1994 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics
Introduction


The **1994 [Ibero\-American Championships in Athletics](/wiki/Ibero-American_Championships_in_Athletics "Ibero-American Championships in Athletics")** (Spanish: ***VI Campeonato Iberoamericano de Atletismo***) was the sixth edition of the international [athletics](/wiki/Athletics_%28sport%29 "Athletics (sport)") competition between [Ibero\-American](/wiki/Ibero-America "Ibero-America") nations which was held at the [Estadio José María Minella](/wiki/Estadio_Jos%C3%A9_Mar%C3%ADa_Minella "Estadio José María Minella") in [Mar del Plata](/wiki/Mar_del_Plata "Mar del Plata"), Argentina from 27–30 October.. [CONSUDATLE](/wiki/CONSUDATLE "CONSUDATLE"). Retrieved on 2011\-12\-02\.

The competition marked the inauguration of a newly built track at the host stadium, which was part of Mar del Plata's developments for the [1995 Pan American Games](/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1995_Pan_American_Games "Athletics at the 1995 Pan American Games"). Due to its late scheduling in the annual [track and field](/wiki/Track_and_field "Track and field") season, the competition did not attract some of the region's top athletes – Cuba, Portugal and Spain all sent less than full strength delegations. As a result, Brazil topped the medal table for the second time in Ibero\-American history, taking eleven [gold medals](/wiki/Gold_medal "Gold medal") and 32 in total. Cuba were the next best performers with eight golds in their haul of 20 medals, while Colombia came third, having won seven events and 17 medals overall. The hosts, Argentina, were fourth with four golds and fifteen medals in total.

Four new championship records were set at the 1994 edition. [Ronaldo da Costa](/wiki/Ronaldo_da_Costa "Ronaldo da Costa") improved the men's [5000 metres](/wiki/5000_metres "5000 metres") record, but was beaten in the [10,000 metres](/wiki/10%2C000_metres "10,000 metres") by [Armando Quintanilla](/wiki/Armando_Quintanilla "Armando Quintanilla"), who took over half a minute off the previous record. [Andrés Charadía](/wiki/Andr%C3%A9s_Charad%C3%ADa "Andrés Charadía") bettered a men's [hammer throw](/wiki/Hammer_throw "Hammer throw") record, while [María Eugenia Villamizar](/wiki/Mar%C3%ADa_Eugenia_Villamizar "María Eugenia Villamizar") set a new standard in the inaugural women's hammer event.[Ibero American Championships](http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/iac.htm). GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2011\-12\-02\. [Sueli dos Santos](/wiki/Sueli_dos_Santos "Sueli dos Santos") won the women's javelin with a [South American record](/wiki/South_American_records_in_athletics "South American records in athletics") throw, but this mark was later removed as she was disqualified for [doping](/wiki/Doping_in_athletics "Doping in athletics").

Outside of these performances, the standard of competition was lower than at previous editions. [Carlos Gats](/wiki/Carlos_Gats "Carlos Gats") won the men's [100 metres](/wiki/100_metres "100 metres") with a slow, wind\-assisted time of 10\.50 seconds to become the first Argentine to win an international 100 m race since [Gerardo Bönnhoff](/wiki/Gerardo_B%C3%B6nnhoff "Gerardo Bönnhoff") in 1947\. [Sebastián Keitel](/wiki/Sebasti%C3%A1n_Keitel "Sebastián Keitel") of Chile completed a men's 200/400 m double, while Colombia's [Ximena Restrepo](/wiki/Ximena_Restrepo "Ximena Restrepo") achieved the same feat and also won in both relays, taking four gold medals from the championships. [Andrea Ávila](/wiki/Andrea_%C3%81vila "Andrea Ávila") won golds in the women's [long jump](/wiki/Long_jump "Long jump") and [triple jump](/wiki/Triple_jump "Triple jump") and went on to medal in both the horizontal jumps at the 1995 Pan American Games. Brazilian [Silvana Pereira](/wiki/Silvana_Pereira "Silvana Pereira") also won two golds, taking the titles in both the [long\-distance track events](/wiki/Long-distance_running "Long-distance running").


Are there any notable performances by athletes from other countries?