# 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 and 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

| Edition | Year | Venue | City | Country | Date | No. of runners |
| 1st | 1986 | | San Carlos de Bariloche | Argentina | | 28 |
| 2nd | 1987 | | Santiago | Chile | | 23 |
| 3rd | 1988 | | Tandil | Argentina | | 23 |
| 4th | 1989 | | Asunción | Paraguay | | 32 |
| 5th | 1990 | | Caracas | Venezuela | | 26 |
| 6th | 1991 | | Ambato | Ecuador | | |
| 7th | 1992 | Jóckey Club | São Paulo | Brazil | | |
| 8th | 1993 | | Cali | Colombia | | 89 |
| 9th | 1994 | | Manaus | Brazil | | 81 + 1 guest |
| 10th | 1995 | | Cali | Colombia | | 60 |
| 11th | 1996 | Club Mbiguá | Asunción | Paraguay | | 108 |
| 12th | 1997 | Santa Lucía Golf Club | Comodoro Rivadavia | Argentina | | 82 + 1 guest |
| 13th | 1998 | | Artur Nogueira | Brazil | | 117 |
| 14th | 1999 | | Artur Nogueira | Brazil | | 89 |
| 15th | 2000 | | Cartagena de Indias | Colombia | | 81 + 69 foreign guests + 45 locals |
| 16th | 2001 | | Rio de Janeiro | Brazil | | 88 + 114 local |
| 17th | 2002 | | Santa Cruz de la Sierra | Bolivia | | 72 |
| 18th | 2003 | Ñu Guasú Park | Asunción | Paraguay | | 95 |
| 19th | 2004 | Forte Marechal Hermes | Macaé | Brazil | | 89 |
| 20th | 2005 | Club de Golf del Uruguay | Montevideo | Uruguay | | 138 |
| 21st | 2006 | Naval Base | Mar del Plata | Argentina | | 142 |
| 22nd | 2007 | Centro de Treinamento da Marinha | Rio de Janeiro | Brazil | | 86 + 1 guest |
| 23rd | 2008 | Ñu Guasú Park | Asunción | Paraguay | | 91 |
| 24th | 2009 | Parque del Stadio Italiano | Coronel | Chile | | 73 |
| 25th | 2010 | Campus La Salle | Guayaquil | Ecuador | 27 February | 82 |
| 26th | 2011 | Club Deportivo Sajonia | Asunción | Paraguay | 20 February | 97 |
| 27th | 2012 | Escuela de Equitación del Ejército | Lima | Peru | 4 March | 85 |
| 28th | 2013 | Ayuí Hotel Complex | Concordia, Entre Ríos | Argentina | 24 February | 91 |
| 29th | 2014 | Jardín Botánico y Zoológico | Asunción | Paraguay | 23 February | 158 |
| 30th | 2015 | | Barranquilla | Colombia | 22 February | |
| 31st | 2016 | | Caraballeda | Venezuela | 4 March | |
| 32nd | 2017 | Parque Padre Hurtado | Santiago | Chile | 19 February | |
| 33rd | 2018 | | La Libertad | El Salvador | 17 February | |
| 34th | 2019 | Samanes | Guayas | Ecuador | 23 February | |
| 35th | 2022 | | Serra | Brazil | 27 March | |
| 36th | 2023 | | Bariloche | Argentina | 22 January | |

## Champions
### Long course

| Year | Men's senior race | Men's senior race | Women's senior race | Women's senior race |
| Year | Individual | Team | Individual | Team |
| 1986 | Omar Aguilar (CHI) | | Olga Caccaviello (ARG) | |
| 1987 | Omar Aguilar (CHI) | | Mónica Regonessi (CHI) | |
| 1988 | Antonio Silio (ARG) | | Stella Maris Selles (ARG) | |
| 1989 | Artur Castro (BRA) | | Griselda González (ARG) | |
| 1990 | Gerardo de Assis (BRA) | | Rita de Jesus (BRA) | |
| 1991 | Jacinto Navarrete (COL) | | Graciela Caizabanda (ECU) | |
| 1992 | Valdenor dos Santos (BRA) | | Carmem de Oliveira (BRA) | |
| 1993 | Valdenor dos Santos (BRA) | Brazil | Silvana Pereira (BRA) | Brazil |
| 1994 | Silvio Guerra (ECU) | Brazil | Carmem de Oliveira (BRA) | Brazil |
| 1995 | Vanderlei de Lima (BRA) | Brazil | Roseli Machado (BRA) | Brazil |
| 1996 | Herder Vásquez (COL) | Brazil | Stella Castro (COL) | Brazil |
| 1997 | Elenílson da Silva (BRA) | Brazil | Stella Castro (COL) | Brazil |
| 1998 | Sérgio Gonçalves da Silva (BRA) | Brazil | Rosângela Faría (BRA) | Brazil |
| 1999 | Sérgio Couto (BRA) | Brazil | Érika Olivera (CHI) | Brazil |
| 2000 | Daniel Ferreira (BRA) | Brazil | Bertha Sánchez (COL) | Brazil |
| 2001 | Adilson Ribeiro (BRA) | Brazil | Adriana de Souza (BRA) | Brazil |
| 2002 | Jonathan Monje (CHI) | Chile | Adriana de Souza (BRA) | Ecuador |
| 2003 | Javier Guarín (COL) | Chile | Susana Rebolledo (CHI) | Chile |
| 2004 | Byron Piedra (ECU) | Ecuador | Maria Lúcia Vieira (BRA) | Brazil |
| 2005 | William Naranjo (COL) | Ecuador | Lucélia Peres (BRA) | Brazil |
| 2006 | Javier Guarín (COL) | Brazil | Inés Melchor (PER) | Venezuela |
| 2007 | William Naranjo (COL) | Brazil | Ednalva Laureano da Silva (BRA) | Brazil |
| 2008 | Marílson Gomes dos Santos (BRA) | Brazil | Inés Melchor (PER) | Brazil |
| 2009 | Roberto Echeverría (CHI) | Brazil | Zenaide Vieira (BRA) | Brazil |
| 2010 | Miguel Almachi (ECU) | Brazil | Inés Melchor (PER) | Peru |
| 2011 | Solonei da Silva (BRA) | Brazil | Simone Alves da Silva (BRA) | Brazil |
| 2012 | Gilberto Lopes (BRA) | Brazil | Tatiele Carvalho (BRA) | Brazil |
| 2013 | Gilmar Silvestre Lopes (BRA) | Brazil | Cruz Nonata da Silva (BRA) | Brazil |
| 2014 | Wellington Bezerra da Silva (BRA) | Brazil | Sueli Pereira da Silva (BRA) | Brazil |
| 2015 | Gilberto Silvestre Lopes (BRA) | {} | Gladys Lucy Tejeda (PER) | {} |
| 2016 | Gilberto Silvestre Lopes (BRA) | {} | Luz Mery Rojas (PER) | {} |
| 2017 | René Champi (PER) | {} | Carmen Toaquiza (ECU) | {} |
| 2018 | Cristhian Pacheco (PER) | {} | Carmen Toaquiza (ECU) | {} |
| 2019 | José Luis Rojas (PER) | {} | Silvia Patricia Ortiz (ECU) | {} |
| 2022 | Wendell Geronimo Souza (BRA) | {} | Maria Lucineida da Silva (BRA) | {} |
| 2023 | Fabio Jesus Correia (BRA) | {} | Maria Lucineida da Silva (BRA) | {} |

### Short course

| Year | Men's short race | Men's short race | Women's short race | Women's short race |
| Year | Individual | Team | Individual | Team |
| 1998 | João Carlos Leite (BRA) | Brazil | Ana de Souza (BRA) | Brazil |
| 1999 | Valdenor dos Santos (BRA) | Brazil | Érika Olivera (CHI) | Chile |
| 2000 | Daniel Ferreira (BRA) | Brazil | Fabiana Cristine da Silva (BRA) | Brazil |
| 2001 | Oscar Cortínez (ARG) | Argentina | María Paredes (ECU) | Brazil |
| 2002 | Hudson de Souza (BRA) | Chile | Bertha Sánchez (COL) | Ecuador |
| 2003 | Clodoaldo da Silva (BRA) | Chile | Valeria Rodríguez (ARG) | Chile |
| 2004 | Juan Suárez (ARG) | Ecuador | Susana Rebolledo (CHI) | Argentina |
| 2005 | Israel dos Anjos (BRA) | Brazil | Susana Rebolledo (CHI) | Argentina |
| 2006 | Hudson de Souza (BRA) | Chile | Valeria Rodríguez (ARG) | Argentina |