The 1983 Ibero-American Championships

Ibero-American Championships

The Ibero-American Championships in Athletics is a biennial athletics competition for athletes representing Ibero-American countries as well as a number of other Spanish- or Portuguese-speaking countries in Africa...

(Spanish: I Campeonato Iberoamericano de Atletismo) was an athletics competition which was held at the Estadi Serrahima in Barcelona

Barcelona

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, Catalonia

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, Spain

Spain

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 from 23–25 September 1983

1983 in athletics (track and field)

-International Events:*Asian Championships*Balkan Games*Central American and Caribbean Championships*European Indoor Championships*Mediterranean Games*Pan American Games*South American Championships*World Championships*World Cross Country Championships...

. 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. Eighteen countries participated, drawing from the 22 members of the Asociación Ibero-Americano de Atletismo (Ibero-American Athletics Association).

Cuba

Cuba

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 won the most gold medal

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s with a total of nineteen, but it was Spain

Spain

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 which had the largest overall haul, beating Cuba's 24 with a total of 33 medals. Brazil

Brazil

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 and Portugal

Portugal

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, were the third and fourth most successful nations of the competition, although the latter won the largest number of silver medal

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s (12) over the course of the three-day competition. The Ibero-American Championships succeeded in attracting a number of high profile athletes from Ibero-America

Ibero-America

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n countries, thus beginning the history of the long-running championships.

Cuban athletes Luis Delís

Luis Delís

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 and Maritza Martén

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Maritza Martén García is a retired female discus thrower from Cuba who competed in the discus contest at the 1992 Summer Olympics and won the gold medal. She also won the 1987 Pan American Games. Her personal best throw of 70.68m was achieved in 1992.-Achievements:-External reference:*...

 both doubled up to win the shot put

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 and discus throw

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 events for men and women, respectively. Aurora Cunha

Aurora Cunha

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 of Portugal took the victory in the women's 1500 metres

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 and 3000 metres

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 while Chile

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's Alejandra Ramos

Alejandra Ramos

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 finished runner-up in both the 800 metres

800 metres

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 and 1500 m. Luisa Ferrer came close to a sprint double, but was beaten by Esmeralda García

Esmeralda García

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 in the 100 metres

100 metres

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. Two records from the championships were particularly long-lasting: Delís's discus record stood until the 2010 Ibero-American Championships

2010 Ibero-American Championships

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 and Domingo Ramón

Domingo Ramón

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's mark in the 3000 metres steeplechase remains the championship record.

Men

100 metres		10.46		10.54		10.65
200 metres		20.91		21.09		21.56
400 metres		46.37		47.28		48.12
800 metres		1:49.11		1:49.32		1:50.02
1500 metres		3:51.66		3:54.49		4:05.93
5000 metres		13:52.19		13:59.68		14:24.85
10,000 metres		28:58.19		30:58.12		32:02.42
110 metre hurdles †		13.81		14.33		14.35
400 metre hurdles		50.08		50.81		52.95
3000 metre steeplechase		8:27.20		8:37.36		8:40.17
4×100 m relay	Spain Juan José Prado Juan Tolrá Ángel Heras Florencio Gascón	40.40	Cuba José Luis Isalgue Ángel Bueno Jaime Jefferson Jaime Jefferson Jaime Jefferson is a retired long jumper who represented Cuba. Best known for his World Indoor Championships medals, he has also won the Pan American Games twice as well as other regional games.... Tomás Pedro González	40.45	Brazil José Luíz Barbosa José Luiz Barbosa José Luíz Barbosa is a former Brazilian 800m runner, who won the silver medal at the 1991 World Championships in Tokyo. A few weeks before, Barbosa had won the 800m race at the prestigious Letzigrund meeting in Zurich... Nelson Rocha Dos Santos Sergio Mathias Franco de Meneses Wellington Araújo	41.00
4×400 m relay	Cuba Tomás Pedro González Lázaro Martínez Lazaro Martínez Lázaro Martínez Despaigne is a retired Cuban sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres.He won an Olympic silver medal in 4 x 400 metres relay in Barcelona 1992. His personal best of 46.12 was set during the 1991 World Championships.... Frank Rinaldo Monteich Julio Osvaldo Prado	3:07.05	Brazil Evaldo Rosa da Silva José Luíz Barbosa José Luiz Barbosa José Luíz Barbosa is a former Brazilian 800m runner, who won the silver medal at the 1991 World Championships in Tokyo. A few weeks before, Barbosa had won the 800m race at the prestigious Letzigrund meeting in Zurich... Nelson Rocha Dos Santos Sergio Mathias Franco de Meneses	3:07.62	Spain Manuel González Benjamin González Benjamín González Benjamín González was an athlete from Spain. He competed in the 400 and 800 metres.González won a bronze medal in 400 m at the 1982 European Indoor Championships. At the inaugural World Indoor Games in 1985 he and finished second in the 800 metres behind compatriot Colomán Trabado... José Alonso José Alonso (athlete) José Alonso Valero is a retired Spanish hurdler, who specialized in the 400 metres hurdles. During the indoor season he competed over 400 metres, winning two medals at the 1985 and 1986 European Indoor Championships.-Achievements:-References:*... Ángel Heras	3:08.17
Marathon		2:24:32		2:33:41		2:38:49
20 km walk		1:31:02		1:31:03		1:34:19
High jump		2.20 m		2.16 m		2.12 m
Pole vault		5.20 m		4.50 m		4.30 m
Long jump		7.93 m		7.90 m		7.07 m
Triple jump		16.04 m		15.77 m		15.51 m
Shot put		18.69 m		17.19 m		16.17 m
Discus throw		65.24 m		55.88 m		51.74 m
Hammer throw		69.36 m		65.28 m		55.78 m
Javelin throw (Old model)		72.00 m		69.94 m		68.46 m

• † The 110 metres hurdles competition was won by Carlos Sala of Spain in 13.74 seconds, but he was competing as a "guest" athlete.

Women

100 metres		11.67		11.74		12.07
200 metres		23.84		24.59		24.79
400 metres		52.08		56.98	Only two competitors
800 metres		2:03.07		2:03.17		2:05.41
1500 metres		4:15.55		4:16.33		4:17.66
3000 metres		9:14.10		9:26.59		9:27.84
100 metre hurdles		13.29		13.52		13.93
400 metre hurdles		58.74		59.97		61.90
4×100 metre relay	Spain Angela Dominguez Elena Guisasola Teresa Rioné Lourdes Valdor	47.26	Portugal Ana Oliveira Vera Lisa Conceição Alves Virginia Gomes	49.81	Only two teams
4×400 metre relay	Cuba Ana Fidelia Quirot Ana Fidelia Quirot Ana Fidelia Quirot is a female athlete from Cuba, who specialised in the 800 m but was also successful over 400 m.... Mercedes Ileana Alvarez Neri McKeen Hildelisa Despaigne	3:38.94	Spain Gregoria Ferrer Esther Lahoz Blanca Lacambra Maite Zúñiga Maite Zúñiga Maite Zúñiga Domínguez is a retired Spanish middle distance runner.-Achievements:-External links:...	3:41.30	Only two teams
High jump		1.80 m		1.75 m		1.75 m
Long jump		6.49 m		6.13 m		6.02 m
Shot put		14.78 m		14.74 m		13.34 m
Discus throw		58.76 m		46.98 m		46.74 m
Javelin throw (Old model)		57.60 m		47.56 m		44.74 m

Medal table

Key:

1	Cuba	19	4	1	24
2	Spain	10	11	12	33
3	Brazil	3	6	5	14
4	Portugal	2	12	4	18
5	Colombia	2	0	2	4
6	Argentina	1	1	4	6
7	Chile	0	3	0	3
8	Mexico	0	0	2	2
9=	Guatemala	0	0	1	1
9=	Honduras	0	0	1	1
9=	Nicaragua	0	0	1	1
9=	Paraguay	0	0	1	1
Total		37	37	35	109

• Note: The women's 400 metres medals (gold for Cuba, silver for Spain) were excluded in the official competition medal count.