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. The defending Pan American Games champion is Érick Barrondo of Guatemala.
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 Iñaki Gómez came in second more than a minute back after fighting a strategic battle with the rest of the field until the last lap.
Records World Record1:17:16Saransk, RussiaSeptember 29, 2007Pan American Games record1:20:17Winnipeg, CanadaJuly 26, 1999
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).
Schedule Date Time RoundJuly 19, 2015 Final
Abbreviations All times shown are in hours:minutes:seconds KEY:qFastest non-qualifiersQQualifiedNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal bestDQDisqualified
Results
Final Rank Athlete Nation TimeNotes Evan Dunfee 1:23:06 Iñaki Gómez 1:24:25 Caio Bonfim 1:24:43 Julio César Salazar 1:25:11 Éider Arévalo 1:25:50 Marco Antonio Rodríguez 1:26:59 Eder Sánchez 1:28:16 Juan Manuel Cano 1:29:06 José María Raymundo 1:35:45 10 Luis Lopez 1:42:03 Mauricio Arteaga Yerko Araya Iván Garrido Érick Barrondo Richard Vargas
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