The 2004 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics (Spanish: XI Campeonato Iberoamericano de Atletismo) took place on Estadio Iberoamericano in Huelva

Huelva

Huelva is a city in southwestern Spain, the capital of the province of Huelva in the autonomous region of Andalusia. It is located along the Gulf of Cadiz coast, at the confluence of the Odiel and Tinto rivers. According to the 2010 census, the city has a population of 149,410 inhabitants. The...

, Spain

Spain

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 on 6–8 August 2004. A record high of 27 nations took part while the number of participating athletes (430) was the second highest in the competition's history after the 1992 edition

1992 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics

The 1992 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics was the fifth edition of the international athletics competition between Ibero-American nations which was held at the Estadio Olímpico de La Cartuja in Seville, Spain from 17–19 July...

. The programme featured 44 track and field

Track and field

Track and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...

 events, 22 each for men and women, and 16 championship records were broken or equalled at the three-day competition.

The host stadium was built specifically for the championships and it was the first major event to be held there. An opening ceremony was held outside the stadium at La Rábida (the monastery where Christopher Columbus

Christopher Columbus

Christopher Columbus was an explorer, colonizer, and navigator, born in the Republic of Genoa, in northwestern Italy. Under the auspices of the Catholic Monarchs of Spain, he completed four voyages across the Atlantic Ocean that led to general European awareness of the American continents in the...

 stayed and successfully proposed his voyage to the Indies

Indies

The Indies is a term that has been used to describe the lands of South and Southeast Asia, occupying all of the present India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, the Maldives, and also Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Brunei, Singapore, the Philippines, East Timor, Malaysia and...

, which led to the Discovery of the Americas

Voyages of Christopher Columbus

In the early modern period, the voyages of Columbus initiated European exploration and colonization of the American continents, and are thus of great significance in world history. Christopher Columbus was a navigator and an admiral for Castile, a country that later founded modern Spain...

). High participation was attributed to the competition's proximity to the 2004 Summer Olympics

Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics

At the 2004 Summer Olympics, the athletics events were held at the Athens Olympic Stadium from August 18 to August 29, except for the marathons , the race walks , and the shot put...

, which was held in Athens

Athens

Athens , is the capital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state...

 two weeks later. The legacy of the championships is found in the Meeting Iberoamericano de Atletismo, an annual track and field

Track and field

Track and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...

 meeting which is held at the same stadium.

The host nation, Spain, topped the medal table with 16 gold medal

Gold medal

A gold medal is typically the medal awarded for highest achievement in a non-military field. Its name derives from the use of at least a fraction of gold in form of plating or alloying in its manufacture...

s and 38 medals overall. Cuba (typically strong at the meeting) came second with fourteen gold medals and 22 medals overall. Brazil came third, producing six event winners, but had the second highest medal haul with a total of 23 medallists. Spain sent the largest delegation, entering 90 athletes, while Brazil (63), Portugal (51) and Cuba (33) were the next most numerous teams.

A number of medallists went on to have Olympic success. Joan Lino Martínez

Joan Lino Martínez

Joan Lino Martínez Armenteros is a Spanish athlete. He competes in the long jump.Martínez was born to a Cuban father and Spanish mother. After his switch from Cuba to Spain, he did not compete internationally until 2004, when he won the bronze medal in the Olympic Games...

, winner in the men's long jump

Long jump

The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength, and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a take off point...

, took an Olympic bronze medal. Cuba's female throwers performed well in Athens: Yumileidi Cumbá

Yumileidi Cumbá

Yumileidi Cumbá Jay is a Cuban shot putter.Her greatest season was 2004, when she won an Olympic gold medal and achieved a new personal best throw....

 and Osleidys Menéndez

Osleidys Menéndez

Osleidys Menéndez Sáez is a Cuban athlete competing in the javelin throw. She is a former Olympic champion, world champion, and world record holder. She has been described as the female "Jan Železný" of her times....

 were crowned Olympic champions, while Yipsi Moreno

Yipsi Moreno

Yipsi Moreno González is a Cuban hammer thrower. She is a double world champion and Olympic silver medalist, a former world junior record holder and current area record holder...

 and Yunaika Crawford

Yunaika Crawford

Yunaika Crawford Rogert is a Cuban hammer thrower who won the Olympic bronze medal in 2004 with a personal best throw of 73.16 metres.-Early career:...

 both reached the podium in the hammer throw

Hammer throw

The modern or Olympic hammer throw is an athletic throwing event where the object is to throw a heavy metal ball attached to a wire and handle. The name "hammer throw" is derived from older competitions where an actual sledge hammer was thrown...

. Fernanda Ribeiro

Fernanda Ribeiro

Maria Fernanda Moreira Ribeiro, GCIH , is a long-distance runner, born in Penafiel, Portugal. She achieved the top of her career in the 1996 Summer Olympics where she won the women's 10,000 m gold medal, giving Portugal their 3rd Olympic gold , and establishing a new Olympic record - 31:01.63.-...

, a 1996 Olympic champion, won the women's 5000 metres

5000 metres

The 5000 metres is a popular running distance also known as 5 km or 5K in American English. It is one of the track events in the Olympic Games and the World Championships in Athletics. "5000 metres" refers to racing on a track and "5K" usually refers to a roadrace or cross country event...

 in Huelva, but retired in the Olympic final due to injuries.

Men

100 metres		10.15		10.21		10.28
200 metres (Wind: −4.3 m/s)		20.84		20.83		21.30
400 metres		45.05		45.21		45.22
800 metres		1:46.51		1:46.78		1:47.26
1500 metres		3:37.34 CR		3:37.66		3:40.30
3000 metres		7:51.25 CR		7:51.26		7:57.23
5000 metres		13:48.09		13:49.05		13:52.15
110 m hurdles		13.49		13.52		13.61
400 m hurdles		49.08		49.31		49.92
3000 m steeplechase		8:30.83		8:33.26		8:35.92
4×100 m relay	Brazil Claudio Roberto Sousa Jarbas Mascarenhas Jr. Vicente Lenílson de Lima André da Silva André da Silva André Domingos da Silva is a Brazilian athlete who competed mainly in the 100 and 200 metres....	38.62	Spain Alberto Dorrego Santiago Ezquerro Santiago Ezquerro Santiago 'Santi' Ezquerro Marín is a retired Spanish footballer who played as a forward.Having made a name for himself at Athletic Bilbao, appearing in nearly 300 official games for the club in seven years, he subsequently earned himself a transfer to FC Barcelona, but languished on the bench for... Iván Mocholí Ángel David Rodríguez Ángel David Rodríguez Ángel David Rodríguez García is a Spanish sprinter. He specializes in the 100 metres. His personal best time is 10.14 seconds in the 100 metres, achieved in July 2008 in Salamanca, and 20.61 seconds in the 200 metres, achieved in July 2008 in Barcelona.Rodríguez finished eighth in 100 m and 4×100...	39.70	Venezuela Juan Morcillo Jonathan Omar Medina José Manuel Carabalí Hely Ollarves Hely Ollarves Hely Domingo Ollarves Arias is a male track and field athlete from Venezuela. He competed in the men's 4x100 metres relay at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, where he was eliminated in the first round alongside José Carabalí, Juan Morillo, and José Peña.-References:*...	39.91
4×400 m relay	Spain Iván Rodríguez Antonio Reina Luis Flores Luis Flores Luis Alberto Flores is a professional basketball player from the Dominican Republic. He is a 6 ft 2 in and 205 lb guard. He grew up in the United States, in the predominantly Latino neighborhood of Washington Heights in New York City, and attended Norman Thomas High School... David Testa	3:05.68	Brazil Bruno Pacheco Valdinei Abilio da Silva Wagner Souza dos Santos Anderson Jorge dos Santos	3:06.19	Venezuela William José Hernández Simoncito Silvera José Faneite Jonathan Palma	3:10.41
20 km track walk		1:24:30.2		1:25:13.1		1:26:16.7
High jump		2.24 m		2.21 m		2.21 m
Pole vault		5.40 m		5.35 m		5.30 m
Long jump		8.26 m		7.95 m		7.78 m
Triple jump		17.12 m CR		16.59 m		16.16 m
Shot put		20.59 m CR		20.17 m		18.72 m
Discus throw		63.84 m		62.08 m		59.24 m
Hammer throw		73.34 m		71.01 m		67.89 m
Javelin throw		77.98 m		76.34 m		76.00 m
Decathlon		7940 pts CR		7703 pts		7560 pts

Women

100 metres		11.33		11.41		11.45
200 metres		23.73		23.77		23.83
400 metres		52.13		52.22		52.42
800 metres		2:01.30		2:01.39		2:02.44
1500 metres		4:14.80		4:16.61		4:18.14
3000 metres		9:02.36		9:03.64		9:08.74
5000 metres		15:27.53 CR		15:32.29		15:56.80
100 m hurdles (Wind: −2.1 m/s)		13.25		13.42		13.72
400 m hurdles		54.84 CR		56.10		56.10
3000 m steeplechase		9:49.06 CR		9:55.24		9:56.22
4×100 m relay	Cuba Dainelky Pérez Roxana Díaz Ana Wilianis López Virgen Benavides Virgen Benavides Virgen Benavides Muñoz is a track and field sprint athlete who competes internationally for Cuba.Benavides represented Cuba at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. She competed at the 100 metres sprint and placed third in her first round heat after Ivet Lalova and Montell Douglas in a time of...	43.66 CR	Colombia Melissa Murillo Felipa Palacios Felipa Palacios Felipa Alicia Palacios Hinestroza is a retired female track and field athlete from Colombia, who competed in the sprint events.She represented her native country in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996... Darlenys Obregón Darlenys Obregón Darlenys Obregón Mulato is a Colombian track and field athlete who competes in the sprinting events, primarily the 200 metres in which she has a personal best of 23.09 seconds... Digna Luz Murillo	43.79	Brazil Katia Regina de Jesus dos Santos Lucimar de Moura Lucimar de Moura Lucimar Aparecida de Moura is a female track and field athlete from Brazil, who competes in the sprint events... Rosemar Coelho Neto Rosemar Coelho Neto Rosemar Maria Coelho Neto is a track and field sprint athlete who competes internationally for Brazil.Coelho Neto represented Brazil at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. She competed at the 4x100 metres relay together with Lucimar de Moura, Thaissa Presti and Rosangela Santos... Luciana dos Santos Luciana dos Santos Luciana Alves dos Santos is a Brazilian long jumper, triple jumper and sprinter.She was born in Ilhéus. She competed in the long jump at the World Championships in 1997 and 1999, and in both events at the 2000 Summer Olympics, but without reaching the final...	44.13
4×400 m relay	Brazil Geisa Coutinho Geisa Coutinho Geisa Aparecida Muniz Coutinho is a Brazilian track and field athlete who competes in the 400 metres sprint. She represented Brazil at the 2004 Summer Olympics and is a three-time participant of the World Championships in Athletics... Josiane Tito Lucimar Teodoro Lucimar Teodoro Lucimar Teodoro is a Brazilian track and field athlete who specialises in the 400 metres sprint and the 400 metres hurdles.Teodoro was born in Guararapes, São Paulo and began competing in senior athletics in 2001. She attended her first Olympics at the 2004 Athens Games as part of the 4×400 metres... Maria Laura Almirao	3:28.60 CR	Spain Julia Alba Julia Alba Julia María Alba Alarcó is a retired Spanish sprinter.Alba was born in Seville. She finished ninth in the 200 metres in the 2002 IAAF World Cup, and competed at the 1999 World Championships without reaching the final... Miriam Bravo Miriam Bravo Miriam Bravo is a retired Spanish sprinter and runner.In the 800 metres she finished fifth at the 2001 Mediterranean Games and sixth at the 2001 Summer Universiade... Catalina Oliver Cora Olivero	3:32.00	Colombia Norma González Felipa Palacios Felipa Palacios Felipa Alicia Palacios Hinestroza is a retired female track and field athlete from Colombia, who competed in the sprint events.She represented her native country in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996... Darlenys Obregón Darlenys Obregón Darlenys Obregón Mulato is a Colombian track and field athlete who competes in the sprinting events, primarily the 200 metres in which she has a personal best of 23.09 seconds... Rosibel García Rosibel García Rosibel García Mena is a Colombian track and field athlete who specialises in middle-distance track events. She has represented her country at the Summer Olympics and has also competed at the World Championships in Athletics.She is the Colombian record holder for the 800 metres and 1500 metres...	3:33.95
10,000 m track walk		44:22.00 CR		44:33.75		44:43.58
High jump		1.94 m		1.94 m		1.88 m
Pole vault		4.30 m CR=		4.30 m CR=		4.20 m
Long jump		6.58 m		6.45 m		6.40 m
Triple jump		14.51 m CR		14.35 m		13.80 m
Shot put		19.97 m CR		18.65 m		17.79 m
Discus throw		61.11 m		57.81 m		57.58 m
Hammer throw		71.06 m CR		64.96 m		63.72 m
Javelin throw		66.99 m CR		64.71 m		56.47 m
Heptathlon		5795 pts		5529 pts		5165 pts

Medal table

Key:

1	Spain	16	12	10	38
2	Cuba	14	7	1	22
3	Brazil	6	9	8	23
4	Portugal	3	5	5	13
5	Mexico	3	2	1	6
6	Argentina	1	2	4	7
7	Dominican Republic	1	0	1	2
8	Colombia	0	3	7	10
9	Venezuela	0	3	4	7
10	Chile	0	1	0	1
=11	Ecuador	0	0	1	1
=11	Peru	0	0	1	1
=11	Puerto Rico	0	0	1	1
=11	Uruguay	0	0	1	1
Total		44	44	45	133