2004 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics

The 2004 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics (Spanish: XI Campeonato Iberoamericano de Atletismo) was the eleventh edition of the international athletics competition between Ibero-American nations which was held at the Estadio Iberoamericano in Huelva, Spain on 6–8 August 2004.[1] A record high of 27 nations took part while the number of participating athletes (430) was the second highest in the competition's history after the 1992 edition.[2] The programme featured 44 track and field events, 22 each for men and women, and 16 championship records were broken or equalled at the three-day competition.[3]

XI Ibero-American Championships
Dates6 – 8 August
Host cityHuelva, Spain
VenueEstadio Iberoamericano
Events44
Participation443 athletes from
27 nations
Records set16 Championship records
The host stadium in Huelva

The host stadium was built specifically for the championships and it was the first major event to be held there. An opening ceremony was held outside the stadium at La Rábida (the monastery where Christopher Columbus stayed and successfully proposed his voyage to the Indies, which led to the Discovery of the Americas). High participation was attributed to the competition's proximity to the 2004 Summer Olympics, which was held in Athens two weeks later.[4] The legacy of the championships is found in the Meeting Iberoamericano de Atletismo, an annual track and field meeting which is held at the same stadium.[5]

The host nation, Spain, topped the medal table with 16 gold medals and 38 medals overall. Cuba (typically strong at the meeting) came second with fourteen gold medals and 22 medals overall. Brazil came third, producing six event winners, but had the second highest medal haul with a total of 23 medallists.[6] Spain sent the largest delegation, entering 90 athletes, while Brazil (63), Portugal (51) and Cuba (33) were the next most numerous teams.[7]

A number of medallists went on to have Olympic success. Joan Lino Martínez, winner in the men's long jump, took an Olympic bronze medal. Cuba's female throwers performed well in Athens: Yumileidi Cumbá and Osleidys Menéndez were crowned Olympic champions, while Yipsi Moreno and Yunaika Crawford both reached the podium in the hammer throw.[8] Fernanda Ribeiro, a 1996 Olympic champion, won the women's 5000 metres in Huelva, but retired in the Olympic final due to injuries.[9][10]

Medal summary

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres   Vicente de Lima (BRA) 10.15   André da Silva (BRA) 10.21   Juan Sainfleur (DOM) 10.28
200 metres
(Wind: -4.3 m/s)
  Juan Pedro Toledo (MEX) 20.84   Bruno Pacheco (BRA) 20.93   Heber Viera (URU) 21.30
400 metres   Carlos Santa (DOM) 45.05   Yeimer López (CUB) 45.21   Alejandro Cárdenas (MEX) 45.22
800 metres   José Manuel Cortés (ESP) 1:46.51   Salvador Crespo (ESP) 1:46.78   Simoncito Silvera (VEN) 1:47.26
1500 metres   Sergio Gallardo (ESP) 3:37.34 CR   Hudson de Souza (BRA) 3:37.66   Arturo Casado (ESP) 3:40.30
3000 metres   Hudson de Souza (BRA) 7:51.25 CR   Carles Castillejo (ESP) 7:51.26   António Travassos (POR) 7:57.23
5000 metres   Jesús España (ESP) 13:48.09   Freddy González (VEN) 13:49.05   Juan Carlos de la Ossa (ESP) 13:52.15
110 m hurdles   Yoel Hernández (CUB) 13.49   Matheus Facho Inocêncio (BRA) 13.52   Jackson Quiñónez (ECU) 13.61
400 m hurdles   Eduardo Iván Rodríguez (ESP) 49.08   Edivaldo Monteiro (POR) 49.31   José María Romera (ESP) 49.92
3000 m steeplechase   César Pérez (ESP) 8:30.83   Mário Teixeira (POR) 8:33.26   Fernando Fernandes (BRA) 8:35.92
4×100 m relay   Brazil (BRA)
Cláudio Roberto Souza
Jarbas Mascarenhas Jr.
Vicente de Lima
André da Silva
38.62   Spain (ESP)
Alberto Dorrego
Santiago Ezquerro
Iván Mocholí
Ángel David Rodríguez
39.70   Venezuela (VEN)
Juan Morcillo
Jonathan Omar Medina
José Carabalí
Hely Ollarves
39.91
4×400 m relay   Spain (ESP)
Eduardo Iván Rodríguez
Antonio Manuel Reina
Luis Flores
David Testa
3:05.68   Brazil (BRA)
Bruno Pacheco
Valdinei da Silva
Wagner dos Santos
Anderson Jorge dos Santos
3:06.19   Venezuela (VEN)
William José Hernández
Simoncito Silvera
José Faneite
Jonathan Palma
3:10.41
20,000 m track walk   Cristián Berdeja (ECU) 1:24:30.2   José Alessandro Bagio (BRA) 1:25:13.1   Freddy Hernández (COL) 1:26:16.7
High jump   Lisvany Pérez (CUB) 2.24 m   Jessé de Lima (BRA) 2.21 m   Alfredo Deza (PER) 2.21 m
Pole vault   Fábio da Silva (BRA) 5.40 m   Giovanni Lanaro (MEX) 5.35 m   Germán Chiaraviglio (ARG)
  Roger Noguera (ESP)
5.30 m
Long jump   Joan Lino Martínez (ESP) 8.26 m   Víctor Castillo (VEN) 7.95 m   Iván Pedroso (CUB) 7.78 m
Triple jump   Arnie David Giralt (CUB) 17.12 m CR   Yoel García (CUB) 16.59 m   Jefferson Sabino (BRA) 16.16 m
Shot put   Manuel Martínez (ESP) 20.59 m CR   Marco Antonio Verni (CHI) 20.17 m   Ronny Jiménez (VEN) 18.72 m
Discus throw   Mario Pestano (ESP) 63.84 m   Loy Martínez (CUB) 62.08 m   Jorge Balliengo (ARG) 59.24 m
Hammer throw   Juan Cerra (ARG) 73.34 m   Moisés Campeny (ESP) 71.01 m   Adrián Marzo (ARG) 67.89 m
Javelin throw   Isbel Luaces (CUB) 77.98 m   Emeterio González (CUB) 76.34 m   Noraldo Palacios (COL) 76.00 m
Decathlon   David Gómez (ESP) 7940 pts CR   Enrique Aguirre (ARG) 7703 pts   Oscar González (ESP) 7560 pts

Women

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres   Virgen Benavides (CUB) 11.33   Digna Luz Murillo (COL) 11.41   Lucimar de Moura (BRA) 11.45
200 metres   Roxana Díaz (CUB) 23.73   Felipa Palacios (COL) 23.77   Rosemar Coelho (BRA) 23.83
400 metres   Maria Laura Almirao (BRA) 52.13   Mayra González (MEX) 52.22   Geisa Coutinho (BRA) 52.42
800 metres   Zulia Calatayud (CUB) 2:01.30   Mayte Martínez (ESP) 2:01.39   Sandra Teixeira (POR) 2:02.44
1500 metres   Irene Alfonso (ESP) 4:14.80   Eva Arias (ESP) 4:16.61   Jéssica Augusto (POR) 4:18.14
3000 metres   Jéssica Augusto (POR) 9:02.36   Jacqueline Martín (ESP) 9:03.64   Mónica Rosa (POR) 9:08.74
5000 metres   Fernanda Ribeiro (POR) 15:27.53 CR   María Luisa Larraga (ESP) 15:32.29   Zulema Fuentes-Pila (ESP) 15:56.80
100 m hurdles
(Wind: -2.1 m/s)
  Aliuska López (ESP) 13.25   Maíla Machado (BRA) 13.42   Princesa Oliveros (COL) 13.72
400 m hurdles   Daimí Pernía (CUB) 54.84 CR   Lucimar Teodoro (BRA) 56.10   Yvonne Harrison (PUR) 56.10
3000 m steeplechase   Anália Rosa (POR) 9:49.06 CR   Clarisse Cruz (POR) 9:55.24   Yamilka González (ESP) 9:56.22
4×100 m relay   Cuba (CUB)
Dainelky Pérez
Roxana Díaz
Ana Wilianis López
Virgen Benavides
43.66 CR   Colombia (COL)
Melissa Murillo
Felipa Palacios
Darlenys Obregón
Digna Luz Murillo
43.79   Brazil (BRA)
Kátia Regina Santos
Lucimar de Moura
Rosemar Coelho Neto
Luciana dos Santos
44.13
4×400 m relay   Brazil (BRA)
Geisa Coutinho
Josiane Tito
Lucimar Teodoro
Maria Laura Almirao
3:28.60 CR   Spain (ESP)
Julia Alba
Miriam Bravo
Catalina Oliver
Cora Olivero
3:32.00   Colombia (COL)
Norma González
Felipa Palacios
Darlenys Obregón
Rosibel García
3:33.95
10,000 m track walk   Rocío Florido (ESP) 44:22.00 CR   Ana Cabecinha (POR) 44:33.75   Carolina Jiménez (ESP) 44:43.58
High jump   Romary Rifka (MEX) 1.94 m   Marta Mendía (ESP) 1.94 m   Catherine Ibargüen (COL) 1.88 m
Pole vault   Naroa Agirre (ESP) 4.30 m CR=   Alejandra García (ARG) 4.30 m CR=   Milena Agudelo (COL) 4.20 m
Long jump   Niurka Montalvo (ESP) 6.58 m   Yudelkis Fernández (CUB) 6.45 m   Concepción Montaner (ESP) 6.40 m
Triple jump   Yusmay Bicet (CUB) 14.51 m CR   Carlota Castrejana (ESP) 14.35 m   Keila Costa (BRA) 13.80 m
Shot put   Yumileidi Cumbá (CUB) 19.97 m CR   Misleydis González (CUB) 18.65 m   Elisângela Adriano (BRA) 17.79 m
Discus throw   Yania Ferrales (CUB) 61.11 m   Teresa Machado (POR) 57.81 m   Alice Matejková (ESP) 57.58 m
Hammer throw   Yipsi Moreno (CUB) 71.06 m CR   Berta Castells (ESP) 64.96 m   Jennifer Dahlgren (ARG) 63.72 m
Javelin throw   Osleidys Menéndez (CUB) 66.99 m CR   Sonia Bicet (CUB) 64.71 m   Zuleima Araméndiz (COL) 56.47 m
Heptathlon   María Peinado (ESP) 5795 pts   Thaimara Rivas (VEN) 5529 pts   Carina Gomes (POR) 5165 pts

Medal table

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  *   Host nation (Spain)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Spain (ESP)*16121038
2  Cuba (CUB)147122
3  Brazil (BRA)69823
4  Portugal (POR)35513
5  Mexico (MEX)3216
6  Argentina (ARG)1247
7  Dominican Republic (DOM)1012
8  Colombia (COL)03710
9  Venezuela (VEN)0347
10  Chile (CHI)0101
11  Ecuador (ECU)0011
  Peru (PER)0011
  Puerto Rico (PUR)0011
  Uruguay (URU)0011
Totals (14 entries)444445133


Participation

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Twenty-seven nations of the Asociación Iberoamericana de Atletismo sent delegations to the 2004 championships, marking a new record. This represented all the organisation's members but for Guinea-Bissau. A total of 430 athletes (443 including out of competition contestants) took part in the competition – the second highest number that it had attracted at that point, after the 1992 edition.[11]

References

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  1. ^ Campeonato Iberamericano[usurped]. CONSUDATLE. Retrieved on 2011-11-19.
  2. ^ El Atletismo Ibero-Americano - San Fernando 2010 Archived 2011-11-23 at the Wayback Machine (p. 213). RFEA. Retrieved on 2011-11-19.
  3. ^ Ibero American Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2011-11-19.
  4. ^ El Atletismo Ibero-Americano - San Fernando 2010 Archived 2011-11-23 at the Wayback Machine (p. 181–192). RFEA. Retrieved on 2011-11-19.
  5. ^ Meeting Iberoamericano de Atletismo. RFEA. Retrieved on 2011-11-19.
  6. ^ Valiente, Emeterio (2004-08-09). Menendez throws 66.90m - Spain and Cuba dominant at Ibero-American Championships. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-11-19.
  7. ^ Moreno takes easy win at IberoAmerican Championships with 71.06. IAAF (2004-08-07). Retrieved on 2011-11-19.
  8. ^ Athletics at the 2004 Athina Summer Games. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2011-11-19.
  9. ^ Ribeiro takes comfortable win in IberoAmerican Championships. IAAF (2004-08-08). Retrieved on 2011-11-19.
  10. ^ 2004 Olympics - 10,000 Metres - W Final Archived 2008-07-04 at the Wayback Machine. IAAF (2004-08-27). Retrieved on 2011-11-19.
  11. ^ El Atletismo Ibero-Americano - San Fernando 2010 Archived 2011-11-23 at the Wayback Machine (pg. 214). RFEA. Retrieved on 2012-01-08.
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