The 1988

Ibero-American Championships in Athletics The Ibero-American Championships in Athletics (Spanish: ''Campeonato Iberoamericano de Atletismo'') is a biennial athletics (sport), athletics competition for athletes representing Ibero-American countries as well as a number of other Spanish lang ...

(Spanish: ''III Campeonato Iberoamericano de Atletismo'') was the third edition of the international

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competition between

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n nations which was held in

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, Mexico from 22–24 July. A total of forty events were contested, of which 22 by male and 18 by female athletes..

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. Retrieved on 2011-11-13. A total of 371 athletes and 20 nations took part in the three-day competition. All performances were set at high altitude, which aided athletes in most events (compared to performing at lower climes) with the exception of

long-distance running Long-distance running, or endurance running, is a form of continuous running over distances of at least . Physiologically, it is largely aerobic in nature and requires stamina as well as mental strength. Within endurance running comes two d ...

events. Three new events were introduced at the 1988 edition of the competition: the women's

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, women's

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and women's 10,000 m

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. The men's marathon race returned to the Ibero-American Championships after a break in 1986.Ibero American Championships
GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2011-11-13. Cuba topped the medal table for a third time, winning eighteen

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s and 34 medals overall. The next best performing nation was Spain, which won nine events and had 28 medals. Mexico, the host nation, edged Brazil into fourth place with its tally of five golds and 19 medals, while the Brazilians had one less gold and two fewer in total.El Atletismo Ibero-Americano – San Fernando 2010
RFEA. Retrieved on 2011-11-13. Three athletes remained undefeated at the championship, taking three straight wins: José Alonso in the men's 400 m hurdles, Alberto Ruiz in the men's pole vault, and

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in the women's 400 m. In the heats of the men's 100 metres

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(who went on to win a 100/200 m double) ran a time of ten seconds flat – a new South American record time. Ana Fidelia Quirot completed a 400/800 m double. Madeline de Jesús jumped a national record to win the women's

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and Puerto Rico's sole gold of the tournament. The Cuban women took the top two spots in all the throws, while Spain's women had 1–2 finishes in both the short sprints. The Mexican long-distance athletes excelled at high altitude: the men won the gold and silver medals in the

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and walking events, while the women also claimed the top two spots in the walks.

Medal summary

Men

Women

* ^† : GBR Athletics lists Colombia's

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as the joint bronze medallist in the women's 200 m. However, the official results show Restrepo finished in fourth with a time of 23.46 seconds.

Medal table

Participation

Of the twenty-two members of the

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, twenty presented delegations for the championships. The absent nations were

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and the

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. A record high of 371 athletes participated in the championships – more than the previous two editions combined.El Atletismo Ibero-Americano – San Fernando 2010
(pg. 214). RFEA. Retrieved on 2012-01-08. However, only 344 participating athletes (including some guest athletes) were counted by analysing the official result list. The higher number probably contains coaches and/or officials registered for the event. * (18) * (39) * (9) * (3) * (9) * (45) * (11) * (17) * (13) * (3) * (60) * (1) * (1) * (2) * (11) * (14) * (22) * (43) * (6) * (17)

References

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El Atletismo Ibero-Americano – San Fernando 2010
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