1998 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics explained

VIII Ibero-American Championships
Colour:
  1. FFCA4D
Host City:Lisbon, Portugal
Dates:17 – 19 July
Stadium:Estádio Universitário de Lisboa
Nations Participating:22
Athletes Participating:327
Events:43
Records Set:9 championship records
Previous:1996 Medellín
Next:2000 Rio de Janeiro

The 1998 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics (Spanish: VIII Campeonato Iberoamericano de Atletismo) was the eighth edition of the international athletics competition between Ibero-American nations which was held at the Estádio Universitário de Lisboa in Lisbon, Portugal from 17–19 July.[1]

As had previously occurred at the 1992 edition, the competition coincided with a world's fair, being held as part of Lisbon's Expo '98 event. The Spanish team topped the medal table with sixteen gold medals and 37 medals in total. Mexico won the next highest number of golds, taking seven in a haul of 16 medals, while the hosts Portugal had the second highest medal tally, having secured 21 medals in the three-day competition. Cuba sent a small delegation due to economic constraints and many of its foremost athletes were absent. In spite of this five Cubans topped the podium, leaving them fourth in the rankings.[2]

Mexico's Ana Guevara won her first international medals in Lisbon, taking 400 m individual and relay titles as well as a silver medal in the 800 metres. Twenty-year-old Yago Lamela also won his first international long jump medal and later went on to win medals on the world stage. The 1997 London Marathon champion António Pinto won the 5000 metres gold for the hosts with a championship record time of 13:34.34 minutes. Chilean Sebastián Keitel continued his success at the competition by repeating his 100/200 metres double of the 1996 edition.[2] Although the overall standard of the competition was not as high as other years, nine championships records were improved at the event. Liliana Allen, formerly of Cuba, won the women's 100 m gold in a record of 11.32 seconds. Alberto Sánchez bettered the men's hammer throw mark, while María Eugenia Villamizar won her third straight women's hammer title with another championships record. Dana Cervantes and Alejandra García established a new record in the women's pole vault, a contest whose introduction brought the 43-event programme to near parity for the sexes (the men's steeplechase being the sole remaining difference). National records were also set in Lisbon: Lisette Rondón beat the Chilean 100 m record, Sebastian Keitel's winning time of 10.10 seconds was also a new Chilean mark, while 100 m and 200 m medalist Carlos Gats set Argentine records in both disciplines.[2]

Medal summary

See main article: 1998 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics – Results.

Men

100 metres10.10 NR10.1410.23 NR
200 metres20.1620.37 NR20.58
400 metres45.0445.6345.87
800 metres1:50.051:50.191:50.60
1500 metres3:40.63 CR3:40.643:41.14
5000 metres13:34.34 CR13:35.2113:51.66
10,000 metres28:25.3028:40.1828:58.11
110 metres hurdles13.5413.9513.97
400 metres hurdles48.96 CR49.0850.08
3000 metres steeplechase8:28.968:29.488:30.07
4×100 metres relay
Arnaldo da Silva
Claudio Roberto Silva
Édson Ribeiro
Robson da Silva
39.82
Carlos Villaseñor
Juan Pedro Toledo
César López
Evener Dueñas
40.49Only two finishing teams
4×400 metres relay
Raymundo Escalante
Juan Pedro Toledo
Oscar Juanz
Alejandro Cárdenas
3:06.12
Adrián Fernández
Antonio Andrés
Iñigo Monreal
David Canal
3:08.05
Rui Costa
Duarte Ponte
Paulo Fontes
Vitor Jorge
3:08.46
20 km walk1:25:181:26:251:27:21
High jump2.20 m2.20 m2.18 m
Pole vault5.60 m CR5.55 m5.40 m
Long jump8.12 m8.05 m7.88 m
Triple jump16.36 m16.16 m16.09 m
Shot put19.47 m19.13 m18.56 m
Discus throw61.45 m60.19 m58.19 m
Hammer throw76.18 m CR71.17 m70.83 m
Javelin throw78.72 m76.16 m74.54 m
Decathlon7295 pts7177 pts7113 pts

Women

100 metres11.32 CR11.3811.62
200 metres23.2223.2923.52
400 metres50.6551.9552.49
800 metres2:01.322:01.552:03.12
1500 metres4:17.434:20.204:20.38
5000 metres16:09.68 CR16:10.3616:12.09
10,000 metres32:49.8033:07.8033:14.60
100 metres hurdles
(Wind: 2.0 m/s)
13.2713.4613.56
400 metres hurdles57.3557.4058.22
4×100 metres relay
Carmen Blay
Elena Córcoles
Arantxa Iglesias
Susana Martín
44.54
Maria Carmo Tavares
Natalia Moura
Lucrecia Jardim
Severina Cravid
44.75Only two finishing teams
4×400 metres relay
María Angeles Pantoja
Marcela Sarabia
Mayra González
Ana Guevara
3:33.41
Flor Robledo
Ximena Restrepo
Patrícia Rodríguez
Norfalia Carabalí
3:33.69
Esther Lahoz
Yolanda Reyes
Lisette Ferri
Miriam Bravo
3:33.97
10,000 m track walk47:14.4947:20.2647:36.10
High jump1.83 m1.83 m1.81 m
Pole vault3.95 m CR3.95 m CR3.55 m
Long jump6.41 m6.28 m6.25 m
Triple jump14.07 m13.58 m13.44 m
Shot put18.38 m17.47 m16.15 m
Discus throw61.67 m58.94 m56.92 m
Hammer throw59.22 m CR57.97 m56.92 m
Javelin throw
(Old javelin model)
58.65 m57.57 m52.05 m
Heptathlon5799 pts5640 pts5551 pts

Medal table

Participation

Four new members of the Asociación Iberoamericana de Atletismo competed at the championships for the first time: Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique and São Tomé and Príncipe. This meant that 21 of the 28 members at that time sent delegations to the championships, which was the second highest number after the 1992 edition. A total of 327 athletes competed at the 1998 edition of the championships.

The absence of Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama significantly reduced the participation of Central American and Caribbean athletes.

References

Results

Notes and References

  1. . CONSUDATLE. Retrieved on 2012-01-04.
  2. http://www.rfea.es/aeea/archivos/libroiberoamericano2010.pdf El Atletismo Ibero-Americano - San Fernando 2010
  3. http://www.rfea.es/aeea/archivos/libroiberoamericano2010.pdf El Atletismo Ibero-Americano - San Fernando 2010