Athletics at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's 50 kilometres walk

The men's 50 kilometres walk competition of the athletics events at the 2011 Pan American Games took place on the 29 of October at the Guadalajara Circuit and Route. The defending Pan American Games champion was Xavier Moreno of Ecuador.

Men's 50 kilometres walk at the 2011 Pan American Games
Venue	Guadalajara Circuit and Route
Dates	October 29
Competitors	16 from 9 nations
Winning time	3:48:58
Medalists
Horacio Nava   Mexico   José Leyver   Mexico   Jaime Quiyuch   Guatemala
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Records

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

Qualification standards

This event did not require any qualification standard be met.

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
October 29, 2011	7:30	Final

Abbreviations

• All times shown are in hours:minutes:seconds

DNF	did not finish
PR	pan American games record
WR	world record
DQ	disqualified
NR	national record
PB	personal best
SB	season best

Results

16 athletes from 9 countries competed.

Final

Rank	Rider	Time	Notes
	Horacio Nava (MEX)	3:48:58
	José Leyver (MEX)	3:49:16	PB
	Jaime Quiyuch (GUA)	3:50:33	PB
4	Fredy Hernández (COL)	4:00:12
5	Jonathan Rieckmann (BRA)	4:04:07	PB
6	Emerson Hernández (ESA)	4:12:53
7	Néstor Rueda (COL)	4:17:40
8	Bernardo Calvo (CRC)	4:21:19	NR
9	Benjamin Shorey (USA)	4:33:25
	Anibal Paau (GUA)	DNF
	Rolando Saquipay (ECU)	DNF
	Allan Segura (CRC)	DNF
	Edward Araya (CHI)	DQ
	Andrés Chocho (ECU)	DQ
	Mario Santos Junior (BRA)	DQ
	David Talcott (USA)	DQ