2003 South American Cross Country Championships

2003 South American Cross Country Championships
2003 South American Cross Country Championships
Organisers	CONSUDATLE
Edition	18th
Date	February 22–23
Host city	Asunción, Paraguay
Venue
Events	8
Distances	12 km – Senior men ; 4 km – Men's short ; 8 km – Junior men (U20) ; 4 km – Youth men (U18) ; 8 km – Senior women; 4 km – Women's short ; 6 km – Junior women (U20) ; 3 km – Youth women (U18)
Participation	95 athletes from ; 8 nations
	← 2002 Santa Cruz de la Sierra 2004 Macaé → ;

The 2003 South American Cross Country Championships took place on February 22–23, 2003. The races were held at the in Asunción, Paraguay.^[1]

Complete results,^[1]^[2]^[3] results for junior and youth competitions,^[4] and medal winners^[5] were published.

Medallists[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Individual
Senior men (12 km)	Colombia	39:34	Jonathan Monje Chile	39:55	Roberto Echeverría Chile	40:00
Men's short (4 km)	Brazil	12:12	Argentina	12:19	Jonathan Monje Chile	12:22
Junior (U20) men (8 km)	Argentina	27:53	Perú	27:53	Argentina	28:01
Youth (U18) men (4 km)	Colombia	13:17	Chile	13:17	Argentina	13:30
Senior women (8 km)	Chile	31:13	Chile	31:25	Érika Olivera Chile	31:32
Women's short (4 km)	Argentina	14:16	Chile	14:27	Chile	14:28
Junior (U20) women (6 km)	Colombia	22:56	Brazil	23:31	Argentina	23:48
Youth (U18) women (3 km)	Colombia	11:36	Perú	11:39	Bolivia	11:50
Team
Senior men	Chile	10	Argentina	21	Paraguay	33
Men's short	Chile	12	Argentina	17	Paraguay	30
Junior (U20) men	Argentina	11	Paraguay	31
Youth (U18) men	Argentina	12	Paraguay	28
Senior women	Chile	6	Argentina	18	Paraguay	30
Women's short	Chile	9	Argentina	14	Paraguay	31
Junior (U20) women	Argentina	12	Paraguay	24
Youth (U18) women	Argentina	24	Paraguay	32

Race results[]

Senior men's race (12 km)[]

Individual race
Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
		Colombia	39:34
	Jonathan Monje	Chile	39:55
	Roberto Echeverría	Chile	40:00
4		Bolivia	40:19
5		Chile	40:20
6		Argentina	41:09
7	Juan San Martín	Argentina	41:29
8		Argentina	42:35
9		Brazil	44:09
10		Argentina	44:38
11	Plinio Penzzi	Paraguay	45:41
12		Argentina	45:47
13	Eladio Fernández	Paraguay	46:42
14		Paraguay	48:08
—	Sergio López	Chile	DNF
—		Uruguay	DNF

Teams

Rank

Team

Points

Chile

Jonathan Monje	2
Roberto Echeverría	3
	5
(Sergio López)	(DNF)

10

Argentina

	6
Juan San Martín	7
	8
()	(n/s)
()	(n/s)

21

Paraguay

Plinio Penzzi	10
Eladio Fernández	11
	12

33

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

Men's short race (4 km)[]

Individual race
Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
		Brazil	12:12
		Argentina	12:19
	Jonathan Monje	Chile	12:22
4	Roberto Echeverría	Chile	12:28
5		Chile	12:33
6		Uruguay	12:57
7		Argentina	12:58
8	Sergio López	Chile	13:05
9		Argentina	13:08
10		Argentina	13:18
11	Gustavo Romero	Argentina	13:29
12	Mariano Mastromarino	Argentina	13:50
13		Paraguay	13:59
14		Paraguay	14:15
15		Paraguay	14:41

Teams

Rank

Team

Points

Chile

Jonathan Monje	3
Roberto Echeverría	4
	5
(Sergio López)	(n/s)

12

Argentina

	2
	7
	8
()	(n/s)
(Gustavo Romero)	(n/s)
(Mariano Mastromarino)	(n/s)

17

Paraguay

	9
	10
	11

30

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

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

Individual race
Rank	Country	Time
	Argentina	27:53
	Perú	27:53
	Argentina	28:01
4	Perú	28:17
5	Chile	28:22
6	Brazil	28:26
7	Argentina	29:02
8	Argentina	29:04
9	Paraguay	29:06
10	Colombia	30:03
11	Uruguay	30:05
12	Paraguay	31:02
13	Paraguay	32:00
—	Argentina	DNF

Teams

Rank

Team

Points

Argentina

	1
	3
	7
()	(n/s)
()	(DNF)

11

Paraguay

	8
	11
	12

31

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
		Colombia	13:17
		Chile	13:17
		Argentina	13:30
4		Argentina	13:32
5		Argentina	13:33
6		Paraguay	13:41
7	Andrés Silva	Uruguay	13:44
8		Argentina	13:45
9		Colombia	14:03
10		Brazil	14:43
11		Paraguay	15:08
12		Paraguay	15:14

Teams

Rank

Team

Points

Argentina

	3
	4
	5
()	(n/s)

12

Paraguay

	6
	10
	11

28

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
		Chile	31:13
		Chile	31:25
	Érika Olivera	Chile	31:32
4	Yolanda Fernández	Colombia	31:54
5		Chile	32:20
6		Argentina	32:56
7		Argentina	33:24
8		Argentina	33:35
9		Argentina	33:50
10		Argentina	33:59
11		Paraguay	34:38
12		Uruguay	35:09
13		Paraguay	36:26
14		Brazil	37:22
15		Paraguay	39:16
—		Paraguay	DNF

Teams

Rank

Team

Points

Chile

	1
	2
Érika Olivera	3
()	(n/s)

6

Argentina

	5
	6
	7
()	(n/s)
()	(n/s)

18

Paraguay

	8
	10
	12
()	(DNF)

30

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

Women's short race (4 km)[]

Individual race
Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
		Argentina	14:16
		Chile	14:27
		Chile	14:28
4	Érika Olivera	Chile	14:56
5		Brazil	14:59
6	María de los Ángeles Peralta	Argentina	15:08
7	Rosa Godoy	Argentina	15:15
8		Chile	15:17
9		Paraguay	15:46
10		Argentina	17:39
11		Paraguay	17:43
12		Paraguay	17:51
13		Argentina	17:57
14		Paraguay	19:12

Teams

Rank

Team

Points

Chile

	2
	3
Érika Olivera	4
()	(n/s)

9

Argentina

	1
María de los Ángeles Peralta	6
Rosa Godoy	7
()	(n/s)
()	(n/s)

14

Paraguay

	8
	9
	10
()	(n/s)

31

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

Junior (U20) women's race (6 km)[]

Individual race
Rank	Country	Time
	Colombia	2:56
	Brazil	23:31
	Argentina	23:48
4	Argentina	24:15
5	Argentina	24:24
6	Chile	25:42
7	Paraguay	27:35
8	Paraguay	29:33
9	Paraguay	30:20
—	Argentina	DNF
—	Bolivia	DNF

Teams

Rank

Team

Points

Argentina

	3
	4
	5
()	(DNF)

12

Paraguay

	7
	8
	9

24

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

Youth (U18) women's race (3 km)[]

Individual race
Rank	Country	Time
	Colombia	11:36
	Perú	11:39
	Bolivia	11:50
4	Bolivia	11:51
5	Chile	12:08
6	Argentina	12:15
7	Brazil	12:17
8	Argentina	12:28
9	Paraguay	13:04
10	Argentina	13:10
11	Paraguay	13:12
12	Argentina	13:21
13	Paraguay	13:59

Teams

Rank

Team

Points

Argentina

	6
	8
	10
()	(n/s)

24

Paraguay

	9
	11
	12

32

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	Argentina	6	5	3	14
2	Chile	5	4	4	13
3	Colombia	4	0	0	4
4	Brazil	1	1	0	2
5	Paraguay*	0	4	4	8
6	Peru	0	2	0	2
7	Bolivia	0	0	1	1
Totals (7 nations)		16	16	12	44

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

Participation[]

According to an unofficial count, 95 athletes from 8 countries participated.

Argentina (38)
Bolivia (3)
Brazil (8)

Chile (12)
Colombia (7)
Paraguay (20)

Perú (3)
Uruguay (4)

References[]

^ ^a ^b CAMPEONATO SUDAMERICANO DE CROSS COUNTRY (in Spanish), Confederación Atlética del Uruguay, archived from the original on January 4, 2014, retrieved January 8, 2014
^ Federación Atlética de Chile - Estadísticas - Campeonato Sudamericano de Cross Country - 2003 - 22 Y 23 de febrero de 2003 - Asunción - Paraguay (in Spanish), Federación Atlética de Chile, archived from the original on March 4, 2016, retrieved January 8, 2014
^ Sul-americanos de Cross Country - 2003 - RESULTADOS OFICIAIS - 22 e 23 de fevereiro de 2003 - Assunção - Paraguai (in Portuguese), Confederação Brasileira de Atletismo, retrieved January 8, 2014
^ Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas (November 3, 2012), SOUTH AMERICAN CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS - SAXC - 2003 Asuncion PAR Feb 22-23, World Junior Athletics History (WJAH), archived from the original on January 8, 2014, retrieved January 8, 2014
^ SOUTH AMERICAN CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved January 8, 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 8, 2014

[fedachi_01-2] Federación Atlética de Chile - Estadísticas - Campeonato Sudamericano de Cross Country - 2003 - 22 Y 23 de febrero de 2003 - Asunción - Paraguay (in Spanish), Federación Atlética de Chile, archived from the original on March 4, 2016, retrieved January 8, 2014

[cbat_01-3] Sul-americanos de Cross Country - 2003 - RESULTADOS OFICIAIS - 22 e 23 de fevereiro de 2003 - Assunção - Paraguai (in Portuguese), Confederação Brasileira de Atletismo, retrieved January 8, 2014

[wjah_01-4] Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas (November 3, 2012), SOUTH AMERICAN CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS - SAXC - 2003 Asuncion PAR Feb 22-23, World Junior Athletics History (WJAH), archived from the original on January 8, 2014, retrieved January 8, 2014

[gbr_01-5] SOUTH AMERICAN CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved January 8, 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

2003 South American Cross Country Championships

Contents

Medallists[]

Race results[]

Senior men's race (12 km)[]

Men's short race (4 km)[]

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

Youth (U18) men's race (4 km)[]

Senior women's race (8 km)[]

Women's short race (4 km)[]

Junior (U20) women's race (6 km)[]

Youth (U18) women's race (3 km)[]

Medal table (unofficial)[]

Participation[]

See also[]

References[]

External links[]