The 1983 Ibero-American Championships (Spanish: I Campeonato Iberoamericano de Atletismo) was an athletics competition which was held at the Estadi Serrahima in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain from 23 to 25 September 1983. A total of 37 events were contested, of which 22 by male and 15 by female athletes. It was the first edition of the Ibero-American Championships, although a precursor to the tournament, the Juegos Iberoamericanos (Ibero-American Games), had been held in 1960 and 1962.. CONSUDATLE. Retrieved on 2010-06-14. Eighteen countries participated, drawing from the 22 members of the Asociación Ibero-Americano de Atletismo (Ibero-American Athletics Association).El Atletismo Ibero-Americano - San Fernando 2010 . RFEA. Retrieved on 2011-11-14.

Cuba won the most gold medals with a total of nineteen, but it was Spain which had the largest overall haul, beating Cuba's 24 with a total of 33 medals. Brazil and Portugal, were the third and fourth most successful nations of the competition, although the latter won the largest number of silver medals (12) over the course of the three-day competition. The Ibero-American Championships succeeded in attracting a number of high-profile athletes from Ibero-American countries, thus beginning the history of the long-running championships.

Cuban athletes Luis Delís and Maritza Martén both doubled up to win the shot put and discus throw events for men and women, respectively. Aurora Cunha of Portugal took the victory in the women's 1500 metres and 3000 metres while Chile's Alejandra Ramos finished runner-up in both the 800 metres and 1500 m. Luisa Ferrer came close to a sprint double, but was beaten by Esmeralda de Jesus Garcia in the 100 metres. Two records from the championships were particularly long-lasting: Delís's discus record stood until the 2010 Ibero-American Championships and Domingo Ramón's mark in the 3000 metres steeplechase remains the championship record.Ibero American Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2010-06-14.

It was the only edition of the Championships to only allow one athlete per country in a given event. Some countries fielded more athletes but these were ineligible to win medals.

Medal summary

Men 100 metres 10.46 10.54 10.65200 metres 20.91 21.09 21.56400 metres 46.37 47.28 48.12800 metres 1:49.11 1:49.32 1:50.021500 metres 3:51.66 3:54.49 4:05.935000 metres 13:52.19 13:59.68 14:24.8510,000 metres 28:58.19 30:58.12 32:02.42110 metre hurdles † 13.81 14.33 14.35400 metre hurdles 50.08 50.81 52.953000 metre steeplechase 8:27.20 8:37.36 8:40.174 × 100 m relay Juan José PradoJuan TolráÁngel HerasFlorencio Gascón40.40 José Luis IsalgueÁngel BuenoJaime JeffersonTomás Pedro González40.45 José Luíz BarbosaNelson Rocha Dos SantosSergio Mathias Franco de MenesesWellington Araújo41.004 × 400 m relay Tomás Pedro GonzálezLázaro MartínezFrank MontiéhJulio Osvaldo Prado3:07.05 Evaldo Rosa da SilvaJosé Luíz BarbosaNelson Rocha Dos SantosSergio Mathias Franco de Meneses3:07.62 Manuel GonzálezBenjamin GonzálezJosé AlonsoÁngel Heras3:08.17 Marathon 2:24:32 2:33:41 2:38:4920 km walk 1:31:02 1:31:03 1:34:19 High jump 2.20 m 2.16 m 2.12 m Pole vault 5.20 m 4.50 m 4.30 m Long jump 7.93 m 7.90 m 7.07 m Triple jump 16.04 m 15.77 m 15.51 m Shot put 18.69 m 17.19 m 16.17 m Discus throw 65.24 m 55.88 m 51.74 m Hammer throw 69.36 m 65.28 m 55.78 m Javelin throw(Old model) 72.00 m 69.94 m 68.46 m

† The 110 metres hurdles competition was won by Carlos Sala of Spain in 13.74 seconds, but he was competing as a "guest" athlete.

Women 100 metres 11.67 11.74 12.07200 metres 23.84 24.59 24.79400 metres 52.08 56.98Only two competitors800 metres 2:03.07 2:03.17 2:05.411500 metres 4:15.55 4:16.33 4:17.663000 metres 9:14.10 9:26.59 9:27.84100 metre hurdles 13.29 13.52 13.93400 metre hurdles 58.74 59.97 61.904 × 100 metre relay Angela DominguezElena GuisasolaTeresa RionéLourdes Valdor47.26 Ana OliveiraVera LisaConceição AlvesVirginia Gomes49.81Only two teams4 × 400 metre relay Ana Fidelia QuirotMercedes Ileana AlvarezNeri McKeenHildelisa Despaigne3:38.94 Gregoria FerrerEsther LahozBlanca LacambraMaite Zúñiga3:41.30Only two teams High jump 1.80 m 1.75 m 1.75 m Long jump 6.49 m 6.13 m 6.02 m Shot put 14.78 m 14.74 m 13.34 m Discus throw 58.76 m 46.98 m 46.74 m Javelin throw(Old model) 57.60 m 47.56 m 44.74 m

Medal table

Note: The women's 400 metres medals (gold for Cuba, silver for Spain) were excluded in the official competition medal count.

Participation Of the twenty-two founding members of the Asociación Iberoamericana de Atletismo, eighteen presented delegations for the inaugural championships. The four absent member countries were Ecuador, Panama, Puerto Rico and Venezuela. A total of 143 athletes participated in the first edition.El Atletismo Ibero-Americano - San Fernando 2010 (pg. 214). RFEA. Retrieved on 2012-01-08. Including a number of guests, 163 participating athletes were counted by analysing the official result list.

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References

Results El Atletismo Ibero-Americano - San Fernando 2010 . RFEA. Retrieved on 2011-11-14.