Athletics at the 2015 Pan American Games – Men's 50 kilometres walk

The men's 50 kilometres walk competition of the athletics events at the 2015 Pan American Games took place on the 26 of July on a temporary circuit around the Ontario Place West Channel.[1] The defending Pan American Games champion is Horacio Nava of Mexico.

Men's 50 kilometres walk at the 2015 Pan American Games
VenueOntario Place West Channel
DatesJuly 26
Competitors14 from 9 nations
Winning score3:50:13
Medalists
Gold medal   Ecuador
Silver medal   Guatemala
Bronze medal   Mexico
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Records edit

World Record   Denis Nizhegorodov (RUS) 3:34:14 Cheboksary, Russia May 11, 2008
Pan American Games record   Carlos Mercenario (MEX) 3:47:55 Mar del Plata, Argentina March 24, 1995

Qualification edit

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the minimum standard (4.18.00) in the qualifying period (January 1, 2014 to June 28, 2015).[2]

Schedule edit

Date Time Round
July 26, 2015 Final

Abbreviations edit

  • All times shown are in hours:minutes:seconds
KEY: q Fastest non-qualifiers Q Qualified NR National record PB Personal best SB Seasonal best DQ Disqualified

Results edit

 
The men's 50km walk during the 2015 Pan American Games

Final edit

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
  Andrés Chocho   Ecuador 3:50:13 SB
  Erick Barrondo   Guatemala 3:55:57
  Horacio Nava   Mexico 3:57:28
4 Jonnathan Cáceres   Ecuador 4:00:58
5 Cristian Berdeja   Mexico 4:05:44
6 James Rendón   Colombia 4:06:52
7 Mario Alfonso Bran   Guatemala 4:15:06
8 Cláudio dos Santos   Brazil 4:18:08
John Nunn   United States DNF
Jonathan Riekmann   Brazil DNF
Pavel Chihuán   Peru DNF
Edward Araya   Chile DSQ
Creighton Connolly   Canada DSQ
Jorge Armando Ruiz   Colombia DSQ

References edit

  1. ^ "Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games Ticket Program Guide" (PDF). toronto2015.org. TO2015. 20 April 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 April 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
  2. ^ "Athletics Technical Manual" (PDF). americasathletics.org. TO2015. 11 January 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 April 2015. Retrieved 29 January 2015.