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Mercenario Carlos

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Date of birth   23-05-1967 Birthplace   Mexico City Nationality   Mexico

Carlos Mercenario: Olympic silver medalist in the 50 km Race walk at Barcelona
&
3 x World Race walking Cup winner

International honors

Olympic Games

Olympic silver medalist 50 km Race walk in Barcelona (E)

Podium Race walk 50 km Barcelona 1992

1.Andrey Perlov (RUS)             3 h 50' 13" 
2. Carlos Mercenario (MEX)   3 h 52' 09"
3. Ronald Weigel (D)                3 h 53' 45" 

IAAF World Race Walking Cup

3 x gold medalist on the World Race walking Cup

Podium Race walk 20 km New York City (USA) 1987 

1. Carlos Mercenario (MEX)   1 h 19' 24"
2. Viktor Mostovik (RUS)          1 h 19' 32" 
3. Anatoly Gorshkov (UA)         1 h 20' 04"  

Podium Race walk 50 km San Jose (USA) 1991 

1. Carlos Mercenario (MEX)   3 h 42' 03"
2. Simon Baker (AUS)              3 h 46' 36"
3. Ronald Weigel (D)                3 h 47' 50"

Podium Race walk 50 km Monterrey (MEX) 1993 

1. Carlos Mercenario (MEX)   3 h 50' 28"
2. Jesús Ángel Garcia (E)         3 h 52' 44" 
3.  Germán Sánchez (MEX)     3 h 54' 15" 

Pan American Games

1 x silver medalist on the Pan American Games

Podium Race walk 50 km Winnipeg (CDN) 1999 

1. Joel Sánchez (MEX)             4 h 06' 31" 
2. Carlos Mercenario (MEX)   4 h 09' 48"
3. Philip Dunn (USA)                4 h 13' 45"

3 x gold medalist on the Pan American Games

Podium Race walk 20 km Indianapolis (USA) 1987 

1. Carlos Mercenario (MEX)           1 h 24' 50"   
2. Tim Lewis (USA)                          1 h 25' 50" 
3. José Querubin Moreno (CO)       1 h 27' 08" 

Podium Race walk 50 km Havana (C) 1991

1. Carlos Mercenario (MEX)          4 h 03' 09"
2. Miguel Ángel Rodriguez (MEX)   4 h 04' 06"  
3. Edel Oliva (C)                              4 h 16' 27"    

Podium Race walk 50 km Mar del Plata (RA) 1995 

1. Carlos Mercenario (MEX)          3 h 47' 55"
2. Miguel Ángel Rodriguez (MEX)   3 h 48' 22"  
3. Julio Urias (GCA)                        3 h 49' 37"  

Central American Games

1 x silver medalist on the Central American Games

Podium Race walk 20 km Mexico City 1990 

1. Ernesto Canto (MEX)           1 h 23' 52"  
2. Carlos Mercenario (MEX)   1 h 24' 03"
3. Héctor Moreno (CO)             1 h 24' 54"  

Medal record 

Olympic Games                 1 x silver   
World Race Walking Cup   3 x gold
Pan American Games        3 x gold / 1 x silver
Central American Games   1 x silver  

  total number of medals    9 

Merits

Barriers Race walking 

barrier_1: Race walk 20 km/ 1 h 20'

1 performance under 1 h 20' over 20 km ► New York (USA)   20 km   1 h 19' 24"    

barrier_2: Race walk 50 km/ 4 h  

9 performances under 4 hours over 50 km ► best performance: San Jose (USA)   50 km   3 h 42' 03"   13,510 km/h

Best memories

My top three unforgettable memories in my career are in descending order:

♦ My silver medal in the 50 km at the Olympic Games in Barcelona 1992. This achievement at the Games in Spain has contributed to an international recognition and to the acquisition of eternal fame in my country, Mexico;

♦ My victory in the 20 km at the World Race walking Cup in New York 1987, crowned with a personal best time of 1 h 19' 24" ;

♦ My top-2 position on the prestigious Mexican all-time ranking of the 50 km Race walk. 

                  Reproduction Mexican ranking 'All Time' << Race walk 50 km  >> 
      
pos.    name athlete                distance     time             average       year      location    

  1    Raúl González                  50 km   3 h 41' 19"   13,555 km/h   1978   Podebrady (CZ)             
  2   Carlos Mercenario             50 km   3 h 42' 03"   13,510 km/h   1991   San Jose (USA)       
  3   Miguel Ángel Rodriguez    50 km   3 h 42' 45"   13,xxx km/h   1997   Podebrady (CZ)
  4   Martin Bermúdez               50 km   3 h 43' 36"   13,xxx km/h   1979   Eschborn (D)
  5   Enrique Vera-Ybánez        50 km   3 h 43' 59"   13,xxx km/h   1979   Eschborn (D)
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Note

21 Mexican athletes who have covered the Olympic distance of 50 km under the 4 hour barrier in the history of race walking, are recorded in the ranking.

Personal bests

♦ 5000 m Race walk   19' xx"   xxxx   xxxxx (xx)

♦ 10 km Race walk track   41' 50"   14,343 km/h   1986   Athens (GR)   

♦ 20 km Race walk road   1 h 19' 24"   15,113 km/h   1987   New York (USA)       

♦ 50 km Race walk road   3 h 42' 03"   13,510 km/h   1991   San Jose (USA)  

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