South American Cross Country Championships


The South American Cross Country Championships is an annual continental cross country running competition for athletes from South America or, more specifically, member countries of CONSUDATLE. It was first held in 1986, making it the oldest of the continental cross country championships. The event is typically held in late February or early March.
The South American Championships in Athletics were the precursor to the competition in that cross country was featured on the main athletics programme between 1924 and 1949. After the introduction of an independent championships in 1986, multiple races were held: the initial competition schedule featured long races for senior men and women, and shorter races for junior men and women. This was expanded in 1991 with the addition of a youth competition for younger runners. Keeping in line with changes to the IAAF World Cross Country Championships, the South American championships also held senior short race competitions between 1998–2006, to complement the established long races. The short races were removed from the programme after their removal from the World Championships in 2006.
Brazil have been the most successful nation at the championships: they were undefeated in both of the long race team contests between 1993 and 2001.

Editions

EditionYearVenueCityCountryNo. of
runners
1st1986San Carlos de Bariloche28
2nd1987Santiago23
3rd1988Tandil23
4th1989Asunción32
5th1990Caracas26
6th1991Ambato
7th1992Jóckey ClubSão Paulo
8th1993Cali89
9th1994Manaus81 + 1 guest
10th1995Cali60
11th1996Club MbiguáAsunción108
12th1997Santa Lucía Golf ClubComodoro Rivadavia82 + 1 guest
13th1998Artur Nogueira117
14th1999Artur Nogueira89
15th2000Cartagena de Indias81 + 69 foreign guests + 45 locals
16th2001Rio de Janeiro88 + 114 local
17th2002Santa Cruz de la Sierra72
18th2003Ñu Guasú ParkAsunción95
19th2004Forte Marechal HermesMacaé89
20th2005Club de Golf del UruguayMontevideo138
21st2006Naval BaseMar del Plata142
22nd2007Centro de Treinamento da MarinhaRio de Janeiro86 + 1 guest
23rd2008Ñu Guasú ParkAsunción91
24th2009Parque del Stadio ItalianoCoronel73
25th2010Campus La SalleGuayaquil82
26th2011Club Deportivo SajoniaAsunción97
27th2012Escuela de Equitación del EjércitoLima85
28th2013Ayuí Hotel ComplexConcordia, Entre Ríos91
29th2014Jardín Botánico y ZoológicoAsunción158
30th2015Barranquilla, Atlántico

Champions

Long course

Short course