Athletics at the 1995 Pan American Games – Men's 20 kilometres walk Athletics at the 1995 Pan American Games – Men's 20 kilometres walk The men's 20 kilometres walk event at the 1995 Pan American Games was held in Mar del Plata on 18 March. Held on the track (50 laps), the two Mexicans and Pérez dominated the race as the others fell of the back of the lead pack. With two laps to go, the Mexicans used a team effort to box Pérez in behind a lapped walker, losing a couple of strides. A disgusted, future Olympic gold medalist, Pérez threw down his hat and took off in chase. Pérez caught
20 kilometres race walk mark who walked a then record time of 1:17:02 in Arles at the 2015 French championships. The women's world record of 1:24:38 was set by Liu Hong of China. Russian Elena Lashmanova, has served a previous ban for doping, currently holds a quicker time of 1:23:39 which is also the European record, but it has never been ratified as a world record. 20 kilometres race walk The 20 kilometre race walk is an Olympic athletics event that is competed by both men and women. The racewalking event is competed as a road race. Athletes must always keep in contact with