1994 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics explained

VI Ibero-American Championships
Size:	210
Colour:	FFCA4D
Host City:	Mar del Plata, Argentina
Dates:	27 – 30 October
Stadium:	Estadio José María Minella
Nations Participating:	22
Athletes Participating:	346
Events:	42
Records Set:	4 championship records
Previous:	1992 Seville
Next:	1996 Medellín

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.

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.^[2] 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.

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

See main article: 1994 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics – Results.

Men

100 metres (Wind: +3.3 m/s)		10.50 w		10.52 w		10.56 w
200 metres		20.43		20.51		20.61
400 metres		46.72		47.50		47.88
800 metres		1:49.49		1:49.50		1:49.91
1500 metres		3:54.04		3:54.17		3:54.22
5000 metres		13:47.99 CR		13:50.31		13:51.15
10,000 metres		28:06.88 CR		28:18.26		28:24.03
110 m hurdles		14.31		14.33		14.47
400 m hurdles		49.76		50.31		50.36
3000 m steeplechase		8:35.03		8:36.81		8:41.22
4×100 m relay	Jorge Aguilera Leonardo Prevost Andrés Simón Joel Lamela	39.99	Marcelo da Silva Sidnei Telles de Souza Claudinei da Silva Walmes de Souza	40.53	Robinson Urrutia Wenceslao Ferrín Luis Vega José Humberto Rivas	40.79
4×400 m relay	Sidnei Telles de Souza Clóvis Fernandes Ediélson Rocha Tenorio Eronilde de Araújo	3:06.54	Raymundo Escalante Juan Vallín Luis Karim Toledo Alejandro Cárdenas	3:07.75	Robinson Urrutia Llimi Rivas Luis Vega Wenceslao Ferrín	3:08.24
20,000 m walk		1:21:19.92		1:21:37.17		1:21:49.90
High jump		2.32 m		2.26 m		2.20 m
Pole vault		5.15 m		5.10 m		5.00 m
Long jump		7.82 m (w)		7.77 m		7.73 m (w)
Triple jump		16.66 m		16.39 m (w)		15.98 m
Shot put		19.30 m		18.70 m		17.77 m
Discus throw		60.42 m		59.20 m		59.18 m
Hammer throw		70.80 m CR		67.74 m		66.90 m
Javelin throw		75.40 m		73.88 m		69.36 m
Decathlon		7431 pts (w)		7340 pts (w)		7072 pts (w)

Women

100 metres		11.66		11.78		11.89
200 metres (Wind: +4.4 m/s)		23.07 w		23.69 w		23.77 w
400 metres		52.69		54.54		55.33
800 metres		2:06.26		2:07.26		2:07.29
1500 metres		4:28.50		4:30.20		4:35.84
3000 metres		9:14.53		9:17.19		9:21.55
10,000 metres		33:29.60		33:48.32		34:04.27
100 m hurdles (Wind: +3.3 m/s)		13.81 w		13.90 w		14.01 w
400 m hurdles		57.89		59.09		59.21
4×100 m relay	Elia Mera Ximena Restrepo Patricia Rodríguez Mirtha Brock	44.87	Cleide Amaral Kátia Regina de Jesus Santos Vânia dos Santos Tatiana Orcy	46.03	Carmen Gloria Bezanilla Lisette Rondón Marcela Barros Mónica Castro	46.22
4×400 m relay	Patricia Rodríguez Elia Mera Flor Robledo Ximena Restrepo	3:35.35	Maria Magnólia Figueiredo Rosângela de Souza Oliveira Edinilza Ferreira de Lima Marlene Moreira da Silva	3:38.61	Marcela Barros Lisette Rondón Carmen Gloria Bezanilla Sara Montecinos	3:41.40
10,000 m walk		47:01.80		47:01.83		47:06.76
High jump		1.75 m		1.75 m		1.75 m
Long jump		6.58 m		6.18 m		6.13 m
Triple jump		13.18 m		12.90 m (w)		12.86 m (w)
Shot put		17.33 m		16.77 m		16.39 m
Discus throw		61.20 m		56.18 m		54.06 m
Hammer throw		55.70 m CR		51.66 m		50.56 m
Javelin throw		65.96 m ^†		57.70 m		49.90 m
Heptathlon		5370 pts		5234 pts		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.^[3]

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. The higher number probably contains coaches and/or officials registered for the event.