ThePan American Race Walking Cup (Spanish: Copa Panamericana de Marcha) is a biennialrace walking competition for athletes representing countries fromthe Americas, organized by theAssociation of Panamerican Athletics (APA). It was established in1984 and has featured races for senior men and women, and for junior athletes. The women competed in the 10 km road race until 1996, and then switched to the 20 km road race. In addition, there are separate team competitions. The2001 event was held in conjunction with theSouth American Race Walking Cup. In 2011, the organization of the event was transferred from the Pan American Athletics Commission, a subdivision of thePan American Sports Organization (PASO), to the newly constitutedAPA.
The events between 1984 and 2007 are documented in great detail in Spanish (including many historical fotos) by then President of the Pan American Race Walking Committee Rubén Pedro Aguilera from Argentina and is available from theAPA website.[1]
During the1983 Pan American Games inCaracas,Venezuela, the chief judge Palle Lassen from Denmark, then president of the IAAF race walking committee met with regional officials, namely the president of the Pan American Athletics Commission, Amadeo Francis from Puerto Rico, César Moreno Bravo from México, and Jerzy Hausleber, the famous Polish coach of the Mexican racewalkers,[2] as well as Rubén Aguilera (Argentina), Francesco Alongi (USA), Julián Díaz Rodríguez (Cuba), José Clemente Gonçalves (Brazil), Luigi Giordano (Canada), Alfonso Marques de la Mora (México) and Oscar Suman Carrillo (Panamá). As a result, they proposed to create an international event to intensify the development of racewalking in the Americas. Further technical details for the future Pan American Race Walking Cup were cleared during the1983 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics inBarcelona,Spain, later that year. Only one year later, the inaugural competition took place inBucaramanga,Colombia. The site was chosen because its central location within the Americas, and moreover, race walking was already successfully practiced here.[2]
| Year | City | Country | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Bucaramanga,Santander | November 3–4 | |
| 1986 | Saint-Léonard, Québec | October 3–4 | |
| 1988 | Mar del Plata,Buenos Aires | November 12–13 | |
| 1990 | Xalapa,Veracruz | October 27–28 | |
| 1992 | Guatemala City | October 17–18 | |
| 1994 | Atlanta, Georgia | United States | September 23–24 |
| 1996 | Manaus,Amazonas | September 21–22 | |
| 1998 | Miami, Florida | United States | October 3–4 |
| 2000 | Poza Rica, Veracruz | April 8–9 | |
| 2001 | Cuenca,Azuay | October 27–28 | |
| 2003 | Chula Vista, California (20 km) | United States | March 15 |
| Tijuana,Baja California (50 km) | March 9 | ||
| 2005 | Lima | May 7–8 | |
| 2007 | Balneário Camboriú,Santa Catarina | April 21–22 | |
| 2009 | San Salvador | May 1–2 | |
| 2011 | Envigado,Antioquia | March 26–27 | |
| 2013[3] | Guatemala City | May 25–26 | |
| 2015 | Arica | May 9–11 | |
| 2017 | Lima | May 13–14 | |
| 2019[4] | Lazaro Cardenas | April 20–21 | |
| 2023 | Managua | April 15–16 |
Gold medal winners were published.[5][6] The results for the Mexican athletes were published by theFederation of Mexican Athletics Associations (FMAA).[7] On overview for the years 1984-2005 was given.[8] Further results were assembled from other sources.[9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19] More recently, complete results for the period 1984 to 2007 were published.[1]
†: In 2000, theMexican Athletics Federation used the event as trials for theOlympic Games in Sydney.[15]Cristian Berdeja from
Mexico started out of competition and came in third in 1:23.46.
†: In 2000Germán Sánchez from
Mexico started out of competition and came in third in 3:48:06.
‡: In 2003, the medallists were extracted from theIAAF World Race Walking Challenge. The winner wasJesús Ángel García from
Spain in 3:46:46.Craig Barrett from
New Zealand came in second in 3:51:15.Miguel Solís from
Mexico was 5th in 4:18:02,Juan Emilio Toscano from
Mexico was 6th in 4:18:52, andSaúl Méndez also from
Mexico was 7th in 4:19:12, but all three of them were not registered for participation at the Pan American Race Walking Cup.[7][19][20] However, there are conflicting information: another source declaresMiguel Solís from
Mexico as bronze medal winner.[1]
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | 49:41 | 50:15 | 50:55 | |||
| 1986 | 45:23 | 45:26 | 45:33 | |||
| 1988 | 46:23 | 46:33 | 46:44 | |||
| 1990† | 46:07 | 46:41 | 47:06 | |||
| 1992 | 47:11 | 47:27 | 47:42 | |||
| 1994 | 46:14 | 46:20 | 46:28 | |||
| 1996 | 48:24 | 49:10 | 49:43 | |||
†:In 1990,Marisela Chávez from
Mexico started out of competition and came in third in 46:48.
†: In 2000,Mara Ibáñez from
Mexico started out of competition and came in second in 1:34:52.
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 4:39:28 | 4:49:45 | 5:02:10 | |||
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 42:11 | 42:27 | 43:19 | |||
| 2007 | 43:49 | 44:19 | 44:27 | |||
| 2009 | 43:04 | 43:05 | 43:57 | |||
| 2011 | 40:40 | 41:51 | 42:29 | |||
| 2013 | 41:18.6 | 41:26.5 | 41:32.4 | |||
| 2015 | 41:41 | 41:45 | 42:36 | |||
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 47:37 | 48:03 | 48:06 | |||
| 2007 | 51:24 | 51:32 | 51:39 | |||
| 2009 | 49:50 | 50:50 | 51:29 | |||
| 2011 | 47:23 | 49:13 | 49:34 | |||
| 2013 | 49:12.8 | 51:30.4 | 51:31.0 | |||
| 2015 | 47:05 | 47:19 | 47:38 | |||
| Event | Record | Athlete | Nationality | Date | Meet | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 km | 1:19:21 hrs | Rolando Saquipay | May 7, 2005 | 2005 Lima | [21] | |
| 50 km | 3:43:52 hrs | Miguel Ángel Rodríguez | April 9, 2000 | 2000 Poza Rica | [1] | |
| 10 km (Junior Event) | 40:40 min | Éider Arévalo | March 26, 2011 | 2011 Envigado |
| Event | Record | Athlete | Nationality | Date | Meet | Place | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 km (Junior Event) | 47:05 | Stefany Coronado | 9 May 2015 | 2015 Cup | [22] | ||
| 20 km | 1:28:09 | Lupita González | 13 May 2017 | 2017 Cup | [23] | ||
| 50 km walk | 4:22:57 | Evelyn Inga | 21 April 2019 | 2019 Cup | [24] |
| Event | Record | Name | Nation | Date | Meet | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 km | 45:23 min | Graciela Mendoza | October 3, 1986 | 1986 Saint Léonard |