2000 Pan American Race Walking Cup
# 2000 Pan American Race Walking Cup

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

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Men |||||||
| 20 km walk | Bernardo Segura (MEX) | 1:22:48 | Noe Hernández (MEX) | 1:22:48 | Jefferson Pérez (ECU) | 1:23:46 |
| 50 km walk | Miguel Ángel Rodríguez (MEX) | 3:43:52 | Joel Sánchez (MEX) | 3:47:55 | Carlos Mercenario (MEX) | 3:50:28 |
| Men (Team) |||||||
| Team 20 km walk | México | 7 pts | United States | 22 pts | | |
| Team 50 km walk | México | 6 pts | Cuba | 19 pts | United States | 32 pts |
| Women |||||||
| 20 km walk | María Guadalupe Sánchez (MEX) | 1:34:40 | Graciela Mendoza (MEX) | 1:35:29 | Oslaidis Cruz (CUB) | 1:36:01 |
| Women (Team) |||||||
| Team 20 km walk | México | 7 pts | United States | 24 pts | Canada | 47 pts |

## Results

### Men's 20 km

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

$^*:$ Started as a guest out of competition.

**Team**

| Place | Country | Points |
| - | - | - |
| | México | pts |
| | United States | 22 pts |

### Men's 50 km

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

$^*:$ Started as a guest out of competition.

**Team**

| Country | Points |
| - | - |
| México | 6 pts |
| Cuba | 19 pts |
| United States | 32 pts |

### Women's 20 km

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

$^*:$ Started as a guest out of competition.

**Team**

| Country | Points |
| - | - |
| México | 7 pts |
| United States | 24 pts |
| Canada | 47 pts |

## Participation

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

* Bolivia (1)
* Brazil (5)
* Canada (9)
* Chile (6)
* Colombia (1)
* Cuba (4)
* Ecuador (5)
* Guatemala (7)
* México (15)
* Paraguay (1)
* Puerto Rico (2)
* United States (15)
