1997 South American Cross Country Championships

1997 South American Cross Country Championships
1997 South American Cross Country Championships
Organisers	CONSUDATLE
Edition	12th
Date	February 22–23
Host city	Comodoro Rivadavia, Chubut, Argentina
Venue	Santa Lucía Golf Club
Events	6
Distances	12 km – Senior men ; 8 km – Junior men (U20) ; 4 km – Youth men (U17) ; 6 km – Senior women; 4 km – Junior women (U20) ; 3 km – Youth women (U17)
Participation	82 + 1 guest athletes from ; 6 + 1 guest nations
	← 1996 Asunción 1998 Artur Nogueira →

The 1997 South American Cross Country Championships took place on February 22–23, 1997. The races were held at the Santa Lucía Golf Club in Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentina.^[1]

Complete results,^[1] results for junior and youth competitions,^[2] and medal winners^[3] were published.

Medallists

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Individual
Senior men (12 km)	Elenilson da Silva Brazil	38:01	Herder Vásquez Colombia	38:03	Leonardo Vieira Guedes Brazil	38:23
Junior (U20) men (8 km)	André Pereira da Silva Brazil	6:52	Jonatann Moraes Matos Brazil	26:53	Paulo Roberto de Almeida Paula Brazil	26:53
Youth (U17) men (4 km)	Jeferson de Souza Sá Brazil	13:22	Leonardo Milani Argentina	13:28	Pedro Herrera Argentina	13:33
Senior women (6 km)	Stella Castro Colombia	21:18	Érika Olivera Chile	21:31	Nadir Sabino de Siqueira Brazil	21:56
Junior (U20) women (4 km)	Fabiana Cristine da Silva Brazil	14:26	Valquíria Silva Santos Brazil	14:36	Bertha Sánchez Colombia	14:57
Youth (U17) women (3 km)	Fabiani da Silva Brazil	11:38	Natalia Domínguez Argentina	11:58	Miriam Valdez Argentina	12:08
Team
Senior men	Brazil	8	Colombia	13	Argentina	24
Junior (U20) men	Brazil	6	Argentina	23	Chile	23
Youth (U17) men	Argentina	6
Senior women	Brazil	15	Chile	15	Colombia	17
Junior (U20) women	Chile	32
Youth (U17) women	Argentina	6

Race results

Senior men's race (12 km)

Individual race
Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	Elenilson da Silva	Brazil	38:01
	Herder Vásquez	Colombia	38:03
	Leonardo Vieira Guedes	Brazil	38:23
4	Benedito Donizetti Gomes	Brazil	38:23
5	Elias Rodrigues Bastos	Brazil	38:29
6	José Teles de Souza	Brazil	38:31
7	Jacinto Navarrete	Colombia	38:38
8	Sérgio Correa Couto	Brazil	38:55
9	William Vásquez	Colombia	39:05
10	Mauricio Ladino	Colombia	39:06
11	Rubén Álvarez	Argentina	39:17
12	Zenón Patiño	Argentina	39:24
13	Julián Berrío	Colombia	39:33
14	José Montenegro	Argentina	39:48
15	Antonio Ibañez	Argentina	40:04
16	Iván Noms	Argentina	40:15
17	Oscar Raimo	Argentina	40:17
18	José Chacón	Argentina	43:31
—	Leonardo Malgor	Argentina	DNF

Teams

Rank

Team

Points

Brazil

Elenilson da Silva	1
Leonardo Vieira Guedes	3
Benedito Donizetti Gomes	4
(Elias Rodrigues Bastos)	(n/s)
(José Teles de Souza)	(n/s)
(Sérgio Correa Couto)	(n/s)

8

Colombia

Herder Vásquez	2
Jacinto Navarrete	5
William Vásquez	6
(Mauricio Ladino)	(n/s)
(Julián Berrío)	(n/s)

13

Argentina

Rubén Álvarez	7
Zenón Patiño	8
José Montenegro	9
(Antonio Ibañez)	(n/s)
(Iván Noms)	(n/s)
(Oscar Raimo)	(n/s)
(José Chacón)	(n/s)
(Leonardo Malgor)	(DNF)

24

Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result. (n/s: nonscorer)

Junior (U20) men's race (8 km)

Individual race
Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	André Pereira da Silva	Brazil	6:52
	Jonatann Moraes Matos	Brazil	26:53
	Paulo Roberto de Almeida Paula	Brazil	26:53
4	Luiz Fernando de Almeida Paula	Brazil	26:55
5	Gustavo Nicolás Pereira	Uruguay	26:57
6	Carlos Barrientos	Paraguay	27:03
7	Karin Marin	Chile	27:11
8	Javier Carriqueo	Argentina	27:15
9	Cristian Hidalgo	Chile	27:18
10	Juan Carlos de Bastos	Argentina	27:19
11	Cristóbal Valenzuela	Argentina	27:23
12	Oscar Mesa	Paraguay	27:46
13	Francisco Salcedo	Chile	27:52
14	Simón Veuthey	Argentina	28:05
15	Roberto Carrizo	Argentina	28:06
16	Angelo Álvarez	Chile	28:29
17	Alejandro Godoy	Argentina	28:42
18	Lucas Panadero	Paraguay	29:16
—	Alejandro Rivera	Paraguay	DNF

Teams

Rank

Team

Points

Brazil

André Pereira da Silva	1
Jonatann Moraes Matos	2
Paulo Roberto de Almeida Paula	3
(Luiz Fernando de Almeida Paula)	(n/s)

6

Argentina

Javier Carriqueo	6
Juan Carlos de Bastos	8
Cristóbal Valenzuela	9
(Simón Veuthey)	(n/s)
(Roberto Carrizo)	(n/s)
(Alejandro Godoy)	(n/s)

23

Chile

Karin Marin	5
Cristian Hidalgo	7
Francisco Salcedo	11
(Angelo Álvarez)	(n/s)

23

4

Paraguay

Carlos Barrientos	4
Oscar Mesa	10
Lucas Panadero	12
(Alejandro Rivera)	(DNF)

27

Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result. (n/s: nonscorer)

Youth (U17) men's race (4 km)

Individual race
Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	Jeferson de Souza Sá	Brazil	13:22
	Leonardo Milani	Argentina	13:28
	Pedro Herrera	Argentina	13:33
4	Enrique Veuthey	Argentina	13:45
5	Diego Bastia	Argentina	14:02

Teams

Rank

Team

Points

Argentina

Leonardo Milani	1
Pedro Herrera	2
Enrique Veuthey	3
(Diego Bastia)	(n/s)

6

Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result. (n/s: nonscorer)

Senior women's race (6 km)

Individual race
Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	Stella Castro	Colombia	21:18
	Érika Olivera	Chile	21:31
	Nadir Sabino de Siqueira	Brazil	21:56
4	Flor Venegas	Chile	22:03
5	Maria Justina Santos Santana	Brazil	22:14
6	María Eugenia Rodríguez	Colombia	22:27
7	Berenice Dias de Meira	Brazil	22:31
8	Lelys Salazar	Argentina	22:33
9	Rizoneide Wanderley	Brazil	22:33
10	Leontina Céspedes	Chile	22:50
11	Esneda Londoño	Colombia	22:53
12	María de los Ángeles Peralta	Argentina	22:58
—	Ines Eppers	United States	22:59
13	Nélida Vivas	Argentina	23:03
14	Susana Rebolledo	Chile	23:47
15	Sandra Ávila	Argentina	24:05
16	Stella Jerez	Argentina	24:53
17	Silvia Antúnez	Argentina	25:10

Teams

Rank

Team

Points

Brazil

Nadir Sabino de Siqueira	3
Maria Justina Santos Santana	5
Berenice Dias de Meira	7
(Rizoneide Wanderley)	(n/s)

15

Chile

Érika Olivera	2
Flor Venegas	4
Leontina Céspedes	9
(Susana Rebolledo)	(n/s)

15

Colombia

Stella Castro	1
María Eugenia Rodríguez	6
Esneda Londoño	10

17

4

Argentina

Lelys Salazar	8
María de los Ángeles Peralta	11
Nélida Vivas	12
(Sandra Ávila)	(n/s)
(Stella Jerez)	(n/s)
(Silvia Antúnez)	(n/s)

31

Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result. (n/s: nonscorer)

Junior (U20) women's race (4 km)

Individual race
Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	Fabiana Cristine da Silva	Brazil	14:26
	Valquíria Silva Santos	Brazil	14:36
	Bertha Sánchez	Colombia	14:57
4	Erika Abril	Colombia	15:08
5	Vanesa Maraviglia	Argentina	15:18
6	Ana Joaquina Rondón	Colombia	15:22
7	Karin Salcedo	Chile	15:29
8	Isabel Aparecida Boldo	Brazil	15:34
9	Ana Costa do Nascimento	Brazil	15:38
10	Mariela Davico	Argentina	15:44
11	Vanesa Davico	Argentina	15:50
12	Claudia Salcedo	Chile	16:11
13	Mabel Valenzuela	Chile	16:15
14	Claudia Cornejo	Chile	16:34
15	Romina Novaretti	Argentina	16:44
16	Teresa Avila	Argentina	16:54
17	Olga Santomingo	Argentina	16:59

Teams

Rank

Team

Points

4

Chile

32

Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result. (n/s: nonscorer)

Youth (U17) women's race (3 km)

Individual race
Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	Fabiani da Silva	Brazil	11:38
	Natalia Domínguez	Argentina	11:58
	Miriam Valdez	Argentina	12:08
4	Adriana Tapia	Argentina	12:15
5	Luciana de Esteban	Argentina	12:16

Teams

Rank

Team

Points

Argentina

Natalia Domínguez	1
Miriam Valdez	2
Adriana Tapia	3
(Luciana de Esteban)	(n/s)

6

Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result. (n/s: nonscorer)

Medal table (unofficial)

* Host nation (Argentina)

Note: Totals include both individual and team medals, with medals in the team competition counting as one medal.

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 82 athletes (+ 1 guest) from 6 countries (+ 1 guest country) participated.

Argentina (34)
Brazil (20)
Chile (12)
Colombia (11)
Paraguay (4)
Uruguay (1)

Guest country:

United States (1)

References

^ ^a ^b CAMPEONATO SUDAMERICANO DE CROSS COUNTRY (in Spanish), Confederación Atlética del Uruguay, archived from the original on January 4, 2014, retrieved January 11, 2014
^ Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas (December 1, 2012), SOUTH AMERICAN CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS - SAXC - 1997 Comodoro Rivadavia ARG Feb 22-23, World Junior Athletics History (WJAH), archived from the original on January 12, 2014, retrieved January 11, 2014
^ SOUTH AMERICAN CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved January 11, 2014

External links

GBRathletics

[uru_01-1] CAMPEONATO SUDAMERICANO DE CROSS COUNTRY (in Spanish), Confederación Atlética del Uruguay, archived from the original on January 4, 2014, retrieved January 11, 2014

[wjah_01-2] Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas (December 1, 2012), SOUTH AMERICAN CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS - SAXC - 1997 Comodoro Rivadavia ARG Feb 22-23, World Junior Athletics History (WJAH), archived from the original on January 12, 2014, retrieved January 11, 2014

[gbr_01-3] SOUTH AMERICAN CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved January 11, 2014

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v t e Championships of the South American Athletics Confederation
Outdoor (records) Indoor Cross Country Race Walking Marathon Half Marathon Road Mile Mountain Running Under-23 Under-20 Under-18
Senior*	1918U 1919 1920 1922U 1924 1926 1927 1929 1931 1931U 1933 1935 1937 1939 1941 1943 1945 1946U 1947 1948U 1949 1950U 1952 1953U 1954 1956 1957U 1958 1961 1963 1965 1967 1969 1971 1974 1975 1977 1979 1981 1983 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2006 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023
Indoor	2020 2022 2024
Under-23	2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2021 2022 2024
Under-20	1959 1960 1961 1962 1964 1966 1968 1970 1972 1974 1976 1978 1980 1981 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2024
Under-18	1973 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2021 2022 2024
Race Walking	1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2017 2018 2020 2022 2024
Cross Country	1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023
^* U = Unofficial Outdoor Championships · See also: Athletics at the South American Games

Medallists

Race results

Senior men's race (12 km)

Junior (U20) men's race (8 km)

Youth (U17) men's race (4 km)

Senior women's race (6 km)

Junior (U20) women's race (4 km)

Youth (U17) women's race (3 km)

Medal table (unofficial)

Participation

See also

References

External links