2003 SOUTH AMERICAN CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS

2003 South American Cross Country Championships
2003 South American Cross Country Championships
Organisers	CONSUDATLE
Edition	18th
Date	February 22–23
Host city	Asunción, Paraguay
Venue	Circuito de Ñu Guazú
Events	8
Distances	12 km – Senior men ; 4 km – Men's short ; 8 km – Junior men (U20) ; 4 km – Youth men (U18) ; 8 km – Senior women; 4 km – Women's short ; 6 km – Junior women (U20) ; 3 km – Youth women (U18)
Participation	95 athletes from ; 8 nations
	← 2002 Santa Cruz de la Sierra 2004 Macaé →

The 2003 South American Cross Country Championships took place on February 22–23, 2003. The races were held at the Circuito de Ñu Guazú in Asunción, Paraguay.^[1]

Complete results,^[1]^[2]^[3] results for junior and youth competitions,^[4] and medal winners^[5] were published.

Medallists

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Individual
Senior men (12 km)	Javier Alexander Guarín Colombia	39:34	Jonathan Monje Chile	39:55	Roberto Echeverría Chile	40:00
Men's short (4 km)	Clodoaldo Gomes da Silva Brazil	12:12	Fabián Romaszczuk Argentina	12:19	Jonathan Monje Chile	12:22
Junior (U20) men (8 km)	José Luis Romero Argentina	27:53	Jhon Cusi Perú	27:53	Guido Benedetti Argentina	28:01
Youth (U18) men (4 km)	John Tello Colombia	13:17	Pablo Mena Chile	13:17	Víctor Gelvez Argentina	13:30
Senior women (8 km)	Susana Rebolledo Chile	31:13	Luz Silva Chile	31:25	Érika Olivera Chile	31:32
Women's short (4 km)	Valeria Rodríguez Argentina	14:16	Susana Rebolledo Chile	14:27	Luz Silva Chile	14:28
Junior (U20) women (6 km)	Ruby Riativa Colombia	22:56	Edna Kaline de Oliveira Santos Brazil	23:31	María Soledad del Carlo Argentina	23:48
Youth (U18) women (3 km)	Carolina González Colombia	11:36	Rocío Cantará Perú	11:39	Beatriz Quispe Bolivia	11:50
Team
Senior men	Chile	10	Argentina	21	Paraguay	33
Men's short	Chile	12	Argentina	17	Paraguay	30
Junior (U20) men	Argentina	11	Paraguay	31
Youth (U18) men	Argentina	12	Paraguay	28
Senior women	Chile	6	Argentina	18	Paraguay	30
Women's short	Chile	9	Argentina	14	Paraguay	31
Junior (U20) women	Argentina	12	Paraguay	24
Youth (U18) women	Argentina	24	Paraguay	32

Race results

Senior men's race (12 km)

Individual race
Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	Javier Alexander Guarín	Colombia	39:34
	Jonathan Monje	Chile	39:55
	Roberto Echeverría	Chile	40:00
4	Rolando Pillco	Bolivia	40:19
5	Carlos Jaramillo	Chile	40:20
6	César Troncoso	Argentina	41:09
7	Juan San Martín	Argentina	41:29
8	José Luis Luna	Argentina	42:35
9	Enício Pereira Maximiano	Brazil	44:09
10	Víctor López	Argentina	44:38
11	Plinio Penzzi	Paraguay	45:41
12	Leonardo Malgor	Argentina	45:47
13	Eladio Fernández	Paraguay	46:42
14	Freddy Villamayor	Paraguay	48:08
—	Sergio López	Chile	DNF
—	Oscar Fernández	Uruguay	DNF

Teams

Rank

Team

Points

Chile

Jonathan Monje	2
Roberto Echeverría	3
Carlos Jaramillo	5
( Sergio López)	(DNF)

10

Argentina

César Troncoso	6
Juan San Martín	7
José Luis Luna	8
( Víctor López)	(n/s)
( Leonardo Malgorn)	(n/s)

21

Paraguay

Plinio Penzzi	10
Eladio Fernández	11
Freddy Villamayor	12

33

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

Men's short race (4 km)

Individual race
Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	Clodoaldo Gomes da Silva	Brazil	12:12
	Fabián Romaszczuk	Argentina	12:19
	Jonathan Monje	Chile	12:22
4	Roberto Echeverría	Chile	12:28
5	Carlos Jaramillo	Chile	12:33
6	Oscar Fernández	Uruguay	12:57
7	Ulises Sanguinetti	Argentina	12:58
8	Sergio López	Chile	13:05
9	Darío Hernán Nuñez	Argentina	13:08
10	Mariano Tarilo	Argentina	13:18
11	Gustavo Romero	Argentina	13:29
12	Mariano Mastromarino	Argentina	13:50
13	Freddy Villamayor	Paraguay	13:59
14	Valentino Valdovinos	Paraguay	14:15
15	Roberto Domínguez	Paraguay	14:41

Teams

Rank

Team

Points

Chile

Jonathan Monje	3
Roberto Echeverría	4
Carlos Jaramillo	5
( Sergio López)	(n/s)

12

Argentina

Fabián Romaszczuk	2
Ulises Sanguinetti	7
Darío Hernán Nuñez	8
( Mariano Tarilo)	(n/s)
(Gustavo Romero)	(n/s)
( Mariano Mastromarino)	(n/s)

17

Paraguay

Freddy Villamayor	9
Valentino Valdovinos	10
Roberto Domínguez	11

30

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
	José Luis Romero	Argentina	27:53
	Jhon Cusi	Perú	27:53
	Guido Benedetti	Argentina	28:01
4	Diego Moreno	Perú	28:17
5	Hugo Díaz	Chile	28:22
6	Jefferson Douglas de Castro	Brazil	28:26
7	Matías Carranza	Argentina	29:02
8	José San Martín	Argentina	29:04
9	Gustavo López	Paraguay	29:06
10	Daniel Ballen	Colombia	30:03
11	Walter Viera	Uruguay	30:05
12	Valentino Valdovinos	Paraguay	31:02
13	Roberto Domínguez	Paraguay	32:00
—	Santiago Figueroa	Argentina	DNF

Teams

Rank

Team

Points

Argentina

José Luis Romero	1
Guido Benedetti	3
Matías Carranza	7
( José San Martín)	(n/s)
( Santiago Figueroa)	(DNF)

11

Paraguay

Gustavo López	8
Valentino Valdovinos	11
Roberto Domínguez	12

31

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

Youth (U18) men's race (4 km)

Individual race
Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	John Tello	Colombia	13:17
	Pablo Mena	Chile	13:17
	Víctor Gelvez	Argentina	13:30
4	Diego Maurelli	Argentina	13:32
5	Luis Chaparro	Argentina	13:33
6	Rodrigo Trinidad	Paraguay	13:41
7	Andrés Silva	Uruguay	13:44
8	Agustín Bernardaz	Argentina	13:45
9	Freddy Espinosa	Colombia	14:03
10	Sidnei da Cunha	Brazil	14:43
11	Carlos López	Paraguay	15:08
12	Jonathan Velásquez	Paraguay	15:14

Teams

Rank

Team

Points

Argentina

Víctor Gelvez	3
Diego Maurelli	4
Luis Chaparro	5
( Agustín Bernardaz)	(n/s)

12

Paraguay

Rodrigo Trinidad	6
Carlos López	10
Jonathan Velásquez	11

28

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

Senior women's race (8 km)

Individual race
Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	Susana Rebolledo	Chile	31:13
	Luz Silva	Chile	31:25
	Érika Olivera	Chile	31:32
4	Yolanda Fernández	Colombia	31:54
5	Jimena Labraña	Chile	32:20
6	Carina Allay	Argentina	32:56
7	Noemí Garay	Argentina	33:24
8	Mercedes Romero	Argentina	33:35
9	Marcela Greco	Argentina	33:50
10	María Clara Serino	Argentina	33:59
11	Ninfa Chávez	Paraguay	34:38
12	Silvia Amodio	Uruguay	35:09
13	Edith Benítez	Paraguay	36:26
14	Erica da Silva Camargo	Brazil	37:22
15	Rossana Coronel	Paraguay	39:16
—	Susy Acosta	Paraguay	DNF

Teams

Rank

Team

Points

Chile

Susana Rebolledo	1
Luz Silva	2
Érika Olivera	3
( Jimena Labraña)	(n/s)

6

Argentina

Carina Allay	5
Noemí Garay	6
Mercedes Romero	7
( Marcela Greco)	(n/s)
( María Clara Serino)	(n/s)

18

Paraguay

Ninfa Chávez	8
Edith Benítez	10
Rossana Coronel	12
( Susy Acosta)	(DNF)

30

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

Women's short race (4 km)

Individual race
Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	Valeria Rodríguez	Argentina	14:16
	Susana Rebolledo	Chile	14:27
	Luz Silva	Chile	14:28
4	Érika Olivera	Chile	14:56
5	Elizabeth Esteves de Souza	Brazil	14:59
6	María de los Ángeles Peralta	Argentina	15:08
7	Rosa Godoy	Argentina	15:15
8	Jimena Labraña	Chile	15:17
9	Ninfa Chávez	Paraguay	15:46
10	Evangelina Zamarini	Argentina	17:39
11	Edith Benítez	Paraguay	17:43
12	Rosana Coronel	Paraguay	17:51
13	Lorena Galán	Argentina	17:57
14	Susy Acosta	Paraguay	19:12

Teams

Rank

Team

Points

Chile

Susana Rebolledo	2
Luz Silva	3
Érika Olivera	4
( Jimena Labraña)	(n/s)

9

Argentina

Valeria Rodríguez	1
María de los Ángeles Peralta	6
Rosa Godoy	7
( Evangelina Zamarini)	(n/s)
( Lorena Galán)	(n/s)

14

Paraguay

Ninfa Chávez	8
Edith Benítez	9
Rosana Coronel	10
( Susy Acosta)	(n/s)

31

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

Junior (U20) women's race (6 km)

Individual race
Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	Ruby Riativa	Colombia	2:56
	Edna Kaline de Oliveira Santos	Brazil	23:31
	María Soledad del Carlo	Argentina	23:48
4	Natalia Siviero	Argentina	24:15
5	Ximena Fernández	Argentina	24:24
6	Eliana Vázquez	Chile	25:42
7	Viviana Freitas	Paraguay	27:35
8	Leticia Fleitas	Paraguay	29:33
9	Lucy Lezcano	Paraguay	30:20
—	Nadia Rodríguez	Argentina	DNF
—	Beatriz Quispe	Bolivia	DNF

Teams

Rank

Team

Points

Argentina

María Soledad del Carlo	3
Natalia Siviero	4
Ximena Fernández	5
( Nadia Rodríguez)	(DNF)

12

Paraguay

Viviana Freitas	7
Leticia Fleitas	8
Lucy Lezcano	9

24

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

Youth (U18) women's race (3 km)

Individual race
Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	Carolina González	Colombia	11:36
	Rocío Cantará	Perú	11:39
	Beatriz Quispe	Bolivia	11:50
4	Militza Saucedo	Bolivia	11:51
5	Ingrid Galloso	Chile	12:08
6	Andrea Latapie	Argentina	12:15
7	Maristela Aparecida da Cunha	Brazil	12:17
8	María Emilia Galante	Argentina	12:28
9	Dora Rotela	Paraguay	13:04
10	Valeria Henzel	Argentina	13:10
11	Nora Morinigo	Paraguay	13:12
12	Romina Erices	Argentina	13:21
13	Jessica Muñoz	Paraguay	13:59

Teams

Rank

Team

Points

Argentina

Andrea Latapie	6
María Emilia Galante	8
Valeria Henzel	10
( Romina Erices)	(n/s)

24

Paraguay

Dora Rotela	9
Nora Morinigo	11
Jessica Muñoz	12

32

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	Argentina	6	5	3	14
2	Chile	5	4	4	13
3	Colombia	4	0	0	4
4	Brazil	1	1	0	2
5	Paraguay*	0	4	4	8
6	Peru	0	2	0	2
7	Bolivia	0	0	1	1
Totals (7 entries)		16	16	12	44

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

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 95 athletes from 8 countries participated.

Argentina (38)
Bolivia (3)
Brazil (8)
Chile (12)
Colombia (7)
Paraguay (20)
Perú (3)
Uruguay (4)

References

^ ^a ^b CAMPEONATO SUDAMERICANO DE CROSS COUNTRY (in Spanish), Confederación Atlética del Uruguay, archived from the original on January 4, 2014, retrieved January 8, 2014
^ Federación Atlética de Chile - Estadísticas - Campeonato Sudamericano de Cross Country - 2003 - 22 Y 23 de febrero de 2003 - Asunción - Paraguay (in Spanish), Federación Atlética de Chile, archived from the original on March 4, 2016, retrieved January 8, 2014
^ Sul-americanos de Cross Country - 2003 - RESULTADOS OFICIAIS - 22 e 23 de fevereiro de 2003 - Assunção - Paraguai (in Portuguese), Confederação Brasileira de Atletismo, retrieved January 8, 2014
^ Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas (November 3, 2012), SOUTH AMERICAN CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS - SAXC - 2003 Asuncion PAR Feb 22-23, World Junior Athletics History (WJAH), archived from the original on January 8, 2014, retrieved January 8, 2014
^ SOUTH AMERICAN CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved January 8, 2014

External links

GBRathletics

[uru_01-1] CAMPEONATO SUDAMERICANO DE CROSS COUNTRY (in Spanish), Confederación Atlética del Uruguay, archived from the original on January 4, 2014, retrieved January 8, 2014

[fedachi_01-2] Federación Atlética de Chile - Estadísticas - Campeonato Sudamericano de Cross Country - 2003 - 22 Y 23 de febrero de 2003 - Asunción - Paraguay (in Spanish), Federación Atlética de Chile, archived from the original on March 4, 2016, retrieved January 8, 2014

[cbat_01-3] Sul-americanos de Cross Country - 2003 - RESULTADOS OFICIAIS - 22 e 23 de fevereiro de 2003 - Assunção - Paraguai (in Portuguese), Confederação Brasileira de Atletismo, retrieved January 8, 2014

[wjah_01-4] Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas (November 3, 2012), SOUTH AMERICAN CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS - SAXC - 2003 Asuncion PAR Feb 22-23, World Junior Athletics History (WJAH), archived from the original on January 8, 2014, retrieved January 8, 2014

[gbr_01-5] SOUTH AMERICAN CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved January 8, 2014

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v t e Championships of the South American Athletics Confederation
Outdoor ( records) Indoor Cross Country Race Walking Marathon Half Marathon Road Mile Mountain Running Under-23 Under-20 Under-18
Senior*	1918U 1919 1920 1922U 1924 1926 1927 1929 1931 1931U 1933 1935 1937 1939 1941 1943 1945 1946U 1947 1948U 1949 1950U 1952 1953U 1954 1956 1957U 1958 1961 1963 1965 1967 1969 1971 1974 1975 1977 1979 1981 1983 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2006 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023
Indoor	2020 2022 2024
Under-23	2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2021 2022 2024
Under-20	1959 1960 1961 1962 1964 1966 1968 1970 1972 1974 1976 1978 1980 1981 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2024
Under-18	1973 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2021 2022 2024
Race Walking	1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2017 2018 2020 2022 2024
Cross Country	1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023
^* U = Unofficial Outdoor Championships · See also: Athletics at the South American Games

v t e Championships of the South American Athletics Confederation
Outdoor ( records) Indoor Cross Country Race Walking Marathon Half Marathon Road Mile Mountain Running Under-23 Under-20 Under-18
Senior*	1918U 1919 1920 1922U 1924 1926 1927 1929 1931 1931U 1933 1935 1937 1939 1941 1943 1945 1946U 1947 1948U 1949 1950U 1952 1953U 1954 1956 1957U 1958 1961 1963 1965 1967 1969 1971 1974 1975 1977 1979 1981 1983 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2006 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023
Indoor	2020 2022 2024
Under-23	2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2021 2022 2024
Under-20	1959 1960 1961 1962 1964 1966 1968 1970 1972 1974 1976 1978 1980 1981 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2024
Under-18	1973 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2021 2022 2024
Race Walking	1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2017 2018 2020 2022 2024
Cross Country	1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023
^* U = Unofficial Outdoor Championships · See also: Athletics at the South American Games

Medallists