2012 South American Cross Country Championships
# 2012 South American Cross Country Championships

The 2012 South American Cross Country Championships took place on March 4, 2012. The races were held at the Escuela de Equitación del Ejército (Army’s Equestrian School) in Lima, Perú. A detailed report of the event was given for the IAAF.

Complete results and results for junior and youth competitions were published.

## Medallists

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Individual |||||||
| Senior men (12 km) | Gilberto Silvestre Lopes Brazil | 38:05.4 | Sergio Celestino da Silva Brazil | 38:27.0 | Raúl Machacuay Perú | 38:54.4 |
| Junior (U20) men (8 km) | Thiarles Cacanha dos Santos Brazil | 26:21.3 | Yerson Orellana Perú | 26:31.5 | Ioran Fernandes Etchechury Brazil | 26:34.6 |
| Youth (U18) men (4 km) | Victor Vinícius Alves da Silva Brazil | 12:40.1 | Thiago do Rosário André Brazil | 12:42.3 | Weverton Fidélis Brazil | 12:49.2 |
| Senior women (8 km) | Tatiele Roberta de Carvalho Brazil | 28:58.4 | Angie Orjuela Soche Colombia | 29:30.4 | Nubia Arteaga Venezuela | 29:34.0 |
| Junior (U20) women (6 km) | Luz Mery Rojas Perú | 22:54.7 | Belén Casetta Argentina | 23:14.9 | Evelyn Escobar Perú | 23:28.9 |
| Youth (U18) women (3 km) | Lucy Basilio Perú | 10:59.0 | Angie Legarda Bejarano Colombia | 11:04.6 | Zulema Arenas Perú | 11:05.9 |
| Team |||||||
| Senior men | Brazil | 8 | Ecuador | 21 | Perú | 25 |
| Junior (U20) men | Brazil | 9 | Perú | 25 | Argentina | 39 |
| Youth (U18) men | Brazil | 3 | Colombia | 11 | Ecuador | 14 |
| Senior women | Brazil | 12 | Perú | 21 | | |
| Junior (U20) women | Perú | 8 | Argentina | 26 | Brazil | 27 |
| Youth (U18) women | Perú | 4 | Brazil | 12 | | |

## Race results

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Brazil (BRA) | 8 | 3 | 3 | 14 |
| 2 | Peru (PER)* | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 |
| 3 | Colombia (COL) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | Argentina (ARG) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Ecuador (ECU) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | Venezuela (VEN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (6 entries) | Totals (6 entries) | 12 | 12 | 10 | 34 |

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

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 85 athletes from 9 countries participated.

* Argentina (8)
* Bolivia (2)
* Brazil (23)
* Colombia (7)
* Ecuador (10)
* Panamá (1)
* Perú (25)
* Uruguay (2)
* Venezuela (7)
