| XIII Ibero-American Championships in Athletics | |
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| Host City: | Iquique, Chile |
| Dates: | 13 – 15 June 2008 |
| Stadium: | Estadio Tierra de Campeones |
| Nations Participating: | 19 |
| Athletes Participating: | 316 |
| Events: | 44 |
| Previous: | 2006 Ponce |
| Next: | 2010 San Fernando |
The 2008 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics (Spanish: XIII Campeonato Iberoamericano de Atletismo), was an athletics competition which was held at the Estadio Tierra de Campeones in Iquique, Chile from June 13 to the 15th. A total of forty-four events were contested, of which 22 by male and 22 by female athletes.
Iquique was selected as the host city for the event, in May 2006, at the Iberoamerican Athletics Confederation Congress (Congreso de la Confederación Iberoamericana de Atletismo).[1] A running track was installed at the stadium specifically for the competition.[2]
No championship records were set at an edition which has hampered by cold, windy whether in the Chilean city. Six national records were broken at the competition,[3] however, including a Chilean record throw of 18.65 m by shot put winner Natalia Ducó, which was also a South American junior record.[4] Ecuador's Bayron Piedra was another stand-out performer as he set a national record to win the 3000 metres, adding to his silver medal from the 1500 metres.
The competition was dominated by Brazilian athletes: seventeen gold medals were won by the country's athletes and it topped the medal table with a total of 44 medals – a third of those on offer. Colombia had the next most golds with five and Spain and Argentina took four each. The hosts Chile had two golds in their medal haul of eight altogether.[3]
See main article: 2008 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics – Results.
| 100 metres (wind: -2.3 m/s) | 10.54 | 10.60 | 10.62 | ||||
| 200 metres | 20.87 | 20.95 | 21.14 | ||||
| 400 metres | 46.63 | 46.73 | 46.92 | ||||
| 800 metres | 1:47.59 | 1:47.83 | 1:48.11 | ||||
| 1500 metres | 3:42.06 | 3:42.65 | 3:42.93 | ||||
| 3000 metres | 7:54.69 NR | 7:54.70 | 7:57.95 NR | ||||
| 5000 metres | 13:51.14 | 13:51.20 | 13:51.25 | ||||
| 110 metres hurdles (wind: -2.0 m/s) | 13.74 | 13.89 | 14.10 | ||||
| 400 metres hurdles | 50.07 | 50.92 | 51.20 | ||||
| 3000 metres steeplechase | 8:42.51 | 8:43.57 | 8:44.93 | ||||
| 4×100 metres relay | Vicente de Lima Sandro Viana Bruno de Barros José Carlos Moreira | 38.96 | José Manuel Garaventa Mariano Jiménez Miguel Wilken Matías Usandivaras | 40.28 | Only two finishers | ||
| 4×400 metres relay | Omar Cisneros William Collazo Yasmani Copello Yeimer López | 3:03.22 | Luís Ambrosio Luíz Guilherme de Oliveira André de Melo Fernando de Almeida | 3:08.45 | Ramon Frías Tayron Reyes Gustavo Cuesta Kelvin Herrera | 3:08.70 | |
| 20,000 metres walk | 1:23:12.6 | 1:24:19.2 | 1:24:24.1 | ||||
| High jump | 2.20 m | 2.20 m | 2.20 m | ||||
| Pole vault | 5.00 m | 5.00 m | 4.80 m | ||||
| Long jump | 7.82 m | 7.64 m | 7.58 m | ||||
| Triple jump | 16.31 m | 15.53 m | 15.34 m | ||||
| Shot put | 19.45 m | 19.42 m | 19.02 m | ||||
| Discus throw | 59.43 m | 57.67 m | 56.77 m | ||||
| Hammer throw | 69.74 m | 68.96 m | 68.87 m | ||||
| Javelin throw | 78.77 m | 77.20 m | 75.81 m | ||||
| Decathlon | 7362 pts | 6944 pts | 6915 pts |
| 100 metres (wind: -1.5 m/s) | 11.58 | 11.70 | 11.74 | ||||
| 200 metres | 23.84 | 23.85 | 23.86 | ||||
| 400 metres | 52.14 | 53.33 | 53.34 | ||||
| 800 metres | 2:04.34 | 2:04.37 | 2:04.42 | ||||
| 1500 metres | 4:18.78 | 4:23.24 | 4:23.45 | ||||
| 3000 metres | 9:16.53 | 9:22.72 | 9:29.58 | ||||
| 5000 metres | 16:01.00 | 16:05.45 | 16:30.60 NR | ||||
| 100 metres hurdles | 13.56 | 13.60 | 13.61 | ||||
| 400 metres hurdles | 56.1 | 56.8 | 57.9 | ||||
| 3000 metres steeplechase | 9:54.70 | 10:00.36 NR | 10:02.13 | ||||
| 4×100 metres relay | Yomara Hinestroza Mirtha Brock Darlenys Obregón María Idrobo | 44.89 | Lucimar de Moura Rosemar Coelho Neto Ana Cláudia Lemos Silva Luciana dos Santos | 44.99 | Daniela Pávez Carolina Díaz Ljubica Milos Sicylle Jeria | 46.87 | |
| 4×400 metres relay | Ruth Grajeda Gabriela Medina Nallely Vela Zudikey Rodríguez | 3:33.27 | Maria Laura Almirão Perla Regina dos Santos Sheila Ferreira Josiane Tito | 3:34.01 | Mirtha Brock Maria Alejandra Idrobo Kelly López Norma González | 3:39.46 | |
| 10,000 metres walk | 45:24.59 | 46:43.94 | 46:54.20 | ||||
| High jump | 1.87 m | 1.85 m | 1.83 m | ||||
| Pole vault | 4.20 m | 4.10 m | 4.00 m | ||||
| Long jump | 6.25 m | 6.20 m | 5.89 m | ||||
| Triple jump | 13.32 m | 12.86 m | 12.84 m | ||||
| Shot put | 18.65 m AJR NR | 16.72 m | 14.98 m | ||||
| Discus throw | 54.49 m | 53.10 m NR | 52.82 m | ||||
| Hammer throw | 65.96 m | 64.89 m | 63.09 m | ||||
| Javelin throw | 56.59 m | 53.20 m | 53.11 m | ||||
| Heptathlon | 5739 pts | 5312 pts | 5278 pts |
Of the twenty-eight members of the Asociación Iberoamericana de Atletismo, nineteen nations sent delegations to the 2008 championships. This represented all the organisation's members but for Guinea-Bissau. A total of 322 athletes were set to take part in the competition [5] of which 316 actually participated.