The 1996 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics (Spanish: VII Campeonato Iberoamericano de Atletismo) was the seventh edition of the international athletics competition between Ibero-American nations which was held at the Estadio Alfonso Galvis Duque in Medellín, Colombia from 9–12 May.. CONSUDATLE. Retrieved on 2012-01-04.
The competition was held at an altitude of 1480 metres above sea level, which served to raise performances in most athletic events, bar the long-distance running contests. Eleven championships records were improved during the three-day competition which comprised 42 events; there were 22 men's events and 20 women's events (with equal programmes bar the men's steeplechase and pole vault). Two national records were broken at the event: Costa Rica's Alex Foster beat the 110 metres hurdles record, while decathlon runner-up Alejandro Cárdenas set a Mexican record of 7614 points.El Atletismo Ibero-Americano - San Fernando 2010 . RFEA. Retrieved on 2012-01-04.
Cuba sent a full strength delegation and won almost half the events, taking twenty golds and 41 medals overall. Cuban gold medallists included high jumper Javier Sotomayor, 800 metres runners Ana Fidelia Quirot and Norberto Téllez, and hurdler Anier García. Boosted by the absence of Spain, Brazil came second in the medal tally, winning 31 medals in total – eight of which were gold. The hosts Colombia performed well in the long-distance events and women's sprints and ended the competition third overall with six golds in their haul of twenty medals.El Atletismo Ibero-Americano - San Fernando 2010 (pg. 142). RFEA. Retrieved on 2012-01-04.
Chile's Sebastián Keitel was one of the foremost athletes at the event as he claimed a 100/200 metres double against Brazilian and Cuban opposition. His compatriot Gert Weil won the fifth Ibero-American gold medal in the shot put. María Eugenia Villamizar of Colombia won her second straight hammer throw title in a championship record. Her team mate Felipa Palacios broke the women's 200 m record with her winning time of 22.93 seconds.
The other record breakers were principally Cuban: Yamilé Aldama improved the triple jump mark, Alberto Manzano set a new pole vault standard, while throwers Alberto Sánchez and Isbel Luaces beat the previous records in the hammer and javelin throw, respectively. The closest contest of the competition was the women's 400 metres as Julia Duporty edged Ximena Restrepo by three hundredths of a second. Restrepo later took the Colombian women to the gold in the 4×400 metres relay, while Duporty's Cuban team were disqualified.
Medal summary
Men 100 metres 10.13 10.17 10.37200 metres(Wind: −2.7 m/s) 20.53 20.71 21.15400 metres 45.57 45.88 46.25800 metres 1:45.83 CR 1:47.11 1:47.671500 metres 3:43.00 3:43.81 3:44.115000 metres 14:16.20 14:18.88 14:19.8710,000 metres 30:08.35 30:09.76 30:13.28110 metres hurdles 13.39 CR 13.58 13.89400 metres hurdles 49.22 49.33 49.643000 metres steeplechase 8:47.18 8:54.64 8:57.464×100 metres relay Carlos VillaseñorAlejandro CárdenasRaymundo EscalanteMiguel Miranda39.60 Carlos SantosAgner MuñozRosendo RiveraDomingo Cordero39.93 Jorge PolancoGuillermo CaciánCeferino MondinoCarlos Gats40.334×400 metres relay Omar MeñaJorge CrusellasGeorkis VeraNorberto Téllez3:03.98 Valdinei da SilvaSanderlei ParrelaOsmar dos SantosInaldo Sena3:04.28 Julio César RojasLlimi RivasWenceslao FerrínWilson Cañizales3:07.1320 km track walk 1:25:25.21 1:26:30 1:26:54 High jump 2.30 m 2.23 m 2.10 m Pole vault 5.55 m CR 5.50 m 5.00 m Long jump 8.41 m (w) 8.28 m (w) 8.06 m Triple jump 16.99 m CR 16.82 m 16.45 m Shot put 19.67 m 18.10 m 17.21 m Discus throw 58.12 m 55.32 m 54.32 m Hammer throw 73.62 m CR 70.54 m 69.84 m Javelin throw 78.74 m CR 74.22 m 73.94 m Decathlon 7705 pts 7614 pts 7544 pts
Women 100 metres 11.48 11.50 11.54200 metres 22.93 CR 23.07 23.11400 metres 50.84 50.87 51.36800 metres 2:02.50 2:04.77 2:04.811500 metres 4:20.99 4:22.30 4:25.985000 metres 16:26.13 CR 16:35.34 16:37.9710,000 metres 34:27.74 34:29.95 34:41.75100 metres hurdles(Wind: +3.0 m/s) 13.41 13.54 13.57400 metres hurdles 57.84 57.96 58.194×100 metres relay Idalia HechevarríaDamaris AndersonDainelky PérezLiliana Allen44.11 CR Mirtha BrockFelipa PalaciosPatricia RodríguezSandra Borrero44.17 Cleide AmaralMaria FigueiredoLucimar de MouraKátia de Jesus Santos44.594×400 metres relay Patricia RodríguezNorfalia CarabalíFlor RobledoXimena Restrepo3:33.69 Maria FigueiredoFátima dos SantosMarlene da SilvaLuciana de Paula Mendes3:34.34 Ana GuevaraAlejandra QuintanarClaudia MoctezumaMayra González3:38.4810 km track walk 48:15.67 48:38.04 48:56.22 High jump 1.86 m 1.83 m 1.83 m Long jump 6.57 m 6.26 m 6.24 m Triple jump 14.39 m CR 14.17 m (w) 13.49 m (w) Shot put 18.05 m 17.90 m 15.60 m Discus throw 58.48 m 57.10 m 55.50 m Hammer throw 57.76 m CR 53.80 m 52.50 m Javelin throw(Old javelin model) 64.54 m 63.32 m 56.24 m Heptathlon 5715 pts (w) 5495 pts 5165 pts
Medal table
†Note: The medal count from the 2010 Ibero-American Championships report is incorrect as it did not include the shared high jump bronze medals of the Dominican Republic's Juana Arrendel and Marcos dos Santos of Brazil.El Atletismo Ibero-Americano - San Fernando 2010 (pg. 150). RFEA. Retrieved on 2012-01-04.
Participation Out of the 23 members of the Asociación Iberoamericana de Atletismo at that point in time, 19 nations sent delegations to the championships. The most notable absences were Spain and Uruguay. Despite the fact that the competition was held in the Americas, Nicaragua and Honduras did not send teams.El Atletismo Ibero-Americano - San Fernando 2010 (pg. 214). RFEA. Retrieved on 2012-01-04.
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References
Results Ibero American Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2012-01-04. El Atletismo Ibero-Americano - San Fernando 2010 (pgs. 141-150). RFEA. Retrieved on 2012-01-04.