1996 South American Cross Country Championships

The 1996 South American Cross Country Championships took place on February 24–25, 1996. The races were held at the Club Mbiguá in Asunción, Paraguay.

1996 South American Cross Country Championships
Organisers	CONSUDATLE
Edition	11th
Date	February 24–25
Host city	Asunción, Paraguay
Venue	Club Mbiguá
Events	6
Distances	12 km – Senior men 8 km – Junior men (U20) 4 km – Youth men (U17) 6 km – Senior women 4 km – Junior women (U20) 3 km – Youth women (U17)
Participation	108 athletes from 7 nations
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Complete results, results for junior and youth competitions, and medal winners were published.

Medallists

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Individual
Senior men (12 km)	Herder Vásquez Colombia	38:19	Daniel Lopes Ferreira Brazil	38:27	Sérgio Gonçalves da Silva Brazil	38:45
Junior (U20) men (8 km)	Paulo Vitor Lunkes Brazil	25:54	Marilson Gomes dos Santos Brazil	26:09	Hudson Santos de Souza Brazil	26:20
Youth (U17) men (4 km)	Pedro Herrera Argentina	13:35	Juan Marinoni Argentina	13:42	Antonio Baldi Argentina	13:48
Senior women (6 km)	Stella Castro Colombia	21:43	Érika Olivera Chile	21:51	Nadir Sabino de Siqueira Brazil	21:52
Junior (U20) women (4 km)	Bertha Sánchez Colombia	14:21	Fabiana Cristine da Silva Brazil	14:33	Valquíria Silva Santos Brazil	14:56
Youth (U17) women (3 km)	Vanesa Maraviglia Argentina	11:04	Vanesa Davico Argentina	11:22	María Rodríguez Uruguay	11:42
Team
Senior men	Brazil	17	Colombia	21	Argentina	40
Junior (U20) men	Brazil	6	Argentina	18	Colombia	24
Youth (U17) men	Argentina	6	Paraguay	15
Senior women	Brazil	8	Argentina	13	Paraguay	24
Junior (U20) women	Brazil	11	Colombia	15	Argentina	20
Youth (U17) women	Argentina	6	Paraguay	15

Race results

Senior men's race (12 km)

Individual race

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	Herder Vásquez	Colombia	38:19
	Daniel Lopes Ferreira	Brazil	38:27
	Sérgio Gonçalves da Silva	Brazil	38:45
4	José Guerrero	Colombia	39:01
5	Elenilson da Silva	Brazil	39:09
6	Pedro Rojas	Colombia	39:13
7	Eder Moreno Fialho	Brazil	39:22
8	Tranquilino Valenzuela	Argentina	39:25
9	Darío Nuñez	Argentina	39:40
10	William Roldán	Colombia	39:51
11	Leonardo Vieira Guedes	Brazil	40:04
12	Oscar Cortínez	Argentina	40:20
13	José Montenegro	Argentina	40:27
14	Néstor García	Uruguay	40:45
15	Antonio Soliz	Argentina	41:11
16	Antonio Ibañez	Argentina	42:28
17	Humberto Hermosilla	Paraguay	44:25
18	Javier Benítez	Uruguay	45:33
19	Ademar Araujo	Uruguay	45:40
20	Ángel Leyton	Uruguay	46:28
21	Ramón Aranda	Paraguay	48:06
22	Gustavo Ortega	Paraguay	48:14
23	Pedro Rodríguez	Paraguay	49:44
24	Juan Toledo	Paraguay	51:09
—	Daniel Castro	Argentina	DNF
—	Porfirio Méndez	Paraguay	DNF
—	Rubén Navarro	Paraguay	DNF
—	Juan Pablo Juárez	Argentina	DNF

Teams

Rank	Team	Points
	Brazil Daniel Lopes Ferreira 2 Sérgio Gonçalves da Silva 3 Elenilson da Silva 5 Eder Moreno Fialho 7 (Leonardo Vieira Guedes) (n/s)	17
	Colombia Herder Vásquez 1 José Guerrero 4 Pedro Rojas 6 William Roldán 10	21
	Argentina Tranquilino Valenzuela 8 Darío Nuñez 9 Oscar Cortínez 11 José Montenegro 12 (Antonio Soliz) (n/s) (Antonio Ibañez) (n/s) (Daniel Castro) (DNF) (Juan Pablo Juárez) (DNF)	40
4	Uruguay Néstor García 13 Javier Benítez 15 Ademar Araujo 16 Ángel Leyton 17	61
5	Paraguay Humberto Hermosilla 14 Ramón Aranda 18 Gustavo Ortega 19 Pedro Rodríguez 20 (Juan Toledo) (n/s) (Porfirio Méndez) (DNF) (Rubén Navarro) (DNF)	71

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

Junior (U20) men's race (8 km)

Individual race

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	Paulo Vitor Lunkes	Brazil	25:54
	Marilson Gomes dos Santos	Brazil	26:09
	Hudson Santos de Souza	Brazil	26:20
4	Julián Peralta	Argentina	26:28
5	Mauricio Ladino	Colombia	26:45
6	Rômulo Wagner da Silva	Brazil	26:57
7	Rubén Vera	Argentina	27:12
8	Oscar Meza	Paraguay	27:15
9	Cristóbal Valenzuela	Argentina	27:32
10	Nelson González	Colombia	27:37
11	Ariel Frías	Argentina	27:50
12	Marcos Silva	Uruguay	28:01
13	Wilmer Avendaño	Colombia	28:19
14	Gustavo Pereira	Uruguay	28:23
15	Carlos Barrientos	Paraguay	28:33
16	Alberto González	Argentina	29:18
17	Israel Recalde	Paraguay	31:28
18	Lucas Panadero	Paraguay	31:55
19	Rodrigo Brambilla	Paraguay	32:58
—	Hugo Máscaro	Paraguay	DNF

Teams

Rank	Team	Points
	Brazil Paulo Vitor Lunkes 1 Marilson Gomes dos Santos 2 Hudson Santos de Souza 3 (Rômulo Wagner da Silva) (n/s)	6
	Argentina Julián Peralta 4 Rubén Vera 6 Cristóbal Valenzuela 8 (Ariel Frías) (n/s) (Alberto González) (n/s)	18
	Colombia Mauricio Ladino 5 Nelson González 9 Wilmer Avendaño 10	24
4	Paraguay Oscar Meza 7 Carlos Barrientos 11 Israel Recalde 12 (Lucas Panadero) (n/s) (Rodrigo Brambilla) (n/s) (Hugo Máscaro) (DNF)	30

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

Youth (U17) men's race (4 km)

Individual race

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	Pedro Herrera	Argentina	13:35
	Juan Marinoni	Argentina	13:42
	Antonio Baldi	Argentina	13:48
4	Gustavo Fontana	Argentina	14:06
5	Christian González	Paraguay	14:16
6	Daniel Casas	Argentina	14:57
7	William Panadero	Paraguay	15:13
8	Daniel Ruíz	Paraguay	15:37
9	Fernando Portillo	Paraguay	15:50
10	Fernando Orué	Paraguay	15:51
11	Carlos Ferreira	Paraguay	16:53

Teams

Rank	Team	Points
	Argentina Pedro Herrera 1 Juan Marinoni 2 Antonio Baldi 3 (Gustavo Fontana) (n/s) (Daniel Casas) (n/s)	6
	Paraguay Christian González 4 William Panadero 5 Daniel Ruíz 6 (Fernando Portillo) (n/s) (Fernando Orué) (n/s) (Carlos Ferreira) (n/s)	15

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

Senior women's race (6 km)

Individual race

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	Stella Castro	Colombia	21:43
	Érika Olivera	Chile	21:51
	Nadir Sabino de Siqueira	Brazil	21:52
4	Verónica Páez	Argentina	22:13
5	Luciene Soares de Deus	Brazil	22:24
6	Sebélia Maria de Vasconcelos	Brazil	22:30
7	Esneda Londoño	Colombia	22:53
8	María de los Ángeles Fernández	Argentina	22:59
9	Jorilda Sabino	Brazil	23:14
10	Zulma Ortiz	Argentina	23:23
11	Sandra Torres Álvarez	Argentina	23:33
12	Roxana Coronatti	Argentina	24:05
13	Mónica Pereira	Paraguay	24:11
14	Lilian López	Paraguay	24:55
15	Esmilsa Jiménez	Paraguay	25:47
16	Sandra Ponzo Gómez	Uruguay	25:50
17	Connie de Chang	Paraguay	27:13
18	Lourdes Cabrera	Paraguay	27:41
19	Eligia Cuevas	Paraguay	27:57
—	Carmen Cáceres	Uruguay	DNF

Teams

Rank	Team	Points
	Brazil Nadir Sabino de Siqueira 1 Luciene Soares de Deus 3 Sebélia Maria de Vasconcelos 4 (Jorilda Sabino) (n/s)	8
	Argentina Verónica Páez 2 María de los Ángeles Fernández 5 Zulma Ortiz 6 (Sandra Torres Álvarez) (n/s) (Roxana Coronatti) (n/s)	13
	Paraguay Mónica Pereira 7 Lilian López 8 Esmilsa Jiménez 9 (Connie de Chang) (n/s) (Lourdes Cabrera) (n/s) (Eligia Cuevas) (n/s)	24

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

Junior (U20) women's race (4 km)

Individual race

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	Bertha Sánchez	Colombia	14:21
	Fabiana Cristine da Silva	Brazil	14:33
	Valquíria Silva Santos	Brazil	14:56
4	Ana Rondón	Colombia	14:58
5	María de los Ángeles Peralta	Argentina	15:01
6	Isabel Aparecida Boldo	Brazil	15:09
7	Mariela Davico	Argentina	15:10
8	Michelle Barreto Costa	Brazil	15:19
9	Virginia Quijada	Argentina	15:22
10	Gabriela Cevallos	Ecuador	15:27
11	Yolanda Fernández	Colombia	15:29
12	Susana Trinak	Argentina	15:46
13	Nancy Osorio	Ecuador	16:09
14	Sandra Cevallos	Ecuador	16:19
15	Analía Rivarola	Argentina	16:36
16	Shiela Yegros	Paraguay	17:16
17	Rocío Rodríguez	Paraguay	18:49
18	Miriam Rodríguez	Paraguay	19:49
19	Antonia Lombardo	Paraguay	20:19

Teams

Rank	Team	Points
	Brazil Fabiana Cristine da Silva 2 Valquíria Silva Santos 3 Isabel Aparecida Boldo 6 (Michelle Barreto Costa) (n/s)	11
	Colombia Bertha Sánchez 1 Ana Rondón 4 Yolanda Fernández 10	15
	Argentina María de los Ángeles Peralta 5 Mariela Davico 7 Virginia Quijada 8 (Susana Trinak) (n/s) (Analía Rivarola) (n/s)	20
4	Ecuador Gabriela Cevallos 9 Nancy Osorio 11 Sandra Cevallos 12	32
5	Paraguay Shiela Yegros 13 Rocío Rodríguez 14 Miriam Rodríguez 15 (Antonia Lombardo) (n/s)	42

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

Youth (U17) women's race (3 km)

Individual race

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	Vanesa Maraviglia	Argentina	11:04
	Vanesa Davico	Argentina	11:22
	María Rodríguez	Uruguay	11:42
4	Nancy Gallo	Argentina	11:50
5	Laura Garciarena	Argentina	11:59
6	Natalia Domínguez	Argentina	12:32
7	Rocío Duarte	Paraguay	13:11
8	Sara González	Paraguay	13:36
9	Ilsa Giménez	Paraguay	15:35
—	Lorena Viñas	Argentina	DNF

Teams

Rank	Team	Points
	Argentina Vanesa Maraviglia 1 Vanesa Davico 2 Nancy Gallo 3 (Laura Garciarena) (n/s) (Natalia Domínguez) (n/s) (Lorena Viñas) (DNF)	6
	Paraguay Rocío Duarte 4 Sara González 5 Ilsa Giménez 6	15

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

Medal table (unofficial)

  *   Host nation (Paraguay)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Brazil	5	3	4	12
2	Argentina	4	4	3	11
3	Colombia	3	2	1	6
4	Paraguay*	0	2	1	3
5	Chile	0	1	0	1
6	Uruguay	0	0	1	1
Totals (6 entries)		12	12	10	34

• Note: Totals include both individual and team medals, with medals in the team competition counting as one medal.

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 108 athletes from 7 countries participated.

• Argentina (34)
• Brazil (17)
• Chile (1)
• Colombia (12)
• Ecuador (3)
• Paraguay (32)
• Uruguay (9)

See also

• 1996 in athletics (track and field)

External links

• GBRathletics