# 2003 Pan American Race Walking Cup

The 2003 Pan American Race Walking Cup was held in two locations: both 20 kilometres events in Chula Vista, California, United States, on 15 March. The track of the Cup ran in the Marina Parkway at Chula Vista Marina. The men's 50 kilometres event was held one week earlier 15 km away in Tijuana, Baja California, México, on 9 March. Here, the track of the Cup ran in the Paseo de los Héroes, zona del Río Tijuana, and the results were extracted from the inaugural competition of the IAAF World Race Walking Challenge, which was organized as part of the traditional XXVI International Race Walking Week (Spanish: Semana Internacional de la Caminata) held annually since in 1978.
A detailed report for the 50 kilometres event was given by Javier Clavelo Robinson. Because of a compromise with the transmitting TV companies, the start was scheduled at 10:00 rather than the usual 7:00, causing a great number of drop outs due to the hard climatic conditions during midday. The decision to move the start time for Mexican television arguably contributed to the first team loss at the 50 km distance in Pan Am Cup history for the host nation as only two of the five declared Mexican scoring team members finished the race, resulting in a team victory for the United States. The U.S. was the only nation to have three scoring finishers. Despite failing to finish the required three scoring finishers, the Games Committee awarded Mexico the silver and Ecuador bronze in the team competition based on having two and one finisher respectively in the extreme weather conditions.
Complete results were published.

## Medallists

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Men |||||||
| 20 km walk | Jefferson Pérez (ECU) | 1:23:12 | Cristián Berdeja (MEX) | 1:24:17 | Cristián Muñoz (CHI) | 1:24:34 |
| 50 km walk | Germán Sánchez (MEX) | 4:04:11 | Philip Dunn (USA) | 4:15:01 | Miguel Solís (MEX) | 4:18:02 |
| Men (Team) |||||||
| Team 20 km walk | United States | 13 pts | Ecuador | 13 pts | México | 23 pts |
| Team 50 km walk | United States | 13 pts | México | -- pts | Ecuador | -- pts |
| Women |||||||
| 20 km walk | María del Rosario Sánchez (MEX) | 1:37:14 | Geovana Irusta (BOL) | 1:37:53 | Sandra Zapata (COL) | 1:38:45 |
| Women (Team) |||||||
| Team 20 km walk | México | 6 pts | United States | 15 pts | | |

## Results
### Men's 20 km

| Place | Athlete | Time |
| | Jefferson Pérez ECU | 1:23:12 |
| | Cristián Berdeja MEX | 1:24:17 |
| | Cristián Muñoz CHI | 1:24:34 |
| 4 | Tim Seaman USA | 1:25:24 |
| 5 | Kevin Eastler USA | 1:25:34 |
| 6 | Mário José dos Santos BRA | 1:25:49 |
| 7 | Fausto Quinde ECU | 1:25:58 |
| 8 | Rolando Saquipay ECU | 1:26:37 |
| 9 | Luis Fernando López COL | 1:27:15 |
| 10 | Tim Berrett CAN | 1:27:39 |
| 11 | Sean Albert USA | 1:27:42 |
| 12 | Xavier Moreno ECU | 1:28:05 |
| 13 | Oscar Ramírez MEX | 1:29:26 |
| 14 | Andrés Chocho ECU | 1:29:27 |
| 15 | Curt Clausen USA | 1:30:45 |
| 16 | Ezequiel Nazario PUR | 1:31:14 |
| 17 | John Nunn USA | 1:32:13 |
| 18 | Edwin Malacatus ECU | 1:32:49 |
| 19 | Dave McGovern USA | 1:39:32 |
| 20 | Mark Green USA | 1:45:42 |
| 21 | Nelson Funes GUA | 1:49:04 |
| 22 | David Doherty USA | 1:53:55 |
| 23 | Ricardo Ortiz MEX | 2:24:44 |
| — | Guillermo Castellanos MEX | DQ |
| — | Fredy Hernández COL | DQ |
| — | Dan O'Brien USA | DNF |
| — | Bernardo Segura MEX | DNS |
| — | Erick Guevara MEX | DNS |
| — | Jesús Sánchez MEX | DNS |
| — | Claudio Erasmo Vargas MEX | DNS |
| — | Arturo Huerta CAN | DNS |
| — | Ricardo Reyes ESA | DNS |
| — | Salvador Ernesto Mira ESA | DNS |
| — | Walter Sandoval ESA | DNS |
| — | Jairol Chacón CRC | DNS |
| — | Edwin Centeno PER | DNS |

#### Team

| Country | Points |
| United States | 13 pts |
| Ecuador | 13 pts |
| México | 23 pts |

### Men's 50 km

| Place | Athlete | Time |
| —$^*$ | Jesús Ángel García ESP | 3:46:46 |
| —$^*$ | Craig Barrett NZL | 3:51:15 |
| | Germán Sánchez MEX | 4:04:11 |
| | Philip Dunn USA | 4:15:01 |
| $^†$ | Miguel Solís MEX | 4:18:02 |
| 4 $^†$ | Juan Toscano MEX | 4:18:52 |
| —$^*$ | Saúl Méndez MEX | 4:19:12 |
| 5$^†$ | Cristián Bascuñán CHI | 4:19:27 |
| 6$^†$ | Rogelio Sánchez MEX | 4:26:09 |
| —$^*$ | Felipe Nava MEX | 4:29:58 |
| —$^*$ | Humberto Celestino MEX | 4:35:04 |
| 7 | Rolando Saquipay ECU | 4:44:16 |
| 8 | Jesús Martínez MEX | 4:49:39 |
| 9 | Theron Kissinger USA | 4:58:10 |
| 10 | Bill Vayo USA | 5:16:44 |
| 11 | Rod Craig USA | 5:18:33 |
| — | Michael Bartholomew USA | DQ |
| — | John Soucheck USA | DQ |
| — | Francisco Berdeja MEX | DQ |
| — | Carlos Flores MEX | DQ |
| — | David Silva MEX | DQ |
| — | Alejandro Chávez MEX | DQ |
| — | Javier Malacatus ECU | DNF |
| — | Miguel Ángel Rodríguez MEX | DNF |
| — | Edgar Hernández MEX | DNF |
| — | Fernando Guerrero MEX | DNF |
| — | Omar Zepeda MEX | DNF |
| — | Jaime González MEX | DNF |
| — | Curt Clausen USA | DNF |
| — | Horacio Nava MEX | DNF |
| — | Raúl Cruz MEX | DNF |
| — | Roberto Demeza MEX | DNF |
| —$^*$ | Andreas Gustafsson SWE | DNF |
$^*$: Started as a guest out of competition. $^†$: Both Miguel Solís and Juan Toscano from México were not listed as members of the official Mexican A Team. Therefore, it remains unclear, whether they were entitled to win medals in the Pan American Race Walk Cup. One source lists Rogelio Sánchez from the Mexican A Team as 4th. In this case, Cristián Bascuñán from Chile would have been the bronze medal winner. On the other hand, two other sources list Miguel Solís as bronze medallist.

#### Team

| Place | Country | Points |
| | México | 8 pts |
| | United States | 13 pts |

### Women's 20 km

| Place | Athlete | Time |
| | María del Rosario Sánchez MEX | 1:37:14 |
| | Geovana Irusta BOL | 1:37:53 |
| | Sandra Zapata COL | 1:38:45 |
| 4 | Graciela Mendoza MEX | 1:39:21 |
| 5 | Abigail Sainz MEX | 1:43:05 |
| 6 | Luisa Paltín ECU | 1:44:54 |
| 7 | Samantha Cohen USA | 1:44:57 |
| 8 | Bobbi Jo Chapman USA | 1:45:47 |
| 9 | Jolene Moore USA | 1:46:52 |
| 10 | Cheryl Rellinger USA | 1:47:27 |
| 11 | Susan Armenta USA | 1:49:03 |
| 12 | Gianetti de Sena Bonfim BRA | 1:49:38 |
| 13 | Lisa Sontag USA | 1:52:27 |
| 14 | Heidi Hauck USA | 1:53:11 |
| 15 | Lee Chase USA | 1:59:52 |
| 16 | Erin Taylor USA | 2:02:45 |
| — | Francisca Martínez MEX | DQ |
| — | Marianne Martino USA | DQ |
| — | Sara Sheets USA | DQ |
| — | Mara Ibáñez MEX | DNS |
| — | Aura Morales MEX | DNS |
| — | Ariana Quino BOL | DNS |
| — | Zoila Reyes GUA | DNS |
| — | Evelyn Núñez GUA | DNS |

#### Team

| Place | Country | Points |
| | México | 6 pts |
| | United States | 15 pts |

## Participation

The participation of 65 athletes from 10 countries (plus 10 guest athletes for the 50 kilometres event) is reported. In addition, three athletes from overseas were competing for the IAAF World Race Walking Challenge. The assignment for the official participants of the teams from México and the United States remains unclear.
* Bolivia (1)
* Brazil (2)
* Canada (1)
* Chile (2)
* Colombia (3)
* Ecuador (7)
* Guatemala (1)
* México (18) ?
* Puerto Rico (1)
* United States (25) ?
Guest countries:
* New Zealand (1)
* Spain (1)
* Sweden (1)