1997 South American Cross Country Championships Explained

1997 South American Cross Country Championships
Organisers:	CONSUDATLE
Edition:	12th
Date:	February 22–23
Host City:	Comodoro Rivadavia, Chubut, Argentina
Location:	Santa Lucía Golf Club
Nations Participating:	6 + 1 guest
Athletes Participating:	82 + 1 guest
Races:	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)
Previous:	1996 Asunción
Next:	1998 Artur Nogueira

The 1997 South American Cross Country Championships took place on February 22–23, 1997. The races were held at the Santa Lucía Golf Club in Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentina.

Complete results, results for junior and youth competitions, and medal winners were published.

Medallists

Individual
Senior men (12 km)	Elenilson da Silva	38:01	Herder Vásquez	38:03	Leonardo Vieira Guedes	38:23
Junior (U20) men (8 km)	André Pereira da Silva	6:52	Jonatann Moraes Matos	26:53	Paulo Roberto de Almeida Paula	26:53
Youth (U17) men (4 km)	Jeferson de Souza Sá	13:22	Leonardo Milani	13:28	Pedro Herrera	13:33
Senior women (6 km)	Stella Castro	21:18	Érika Olivera	21:31	Nadir Sabino de Siqueira	21:56
Junior (U20) women (4 km)	Fabiana Cristine da Silva	14:26	Valquíria Silva Santos	14:36	Bertha Sánchez	14:57
Youth (U17) women (3 km)	Fabiani da Silva	11:38	Natalia Domínguez	11:58	Miriam Valdez	12:08
Team
Senior men		8		13		24
Junior (U20) men		6		23		23
Youth (U17) men		6
Senior women		15		15		17
Junior (U20) women		32
Youth (U17) women		6

Race results

Senior men's race (12 km)

+Individual race
width=5%	Rank	width=20%	Athlete	width=15%	Country	width=10%	Time
	align=left		align=left		38:01
	align=left		align=left		38:03
	align=left		align=left		38:23
4	align=left		align=left		38:23
5	align=left		align=left		38:29
6	align=left		align=left		38:31
7	align=left		align=left		38:38
8	align=left		align=left		38:55
9	align=left		align=left		39:05
10	align=left		align=left		39:06
11	align=left		align=left		39:17
12	align=left		align=left		39:24
13	align=left		align=left		39:33
14	align=left		align=left		39:48
15	align=left		align=left		40:04
16	align=left		align=left		40:15
17	align=left		align=left		40:17
18	align=left		align=left		43:31
—	align=left		align=left		DNF

+Teams
width=10%	Rank	width=30%	Team	width=10%	Points
	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 1 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 3 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 4 align=left style="border:0" (Elias Rodrigues Bastos) align=right style="border:0" (n/s) align=left style="border:0" (José Teles de Souza) align=right style="border:0" (n/s) align=left style="border:0" (Sérgio Correa Couto) align=right style="border:0" (n/s)	8
	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 2 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 5 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 6 align=left style="border:0" (Mauricio Ladino) align=right style="border:0" (n/s) align=left style="border:0" (Julián Berrío) align=right style="border:0" (n/s)	13
	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 7 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 8 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 9 align=left style="border:0" (Antonio Ibañez) align=right style="border:0" (n/s) align=left style="border:0" (Iván Noms) align=right style="border:0" (n/s) align=left style="border:0" (Oscar Raimo) align=right style="border:0" (n/s) align=left style="border:0" (José Chacón) align=right style="border:0" (n/s) align=left style="border:0" (Leonardo Malgor) align=right style="border:0" (DNF)	24

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

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

+Individual race
width=5%	Rank	width=20%	Athlete	width=15%	Country	width=10%	Time
	align=left		align=left		6:52
	align=left		align=left		26:53
	align=left		align=left		26:53
4	align=left		align=left		26:55
5	align=left		align=left		26:57
6	align=left		align=left		27:03
7	align=left		align=left		27:11
8	align=left		align=left		27:15
9	align=left		align=left		27:18
10	align=left		align=left		27:19
11	align=left		align=left		27:23
12	align=left		align=left		27:46
13	align=left		align=left		27:52
14	align=left		align=left		28:05
15	align=left		align=left		28:06
16	align=left		align=left		28:29
17	align=left		align=left		28:42
18	align=left		align=left		29:16
—	align=left		align=left		DNF

+Teams
width=10%	Rank	width=30%	Team	width=10%	Points
	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 1 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 2 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 3 align=left style="border:0" (Luiz Fernando de Almeida Paula) align=right style="border:0" (n/s)	6
	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 6 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 8 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 9 align=left style="border:0" (Simón Veuthey) align=right style="border:0" (n/s) align=left style="border:0" (Roberto Carrizo) align=right style="border:0" (n/s) align=left style="border:0" (Alejandro Godoy) align=right style="border:0" (n/s)	23
	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 5 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 7 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 11 align=left style="border:0" (Angelo Álvarez) align=right style="border:0" (n/s)	23
4	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 4 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 10 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 12 align=left style="border:0" (Alejandro Rivera) align=right style="border:0" (DNF)	27

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

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

+Individual race
width=5%	Rank	width=20%	Athlete	width=15%	Country	width=10%	Time
	align=left		align=left		13:22
	align=left		align=left		13:28
	align=left		align=left		13:33
4	align=left		align=left		13:45
5	align=left		align=left		14:02

+Teams
width=10%	Rank	width=30%	Team	width=10%	Points
	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 1 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 2 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 3 align=left style="border:0" (Diego Bastia) align=right style="border:0" (n/s)	6

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

Senior women's race (6 km)

+Individual race
width=5%	Rank	width=20%	Athlete	width=15%	Country	width=10%	Time
	align=left		align=left		21:18
	align=left		align=left		21:31
	align=left		align=left		21:56
4	align=left		align=left		22:03
5	align=left		align=left		22:14
6	align=left		align=left		22:27
7	align=left		align=left		22:31
8	align=left		align=left		22:33
9	align=left		align=left		22:33
10	align=left		align=left		22:50
11	align=left		align=left		22:53
12	align=left		align=left		22:58
—	align=left		align=left		22:59
13	align=left		align=left		23:03
14	align=left		align=left		23:47
15	align=left		align=left		24:05
16	align=left		align=left		24:53
17	align=left		align=left		25:10

+Teams
width=10%	Rank	width=30%	Team	width=10%	Points
	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 3 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 5 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 7 align=left style="border:0" (Rizoneide Wanderley) align=right style="border:0" (n/s)	15
	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 2 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 4 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 9 align=left style="border:0" (Susana Rebolledo) align=right style="border:0" (n/s)	15
	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 1 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 6 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 10	17
4	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 8 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 11 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 12 align=left style="border:0" (Sandra Ávila) align=right style="border:0" (n/s) align=left style="border:0" (Stella Jerez) align=right style="border:0" (n/s) align=left style="border:0" (Silvia Antúnez) align=right style="border:0" (n/s)	31

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

Junior (U20) women's race (4 km)

+Individual race
width=5%	Rank	width=20%	Athlete	width=15%	Country	width=10%	Time
	align=left		align=left		14:26
	align=left		align=left		14:36
	align=left		align=left		14:57
4	align=left		align=left		15:08
5	align=left		align=left		15:18
6	align=left		align=left		15:22
7	align=left		align=left		15:29
8	align=left		align=left		15:34
9	align=left		align=left		15:38
10	align=left		align=left		15:44
11	align=left		align=left		15:50
12	align=left		align=left		16:11
13	align=left		align=left		16:15
14	align=left		align=left		16:34
15	align=left		align=left		16:44
16	align=left		align=left		16:54
17	align=left		align=left		16:59

+Teams
width=10%	Rank	width=30%	Team	width=10%	Points
4	align=left		32

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

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

+Individual race
width=5%	Rank	width=20%	Athlete	width=15%	Country	width=10%	Time
	align=left		align=left		11:38
	align=left		align=left		11:58
	align=left		align=left		12:08
4	align=left		align=left		12:15
5	align=left		align=left		12:16

+Teams
width=10%	Rank	width=30%	Team	width=10%	Points
	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 1 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 2 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 3 align=left style="border:0" (Luciana de Esteban) align=right style="border:0" (n/s)	6

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

Medal table (unofficial)

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

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 82 athletes (+ 1 guest) from 6 countries (+ 1 guest country) participated.

• (34)
• (20)
• (12)
• (11)
• (4)
• (1)

Guest country:

• (1)

See also

• 1997 in athletics (track and field)

External links

• GBRathletics