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

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

Qualification

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

DateTimeRound
July 26, 2015Final

Abbreviations

  • All times shown are in hours:minutes:seconds
KEY:qFastest non-qualifiersQQualifiedNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal bestDQDisqualified

Results

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

Final

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
Andrés Chocho  Ecuador3:50:13SB
Erick Barrondo  Guatemala3:55:57
Horacio Nava  Mexico3:57:28
4Jonnathan Cáceres  Ecuador4:00:58
5Cristian Berdeja  Mexico4:05:44
6James Rendón  Colombia4:06:52
7Mario Alfonso Bran  Guatemala4:15:06
8Cláudio dos Santos  Brazil4:18:08
John Nunn  United StatesDNF
Jonathan Riekmann  BrazilDNF
Pavel Chihuán  PeruDNF
Edward Araya  ChileDSQ
Creighton Connolly  CanadaDSQ
Jorge Armando Ruiz  ColombiaDSQ

References