# 1990 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics

The 1990 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics (Spanish: IV Campeonato Iberoamericano de Atletismo) was the fourth edition of the international athletics competition between Ibero-American nations which was held at the Vila Olímpica in Manaus, Brazil from 14–16 September. Forty event finals were held and six championships records were set in Manaus.
The competition was beset with organisational problems and schedule clashes. Cuba, which had previously sent large delegations, was absent. Temperatures were extremely high - 40 °C (104 °F) - during the three-day competition and consequently the plans for the marathon races, scheduled for the final day, were abandoned. The 1990 Central American and Caribbean Games was held in Mexico two months later and preparation for this larger meet meant other athletes chose not to compete at the Ibero-American Championships. As a result, many of the events were principally contested between the top Brazilian and Spanish athletes, who won 31 of the 40 gold medals available between them. Brazil won the most event, with 17 golds and 37 in total, while Spain had the most medals overall with 43 (14 of them gold). Portugal were a distant third with two gold medals and twelve medals altogether.
Robson da Silva retained his 100 and 200 metres titles and won a third gold for Brazil in the relay. Antonio Peñalver (an Olympic medallist two years later) won the first decathlon to be held at the championships, while Orlane dos Santos won the inaugural women's heptathlon competition.

## Medal summary
### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres | Robson da Silva (BRA) | 10.12 | Fernando Botasso (BRA) | 10.34 | Enrique Talavera (ESP) | 10.45 |
| 200 metres | Robson da Silva (BRA) | 20.43 | Marcelo Brivilatti (BRA) | 21.43 | Luís Cunha (POR) | 21.45 |
| 400 metres | Inaldo Sena (BRA) | 46.54 | Cristián Courbis (CHI) | 47.07 | Roberto Bortolotto (BRA) | 47.33 |
| 800 metres | José Luíz Barbosa (BRA) | 1:46.18 CR | Luis Migueles (ARG) | 1:46.97 | Luis Javier González (ESP) | 1:47.66 |
| 1500 metres | Víctor Rojas (ESP) | 3:42.86 CR | Ángel Fariña (ESP) | 3:42.93 | José Valente (BRA) | 3:43.17 |
| 5000 metres | Antonio Serrano (ESP) | 13:56.37 | José Carlos Adán (ESP) | 13:56.69 | Antonio Silio (ARG) | 13:59.18 |
| 10,000 metres | Antonio Silio (ARG) | 29:27.61 | Juan Carlos Paúl (ESP) | 29:46.80 | Carlos de la Torre (ESP) | 29:49.19 |
| 110 m hurdles (Wind: 2.5 m/s) | Carlos Sala (ESP) | 13.97 | Joilto Bonfim (BRA) | 14.04 | Lyndon Campos (BRA) | 14.61 |
| 400 m hurdles | Eronilde de Araújo (BRA) | 49.82 | Hélio de Oliveira (BRA) | 50.69 | Pedro Rodrigues (POR) | 50.96 |
| 3000 m steeplechase | Benito Nogales (ESP) | 8:38.95 | Ricardo Vera (URU) | 8:39.86 | José Carlos Pereira (POR) | 8:43.85 |
| 4×100 m relay | Brazil (BRA) Antonio dos Santos Filho Marcelo Brivilati da Silva Fernando Botasso Robson da Silva | 40.37 | Spain (ESP) Luis Turón Florencio Gascón Carlos Sala Enrique Talavera | 40.49 | Portugal (POR) Luis Barroso Fernando Damasio Pedro Curvelo Luís Cunha | 40.82 |
| 4×400 m relay | Brazil (BRA) Inaldo Sena Helio Gonçalves Geraldo Maranhão Jr. Eronilde de Araújo | 3:09.2 | Spain (ESP) Sergio López José Alonso Miguel Cuesta Manuel Moreno | 3:10.9 | Only two teams competed |
| Marathon | Cancelled due to heat | Cancelled due to heat | Cancelled due to heat | Cancelled due to heat | Cancelled due to heat | Cancelled due to heat |
| 20 km track walk | Carlos Mercenario (MEX) | 1:25:29.5 | Valentí Massana (ESP) | 1:25:37.8 | Cláudio Bertolino (BRA) | 1:32:11.9 |
| High jump | Arturo Ortiz (ESP) | 2.21 m | Luciano Bacelli (BRA) | 2.15 m | Gustavo Becker (ESP) | 2.15 m |
| Pole vault | Ignacio Paradinas (ESP) | 5.15 m | José Luis Canelas (ESP) | 5.00 m | Guillermo Salgado (MEX) | 5.00 m |
| Long jump | Paulo de Oliveira (BRA) | 7.82 m (w) | Ángel Hernández (ESP) | 7.75 m | Darío Ruiz (MEX) | 7.68 m |
| Triple jump | Anísio Silva (BRA) | 16.71 m | Francisco dos Santos (BRA) | 16.11 m | Ricardo Valiente (PER) | 15.78 m |
| Shot put | Gert Weil (CHI) | 19.58 m | Adilson Oliveira (BRA) | 17.34 m | Édson Miguel (BRA) | 17.16 m |
| Discus throw | David Martínez (ESP) | 59.30 m | João dos Santos (BRA) | 58.14 m | Ramón Jiménez Gaona (PAR) | 56.38 m |
| Hammer throw | Andrés Charadía (ARG) | 68.98 m | Alex Marfull (ESP) | 65.36 m | Antón María Godall (ESP) | 64.94 m |
| Javelin throw | Luis Lucumí (COL) | 72.74 m | Julián Sotelo (ESP) | 68.10 m | Rodrigo Zelaya (CHI) | 67.28 m |
| Decathlon | Antonio Peñalver (ESP) | 7824 pts CR | José de Assis (BRA) | 7480 pts | Álvaro Burrell (ESP) | 7176 pts |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres | Sandra Myers (ESP) | 11.50 | Cleide Amaral (BRA) | 11.61 | Rita Araújo (BRA) | 11.73 |
| 200 metres | Cristina Castro (ESP) | 23.63 | Lucrécia Jardim (POR) | 23.82 | Olga Conte (ARG) | 23.96 |
| 400 metres | Maria Magnólia Figueiredo (BRA) | 51.51 | Blanca Lacambra (ESP) | 53.40 | Olga Conte (ARG) | 53.85 |
| 800 metres | Mayte Zúñiga (ESP) | 2:02.22 | Alejandra Ramos (CHI) | 2:02.37 | Elsa Amaral (POR) | 2:03.57 |
| 1500 metres | Alejandra Ramos (CHI) | 4:13.07 | Estela Estévez (ESP) | 4:13.96 | Carla Sacramento (POR) | 4:15.06 |
| 3000 metres | Silvana Pereira (BRA) | 9:10.17 CR | Julia Vaquero (ESP) | 9:12.87 | Fernanda Ribeiro (POR) | 9:19.44 |
| 10,000 metres | Carmen Brunet (ESP) | 34:41.95 CR | Silvana Pereira (BRA) | 35:04.18 | Marineide dos Santos (BRA) | 35:13.69 |
| 100 m hurdles | María José Mardomingo (ESP) | 13.59 | Carmen Bezanilla (CHI) | 13.80 | Ana Barrenechea (ESP) | 14.01 |
| 400 m hurdles | Liliana Chalá (ECU) | 58.31 | Miriam Alonso (ESP) | 59.20 | Yolanda Tello (ESP) | 59.43 |
| 4×100 m relay | Brazil (BRA) Vânia Amorim dos Santos Claudiléia Matos Santos Rita de Cássia Araújo Gomes Cleide Amaral | 44.60 | Spain (ESP) Blanca Lacambra Cristina Castro Carmen García-Campero Sandra Myers | 45.60 | Uruguay (URU) Soleded Acerenza Margarita Martirena María del Carmen Mosegui Claudia Acerenza | 47.10 |
| 4×400 m relay | Brazil (BRA) Maria Magnólia Figueiredo Eliane Souza Silva Rosângela Oliveira de Souza Soraya Vieira Telles | 3:32.8 | Spain (ESP) Blanca Lacambra Esther Lahoz Gemma Bergasa Sandra Myers | 3:35.2 | Uruguay (URU) Soleded Acerenza Margarita Martirena Claudia Acerenza María del Carmen Mosegui | 3:43.6 |
| Marathon | Cancelled due to heat | Cancelled due to heat | Cancelled due to heat | Cancelled due to heat | Cancelled due to heat | Cancelled due to heat |
| 10 km track walk | María Reyes Sobrino (ESP) | 46:36.40 | Emilia Cano (ESP) | 48:14.63 | Elsa Abril (COL) | 52:07.00 |
| High jump | Orlane dos Santos (BRA) | 1.81 m | Mônica Lunkmoss (BRA) | 1.78 m | Belén Sáenz (ESP) | 1.78 m |
| Long jump | Ana Oliveira (POR) | 6.27 m | Andrea Ávila (ARG) | 6.16 m | Emília Tavares (POR) | 6.08 m |
| Shot put | Elisângela Adriano (BRA) | 16.65 m | Margarita Ramos (ESP) | 16.26 m | Teresa Machado (POR) | 15.87 m |
| Discus throw | Teresa Machado (POR) | 53.92 m | Ángeles Barreiro (ESP) | 51.78 m | Margarita Ramos (ESP) | 49.74 m |
| Javelin throw | Mônica Rocha (BRA) | 50.40 m | Zorobabelia Córdoba (COL) | 44.10 m | Ana Lúcia Silva (BRA) | 32.08 m |
| Heptathlon | Orlane dos Santos (BRA) | 5723 pts CR | Ana María Comaschi (ARG) | 5517 pts | Zorobabelia Córdoba (COL) | 5091 pts |

## Medal table

* Host nation (Brazil)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Brazil* | 17 | 12 | 8 | 37 |
| 2 | Spain | 14 | 19 | 10 | 43 |
| 3 | Argentina | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| 4 | Chile | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | Portugal | 2 | 1 | 9 | 12 |
| 6 | Colombia | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | Mexico | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | Ecuador | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Uruguay | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 10 | Paraguay | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | Peru | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (11 entries) | Totals (11 entries) | 40 | 40 | 39 | 119 |

## Participation

Of the twenty-two members of the Asociación Iberoamericana de Atletismo, fourteen were present at the fourth edition – a record low for the championships. A total 205 athletes competed. 214 participating athletes (including a couple of guest athletes) were counted by analysing the official result list.
* Argentina (20)
* Bolivia (1)
* Brazil (66)
* Chile (9)
* Colombia (8)
* Ecuador (7)
* Mexico (8)
* Panama (1)
* Paraguay (3)
* Peru (8)
* Portugal (20)
* Spain (56)
* Uruguay (5)
* Venezuela (2)