The 1996 South American Cross Country Championships took place on February 24–25, 1996. The races were held at the Club Mbiguá in Asunción, Paraguay.

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

Medallists IndividualSenior men(12 km)Herder Vásquez 38:19Daniel Lopes Ferreira 38:27Sérgio Gonçalves da Silva 38:45Junior (U20) men(8 km)Paulo Vitor Lunkes 25:54Marilson Gomes dos Santos 26:09Hudson Santos de Souza 26:20Youth (U17) men(4 km)Pedro Herrera 13:35Juan Marinoni 13:42Antonio Baldi 13:48Senior women(6 km)Stella Castro 21:43Érika Olivera 21:51Nadir Sabino de Siqueira 21:52Junior (U20) women(4 km)Bertha Sánchez 14:21Fabiana Cristine da Silva 14:33Valquíria Silva Santos 14:56Youth (U17) women(3 km)Vanesa Maraviglia 11:04Vanesa Davico 11:22María Rodríguez 11:42 TeamSenior men 17 21 40Junior (U20) men 6 18 24Youth (U17) men 6 15 Senior women 8 13 24Junior (U20) women 11 15 20Youth (U17) women 6 15

Race results

Senior men's race (12 km) +Individual raceRank Athlete Country Time Herder Vásquez 38:19 Daniel Lopes Ferreira 38:27 Sérgio Gonçalves da Silva 38:45 4 José Guerrero 39:01 5 Elenilson da Silva 39:09 6 Pedro Rojas 39:13 7 Eder Moreno Fialho 39:22 8 Tranquilino Valenzuela 39:25 9 Darío Nuñez 39:40 10 William Roldán 39:51 11 Leonardo Vieira Guedes 40:04 12 Oscar Cortínez 40:20 13 José Montenegro 40:27 14 Néstor García 40:45 15 Antonio Soliz 41:11 16 Antonio Ibañez 42:28 17 Humberto Hermosilla 44:25 18 Javier Benítez 45:33 19 Ademar Araujo 45:40 20 Ángel Leyton 46:28 21 Ramón Aranda 48:06 22 Gustavo Ortega 48:14 23 Pedro Rodríguez 49:44 24 Juan Toledo 51:09 — Daniel Castro DNF — Porfirio Méndez DNF — Rubén Navarro DNF — Juan Pablo Juárez DNF

+TeamsRank Team Points Daniel Lopes Ferreira 2 Sérgio Gonçalves da Silva 3 Elenilson da Silva 5 Eder Moreno Fialho 7 (Leonardo Vieira Guedes) (n/s) 17 Herder Vásquez 1 José Guerrero 4 Pedro Rojas 6 William Roldán 10 21 Tranquilino Valenzuela 8 Darío Nuñez 9 Oscar Cortínez 11 José Montenegro 12 (Antonio Soliz) (n/s) (Antonio Ibañez) (n/s) (Daniel Castro) (DNF) (Juan Pablo Juárez) (DNF) 40 4 Néstor García 13 Javier Benítez 15 Ademar Araujo 16 Ángel Leyton 17 61 5 Humberto Hermosilla 14 Ramón Aranda 18 Gustavo Ortega 19 Pedro Rodríguez 20 (Juan Toledo) (n/s) (Porfirio Méndez) (DNF) (Rubén Navarro) (DNF) 71 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 Paulo Vitor Lunkes 25:54 Marilson Gomes dos Santos 26:09 Hudson Santos de Souza 26:20 4 Julián Peralta 26:28 5 Mauricio Ladino 26:45 6 Rômulo Wagner da Silva 26:57 7 Rubén Vera 27:12 8 Oscar Meza 27:15 9 Cristóbal Valenzuela 27:32 10 Nelson González 27:37 11 Ariel Frías 27:50 12 Marcos Silva 28:01 13 Wilmer Avendaño 28:19 14 Gustavo Pereira 28:23 15 Carlos Barrientos 28:33 16 Alberto González 29:18 17 Israel Recalde 31:28 18 Lucas Panadero 31:55 19 Rodrigo Brambilla 32:58 — Hugo Máscaro DNF

+TeamsRank Team Points Paulo Vitor Lunkes 1 Marilson Gomes dos Santos 2 Hudson Santos de Souza 3 (Rômulo Wagner da Silva) (n/s) 6 Julián Peralta 4 Rubén Vera 6 Cristóbal Valenzuela 8 (Ariel Frías) (n/s) (Alberto González) (n/s) 18 Mauricio Ladino 5 Nelson González 9 Wilmer Avendaño 10 24 4 Oscar Meza 7 Carlos Barrientos 11 Israel Recalde 12 (Lucas Panadero) (n/s) (Rodrigo Brambilla) (n/s) (Hugo Máscaro) (DNF) 30 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 Pedro Herrera 13:35 Juan Marinoni 13:42 Antonio Baldi 13:48 4 Gustavo Fontana 14:06 5 Christian González 14:16 6 Daniel Casas 14:57 7 William Panadero 15:13 8 Daniel Ruíz 15:37 9 Fernando Portillo 15:50 10 Fernando Orué 15:51 11 Carlos Ferreira 16:53

+TeamsRank Team Points Pedro Herrera 1 Juan Marinoni 2 Antonio Baldi 3 (Gustavo Fontana) (n/s) (Daniel Casas) (n/s) 6 Christian González 4 William Panadero 5 Daniel Ruíz 6 (Fernando Portillo) (n/s) (Fernando Orué) (n/s) (Carlos Ferreira) (n/s) 15 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 21:43 Érika Olivera 21:51 Nadir Sabino de Siqueira 21:52 4 Verónica Páez 22:13 5 Luciene Soares de Deus 22:24 6 Sebélia Maria de Vasconcelos 22:30 7 Esneda Londoño 22:53 8 María de los Ángeles Fernández 22:59 9 Jorilda Sabino 23:14 10 Zulma Ortiz 23:23 11 Sandra Torres Álvarez 23:33 12 Roxana Coronatti 24:05 13 Mónica Pereira 24:11 14 Lilian López 24:55 15 Esmilsa Jiménez 25:47 16 Sandra Ponzo Gómez 25:50 17 Connie de Chang 27:13 18 Lourdes Cabrera 27:41 19 Eligia Cuevas 27:57 — Carmen Cáceres DNF

+TeamsRank Team Points Nadir Sabino de Siqueira 1 Luciene Soares de Deus 3 Sebélia Maria de Vasconcelos 4 (Jorilda Sabino) (n/s) 8 Verónica Páez 2 María de los Ángeles Fernández 5 Zulma Ortiz 6 (Sandra Torres Álvarez) (n/s) (Roxana Coronatti) (n/s) 13 Mónica Pereira 7 Lilian López 8 Esmilsa Jiménez 9 (Connie de Chang) (n/s) (Lourdes Cabrera) (n/s) (Eligia Cuevas) (n/s) 24 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 Bertha Sánchez 14:21 Fabiana Cristine da Silva 14:33 Valquíria Silva Santos 14:56 4 Ana Rondón 14:58 5 María de los Ángeles Peralta 15:01 6 Isabel Aparecida Boldo 15:09 7 Mariela Davico 15:10 8 Michelle Barreto Costa 15:19 9 Virginia Quijada 15:22 10 Gabriela Cevallos 15:27 11 Yolanda Fernández 15:29 12 Susana Trinak 15:46 13 Nancy Osorio 16:09 14 Sandra Cevallos 16:19 15 Analía Rivarola 16:36 16 Shiela Yegros 17:16 17 Rocío Rodríguez 18:49 18 Miriam Rodríguez 19:49 19 Antonia Lombardo 20:19

+TeamsRank Team Points Fabiana Cristine da Silva 2 Valquíria Silva Santos 3 Isabel Aparecida Boldo 6 (Michelle Barreto Costa) (n/s) 11 Bertha Sánchez 1 Ana Rondón 4 Yolanda Fernández 10 15 María de los Ángeles Peralta 5 Mariela Davico 7 Virginia Quijada 8 (Susana Trinak) (n/s) (Analía Rivarola) (n/s) 20 4 Gabriela Cevallos 9 Nancy Osorio 11 Sandra Cevallos 12 32 5 Shiela Yegros 13 Rocío Rodríguez 14 Miriam Rodríguez 15 (Antonia Lombardo) (n/s) 42 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 Vanesa Maraviglia 11:04 Vanesa Davico 11:22 María Rodríguez 11:42 4 Nancy Gallo 11:50 5 Laura Garciarena 11:59 6 Natalia Domínguez 12:32 7 Rocío Duarte 13:11 8 Sara González 13:36 9 Ilsa Giménez 15:35 — Lorena Viñas DNF

+TeamsRank Team Points Vanesa Maraviglia 1 Vanesa Davico 2 Nancy Gallo 3 (Laura Garciarena) (n/s) (Natalia Domínguez) (n/s) (Lorena Viñas) (DNF) 6 Rocío Duarte 4 Sara González 5 Ilsa Giménez 6 15 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, 108 athletes from 7 countries participated.

(34) (17) (1) (12) (3) (32) (9)

See also 1996 in athletics (track and field)

References

External links GBRathletics