# 1998 Pan American Race Walking Cup

The 1998 Pan American Race Walking Cup was held in Miami, Florida, United States. The track of the Cup runs in the Biscayne Boulevard, Bayfront Park.
The women's 20 km race was held for the first time replacing the women's 10 km competition.
Complete results, medal winners until 2011, and the results for the Mexican athletes were published.

## Medallists

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Men |||||||
| 20 km walk | Ignacio Zamudio (MEX) | 1:28:33 | Daniel García (MEX) | 1:29:58 | Joel Sánchez (MEX) | 1:30:23 |
| 50 km walk | Carlos Mercenario (MEX) | 4:06:38 | Rubén Arikado (MEX) | 4:12:01 | Rogelio Sánchez (MEX) | 4:17:18 |
| Men (Team) |||||||
| Team 20 km walk | México | 6 pts | United States | 34 pts | Canada | 35 pts |
| Team 50 km walk | México | 6 pts | United States | 15 pts | | |
| Women |||||||
| 20 km walk | Joanne Dow (USA) | 1:38:57 | Teresa Vaill (USA) | 1:41:02 | María del Rosario Sánchez (MEX) | 1:42:22 |
| Women (Team) |||||||
| Team 20 km walk | United States | 9 pts | México | 14 pts | Canada | 38 pts |

## Results
### Men's 20 km

| Place | Athlete | Time |
| | Ignacio Zamudio MEX | 1:28:33 |
| | Daniel García MEX | 1:29:58 |
| | Joel Sánchez MEX | 1:30:23 |
| 4 | Arturo Huerta CAN | 1:30:35 |
| 5 | Miguel Solis MEX | 1:31:43 |
| 6 | Alejandro López MEX | 1:33:31 |
| 7 | Luis Fernando García GUA | 1:34:00 |
| 8 | Nixon Zambrano COL | 1:35:23 |
| 9 | Héctor Moreno COL | 1:35:57 |
| 10 | Curt Clausen USA | 1:37:11 |
| 11 | Al Heppner USA | 1:37:29 |
| 12 | Omar Aguirre ECU | 1:38:56 |
| 13 | Jonathan Matthews USA | 1:40:09 |
| 14 | Mário dos Santos BRA | 1:41:40 |
| 15 | Tim Berrett CAN | 1:42:19 |
| 16 | Blair Miller CAN | 1:47:03 |
| 17 | Román Criollo ECU | 1:47:03 |
| 18 | Sérgio Vieira Galdino BRA | 1:49:40 |
| 19 | Sidinei Rodrigues BRA | 1:50:00 |
| 20 | Gary Morgan USA | 1:51:18 |
| 21 | Alfredo Cabrera PUR | 1:56:18 |
| — | Gordon Mosher CAN | DQ |
| — | Mario Alegría GUA | DQ |
| — | Roberto Oscal GUA | DQ |
| — | Orlando Díaz COL | DNF |
| — | Xavier Moreno ECU | DNF |
| — | Segundo Peñafiel ECU | DNF |

#### Team

| Place | Country | Points |
| | México | 6 pts |
| | United States | 34 pts |
| | Canada | 35 pts |
| 4 | Brazil | 51 pts |

### Men's 50 km

| Place | Athlete | Time |
| | Carlos Mercenario MEX | 4:06:38 |
| | Rubén Arikado MEX | 4:12:01 |
| | Rogelio Sánchez MEX | 4:17:18 |
| 4 | Philip Dunn USA | 4:25:30 |
| 5 | Marco Evoniuk USA | 4:36:53 |
| 6 | Theron Kissinger USA | 4:37:55 |
| 7 | Mark Green USA | 4:44:55 |
| — | Alejandro Vele ECU | DQ |
| — | Francisco Berdeja MEX | DQ |
| — | Claudio Erasmo Vargas MEX | DQ |
| — | Jefferson Pérez ECU | DNF |
| — | Patricio Villacorte ECU | DNF |
| — | Hugo López GUA | DNF |
| — | Julio César Urías GUA | DNF |

#### Team

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

### Women's 20 km

| Place | Athlete | Time |
| | Joanne Dow USA | 1:38:57 |
| | Teresa Vaill USA | 1:41:02 |
| | María del Rosario Sánchez MEX | 1:42:22 |
| 4 | Aura Morales MEX | 1:43:03 |
| 5 | Liliana Bermeo COL | 1:43:04 |
| 6 | Susan Armenta USA | 1:44:58 |
| 7 | Mara Ibáñez MEX | 1:46:16 |
| 8 | Teresita Collado GUA | 1:46:37 |
| 9 | Jill Zenner USA | 1:47:15 |
| 10 | Holly Gerke CAN | 1:47:43 |
| 11 | Victoria Herazo USA | 1:48:02 |
| 12 | Gladys Criollo ECU | 1:50:02 |
| 13 | Janice McCaffrey CAN | 1:51:23 |
| 14 | Gianetti Bonfim BRA | 1:51:45 |
| 15 | Susan Hornung CAN | 1:52:15 |
| 16 | Rosane Prigol dos Santos BRA | 1:53:19 |
| 17 | Zoila Reyes GUA | 1:58:00 |
| 18 | Lidia Ojeda de Carriego ARG | 2:01:28 |
| — | Nailze de Azevedo Pazin BRA | DNF |
| — | Victoria Palacios MEX | DNF |

#### Team

| Country | Points |
| United States | 9 pts |
| México | 14 pts |
| Canada | 38 pts |

## Participation

The participation of 61 athletes from 9 countries is reported.
* Argentina (1)
* Brazil (6)
* Canada (7)
* Colombia (4)
* Ecuador (8)
* Guatemala (7)
* México (14)
* Puerto Rico (1)
* United States (13)