Raúl González Rodríguez (born February 29, 1952) is a Mexican former race walker. He set the world record in the 50-kilometres racewalk twice in 1978 (3:45:52 and 3:41:20). As of October 2011, it still was the North American record.
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| Full name | Raúl González Rodríguez | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1952-02-29) February 29, 1952 (age 70) China, Nuevo León, Mexico | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 64 kg (141 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Racewalking | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Gonzalez won the 50 km racewalk at the IAAF World Race Walking Cup in 1977, 1981 and 1983. He also won a silver medal in 20 km and a gold in 50 km at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles. Gonzalez set an Olympic record winning the 50-kilometres event at 3 hours, 47 minutes, 26 seconds.[1][2]
Gonzalez was a member of the national racewalk team that received Mexico's National Sports Prize in 1977; he received the prize individually in 1978.[3] From 1988 to 1994 he was Director of National Sports Commission of Mexico, and from 2002 to 2004 executive president of the Mexican Professional Baseball League.[4]
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| 1971 | Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics | Kingston, Jamaica | 3rd | 10 km |
| 1974 | Central American and Caribbean Games | Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | 1st | 20 km |
| 1977 | World Race Walking Cup | Milton Keynes, England | 1st | 50 km |
| 1978 | Central American and Caribbean Games | Medellín, Colombia | 2nd | 20 km |
| Mexico City, Mexico | World record | 50 km | ||
| Poděbrady, Czechoslovakia | World record | 50 km | ||
| 1979 | Pan American Games | San Juan, Puerto Rico | 1st | 50 km |
| 1980 | Olympic Games | Moscow, Soviet Union | 6th | 20 km |
| DNF | 50 km | |||
| 1981 | World Race Walking Cup | Valencia, Spain | 1st | 50 km |
| Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics | Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | 2nd | 20 km | |
| 1982 | Central American and Caribbean Games | Havana, Cuba | 2nd | 20 km |
| 1st | 50 km | |||
| 1983 | World Race Walking Cup | Bergen, Norway | 1st | 50 km |
| Pan American Games | Caracas, Venezuela | 2nd | 20 km | |
| 1st | 50 km | |||
| World Championships in Athletics | Helsinki, Finland | 9th | 20 km | |
| 5th | 50 km | |||
| 1984 | Olympic Games | Los Angeles, United States | 2nd | 20 km |
| 1st | 50 km | |||
| 1987 | Pan American Games | Indianapolis, United States | 2nd | 50 km |
| World Championships in Athletics | Rome, Italy | 11th | 50 km | |
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Men's IAAF World Race Walking Cup champions | |
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Pan American Champions in men's 50km racewalk | |
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Central American and Caribbean Games Champions in Men's 20 km Walk | |
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| Preceded by | Men's 50km Walk World Record Holder April 23, 1978 – March 13, 1983 |
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