2001 Pan American Race Walking Cup
Organisers	Pan American Race Walking Committee
Edition	10th
Date	27–28 October
Host city	Cuenca, Azuay,   Ecuador
Venue	Avenida España, Parque Calderón
Events	3
Participation	59 athletes from 9 nations
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The 2001 Pan American Race Walking Cup was held in Cuenca, Azuay, Ecuador on 27–28 October. The track of the Cup runs in the Avenida España, Parque Calderón. ^[1]

The event was held jointly with the South American Race Walking Championships, featuring the men's 35 kilometres race rather than the 50 kilometres.

Complete results, ^[1] medal winners until 2011, ^[2] and the results for the Mexican athletes were published. ^[3]

Medallists

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Men
20 km walk	Alejandro López ( MEX)	1:25:25	Jefferson Pérez ( ECU)	1:26:21	Jesús Sánchez ( MEX)	1:28:30
50 km walk	Édgar Hernández ( MEX)	4:05:25	Fernando Guerrero ( MEX)	4:07:14	Germán Sánchez ( MEX)	4:09:24
Men (Team)
Team 20 km walk	México	8 pts	Ecuador	21 pts	United States	26 pts
Team 50 km walk	México	6 pts
Women
20 km walk	María Guadalupe Sánchez ( MEX)	1:38:03	Victoria Palacios ( MEX)	1:38:27	Geovana Irusta ( BOL)	1:40:23
Women (Team)
Team 20 km walk	México	7 pts	United States	34 pts

Results

Men's 20 km

Place	Athlete	Time
	Alejandro López   MEX	1:25:25
	Jefferson Pérez   ECU	1:26:21
	Jesús Sánchez   MEX	1:28:30
4	Claudio Vargas   MEX	1:29:37
5	Cristián Muñoz   CHI	1:30:00
6	Fausto Quinde   ECU	1:30:06
7	Sean Albert   USA	1:33:22
8	John Nunn   USA	1:36:36
9	Marco Taype   PER	1:37:13
10	Hugo Aros   CHI	1:37:33
11	Philip Dunn   USA	1:38:20
12	José Ramírez   PUR	1:51:43
13	Juan Albarracín   ECU	1:55:38
14	Angel Pucha   ECU	2:02:52
—	José Alessandro Bagio   BRA	DQ
—	Mário José dos Santos   BRA	DQ
—	Francielo de Souza Medeiros   BRA	DQ
—	Luis Fernando López   COL	DQ
—	Daniel García   MEX	DQ
—	Erick Guevara   MEX	DQ
—	Al Heppner   USA	DQ

Team

Place	Country	Points
	México	8 pts
	Ecuador	21 pts
	United States	26 pts

Men's 50 km

Place	Athlete	Time
	Édgar Hernández   MEX	4:05:25
	Fernando Guerrero   MEX	4:07:14
	Germán Sánchez   MEX	4:09:24
4	Juan Toscano   MEX	4:25:54
5	Dave McGovern   USA	4:54:08
6	John Soucheck   USA	4:55:07
—	Julián Choque   BOL	DQ
—	Claudio Richardson Santos   BRA	DQ
—	Luis Villagra   CHI	DQ
—	Patricio Villacorte   ECU	DQ
—	Xavier Moreno   ECU	DQ
—	Rolando Saquipay   ECU	DQ
—	Juan Albarracín   ECU	DQ
—	Angel Pucha   ECU	DQ
—	Omar Zepeda   MEX	DQ
—	Curt Clausen   USA	DQ
—	Theron Kissinger   USA	DQ
—	Cristián Muñoz   CHI	DNF
—	Eliu Barrera   CHI	DNF
—	Daniel Alexandre Voigt   BRA	DNF
—	Mário José dos Santos   BRA	DNF

Team

Place	Country	Points
	México	6 pts

Women's 20 km

Place	Athlete	Time
	María Guadalupe Sánchez   MEX	1:38:03
	Victoria Palacios   MEX	1:38:27
	Geovana Irusta   BOL	1:40:23
4	Francisca Martínez   MEX	1:40:53
5	María del Rosario Sánchez   MEX	1:42:33
6	Mara Ibáñez   MEX	1:45:53
7	Cristina Bohórquez   COL	1:46:55
8	Gianetti Bonfim   BRA	1:46:55
9	Jill Zenner   USA	1:48:24
10	Tânia Regina Spindler   BRA	1:52:50
11	Gima Castelo   ECU	1:53:41
12	Deborah Huberty   USA	2:02:47
13	Samantha Cohen   USA	2:05:33
14	Mónica Sánchez   ECU	2:05:33
—	Miriam Gutiérrez   ECU	DQ
—	Heidi Hauck   USA	DQ
—	Rosemar Piazza   BRA	DNF

Team

Place	Country	Points
	México	7 pts
	United States	34 pts

Participation

The participation of 59 athletes from 9 countries is reported. ^[1]

See also

• 2001 Race Walking Year Ranking

References