1994 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics

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VI Ibero-American Championships
1994 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics logo.png
Dates27 – 30 October
Host cityMar del Plata, Argentina
VenueEstadio José María Minella
Events42
Participation346 athletes from
22 nations
Records set4 championship records

The 1994 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics (Spanish: VI Campeonato Iberoamericano de Atletismo) was the sixth edition of the international athletics competition between Ibero-American nations which was held at the Estadio José María Minella in Mar del Plata, Argentina from 27–30 October.[1]

The competition marked the inauguration of a newly built track at the host stadium, which was part of Mar del Plata's developments for the 1995 Pan American Games. Due to its late scheduling in the annual track and field season, the competition did not attract some of the region's top athletes – Cuba, Portugal and Spain all sent less than full strength delegations. As a result, Brazil topped the medal table for the second time in Ibero-American history, taking eleven gold medals and 32 in total. Cuba were the next best performers with eight golds in their haul of 20 medals, while Colombia came third, having won seven events and 17 medals overall. The hosts, Argentina, were fourth with four golds and fifteen medals in total.[2]

Four new championship records were set at the 1994 edition. Ronaldo da Costa improved the men's 5000 metres record, but was beaten in the 10,000 metres by Armando Quintanilla, who took over half a minute off the previous record. Andrés Charadía bettered a men's hammer throw record, while María Eugenia Villamizar set a new standard in the inaugural women's hammer event.[3] Sueli dos Santos won the women's javelin with a South American record throw, but this mark was later removed as she was disqualified for doping.[2]

Outside of these performances, the standard of competition was lower than at previous editions. Carlos Gats won the men's 100 metres with a slow, wind-assisted time of 10.50 seconds to become the first Argentine to win an international 100 m race since Gerardo Bönnhoff in 1947. Sebastián Keitel of Chile completed a men's 200/400 m double, while Colombia's Ximena Restrepo achieved the same feat and also won in both relays, taking four gold medals from the championships. Andrea Ávila won golds in the women's long jump and triple jump and went on to medal in both the horizontal jumps at the 1995 Pan American Games. Brazilian Silvana Pereira also won two golds, taking the titles in both the long-distance track events.

Medal summary[]

Men[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres
(Wind: +3.3 m/s)
 Carlos Gats (ARG) 10.50 w   (MEX) 10.52 w  Jorge Aguilera (CUB) 10.56 w
200 metres  Sebastián Keitel (CHI) 20.43  Carlos Gats (ARG) 20.51   (CUB) 20.61
400 metres  Sebastián Keitel (CHI) 46.72   (BRA) 47.50   (ARG) 47.88
800 metres  José de Oliveira (BRA) 1:49.49  Pablo Squella (CHI) 1:49.50   (BRA) 1:49.91
1500 metres   (VEN) 3:54.04   (CUB) 3:54.17   (ESP) 3:54.22
5000 metres  Ronaldo da Costa (BRA) 13:47.99 CR  Martín Pitayo (MEX) 13:50.31  Raimundo Santos (POR) 13:51.15
10,000 metres  Armando Quintanilla (MEX) 28:06.88 CR  Ronaldo da Costa (BRA) 28:18.26   (MEX) 28:24.03
110 m hurdles  Erik Batte (CUB) 14.31  Walmes de Souza (BRA) 14.33  Miguel de los Santos (ESP) 14.47
400 m hurdles  Everson Teixeira (BRA) 49.76   (MEX) 50.31  Eronilde de Araújo (BRA) 50.36
3000 m steeplechase   (ESP) 8:35.03   (MEX) 8:36.81   (ESP) 8:41.22
4×100 m relay  Cuba (CUB)
Jorge Aguilera

Andrés Simón
Joel Lamela
39.99  Brazil (BRA)


Claudinei da Silva
Walmes de Souza
40.53  Colombia (COL)



40.79
4×400 m relay  Brazil (BRA)

Clóvis Fernandes

Eronilde de Araújo
3:06.54  Mexico (MEX)
Raymundo Escalante

Luis Karim Toledo
Alejandro Cárdenas
3:07.75  Colombia (COL)

Llimi Rivas

3:08.24
20,000 m walk  Daniel García (MEX) 1:21:19.92  Querubín Moreno (COL) 1:21:37.17  Héctor Moreno (COL) 1:21:49.90
High jump  Gilmar Mayo (COL) 2.32 m  Marino Drake (CUB) 2.26 m   (ARG) 2.20 m
Pole vault  Nuno Fernandes (POR) 5.15 m   (CUB) 5.10 m   (ESP) 5.00 m
Long jump  Jaime Jefferson (CUB) 7.82 m (w)   (BRA) 7.77 m  Rogelio Sáenz (MEX) 7.73 m (w)
Triple jump  Anísio Silva (BRA) 16.66 m   (CUB) 16.39 m (w)   (ECU) 15.98 m
Shot put  Gert Weil (CHI) 19.30 m  Manuel Martínez (ESP) 18.70 m   (BRA) 17.77 m
Discus throw  Ramón Jiménez Gaona (PAR) 60.42 m   (BRA) 59.20 m  Marcelo Pugliese (ARG) 59.18 m
Hammer throw  Andrés Charadía (ARG) 70.80 m CR   (MEX) 67.74 m  Eladio Hernández (CUB) 66.90 m
Javelin throw  Luis Lucumí (COL) 75.40 m  Julián Sotelo (ESP) 73.88 m   (MEX) 69.36 m
Decathlon  Mário Aníbal (POR) 7431 pts (w)  Miguel Valle (CUB) 7340 pts (w)   (BRA) 7072 pts (w)

Women[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres  Cleide Amaral (BRA) 11.66  Mirtha Brock (COL) 11.78   (CHI) 11.89
200 metres
(Wind: +4.4 m/s)
 Ximena Restrepo (COL) 23.07 w   (CHI) 23.69 w  Kátia Regina de Jesus Santos (BRA) 23.77 w
400 metres  Ximena Restrepo (COL) 52.69  Odalmis Limonta (CUB) 54.54   (COL) 55.33
800 metres   (BRA) 2:06.26  Odalmis Limonta (CUB) 2:07.26  Marta Orellana (ARG) 2:07.29
1500 metres   (BRA) 4:28.50   (MEX) 4:30.20   (ARG) 4:35.84
3000 metres  Silvana Pereira (BRA) 9:14.53   (MEX) 9:17.19  Yesenia Centeno (CUB) 9:21.55
10,000 metres  Silvana Pereira (BRA) 33:29.60   (MEX) 33:48.32   (COL) 34:04.27
100 m hurdles
(Wind: +3.3 m/s)
  (CUB) 13.81 w   (ARG) 13.90 w   (CHI) 14.01 w
400 m hurdles  Odalys Hernández (CUB) 57.89   (COL) 59.09   (BRA) 59.21
4×100 m relay  Colombia (COL)

Ximena Restrepo
Patricia Rodríguez
Mirtha Brock
44.87  Brazil (BRA)
Cleide Amaral
Kátia Regina de Jesus Santos

46.03  Chile (CHI)



46.22
4×400 m relay  Colombia (COL)
Patricia Rodríguez


Ximena Restrepo
3:35.35  Brazil (BRA)
Maria Magnólia Figueiredo


3:38.61  Chile (CHI)



3:41.40
10,000 m walk  Francisca Martínez (MEX) 47:01.80  Miriam Ramón (ECU) 47:01.83   (COL) 47:06.76
High jump   (CUB) 1.75 m  Luciane Dambacher (BRA) 1.75 m   (BRA) 1.75 m
Long jump  Andrea Ávila (ARG) 6.58 m  Luciana dos Santos (BRA) 6.18 m  Alejandra García (ARG) 6.13 m
Triple jump  Andrea Ávila (ARG) 13.18 m  Luciana dos Santos (BRA) 12.90 m (w)  Maria de Souza (BRA) 12.86 m (w)
Shot put   (CUB) 17.33 m  Elisângela Adriano (BRA) 16.77 m  Margarita Ramos (ESP) 16.39 m
Discus throw  Teresa Machado (POR) 61.20 m  Liliana Martinelli (ARG) 56.18 m   (BRA) 54.06 m
Hammer throw  María Eugenia Villamizar (COL) 55.70 m CR   (ARG) 51.66 m  Karina Moya (ARG) 50.56 m
Javelin throw  Sueli dos Santos (BRA) 65.96 m  Sonia Bisset (CUB) 57.70 m   (ESP) 49.90 m
Heptathlon   (CUB) 5370 pts   (COL) 5234 pts  Inma Clopés (ESP) 5173 pts
  • = Sueli dos Santos's javelin throw of 65.96 m was a championship and South American record, but this was later annulled due to a doping infraction in the months following the tournament. The Ibero-American Athletic Association did not retrospectively adjust or re-issue the women's javelin medals.[2]

Medal table[]

  *   Host nation (Argentina)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Brazil1112932
2 Cuba88420
3 Colombia74617
4 Argentina*44715
5 Mexico39214
6 Chile3249
7 Portugal3014
8 Spain12710
9 Paraguay1001
 Venezuela1001
11 Ecuador0123
Totals (11 nations)424242126

Participation[]

Twenty-two nations of the Asociación Iberoamericana de Atletismo sent delegations to the 1994 championships. A total of 346 athletes took part in the competition.[4] However, only 299 participating athletes were counted by analysing the official result list.[5] The higher number probably contains coaches and/or officials registered for the event.

References[]

  1. ^ Campeonato Iberamericano Archived 2011-07-25 at the Wayback Machine. CONSUDATLE. Retrieved on 2011-12-02.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c El Atletismo Ibero-Americano - San Fernando 2010 (pgs. 129–140). RFEA. Retrieved on 2011-12-02.
  3. ^ Ibero American Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2011-12-02.
  4. ^ El Atletismo Ibero-Americano - San Fernando 2010 (pg. 214). RFEA. Retrieved on 2012-01-08.
  5. ^ Mansilla, Ignacio (May 2010), "MAR DEL PLATA - 1994 - RESULTADOS - VI CAMPEONATOS IBEROAMERICANOS - Mar del Plata (Estadio Municipal Teodoro Bronzini) - 27-30 Octubre 1994", EL ATLETISMO IBEROAMERICANO (PDF) (in Spanish) (4th ed.), Real Federación Española de Atletismo, pp. 131–140, ISBN 84-87704-77-8, retrieved 14 March 2015
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