The 1990

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: ''IV Campeonato Iberoamericano de Atletismo'') was the fourth edition of the international

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competition between

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n nations which was held at the

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from 14–16 September..

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. Retrieved on 2011-11-17. Forty event finals were held and six championships records were set in Manaus. The competition was beset with organisational problems and schedule clashes. Cuba, which had previously sent large delegations, was absent. Temperatures were extremely high (40° Celsius) during the three-day competition and consequently the plans for the

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races, scheduled for the final day, were abandoned. The

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was held in Mexico two months later and preparation for this larger meet meant other athletes chose not to compete at the Ibero-American Championships. As a result, many of the events were principally contested between the top Brazilian and Spanish athletes, who won 31 of the 40

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s available between them. Brazil won the most event, with 17 golds and 37 in total, while Spain had the most medals overall with 43 (14 of them gold). Portugal were a distant third with two gold medals and twelve medals altogether.

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retained his

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and

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titles and won a third gold for Brazil in the relay.

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(an Olympic medallist two years later) won the first

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to be held at the championships, while Orlane dos Santos won the inaugural women's

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competition.Ibero American Championships
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Medal summary

Men

Women

Medal table

Participation

Of the twenty-two members of the

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, fourteen were present at the fourth edition – a record low for the championships. A total 205 athletes competed.El Atletismo Ibero-Americano - San Fernando 2010
(pg. 214). RFEA. Retrieved on 2012-01-08. 214 participating athletes (including a couple of guest athletes) were counted by analysing the official result list. * (20) * (1) * (66) * (9) * (8) * (7) * (8) * (1) * (3) * (8) * (20) * (56) * (5) * (2)

References

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International sports competitions in Manaus International athletics competitions hosted by Brazil September 1990 sports events in South America