Ernesto Canto

Ernesto Canto

Personal information
Full name	Ernesto Canto Gudiño
Born	(1959-10-18) October 18, 1959 Mexico City, Mexico
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	60 kg (130 lb)
Sport
Country	Mexico
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	Racewalking
Medal record Men’s Athletics Representing Mexico Olympic Games 1984 Los Angeles 20 km walk World Championships 1983 Helsinki 20 km walk Pan American Games 1983 Caracas 20 km walk CAC Junior Championships (U20) 1976 Xalapa 10,000 m track walk 1974 Maracaibo 10,000 m track walk
Updated on 25 July 2013.

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Canto and the second or maternal family name is Gudiño.

Ernesto Canto Gudiño (born 18 October 1959 in Mexico City) is a former Mexican race walker who mainly competed in the 20 kilometer walk.

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.

Personal bests

• 20 km: 1:19:37 hrs – Xalapa, 5 April 1987
• 50 km: 3:52:16 hrs – Praha, 12 April 1982

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Mexico
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 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
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
1992	Olympic Games	Barcelona, Spain	29th	20 km	1:33:51

External links

• Ernesto Canto profile at IAAF
• sports-reference