1988 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics

The 1988 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics (Spanish: III Campeonato Iberoamericano de Atletismo) was the third edition of the international athletics competition between Ibero-American nations which was held in Mexico City, Mexico from 22–24 July. A total of forty events were contested, of which 22 by male and 18 by female athletes.[1] A total of 371 athletes and 20 nations took part in the three-day competition.

III Ibero-American Championships
The host stadium in Mexico (shown here in 2008)
Dates22 – 24 July 1988
Host cityMexico City, Mexico
VenueEstadio Olímpico Universitario
Events40
Participation371 athletes from
20 nations
Records set26

All performances were set at high altitude, which aided athletes in most events (compared to performing at lower climes) with the exception of long-distance running events. Three new events were introduced at the 1988 edition of the competition: the women's 10,000 metres, women's marathon and women's 10,000 m race walk. The men's marathon race returned to the Ibero-American Championships after a break in 1986.[2]

Cuba topped the medal table for a third time, winning eighteen gold medals and 34 medals overall. The next best performing nation was Spain, which won nine events and had 28 medals. Mexico, the host nation, edged Brazil into fourth place with its tally of five golds and 19 medals, while the Brazilians had one less gold and two fewer in total.[3]

Three athletes remained undefeated at the championship, taking three straight wins: José Alonso in the men's 400 m hurdles, Alberto Ruiz in the men's pole vault, and Ana Fidelia Quirot in the women's 400 m.[2] In the heats of the men's 100 metres Robson da Silva (who went on to win a 100/200 m double) ran a time of ten seconds flat – a new South American record time.[3]

Ana Fidelia Quirot completed a 400/800 m double. Madeline de Jesús jumped a national record to win the women's long jump and Puerto Rico's sole gold of the tournament. The Cuban women took the top two spots in all the throws, while Spain's women had 1–2 finishes in both the short sprints. The Mexican long-distance athletes excelled at high altitude: the men won the gold and silver medals in the track running and walking events, while the women also claimed the top two spots in the walks.[3]

Medal summary

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres   Robson da Silva (BRA) 10.08   Leandro Peñalver (CUB) 10.12   Arnaldo de Oliveira (BRA) 10.13
200 metres   Robson da Silva (BRA) 20.05 CR   Leandro Peñalver (CUB) 20.22   Roberto Hernández (CUB) 20.24
400 metres   Roberto Hernández (CUB) 44.44 CR   Gerson de Souza (BRA) 45.28   Jesús Malavé (VEN) 45.61
800 metres   Colomán Trabado (ESP) 1:47.16 CR   Mauricio Hernández (MEX) 1:47.38   Manuel Balmaceda (CHI) 1:47.66
1500 metres   Manuel Pancorbo (ESP) 3:52.11   Adelino Hidalgo (ESP) 3:53.10   Mauricio Hernández (MEX) 3:53.19
5000 metres   Arturo Barrios (MEX) 14:10.72   Mauricio González (MEX) 14:25.78   Antonio Serrano (ESP) 14:41.75
10,000 metres   Jesús Herrera (MEX) 29:51.09   Manuel Vera (MEX) 30:42.69   Franklin Tenorio (ECU) 31:50.60
110 metres hurdles   Emilio Valle (CUB) 13.71 CR   Carlos Sala (ESP) 13.80   Javier Moracho (ESP) 13.83
400 metres hurdles   José Alonso (ESP) 49.20 CR   Domingo Cordero (PUR) 49.61   Antônio Dias Ferreira (BRA) 50.12
3000 metres steeplechase   Martín Fiz (ESP) 9:05.21   Mauricio Fabián (MEX) 9:06.11   Germán Silva (MEX) 9:14.45
4×100 metres relay   Cuba (CUB)
Andrés Simón
Leandro Peñalver
Sergio Querol
Jaime Jefferson
38.86 CR   Spain (ESP)
Florencio Gascon
Valentín Rocandio
Enrique Talavera
José Javier Arqués
39.36   Portugal (POR)
Fernando Damasio
Pedro Curvelo
Luís Cunha
Luis Barroso
39.63
4×400 metres relay   Cuba (CUB)
Lazaro Martínez
Jorge Valentin
Félix Stevens
Roberto Hernández
2:59.71 CR   Venezuela (VEN)
Charles Bodington
Aaron Phillips
Henry Aguiar
Jesús Malavé
3:04.56 NR[4]   Portugal (POR)
Pedro Curvelo
Filipe Lomba
Arnaldo Abrantes
Alvaro Silva
3:05.14
Marathon   Filemón López (MEX) 2:23:59 CR   Wilson Pérez (ECU) 2:24:27   Radamés González (CUB) 2:28:25
20 km walk   Carlos Mercenario (MEX) 1:21:47 CR   Ernesto Canto (MEX) 1:24:29   Daniel Plaza (ESP) 1:27:23
High jump   Javier Sotomayor (CUB) 2.35 m CR   Francisco Centelles (CUB) 2.31 m   Fernando Pastoriza (ARG) 2.25 m NR
Pole vault   Alberto Ruiz (ESP) 5.30 m CR   Javier García (ESP) 5.30 m CR   Efram Meléndez (PUR) 5.00 m
Long jump   Jaime Jefferson (CUB) 8.37 m CR   Ubaldo Duany (CUB) 8.18 m   Antonio Corgos (ESP) 8.08 m
Triple jump   Juan Miguel López (CUB) 16.98 m CR   Ernesto Torres (PUR) 16.84 m   Jorge da Silva (BRA) 16.81 m
Shot put   Paul Ruiz (CUB) 19.18 m   Marciso Boué (CUB) 18.98 m   Adilson Oliveira (BRA) 17.68 m
Discus throw   Luis Delís (CUB) 65.20 m   Juan Martínez (CUB) 63.72 m   José de Souza (BRA) 56.16 m
Hammer throw   Andrés Charadía (ARG) 68.46 m   Vicente Sánchez (CUB) 68.00 m   Raúl Jimeno (ESP) 67.52 m
Javelin throw   Ramón González (CUB) 75.56 m   Juan de la Garza (MEX) 73.48 m   Julián Sotelo (ESP) 69.30 m

Women

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres   Sandra Myers (ESP) 11.47 CR   Cristina Pérez (ESP) 11.59   Inês Ribeiro (BRA) 11.67
200 metres   Blanca Lacambra (ESP) 23.04 CR   Cristina Pérez (ESP) 23.06   Maria Magnólia Figueiredo (BRA) 23.35
400 metres   Ana Fidelia Quirot (CUB) 50.54 CR   Maria Figueirêdo (BRA) 51.74   Blanca Lacambra (ESP) 52.16
800 metres   Ana Fidelia Quirot (CUB) 2:01.52   Soraya Telles (BRA) 2:02.00   Rosa Colorado (ESP) 2:03.89
1500 metres   Soraya Telles (BRA) 4:28.91   Aurora Pérez (ESP) 4:39.21   Judith McLaughlin (GUA) 4:40.43
3000 metres   Estela Estévez (ESP) 9:46.35   Martha Tenorio (ECU) 9:46.66   Ruth Jaime Campos (PER) 9:58.99
10,000 metres   Martha Tenorio (ECU) 35:33.67 CR   Martha Jiménez (MEX) 36:08.54A   Gloria Ramírez (MEX) 36:23.00
100 metres hurdles   Odalys Adams (CUB) 13.28 CR   Sandra Taváres (MEX) 13.53   Beatriz Capotosto (ARG) 13.54
400 metres hurdles   Tania Fernández (CUB) 56.73 CR   Liliana Chalá (ECU) 57.12 NR   Maria dos Santos (BRA) 57.64
4×100 metres relay   Spain (ESP)
Sandra Myers
Cristina Pérez
Yolanda Díaz
Lourdes Valdor
44.47 CR   Mexico (MEX)
Sandra Tavárez
Alma Delia Vásquez
Alejandra Flores
Guadalupe García
45.20 NR   Brazil (BRA)
Conceição Geremias
Juraciara da Silva
Claudiléia Santos
Inês Ribeiro
45.28
4×400 metres relay   Brazil (BRA)
Rosângela Souza
Suzette Montalvão
Soraya Telles
Maria Magnólia Figueiredo
3:29.22 CR   Spain (ESP)
Montserrat Pujol
Rosa Colorado
Esther Lahoz
Blanca Lacambra
3:32.54   Cuba (CUB)
Mercedes Alvarez
Nelsa María Vinent
Odalys Hernández
Ana Fidelia Quirot
3:32.77
Marathon   Zoila Muñoz (ECU) 3:00:42 CR   Gloria Corona (MEX) 3:05:16   Maribel Durruty (CUB) 3:08:00
10,000 m track walk   María Colín (MEX) 51:08.1 CR   Graciela Mendoza (MEX) 51:09.8   María Reyes Sobrino (ESP) 52:00.4
High jump   Silvia Costa (CUB) 1.97 m CR   Cristina Fink (MEX) 1.88 m   Dania Fernández (CUB) 1.85 m
Long jump   Madeline de Jesús (PUR) 6.96 m CR NR   Niurka Montalvo (CUB) 6.55 m   Sandra Myers  (ESP) 6.38 m
Shot put   Belsis Laza (CUB) 17.23 m CR   Lissete Martínez (CUB) 15.93 m   Margarita Ramos (ESP) 15.51 m
Discus throw   Bárbara Hechevarría (CUB) 56.34 m   Olga Gómez (CUB) 55.38 m   María Isabel Urrutia (COL) 54.22 m
Javelin throw
(old model)
  Herminia Bouza (CUB) 62.48 m   Dulce García (CUB) 61.82 m   Sueli dos Santos (BRA) 56.10 m
  •  : GBR Athletics lists Colombia's Ximena Restrepo as the joint bronze medallist in the women's 200 m.[2] However, the official results show Restrepo finished in fourth with a time of 23.46 seconds.[3]

Medal table

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Robson da Silva won two sprint golds for Brazil.
 
Cuba's Javier Sotomayor retained his men's high jump title from 1986.

  *   Host nation (Mexico)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Cuba (CUB)1811534
2  Spain (ESP)981128
3  Mexico (MEX)*512320
4  Brazil (BRA)431017
5  Ecuador (ECU)2316
6  Puerto Rico (PUR)1214
7  Argentina (ARG)1023
8  Venezuela (VEN)0112
9  Portugal (POR)0022
10  Chile (CHI)0011
  Colombia (COL)0011
  Guatemala (GUA)0011
  Peru (PER)0011
Totals (13 entries)404040120

Participation

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Of the twenty-two members of the Asociación Iberoamericana de Atletismo, twenty presented delegations for the championships. The absent nations were Bolivia and the Dominican Republic. A record high of 371 athletes participated in the championships – more than the previous two editions combined.[5] However, only 344 participating athletes (including some guest athletes) were counted by analysing the official result list.[6] The higher number probably contains coaches and/or officials registered for the event.

References

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  1. ^ Campeonato Iberamericano[usurped]. CONSUDATLE. Retrieved on 2011-11-13.
  2. ^ a b c Ibero American Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2011-11-13.
  3. ^ a b c d El Atletismo Ibero-Americano – San Fernando 2010 Archived 2011-11-23 at the Wayback Machine. RFEA. Retrieved on 2011-11-13.
  4. ^ Relevo criollo disputa este viernes la final panamericana. Solo Deportes (2011-10-27). Retrieved on 2011-11-13.
  5. ^ El Atletismo Ibero-Americano – San Fernando 2010 Archived 2011-11-23 at the Wayback Machine (pg. 214). RFEA. Retrieved on 2012-01-08.
  6. ^ Mansilla, Ignacio (May 2010), "CIUDAD DE MÉXICO – 1988 – RESULTADOS – III CAMPEONATOS IBEROAMERICANOS – Ciudad de México (Estadio Olímpico) – Altitud: 2.240 metros – 22–24 Julio 1988", EL ATLETISMO IBEROAMERICANO (PDF) (in Spanish) (4th ed.), Real Federación Española de Atletismo, pp. 101–108, ISBN 84-87704-77-8, archived from the original (PDF) on 23 November 2011, retrieved 18 March 2015
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