Carlos Mayo was one of 14 winners for Spain ©Getty Images

Hosts Spain have finished clear at the top of the medals table at the Ibero-American Athletics Championships by winning 14 gold medals on home soil in La Nucia and Torrevieja.

Among winners from the country were 2019 European indoor champion Álvaro de Arriba in the men's 800 metres and Carlos Mayo in the men's 5,000m.

Eusebio Cáceres and Fátima Diame took the men's and women's long jump titles too.

Dominican Republic were second in the medals with six golds - with some of the most-notable performances from the event coming from their athletes.

Both the men's and women's 400m titles went to the island nation, with both Lidio Andrés Feliz and Marileidy Paulino claiming Championship records.

Feliz finished in a one-two ahead of compatriot Lugelin Santos in 44.64sec, while Elian Larregina set a new national record for Argentina in 45.78.

Paulino finished in 49.49 for another Dominican one-two in front of Fiordaliza Cofil for a Championship record, while her team-mate set a new personal best of 50.64.

Gerald Drummond from Costa Rica set a new national record in the men's 400m hurdles in 48.87 to win gold, his nation's only medal.

Lázaro Martínez was one of the winners who set a Championship record ©Getty Images
Lázaro Martínez was one of the winners who set a Championship record ©Getty Images

Cuban triple jumper and 2022 world indoor champion Lázaro Martínez took the men's title in a Championship record of 17.30 metres; while the men's shot put title and Championship record went to world indoor gold medallist Darlan Romani of Brazil in 21.70m.

Spain's Álvaro Martín, the 2018 European champion, finished the 10,000m track walk in a new Championship record for gold in 39min 24.2sec.

Argentina set two Championship records in the women's half marathon and 3,000m steeplechase thanks to Florencia Borelli and Belén Casetta.

Borelli was first in the half marathon in 1 hour 11min 59sec, while Casetta was first in the steeplechase in 9:29.60.

Other notable performances included Brazil's Vitória Cristina Rosa's double in the women's 100m and 200m, finishing in front of silver medallist Lorène Bazolo of Portugal in both races in 11.22 and 23.53.

Cuba's Shainer Reginfo won the men's 100m in 10.15, while Dominican Republic's Alexander Ogando was the winner in the 200m in 20.27.

Ukrainian athletes were invited along to the Championships, with some being based in Spain since the invasion of their country.

Kateryna Tabashnyk was the winner of the women's high jump in 1.90m, but was ineligible to win a medal - the gold instead going to Dominican Republic's Marysabel Senyu with a new personal best of 1.87m.