)
Vicente de Lima
Édson Ribeiro
André da Silva
Fabio Gonçalves Silva
38.58   Puerto Rico (PUR)
Carlos Santos
Jesús Carrión
Osvaldo Nieves
Rogelio Pizarro
39.47   Venezuela (VEN)
Juan Morillo
Ellis Ollarves
José Carabalí
Nilson Palacios
40.15
4×400 metres relay   Brazil (BRA)
Luis Enrique Serra da Silveira
Luiz Antonio Eloi
Diego Venancio
Flavio Godoy
3:05.71   Venezuela (VEN)
José Carabalí
Danny Núñez
Luis Luna
Jonathan Palma
3:08.87   Puerto Rico (PUR)
Jorge Richardson
Ricardo Etheridge
Alexander Greaux
Rogelio Pizarro
3:12.64
20,000 m track walk   Jefferson Pérez (ECU) 1:23:51   Julio René Martínez (GUA) 1:24:31   Luis García (GUA) 1:25:27
High jump   Gilmar Mayo (COL) 2.26 m   Jessé de Lima (BRA) 2.23 m   Javier Bermejo (ESP) 2.23 m
Pole vault   Javier Benítez (ARG) 5.25 m   Nuno Fernandes (POR) 5.20 m   José Francisco Nava (CHI) 5.20 m
Long jump   Ibrahim Camejo (CUB) 7.83 m   José Miguel Martínez (ESP) 7.75 m   Thiago Dias (BRA) 7.73 m
Triple jump   Jadel Gregório (BRA) 16.90 m   Aliecer Urrutia (CUB) 16.26 m   Felipe Apablaza (CHI) 15.86 m
Shot put   Marco Antonio Verni (CHI) 19.79 m   Yojer Medina (VEN) 19.27 m   Jhonny Rodríguez (COL) 18.87 m
Discus throw   Marcelo Pugliese (ARG) 59.00 m   Paulo Bernardo (POR) 58.22 m   Gustavo de Mendonça (BRA) 52.20 m
Hammer throw   Moisés Campeny (ESP) 70.30 m   Yosmel Montes (CUB) 69.38 m   Adrián Marzo (ARG) 66.71 m
Javelin throw   Isbel Luaces (CUB) 81.64 m CR   Luiz Fernando da Silva (BRA) 74.66 m   Ronald Noguera (VEN) 72.23 m
Decathlon   Yosbel Gómez (CUB) 7449 pts   Édson Bindilatti (BRA) 7280 pts   Ivan da Silva (BRA) 7172 pts
  • Note: The results for the men's high jump listed by GBR Athletics conflict with those of the official report. Javier Bermejo (ESP) and Jessé de Lima (BRA) are listed as joint silver medallists, but Bermejo came third on countback.[7][8]
  • Note: The results for the men's pole vault listed by GBR Athletics conflict with those of the official report. José Francisco Nava (CHI) and Edgar León (MEX) are listed as joint silver medallists, but the athletes were third and fourth, respectively, on countback.[7][8]

Women

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres
(Wind: 2.3 m/s)
  Roxana Díaz (CUB) 11.32w   Thatiana Ignácio (BRA) 11.49w   Severina Cravid (POR) 11.53w
200 metres
(Wind: 2.7 m/s)
  Felipa Palacios (COL) 22.76w   Roxana Díaz (CUB) 23.00w   Norma González (COL) 23.47w
400 metres   Maria Laura Almirão (BRA) 52.14   Lucimar Teodoro (BRA) 52.55   Ana Peña (CUB) 52.74
800 metres   Christiane dos Santos (BRA) 2:06.30   Sandra Moya (PUR) 2:06.71   Niusha Mancilla (BOL) 2:08.53
1500 metres   Adoración García (ESP) 4:22.37   Niusha Mancilla (BOL) 4:25.25   Valeria Rodríguez (ARG) 4:27.41
3000 metres   Nora Rocha (MEX) 9:28.12   Margarita Tapia (MEX) 9:29.61   Bertha Sánchez (COL) 9:34.99
5000 metres   Adriana Fernández (MEX) 16:25.25   América Mateos (MEX) 16:26.81   Lucélia Peres (BRA) 16:45.25
100 metres hurdles   Maíla Machado (BRA) 13.15   Gilvaneide de Oliveira (BRA) 13.46   Princesa Oliveros (COL) 13.53
400 metres hurdles   Isabel Silva (BRA) 56.99   Princesa Oliveros (COL) 57.37   Yvonne Harrison (PUR) 58.22
3000 metres steeplechase   Michelle Costa (BRA) 10:36.47 CR   Érika Olivera (CHI) 10:48.75   Mónica Amboya (ECU) 11:02.68
4×100 metres relay   Brazil (BRA)
Thatiana Ignácio
Rosemar Coelho Neto
Lucimar de Moura
Kátia de Jesus Santos
44.28   Colombia (COL)
Melissa Murillo
Mirtha Brock
Felipa Palacios
Norma González
44.44 Only two teams started
4×400 metres relay   Brazil (BRA)
Lucimar Teodoro
Geisa Coutinho
Claudete Alves Pina
Maria Laura Almirao
3:33.13   Colombia (COL)
Felipa Palacios
Mirtha Brock
Princesa Oliveros
Norma González
3:33.35   Puerto Rico (PUR)
Beatriz Cruz
Militza Castro
Sandra Moya
Yvonne Harrison
3:34.26
20,000 m track walk   Aura Morales (MEX) 1:36:58 CR   Geovana Irusta (BOL) 1:37:32   Francisca Martínez (MEX) 1:38:28
High jump   Juana Arrendel (DOM) 1.87 m   Luciane Dambacher (BRA) 1.84 m   Thais de Andrade (BRA) 1.81 m
Pole vault   Alejandra García (ARG) 4.25 m   Karla da Silva (BRA) 4.00 m   Alina Alló (ARG) 3.90 m
Long jump   Maurren Maggi (BRA) 6.97 m CR   Yesenia Rivera (PUR) 6.33 m   Yudelkis Fernández (CUB) 6.10 m
Triple jump   Mabel Gay (CUB) 14.18 m   Jennifer Arveláez (VEN) 13.65 m   Luciana dos Santos (BRA) 13.53 m
Shot put   Yumileidi Cumbá (CUB) 18.87 m   Martina de la Puente (ESP) 17.20 m   Elisângela Adriano (BRA) 16.63 m
Discus throw   Elisângela Adriano (BRA) 58.20 m   Yania Ferrales (CUB) 57.63 m   Luz Dary Castro (COL) 53.91 m
Hammer throw   Vânia Silva (POR) 65.02 m CR   Aldenay Vasallo (CUB) 63.75 m   Dolores Pedrares (ESP) 61.83 m
Javelin throw   Sabina Moya (COL) 62.62 m   Xiomara Rivero (CUB) 61.41 m   Marta Míguez (ESP) 58.06 m
Heptathlon   Yuleidis Limonta (CUB) 5593 pts   Elizete da Silva (BRA) 5288 pts   Anabella von Kesselstatt (ARG) 5237 pts
  • Note: The results for the women's pole vault listed by GBR Athletics conflict with those of the official report. Puerto Rico's Michelle Vélez is listed as joint bronze medallist, but she finished fourth on countback.[8][9]

Medal table

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Brazilian Maurren Maggi's record in the long jump was a highlight.
 
Ecuador's first Olympic champion Jefferson Pérez won a race walk gold medal.

  *   Host nation (Guatemala)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Brazil (BRA)15131038
2  Cuba (CUB)86216
3  Mexico (MEX)54211
4  Colombia (COL)43613
5  Spain (ESP)33410
6  Argentina (ARG)3058
7  Dominican Republic (DOM)2002
8  Portugal (POR)1315
9  Chile (CHI)1146
10  Uruguay (URU)1102
11  Ecuador (ECU)1012
12  Venezuela (VEN)0426
13  Puerto Rico (PUR)0347
14  Bolivia (BOL)0213
15  Guatemala (GUA)*0112
Totals (15 entries)444443131
  • Note: The medal table in the official 2010 report by RFEA incorrectly lists Argentina as having won a silver medal in the women's section. It also states that Venezuela gained one more men's bronze medal than it did (José Carabalí had the same 200 m time as the bronze medalist but was ranked fourth).[3]

Participation

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Of the twenty-eight member nations of the Asociación Iberoamericana de Atletismo twenty-one sent delegations to the competition. None of the six African members took part. All the original 22 founding member nations were present with the sole exception of Paraguay. A total of 312 athletes participated at the event.[10]

References

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  1. ^ Campeonato Iberamericano[usurped]. CONSUDATLE. Retrieved on 2012-01-10.
  2. ^ Biscayart, Eduardo (2002-05-10). Guatemala gets ready for the 10th Edition of the Ibero-American Championships. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-01-10.
  3. ^ a b El Atletismo Ibero-Americano - San Fernando 2010 Archived 2011-11-23 at the Wayback Machine (pg. 180). RFEA. Retrieved on 2012-01-10.
  4. ^ a b Biscayart, Eduardo (2002-05-13). Brazil takes overall victory in Guatemala. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-01-10.
  5. ^ Biscayart, Eduardo (2002-05-12). Maggi's 6.97 leap assists Brazil's dominance of first day in Guatemala. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-01-10.
  6. ^ El Atletismo Ibero-Americano - San Fernando 2010 Archived 2011-11-23 at the Wayback Machine. RFEA. Retrieved on 2012-01-10.
  7. ^ a b El Atletismo Ibero-Americano - San Fernando 2010 Archived 2011-11-23 at the Wayback Machine (pgs. 173). RFEA. Retrieved on 2012-01-10.
  8. ^ a b c Ibero American Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2012-01-10.
  9. ^ El Atletismo Ibero-Americano - San Fernando 2010 Archived 2011-11-23 at the Wayback Machine (pgs. 178). RFEA. Retrieved on 2012-01-10.
  10. ^ El Atletismo Ibero-Americano - San Fernando 2010 Archived 2011-11-23 at the Wayback Machine (pg. 214). RFEA. Retrieved on 2012-01-10.
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