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The '''2000 [[Ibero-American Championships in Athletics]]''' (Spanish: '''''IX Campeonato Iberoamericano de Atletismo''''') was the ninth edition of the international [[athletics (sport)|athletics]] competition between [[Ibero-America]]n nations which was held at the [[Estádio Célio de Barros]] in [[Rio de Janeiro (city)|Rio de Janeiro]], [[Brazil]] on 20 and 21 May.<ref name=CONS>[http://www.consudatle.org/estadisiberosud.pdf Campeonato Iberamericano] {{Webarchiveusurped|url1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20110725195432/http://www.consudatle.org/estadisiberosud.pdf |date=2011-07-25Campeonato Iberamericano]}}. [[CONSUDATLE]]. Retrieved on 2012-01-04.</ref> With a total of 308 athletes, the number of competitors was the lowest since 1990. The Spanish team (29 athletes) was much smaller than previous delegations as most of the Spaniards chose to focus on the [[Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics|2000 Sydney Olympics]] instead.<ref name=SF10>[http://www.rfea.es/aeea/archivos/libroiberoamericano2010.pdf El Atletismo Ibero-Americano - San Fernando 2010] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111123081158/http://www.rfea.es/aeea/archivos/libroiberoamericano2010.pdf |date=2011-11-23 }} (pgs. 161). RFEA. Retrieved on 2012-01-08.</ref> Other national teams used the competition as a chance to gain an Olympic qualifying mark.<ref>[https://archive.today/20120709231745/http://berlin.iaaf.org/aboutiaaf/news/newsid=15212.html Brazil heads Ibero American Games standings with 7 gold medals]{{Dead link|date=August 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}. IAAF/AP (2000-05-21). Retrieved on 2012-01-09.</ref>

The host nation Brazil easily topped the medal table by winning 18 [[gold medal]]s and a total haul of 45 medals. The next best performing nation was [[Spain]], which took six golds and 21 medals during the two-day championships.<ref name=IAAF1>[https://archive.today/20130415013341/http://berlin.iaaf.org/aboutiaaf/news/newsid=15214.html Brazil clinches 18 golds in Ibero American Championships]{{Dead link|date=August 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}. IAAF/AP (2000-05-22). Retrieved on 2012-01-09.</ref> [[Cuba]] and [[Colombia]] won five golds each, while [[Argentina]] and [[Mexico]] had the third and fourth largest totals, with eleven and ten medals respectively. Fourteen of the 20 nations that participated reached the medal podium.<ref name=SF10/>

Several athletes present at the competition went on to win medals on the Olympic stage later that year: Mexican [[Noé Hernández (racewalker)|Noé Hernández]] won the 20&nbsp;km walk silver medal, Fernanda Ribeiro took an Olympic bronze over 10,000&nbsp;m, while both the Brazilian and Cuban 4×100&nbsp;m relay teams reached the Olympic podium.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200417042527/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/2000/ATH/ Athletics at the 2000 Sydney Summer Games]. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2012-01-09.</ref> Future world champion [[Naide Gomes]] won [[São Tomé and Príncipe]]'s first ever medal with her runner-up performance in the [[heptathlon]].

:''For full event details see [[{{main|2000 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics – Results]]''}}

|{{flagathlete|[[José María González (athlete)|José María González]]|ESP}} ||8:30.96

| {{flagteam|BRA}}<br />[[Vicente de Lima]]<br />[[Édson Ribeiro]]<br />[[André da Silva]]<br />[[Claudinei da Silva]]||38.24 '''CR'''

| {{flagteam|CUB}}<br />[[José Ángel César]]<br />[[Luis Alberto Pérez-Rionda]]<br />[[Iván García (athlete)|Iván García]]<br />[[Freddy Mayola]]||38.97

| {{flagteam|CHI}}<br />[[Juan Pablo Faúndez]]<br />[[Ricardo Roach]]<br />[[Sebastián Keitel]]<br />[[Rodrigo Roach]]||39.90

| {{flagteam|BRA}}<br />[[Anderson Jorge dos Santos]]<br />[[Sanderlei Parrela]]<br />[[Luis Antônio Eloi]]<br />[[Valdinei da Silva]]||3:03.33

| {{flagteam|CHI}}<br />[[Ricardo Roach]]<br />[[Guillermo Meyer]]<br />[[Carlos Zbinden]]<br />[[Rodrigo Roach]]||3:10.86

| {{flagteam|ARG}}<br />[[Carlos Gats]]<br />[[Gustavo Aguirre]]<br />[[Iván Altamirano]]<br />[[Gabriel López (athlete)|Gabriel López]]||3:12.45

A total of 20 delegations were sent from the 28 member nations of the [[Asociación Iberoamericana de Atletismo]], with 297 athletes being present at the competition. Recently joined members Angola, Cape Verde and Equatorial Guinea were all absent in 2000. Costa Rica, El Salvador and the Dominican Republic were other regular participants who did not take part in the championships.<ref name=PP>[http://www.rfea.es/aeea/archivos/libroiberoamericano2010.pdf El Atletismo Ibero-Americano - San Fernando 2010] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111123081158/http://www.rfea.es/aeea/archivos/libroiberoamericano2010.pdf |date=2011-11-23 }} (pg. 214). RFEA. Retrieved on 2012-01-08.</ref>

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*[http://www.rfea.es/aeea/archivos/libroiberoamericano2010.pdf El Atletismo Ibero-Americano - San Fernando 2010] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111123081158/http://www.rfea.es/aeea/archivos/libroiberoamericano2010.pdf |date=2011-11-23 }} (pgs. 161-170). RFEA. Retrieved on 2012-01-08.

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