The 2008 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics (Spanish: XIII Campeonato Iberoamericano de Atletismo), was an athletics competition which was held at the Estadio Tierra de Campeones in Iquique, Chile from June 13 to the 15th. A total of forty-four events were contested, of which 22 by male and 22 by female athletes.

Iquique was selected as the host city for the event, in May 2006, at the Iberoamerican Athletics Confederation Congress (Congreso de la Confederación Iberoamericana de Atletismo).Iquique será la sede del Iberoamericano de Atletismo 2008. Cooperativa (2006-05-26). Retrieved on 2011-01-03. A running track was installed at the stadium specifically for the competition.Atletas piden acelerar pista . Estrella Iquique (2007-04-27). Retrieved on 2011-01-03.

No championship records were set at an edition which has hampered by cold, windy whether in the Chilean city. Six national records were broken at the competition,Biscayart, Eduardo (2008-06-16). Brazil takes Ibero-American Championships in Chile – Final Day. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-01-03. however, including a Chilean record throw of 18.65 m by shot put winner Natalia Ducó, which was also a South American junior record.Biscayart, Eduardo (2008-06-14). Shot putter Ducó extends South American junior record in Iquique - Ibero-American Champs Day 1. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-01-03. Ecuador's Bayron Piedra was another stand-out performer as he set a national record to win the 3000 metres, adding to his silver medal from the 1500 metres.

The competition was dominated by Brazilian athletes: seventeen gold medals were won by the country's athletes and it topped the medal table with a total of 44 medals – a third of those on offer. Colombia had the next most golds with five and Spain and Argentina took four each. The hosts Chile had two golds in their medal haul of eight altogether.

Medal summary

Men 100 metres(wind: -2.3 m/s) 10.54 10.60 10.62200 metres 20.87 20.95 21.14400 metres 46.63 46.73 46.92800 metres 1:47.59 1:47.83 1:48.111500 metres 3:42.06 3:42.65 3:42.933000 metres 7:54.69 NR 7:54.70 7:57.95 NR5000 metres 13:51.14 13:51.20 13:51.25110 metres hurdles(wind: -2.0 m/s) 13.74 13.89 14.10400 metres hurdles 50.07 50.92 51.203000 metres steeplechase 8:42.51 8:43.57 8:44.934×100 metres relay Vicente de LimaSandro VianaBruno de BarrosJosé Carlos Moreira38.96 José Manuel GaraventaMariano JiménezMiguel WilkenMatías Usandivaras40.28 Only two finishers4×400 metres relay Omar CisnerosWilliam CollazoYasmani CopelloYeimer López3:03.22 Luís AmbrosioLuíz Guilherme de OliveiraAndré de MeloFernando de Almeida3:08.45 Ramon FríasTayron ReyesGustavo CuestaKelvin Herrera3:08.7020,000 metres walk 1:23:12.6 1:24:19.2 1:24:24.1 High jump 2.20 m 2.20 m 2.20 m Pole vault 5.00 m 5.00 m 4.80 m Long jump 7.82 m 7.64 m 7.58 m Triple jump 16.31 m 15.53 m 15.34 m Shot put 19.45 m 19.42 m 19.02 m Discus throw 59.43 m 57.67 m 56.77 m Hammer throw 69.74 m 68.96 m 68.87 m Javelin throw 78.77 m 77.20 m 75.81 m Decathlon 7362 pts 6944 pts 6915 pts

Women 100 metres(wind: -1.5 m/s) 11.58 11.70 11.74200 metres 23.84 23.85 23.86400 metres 52.14 53.33 53.34800 metres 2:04.34 2:04.37 2:04.421500 metres 4:18.78 4:23.24 4:23.453000 metres 9:16.53 9:22.72 9:29.585000 metres 16:01.00 16:05.45 16:30.60 NR100 metres hurdles 13.56 13.60 13.61400 metres hurdles 56.1 56.8 57.93000 metres steeplechase 9:54.70 10:00.36 NR 10:02.134×100 metres relay Yomara HinestrozaMirtha BrockDarlenys ObregónMaría Idrobo44.89 Lucimar de MouraRosemar Coelho NetoAna Cláudia Lemos SilvaLuciana dos Santos44.99 Daniela PávezCarolina DíazLjubica MilosSicylle Jeria46.874×400 metres relay Ruth GrajedaGabriela MedinaNallely VelaZudikey Rodríguez3:33.27 Maria Laura AlmirãoPerla Regina dos SantosSheila FerreiraJosiane Tito3:34.01 Mirtha BrockMaria Alejandra IdroboKelly LópezNorma González3:39.4610,000 metres walk 45:24.59 46:43.94 46:54.20 High jump 1.87 m 1.85 m 1.83 m Pole vault 4.20 m 4.10 m 4.00 m Long jump 6.25 m 6.20 m 5.89 m Triple jump 13.32 m 12.86 m 12.84 m Shot put 18.65 m AJR NR 16.72 m 14.98 m Discus throw 54.49 m 53.10 m NR 52.82 m Hammer throw 65.96 m 64.89 m 63.09 m Javelin throw 56.59 m 53.20 m 53.11 m Heptathlon 5739 pts 5312 pts 5278 pts

Medal table

Participation Of the twenty-eight members of the Asociación Iberoamericana de Atletismo, nineteen nations sent delegations to the 2008 championships. This represented all the organisation's members but for Guinea-Bissau. A total of 322 athletes were set to take part in the competition El Atletismo Ibero-Americano - San Fernando 2010 (pg. 214). RFEA. Retrieved on 2012-01-08. of which 316 actually participated.

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References

Day reports Biscayart, Eduardo (2008-06-14). Shot putter Ducó extends South American junior record in Iquique - Ibero-American Champs Day 1. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-01-03. Biscayart, Eduardo (2008-06-15). Brazil leads after day 2 of Ibero-American Championships in Iquique. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-01-03. Biscayart, Eduardo (2008-06-16). Brazil takes Ibero-American Championships in Chile – Final Day. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-01-03. Results Day 1 (archived) Day 2 (archived) Day 3 (archived)

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