1998 Pan American Race Walking Cup

1998 Pan American Race Walking Cup
Organisers	Pan American Race Walking Committee
Edition	8th
Date	3–4 October
Host city	Miami, Florida,   United States
Venue	Biscayne Boulevard, Bayfront Park
Events	3
Participation	61 athletes from 9 nations
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The 1998 Pan American Race Walking Cup was held in Miami, Florida, United States. The track of the Cup runs in the Biscayne Boulevard, Bayfront Park. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

The women's 20 km race was held for the first time replacing the women's 10 km competition.

Complete results, ^{[1] [2]} medal winners until 2011, ^[4] and the results for the Mexican athletes were published. ^[5]

Medallists

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Men
20 km walk	Ignacio Zamudio  (MEX)	1:28:33	Daniel García  (MEX)	1:29:58	Joel Sánchez  (MEX)	1:30:23
50 km walk	Carlos Mercenario  (MEX)	4:06:38	Rubén Arikado  (MEX)	4:12:01	Rogelio Sánchez  (MEX)	4:17:18
Men (Team)
Team 20 km walk	México	6 pts	United States	34 pts	Canada	35 pts
Team 50 km walk	México	6 pts	United States	15 pts
Women
20 km walk	Joanne Dow  (USA)	1:38:57	Teresa Vaill  (USA)	1:41:02	María del Rosario Sánchez  (MEX)	1:42:22
Women (Team)
Team 20 km walk	United States	9 pts	México	14 pts	Canada	38 pts

Results

Men's 20 km

Place	Athlete	Time
	Ignacio Zamudio MEX	1:28:33
	Daniel García MEX	1:29:58
	Joel Sánchez MEX	1:30:23
4	Arturo Huerta CAN	1:30:35
5	Miguel Solis MEX	1:31:43
6	Alejandro López MEX	1:33:31
7	Luis Fernando García GUA	1:34:00
8	Nixon Zambrano COL	1:35:23
9	Héctor Moreno COL	1:35:57
10	Curt Clausen USA	1:37:11
11	Al Heppner USA	1:37:29
12	Omar Aguirre ECU	1:38:56
13	Jonathan Matthews USA	1:40:09
14	Mário dos Santos BRA	1:41:40
15	Tim Berrett CAN	1:42:19
16	Blair Miller CAN	1:47:03
17	Román Criollo ECU	1:47:03
18	Sérgio Vieira Galdino BRA	1:49:40
19	Sidinei Rodrigues BRA	1:50:00
20	Gary Morgan USA	1:51:18
21	Alfredo Cabrera PUR	1:56:18
—	Gordon Mosher CAN	DQ
—	Mario Alegría GUA	DQ
—	Roberto Oscal GUA	DQ
—	Orlando Díaz COL	DNF
—	Xavier Moreno ECU	DNF
—	Segundo Peñafiel ECU	DNF

Team

Place	Country	Points
	México	6 pts
	United States	34 pts
	Canada	35 pts
4	Brazil	51 pts

Men's 50 km

Place	Athlete	Time
	Carlos Mercenario MEX	4:06:38
	Rubén Arikado MEX	4:12:01
	Rogelio Sánchez MEX	4:17:18
4	Philip Dunn USA	4:25:30
5	Marco Evoniuk USA	4:36:53
6	Theron Kissinger USA	4:37:55
7	Mark Green USA	4:44:55
—	Alejandro Vele ECU	DQ
—	Francisco Berdeja MEX	DQ
—	Claudio Erasmo Vargas MEX	DQ
—	Jefferson Pérez ECU	DNF
—	Patricio Villacorte ECU	DNF
—	Hugo López GUA	DNF
—	Julio César Urías GUA	DNF

Team

Place	Country	Points
	México	6 pts
	United States	15 pts

Women's 20 km

Place	Athlete	Time
	Joanne Dow USA	1:38:57
	Teresa Vaill USA	1:41:02
	María del Rosario Sánchez MEX	1:42:22
4	Aura Morales MEX	1:43:03
5	Liliana Bermeo COL	1:43:04
6	Susan Armenta USA	1:44:58
7	Mara Ibáñez MEX	1:46:16
8	Teresita Collado GUA	1:46:37
9	Jill Zenner USA	1:47:15
10	Holly Gerke CAN	1:47:43
11	Victoria Herazo USA	1:48:02
12	Gladys Criollo ECU	1:50:02
13	Janice McCaffrey CAN	1:51:23
14	Gianetti Bonfim BRA	1:51:45
15	Susan Hornung CAN	1:52:15
16	Rosane Prigol dos Santos BRA	1:53:19
17	Zoila Reyes GUA	1:58:00
18	Lidia Ojeda de Carriego ARG	2:01:28
—	Nailze de Azevedo Pazin BRA	DNF
—	Victoria Palacios MEX	DNF

Team

Place	Country	Points
	United States	9 pts
	México	14 pts
	Canada	38 pts

Participation

The participation of 61 athletes from 9 countries is reported. ^[1]

•   Argentina (1)
•   Brazil (6)
•   Canada (7)
•   Colombia (4)
•   Ecuador (8)
•   Guatemala (7)
• México (14)
•   Puerto Rico (1)
•   United States (13)

See also

• 1998 Race Walking Year Ranking

References

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2. 1998 PAN AMERICAN RACE WALK CUP - BAYFRONT PARK - MIAMI, FLORIDA - OCTOBER 4, 1998, USA Track & Field , retrieved July 23, 2013
3. Robb, Sharon (October 2, 1998), Racewalk Gives Area Chance To Impress, Sun-Sentinel, archived from the original on March 3, 2016, retrieved July 23, 2013
4. DIRECCION TECNICA (April 24, 2013), MEDALLISTAS DE LA COPA PANAMERICANA DE MARCHA (PDF) (in Spanish), Federación Mexicana de Asociaciones de Atletismo , retrieved July 23, 2013^{[ permanent dead link ]}
5. Pineda Rodríguez, Luis (February 1, 2012), Historial de Copas Panamericanas de Caminata - Resultados de Atletas Mexicanos Participantes (PDF) (in Spanish), Federación Mexicana de Asociaciones de Atletismo, archived from the original (PDF) on May 10, 2013, retrieved July 23, 2013