Athletics at the 2010 South American Games – Men's 20,000 metre walk
# Athletics at the 2010 South American Games – Men's 20,000 metre walk

The Men's 20,000m Walk event at the 2010 South American Games was held on March 21 at 8:00.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - |
| Mauricio Arteaga Ecuador | Omar Sierra Colombia | Caio Bonfim Brazil |

## Records

Standing records prior to the 2010 South American Games :

| World record | Bernardo Segura | Mexico | 1:17:25.6 | Bergen, Norway | 7 May 1994 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| South American record | Luis Fernando López | Colombia | 1:20:53.6 | Lima, Perú | 21 June 2009 |

## Results

Results were published.

| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Result | Warnings |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Mauricio Arteaga | Ecuador | 1:30:12.1 | |
| | Omar Sierra | Colombia | 1:30:58.0 | |
| | Caio Bonfim | Brazil | 1:33:05.1 | > |
| 4 | Camilo Acuña | Chile | 1:39:29.8 | >> |
| 5 | Felipe Toloza | Chile | 1:41:48.5 | > |
| | Jonathan Cáceres | Ecuador | DSQ | >~~ |
| | Dejaime de Oliveira | Brazil | DSQ | >>> |

Intermediate times:

| 2000m | 8:48.0 | Mauricio Arteaga (ECU) |
| - | - | - |
| 4000m | 17:47.3 | Dejaime de Oliveira (BRA) |
| 6000m | 26:52.6 | Omar Sierra (COL) |
| 8000m | 36:14.1 | Mauricio Arteaga (ECU) |
| 10000m | 45:10.2 | Caio Bonfim (BRA) |
| 12000m | 54:12.2 | Omar Sierra (COL) |
| 14000m | 1:02:54.3 | Mauricio Arteaga (ECU) |
| 16000m | 1:11:46.8 | Mauricio Arteaga (ECU) |
| 18000m | 1:20:52.6 | Mauricio Arteaga (ECU) |
