The 1997 South American Cross Country Championships took place on February 22–23, 1997. The races were held at the Santa Lucía Golf Club in Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentina.

Complete results, results for junior and youth competitions, and medal winners were published.

Medallists IndividualSenior men(12 km)Elenilson da Silva 38:01Herder Vásquez 38:03Leonardo Vieira Guedes 38:23Junior (U20) men(8 km)André Pereira da Silva 6:52Jonatann Moraes Matos 26:53Paulo Roberto de Almeida Paula 26:53Youth (U17) men(4 km)Jeferson de Souza Sá 13:22Leonardo Milani 13:28Pedro Herrera 13:33Senior women(6 km)Stella Castro 21:18Érika Olivera 21:31Nadir Sabino de Siqueira 21:56Junior (U20) women(4 km)Fabiana Cristine da Silva 14:26Valquíria Silva Santos 14:36Bertha Sánchez 14:57Youth (U17) women(3 km)Fabiani da Silva 11:38Natalia Domínguez 11:58Miriam Valdez 12:08 TeamSenior men 8 13 24Junior (U20) men 6 23 23Youth (U17) men 6 Senior women 15 15 17Junior (U20) women 32 Youth (U17) women 6

Race results

Senior men's race (12 km) +Individual raceRank Athlete Country Time Elenilson da Silva 38:01 Herder Vásquez 38:03 Leonardo Vieira Guedes 38:23 4 Benedito Donizetti Gomes 38:23 5 Elias Rodrigues Bastos 38:29 6 José Teles de Souza 38:31 7 Jacinto Navarrete 38:38 8 Sérgio Correa Couto 38:55 9 William Vásquez 39:05 10 Mauricio Ladino 39:06 11 Rubén Álvarez 39:17 12 Zenón Patiño 39:24 13 Julián Berrío 39:33 14 José Montenegro 39:48 15 Antonio Ibañez 40:04 16 Iván Noms 40:15 17 Oscar Raimo 40:17 18 José Chacón 43:31 — Leonardo Malgor DNF

+TeamsRank Team Points Elenilson da Silva 1 Leonardo Vieira Guedes 3 Benedito Donizetti Gomes 4 (Elias Rodrigues Bastos) (n/s) (José Teles de Souza) (n/s) (Sérgio Correa Couto) (n/s) 8 Herder Vásquez 2 Jacinto Navarrete 5 William Vásquez 6 (Mauricio Ladino) (n/s) (Julián Berrío) (n/s) 13 Rubén Álvarez 7 Zenón Patiño 8 José Montenegro 9 (Antonio Ibañez) (n/s) (Iván Noms) (n/s) (Oscar Raimo) (n/s) (José Chacón) (n/s) (Leonardo Malgor) (DNF) 24 Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result. (n/s: nonscorer)

Junior (U20) men's race (8 km) +Individual raceRank Athlete Country Time André Pereira da Silva 6:52 Jonatann Moraes Matos 26:53 Paulo Roberto de Almeida Paula 26:53 4 Luiz Fernando de Almeida Paula 26:55 5 Gustavo Nicolás Pereira 26:57 6 Carlos Barrientos 27:03 7 Karin Marin 27:11 8 Javier Carriqueo 27:15 9 Cristian Hidalgo 27:18 10 Juan Carlos de Bastos 27:19 11 Cristóbal Valenzuela 27:23 12 Oscar Mesa 27:46 13 Francisco Salcedo 27:52 14 Simón Veuthey 28:05 15 Roberto Carrizo 28:06 16 Angelo Álvarez 28:29 17 Alejandro Godoy 28:42 18 Lucas Panadero 29:16 — Alejandro Rivera DNF

+TeamsRank Team Points André Pereira da Silva 1 Jonatann Moraes Matos 2 Paulo Roberto de Almeida Paula 3 (Luiz Fernando de Almeida Paula) (n/s) 6 Javier Carriqueo 6 Juan Carlos de Bastos 8 Cristóbal Valenzuela 9 (Simón Veuthey) (n/s) (Roberto Carrizo) (n/s) (Alejandro Godoy) (n/s) 23 Karin Marin 5 Cristian Hidalgo 7 Francisco Salcedo 11 (Angelo Álvarez) (n/s) 23 4 Carlos Barrientos 4 Oscar Mesa 10 Lucas Panadero 12 (Alejandro Rivera) (DNF) 27 Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result. (n/s: nonscorer)

Youth (U17) men's race (4 km) +Individual raceRank Athlete Country Time Jeferson de Souza Sá 13:22 Leonardo Milani 13:28 Pedro Herrera 13:33 4 Enrique Veuthey 13:45 5 Diego Bastia 14:02

+TeamsRank Team Points Leonardo Milani 1 Pedro Herrera 2 Enrique Veuthey 3 (Diego Bastia) (n/s) 6 Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result. (n/s: nonscorer)

Senior women's race (6 km) +Individual raceRank Athlete Country Time Stella Castro 21:18 Érika Olivera 21:31 Nadir Sabino de Siqueira 21:56 4 Flor Venegas 22:03 5 Maria Justina Santos Santana 22:14 6 María Eugenia Rodríguez 22:27 7 Berenice Dias de Meira 22:31 8 Lelys Salazar 22:33 9 Rizoneide Wanderley 22:33 10 Leontina Céspedes 22:50 11 Esneda Londoño 22:53 12 María de los Ángeles Peralta 22:58 — Ines Eppers 22:59 13 Nélida Vivas 23:03 14 Susana Rebolledo 23:47 15 Sandra Ávila 24:05 16 Stella Jerez 24:53 17 Silvia Antúnez 25:10

+TeamsRank Team Points Nadir Sabino de Siqueira 3 Maria Justina Santos Santana 5 Berenice Dias de Meira 7 (Rizoneide Wanderley) (n/s) 15 Érika Olivera 2 Flor Venegas 4 Leontina Céspedes 9 (Susana Rebolledo) (n/s) 15 Stella Castro 1 María Eugenia Rodríguez 6 Esneda Londoño 10 17 4 Lelys Salazar 8 María de los Ángeles Peralta 11 Nélida Vivas 12 (Sandra Ávila) (n/s) (Stella Jerez) (n/s) (Silvia Antúnez) (n/s) 31 Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result. (n/s: nonscorer)

Junior (U20) women's race (4 km) +Individual raceRank Athlete Country Time Fabiana Cristine da Silva 14:26 Valquíria Silva Santos 14:36 Bertha Sánchez 14:57 4 Erika Abril 15:08 5 Vanesa Maraviglia 15:18 6 Ana Joaquina Rondón 15:22 7 Karin Salcedo 15:29 8 Isabel Aparecida Boldo 15:34 9 Ana Costa do Nascimento 15:38 10 Mariela Davico 15:44 11 Vanesa Davico 15:50 12 Claudia Salcedo 16:11 13 Mabel Valenzuela 16:15 14 Claudia Cornejo 16:34 15 Romina Novaretti 16:44 16 Teresa Avila 16:54 17 Olga Santomingo 16:59

+TeamsRank Team Points 4 32 Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result. (n/s: nonscorer)

Youth (U17) women's race (3 km) +Individual raceRank Athlete Country Time Fabiani da Silva 11:38 Natalia Domínguez 11:58 Miriam Valdez 12:08 4 Adriana Tapia 12:15 5 Luciana de Esteban 12:16

+TeamsRank Team Points Natalia Domínguez 1 Miriam Valdez 2 Adriana Tapia 3 (Luciana de Esteban) (n/s) 6 Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result. (n/s: nonscorer)

Medal table (unofficial)

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

Participation According to an unofficial count, 82 athletes (+ 1 guest) from 6 countries (+ 1 guest country) participated.

(34) (20) (12) (11) (4) (1)

Guest country: (1)

See also 1997 in athletics (track and field)

References

External links GBRathletics