Pan American Race Walking Cup Explained
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.
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, 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.
Host cities
| Year | City | Country | Date |
|---|
| 1984 | Bucaramanga, Santander | | November 3–4 |
| 1986 | Saint-Léonard, Québec | | October 3–4 |
| 1988 | Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires | | November 12–13 |
| 1990 | Xalapa, Veracruz | | October 27–28 |
| 1992 | Guatemala City | | October 17–18 |
| 1994 | Atlanta, Georgia | | September 23–24 |
| 1996 | Manaus, Amazonas | | September 21–22 |
| 1998 | Miami, Florida | | October 3–4 |
| 2000 | Poza Rica, Veracruz | | April 8–9 |
| 2001 | Cuenca, Azuay | | October 27–28 |
| 2003 | Chula Vista, California (20 km) | | March 15 |
| Tijuana, Baja California (50 km) | | March 9 |
| 2005 | Lima | | May 7–8 |
| 2007 | Balneário Camboriú, Santa Catarina | | April 21–22 |
| 2009 | San Salvador | | May 1–2 |
| 2011 | Envigado, Antioquia | | March 26–27 |
| 2013[1] | Guatemala City | | May 25–26 |
| 2015 | Arica | | May 9–11 |
| 2017 | Lima | | May 13–14 |
| 2019[2] | Lazaro Cardenas | | April 20–21 |
| 2023 | Managua | | April 15–16 | |
Results
Gold medal winners were published. The results for the Mexican athletes were published by the Federation of Mexican Athletics Associations (FMAA). On overview for the years 1984-2005 was given. Further results were assembled from other sources. More recently, complete results for the period 1984 to 2007 were published.
Men's results
20 kilometres men
| 1984 | | 1:25:19 | | 1:27:06 | | 1:27:09 |
| 1986 | | 1:21:13 | | 1:21:33 | | 1:21:48 |
| 1988 | | 1:24:00 | | 1:25:15 | | 1:27:08 |
| 1990 | | 1:21:46 | | 1:22:09 | | 1:22:25 |
| 1992 | | 1:24:09 | | 1:25:34 | | 1:28:32 |
| 1994 | | 1:24:15 | | 1:24:34 | | 1:24:34 |
| 1996 | | 1:27:29 | | 1:28:47 | | 1:29:06 |
| 1998 | | 1:28:33 | | 1:29:58 | | 1:30:23 |
| 2000† | | 1:22:47 | | 1:22:47 | | 1:24.36 |
| 2001 | | 1:25:25 | | 1:26:21 | | 1:28:30 |
| 2003 | | 1:23:12 | | 1:24:17 | | 1:24:34 |
| 2005 | | 1:19:21 | | 1:20:26 | | 1:21:29 |
| 2007 | | 1:25:08 | | 1:25:09 | | 1:25:25 |
| 2009 | | 1:22:18 | | 1:23:21 | | 1:23:49 |
| 2011 | | 1:25:04 | | 1:25:56 | | 1:26:18 |
| 2013 | | 1:24:16 | | 1:24:35 | | 1:25:27 |
| 2015 | | 1:21:25 | | 1:21:26 | | 1:21:39 |
| 2017 | | 1:21:01 | | 1:21:16 | | 1:22:00 | |
†: In 2000, the Mexican Athletics Federation used the event as trials for the
Olympic Games in Sydney.
Cristian Berdeja from started out of competition and came in third in 1:23.46.
50 kilometres men
| 1984 | | 4:12:44 | | 4:17:52 | | 4:18:41 |
| 1986 | | 3:56:21 | | 4:05:56 | | 4:07:53 |
| 1988 | | 4:03:20 | | 4:06:55 | | 4:10:26 |
| 1990 | | 3:51:30 | | 3:59:34 | | 4:03:38 |
| 1992 | | 4:06:21 | | 4:06:21 | | 4:06:21 |
| 1994 | | 3:52:06 | | 3:52:06 | | 4:03:07 |
| 1996 | | 4:12:43 | | 4:14:17 | | 4:22:17 |
| 1998 | | 4:06:38 | | 4:12:01 | | 4:17:18 |
| 2000† | | 3:43:52 | | 3:47:55 | | 3:50:28 |
| 2001 | | 4:05:24 | | 4:07:14 | | 4:09:24 |
| 2003‡ | | 4:04:11 | | 4:15:01 | | 4:19:27 |
| 2005 | | 3:54:24 | | 3:59:26 | | 4:03:03 |
| 2007 | | 4:04:52 | | 4:05:16 | | 4:10:08 |
| 2009 | | 3:58:46 | | 4:08:10 | | 4:09:31 |
| 2011 | | 3:59:14 | | 3:59:40 | | 4:01:20 |
| 2013 | | 3:57:52 | | 3:58:00 | | 4:03:11 |
| 2015 | | 3:45:41 | | 3:50:19 | | 3:50:47 |
| 2017 | | 3:51:35 | | 3:51:35 | | 3:58:28 | |
†: In 2000
Germán Sánchez from 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 in 3:46:46.
Craig Barrett from came in second in 3:51:15. Miguel Solís from was 5th in 4:18:02, Juan Emilio Toscano from was 6th in 4:18:52, and
Saúl Méndez also from was 7th in 4:19:12, but all three of them were not registered for participation at the Pan American Race Walking Cup. However, there are conflicting information: another source declares Miguel Solís from as bronze medal winner.
Women's results
10 kilometres women
†:In 1990, Marisela Chávez from started out of competition and came in third in 46:48.
20 kilometres women
| 1998 | | 1:38:57 | | 1:41:02 | | 1:42:22 |
| 2000† | | 1:34:39 | | 1:35:29 | | 1:36:01 |
| 2001 | | 1:38:03 | | 1:38:27 | | 1:40:23 |
| 2003 | | 1:37:14 | | 1:37:53 | | 1:38:45 |
| 2005 | | 1:30:35 | | 1:31:25 | | 1:33:04 |
| 2007 | | 1:39:21 | | 1:39:43 | | 1:41:08 |
| 2009 | | 1:38:53 | | 1:39:45 | | 1:42:12 |
| 2011 | | 1:36:04 | | 1:36:12 | | 1:37:18 |
| 2013 | | 1:35:01 | | 1:35:14 | | 1:35:19 |
| 2015 | | 1:29:21 | | 1:31:13 | | 1:31:31 |
| 2017 | | 1:28:09 | | 1:29:15 | | 1:30:00 | |
†: In 2000, Mara Ibáñez from started out of competition and came in second in 1:34:52.
50 kilometres women
| 2017 | | 4:39:28 | | 4:49:45 | | 5:02:10 | |
Junior (U-20) men's results
10 kilometres men U20
| 2005 | | 42:11 | | 42:27 | | 43:19 |
| 2007 | | 43:49 | | 44:19 | | 44:27 |
| 2009 | | 43:04 | | 43:05 | | 43:57 |
| 2011 | | 40:40 | | 41:51 | | 42:29 |
| 2013 | | 41:18.6 | | 41:26.5 | | 41:32.4 |
| 2015 | | 41:41 | | 41:45 | | 42:36 | |
Junior (U-20) women's results
10 kilometres women U20
| 2005 | | 47:37 | | 48:03 | | 48:06 |
| 2007 | | 51:24 | | 51:32 | | 51:39 |
| 2009 | | 49:50 | | 50:50 | | 51:29 |
| 2011 | | 47:23 | | 49:13 | | 49:34 |
| 2013 | | 49:12.8 | | 51:30.4 | | 51:31.0 |
| 2015 | | 47:05 | | 47:19 | | 47:38 | |
List of Records of the Pan American Race Walking Cup
Men
Women
Records in defunct events
Women's events
See also
External links
Notes and References
- http://www.iaaf.org/news/report/mexico-doiminate-at-pan-american-race-walking Mexico dominate at Pan American Race Walking Cup - IAAF Race Walking Challenge
- Web site: Pan American 50km Race Walking Cup iaaf.org. www.iaaf.org. en. 2019-06-04.
- Web site: 10 km Race Walk Results. americasathletics.org. 10 May 2015. 11 May 2015.
- News: Palma and Inga rule in 50km at Pan American Race Walking Cup in Mexico. IAAF. Javier Clavelo Robinson. 22 April 2019. 28 April 2019.
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