Ernesto Canto Gudiño (18 October 1959 – 20 November 2020) was a Mexican race walker who mainly competed in the 20 kilometer walk.
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Full name | Ernesto Canto Gudiño | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1959-10-18)18 October 1959 Mexico City, Mexico | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 20 November 2020(2020-11-20) (aged 61) Mexico City, Mexico | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 60 kg (132 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Racewalking | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Updated on 25 July 2013. |
He competed for Mexico at the 1984 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles, United States, where he won the gold medal in the men's 20 kilometer walk event.
Canto died in 2020 at the age of 61 from pancreatic and liver cancer.[1][2]
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1974 | Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-20) | Maracaibo, Venezuela | 1st | 10,000 m | 48:34.5 |
1976 | Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-20) | Xalapa, México | 1st | 10,000 m | 46:18.6 A |
1981 | World Race Walking Cup | Valencia, Spain | 1st | 20 km | 1:23:52 |
1983 | World Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 1st | 20 km | 1:20:49 |
Pan American Games | Caracas, Venezuela | 1st | 20 km | 1:28:12 | |
World Race Walking Cup | Bergen, Norway | 2nd | 20 km | 1:19:41 | |
1984 | Olympic Games | Los Angeles, United States | 1st | 20 km | 1:23:13 |
10th | 50 km | 4:07:59 | |||
1986 | Pan American Race Walking Cup | Saint Léonard, Canada | — | 20 km | DNF |
1987 | World Indoor Championships | Indianapolis, United States | 3rd | 5000 m | 18:38.71 |
World Race Walking Cup | New York City, United States | 5th | 20 km | 1:20:35 | |
Pan American Games | Indianapolis, United States | – | 20 km | DNF | |
World Championships | Rome, Italy | – | 20 km | DSQ | |
1988 | Ibero-American Championships | Ciudad de México, México | 2nd | 20 km | 1:24:29.0 A |
Olympic Games | Seoul, South Korea | — | 20 km | DSQ | |
Pan American Race Walking Cup | Mar del Plata, Argentina | 2nd | 20 km | 1:25:15 | |
1990 | Pan American Race Walking Cup | Xalapa, Mexico | 1st | 20 km | 1:21:46 |
Goodwill Games | Seattle, United States | 1st | 20,000 m | 1:23:13.12 | |
1991 | Pan American Games | Havana, Cuba | 5th | 20 km | 1:28:22 |
1992 | Olympic Games | Barcelona, Spain | 29th | 20 km | 1:33:51 |
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World Athletics Championships champions in men's 20 kilometres race walk | |
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Men's IAAF World Race Walking Cup champions | |
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Pan American Champions in men's 10km and 20km racewalk | |
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Central American and Caribbean Games Champions in Men's 20 km Walk | |
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World Best Year Performance in men's race walking | |
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50 km walk |
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