Managua, the capital of Nicaragua, hosts the 11th Juegos Deportivos Centroamericanos from 9 to 12 December 2017.

Athletics is organized with the support of the Federacion Costarricense de Atletismo.

On the second day of competitions (December 10, 2017) the three walking events were scheduled, starting at times almost impossible for the European race walk, but obviously dependent on the climatic conditions of heat and humidity.

At 5:30am the men's 35km race started with four athletes at the start:

# 64: Luis Alfonso Lopez Menjivar (ESA)

# 77: Bernardo Uriel Barrondo Garcia (GUA)

# 96: Luis Angel Sanchez Perez (GUA)

# 124: Jose Leonidas Romero (HON)

At 5:40am the two 20km instead started: 

The male event saw five athletes at the start:

# 56: Frank Alberto Hernandez Silva (ESA)

# 83: Erick Bernabé Barrondo Garcia (GUA)

# 91: Jose Maria Raymundo Cox (GUA)

# 163: Osman Antonio Flores Suazo (NCA)

# 196: Yassir Ahmet Cabrera Lopez (PAN)

The female event saw six athletes at the start:

# 76: Yesenia Ivania Miranda Rivas (ESA)

# 101: Maritza Rafaela Poncio Tzul (GUA)

# 103: Mayra Carolina Herrera Perez (GUA)

# 105: Mirna Sucely Ortiz Flores (GUA)

# 146: Glenda Ubeda Blandon (NCA)

# 155: Maria Cortez Blandon (NCA)

The results

20km men

Victory in absolute tranquility to Erick Bernabé Barrondo (GUA) in 1:26:41 which represents the new record of the Juegos Deportivos Centroamericanos (previous of 1:27:45 established by Julio Martinez, GUA in the 1994 edition)

Second place to José Maria Raymundo Cox (GUA) in 1:30:34

Third place to Yassir Ameth Cabrera Lopez (PAN) in 1:33:40

20km women

The first three places went all to athletes from Guatemala.

Victory to Mirna Sucely Ortiz Flores (GUA) in 1:35:15 which represents the new record of the Juegos Deportivos Centroamericanos (previous of 1:40:29 established by Natividad Teresita Collado, GUA in the 2001 edition)

Second place to Mayra Carolina Herrera Perez (GUA) in 1:35:46

Third place to Maritza Rafaela Poncio Tzul (GUA) in 1:38:80

35km men

Guatemala on the shields also in the 35km.

Victory to Bernardo Uriel Barrondo Garcia (GUA) in 2:46.39. Also this time represents the new record of the Juegos Deportivos Centroamericanos (previous of 2:55.34 established by Julio Uria, GUA in the 1997 edition).

Second place to Jose Leonidas Romero (HON) in 2:57:21

Third place to Luis Angel Sanchez Perez (GUA) in 3: 05.44

The medals table of race walking show 3 gold medals, 2 silver medals and 2 bronze medals for Guatemala.

(co-operation and photos  by Carlos Barrios - GUA)

Full results in the section Results or download directly from this link: click here