# 2006 South American Cross Country Championships

The 2006 South American Cross Country Championships took place on March 4–5, 2006. The races were held at the Naval Base in Mar del Plata, Argentina. A detailed report of the event was given for the IAAF.
Complete results results for junior and youth competitions, and medal winners were published.

## Medallists

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Individual |||||||
| Senior men (12 km) | Javier Guarín Colombia | 36:29 | Jonathan Monje Chile | 36:55 | Byron Piedra Ecuador | 37:06 |
| Men's short (4 km) | Hudson Santos de Souza Brazil | 11:24 | Jonathan Monje Chile | 11:25 | Roberto Echeverría Chile | 11:26 |
| Junior (U20) men (8 km) | Joilson Bernardo da Silva Brazil | 25:05 | Mario Bazán Perú | 25:09 | Reginaldo de Oliveira Campos Júnior Brazil | 25:13 |
| Youth (U18) men (4 km) | Víctor Aravena Chile | 12:01 | Joaquín Arbe Argentina | 12:20 | Eduardo Gregorio Uruguay | 12:22 |
| Senior women (8 km) | Inés Melchor Perú | 27:55 | Rosa Apaza Bolivia | 28:08 | Maria Lúcia Alves Vieira Brazil | 28:11 |
| Women's short (4 km) | Valeria Rodríguez Argentina | 13:34 | Rosa Apaza Bolivia | 13:35 | Yeisy Álvarez Venezuela | 13:38 |
| Junior (U20) women (6 km) | Karina Villazana Perú | 21:58 | Rocío Cántara Perú | 22:02 | Michele Cristina das Chagas Brazil | 22:13 |
| Youth (U18) women (3 km) | Adriely da Silva Araújo Brazil | 10:44 | Cynthia Andrea Ubilla Chile | 10:48 | Bárbara Lisette González Chile | 10:50 |
| Team |||||||
| Senior men | Brazil | 19 | Ecuador | 23 | Chile | 25 |
| Men's short | Chile | 9 | Brazil | 14 | Venezuela | 24 |
| Junior (U20) men | Brazil | 10 | Colombia | 22 | Uruguay | 40 |
| Youth (U18) men | Chile | 11 | Uruguay | 16 | Argentina | 19 |
| Senior women | Venezuela | 18 | Brazil | 22 | Colombia | 23 |
| Women's short | Argentina | 10 | Venezuela | 24 | Brazil | 26 |
| Junior (U20) women | Perú | 8 | Brazil | 16 | Argentina | 25 |
| Youth (U18) women | Chile | 9 | Argentina | 27 | Paraguay | 42 |

## Race results
### Senior men's race (12 km)

* Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result.

### Men's short race (4 km)

$^†$: The placings are ambiguous.
* Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result.

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

$^†$: The placings are ambiguous.
* Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result.
$^†$: The points scored are ambiguous.

### Youth (U18) men's race (4 km)

$^†$: The placings are ambiguous.
* Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result.
$^†$: The points scored are ambiguous.

### Senior women's race (8 km)

* Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result.

### Women's short race (4 km)

* Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result.

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

* Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result.

### Youth (U18) women's race (3 km)

* Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result.

## Medal table (unofficial)

* Host nation (Argentina)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Brazil (BRA) | 5 | 3 | 4 | 12 |
| 2 | Chile (CHI) | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| 3 | Peru (PER) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | Argentina (ARG)* | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | Venezuela (VEN) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | Colombia (COL) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Bolivia (BOL) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | Uruguay (URU) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 9 | Ecuador (ECU) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | Paraguay (PAR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (10 entries) | Totals (10 entries) | 16 | 16 | 16 | 48 |
* Note: Totals include both individual and team medals, with medals in the team competition counting as one medal.

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 142 athletes from 10 countries participated.
* Argentina (31)
* Bolivia (3)
* Brazil (19)
* Chile (27)
* Colombia (15)
* Ecuador (4)
* Paraguay (10)
* Perú (5)
* Uruguay (18)
* Venezuela (10)