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 Mexico, 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 (Mexico) 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 Date1984Bucaramanga, SantanderNovember 3–41986Saint-Léonard, QuébecOctober 3–41988Mar del Plata, Buenos AiresNovember 12–131990Xalapa, VeracruzOctober 27–281992Guatemala CityOctober 17–181994Atlanta, GeorgiaSeptember 23–241996Manaus, AmazonasSeptember 21–221998Miami, FloridaOctober 3–42000Poza Rica, VeracruzApril 8–92001Cuenca, AzuayOctober 27–282003Chula Vista, California (20 km) March 15Tijuana, Baja California (50 km) March 92005LimaMay 7–82007Balneário Camboriú, Santa CatarinaApril 21–222009San SalvadorMay 1–22011Envigado, AntioquiaMarch 26–272013Mexico dominate at Pan American Race Walking Cup - IAAF Race Walking Challenge. IAAF (2013-05-27). Retrieved on 2013-05-31.Guatemala CityMay 25–262015AricaMay 9–112017LimaMay 13–142019Lazaro CardenasApril 20–212023ManaguaApril 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 1:27:091986 1:21:13 1:21:33 1:21:48 1988 1:24:00 1:25:15 1:27:081990 1:21:46 1:22:09 1:22:251992 1:24:09 1:25:34 1:28:321994 1:24:15 1:24:34 1:24:341996 1:27:29 1:28:47 1:29:061998 1:28:33 1:29:58 1:30:232000† 1:22:47 1:22:47 1:24.36 2001 1:25:25 1:26:21 1:28:302003 1:23:12 1:24:17 1:24:342005 1:19:21 1:20:26 1:21:292007 1:25:08 1:25:09 1:25:252009 1:22:18 1:23:21 1:23:492011 1:25:04 1:25:56 1:26:182013 1:24:16 1:24:35 1:25:272015 1:21:25 1:21:26 1:21:392017 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 4:18:411986 3:56:21 4:05:56 4:07:531988 4:03:20 4:06:55 4:10:261990 3:51:30 3:59:34 4:03:38 1992 4:06:21 4:06:21 4:06:211994 3:52:06 3:52:06 4:03:071996 4:12:43 4:14:17 4:22:171998 4:06:38 4:12:01 4:17:182000† 3:43:52 3:47:55 3:50:282001 4:05:24 4:07:14 4:09:242003‡ 4:04:11 4:15:01 4:19:272005 3:54:24 3:59:26 4:03:032007 4:04:52 4:05:16 4:10:082009 3:58:46 4:08:10 4:09:312011 3:59:14 3:59:40 4:01:202013 3:57:52 3:58:00 4:03:112015 3:45:41 3:50:19 3:50:472017 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 1984 49:41 50:15 50:551986 45:23 45:26 45:331988 46:23 46:33 46:44 1990† 46:07 46:41 47:061992 47:11 47:27 47:42 1994 46:14 46:20 46:281996 48:24 49:10 49:43 †: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 1:42:222000† 1:34:39 1:35:29 1:36:01 2001 1:38:03 1:38:27 1:40:232003 1:37:14 1:37:53 1:38:452005 1:30:35 1:31:25 1:33:042007 1:39:21 1:39:43 1:41:082009 1:38:53 1:39:45 1:42:122011 1:36:04 1:36:12 1:37:182013 1:35:01 1:35:14 1:35:192015 1:29:21 1:31:13 1:31:312017 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 43:572011 40:40 41:51 42:292013 41:18.6 41:26.5 41:32.42015 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 51:392009 49:50 50:50 51:292011 47:23 49:13 49:342013 49:12.8 51:30.4 51:31.02015 47:05 47:19 47:38

List of Records of the Pan American Race Walking Cup

Men EventRecordAthleteNationalityDateMeetNotes20 km1:19:21 hrsRolando Saquipay May 7, 20052005 Lima 50 km3:43:52 hrsMiguel Ángel Rodríguez April 9, 20002000 Poza Rica 10 km (Junior Event)40:40 minÉider Arévalo March 26, 20112011 Envigado

Women EventRecordAthleteNationalityDateMeetPlace10 km (Junior Event)47:05Stefany Coronado 9 May 20152015 Cup Arica, Chile20 km1:28:09Lupita González13 May 20172017 Cup Lima, Peru50 km walk4:22:57Evelyn Inga21 April 20192019 Cup Lázaro Cárdenas, Mexico

Records in defunct events

Women's events EventRecordNameNationDateMeet10 km45:23 minGraciela Mendoza October 3, 19861986 Saint Léonard

See also IAAF World Race Walking Cup European Race Walking Cup South American Race Walking Championships Asian Race Walking Championships Oceania Race Walking Championships Central American Race Walking Championships

References

External links

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