2003 South American Cross Country Championships Explained

2003 South American Cross Country Championships
Organisers:	CONSUDATLE
Edition:	18th
Date:	February 22–23
Host City:	Asunción, Paraguay
Location:	Circuito de Ñu Guazú
Nations Participating:	8
Athletes Participating:	95
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:	2002 Santa Cruz de la Sierra
Next:	2004 Macaé

The 2003 South American Cross Country Championships took place on February 22–23, 2003. The races were held at the Circuito de Ñu Guazú in Asunción, Paraguay.

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

Medallists

Individual
Senior men (12 km)	Javier Alexander Guarín	39:34	Jonathan Monje	39:55	Roberto Echeverría	40:00
Men's short (4 km)	Clodoaldo Gomes da Silva	12:12	Fabián Romaszczuk	12:19	Jonathan Monje	12:22
Junior (U20) men (8 km)	José Luis Romero	27:53		27:53	Guido Benedetti	28:01
Youth (U18) men (4 km)	John Tello	13:17	Pablo Mena	13:17	Víctor Gelvez	13:30
Senior women (8 km)	Susana Rebolledo	31:13	Luz Silva	31:25	Érika Olivera	31:32
Women's short (4 km)	Valeria Rodríguez	14:16	Susana Rebolledo	14:27	Luz Silva	14:28
Junior (U20) women (6 km)	Ruby Riativa	22:56	Edna Kaline de Oliveira Santos	23:31	María Soledad del Carlo	23:48
Youth (U18) women (3 km)	Carolina González	11:36		11:39	Beatriz Quispe	11:50
Team
Senior men		10		21		33
Men's short		12		17		30
Junior (U20) men		11		31
Youth (U18) men		12		28
Senior women		6		18		30
Women's short		9		14		31
Junior (U20) women		12		24
Youth (U18) women		24		32

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		39:34
	align=left		align=left		39:55
	align=left		align=left		40:00
4	align=left		align=left		40:19
5	align=left		align=left		40:20
6	align=left		align=left		41:09
7	align=left		align=left		41:29
8	align=left		align=left		42:35
9	align=left		align=left		44:09
10	align=left		align=left		44:38
11	align=left		align=left		45:41
12	align=left		align=left		45:47
13	align=left		align=left		46:42
14	align=left		align=left		48:08
—	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" 2 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" (Sergio López) align=right style="border:0" (DNF)	10
	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 6 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" (Víctor López) align=right style="border:0" (n/s) align=left style="border:0" (Leonardo Malgorn) align=right style="border:0" (n/s)	21
	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 10 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 11 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 12	33

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

Men's short race (4 km)

+Individual race
width=5%	Rank	width=20%	Athlete	width=15%	Country	width=10%	Time
	align=left		align=left		12:12
	align=left		align=left		12:19
	align=left		align=left		12:22
4	align=left		align=left		12:28
5	align=left		align=left		12:33
6	align=left		align=left		12:57
7	align=left		align=left		12:58
8	align=left		align=left		13:05
9	align=left		align=left		13:08
10	align=left		align=left		13:18
11	align=left	Gustavo Romero	align=left		13:29
12	align=left		align=left		13:50
13	align=left		align=left		13:59
14	align=left		align=left		14:15
15	align=left		align=left		14:41

+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" (Sergio López) align=right style="border:0" (n/s)	12
	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 2 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" (Mariano Tarilo) align=right style="border:0" (n/s) align=left style="border:0" (Gustavo Romero) align=right style="border:0" (n/s) align=left style="border:0" (Mariano Mastromarino) align=right style="border:0" (n/s)	17
	align=left	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" align=right style="border:0" 11	30

• 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		27:53
	align=left		align=left		27:53
	align=left		align=left		28:01
4	align=left		align=left		28:17
5	align=left		align=left		28:22
6	align=left		align=left		28:26
7	align=left		align=left		29:02
8	align=left		align=left		29:04
9	align=left		align=left		29:06
10	align=left		align=left		30:03
11	align=left		align=left		30:05
12	align=left		align=left		31:02
13	align=left		align=left		32:00
—	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" 7 align=left style="border:0" (José San Martín) align=right style="border:0" (n/s) align=left style="border:0" (Santiago Figueroa) align=right style="border:0" (DNF)	11
	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	31

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

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		13:17
	align=left		align=left		13:17
	align=left		align=left		13:30
4	align=left		align=left		13:32
5	align=left		align=left		13:33
6	align=left		align=left		13:41
7	align=left		align=left		13:44
8	align=left		align=left		13:45
9	align=left		align=left		14:03
10	align=left		align=left		14:43
11	align=left		align=left		15:08
12	align=left		align=left		15:14

+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" (Agustín Bernardaz) align=right style="border:0" (n/s)	12
	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 6 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 10 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 11	28

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

Senior women's race (8 km)

+Individual race
width=5%	Rank	width=20%	Athlete	width=15%	Country	width=10%	Time
	align=left		align=left		31:13
	align=left		align=left		31:25
	align=left		align=left		31:32
4	align=left		align=left		31:54
5	align=left		align=left		32:20
6	align=left		align=left		32:56
7	align=left		align=left		33:24
8	align=left		align=left		33:35
9	align=left		align=left		33:50
10	align=left		align=left		33:59
11	align=left		align=left		34:38
12	align=left		align=left		35:09
13	align=left		align=left		36:26
14	align=left		align=left		37:22
15	align=left		align=left		39:16
—	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" (Jimena Labraña) align=right style="border:0" (n/s)	6
	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 align=left style="border:0" (Marcela Greco) align=right style="border:0" (n/s) align=left style="border:0" (María Clara Serino) align=right style="border:0" (n/s)	18
	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 8 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" (Susy Acosta) align=right style="border:0" (DNF)	30

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

Women's short race (4 km)

+Individual race
width=5%	Rank	width=20%	Athlete	width=15%	Country	width=10%	Time
	align=left		align=left		14:16
	align=left		align=left		14:27
	align=left		align=left		14:28
4	align=left		align=left		14:56
5	align=left		align=left		14:59
6	align=left		align=left		15:08
7	align=left		align=left		15:15
8	align=left		align=left		15:17
9	align=left		align=left		15:46
10	align=left		align=left		17:39
11	align=left		align=left		17:43
12	align=left		align=left		17:51
13	align=left		align=left		17:57
14	align=left		align=left		19:12

+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" (Jimena Labraña) align=right style="border:0" (n/s)	9
	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" 7 align=left style="border:0" (Evangelina Zamarini) align=right style="border:0" (n/s) align=left style="border:0" (Lorena Galán) align=right style="border:0" (n/s)	14
	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" (Susy Acosta) 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 (6 km)

+Individual race
width=5%	Rank	width=20%	Athlete	width=15%	Country	width=10%	Time
	align=left		align=left		2:56
	align=left		align=left		23:31
	align=left		align=left		23:48
4	align=left		align=left		24:15
5	align=left		align=left		24:24
6	align=left		align=left		25:42
7	align=left		align=left		27:35
8	align=left		align=left		29:33
9	align=left		align=left		30:20
—	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" 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" (Nadia Rodríguez) align=right style="border:0" (DNF)	12
	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	24

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

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		11:36
	align=left		align=left		11:39
	align=left		align=left		11:50
4	align=left		align=left		11:51
5	align=left		align=left		12:08
6	align=left		align=left		12:15
7	align=left		align=left		12:17
8	align=left		align=left		12:28
9	align=left		align=left		13:04
10	align=left		align=left		13:10
11	align=left		align=left		13:12
12	align=left		align=left		13:21
13	align=left		align=left		13:59

+Teams
width=10%	Rank	width=30%	Team	width=10%	Points
	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" 10 align=left style="border:0" (Romina Erices) align=right style="border:0" (n/s)	24
	align=left	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" align=right style="border:0" 12	32

• 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, 95 athletes from 8 countries participated.

• (38)
• (3)
• (8)
• (12)
• (7)
• (20)
• Perú (3)
• (4)

See also

• 2003 in athletics (track and field)

External links

• GBRathletics