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
5000 metres race walk Russia set the 5,000 m race walk world indoor record in Moscow in a time of 18:07.08. The faster all-time men's best outdoor mark is held by Hatem Ghoula of Tunisia, at 18:05.49. The all-time women's best 5,000 m race-walk mark was set outdoor and is held by Eleonora Giorgi of Italy, at 20:01.80. 5000 metres race walk The 5000 metres race walk is a racewalking event. The event is competed as a track race and was part of the athletics programme for men at the IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics until 1993. It is also an event in