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
Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 20 kilometres walk the first Olympic medal for Guatemala. , the existing World and Olympic records stood as follows. The following new Olympic record was set during this event: The following National records were set during this competition. Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 20 kilometres walk The men's 20 kilometres race walk at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London took place on 4 August on a route along The Mall and Constitution Hill in central London. Robert Heffernan and Grzegorz Sudol took the early lead, soon joined by Yusuke Suzuki. Like a bicycle race, the unheralded Suzuki steadily broke away