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{{Infobox Athletics Championships
|Name = IX Ibero-American Championships
|Logo = 2000 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics Logo.jpg.png
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|Optional caption = The host athletics stadium (centre top) seen as part of the [[Maracanã Complex|Maracanã]] Sports Complex▼
|Host city = [[Rio de Janeiro (city)|Rio de Janeiro]], [[Brazil]]
|Dates = 11 & 12 May
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Although the level of performances was generally lower than at earlier editions, eight [[List of Ibero-American Championships in Athletics records|championships records]] were set. Two national records were also beaten; [[Elena Guerra]] improved the 1500 m [[Uruguayan records in athletics|Uruguayan record]] and [[Érika Olivera]] set a new [[Chilean records in athletics|Chilean record]] for the [[5000 metres]].<ref name=SF10/> The Brazilian men's [[4×100 m relay]] team gave the performance of the competition with their winning time of 38.24 seconds, which was a [[List of South American records in athletics|South American record]] and an Ibero-American record.<ref name=IAAF1/>
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Several athletes present at the competition went on to win medals on the Olympic stage later that year: Mexican [[Noé Hernández]] won the 20 km walk silver medal, Fernanda Ribeiro took an Olympic bronze over 10,000 m, while both the Brazilian and Cuban 4×100 m relay teams reached the Olympic podium.<ref>[http://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]].
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