These are the results of the 1988 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics which took place from 22 to 24 July 1988 at Estadio Olímpico in Mexico City, Mexico.

Different versions of the sprint results were published, because the fully automatic electronic timing system was malfunctioning. The first version displayed below on the left hand side was officially used to determine the athletes qualifying for the finals (best times, q). Later, there was a second version (not displayed). In December 1988, British statistician Richard Hymans published a revised version for the IAAF and the ATFS where many times were corrected. These numbers are displayed below in parentheses. Finally, there were a couple of hand timing results (Heat 1, 110m hurdles men, Heat 1 and 2 200m women; also displayed below in parentheses), because the officials noticed a defect in the electronic timing system during the event.

Men's results

100 meters

Heat 1 – 22 July Wind: +0.7 m/s Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Arnaldo da Silva 10.10 (10.12) Q 2 Enrique Talavera 10.23 (10.24) Q 3 Carlos Moreno 10.24 (10.25) q 4 Luis Cunha 10.36 5 Eduardo Nava 10.43 6 Marco Mautino 10.60 7 Francisco Colorado 10.89

Heat 2 – 22 July Wind: +2.7 m/s Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Leandro Peñalver 9.98 (9.99) w Q 2 José Javier Arqués 10.00 (10.01) w Q 3 Marcos Belizaire 10.35 w q 4 Pedro Curvelo 10.38 w 5 Vladimir Samayoa 10.49 w 6 Federico Cohen 10.63 w 7 Michael Pearson 10.81 w 8 René Murillo 10.96 w

Heat 3 – 22 July Wind: +1.6 m/s Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Robson da Silva 9.99 (10.00) Q 2 Andrés Simón 10.12 (10.13) Q 3 Antonio Ruiz 10.49 4 Fernando Espinoza 10.50 5 Miguel Soto 10.53 6 Giorgio Mautino 10.72 7 Elgin Eligio 10.79

Final – 22 July Wind: +1.2 m/s Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Robson da Silva 10.08 Leandro Peñalver 10.12 Arnaldo da Silva 10.13 4 José Javier Arqués 10.27 5 Andrés Simón 10.31 6 Enrique Talavera 10.35 7 Carlos Moreno 10.52 8 Marcos Belizaire 10.59

Extra – 22 July Wind: 0.0 m/s Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Ricardo Chacón 10.36 2 Luis Barroso 10.50 3 Fernando Damasio 10.51 4 Florencio Gascón 10.58 5 Valentín Rocandio 10.58 6 Katsuhiko Nakaia 10.59 7 Paulo Curvelo 10.63

200 meters

Heat 1 – 23 July Wind: +1.5 m/s Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Robson da Silva 20.52 (20.53) Q 2 Edgardo Guilbe 20.62 Q 3 Luis Barroso 20.64 q 4 Antonio Ruiz 21.43 5 Moisés del Castillo 21.57 6 Federico Cohen 21.72 7 Fernando Espinoza 21.94 8 Michael Pearson 22.42

Heat 2 – 23 July Wind: +1.8 m/s Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Roberto Hernández 20.64 (20.65) Q 2 Carles Turró 20.81 (20.90) Q 3 José María Beduino 21.31 4 Marco Mautino 21.38 5 Marcos Belizaire 21.48 6 Alejandro Krauss 21.58 7 Vladimir Samayoa 21.87 8 Rafael Marín 22.73

Heat 3 – 23 July Wind: +0.0 m/s Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Leandro Peñalver 20.75 Q 2 Cayetano Cornet 20.97 Q 3 Carlos Moreno 21.29 q 4 Pedro Curvelo 21.31 5 Miguel Elizondo 21.79 6 Elgin Eligio 21.87 7 Miguel Soto 21.90

Final – 23 July Wind: -0.3 m/s Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Robson da Silva 20.04 (20.05) Leandro Peñalver 20.12 (20.22) Roberto Hernández 20.14 (20.24) 4 Luis Barroso 20.51 5 Edgardo Guilbe 20.52 6 Cayetano Cornet 21.01 7 Carles Turró 21.10 8 Carlos Moreno 21.55

Extra – 23 July Wind: +0.0 m/s Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Luis Cunha 20.71 PB 2 Sergio Querol 20.96 3 Antonio Sánchez 21.37 4 Giorgio Mautino 21.77

400 meters

Heat 1 – 22 July Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Gérson de Souza 45.72 (45.73) Q 2 Jorge Valentín 45.90 (45.91) Q 3 Cayetano Cornet 46.12 q 4 José María Beduino 47.16 5 Alvaro Silva 47.41 6 Renán Román 50.42 7 Jorge Fidel Ponce 52.54

Heat 2 – 22 July Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Roberto Hernández 46.17 Q 2 Jesús Malavé 46.39 Q 3 Carlos Morales 46.40 q, 4 Antonio Sánchez 47.06 5 Raymundo Escalante 47.46 6 Moisés del Castillo 47.79 7 Aurelio Mancheno 48.14

Heat 3 – 22 July Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Sérgio Menezes 46.08 Q 2 Alejandro Krauss 46.68 Q 3 Felipe Lomba 46.72 4 Henry Aguiar 47.14 5 Giovanni García 51.82 Luis Karim Toledo DQ

Final – 22 July Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Roberto Hernández 44.45 (44.44) Gérson de Souza 45.28 Jesús Malavé 45.61 4 Cayetano Cornet 45.62 5 Jorge Valentín 46.38 6 Carlos Morales 47.01 7 Alejandro Krauss 47.98 Sérgio Menezes DQ

Extra – 22 July Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Félix Stevens 45.94 2 Lázaro Martínez 46.17 3 Ángel Heras 46.49 4 Manuel Moreno 46.75 5 Aaron Phillips 47.29 6 Charles Bodington 48.96 7 Eugenio Naranjo 49.46

800 meters

Heat 1 – 23 July Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Mauricio Hernández 1:50.72 Q 2 Colomán Trabado 1:51.12 Q 3 Luis Migueles 1:51.61 q 4 Luis Martínez 1:54.06

Heat 2 – 23 July Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Manuel José Balmaceda 1:52.53 Q 2 José Arconada 1:53.49 Q 3 Reynaldo Camacho 1:53.68 q 4 Fabián Almeida 1:54.28 5 Miguel Rodríguez 1:58.67

Heat 3 – 23 July Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Luis Karim Toledo 1:48.66 Q 2 Héctor Herrera 1:50.89 Q 3 Diego Porras 1:54.41 4 Jorge Irizarri 1:54.77 5 Giovanni García 1:57.50 6 Sergio Vega 2:00.16

Final – 24 July Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Colomán Trabado 1:47.16 Mauricio Hernández 1:47.38 Manuel José Balmaceda 1:47.66 4 Luis Karim Toledo 1:47.96 5 Héctor Herrera 1:49.08 6 Luis Migueles 1:52.34 7 José Arconada 1:56.44 8 Reynaldo Camacho 2:01.26

1500 meters Final – 22 July Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Manuel Pancorbo 3:52.11 Adelino Hidalgo 3:53.10 Mauricio Hernández 3:53.19 4 José López 3:53.75 5 Héctor Pérez 3:59.44 6 Luis Martínez 4:04.29 7 Sergio Vega 4:10.11 8 Wilfredo Ayala 4:21.88

5000 meters Final – 24 July Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Arturo Barrios 14:10.72 Mauricio González 14:25.78 Antonio Serrano 14:41.75 4 Juan Carlos Paul 14:53.59 5 Ángel Rodríguez 15:35.86 6 Jorge Aguilar 16:00.78 7 Mario Amaya Vázquez 17:51.16

10,000 meters Final – 22 July Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Jesús Herrera 29:51.09 Manuel Vera 30:42.69 Franklin Tenorio 31:50.60 4 Jorge Aguilar 32:52.24

Marathon Final – 23 July Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Filemon López 2:23:59 Wilson Pérez 2:24:27 Radamés González 2:28:25 4 Héctor Chávez 2:35:29 5 Félix Bolos 2:36:16 6 Juan Antonio García 2:39:14

3000 meters steeplechase Final – 23 July Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Martín Fiz 9:05.21 Mauricio Fabián 9:06.11 Germán Silva 9:14.45 4 Carmelo Ríos 9:24.44 5 Alejandro Juárez 9:54.34

110 meters hurdles

Heat 1 – 22 July Wind: +0.8 m/s Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Emilio Valle 13.54 (13.6) Q 2 Carlos Sala 13.71 (13.8) Q 3 Joilto Bonfim 14.14 (14.2) Q 4 Carlos Varas 14.76 (14.8) 5 Jorge Guevara 14.80 (14.8) 6 Ángel Díaz 14.98 (15.0) Note: See introduction above for a discussion of the timing problems.

Heat 2 – 22 July Wind: +0.8 m/s Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Javier Moracho 13.60 Q 2 Elvis Cedeño 13.62 Q 3 Lyndon Campos 13.65 Q 4 Roberto Carmona 13.81 q 5 João Lima 13.84 q 6 Javier del Río 14.32

Final – 22 July Wind: +0.0 m/s Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Emilio Valle 13.71 Carlos Sala 13.80 Javier Moracho 13.83 4 Lyndon Campos 13.91 (13.90) 5 Joilto Bonfim 13.93 (13.92) 6 Elvis Cedeño 14.08 7 Roberto Carmona 14.48 8 João Lima 14.55

400 meters hurdles

Heat 1 – 24 July Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Domingo Cordero 49.97 (49.92) Q 2 Antonio Smith 50.96 Q 3 Jesús Ariño 51.09 Q 4 Efraín Pedroza 51.45 q 5 Alberto Izu 53.13

Heat 2 – 24 July Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Antônio Ferreira 50.27 Q 2 José Alonso 50.47 Q 3 Enrique Navas 51.35 Q 4 Francisco Velazco 52.25 q 5 Getulio Echandía 52.68 6 Jorge Fidel Ponce 56.22

Final – 24 July Rank Name Nationality Time Notes José Alonso 49.21 (49.20) Domingo Cordero 49.66 (49.61) Antônio Ferreira 50.12 4 Jesús Ariño 50.65 5 Efraín Pedroza 51.08 6 Antonio Smith 51.18 7 Enrique Navas 51.19 8 Francisco Velazco 51.27

High jump Final – 23 July Rank Name Nationality Result Notes Javier Sotomayor 2.35 Juan Francisco Centelles 2.31 Fernando Pastoriza 2.25 4 Antonio Burgos 2.20 5 Fernando Moreno 2.20 6 José Luís Mendes 2.10 7 Milton Riitano 2.10 8 Jorge Martínez 2.10 9 Santiago Lozada 2.00 10 Elbio Pelloni 1.95 11 Fernando Valiente 1.95 12 Roger Manzur 1.90

Pole vault Final – 24 July Rank Name Nationality Result Notes Alberto Ruiz 5.30 Javier García 5.30 Efraín Meléndez 5.00 4 Miguel Escoto 4.90 5 Elson de Souza 4.80 6 Renato Bortolocci 4.80 7 Edgar Díaz 4.70 8 Guillermo Salgado 4.20 9 Lucas Miranda 4.20 Oscar Veit NM Roger Manzur NM

Long jump Final – 22 July Rank Name Nationality Result Notes Jaime Jefferson 8.37 (+0.2 m/s) Ubaldo Duany 8.18 (+1.2 m/s) Antonio Corgos 8.08 (0.0 m/s) 4 Ángel Tovar 7.85 (+1.9 m/s) 5 Olivier Cadier 7.77 6 Carlos Casar 7.64 7 Ray Quiñones 7.54 8 José Luis Leitão 7.38 9 Elmer Williams 7.33 10 Fernando Valiente 7.28 11 Darío Ruiz 7.21 12 Ricardo Valiente 7.17 13 Vincent Parks 6.72 14 Francisco Colorado 6.08

Triple jump Final – 24 July Rank Name Nationality Result Notes Juan Miguel López 16.98 Ernesto Torres 16.84 Jorge da Silva 16.81 4 Lázaro Betancourt 16.53 5 Abcélvio Rodrigues 16.35 6 José Luis Leitão 16.23 7 Sergio Saavedra 15.94 8 Roberto Audain 15.92 9 Francisco Javier Olivares 15.75 10 Darío Ruiz 15.38 11 Ricardo Valiente 15.38 12 José Escalera 14.97 13 Vincent Parks 13.70 Osvaldo Vladimir NM

Shot put Final – 23 July Rank Name Nationality Result Notes Paul Ruiz 19.18 Narciso Boué 18.98 Adilson Oliveira 17.68 4 Samuel Crespo 17.34 5 Gerardo Carucci 16.41 6 Celso Aragón 15.03 7 Carlos Rodríguez 14.58 8 Fernando Alonso 14.55 9 Jaime Comandari 13.61

Discus throw Final – 24 July Rank Name Nationality Result Notes Luis Mariano Delís 65.20 Juan Martínez 63.72 José de Souza 56.16 4 José Carlos Jacques 53.16 5 Paulo Santos 52.68 6 Samuel Crespo 48.60 7 Marcelo Pugliese 48.36 8 Wilfredo Jaimes 47.98 9 Gerardo Carucci 44.64 10 Guillermo Guzmán 43.56 11 Pedro Flores 41.92 12 Fernando Alonso 41.44 13 Herbert Rodríguez 40.32

Hammer throw Final – 22 July Rank Name Nationality Result Notes Andrés Charadía 68.46 Vicente Sánchez 68.00 Raúl Jimeno 67.52 4 Pedro Rivail Atílio 63.18 5 Adrián Marzo 61.64 6 Guillermo Guzmán 60.08 7 Ivam Bertelli 57.78 8 Gerardo Luma 42.82 9 Simón Kafie 35.86

Javelin throw Final – 24 July Rank Name Nationality Result Notes Ramón González 75.56 Juan Gerardo de la Garza 73.48 Julián Sotelo 69.30 4 Corrado Caramo 65.04 5 Jorge Orta 64.00 6 Rodrigo Zelaya 62.88 7 Augusto Ingolotti 59.44 8 Jesús López Ordaz 59.42 9 Juan Enrique Galdámez 56.34 10 Walter Sosa 56.28 11 Wilfredo Esquivel 52.86

20 kilometers walk Final – 24 July Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Carlos Mercenario 1:21:46.6 Ernesto Canto 1:24:29.0 Daniel Plaza 1:27:23.0 4 Carlos Ramones 1:29:47.9 5 Andrés Marín 1:30:25.3 6 Santiago Fonseca 1:32:10.7 7 Omar Guerrero 1:32:10.8 8 Nelson Funes 1:35:41.4 9 Rafael Balladares 1:36:44.4 10 Alejandro León Lara 1:41:03.9

4 × 100 meters relay

Heat 1 – 23 July Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes 1 Florencio GascónEnrique TalaveraValentín RocandioJosé Javier Arqués 39.19 (39.20) Q 2 Joilto BonfimLyndon CamposSérgio MenezesRobson da Silva 39.21 (39.20) Q 3 Herman AdamEduardo NavaAntonio RuizMiguel Elizondo 39.74 Q 4 Fernando DamasioPedro CurveloLuis CunhaCarlos Fernandes† 40.12 q 5 René MurilloLucas Oswaldo MirandaGonzálezFrancisco Colorado 42.49 †: Only the last name is known. The full name was assigned tentatively.

Heat 2 – 23 July Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes 1 Andrés SimónLeandro PeñalverSergio QuerolJaime Jefferson 38.89 Q 2 Ray QuiñonesElmer WilliamsEdgardo GuilbeMiguel Soto 40.21 Q 3 Javier del RíoMarco MautinoGiorgio MautinoMoisés del Castillo 41.21 Q

Final – 24 July