The 2008

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(''Spanish: XIII Campeonato Iberoamericano de Atletismo''), was an

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competition which was held at the

Estadio Tierra de Campeones Estadio Tierra de Campeones is an athletics and football stadium in Iquique, Tarapaca Region, Chile. It is the home stadium of Deportes Iquique. The stadium which was built in 1993, was demolished in 2016, and re-opened in 2020. In 1997 the s ...

Iquique Iquique () is a port city and commune in northern Chile, capital of both the Iquique Province and Tarapacá Region. It lies on the Pacific coast, west of the Pampa del Tamarugal, which is part of the Atacama Desert. It has a population of 191, ...

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from June 13 to the 15th. A total of forty-four events were contested, of which 22 by male and 22 by female athletes. Iquique was selected as the host city for the event, in May 2006, at the Iberoamerican Athletics Confederation Congress (''Congreso de la Confederación Iberoamericana de Atletismo''). A

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was installed at the stadium specifically for the competition. No championship records were set at an edition which has hampered by cold, windy whether in the Chilean city. Six

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were broken at the competition,Biscayart, Eduardo (2008-06-16)
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IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-01-03. however, including a Chilean record throw of 18.65 m by shot put winner Natalia Ducó, which was also a South American junior record.Biscayart, Eduardo (2008-06-14). Shot putter Ducó extends South American junior record in Iquique - Ibero-American Champs Day 1. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-01-03. Ecuador's

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was another stand-out performer as he set a national record to win the 3000 metres, adding to his silver medal from the

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. The competition was dominated by

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ian athletes: seventeen gold medals were won by the country's athletes and it topped the medal table with a total of 44 medals – a third of those on offer. Colombia had the next most golds with five and

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and

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took four each. The hosts Chile had two golds in their medal haul of eight altogether.

Medal summary

Men

Women

Medal table

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Participation

Of the twenty-eight members of the

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, nineteen nations sent delegations to the 2008 championships. This represented all the organisation's members but for

Guinea-Bissau Guinea-Bissau ( ; pt, Guiné-Bissau; ff, italic=no, 𞤘𞤭𞤲𞤫 𞤄𞤭𞤧𞤢𞥄𞤱𞤮, Gine-Bisaawo, script=Adlm; Mandinka: ''Gine-Bisawo''), officially the Republic of Guinea-Bissau ( pt, República da Guiné-Bissau, links=no ), ...

. A total of 322 athletes were set to take part in the competition El Atletismo Ibero-Americano - San Fernando 2010
(pg. 214). RFEA. Retrieved on 2012-01-08. of which 316 actually participated. * (33) * (15) * (64) * (48) * (23) * (8) * (7) * (10) * (5) * (4) * (17) * (3) * (1) * (5) * (6) * (8) * (30) * (2) * (27)

References

;Day reports *Biscayart, Eduardo (2008-06-14)

IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-01-03. *Biscayart, Eduardo (2008-06-15)

IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-01-03. *Biscayart, Eduardo (2008-06-16)

IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-01-03. ;Results
Day 1
(archived)
Day 2
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Day 3
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External links

Video review
from ITVNoticias
Competition Technical Manual
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