1990 South American Cross Country Championships

1990 South American Cross Country Championships
Organisers	CONSUDATLE
Edition	5th
Date	February 11
Host city	Caracas, Venezuela
Events	4
Distances	12 km – Senior men 7.8 km – Junior men (U20) 7.8 km – Senior women 6 km – Junior women (U20)
Participation	26 athletes from 3 nations
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The 1990 South American Cross Country Championships took place on February 11, 1990. The races were held in Caracas, Venezuela. ^[1]

Complete results, ^[1] results for junior and youth competitions, ^[2] and medal winners ^[3] were published.

Medallists

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Individual
Senior men (12 km)	Geraldo Francisco de Assis   Brazil	36:49	Roberto Punina   Ecuador	37:05	Artur da Freitas Castro   Brazil	37:44
Junior (U20) men (8 km)	Robinson Semolini   Brazil	25:15	Jesús Medrano   Venezuela	26:40	Albano Villarroel   Venezuela	27:06
Senior women (8 km)	Rita de Cássia Santos de Jesús   Brazil	27:37	Silvana Pereira   Brazil	27:49	Carmen Naranjo   Ecuador	28:01
Junior (U20) women (6 km)	Sandra Ruales   Ecuador	21:54	Soledad Nieto   Ecuador	21:54	Janeth Caizalitín   Ecuador	22:02

Race results

Senior men's race (12 km)

Individual race

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	Geraldo Francisco de Assis	Brazil	36:49
	Roberto Punina	Ecuador	37:05
	Artur da Freitas Castro	Brazil	37:44
4	Eduardo Navas	Venezuela	37:49
5	Silvio Guerra	Ecuador	37:55
6	Néstor Quinapanta	Ecuador	38:41
7	Amado Rivas	Venezuela	39:02
8	Indelgard Vargas	Venezuela	39:29

Junior (U20) men's race (8 km)

Individual race

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	Robinson Semolini	Brazil	25:15
	Jesús Medrano	Venezuela	26:40
	Albano Villarroel	Venezuela	27:06
4	Juan Guzmán	Venezuela	27:44

Senior women's race (8 km)

Individual race

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	Rita de Cássia Santos de Jesús	Brazil	27:37
	Silvana Pereira	Brazil	27:49
	Carmen Naranjo	Ecuador	28:01
4	Wilma Guerra	Ecuador	28:13
5	Graciela Caizabanda	Ecuador	28:26
6	Carmen Fernández	Venezuela	30:00
7	Milexa Figueroa	Venezuela	33:42
8	Tamara Zagustin	Venezuela	35:06

Junior (U20) women's race (6 km)

Individual race

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	Sandra Ruales	Ecuador	21:54
	Soledad Nieto	Ecuador	21:54
	Janeth Caizalitín	Ecuador	22:02
4	Amelia Villarroel	Venezuela	28:42
5	Francisbel Reyes	Venezuela	30:00
6	Dorelia Lucena	Venezuela	31:36

Medal table (unofficial)

  *   Host nation (Venezuela)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Brazil	3	1	1	5
2	Ecuador	1	2	2	5
3	Venezuela*	0	1	1	2
Totals (3 entries)		4	4	4	12

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 26 athletes from 3 countries participated.

•   Brazil (5)
•   Ecuador (9)
•   Venezuela (12)

See also

• 1990 in athletics (track and field)

References

1. CAMPEONATO SUDAMERICANO DE CROSS COUNTRY (in Spanish), Confederación Atlética del Uruguay, archived from the original on January 4, 2014, retrieved January 11, 2014
2. Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas (October 12, 2012), SOUTH AMERICAN CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS - SAXC - 1990 Caracas VEN Feb 11, World Junior Athletics History (WJAH), archived from the original on January 16, 2014, retrieved January 11, 2014
3. SOUTH AMERICAN CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly , retrieved January 11, 2014

External links

• GBRathletics