2008 South American Cross Country Championships Explained

2008 South American Cross Country Championships
Organisers:	CONSUDATLE
Edition:	23rd
Date:	March 2
Host City:	Asunción, Paraguay
Location:	Parque Ñu Guazú
Nations Participating:	7
Athletes Participating:	91
Races:	6
Distances:	12 km – Senior men 8 km – Junior men (U20) 4 km – Youth men (U18) 8 km – Senior women 6 km – Junior women (U20) 3 km – Youth women (U18)
Previous:	2007 Rio de Janeiro
Next:	2009 Concepción

The 2008 South American Cross Country Championships took place on March 2, 2008. The races were held at the Parque Ñu Guazú in Asunción, Paraguay. A detailed report of the event was given for the IAAF.

Complete results and results for junior and youth competitions were published.

Medallists

Individual
Senior men (12 km)	Marilson Gomes dos Santos	37:28	Jorge Cabrera	37:58	Giovanny Amador	38:12
Junior (U20) men (8 km)	Gilberto Silvestre Lopes	26:22	Derlis Ramón Ayala	26:30	Éderson Vilela Pereira	26:48
Youth (U18) men (4 km)	Antonio Ribeiro Barbosa Filho	12:29		12:39	Miguel Angel Amador	12:46
Senior women (8 km)		28:19	Zenaide Vieira	28:51	Maria Zeferina Rodrigues Baldaia	29:12
Junior (U20) women (6 km)		23:10		23:18		23:37
Youth (U18) women (3 km)		10:37	Florencia Borelli	10:49	Lucrecia Ortíz	11:00
Team
Senior men		15		18		22
Junior (U20) men		9		23		25
Youth (U18) men		5		13
Senior women		11		25		32
Junior (U20) women		6		19		22
Youth (U18) women		5		6		13

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		37:28
	align=left		align=left		37:58
	align=left		align=left		38:12
4	align=left		align=left		38:32
5	align=left		align=left		38:35
6	align=left		align=left		38:40
7	align=left		align=left		38:47
8	align=left		align=left		39:11
9	align=left		align=left		39:13
10	align=left		align=left		39:14
11	align=left		align=left		39:29
12	align=left		align=left		39:38
13	align=left		align=left		39:50
14	align=left		align=left		40:09
15	align=left		align=left		40:22
16	align=left		align=left		41:13
17	align=left		align=left		41:29
18	align=left		align=left		42:21
19	align=left		align=left		42:33
20	align=left		align=left		47:18
—	align=left		align=left		DNF
—	align=left		align=left		DNF
—	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" Cosme Anselmo de Souza^† align=right style="border:0" 4 or (n/s) align=left style="border:0" José Cicero Eloy^† align=right style="border:0" 4 or (n/s) align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 10	15
	align=left	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" align=right style="border:0" 8 align=left style="border:0" (John Jairo Vargas) align=right style="border:0" (n/s) align=left style="border:0" (Oscar Robayo) align=right style="border:0" (DNF)	18
	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" 11 align=left style="border:0" (Didimo Armando Sánchez) align=right style="border:0" (n/s)	22
4	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 2 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 15 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 16 align=left style="border:0" (Orlando Javier Elizeche) align=right style="border:0" (n/s) align=left style="border:0" (Raúl Cardozo) align=right style="border:0" (DNF)	33
5	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 12 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 13 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 14 align=left style="border:0" (Roberto Carlos Balcedo) align=right style="border:0" (DNF)	39

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

^†: One of two athletes was a 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		26:22
	align=left		align=left		26:30
	align=left		align=left		26:48
4	align=left		align=left		27:13
5	align=left		align=left		27:16
6	align=left		align=left		27:27
7	align=left		align=left		27:42
8	align=left		align=left		28:00
9	align=left		align=left		28:26
10	align=left		align=left		28:30
11	align=left		align=left		29:10
12	align=left		align=left		29:33
13	align=left		align=left		31:09
14	align=left		align=left		31:11
15	align=left		align=left		33:00
—	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" 5 align=left style="border:0" (Paulo Sergio dos Reis Carvalho) align=right style="border:0" (DNF)	9
	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" 10 align=left style="border:0" (Walter Corbalán) align=right style="border:0" (n/s)	23
	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 2 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" (José Francisco Bordón) align=right style="border:0" (n/s) align=left style="border:0" (Claudio Nicolás Gómez) align=right style="border:0" (n/s)	25

• 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		12:29
	align=left		align=left		12:39
	align=left		align=left		12:46
4	align=left		align=left		13:08
5	align=left		align=left		13:10
6	align=left		align=left		14:13
7	align=left		align=left		14:39
8	align=left		align=left		14:45
9	align=left		align=left		15:45

+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" 4 align=left style="border:0" (Evandro Maciel) align=right style="border:0" (n/s)	5
	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" (Edulfo David Forcado) align=right style="border:0" (n/s)	13

• 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		28:19
	align=left		align=left		28:51
	align=left		align=left		29:12
4	align=left		align=left		29:12
5	align=left		align=left		29:13
6	align=left		align=left		29:38
7	align=left		align=left		29:51
8	align=left		align=left		29:58
9	align=left		align=left		30:16
10	align=left		align=left		30:59
11	align=left		align=left		31:19
12	align=left		align=left		31:26
13	align=left		align=left		31:30
14	align=left		align=left		31:40
15	align=left		align=left		32:21
16	align=left		align=left		34:15
17	align=left		align=left		35:02
18	align=left		align=left		36:57

+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" 6 align=left style="border:0" (Rosângela Raimunda Pereira Faria) align=right style="border:0" (n/s)	11
	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 5 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 8 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 12 align=left style="border:0" (Andrea Latapie) align=right style="border:0" (n/s)	25
	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" 13	32
4	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 11 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 14 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 15 align=left style="border:0" (Cristina Ramona Ramos) align=right style="border:0" (n/s)	40

• 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		23:10
	align=left		align=left		23:18
	align=left		align=left		23:37
4	align=left		align=left		24:02
5	align=left		align=left		24:42
6	align=left		align=left		25:00
7	align=left		align=left		25:12
8	align=left		align=left		25:21
9	align=left		align=left		25:38
10	align=left		align=left		25:53
11	align=left		align=left		26:28
12	align=left		align=left		28:35
—	align=left		align=left		DNF

+Teams
width=10%	Rank	width=30%	Team	width=10%	Points
	align=left	Perú 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	6
	align=left	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" align=right style="border:0" 10	19
	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" 9 align=left style="border:0" (Marta Raquel Pino) align=right style="border:0" (10) align=left style="border:0" (Damiana Batista Seles) align=right style="border:0" (DNF)	22

• 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		10:37
	align=left		align=left		10:49
	align=left		align=left		11:00
4	align=left		align=left		11:18
5	align=left		align=left		11:30
6	align=left		align=left		11:33
7	align=left		align=left		11:47
8	align=left		align=left		12:04
9	align=left		align=left		12:08
10	align=left		align=left		12:34
11	align=left		align=left		12:47

+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	5
	align=left	Perú align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 1 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 5	6
	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" (Selva Florentin) align=right style="border:0" (n/s)	13
4	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" (Valdilene dos Santos Silva) align=right style="border:0" (n/s)	13

• 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, 91 athletes from 7 countries participated. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.

• (19)
• (2)
• (23)
• (9)
• (21)
• Perú (9)
• (8)

See also

• 2008 in athletics (track and field)