1983 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics

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I Ibero-American Championships
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Dates23–25 September
Host city Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Venue Estadi Serrahima
Events37
Participation143 athletes from
18 nations

The 1983 Ibero-American Championships (Spanish: I Campeonato Iberoamericano de Atletismo) was an athletics competition which was held at the Estadi Serrahima in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain from 23 to 25 September 1983. A total of 37 events were contested, of which 22 by male and 15 by female athletes. It was the first edition of the Ibero-American Championships, although a precursor to the tournament, the Juegos Iberoamericanos (Ibero-American Games), had been held in 1960 and 1962. [1] Eighteen countries participated, drawing from the 22 members of the Asociación Ibero-Americano de Atletismo (Ibero-American Athletics Association). [2]

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Cuba won the most gold medals with a total of nineteen, but it was Spain which had the largest overall haul, beating Cuba's 24 with a total of 33 medals. Brazil and Portugal, were the third and fourth most successful nations of the competition, although the latter won the largest number of silver medals (12) over the course of the three-day competition. The Ibero-American Championships succeeded in attracting a number of high-profile athletes from Ibero-American countries, thus beginning the history of the long-running championships.

Cuban athletes Luis Delís and Maritza Martén both doubled up to win the shot put and discus throw events for men and women, respectively. Aurora Cunha of Portugal took the victory in the women's 1500 metres and 3000 metres while Chile's Alejandra Ramos finished runner-up in both the 800 metres and 1500 m. Luisa Ferrer came close to a sprint double, but was beaten by Esmeralda de Jesus Garcia in the 100 metres. Two records from the championships were particularly long-lasting: Delís's discus record stood until the 2010 Ibero-American Championships and Domingo Ramón's mark in the 3000 metres steeplechase remains the championship record. [1] [3]

It was the only edition of the Championships to only allow one athlete per country in a given event. Some countries fielded more athletes but these were ineligible to win medals.

Medal summary

Men

EventGoldSilverBronze
100 metresFlag of Cuba.svg  José Isalgué  (CUB)10.46Flag of Brazil.svg  Nelson dos Santos  (BRA)10.54Flag of Spain.svg  Ángel Heras  (ESP)10.65
200 metresFlag of Cuba.svg  Tomás González  (CUB)20.91Flag of Spain.svg  Ángel Heras  (ESP)21.09Flag of Brazil.svg  Evaldo Rosa  (BRA)21.56
400 metresFlag of Cuba.svg  Lázaro Martínez  (CUB)46.37Flag of Brazil.svg  Sérgio Menezes  (BRA)47.28Flag of Spain.svg  Isidoro Hornillos  (ESP)48.12
800 metresFlag of Spain.svg  José Luis González  (ESP)1:49.11Flag of Portugal (official).svg  Carlos Cabral  (POR)1:49.32Flag of Brazil.svg  José Luíz Barbosa  (BRA)1:50.02
1500 metresFlag of Spain.svg  José Manuel Abascal  (ESP)3:51.66Flag of Portugal (official).svg  Hélder de Jesus  (POR)3:54.49Flag of Guatemala.svg  Hugo Allan García  (GUA)4:05.93
5000 metresFlag of Colombia.svg  Silvio Salazar  (COL)13:52.19Flag of Portugal (official).svg  Ezequiel Canário  (POR)13:59.68Flag of Spain.svg  Cándido Alario  (ESP)14:24.85
10,000 metresFlag of Spain.svg  Antonio Prieto  (ESP)28:58.19Flag of Portugal (official).svg  Fernando Miguel  (POR)30:58.12Flag of Nicaragua.svg  William Aguirre  (NCA)32:02.42
110 metre hurdles †Flag of Cuba.svg  Ángel Bueno  (CUB)13.81Flag of Brazil.svg  Wellington da Nobrega  (BRA)14.33Flag of Mexico.svg  Rodrigo Casar  (MEX)14.35
400 metre hurdlesFlag of Spain.svg  José Alonso  (ESP)50.08Flag of Cuba.svg  Frank Montiéh  (CUB)50.81Flag of Colombia.svg  Ricardo Biojo  (COL)52.95
3000 metre steeplechaseFlag of Spain.svg  Domingo Ramón  (ESP)8:27.20Flag of Chile.svg  Emilio Ulloa  (CHI)8:37.36Flag of Brazil.svg  Adauto Domingues  (BRA)8:40.17
4 × 100 m relayFlag of Spain.svg  Spain  (ESP)
Juan José Prado
Juan Tolrá
Ángel Heras
Florencio Gascón
40.40Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba  (CUB)
José Luis Isalgue
Ángel Bueno
Jaime Jefferson
Tomás Pedro González
40.45Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil  (BRA)
José Luíz Barbosa
Nelson Rocha Dos Santos
Sergio Mathias Franco de Meneses
Wellington Araújo
41.00
4 × 400 m relayFlag of Cuba.svg  Cuba  (CUB)
Tomás Pedro González
Lázaro Martínez
Frank Montiéh
Julio Osvaldo Prado
3:07.05Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil  (BRA)
Evaldo Rosa da Silva
José Luíz Barbosa
Nelson Rocha Dos Santos
Sergio Mathias Franco de Meneses
3:07.62Flag of Spain.svg  Spain  (ESP)
Manuel González
Benjamin González
José Alonso
Ángel Heras
3:08.17
MarathonFlag of Spain.svg  Roberto García  (ESP)2:24:32Flag of Portugal (official).svg  Oscar Santos  (POR)2:33:41Flag of Argentina.svg  Carlos Orué  (ARG)2:38:49
20 km walkFlag of Colombia.svg  Héctor Moreno  (COL)1:31:02Flag of Portugal (official).svg  José Pinto  (POR)1:31:03Flag of Honduras (2022-).svg  Santiago Fonseca  (HON)1:34:19
High jumpFlag of Cuba.svg  Jorge Alfaro  (CUB)2.20 mFlag of Spain.svg  Roberto Cabrejas  (ESP)2.16 mFlag of Portugal (official).svg  Vítor Mendes  (POR)2.12 m
Pole vaultFlag of Spain.svg  Alberto Ruiz  (ESP)5.20 mFlag of Portugal (official).svg  Manuel Miguel  (POR)4.50 mFlag of Paraguay.svg  Claudio Escauriza  (PAR)4.30 m
Long jumpFlag of Cuba.svg  Jaime Jefferson  (CUB)7.93 mFlag of Spain.svg  Antonio Corgos  (ESP)7.90 mFlag of Portugal (official).svg  António Vermelhudo  (POR)7.07 m
Triple jumpFlag of Cuba.svg  Lázaro Betancourt  (CUB)16.04 mFlag of Spain.svg  Alberto Santamaría  (ESP)15.77 mFlag of Portugal (official).svg  Luís Azevedo  (POR)15.51 m
Shot putFlag of Cuba.svg  Luis Delís  (CUB)18.69 mFlag of Spain.svg  Martín Vara  (ESP)17.19 mFlag of Argentina.svg  Gerardo Carucci  (ARG)16.17 m
Discus throwFlag of Cuba.svg  Luis Delís  (CUB)65.24 mFlag of Spain.svg  Sinesio Garrachón  (ESP)55.88 mFlag of Brazil.svg  José Jacques  (BRA)51.74 m
Hammer throwFlag of Spain.svg  Raúl Jimeno  (ESP)69.36 mFlag of Cuba.svg  Genovevo Morejón  (CUB)65.28 mFlag of Argentina.svg  Daniel Gómez  (ARG)55.78 m
Javelin throw
(Old model)
Flag of Argentina.svg  Angel Garmendia  (ARG)72.00 mFlag of Portugal (official).svg  Carlos Cunha  (POR)69.94 mFlag of Spain.svg  Juan Rosell  (ESP)68.46 m

Women

EventGoldSilverBronze
100 metresFlag of Brazil.svg  Esmeralda de Jesus Garcia  (BRA)11.67Flag of Cuba.svg  Luisa Ferrer  (CUB)11.74Flag of Spain.svg  Lourdes Valdor  (ESP)12.07
200 metresFlag of Cuba.svg  Luisa Ferrer  (CUB)23.84Flag of Portugal (official).svg  Virgínia Gomes  (POR)24.59Flag of Argentina.svg  Adriana Pero  (ARG)24.79
400 metresFlag of Cuba.svg  Ana Fidelia Quirot  (CUB)52.08Flag of Spain.svg  Gregoria Ferrer  (ESP)56.98Only two competitors
800 metresFlag of Cuba.svg  Nery McKeen  (CUB)2:03.07Flag of Chile.svg  Alejandra Ramos  (CHI)2:03.17Flag of Spain.svg  Maite Zúñiga  (ESP)2:05.41
1500 metresFlag of Portugal (official).svg  Aurora Cunha  (POR)4:15.55Flag of Chile.svg  Alejandra Ramos  (CHI)4:16.33Flag of Spain.svg  Gloria Pallé  (ESP)4:17.66
3000 metresFlag of Portugal (official).svg  Aurora Cunha  (POR)9:14.10Flag of Spain.svg  Pilar Fernández  (ESP)9:26.59Flag of Colombia.svg  Fabiola Rueda  (COL)9:27.84
100 metre hurdlesFlag of Cuba.svg  Elida Aveillé  (CUB)13.29Flag of Argentina.svg  Beatriz Capotosto  (ARG)13.52Flag of Spain.svg  María José Martínez-Patiño  (ESP)13.93
400 metre hurdlesFlag of Brazil.svg  Conceição Geremias  (BRA)58.74Flag of Spain.svg  Rosa Colorado  (ESP)59.97Flag of Mexico.svg  Alma Vázquez  (MEX)61.90
4 × 100 metre relayFlag of Spain.svg  Spain  (ESP)
Angela Dominguez
Elena Guisasola
Teresa Rioné
Lourdes Valdor
47.26Flag of Portugal (official).svg  Portugal  (POR)
Ana Oliveira
Vera Lisa
Conceição Alves
Virginia Gomes
49.81Only two teams
4 × 400 metre relayFlag of Cuba.svg  Cuba  (CUB)
Ana Fidelia Quirot
Mercedes Ileana Alvarez
Neri McKeen
Hildelisa Despaigne
3:38.94Flag of Spain.svg  Spain  (ESP)
Gregoria Ferrer
Esther Lahoz
Blanca Lacambra
Maite Zúñiga
3:41.30Only two teams
High jumpFlag of Brazil.svg  Orlane dos Santos  (BRA)1.80 mFlag of Spain.svg  Isabel Mozún  (ESP)1.75 mFlag of Cuba.svg  Victoria Despaigne  (CUB)1.75 m
Long jumpFlag of Cuba.svg  Eloína Echevarría  (CUB)6.49 mFlag of Portugal (official).svg  Ana Oliveira  (POR)6.13 mFlag of Spain.svg  Estrella Roldán  (ESP)6.02 m
Shot putFlag of Cuba.svg  Maritza Martén  (CUB)14.78 mFlag of Brazil.svg  Marinalva dos Santos  (BRA)14.74 mFlag of Portugal (official).svg  Adília Silvério  (POR)13.34 m
Discus throwFlag of Cuba.svg  Maritza Martén  (CUB)58.76 mFlag of Brazil.svg  Odete Domingos  (BRA)46.98 mFlag of Spain.svg  Ángeles Barreiro  (ESP)46.74 m
Javelin throw
(Old model)
Flag of Cuba.svg  María Caridad Colón  (CUB)57.60 mFlag of Portugal (official).svg  Teresinha Vaz  (POR)47.56 mFlag of Spain.svg  Aurora Moreno  (ESP)44.74 m

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Spain)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba  (CUB)194124
2Flag of Spain.svg  Spain  (ESP)*10111233
3Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil  (BRA)36514
4Flag of Portugal (official).svg  Portugal  (POR)212418
5Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia  (COL)2024
6Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina  (ARG)1146
7Flag of Chile.svg  Chile  (CHI)0303
8Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico  (MEX)0022
9Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala  (GUA)0011
Flag of Honduras (2022-).svg  Honduras  (HON)0011
Flag of Nicaragua.svg  Nicaragua  (NCA)0011
Flag of Paraguay.svg  Paraguay  (PAR)0011
Totals (12 entries)373734108

Participation

Of the twenty-two founding members of the Asociación Iberoamericana de Atletismo, eighteen presented delegations for the inaugural championships. The four absent member countries were Ecuador, Panama, Puerto Rico and Venezuela. A total of 143 athletes participated in the first edition. [4] Including a number of guests, 163 participating athletes were counted by analysing the official result list. [5]

References

  1. 1 2 Campeonato Iberamericano [ usurped ]. CONSUDATLE. Retrieved on 2010-06-14.
  2. 1 2 El Atletismo Ibero-Americano - San Fernando 2010. RFEA. Retrieved on 2011-11-14.
  3. Ibero American Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2010-06-14.
  4. El Atletismo Ibero-Americano - San Fernando 2010 (pg. 214). RFEA. Retrieved on 2012-01-08.
  5. Mansilla, Ignacio (May 2010), "BARCELONA – 1983 – RESULTADOS – I CAMPEONATOS IBEROAMERICANOS – Barcelona (Estadio Juan Serrahima) – 23-25 Septiembre 1983", EL ATLETISMO IBEROAMERICANO (PDF) (in Spanish) (4th ed.), Real Federación Española de Atletismo, pp. 83–88, ISBN   84-87704-77-8 , retrieved 19 March 2015
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