Athletics_at_the_2015_Pan_American_Games_–_Men's_20_kilometres_walk

Athletics at the 2015 Pan American Games – Men's 20 kilometres walk

Athletics at the 2015 Pan American Games – Men's 20 kilometres walk

International sporting event

The men's 20 kilometres walk competition of the athletics events at the 2015 Pan American Games took place on the 19 of July on a temporary circuit around the Ontario Place West Channel.[1] The defending Pan American Games champion is Erick Barrondo of Guatemala.

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Walking on home soil, Evan Dunfee was frustrated by the slow pace 1 km into the race, so he decided to make what turned into a one-man breakaway for victory. His Canadian training partner Inaki Gomez came in second more than a minute back after fighting a strategic battle with the rest of the field until the last lap.[2]

Records

World Record  Vladimir Kanaykin (RUS) 1:17:16 Saransk, Russia September 29, 2007
Pan American Games record  Bernardo Segura (MEX) 1:20:17 Winnipeg, Canada July 26, 1999

Qualification

Main article: Athletics at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the minimum standard (1.30.00) in the qualifying period (January 1, 2014 to June 28, 2015).[3]

Schedule

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Abbreviations

  • All times shown are in hours:minutes:seconds
KEY: qFastest non-qualifiers QQualified NRNational record PBPersonal best SBSeasonal best DQDisqualified

Results

Final

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References

  1. [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. [2]
    "Canadian Dunfee walks to Pan Am gold | The Star".
  3. [3]
    "Athletics Technical Manual" (PDF). americasathletics.org. TO2015. 11 January 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 April 2015. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
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