| XIII Ibero-American Championships in Athletics | |
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| Dates | 13 – 15 June 2008 |
| Host city | Iquique,Chile |
| Venue | Estadio Tierra de Campeones |
| Events | 44 |
| Participation | 316 athletes from 19 nations |
The2008Ibero-American Championships in Athletics (Spanish: XIII Campeonato Iberoamericano de Atletismo), was anathletics competition which was held at theEstadio Tierra de Campeones inIquique,Chile from June 13 to the 15th. A total of forty-four events were contested, of which 22 by male and 22 by female athletes.
Iquique was selected as the host city for the event, in May 2006, at the Iberoamerican Athletics Confederation Congress (Congreso de la Confederación Iberoamericana de Atletismo).[1] Arunning track was installed at the stadium specifically for the competition.[2]
No championship records were set at an edition which has hampered by cold, windy whether in the Chilean city. Sixnational records were broken at the competition,[3] however, including aChilean record throw of 18.65 m byshot put winnerNatalia Ducó, which was also a South American junior record.[4] Ecuador'sBayron Piedra was another stand-out performer as he set a national record to win the3000 metres, adding to hissilver medal from the1500 metres.
The competition was dominated byBrazilian athletes: seventeengold medals were won by the country's athletes and it topped the medal table with a total of 44 medals – a third of those on offer.Colombia had the next most golds with five andSpain andArgentina took four each. The hosts Chile had two golds in their medal haul of eight altogether.[3]
* Host nation (Chile)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 |  Brazil | 17 | 15 | 12 | 44 |
| 2 |  Colombia | 5 | 4 | 3 | 12 |
| 3 |  Argentina | 4 | 7 | 6 | 17 |
| 4 |  Spain | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 |
| 5 |  Cuba | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 |  Venezuela | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| 7 |  Mexico | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| 8 | Chile* | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 9 |  Ecuador | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 10 |  Portugal | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 11 |  Peru | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 12 |  Puerto Rico | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 13 |  Dominican Republic | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Paraguay | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (14 entries) | 44 | 44 | 44 | 132 | |
Of the twenty-eight members of theAsociación Iberoamericana de Atletismo, nineteen nations sent delegations to the 2008 championships. This represented all the organisation's members but forGuinea-Bissau. A total of 322 athletes were set to take part in the competition[5] of which 316 actually participated.
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