2000 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics: Difference between revisions

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] (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]. IAAF/AP (2000-05-21). Retrieved on 2012-01-09.</ref>