2003 South American Cross Country Championships
Organisers	CONSUDATLE
Edition	18th
Date	February 22–23
Host city	Asunción, Paraguay
Venue	Circuito de Ñu Guazú
Events	8
Distances	12 km – Senior men 4 km – Men's short 8 km – Junior men (U20) 4 km – Youth men (U18) 8 km – Senior women 4 km – Women's short 6 km – Junior women (U20) 3 km – Youth women (U18)
Participation	95 athletes from 8 nations
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The 2003 South American Cross Country Championships took place on February 22–23, 2003. The races were held at the Circuito de Ñu Guazú in Asunción, Paraguay.^[1]

Complete results,^[1][2][3] results for junior and youth competitions,^[4] and medal winners^[5] were published.

Medallists

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Individual
Senior men (12 km)	Javier Alexander Guarín  Colombia	39:34	Jonathan Monje  Chile	39:55	Roberto Echeverría  Chile	40:00
Men's short (4 km)	Clodoaldo Gomes da Silva  Brazil	12:12	Fabián Romaszczuk  Argentina	12:19	Jonathan Monje  Chile	12:22
Junior (U20) men (8 km)	José Luis Romero  Argentina	27:53	Jhon Cusi Perú	27:53	Guido Benedetti  Argentina	28:01
Youth (U18) men (4 km)	John Tello  Colombia	13:17	Pablo Mena  Chile	13:17	Víctor Gelvez  Argentina	13:30
Senior women (8 km)	Susana Rebolledo  Chile	31:13	Luz Silva  Chile	31:25	Érika Olivera  Chile	31:32
Women's short (4 km)	Valeria Rodríguez  Argentina	14:16	Susana Rebolledo  Chile	14:27	Luz Silva  Chile	14:28
Junior (U20) women (6 km)	Ruby Riativa  Colombia	22:56	Edna Kaline de Oliveira Santos  Brazil	23:31	María Soledad del Carlo  Argentina	23:48
Youth (U18) women (3 km)	Carolina González  Colombia	11:36	Rocío Cantará Perú	11:39	Beatriz Quispe  Bolivia	11:50
Team
Senior men	Chile	10	Argentina	21	Paraguay	33
Men's short	Chile	12	Argentina	17	Paraguay	30
Junior (U20) men	Argentina	11	Paraguay	31
Youth (U18) men	Argentina	12	Paraguay	28
Senior women	Chile	6	Argentina	18	Paraguay	30
Women's short	Chile	9	Argentina	14	Paraguay	31
Junior (U20) women	Argentina	12	Paraguay	24
Youth (U18) women	Argentina	24	Paraguay	32

Race results

Senior men's race (12 km)

Individual race

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	Javier Alexander Guarín	Colombia	39:34
	Jonathan Monje	Chile	39:55
	Roberto Echeverría	Chile	40:00
4	Rolando Pillco	Bolivia	40:19
5	Carlos Jaramillo	Chile	40:20
6	César Troncoso	Argentina	41:09
7	Juan San Martín	Argentina	41:29
8	José Luis Luna	Argentina	42:35
9	Enício Pereira Maximiano	Brazil	44:09
10	Víctor López	Argentina	44:38
11	Plinio Penzzi	Paraguay	45:41
12	Leonardo Malgor	Argentina	45:47
13	Eladio Fernández	Paraguay	46:42
14	Freddy Villamayor	Paraguay	48:08
—	Sergio López	Chile	DNF
—	Oscar Fernández	Uruguay	DNF

Teams

Rank	Team	Points
	Chile Jonathan Monje 2 Roberto Echeverría 3 Carlos Jaramillo 5 (Sergio López) (DNF)	10
	Argentina César Troncoso 6 Juan San Martín 7 José Luis Luna 8 (Víctor López) (n/s) (Leonardo Malgorn) (n/s)	21
	Paraguay Plinio Penzzi 10 Eladio Fernández 11 Freddy Villamayor 12	33

• Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result. (n/s: nonscorer)

Men's short race (4 km)

Individual race

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	Clodoaldo Gomes da Silva	Brazil	12:12
	Fabián Romaszczuk	Argentina	12:19
	Jonathan Monje	Chile	12:22
4	Roberto Echeverría	Chile	12:28
5	Carlos Jaramillo	Chile	12:33
6	Oscar Fernández	Uruguay	12:57
7	Ulises Sanguinetti	Argentina	12:58
8	Sergio López	Chile	13:05
9	Darío Hernán Nuñez	Argentina	13:08
10	Mariano Tarilo	Argentina	13:18
11	Gustavo Romero	Argentina	13:29
12	Mariano Mastromarino	Argentina	13:50
13	Freddy Villamayor	Paraguay	13:59
14	Valentino Valdovinos	Paraguay	14:15
15	Roberto Domínguez	Paraguay	14:41

Teams

Rank	Team	Points
	Chile Jonathan Monje 3 Roberto Echeverría 4 Carlos Jaramillo 5 (Sergio López) (n/s)	12
	Argentina Fabián Romaszczuk 2 Ulises Sanguinetti 7 Darío Hernán Nuñez 8 (Mariano Tarilo) (n/s) (Gustavo Romero) (n/s) (Mariano Mastromarino) (n/s)	17
	Paraguay Freddy Villamayor 9 Valentino Valdovinos 10 Roberto Domínguez 11	30

• Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result. (n/s: nonscorer)

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

Individual race

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	José Luis Romero	Argentina	27:53
	Jhon Cusi	Perú	27:53
	Guido Benedetti	Argentina	28:01
4	Diego Moreno	Perú	28:17
5	Hugo Díaz	Chile	28:22
6	Jefferson Douglas de Castro	Brazil	28:26
7	Matías Carranza	Argentina	29:02
8	José San Martín	Argentina	29:04
9	Gustavo López	Paraguay	29:06
10	Daniel Ballen	Colombia	30:03
11	Walter Viera	Uruguay	30:05
12	Valentino Valdovinos	Paraguay	31:02
13	Roberto Domínguez	Paraguay	32:00
—	Santiago Figueroa	Argentina	DNF

Teams

Rank	Team	Points
	Argentina José Luis Romero 1 Guido Benedetti 3 Matías Carranza 7 (José San Martín) (n/s) (Santiago Figueroa) (DNF)	11
	Paraguay Gustavo López 8 Valentino Valdovinos 11 Roberto Domínguez 12	31

• Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result. (n/s: nonscorer)

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

Individual race

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	John Tello	Colombia	13:17
	Pablo Mena	Chile	13:17
	Víctor Gelvez	Argentina	13:30
4	Diego Maurelli	Argentina	13:32
5	Luis Chaparro	Argentina	13:33
6	Rodrigo Trinidad	Paraguay	13:41
7	Andrés Silva	Uruguay	13:44
8	Agustín Bernardaz	Argentina	13:45
9	Freddy Espinosa	Colombia	14:03
10	Sidnei da Cunha	Brazil	14:43
11	Carlos López	Paraguay	15:08
12	Jonathan Velásquez	Paraguay	15:14

Teams

Rank	Team	Points
	Argentina Víctor Gelvez 3 Diego Maurelli 4 Luis Chaparro 5 (Agustín Bernardaz) (n/s)	12
	Paraguay Rodrigo Trinidad 6 Carlos López 10 Jonathan Velásquez 11	28

• Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result. (n/s: nonscorer)

Senior women's race (8 km)

Individual race

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	Susana Rebolledo	Chile	31:13
	Luz Silva	Chile	31:25
	Érika Olivera	Chile	31:32
4	Yolanda Fernández	Colombia	31:54
5	Jimena Labraña	Chile	32:20
6	Carina Allay	Argentina	32:56
7	Noemí Garay	Argentina	33:24
8	Mercedes Romero	Argentina	33:35
9	Marcela Greco	Argentina	33:50
10	María Clara Serino	Argentina	33:59
11	Ninfa Chávez	Paraguay	34:38
12	Silvia Amodio	Uruguay	35:09
13	Edith Benítez	Paraguay	36:26
14	Erica da Silva Camargo	Brazil	37:22
15	Rossana Coronel	Paraguay	39:16
—	Susy Acosta	Paraguay	DNF

Teams

Rank	Team	Points
	Chile Susana Rebolledo 1 Luz Silva 2 Érika Olivera 3 (Jimena Labraña) (n/s)	6
	Argentina Carina Allay 5 Noemí Garay 6 Mercedes Romero 7 (Marcela Greco) (n/s) (María Clara Serino) (n/s)	18
	Paraguay Ninfa Chávez 8 Edith Benítez 10 Rossana Coronel 12 (Susy Acosta) (DNF)	30

• Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result. (n/s: nonscorer)

Women's short race (4 km)

Individual race

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	Valeria Rodríguez	Argentina	14:16
	Susana Rebolledo	Chile	14:27
	Luz Silva	Chile	14:28
4	Érika Olivera	Chile	14:56
5	Elizabeth Esteves de Souza	Brazil	14:59
6	María de los Ángeles Peralta	Argentina	15:08
7	Rosa Godoy	Argentina	15:15
8	Jimena Labraña	Chile	15:17
9	Ninfa Chávez	Paraguay	15:46
10	Evangelina Zamarini	Argentina	17:39
11	Edith Benítez	Paraguay	17:43
12	Rosana Coronel	Paraguay	17:51
13	Lorena Galán	Argentina	17:57
14	Susy Acosta	Paraguay	19:12

Teams

Rank	Team	Points
	Chile Susana Rebolledo 2 Luz Silva 3 Érika Olivera 4 (Jimena Labraña) (n/s)	9
	Argentina Valeria Rodríguez 1 María de los Ángeles Peralta 6 Rosa Godoy 7 (Evangelina Zamarini) (n/s) (Lorena Galán) (n/s)	14
	Paraguay Ninfa Chávez 8 Edith Benítez 9 Rosana Coronel 10 (Susy Acosta) (n/s)	31

• Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result. (n/s: nonscorer)

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

Individual race

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	Ruby Riativa	Colombia	2:56
	Edna Kaline de Oliveira Santos	Brazil	23:31
	María Soledad del Carlo	Argentina	23:48
4	Natalia Siviero	Argentina	24:15
5	Ximena Fernández	Argentina	24:24
6	Eliana Vázquez	Chile	25:42
7	Viviana Freitas	Paraguay	27:35
8	Leticia Fleitas	Paraguay	29:33
9	Lucy Lezcano	Paraguay	30:20
—	Nadia Rodríguez	Argentina	DNF
—	Beatriz Quispe	Bolivia	DNF

Teams

Rank	Team	Points
	Argentina María Soledad del Carlo 3 Natalia Siviero 4 Ximena Fernández 5 (Nadia Rodríguez) (DNF)	12
	Paraguay Viviana Freitas 7 Leticia Fleitas 8 Lucy Lezcano 9	24

• Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result. (n/s: nonscorer)

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

Individual race

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	Carolina González	Colombia	11:36
	Rocío Cantará	Perú	11:39
	Beatriz Quispe	Bolivia	11:50
4	Militza Saucedo	Bolivia	11:51
5	Ingrid Galloso	Chile	12:08
6	Andrea Latapie	Argentina	12:15
7	Maristela Aparecida da Cunha	Brazil	12:17
8	María Emilia Galante	Argentina	12:28
9	Dora Rotela	Paraguay	13:04
10	Valeria Henzel	Argentina	13:10
11	Nora Morinigo	Paraguay	13:12
12	Romina Erices	Argentina	13:21
13	Jessica Muñoz	Paraguay	13:59

Teams

Rank	Team	Points
	Argentina Andrea Latapie 6 María Emilia Galante 8 Valeria Henzel 10 (Romina Erices) (n/s)	24
	Paraguay Dora Rotela 9 Nora Morinigo 11 Jessica Muñoz 12	32

• Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result. (n/s: nonscorer)

Medal table (unofficial)

  *   Host nation (Paraguay)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Argentina	6	5	3	14
2	Chile	5	4	4	13
3	Colombia	4	0	0	4
4	Brazil	1	1	0	2
5	Paraguay*	0	4	4	8
6	Peru	0	2	0	2
7	Bolivia	0	0	1	1
Totals (7 entries)		16	16	12	44

• Note: Totals include both individual and team medals, with medals in the team competition counting as one medal.

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 95 athletes from 8 countries participated.