2008 South American Cross Country Championships

2008 South American Cross Country Championships
2008 South American Cross Country Championships
Organisers	CONSUDATLE
Edition	23rd
Date	March 2
Host city	Asunción, Paraguay
Venue
Events	6
Distances	12 km – Senior men ; 8 km – Junior men (U20) ; 4 km – Youth men (U18) ; 8 km – Senior women; 6 km – Junior women (U20) ; 3 km – Youth women (U18)
Participation	91 athletes from ; 7 nations
	← 2007 Rio de Janeiro 2009 Concepción → ;

The 2008 South American Cross Country Championships took place on March 2, 2008. The races were held at the in Asunción, Paraguay. A detailed report of the event was given for the IAAF.^[1]

Complete results^[2]^[3] and results for junior and youth competitions^[4] were published.

Medallists[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Individual
Senior men (12 km)	Marilson Gomes dos Santos Brazil	37:28	Paraguay	37:58	Colombia	38:12
Junior (U20) men (8 km)	Brazil	26:22	Derlis Ramón Ayala Paraguay	26:30	Éderson Vilela Pereira Brazil	26:48
Youth (U18) men (4 km)	Brazil	12:29	Perú	12:39	Colombia	12:46
Senior women (8 km)	Inés Melchor Perú	28:19	Zenaide Vieira Brazil	28:51	Brazil	29:12
Junior (U20) women (6 km)	Perú	23:10	Perú	23:18	Perú	23:37
Youth (U18) women (3 km)	Perú	10:37	Florencia Borelli Argentina	10:49	Argentina	11:00
Team
Senior men	Brazil	15	Colombia	18	Venezuela	22
Junior (U20) men	Brazil	9	Argentina	23	Paraguay	25
Youth (U18) men	Brazil	5	Paraguay	13
Senior women	Brazil	11	Argentina	25	Venezuela	32
Junior (U20) women	Perú	6	Brazil	19	Argentina	22
Youth (U18) women	Argentina	5	Perú	6	Paraguay	13

Race results[]

Senior men's race (12 km)[]

Individual race
Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	Marilson Gomes dos Santos	Brazil	37:28
		Paraguay	37:58
		Colombia	38:12
4		Brazil	38:32
5		Brazil	38:35
6		Venezuela	38:40
7	José Gregorio Peña	Venezuela	38:47
8		Colombia	39:11
9		Colombia	39:13
10		Bolivia	39:14
11		Brazil	39:29
12		Venezuela	39:38
13		Argentina	39:50
14		Colombia	40:09
15		Argentina	40:22
16		Venezuela	41:13
17		Argentina	41:29
18		Paraguay	42:21
19		Paraguay	42:33
20	Orlando Javier Elizeche	Paraguay	47:18
—		Argentina	DNF
—		Paraguay	DNF
—		Brazil	DNF
—		Colombia	DNF

Teams

Rank

Team

Points

Brazil

Marilson Gomes dos Santos	1
^†	4 or (n/s)
^†	4 or (n/s)
	10

15

Colombia

	3
	7
	8
()	(n/s)
()	(DNF)

18

Venezuela

	5
José Gregorio Peña	6
	11
()	(n/s)

22

4

Paraguay

	2
	15
	16
(Orlando Javier Elizeche)	(n/s)
()	(DNF)

33

5

Argentina

	12
	13
	14
()	(DNF)

39

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

^†: One of two athletes was a nonscorer.

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

Individual race
Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
		Brazil	26:22
	Derlis Ramón Ayala	Paraguay	26:30
	Éderson Vilela Pereira	Brazil	26:48
4	Luis Alberto Orta	Venezuela	27:13
5		Brazil	27:16
6		Argentina	27:27
7		Argentina	27:42
8		Colombia	28:00
9		Perú	28:26
10	Joaquín Arbe	Argentina	28:30
11		Argentina	29:10
12		Paraguay	29:33
13		Paraguay	31:09
14		Paraguay	31:11
15		Paraguay	33:00
—		Brazil	DNF

Teams

Rank

Team

Points

Brazil

	1
Éderson Vilela Pereira	3
	5
()	(DNF)

9

Argentina

	6
	7
Joaquín Arbe	10
()	(n/s)

23

Paraguay

Derlis Ramón Ayala	2
	11
	12
()	(n/s)
()	(n/s)

25

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
		Brazil	12:29
		Perú	12:39
		Colombia	12:46
4		Brazil	13:08
5		Brazil	13:10
6	Jorge Burgos	Argentina	14:13
7		Paraguay	14:39
8		Paraguay	14:45
9		Paraguay	15:45

Teams

Rank

Team

Points

Brazil

	1
	4
()	(n/s)

5

Paraguay

	6
	7
()	(n/s)

13

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
	Inés Melchor	Perú	28:19
	Zenaide Vieira	Brazil	28:51
		Brazil	29:12
4		Bolivia	29:12
5		Argentina	29:13
6		Brazil	29:38
7		Perú	29:51
8		Argentina	29:58
9		Venezuela	30:16
10		Brazil	30:59
11	Zuleima Amaya	Venezuela	31:19
12		Paraguay	31:26
13		Argentina	31:30
14		Venezuela	31:40
15		Argentina	32:21
16	Carmen Patricia Martínez	Paraguay	34:15
17		Paraguay	35:02
18		Paraguay	36:57

Teams

Rank

Team

Points

Brazil

Zenaide Vieira	2
	3
	6
()	(n/s)

11

Argentina

	5
	8
	12
()	(n/s)

25

Venezuela

	9
Zuleima Amaya	10
	13

32

4

Paraguay

	11
Carmen Patricia Martínez	14
	15
()	(n/s)

40

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
	Perú	23:10
	Perú	23:18
	Perú	23:37
4	Brazil	24:02
5	Brazil	24:42
6	Argentina	25:00
7	Argentina	25:12
8	Colombia	25:21
9	Argentina	25:38
10	Argentina	25:53
11	Brazil	26:28
12	Paraguay	28:35
—	Brazil	DNF

Teams

Rank

Team

Points

Perú

	1
	2
	3

6

Brazil

	4
	5
	10

19

Argentina

	6
	7
	9
()	(10)
()	(DNF)

22

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

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

Individual race
Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
		Perú	10:37
	Florencia Borelli	Argentina	10:49
		Argentina	11:00
4		Paraguay	11:18
5		Perú	11:30
6		Brazil	11:33
7		Brazil	11:47
8		Colombia	12:04
9	Valdilene dos Santos Silva	Brazil	12:08
10		Paraguay	12:34
11		Paraguay	12:47

Teams

Rank

Team

Points

Argentina

Florencia Borelli	2
	3

5

Perú

	1
	5

6

Paraguay

	4
	9
()	(n/s)

13

4

Brazil

	6
	7
(Valdilene dos Santos Silva)	(n/s)

13

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

Medal table (unofficial)[]

* Host nation (Brazil)


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Brazil*	7	2	2	11
2	Peru	4	3	1	8
3	Argentina	1	3	2	6
4	Paraguay	0	3	2	5
5	Colombia	0	1	2	3
6	Venezuela	0	0	2	2
Totals (6 nations)		12	12	11	35

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

Participation[]

According to an unofficial count, 91 athletes from 7 countries participated. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.^[3]

Argentina (19)
Bolivia (2)
Brazil (23)

Colombia (9)
Paraguay (21)

Perú (9)
Venezuela (8)

References[]

^ Biscayart, Eduardo (March 4, 2008), Marílson dos Santos on course for Edinburgh – South American XC Champs, IAAF, retrieved January 4, 2014
^ CAMPEONATO SUDAMERICANO DE CROSS COUNTRY (in Spanish), Confederación Atlética del Uruguay, archived from the original on January 4, 2014, retrieved January 4, 2014
^ ^a ^b CAMPEONATOS SUL–AMERICANOS DE CROSS COUNTRY - 02/03/2008 – Assunção – PAR (PDF) (in Portuguese), Confederação Brasileira de Atletismo, March 2, 2008, retrieved January 4, 2014
^ Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas (October 27, 2012), SOUTH AMERICAN CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS - SAXC - 2008 Asuncion PAR Mar 2, World Junior Athletics History (WJAH), archived from the original on January 4, 2014, retrieved January 4, 2014

[iaaf_01-1] Biscayart, Eduardo (March 4, 2008), Marílson dos Santos on course for Edinburgh – South American XC Champs, IAAF, retrieved January 4, 2014

[uru_01-2] CAMPEONATO SUDAMERICANO DE CROSS COUNTRY (in Spanish), Confederación Atlética del Uruguay, archived from the original on January 4, 2014, retrieved January 4, 2014

[cbat_01-3] CAMPEONATOS SUL–AMERICANOS DE CROSS COUNTRY - 02/03/2008 – Assunção – PAR (PDF) (in Portuguese), Confederação Brasileira de Atletismo, March 2, 2008, retrieved January 4, 2014

[wjah_01-4] Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas (October 27, 2012), SOUTH AMERICAN CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS - SAXC - 2008 Asuncion PAR Mar 2, World Junior Athletics History (WJAH), archived from the original on January 4, 2014, retrieved January 4, 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

2008 South American Cross Country Championships

Contents

Medallists[]

Race results[]

Senior men's race (12 km)[]

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

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

Senior women's race (8 km)[]

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

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

Medal table (unofficial)[]

Participation[]

See also[]

References[]