The Ibero-American Championships in Athletics (Spanish: Campeonato Iberoamericano de Atletismo) is a biennial athletics competition for athletes representing Ibero-American countries as well as a number of other Spanish

Spanish language

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- or Portuguese

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-speaking countries in Africa

Africa

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. The competition is organised by the Asociación Iberoamericana de Atletismo (Ibero-American Athletics Association).

The idea of such a competition first came about in 1982 when the Asociación Iberoamericana de Atletismo (AIA) was officially formed in Madrid

Madrid

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 with 22 countries as signatories. Following official sanctioning by the International Association of Athletics Federations

International Association of Athletics Federations

The International Association of Athletics Federations is the international governing body for the sport of athletics. It was founded in 1912 at its first congress in Stockholm, Sweden by representatives from 17 national athletics federations as the International Amateur Athletics Federation...

 (IAAF), the AIA established the Ibero-American Championships which first took place in Barcelona

Barcelona

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, Spain in 1983.

Editions

Edition	Year	City	Country	Date	Venue	Nations	Athletes	Events
I	1983	Barcelona Barcelona Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...		23-25 September	Estadi Municipal Joan Serrahima	18	143	37
II	1986	Havana Havana Havana is the capital city, province, major port, and leading commercial centre of Cuba. The city proper has a population of 2.1 million inhabitants, and it spans a total of — making it the largest city in the Caribbean region, and the most populous...		27-28 September	Estadio Pedro Marrero Estadio Pedro Marrero Estadio Pedro Marrero, the home of CF Ciudad de La Habana, is a multi-purpose stadium in Havana, Cuba. It is now used primarily for football matches. The stadium holds 28,000 and was built in 1929. Originally named Gran Stadium Cervecería Tropical , it hosted the 1937 Bacardi Bowl and many Cuban...	19	220	36
III	1988 1988 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics The 1988 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics was the third edition of the international athletics competition between Ibero-American nations which was held in Mexico City, Mexico from 22–24 July. A total of forty events were contested, of which 22 by male and 18 by female athletes...	Mexico City Mexico City Mexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole...		22-24 July	Estadio Olímpico Universitario Estadio Olímpico Universitario Estadio Olímpico Universitario is a stadium located in Ciudad Universitaria, Mexico City. It was built in 1952 and at that time was the largest stadium in Mexico. This stadium has a capacity of 63,186 . During the 50s and the 60s this stadium was used mostly for college American football matches...	19	371
IV	1990 1990 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics The 1990 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics was the fourth edition of the international athletics competition between Ibero-American nations which was held at the Vila Olímpica in Manaus, Brazil from 14–16 September...	Manaus Manaus Manaus is a city in Brazil, the capital of the state of Amazonas. It is situated at the confluence of the Negro and Solimões rivers. It is the most populous city of Amazonas, according to the statistics of Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics, and is a popular ecotourist destination....		14-16 September	Vila Olímpica	14	205
V	1992 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...	Seville Seville Seville is the artistic, historic, cultural, and financial capital of southern Spain. It is the capital of the autonomous community of Andalusia and of the province of Seville. It is situated on the plain of the River Guadalquivir, with an average elevation of above sea level...		17-19 July	Estadio Olímpico de Sevilla	22	462
VI	1994	Mar del Plata Mar del Plata Mar del Plata is an Argentine city located on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean, south of Buenos Aires. Mar del Plata is the second largest city of Buenos Aires Province. The name "Mar del Plata" had apparently the sense of "sea of the Río de la Plata region" or "adjoining sea to the Río de la Plata"...		27-30 October	Estadio Municipal Teodoro Bronzini	20	346
VII	1996	Medellín Medellín Medellín , officially the Municipio de Medellín or Municipality of Medellín, is the second largest city in Colombia. It is in the Aburrá Valley, one of the more northerly of the Andes in South America. It has a population of 2.3 million...		29-30 May	Estadio Alfonso Galvis Duque	19	352
VIII	1998	Lisbon Lisbon Lisbon is the capital city and largest city of Portugal with a population of 545,245 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Lisbon extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of 3 million on an area of , making it the 9th most populous urban...
IX	2000	Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro , commonly referred to simply as Rio, is the capital city of the State of Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city of Brazil, and the third largest metropolitan area and agglomeration in South America, boasting approximately 6.3 million people within the city proper, making it the 6th...		20-21 May	Celio de Barros	21	308
X	2002	Guatemala City Guatemala City Guatemala City , is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Guatemala and Central America...		11-12 May	Estadio Cementos Progreso Estadio Cementos Progreso The Estadio Cementos Progreso is a multi-use stadium in Guatemala City. It is also known popularly as Estadio La Pedrera in reference to its location in the neighborhood of the same name in the Zone 6 of the Guatemalan capital...	21	328
XI	2004 2004 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics The 2004 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics took place on Estadio Iberoamericano in Huelva, Spain on 6–8 August 2004. A record high of 27 nations took part while the number of participating athletes was the second highest in the competition's history after the 1992 edition...	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...		7–8 August	Estadio Iberoamericano	27	430
XII	2006 2006 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics The 2006 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics took place on Francisco Montaner Stadium in Ponce, Puerto Rico on 26–28 May 2006.-Men:-Women:-Medal table:Key:-References:*...	Ponce Ponce, Puerto Rico Ponce is both a city and a municipality in the southern part of Puerto Rico. The city is the seat of the municipal government.The city of Ponce, the fourth most populated in Puerto Rico, and the most populated outside of the San Juan metropolitan area, is named for Juan Ponce de León y Loayza, the...		26–28 May	Francisco Montaner Stadium Francisco Montaner Stadium The Estadio Francisco Montaner is a multi-use stadium in Ponce, Puerto Rico. It is home to the Leones de Ponce team of the Puerto Rico Baseball League and FC Leones of the Puerto Rico Soccer League . The stadium has a capacity of 16,000 seats...	21	338	44
XIII	2008	Iquique Iquique Iquique is a port city and commune in northern Chile, capital of both the Iquique Province and Tarapacá Region. It lies on the Pacific coast, west of the Atacama Desert and the Pampa del Tamarugal. It had a population of 216,419 as of the 2002 census...		13–15 June	Estadio Tierra de Campeones Estadio Tierra de Campeones Estadio Tierra de Campeones is an athletic stadium in Iquique, Chile. It is the home stadium of Municipal Iquique. The stadium holds 9,500 spectators and was built in 1993.-External links:*...	19	322	44
XIV	2010	San Fernando		4–6 June	Estadio Municipal Bahía Sur	29	449	44

See also

• Central American and Caribbean Championships
  Central American and Caribbean Championships
  The Central American and Caribbean Championships is an international track and field athletics event organised by the Central American and Caribbean Athletic Confederation . Only athletes representing a member nation of the confederation may compete. Created in 1967, the event has been held every...
  
  
• Athletics at the Lusophony Games
  Athletics at the Lusophony Games
  Athletics is one of the sports at the quadrennial Lusophony Games competition. It featured at the inaugural edition in 2006, and also the second edition of the Games in 2009....
  
  
• South American Championships in Athletics
  South American Championships in Athletics
  The South American Championships in Athletics is a biennial athletics event organized by CONSUDATLE. The first edition in 1919 was competed between only two countries , but it has since expanded and has generally been held every two years since 1927.In addition, 8 unofficial championships were held...
  
  

External links

• 2010 official website
• Championship records
• Enciclopedia cubana