# Héctor Moreno (race walker)

Héctor José Moreno Moreno (born June 8, 1963 in Ventaquemada, Boyacá) is a retired Colombian racewalker. He went to four Olympic Games and five World Championships in Athletics. He is one of the most successful Colombian athletes of the past fifty years because only one other Colombian also has a Pan American Games title. Another highlight is the permanence of his personal best of 3:52:16 hours (set in 1997) as the national record for more than twelve years.
At regional level he was a two-time champion at the South American Championships in Athletics (1983 and 1997), the gold medallist at the 1998 South American Games, the 1990 Central American and Caribbean Games champion, and the 1989 Bolivarian Games winner. He has also won several lesser medals internationally, including two bronzes at the Pan American Games, two silvers at the South American Championships, three silvers at the Bolivarian Games and two bronzes at the Ibero-American Championships in Athletics.
His long international career stretched from 1981 to 1999.
His three brothers Querubín, Clodomiro, and Antonio were racewalkers as well.

## Personal bests

* 20 km walk: 1:21:50 hrs – New York City, 3 May 1987
* 50 km walk: 3:52:16 hrs – Naumburg, 25 May 1997

## Achievements

| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
| Representing Colombia ||||||
| 1981 | Bolivarian Games | Barquisimeto, Venezuela | 2nd | 20 km | 1:38:07 |
| 1982 | Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-20) | Bridgetown, Barbados | 1st | 10 km | 44:13.55 |
| 1983 | Pan American Games | Caracas, Venezuela | 3rd | 20 km | 1:30:05 |
| 1983 | South American Championships | Santa Fe, Argentina | 1st | 20 km | 1:24:12 CR |
| 1984 | Olympic Games | Los Angeles, United States | 12th | 20 km | 1:27:12 |
| 1984 | Pan American Race Walking Cup | Bucaramanga, Colombia | 3rd | 20 km | 1:27:09 |
| 1985 | World Race Walking Cup | St John's, Isle of Man | 18th | 20 km | 1:26:54 |
| 1986 | Central American and Caribbean Games | Santiago, Dominican Republic | 3rd | 20 km | 1:28:41 |
| 1986 | Pan American Race Walking Cup | Saint Léonard, Canada | 5th | 20 km | 1:24:02 |
| 1987 | Pan American Games | Indianapolis, United States | 3rd | 50 km | 4:18:48 |
| 1987 | World Race Walking Cup | New York City, United States | 10th | 20 km | 1:21:50 |
| 1987 | World Championships | Rome, Italy | — | 20 km | DNF |
| 1988 | Olympic Games | Seoul, South Korea | 33rd | 20 km | 1:27:06 |
| 1988 | Olympic Games | Seoul, South Korea | 30th | 50 km | 4:01:31 |
| 1989 | Bolivarian Games | Maracaibo, Venezuela | 1st | 20 km | 1:29:07 |
| 1989 | South American Championships | Medellín, Colombia | 2nd | 20 km | 1:24:56 A |
| 1990 | Central American and Caribbean Games | Mexico City, Mexico | 3rd | 20 km | 1:24:54 |
| 1990 | Central American and Caribbean Games | Mexico City, Mexico | 1st | 50 km | 4:06:04 |
| 1991 | World Race Walking Cup | San Jose, United States | 18th | 20 km | 1:22:40 |
| 1991 | Pan American Games | Havana, Cuba | 1st | 20 km | 1:24:56 |
| 1991 | Pan American Games | Havana, Cuba | – | 50 km | DNF |
| 1991 | World Championships | Tokyo, Japan | 19th | 20 km | 1:23:27 |
| 1991 | World Championships | Tokyo, Japan | — | 50 km | DNF |
| 1992 | Olympic Games | Barcelona, Spain | 9th | 20 km | 1:26:23 |
| 1993 | Bolivarian Games | Cochabamba, Bolivia | 2nd | 20 km | 1:26:24 A |
| 1993 | World Championships | Stuttgart, Germany | 11th | 20 km | 1:24:43 |
| 1993 | Central American and Caribbean Games | Ponce, Puerto Rico | 2nd | 20 km | 1:26:32 |
| 1994 | Ibero-American Championships | Mar del Plata, Argentina | 3rd | 20 km | 1:21:49.9 |
| 1995 | Pan American Games | Mar del Plata, Argentina | – | 50 km | DNF |
| 1995 | South American Championships | Manaus, Brazil | 2nd | 20,000 m | 1:31:03.9 |
| 1995 | World Championships | Gothenburg, Sweden | 13th | 20 km | 1:24:34 |
| 1996 | Ibero-American Championships | Medellín, Colombia | 3rd | 20 km | 1:26:54 |
| 1996 | Olympic Games | Atlanta, United States | — | 20 km | DNF |
| 1996 | Olympic Games | Atlanta, United States | 16th | 50 km | 3:54:57 |
| 1997 | South American Championships | Mar del Plata, Argentina | 1st | 20,000 m | 1:23:06.73 CR |
| 1997 | World Championships | Athens, Greece | 17th | 50 km | 3:59:33 |
| 1997 | Bolivarian Games | Arequipa, Perú | 2nd | 20 km | 1:29:51 A |
| 1998 | Ibero-American Championships | Lisbon, Portugal | 3rd | 20 km | 1:27:21 |
| 1998 | Central American and Caribbean Games | Maracaibo, Venezuela | 7th | 20 km | 1:28:36 |
| 1998 | South American Games | Cuenca, Ecuador | 1st | 50 km | 4:27:13 A |