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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 11 and 12 May.<ref name=CONS>[http://www.consudatle.org/estadisiberosud.pdf Campeonato Iberamericano] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725195432/http://www.consudatle.org/estadisiberosud.pdf |date=2011-07-25 }}. [[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>[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>
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>[http://berlin.iaaf.org/aboutiaaf/news/newsid=15214.html Brazil clinches 18 golds in Ibero American Championships]. 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/>
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