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Gran Premio Cantones de A Coruña de Marcha

The Gran Premio Cantones de A Coruña de Marcha, also known as the Cantones De La Coruña or the Gran Premio de Marcha Cantones de la Coruña-Sergio Vazquez, is an annual race walking competition held in A Coruña, Spain. As of 2024, it is a World Athletics Race Walking Tour Gold level meeting – the highest-level circuit of international race walking competitions.[1]

Gran Premio Cantones de A Coruña de Marcha
Yao Zhu battles with Luis Fernando López in the final stretch of the 2010 edition
LocationA Coruña, Spain
Event typeRace walking
World Athletics Cat.A (World Athletics Race Walking Tour Gold)
Distance20 km walk (1987–present)
Established1987

The meeting is organized by the Royal Spanish Athletics Federation, and it is typically held in early June or late May.

History edit

The race was first held on 16 May 1987, after being planned for about a year prior, with the help of the Xunta de Galicia.[2] With the exception of 2020, it has been held annually since, and it has been a part of the IAAF Race Walking Challenge (now called the World Athletics Race Walking Tour) since 2005 playing host to competitors from 63 countries.[2] Since 2001, both men and women typically walk the 20 km distance, with some exceptions.

The course has also hosted various international championships, beginning in 1996 when it was the host of the 1996 European Race Walking Cup. In 2006, it hosted the 2006 IAAF World Race Walking Cup, and in 2011 it served as the IAAF Race Walking Challenge Final.[2]

One world record has been set at the Gran Premio Cantones de A Coruña de Marcha. In 2015, Liu Hong of China walked a time of 1:24:38 for the 20 km walk, breaking Elmira Alembekova's record from earlier that year. It would not be broken until 2021, when Yang Jiayu walked 1:23:49 at another competition.[3]

In 2019, the meeting received a World Athletics Heritage plaque for its contributions to the sport of athletics.[4]

Winners edit

Gran Premio Cantones de A Coruna de Marcha senior race winners
Ed. Date Men's 20 km walk Women's 20 km walk R
Winner Time Winner Time
1st 16 May 1987   Maurizzio Damilano (ITA) 40:19 (10 km)   Reyes Sobrino (ESP) 21:25 (5 km) [5][6]
2nd 5 Jun 1988   Giovanni De Benedictis (ITA) 1:22:37   Kerry Saxby (AUS) 22:31 (5 km) [5][6]
3rd 3 Jun 1989   Ernesto Canto (MEX) 38:51 (10 km)   Erica Alfridi (ITA) 21:41 (5 km) [5][7][6]
4th 12 May 1990   Andrey Perlov (RUS) 39:14 (10 km)   Kerry Saxby (AUS) 20:46 (5 km) [5][6]
5th 13 Apr 1991   Daniel Plaza (ESP) 1:22:53   Victoria Oprea (ROM) 45:56 (10 km) [5][6]
6th 6 Jun 1992   Mikhail Schennikov (ITA) 1:18:54   Madelein Svensson (SWE) 43:28 (10 km) [5][6]
7th 15 May 1993   Valentin Massana (ESP) 1:20:50   Yelena Nikolayeva (RUS) 43:11 (10 km) [5][6]
8th 21 May 1994   Mikhail Schennikov (RUS) 1:20:34   Yelena Nikolayeva (RUS) 43:09 (10 km) [5][6]
8th 20 May 1995   Mikhail Schennikov (RUS) 1:20:34   Yelena Nikolayeva (RUS) 43:22 (10 km) [5][6]
9th[a] 20 Apr 1996   Robert Korzeniowski (POL) 1:21:46   Annarita Sidoti (ITA) 43:26 (10 km) [5][6]
10th 17 May 1997   Ilya Markov (RUS) 1:21:27   Yelena Nikolayeva (RUS) 42:12 (10 km) [5][6]
11th 16 May 1998   Jefferson Pérez (ECU) 1:19:40   Annarita Sidoti (ITA) 43:31 (10 km) [5][6]
12th 15 May 1999   Paquillo Fernández (ESP) 1:21:55   Claudia Iovan-Stef (ROM) 43:04 (10 km) [5][6]
13th 20 May 2000   Michele Didoni (ITA) 1:22:45   Claudia Iovan-Stef (ROM) 44:35 (10 km) [5][6]
14th 9 Jun 2001   David Márquez (ESP) 1:22:54   Olimpiada Ivanova (RUS) 1:31:22 [5][6]
15th 16 Mar 2002   Mikel Odriozola Dominguez (ESP) 3:47:55 (50 km)   Maria Vasco Gallardo (ESP) 1:28:47 [5][6]
16th 7 Jun 2003   Robert Korzeniowsky (POL) 1:19:56   Yelena Nikolayeva (RUS) 1:27:25 [5][6]
17th 5 Jun 2004   Paquillo Fernández (ESP) 1:19:19   Claudia Steff (ROM) 1:27:41 [5][6]
18th 4 Jun 2005   Paquillo Fernández (ESP) 1:17:52   Cristina E. Lopez (ESA) 1:30:08 [5][6]
19th[b] 13-14 May 2006   Paquillo Fernández (ESP) 1:18:31   Rita Turava (BLR) 1:26:27 [5][6]
20th 2 Jun 2007   Paquillo Fernández (ESP) 1:18:31   Rita Turava (BLR) 1:28:44 [5][6]
21st 7 Jun 2008   Eric Tysse (NOR) 1:19:21   Kjersti Platzer (NOR) 1:29:38 [5][6]
22nd 20 Jun 2009   Yafei Chu (CHN) 1:19:51   Sabine Zimmer (GER) 1:30:20 [5][6]
23rd 19 Jun 2010   Yafei Chu (CHN) 1:21:11   Beatriz Pascual (ESP) 1:28:05 [5][6]
24th[c] 17 Sep 2011   Valery Borchin (RUS) 38:43 (10 km)   Olga Kaniskina (RUS) 42:39 (10 km) [5][7][8]
25th 9 Jun 2012   Li Jianbo (CHN) 1:20:55   Liu Hong (CHN) 1:27:32 [5][7][9]
26th 1 Jun 2013   Jared Tallent (AUS) 1:21:21   Ines Henriques (POR) 1:29:30 [5][7][10]
27th 31 May 2014   Erik B. Barrondo (GUA) 1:21:14   Liu Hong (CHN) 1:27:39 [5][7][11]
28th 6 Jun 2015   Wang Zhen (CHN) 1:18:00   Liu Hong (CHN) 1:24:28 WR [5][7][12]
29th 28 May 2016   Wang Zhen (CHN) 1:20:17   Quie Shenjie (CHN) 1:28:30 [5][7][13]
30th 3 Jun 2017   Álvaro Martín (ESP) 1:19:57   Erica Rocha De Sena (BRA) 1:29:16 [5][7][14]
31st 2 Jun 2018   Eider Arevalo (COL) 1:19:14   Quinyang Shenjie (CHN) 1:26:28 [5][7][15]
32nd 8 Jun 2019   Toshikazu Yamanishi (JPN) 1:17:41   Glenda Morejon (ECU) 1:25:29 [5][7][16]
33rd 5 Jun 2021   Diego García (ESP) 1:19:44   Sandra Lorena (COL) 1:28:24 [5][7][17]
34th 28 May 2022   Álvaro Martín (ESP) 1:19:58   Qieyang Shijie (CHN) 1:27:50 [18]
35th 3 Jun 2023   Caio Bonfim (BRA) 1:18:29   Kimberly Garcia (PER) 1:26:40 [19]

Notes edit

  1. ^ A men's 50 km walk was also held, won by García Bragado of Spain in 3:51:01.
  2. ^ A men's 50 km walk was also held, won by Denis Nizhegorodov of Russia in 3:38:02.
  3. ^ Served as the 2011 IAAF Race Walking Challenge Final

References edit

  1. ^ "World Athletics Race Walking Tour | World Athletics". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 2024-04-09.
  2. ^ a b c "Historia | Gran Premio de Cantones". www.cantones.gal (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-04-10.
  3. ^ "Yang smashes world 20km race walk record with 1:23:49 | REPORT | World Athletics". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 2024-04-10.
  4. ^ "Gran Premio de Marcha Cantones de la Coruña-Sergio Vazquez | List of Plaques | Heritage | World Athletics". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 2024-04-10.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah "Palmarés | Gran Premio de Cantones". www.cantones.gal (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-04-10.
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