# 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.

## 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 | 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 |
| 2003 | 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 | Guatemala City | Guatemala | May 25–26 |
| 2015 | Arica | Chile | May 9–11 |
| 2017 | Lima | Peru | May 13–14 |
| 2019 | Lazaro Cardenas | Mexico | April 20–21 |
| 2023 | Managua | Nicaragua | 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

| Year | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | 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. Cristian Berdeja from Mexico started out of competition and came in third in 1:23.46.

#### 50 kilometres men

| Year | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | 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. However, there are conflicting information: another source declares Miguel Solís from Mexico as bronze medal winner.

### Women's results
#### 10 kilometres women

| Year | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | 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 | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | 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 | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | 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 | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | 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 | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | 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 |
| 20 km | 1:19:21 hrs | Rolando Saquipay | Ecuador | May 7, 2005 | 2005 Lima Perú |
| 50 km | 3:43:52 hrs | Miguel Ángel Rodríguez | Mexico | April 9, 2000 | 2000 Poza Rica México |
| 10 km (Junior Event) | 40:40 min | Éider Arévalo | Colombia | March 26, 2011 | 2011 Envigado Colombia |

### Women

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

### 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 | |