The 2000 Pan American Race Walking Cup was held in Poza Rica, Veracruz, México. The track of the Cup runs in the Boulevard Adolfo Ruiz Cortínez.

A detailed report was given by Juan Ramon Pina. The Mexican Athletics Federation used the event as trials for the Olympic Games in Sydney. Therefore, a great number of guest athletes competed out of competition.

Complete results, medal winners until 2011, and the results for the Mexican athletes were published.

Medallists Men20 km walk 1:22:48 1:22:48 1:23:4650 km walk 3:43:52 3:47:55 3:50:28 Men (Team)Team 20 km walk México 7 pts 22 pts Team 50 km walk México 6 pts 19 pts 32 pts Women20 km walk 1:34:40 1:35:29 1:36:01 Women (Team)Team 20 km walk México 7 pts 24 pts 47 pts

Results

Men's 20 km Place Athlete Time Bernardo Segura 1:22:48 Noe Hernández 1:22:48 —* Cristián Berdeja 1:23:46 Jefferson Pérez 1:24:36 4 Alejandro López 1:24:43 —* Claudio Vargas 1:25:18 5 Andrew Herman 1:26:39 6 Luis García 1:27:10 7 Julio Urías 1:27:19 —* Fernando Guerrero 1:27:33 —* Daniel Farfán 1:28:30 8 Curt Clausen 1:29:59 —* Juan Toscano 1:31:08 —* Luis Bautista 1:31:52 9 Kevin Eastler 1:31:54 —* Sean Albert 1:31:57 —* Omar Segura 1:32:18 10 Hugo Aros 1:35:06 —* Philip Dunn 1:35:10 —* Felipe Nava 1:35:42 —* Carlos Flores 1:35:52 11 Jonathan Matthews 1:36:32 12 Franciélio Medeiros 1:37:09 13 Tim Berrett 1:38:01 14 Eliu Barrera 1:38:02 15 Ricardo Alexandre Reinert 1:40:43 16 Blair Miller 1:41:16 17 Andrés Chocho 1:42:44 —* Josué Cruz 1:44:08 —* Félix Cano 1:48:17 — Juan José Sánchez DQ — Roaldo Estrada DQ — Gordon Mosher DQ — Jean-Sébastien Beaucage DQ — Juan Manuel Pérez DQ — Jorge Segura DQ — Alberto Cruz DQ — Matías Sánchez DQ — David Silva DQ — Mario Iván Flores DNF — Fausto Quinde DNF — Xavier Moreno DNF — Tim Seaman DNF — Julio Martínez DNF — Hugo López DNF — Patrick Boisclair DNF — Cristián Muñoz DNF — Gerson Villagra DNF — Claudio Bertolino DNF — Marcos Valdez DNF — Ramón Porcayo DNF — Sergio Sánchez DNF — Eduardo Zepeda DNF — Mario Solís DNF — José Sánchez DNF — Alfonso Guerrero DNF — Oscar Ramírez DNF — Dave McGovern DNF *: Started as a guest out of competition.

Team Place Country Points México pts 22 pts

Men's 50 km Place Athlete Time Miguel Ángel Rodríguez 3:43:52 Joel Sánchez 3:47:55 —* Germán Sánchez 3:48:06 Carlos Mercenario 3:50:28 —* Edgar Hernández 3:56:36 4 Arturo Huerta 3:58:02 5 Jorge Luis Pino 4:07:04 —* Saúl Méndez 4:11:52 6 Ihosvany Díaz 4:13:37 —* Marco Váldez 4:15:33 —* Jaime González 4:16:26 —* Jesús Martínez 4:19:22 7 Luis Villagra 4:26:49 8 Erick Cordero 4:33:02 9 Mark Green 4:39:04 10 Cláudio Richardson dos Santos 4:48:36 11 Theron Kissinger 4:51:31 12 Gary Morgan 5:02:07 13 William Leggett 5:04:51 14 José Ramírez 5:15:54 — Oscar Mesa DQ — Francisco Berdeja DQ — Ernesto Solís DQ — Manuel Fuentes DQ — Miguel Solis DQ — Rogelio Sánchez DQ — Daniel García DNF — Alejandro López DNF — Joaquín Córdoba DNF — Ignacio Zamudio DNF — Jesús Sánchez DNF — Mauricio Villagad DNF — Benjamín Peña DNF — Omar Zepeda DNF — Mario Iván Flores DNF — Alejandro López DNF — Rubén Arikado DNF — Ethiel Soto DNF *: Started as a guest out of competition.

Team Place Country Points México 6 pts 19 pts 32 pts

Women's 20 km Place Athlete Time María Guadalupe Sánchez 1:34:40 —* Mara Ibáñez 1:34:52 Graciela Mendoza 1:35:29 Oslaidis Cruz 1:36:01 4 María del Rosario Sánchez 1:36:14 —* Abigail Sáenz 1:37:04 5 Teresita Collado 1:37:29 6 Michelle Rohl 1:37:48 7 Ivonne Varas 1:39:06 8 Susan Armenta 1:39:54 9 Geovana Irusta 1:40:49 10 Danielle Kirk 1:41:09 —* Sandra Evaristo 1:42:11 —* Francisca Martínez 1:42:23 —* Rosa Roldán 1:42:32 11 Jill Zenner 1:43:56 —* Natalia García 1:44:55 12 Zoila Reyes 1:46:22 13 Marcela Pacheco 1:47:13 —* Elsa Segura 1:47:20 —* María Franzón 1:48:57 14 Joni-Ann Bender 1:49:48 15 Gianetti Bonfim 1:52:22 —* Xitlalli Sáenz 1:53:20 16 Susan Hornung 1:54:24 17 Karen Foan 1:56:53 — Victoria Palacios DQ — Sara Standley DQ — Ana Segura DQ — Vianey Pedraza DNF — Luisa Pantin DNF — Jaditza Arrollo DNF *: Started as a guest out of competition.

Team Place Country Points México 7 pts 24 pts 47 pts

Participation The participation of 72 athletes (plus 58 guest athletes) from 12 countries is reported.

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See also 2000 Race Walking Year Ranking

References