1996 South American Cross Country Championships

1996 South American Cross Country Championships
1996 South American Cross Country Championships
Organisers	CONSUDATLE
Edition	11th
Date	February 24–25
Host city	Asunción, Paraguay
Venue	Club Mbiguá
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	108 athletes from ; 7 nations
	← 1995 Cali 1997 Comodoro Rivadavia → ;

The 1996 South American Cross Country Championships took place on February 24–25, 1996. The races were held at the Club Mbiguá in Asunción, Paraguay.^[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)	Colombia	38:19	Brazil	38:27	Brazil	38:45
Junior (U20) men (8 km)	Brazil	25:54	Marilson Gomes dos Santos Brazil	26:09	Hudson Santos de Souza Brazil	26:20
Youth (U17) men (4 km)	Argentina	13:35	Argentina	13:42	Argentina	13:48
Senior women (6 km)	Colombia	21:43	Érika Olivera Chile	21:51	Brazil	21:52
Junior (U20) women (4 km)	Bertha Sánchez Colombia	14:21	Fabiana Cristine da Silva Brazil	14:33	Brazil	14:56
Youth (U17) women (3 km)	Argentina	11:04	Argentina	11:22	Uruguay	11:42
Team
Senior men	Brazil	17	Colombia	21	Argentina	40
Junior (U20) men	Brazil	6	Argentina	18	Colombia	24
Youth (U17) men	Argentina	6	Paraguay	15
Senior women	Brazil	8	Argentina	13	Paraguay	24
Junior (U20) women	Brazil	11	Colombia	15	Argentina	20
Youth (U17) women	Argentina	6	Paraguay	15

Race results[]

Senior men's race (12 km)[]

Individual race
Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
		Colombia	38:19
		Brazil	38:27
		Brazil	38:45
4		Colombia	39:01
5	Elenilson da Silva	Brazil	39:09
6		Colombia	39:13
7	Eder Moreno Fialho	Brazil	39:22
8		Argentina	39:25
9		Argentina	39:40
10	William Roldán	Colombia	39:51
11		Brazil	40:04
12	Oscar Cortínez	Argentina	40:20
13		Argentina	40:27
14	Néstor García	Uruguay	40:45
15		Argentina	41:11
16		Argentina	42:28
17		Paraguay	44:25
18		Uruguay	45:33
19		Uruguay	45:40
20		Uruguay	46:28
21	Ramón Aranda	Paraguay	48:06
22		Paraguay	48:14
23		Paraguay	49:44
24		Paraguay	51:09
—		Argentina	DNF
—	Porfirio Méndez	Paraguay	DNF
—		Paraguay	DNF
—		Argentina	DNF

Teams

Rank

Team

Points

Brazil

	2
	3
Elenilson da Silva	5
Eder Moreno Fialho	7
()	(n/s)

17

Colombia

	1
	4
	6
William Roldán	10

21

Argentina

	8
	9
Oscar Cortínez	11
	12
()	(n/s)
()	(n/s)
()	(DNF)
()	(DNF)

40

4

Uruguay

Néstor García	13
	15
	16
	17

61

5

Paraguay

	14
Ramón Aranda	18
	19
	20
()	(n/s)
(Porfirio Méndez)	(DNF)
()	(DNF)

71

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
		Brazil	25:54
	Marilson Gomes dos Santos	Brazil	26:09
	Hudson Santos de Souza	Brazil	26:20
4		Argentina	26:28
5		Colombia	26:45
6		Brazil	26:57
7		Argentina	27:12
8		Paraguay	27:15
9	Cristóbal Valenzuela	Argentina	27:32
10		Colombia	27:37
11		Argentina	27:50
12		Uruguay	28:01
13		Colombia	28:19
14		Uruguay	28:23
15		Paraguay	28:33
16		Argentina	29:18
17		Paraguay	31:28
18		Paraguay	31:55
19		Paraguay	32:58
—		Paraguay	DNF

Teams

Rank

Team

Points

Brazil

	1
Marilson Gomes dos Santos	2
Hudson Santos de Souza	3
()	(n/s)

6

Argentina

	4
	6
Cristóbal Valenzuela	8
()	(n/s)
()	(n/s)

18

Colombia

	5
	9
	10

24

4

Paraguay

	7
	11
	12
()	(n/s)
()	(n/s)
()	(DNF)

30

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

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

Individual race
Rank	Country	Time
	Argentina	13:35
	Argentina	13:42
	Argentina	13:48
4	Argentina	14:06
5	Paraguay	14:16
6	Argentina	14:57
7	Paraguay	15:13
8	Paraguay	15:37
9	Paraguay	15:50
10	Paraguay	15:51
11	Paraguay	16:53

Teams

Rank

Team

Points

Argentina

	1
	2
	3
()	(n/s)
()	(n/s)

6

Paraguay

	4
	5
	6
()	(n/s)
()	(n/s)
()	(n/s)

15

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
		Colombia	21:43
	Érika Olivera	Chile	21:51
		Brazil	21:52
4	Verónica Páez	Argentina	22:13
5		Brazil	22:24
6		Brazil	22:30
7		Colombia	22:53
8		Argentina	22:59
9		Brazil	23:14
10		Argentina	23:23
11		Argentina	23:33
12		Argentina	24:05
13		Paraguay	24:11
14		Paraguay	24:55
15		Paraguay	25:47
16		Uruguay	25:50
17		Paraguay	27:13
18		Paraguay	27:41
19		Paraguay	27:57
—		Uruguay	DNF

Teams

Rank

Team

Points

Brazil

	1
	3
	4
()	(n/s)

8

Argentina

Verónica Páez	2
	5
	6
()	(n/s)
()	(n/s)

13

Paraguay

	7
	8
	9
()	(n/s)
()	(n/s)
()	(n/s)

24

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
	Bertha Sánchez	Colombia	14:21
	Fabiana Cristine da Silva	Brazil	14:33
		Brazil	14:56
4		Colombia	14:58
5	María de los Ángeles Peralta	Argentina	15:01
6		Brazil	15:09
7		Argentina	15:10
8		Brazil	15:19
9		Argentina	15:22
10		Ecuador	15:27
11	Yolanda Fernández	Colombia	15:29
12		Argentina	15:46
13		Ecuador	16:09
14		Ecuador	16:19
15		Argentina	16:36
16		Paraguay	17:16
17		Paraguay	18:49
18	Miriam Rodríguez	Paraguay	19:49
19		Paraguay	20:19

Teams

Rank

Team

Points

Brazil

Fabiana Cristine da Silva	2
	3
	6
()	(n/s)

11

Colombia

Bertha Sánchez	1
	4
Yolanda Fernández	10

15

Argentina

María de los Ángeles Peralta	5
	7
	8
()	(n/s)
()	(n/s)

20

4

Ecuador

	9
	11
	12

32

5

Paraguay

	13
	14
Miriam Rodríguez	15
()	(n/s)

42

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

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

Individual race
Rank	Country	Time
	Argentina	11:04
	Argentina	11:22
	Uruguay	11:42
4	Argentina	11:50
5	Argentina	11:59
6	Argentina	12:32
7	Paraguay	13:11
8	Paraguay	13:36
9	Paraguay	15:35
—	Argentina	DNF

Teams

Rank

Team

Points

Argentina

	1
	2
	3
()	(n/s)
()	(n/s)
()	(DNF)

6

Paraguay

	4
	5
	6

15

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

Medal table (unofficial)[]

* Host nation (Paraguay)


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Brazil	5	3	4	12
2	Argentina	4	4	3	11
3	Colombia	3	2	1	6
4	Paraguay*	0	2	1	3
5	Chile	0	1	0	1
6	Uruguay	0	0	1	1
Totals (6 nations)		12	12	10	34

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

Participation[]

According to an unofficial count, 108 athletes from 7 countries participated.

Argentina (34)
Brazil (17)
Chile (1)

Colombia (12)
Ecuador (3)

Paraguay (32)
Uruguay (9)

References[]

^ ^a ^b CAMPEONATO SUDAMERICANO DE CROSS COUNTRY (in Spanish), Confederación Atlética del Uruguay, retrieved January 11, 2014^{[permanent dead link]}
^ Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas (December 1, 2012), SOUTH AMERICAN CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS - SAXC - 1996 Asuncion PAR Feb 24-25, 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, retrieved January 11, 2014^{[permanent dead link]}

[wjah_01-2] Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas (December 1, 2012), SOUTH AMERICAN CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS - SAXC - 1996 Asuncion PAR Feb 24-25, 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 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
Indoor	2020 2022
Under-23	2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2021
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
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
Race Walking	2001 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014
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
^* U = Unofficial Outdoor Championships · See also: Athletics at the South American Games

1996 South American Cross Country Championships

Contents

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[]