Athletics at the 2015 Pan American Games – Men's 20 kilometres walk explained

Event:Men's 20 kilometres walk
Games:2015
Venue:Ontario Place West Channel
Dates:July 19
Competitors:15
Nations:11
Win Value:1:23:06
Win Label:Winning time
Gold:Evan Dunfee
Goldnoc:CAN
Silver:Iñaki Gómez
Silvernoc:CAN
Bronze:Caio Bonfim
Bronzenoc:BRA
Prev:2011

The men's 20 kilometres walk competition of the athletics events at the 2015 Pan American Games took place on the 19 of July on a temporary circuit around the Ontario Place West Channel.[1] The defending Pan American Games champion is Erick Barrondo of Guatemala.

Walking on home soil, Evan Dunfee was frustrated by the slow pace 1 km into the race, so he decided to make what turned into a one-man breakaway for victory. His Canadian training partner Inaki Gomez came in second more than a minute back after fighting a strategic battle with the rest of the field until the last lap.[2]

Records

World Record1:17:16Saransk, RussiaSeptember 29, 2007
Pan American Games record1:20:17Winnipeg, CanadaJuly 26, 1999

Qualification

See main article: article and Athletics at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification. Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the minimum standard (1.30.00) in the qualifying period (January 1, 2014 to June 28, 2015).[3]

Abbreviations

KEY:bgcolor=ccffcc align=centerqFastest non-qualifiersbgcolor=ccffcc align=centerQQualifiedNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal bestDQDisqualified

Results

Final

Rank Athlete Nation TimeNotes
1:23:06
1:24:25
1:24:43
1:25:11
1:25:50
1:26:59
1:28:16
1:29:06
1:35:45
10 1:42:03

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games Ticket Program Guide . 20 April 2015 . toronto2015.org . . 26 April 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150420184712/http://images.toronto2015.org/system/asset_pdfs/4013/original/pan-am-games-ticket-guide-042015.pdf . 20 April 2015 . dead .
  2. Web site: Canadian Dunfee walks to Pan Am gold The Star.
  3. Web site: Athletics Technical Manual . 11 January 2015 . americasathletics.org . . 29 January 2015 . 21 April 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150421101153/http://americasathletics.org/attachments/article/115/CAN%20PANAM%20Games%20Jul2015%20-%20Technical%20Manual%20ENGLISH.pdf . dead .