Guatemala
gets ready for the 10th Edition of the Ibero-American Championships
Eduardo Biscayart for the IAAF
10 May 2002 - With a team of 71 athletes, Brazil travels to Guatemala City
hoping to dominate the 10th Edition of the Ibero-American
Championships, to be held in the “Estadio Cementos Progreso”, in the
neighbourhood of La Pedrera, this coming weekend 11 / 12 May 2002.
Guatemala’s 1402m of altitude could be a defining factor for sprinters and jumpers, and that’s where the South American giants have their main goals. In the 2000 edition, the “Verde-Amarelha” almost swept the medal table with 45 medals and 18 golds.
Brazil’s top names for this edition are Cláudio Sousa (100m, 200m, 4x100m), André da Silva (200m), Hudson de Souza (1500m), Jadel Gregório (TJ), Maurren Maggi (LJ, TJ) and Elisângela Adriano (SP, DT).
Cuba, the nation that dominates the all-time medal table will present a reduced team. Their main hopes are Yoelbi Quesada (TJ), Yoandri Betanzos (TH), Ibrahin Camejo (LJ), Yoelmis Pacheco (LJ) and Yunaika Crawford (HT).
Spain, the mentor of this competition, which started in 1983 in Barcelona, will only show up with 23 athletes. Sergio Gallardo (800m), Ricardo Fernández (3000m), José María González Calvo and Francisco Javier Munuera (3000m St), Antonio Adsuar (LJ), Martina de la Puente (SP), Marta Míguez (JT) and Dolores Pedrares (HT) represent their biggest expectations.
Portugal will only bring 5 athletes: Manuel Damião (1500m), Nuno Fernandes (PV), Paulo Bernardo (DT), Severina Cravid (100m) and Vânia Silva (HT), while Argentina will only have 10 representatives.
The Mexican delegation will be headed by distance runner Adriana Fernandez, while Ecuador will present a team that includes the country’s only Olympic Champion, Jefferson Pérez (20Km Walk).
The event will be held in 4 sessions on Saturday and Sunday, and will be considered in the criteria for the selection of the team that will represent the Americas at the 2002 World Cup.
This tournament will be the third international competition hosted by Guatemala in a period of 12 months. In 2001 this nation organized the Central American and Caribbean Games, and also the Central American Games, both with very successful results.
Ibero-American
Championships
1º Barcelona ESP 1983
2º La Habana CUB
1986
3º C. de México MEX
1988
4º Manaus BRA
1990
5º Sevilla ESP
1992
6º Mar del Plata ARG 1994
7º Medellín COL 1996
8º Lisboa POR 1998
9º Rio de Janeiro BRA 2000
All-Time medal table
- Top Ten nations
Country G S B Total
CUB 116 65 42 223
BRA 87 92 91 270
ESP 75 87 88 250
ARG 29 33 41 103
MEX
27
41 26
94
COL 27 20 27
74
CHI 21 21 23
65
POR 20 38 34
92
VEN
9 9
11
29
PUR 8 11
8 27
Championship Records
Men
100 meters 10.00 Robson Caetano da Silva BRA Ciudad de
México 1988
200 meters 20.04 Robson Caetano da Silva BRA Ciudad de México 1988
400 meters 44.45 Roberto Hernández CUB Ciudad de México 1988
800 meters 1:45.83 Norberto Téllez CUB Medellín 1996
1500 meters 3:40.63 Luis Feiteira POR Lisboa 1998
5000 meters 13:34.34 Antônio Pinto POR Lisboa 1998
10000 meters 28:06.88 Armando Quintanilla MEX Mar del Plata
1994
Marathon 2:14:27 Rodrigo Gavela ESP Barcelona 1992
110 meters hurdles 13.39 Anier García CUB Medellín
1996
400 meters hurdles 48.96 Eronilde Nunes de Araújo BRA Lisboa 1998
3000m Steeple 8:27.20 Domingo Ramón ESP Barcelona 1983
HJ 2.35 Javier Sotomayor CUB Ciudad de
México 1988
PV 5.60 Montxu Miranda ESP Lisboa 1998
LJ 8.53 Iván Pedroso CUB Sevilla 1992
TJ 17.05 Michael Calvo CUB Rio de Janeiro 2000
SP 19.92 Gert Michael Weil CHI La Habana 1986
DT 65.82 Raúl Calderón CUB La Habana 1986
HT 76.18 Alberto Sánchez CUB Lisboa 1998
JT 80.02 Emeterio González CUB Rio de Janeiro 1990
Decathlon 7.824 Antonio Peñalver ESP Manaus 1990
(11.58
7.43 15.94 2.04 50.81 / 15.36 46.16 4.60 55.04 4:44.55)
4 x 100
38.24 Brasil BRA Rio de Janeiro 2000
(Vicente
de Lima, Edson Ribeiro, André da Silva, Claudinei da Silva)
4 x 400 2:59.71 Cuba CUB Ciudad de
México 1988
(Lázaro Martínez, Jorge Valentín, Félix Stevens, Roberto Hernández)
20000 meters Walk 1:21:20.0 Daniel García MEX Mar del Plata 1994
Women
100 meters 11.32 Liliana Allen MEX Lisboa
1998
200 meters 22.93 Felipa Palacios COL Medellín 1996
400 meters 50.54 Ana F. Quirot CUB Ciudad de México 1988
800 meters 2:00.25 Ana F. Quirot CUB Ciudad de México 1988
1500 meters 4:13.07 Alejandra Ramos CHI
Manaus 1990
3000 meters 9:10.17 Silvana Pereira BRA Manaus
1990
5000 meters 15:29.47 Fernanda Ribeiro POR Rio 2000
10000 meters 32:40.80 Luisa Larraga ESP Lisboa 1998
Marathon 2:39:10 Ana I. Alonso ESP Barcelona 1992
100 meters hurdles 13.13 Aliuska López CUB Sevilla 1992
400 meters hurdles 56.73 Tania Fernández CUB Ciudad de México 1988
3000m
Steeple 10:49.53 Soraya Vieira Telles BRA Rio 2000
HJ 1.98 Ioamnet Quintero CUB
Sevilla 1992
PV 4.30 Alejandra García ARG Rio de
Janeiro 2000
LJ 6.96 Madeline de Jesús PUR Ciudad
de México 1988
TJ 14.39 Yamilé Aldama CUB Medellín
1996
SP 19.31 Belsy Laza CUB Sevilla 1992
DT 70.68 Maritza Martén CUB
Sevilla 1992
HT 61.39 Dolores Pedrares ESP Rio de Janeiro 2000
JT 60.43 Xiomara Rivero CUB Rio de Janeiro 2000
Heptathlon 5.808 Zorobabelia Córdoba COL Sevilla 1992
(14.11 1.71 12.90 25.18 / 5.56 50.30 2:21.48)
4 x 100 44.11 Cuba CUB Medellín 1996
(Idalia Hechavarría, Damarys Anderson, Dainelky Pérez, Liliana Allen)
4 x 400
3:29.21 Brasil BRA
Ciudad de México 1988
(Rosângela
de Oliveira, Suzette Garcia Montalvão, Soraya Vieira Telles, Ma. Magnôlia
Figueiredo)
10000m
Walk 45:38.90 Rosario
Sánchez MEX Rio de Janeiro 2000
