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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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. ^[1]

Complete results, ^[1] results for junior and youth competitions, ^[2] and medal winners ^[3] were published.

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

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

  *   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.

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

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