Pan American Race Walking Cup

The Pan American Race Walking Cup (Spanish: Copa Panamericana de Marcha) is a biennial race walking competition for athletes representing countries from the Americas, organized by the Association of Panamerican Athletics (APA). It was established in 1984 and has featured races for senior men and women, and for junior athletes. The women competed in the 10 km road race until 1996, and then switched to the 20 km road race. In addition, there are separate team competitions. The 2001 event was held in conjunction with the South American Race Walking Cup. In 2011, the organization of the event was transferred from the Pan American Athletics Commission, a subdivision of the Pan American Sports Organization (PASO), to the newly constituted APA.

The events between 1984 and 2007 are documented in great detail in Spanish (including many historical fotos) by then President of the Pan American Race Walking Committee Rubén Pedro Aguilera from Argentina and is available from the APA website.[1]

History

During the 1983 Pan American Games in Caracas, Venezuela, the chief judge Palle Lassen from Denmark, then president of the IAAF race walking committee met with regional officials, namely the president of the Pan American Athletics Commission, Amadeo Francis from Puerto Rico, César Moreno Bravo from México, and Jerzy Hausleber, the famous Polish coach of the Mexican racewalkers,[2] as well as Rubén Aguilera (Argentina), Francesco Alongi (USA), Julián Díaz Rodríguez (Cuba), José Clemente Gonçalves (Brazil), Luigi Giordano (Canada), Alfonso Marques de la Mora (México) and Oscar Suman Carrillo (Panamá). As a result, they proposed to create an international event to intensify the development of racewalking in the Americas. Further technical details for the future Pan American Race Walking Cup were cleared during the 1983 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics in Barcelona, Spain, later that year. Only one year later, the inaugural competition took place in Bucaramanga, Colombia. The site was chosen because its central location within the Americas, and moreover, race walking was already successfully practiced here.[2]

Host cities

Year City Country Date
1984 Bucaramanga, Santander  Colombia November 3–4
1986 Saint-Léonard, Québec  Canada October 3–4
1988 Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires  Argentina November 12–13
1990 Xalapa, Veracruz  Mexico October 27–28
1992 Guatemala City  Guatemala October 17–18
1994 Atlanta, Georgia  United States September 23–24
1996 Manaus, Amazonas  Brazil September 21–22
1998 Miami, Florida  United States October 3–4
2000 Poza Rica, Veracruz  Mexico April 8–9
2001 Cuenca, Azuay  Ecuador October 27–28
2003 Chula Vista, California (20 km)  United States March 15
Tijuana, Baja California (50 km)  Mexico March 9
2005 Lima  Peru May 7–8
2007 Balneário Camboriú, Santa Catarina  Brazil April 21–22
2009 San Salvador  El Salvador May 1–2
2011 Envigado, Antioquia  Colombia March 26–27
2013[3] Guatemala City  Guatemala May 25–26
2015 Arica  Chile May 9–11
2017 Lima  Peru May 13–14
2019[4] Lazaro Cardenas  Mexico April 20–21
2023 Managua  Nicaragua April 15–16

Results

Gold medal winners were published.[5][6] The results for the Mexican athletes were published by the Federation of Mexican Athletics Associations (FMAA).[7] On overview for the years 1984-2005 was given.[8] Further results were assembled from other sources.[9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19] More recently, complete results for the period 1984 to 2007 were published.[1]

Men's results

20 kilometres men

Year Gold Silver Bronze
1984  Querubín Moreno (COL) 1:25:19  Guillaume LeBlanc (CAN) 1:27:06  Héctor Moreno (COL) 1:27:09
1986  Guillaume LeBlanc (CAN) 1:21:13  Carlos Mercenario (MEX) 1:21:33  Tim Lewis (USA) 1:21:48
1988  Carlos Mercenario (MEX) 1:24:00  Ernesto Canto (MEX) 1:25:15  Guillaume LeBlanc (CAN) 1:27:08
1990  Ernesto Canto (MEX) 1:21:46  Joel Sánchez (MEX) 1:22:09  Carlos Mercenario (MEX) 1:22:25
1992  Bernardo Segura (MEX) 1:24:09  Daniel García (MEX) 1:25:34  Alberto Cruz (MEX) 1:28:32
1994  Bernardo Segura (MEX) 1:24:15  Daniel García (MEX) 1:24:34  Jefferson Pérez (ECU) 1:24:34
1996  Daniel García (MEX) 1:27:29  Julio René Martínez (GUA) 1:28:47  Miguel Ángel Rodríguez (MEX) 1:29:06
1998  Ignacio Zamudio (MEX) 1:28:33  Daniel García (MEX) 1:29:58  Joel Sánchez (MEX) 1:30:23
2000†  Bernardo Segura (MEX) 1:22:47  Noé Hernández (MEX) 1:22:47  Jefferson Pérez (ECU) 1:24.36
2001  Alejandro López (MEX) 1:25:25  Jefferson Pérez (ECU) 1:26:21  Jesús Sánchez (MEX) 1:28:30
2003  Jefferson Pérez (ECU) 1:23:12  Cristian Berdeja (MEX) 1:24:17  Cristián Muñoz (CHI) 1:24:34
2005  Rolando Saquipay (ECU) 1:19:21  Luis Fernando López (COL) 1:20:26  Sérgio Galdino (BRA) 1:21:29
2007  Jefferson Pérez (ECU) 1:25:08  Gustavo Restrepo (COL) 1:25:09  Luis Fernando López (COL) 1:25:25
2009  Luis Fernando López (COL) 1:22:18  James Rendón (COL) 1:23:21  Omar Segura (MEX) 1:23:49
2011  Luis Fernando López (COL) 1:25:04  Érick Barrondo (GUA) 1:25:56  Giovanni Torres (MEX) 1:26:18
2013  Diego Flores (MEX) 1:24:16  José Leonardo Montaña (COL) 1:24:35  Caio Bonfim (BRA) 1:25:27
2015  Érick Barrondo (GUA) 1:21:25  Caio Bonfim (BRA) 1:21:26  Iván Garrido (COL) 1:21:39
2017  Éider Arévalo (COL) 1:21:01  Benjamin Thorne (CAN) 1:21:16  Omar Pineda (MEX) 1:22:00

†: In 2000, the Mexican Athletics Federation used the event as trials for the Olympic Games in Sydney.[15] Cristian Berdeja from  Mexico started out of competition and came in third in 1:23.46.

50 kilometres men

Year Gold Silver Bronze
1984  Pedro Aroche (MEX) 4:12:44  Víctor Sánchez (MEX) 4:17:52  Ignacio Buendía (MEX) 4:18:41
1986  Martín Bermúdez (MEX) 3:56:21  Marco Evoniuk (USA) 4:05:56  Hugo López (MEX) 4:07:53
1988  Martín Bermúdez (MEX) 4:03:20  Arturo Bravo (MEX) 4:06:55  Víctor Sánchez (MEX) 4:10:26
1990  Martín Bermúdez (MEX) 3:51:30  Francisco Reyes (MEX) 3:59:34  José Víctor Alonzo (GUA) 4:03:38
1992  Germán Sánchez (MEX) 4:06:21  Miguel Ángel Rodríguez (MEX) 4:06:21  Carlos Mercenario (MEX) 4:06:21
1994  Carlos Mercenario (MEX) 3:52:06  Miguel Ángel Rodríguez (MEX) 3:52:06  Germán Sánchez (MEX) 4:03:07
1996  Germán Sánchez (MEX) 4:12:43  Rubén Arikado (MEX) 4:14:17  Joel Sánchez (MEX) 4:22:17
1998  Carlos Mercenario (MEX) 4:06:38  Rubén Arikado (MEX) 4:12:01  Rogelio Sánchez (MEX) 4:17:18
2000†  Miguel Ángel Rodríguez (MEX) 3:43:52  Joel Sánchez (MEX) 3:47:55  Carlos Mercenario (MEX) 3:50:28
2001  Edgar Hernández (MEX) 4:05:24  Fernando Guerrero (MEX) 4:07:14  Germán Sánchez (MEX) 4:09:24
2003‡  Germán Sánchez (MEX) 4:04:11  Philip Dunn (USA) 4:15:01  Cristián Bascuñán (CHI) 4:19:27
2005  Miguel Solís (MEX) 3:54:24  Horacio Nava (MEX) 3:59:26  Claudio Vargas (MEX) 4:03:03
2007  Álvaro García (MEX) 4:04:52  Fredy Hernández (COL) 4:05:16  Fausto Quinde (ECU) 4:10:08
2009  Cristian Berdeja (MEX) 3:58:46  Mesias Zapata (ECU) 4:08:10  Rodrigo Moreno (COL) 4:09:31
2011  Cristian Berdeja (MEX) 3:59:14  Fredy Hernández (COL) 3:59:40  Rolando Saquipay (ECU) 4:01:20
2013  Omar Zepeda (MEX) 3:57:52  Horacio Nava (MEX) 3:58:00  Omar Segura (MEX) 4:03:11
2015  Horacio Nava (MEX) 3:45:41  Cristian Berdeja (MEX) 3:50:19  James Rendón (COL) 3:50:47
2017  Claudio Villanueva (ECU) 3:51:35  Luis Fernando López (COL) 3:51:35  José Leonardo Montaña (COL) 3:58:28

†: In 2000 Germán Sánchez from  Mexico started out of competition and came in third in 3:48:06.
‡: In 2003, the medallists were extracted from the IAAF World Race Walking Challenge. The winner was Jesús Ángel García from  Spain in 3:46:46. Craig Barrett from  New Zealand came in second in 3:51:15. Miguel Solís from  Mexico was 5th in 4:18:02, Juan Emilio Toscano from  Mexico was 6th in 4:18:52, and Saúl Méndez also from  Mexico was 7th in 4:19:12, but all three of them were not registered for participation at the Pan American Race Walking Cup.[7][19][20] However, there are conflicting information: another source declares Miguel Solís from  Mexico as bronze medal winner.[1]

Women's results

10 kilometres women

Year Gold Silver Bronze
1984  Ann Peel (CAN) 49:41  Janice McCaffrey (CAN) 50:15  Esther Lopez (USA) 50:55
1986  Graciela Mendoza (MEX) 45:23  Ann Peel (CAN) 45:26  María de la Luz Colín (MEX) 45:33
1988  Ann Peel (CAN) 46:23  María de la Luz Colín (MEX) 46:33  Deborah Lawrence (USA) 46:44
1990†  Graciela Mendoza (MEX) 46:07  Janice McCaffrey (CAN) 46:41  Francisca Martínez (MEX) 47:06
1992  Francisca Martínez (MEX) 47:11  María de la Luz Colín (MEX) 47:27  Victoria Herazo (USA) 47:42
1994  Graciela Mendoza (MEX) 46:14  Teresa Vaill (USA) 46:20  Francisca Martínez (MEX) 46:28
1996  Graciela Mendoza (MEX) 48:24  Michelle Rohl (USA) 49:10  Debbie Van Orden (USA) 49:43

†:In 1990, Marisela Chávez from  Mexico started out of competition and came in third in 46:48.

20 kilometres women

Year Gold Silver Bronze
1998  Joanne Dow (USA) 1:38:57  Teresa Vaill (USA) 1:41:02  Rosario Sánchez Guerrero (MEX) 1:42:22
2000†  María Guadalupe Sánchez (MEX) 1:34:39  Graciela Mendoza (MEX) 1:35:29  Oslaidis Cruz (CUB) 1:36:01
2001  María Guadalupe Sánchez (MEX) 1:38:03  Victoria Palacios (MEX) 1:38:27  Geovana Irusta (BOL) 1:40:23
2003  Rosario Sánchez (MEX) 1:37:14  Geovana Irusta (BOL) 1:37:53  Sandra Zapata (COL) 1:38:45
2005  Cristina López (ESA) 1:30:35  Miriam Ramón (ECU) 1:31:25  Graciela Mendoza (MEX) 1:33:04
2007  Cristina López (ESA) 1:39:21  Miriam Ramón (ECU) 1:39:43  Yadira Guamán (ECU) 1:41:08
2009  Tânia Spindler (BRA) 1:38:53  Verónica Colindres (ESA) 1:39:45  Rosario Sánchez Guerrero (MEX) 1:42:12
2011  Jamy Franco (GUA) 1:36:04  Arabelly Orjuela (COL) 1:36:12  Ingrid Hernández (COL) 1:37:18
2013  Kimberly García (PER) 1:35:01  Sandra Arenas (COL) 1:35:14  Yanelli Caballero (MEX) 1:35:19
2015  Lupita González (MEX) 1:29:21  Kimberly García (PER) 1:31:13  Mirna Ortiz (GUA) 1:31:31
2017  Lupita González (MEX) 1:28:09  Kimberly García (PER) 1:29:15  Paola Pérez (ECU) 1:30:00

†: In 2000, Mara Ibáñez from  Mexico started out of competition and came in second in 1:34:52.

50 kilometres women

Year Gold Silver Bronze
2017  Nair Da Rosa (BRA) 4:39:28  Yoci Caballero (PER) 4:49:45  Susan Randall (USA) 5:02:10

Junior (U-20) men's results

10 kilometres men U20

Year Gold Silver Bronze
2005  Alex Tapía (PER) 42:11  Robinson Vivar (ECU) 42:27  Yassir Cabrera (PAN) 43:19
2007  Mauricio Arteaga (ECU) 43:49  Yassir Cabrera (PAN) 44:19  Dejaime de Oliveira (BRA) 44:27
2009  Caio Bonfim (BRA) 43:04  Adrian Ochoa (MEX) 43:05  Julián Rendón (COL) 43:57
2011  Éider Arévalo (COL) 40:40  José Leonardo Montaña (COL) 41:51  Jesús Tadeo (MEX) 42:29
2013  Manuel Esteban Soto (COL) 41:18.6  Erwin González (MEX) 41:26.5  Iván Garrido (COL) 41:32.4
2015  Brayan Fuentes (COL) 41:41  Paolo Yurivilca (PER) 41:45  César Herrera (COL) 42:36

Junior (U-20) women's results

10 kilometres women U20

Year Gold Silver Bronze
2005  Rachel Lavallée (CAN) 47:37  Maria Michta (USA) 48:03  Verónica Colindres (ESA) 48:06
2007  Maritza Guamán (ECU) 51:24  Leslie Guavita (COL) 51:32  Lauren Forgues (USA) 51:39
2009  Anlly Pineda (COL) 49:50  Erandi Uribe (MEX) 50:50  Adriana Ochoa (MEX) 51:29
2011  Yanelli Caballero (MEX) 47:23  Kimberly García (PER) 49:13  Yuli Capcha (PER) 49:34
2013  Alejandra Ortega (MEX) 49:12.8  Jessica Hancco (PER) 51:30.4  Jessica Tapia (MEX) 51:31.0
2015  Stefany Coronado (BOL) 47:05  Valeria Ortuño (MEX) 47:19  María Montoya (COL) 47:38

List of Records of the Pan American Race Walking Cup

Men

Event Record Athlete Nationality Date Meet Notes
20 km 1:19:21 hrs Rolando Saquipay  Ecuador May 7, 2005 2005 Lima Peru Perú [21]
50 km 3:43:52 hrs Miguel Ángel Rodríguez  Mexico April 9, 2000 2000 Poza Rica Mexico México [1]
10 km (Junior Event) 40:40 min Éider Arévalo  Colombia March 26, 2011 2011 Envigado  Colombia

Women

Event Record Athlete Nationality Date Meet Place Ref
10 km (Junior Event) 47:05 Stefany Coronado  Bolivia 9 May 2015 2015 Cup Chile Arica, Chile [22]
20 km 1:28:09 Lupita González  Mexico 13 May 2017 2017 Cup Peru Lima, Peru [23]
50 km walk 4:22:57 Evelyn Inga  Peru 21 April 2019 2019 Cup Mexico Lázaro Cárdenas, Mexico [24]

Records in defunct events

Women's events

Event Record Name Nation Date Meet Ref
10 km 45:23 min Graciela Mendoza  Mexico October 3, 1986 1986 Saint Léonard  Canada

See also

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