The 2002

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: X Campeonato Iberoamericano de Atletismo'') was the tenth edition of the international

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competition between Ibero-American nations which was held at the Estadio Cementos Progreso in Ciudad de Guatemala,

Guatemala Guatemala ( ; ), officially the Republic of Guatemala ( es, República de Guatemala, links=no), is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the north and west by Mexico; to the northeast by Belize and the Caribbean; to the east by H ...

on 11 and 12 May. A total of 328 athletes participated in the 44-event programme. The

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was introduced for both men and women, replacing the longer

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event. Following on from the success of the

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and

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, Guatemala hosted the Ibero-American Championships for the first time. The competition was a factor for selection for the Americas team in the

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. Cuba, Spain and Portugal all sent small delegations to the competition, which was held at an altitude of 1402 m – a factor which raised performances in the

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s and jumps. Brazil topped the medal table for the second time running, taking 38 medals (15 of them gold) from the events. Despite its reduced numbers, Cuba placed second as its athletes won eight events and 16 medals overall. Mexico had the next highest number of event winners, with five gold medallists, while Colombia had the third highest medal haul (13). Fifteen of the 21 nations present reached the medal table.El Atletismo Ibero-Americano - San Fernando 2010
(pg. 180). RFEA. Retrieved on 2012-01-10.Biscayart, Eduardo (2002-05-13)

IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-01-10. Six new championship records were set at the competition.

Maurren Maggi Maurren Higa Maggi (born June 25, 1976, in São Carlos) is a former Brazilian track and field athlete and Olympic gold medallist. She is the South American record holder in the 100 metres hurdles and long jump, with 12.71 seconds and 7.26 metre ...

cleared a record of 6.97 m to win the

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, while Isbel Luaces's

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of 81.64 m bettered the championship record.

Vânia Silva Vânia Sofia de Sousa Silva (born 8 June 1980 in Leiria, Pinhal Litoral) is a female hammer thrower from Portugal. Her personal best throw is 69.55 metres, achieved in May 2011 in Vila Real de Santo António, Portugal. She competed at the World C ...

improved the women's

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mark by several metres. Uruguay's

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and Brazil's

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needed a photo finish to separate them in the

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. The Uruguayan took the honours by 2/1000 of a second – a difference which may have been made by de Lima's premature celebration before the line. Viera went on take the

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silver in a Uruguayan record time. Former Olympic champion

Jefferson Pérez Jefferson Leonardo Pérez Quezada (born 1 July 1974) is an Ecuadorian retired race walker. He specialized in the 20 km event, in which he won the first two medals his country achieved in the Olympic Games. He won the gold medal at the 199 ...

was present for the men's

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and won by half a minute.

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defended his 800/

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double from the 2000 edition. Others to defend their titles were

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in the women's

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in the 200 m and

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Medal summary

Men

*^† Note: The results for the men's high jump listed by GBR Athletics conflict with those of the official report. Javier Bermejo (ESP) and

Jessé de Lima Jessé Farias de Lima (born 16 February 1981) is a Brazilian high jumper. His personal best jump is 2.32 metres, achieved in September 2008 in Lausanne , neighboring_municipalities= Bottens, Bretigny-sur-Morrens, Chavannes-près-Renens, Chesea ...

(BRA) are listed as joint silver medallists, but Bermejo came third on countback.El Atletismo Ibero-Americano - San Fernando 2010
(pgs. 173). RFEA. Retrieved on 2012-01-10.
GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2012-01-10. *^‡ Note: The results for the men's pole vault listed by GBR Athletics conflict with those of the official report.

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(CHI) and Edgar León (MEX) are listed as joint silver medallists, but the athletes were third and fourth, respectively, on countback.

Women

*^† Note: The results for the women's pole vault listed by GBR Athletics conflict with those of the official report. Puerto Rico's Michelle Vélez is listed as joint bronze medallist, but she finished fourth on countback.El Atletismo Ibero-Americano - San Fernando 2010
(pgs. 178). RFEA. Retrieved on 2012-01-10.

Medal table

*^† Note: The medal table in the official 2010 report by RFEA incorrectly lists Argentina as having won a silver medal in the women's section. It also states that Venezuela gained one more men's bronze medal than it did ( José Carabalí had the same 200 m time as the bronze medalist but was ranked fourth).

Participation

Of the twenty-eight member nations of the

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twenty-one sent delegations to the competition. None of the six African members took part. All the original 22 founding member nations were present with the sole exception of

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. A total of 312 athletes participated at the event.El Atletismo Ibero-Americano - San Fernando 2010
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References

;Results
El Atletismo Ibero-Americano - San Fernando 2010
(pgs. 171-180). RFEA. Retrieved on 2012-01-10.

GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2012-01-10.

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