2002 South American Cross Country Championships Explained

2002 South American Cross Country Championships
Organisers:	CONSUDATLE
Edition:	17th
Date:	February 23–24
Nations Participating:	7
Athletes Participating:	72
Races:	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)
Previous:	2001 Rio de Janeiro
Next:	2003 Asunción

The 2002 South American Cross Country Championships took place on February 23–24, 2002. The races were held in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia.

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

Medallists

Individual
Senior men (12 km)	Jonathan Monje	38:45	Julián Berrío	38:50	Carlos Jaramillo	38:51
Men's short (4 km)	Hudson Santos de Souza	11:57	Javier Adolfo Carriqueo	12:11	Jonathan Monje	12:13
Junior (U20) men (8 km)	Fernando Alex Fernandes	26:41	Maximiliano Alonso Sánchez	27:06	Marcelo Zalles	27:22
Youth (U18) men (4 km)	Gilialdo Koball	12:59	Freddy Espinoza	13:32	Alexis Maureira	13:35
Senior women (8 km)	Adriana de Souza	29:54	Bertha Sánchez	30:54	Wilma Guerra	31:11
Women's short (4 km)	Bertha Sánchez	14:02	Silvia Paredes	14:08	Marily dos Santos	14:19
Junior (U20) women (6 km)	Ruby Riativa	23:50	Susana Aburto	24:49	Magaly Crispin	25:39
Youth (U18) women (3 km)	Fernanda Maria Silva	10:55	Elizabeth Choquevillca	11:06	Militza Saucedo	11:21
Team
Senior men		14		14		25
Men's short		12		15		27
Junior (U20) men		14
Youth (U18) men		18
Senior women		13		21
Women's short		13		23		28
Junior (U20) women		12
Youth (U18) women		9

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		38:45
	align=left		align=left		38:50
	align=left		align=left		38:51
4	align=left		align=left		39:07
5	align=left		align=left		39:14
6	align=left		align=left		39:24
7	align=left		align=left		39:37
8	align=left		align=left		39:38
9	align=left		align=left		39:44
10	align=left		align=left		39:55
11	align=left		align=left		40:36
12	align=left		align=left		40:47
13	align=left		align=left		41:28
14	align=left		align=left		41:44
15	align=left		align=left		43:11
16	align=left		align=left		49:23
—	align=left		align=left		DNF
—	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" 8 align=left style="border:0" (Miguel Meléndez) align=right style="border:0" (10) align=left style="border:0" (Cristian Rogelio) align=right style="border:0" (14)	14
	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" 7	14
	align=left	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" align=right style="border:0" 12 align=left style="border:0" (Alejandro Mamani) align=right style="border:0" (15) align=left style="border:0" (Eduardo Aruquipa) align=right style="border:0" (DNF)	25
4	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" 13 align=left style="border:0" (Richard Arias) align=right style="border:0" (DNF)	27

• Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result.

Men's short race (4 km)

+Individual race
width=5%	Rank	width=20%	Athlete	width=15%	Country	width=10%	Time
	align=left		align=left		11:57
	align=left		align=left		12:11
	align=left		align=left		12:13
4	align=left		align=left		12:21
5	align=left		align=left		12:41
6	align=left		align=left		12:50
7	align=left		align=left		12:53
8	align=left		align=left		12:57
9	align=left		align=left		13:01
10	align=left		align=left		13:03
11	align=left		align=left		13:05
12	align=left		align=left		13:05
13	align=left		align=left		13:36
14	align=left		align=left		13:37

+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" 4 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 5 align=left style="border:0" (Francis Melo) align=right style="border:0" (13)	12
	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 2 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 6 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 7	15
	align=left	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" align=right style="border:0" 10 align=left style="border:0" (Denis Velázquez) align=right style="border:0" (11) align=left style="border:0" (Moisés Cipriani) align=right style="border:0" (12) align=left style="border:0" (Miguel Nino) align=right style="border:0" (14)	27

• Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result.

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		26:41
	align=left		align=left		27:06
	align=left		align=left		27:22
4	align=left		align=left		28:06
5	align=left		align=left		28:12
6	align=left		align=left		28:32
7	align=left		align=left		28:59
8	align=left		align=left		29:12
9	align=left		align=left		30:01

+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" 6 align=left style="border:0" (Ruddy Choque) align=right style="border:0" (8) align=left style="border:0" (José Paul Avila) align=right style="border:0" (9)	14

• Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result.

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

+Individual race
width=5%	Rank	width=20%	Athlete	width=15%	Country	width=10%	Time
	align=left		align=left		12:59
	align=left		align=left		13:32
	align=left		align=left		13:35
4	align=left		align=left		14:29
5	align=left		align=left		15:31
6	align=left		align=left		15:47
7	align=left		align=left		15:48

+Teams
width=10%	Rank	width=30%	Team	width=10%	Points
	align=left	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" align=right style="border:0" 7	18

• Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result.

Senior women's race (8 km)

+Individual race
width=5%	Rank	width=20%	Athlete	width=15%	Country	width=10%	Time
	align=left		align=left		29:54
	align=left		align=left		30:54
	align=left		align=left		31:11
4	align=left		align=left		31:14
5	align=left		align=left		31:20
6	align=left		align=left		31:33
7	align=left		align=left		31:49
8	align=left		align=left		31:57
9	align=left		align=left		33:05
10	align=left		align=left		33:51
11	align=left		align=left		33:59
—	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" 3 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 4 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 6 align=left style="border:0" (Gabriela Cevallos) align=right style="border:0" (8)	13
	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" 9	21
—	align=left	align=left style="border:0" (Tania Poma) align=right style="border:0" (10) align=left style="border:0" (Nemia Coca) align=right style="border:0" (11) align=left style="border:0" (Sonia Calizaya) align=right style="border:0" (DNF)	DNF

• Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result.

Women's short race (4 km)

+Individual race
width=5%	Rank	width=20%	Athlete	width=15%	Country	width=10%	Time
	align=left		align=left		14:02
	align=left		align=left		14:08
	align=left		align=left		14:19
4	align=left		align=left		14:25
5	align=left		align=left		14:40
6	align=left		align=left		14:47
7	align=left		align=left		14:48
8	align=left		align=left		14:53
9	align=left		align=left		14:58
10	align=left		align=left		15:02
11	align=left		align=left		15:32
12	align=left		align=left		15:37
13	align=left		align=left		15:41

+Teams
width=10%	Rank	width=30%	Team	width=10%	Points
	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" (Narcisa Calderón) align=right style="border:0" (10)	13
	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 4 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 7 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 12	23
	align=left	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" align=right style="border:0" 11 align=left style="border:0" (Claudia Villalba) align=right style="border:0" (13)	28

• Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result.

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

+Individual race
width=5%	Rank	width=20%	Athlete	width=15%	Country	width=10%	Time
	align=left		align=left		23:50
	align=left		align=left		24:49
	align=left		align=left		25:39
4	align=left		align=left		26:22
5	align=left		align=left		27:18

+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" 4 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 5	12

• Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result.

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

+Individual race
width=5%	Rank	width=20%	Athlete	width=15%	Country	width=10%	Time
	align=left		align=left		10:55
	align=left		align=left		11:06
	align=left		align=left		11:21
4	align=left		align=left		11:28
5	align=left		align=left		12:17
6	align=left		align=left		12:41
7	align=left		align=left		12:42

+Teams
width=10%	Rank	width=30%	Team	width=10%	Points
	align=left	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" align=right style="border:0" 4 align=left style="border:0" (Evelin Ahois) align=right style="border:0" (6) align=left style="border:0" (Vianka Pereira) align=right style="border:0" (7)	9

• Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result.

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, 72 athletes from 7 countries participated.

• (5)
• (32)
• (7)
• (12)
• (7)
• (8)
• (1)

See also

• 2002 in athletics (track and field)

External links

• GBRathletics