Mexico at the 2007 Pan American Games
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2007 Pan American Games
The 2007 Pan American Games, officially known as the XV Pan American Games, were a major continental multi-sport event that took place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from July 13 to July 29, 2007. A total of 5,633 athletes from 42 National Olympic Committees competed in 332 events in 34 sports and in...

were held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from 13 to 29 July 2007. Mexico participated with 400 athletes and 218 staff members (delegates, officials, medical and auxiliary staff).

Goals

Mexican athletes achieved the Mexican Olympic Committee goal for the National representation as they ended up placed at the 5th place in general medal count
2007 Pan American Games medal count
The 2007 Pan American Games, officially known as the XV Pan American Games, were a continental multi-sport event held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from July 13 to July 29, 2007. At the Games, 5,633 athletes selected from 42 National Olympic Committees participated in 332 events in 34...

, same place obtained at the 14th Pan American Games
2003 Pan American Games
The 14th Pan American Games were held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, from 1 to 17 August 2003. The successful bid for the games was made in the mid-1990s, when this country had one of the highest growth rates in Latin America....

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Athletics
Athletics at the 2007 Pan American Games
The athletics competition at the 2007 Pan American Games was held at the Flamengo Park and Estádio Olímpico João Havelange in Rio de Janeiro between 22 July and 29 July 2007...

María Romary Rifka
Romary Rifka
María Romary Rifka González is a female Mexican high jumper. She is married to track & field athlete, Alejandro Cárdenas. Her personal best jump is 1.97 metres, achieved in April 2004 in Xalapa. This is the current Mexican record.-Achievements:-References:...

– Women's high jump
High jump
The high jump is a track and field athletics event in which competitors must jump over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without the aid of certain devices in its modern most practiced format; auxiliary weights and mounds have been used for assistance; rules have changed over the years....

Ana Gabriela Guevara Espinoza
Ana Guevara
Ana Gabriela Guevara Espinoza is a now-retired Mexican track and field athlete, specialized in the 400 meters. Her career began in 1996 carrying out diverse tours, participating in her first international competences...

– Women's 400m
José David Galván
David Galván
José David Galván Martínez is a Mexican long-distance runner who specializes in the 5000 and 10,000 metres...

– Men's 10000m

Boxing
Boxing at the 2007 Pan American Games
The Men's Boxing Tournament at the 2007 Pan American Games was held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from July 20 to July 28. It served as a qualification tournament for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, PR China...

Carlos Cuadras Quiroa
Carlos Cuadras
Carlos Roberto Cuadras Quiroa is an undefeated Mexican professional boxer in the Super Flyweight division and the current WBC Youth Intercontinental and the WBC Continental Americas Super Flyweight Champion...

– Men's bantman 54Kg

Canoeing
Canoeing at the 2007 Pan American Games
Canoeing at the 2007 Pan American Games took place at the Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas, the same venue that hosted the Rowing and Water Skiing...

José Cristóbal Quirino
Everardo Cristóbal
José Everardo Cristóbal Quirino is a Mexican sprint canoer who has been competing since 2005....

– Men's C1 1000m and 500 categories.
Manuel Cortina and Jesús Valdez – Men's K2 1000m and 500m categories.
Manuel Cortina – Men's K1 500m

Diving
Diving at the 2007 Pan American Games
This page shows the results of the Diving Competition for men and women at the 2007 Pan American Games, held from July 25 to July 28, 2007 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil...

Paola Espinosa
Paola Espinosa
Paola Milagros Espinosa Sánchez is an athlete from Mexico. She competes in diving and represented Mexico at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens and again at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, being her national team's flagbearer in the latter...

– Women's 10m platform and 3m springboard categories.
Paola Espinosa
Paola Espinosa
Paola Milagros Espinosa Sánchez is an athlete from Mexico. She competes in diving and represented Mexico at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens and again at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, being her national team's flagbearer in the latter...

and Laura Sánchez – Women's 3m synch springboard

Judo
Judo at the 2007 Pan American Games
The judo competition for men and women at the 2007 Pan American Games was held from August 1 to August 17, 2007 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. There were seven weight divisions, for both men and women.-Extra-Lightweight :...

Vanessa Zambotti
Vanessa Zambotti
Vanessa Zambotti-Barreto is a judoka from Mexico.-Biography:Vanessa was born in Parral, Chihuahua what is region of very good wine. She lives in Mexico City and trains judo in CONADE....

– Women's over 78Kg

Squash
Squash at the 2007 Pan American Games
This page shows the results of the Squash Competition at the 2007 Pan American Games, held from July 14 to July 19 at the Miécimo da Silva Complex in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil...

Erick Gálvez – Men's individual.

Taekwondo
Taekwondo at the 2007 Pan American Games
Taekwondo at the 2007 Pan American Games was held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from July 14 to July 17, 2007, at Pavilhão 4A of the Riocentro Sports Complex...

Alejandra Gaal – Women's up to 49Kg
Iridia Salazar
Iridia Salazar
Iridia Salazar Blanco is a Mexican taekwondo practitioner and Olympic medalist. She competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where she received a bronze medal in the 57 kg class....

– Women's from 49 to 57Kg
María del Rosario Espinoza
María del Rosario Espinoza
María del Rosario Espinoza, is a Mexican taekwondo practitioner. Espinoza stands at 173 cm and weighs 69 kg....

– Women's above 67Kg

Weightlifting
Weightlifting at the 2007 Pan American Games
This page shows the results of the Weightlifting Competition at the 2007 Pan American Games, held from July 14 to July 18, 2007 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. There were a total number of fifteen medal events, eight for men and seven for women...

Carolina Valencia
Carolina Valencia
Carolina Valencia Hernández is a female weightlifter from Mexico. She won the gold medal at the 2007 Pan American Games for her native North American country in the − 48 kg weight division....

– Women's up to 48Kg category (First Gold medal for Mexico at the 2007 Pan American Games).

Athletics
Athletics at the 2007 Pan American Games
The athletics competition at the 2007 Pan American Games was held at the Flamengo Park and Estádio Olímpico João Havelange in Rio de Janeiro between 22 July and 29 July 2007...

Dulce María Rodríguez de la Cruz – Women's 10,000m
Juan Luis Barrios
Juan Luis Barrios
Juan Luis Barrios Nieves is a Mexican athlete. He is 173 cm tall and weighs 65 kg . He participated at the 2008 Summer Olympics and finished seventh in the men's 5000 metres...

– Men's 5000m and 1500m categories.
Horacio Nava
Horacio Nava
Horacio Nava Reza is a male race walker from Mexico.-Achievements:-References:*...

– Men's 50Km walk
Giovanni Lanaro
Giovanni Lanaro
Giovanni Alessandro Lanaro is a Mexican pole vaulter.-Youth and college:Giovanni Lanaro attended West Covina High School in California; Lanaro pole vaulted as a freshman in high school but suffered a back injury as well as a fractured ankle skateboarding that prevented him from vaulting the next...

– Men's pole vault
Talis Apud – Women's 3000m steeplechase
Ana Gabriela Guevara Espinoza
Ana Guevara
Ana Gabriela Guevara Espinoza is a now-retired Mexican track and field athlete, specialized in the 400 meters. Her career began in 1996 carrying out diverse tours, participating in her first international competences...

, Gabriela E. Medina, Zudykey Rodríguez and María Teresa Rugeiro – Women's 4x400m relay

Archery
Archery at the 2007 Pan American Games
The Archery competitions at the 2007 Panamerican Games were held on the Deodoro Military Club from July 24 to July 28, 2007.-Athletes:64 athletes, 32 men and 32 women, from 14 countries will be competing for the 12 medals to be awarded....

Aida Román
Aida Román
Aida Nabila Román Arroyo is an athlete from Mexico who competes in archery.-2008 Summer Olympics:At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing Román finished her ranking round with a total of 646 points...

– Women's individual.

Canoeing
Canoeing at the 2007 Pan American Games
Canoeing at the 2007 Pan American Games took place at the Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas, the same venue that hosted the Rowing and Water Skiing...

José Cristóbal Quirino
Everardo Cristóbal
José Everardo Cristóbal Quirino is a Mexican sprint canoer who has been competing since 2005....

and Gilberto Soriano
Gilberto Soriano
Gilberto Soriano is a Mexican sprint canoer who competed in the early 1970s. He was eliminated in the repechages of both the K-2 1000 m and K-4 1000 m events at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.-References:*...

– Men's C2 500m

Cycling
Cycling at the 2007 Pan American Games
There were four cycling events at the 2007 Pan American Games: road cycling, track cycling, mountain bike and bmx racing.-Men's events:-Women's events:-Men's events:-Women's events:-Mountain bike:-BMX:-Medal table:-References:*...

Alexandra Giuseppina Grassi – Women's individual pursuit
Individual pursuit
The individual pursuit is a track cycling event where two cyclists begin the race from a stationary position on opposite sides of the track.The event is held over 4 km for men and 3 km for women. The two riders start at the same time and set off to complete the race distance in the...

Belem Guerrero Méndez
Belem Guerrero
Belem Guerrero Méndez is a Mexican track cyclist who represented Mexico at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens where she won a silver medal in the Women's Points Race.-Palmarès:19971998199920012002...

– Women's road race
Road bicycle racing
Road bicycle racing is a bicycle racing sport held on roads, using racing bicycles. The term "road racing" is usually applied to events where competing riders start simultaneously with the winner being the first to the line at the end of the course .Historically, the most...


Diving
Diving at the 2007 Pan American Games
This page shows the results of the Diving Competition for men and women at the 2007 Pan American Games, held from July 25 to July 28, 2007 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil...

Paola Espinosa
Paola Espinosa
Paola Milagros Espinosa Sánchez is an athlete from Mexico. She competes in diving and represented Mexico at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens and again at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, being her national team's flagbearer in the latter...

and Tatiana Ortiz Galicia
Tatiana Ortiz
Tatiana Ortíz Galicia is an athlete from Mexico. She competes in diving and represented Mexico at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she won a bronze medal in the 10m Synchronized Platform with Paola Espinosa....

– Women's 10m synch platform
Laura Sánchez – Women's 3m springboard
Rommel Pacheco
Rommel Pacheco
Rommel Pacheco is a Mexican diver. He was the gold medalist in the 10-meter platform at the 2003 Pan American Games. In the 2004 Summer Olympics he finished in 10th place in the 10-meter platform and 3-meter springboard. In the 2008 Summer Olympics he finished in 8th place in the 10-meter...

– Men's 10m platform

Rhythmic gimnastics

Cynthia Yasmin Valdez Pérez – Women's individual all-around
Ruth Castillo Galindo – Women's individual apparatus, hoop

Karate
Karate at the 2007 Pan American Games
This page shows the results of the Karate Competition for men and women at the 2007 Pan American Games, held from July 26 to July 27, 2007 in the Algodão Gymnasium located in the Miécimo da Silva Sports Complex in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil...

Bertha Gutiérrez – Women's under 60Kg

Rowing
Rowing at the 2007 Pan American Games
Rowing at the 2007 Pan American Games took place at the Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas, the same venue that hosted the Canoe and Kayak and Water Skiing events...

Analicia Ramírez and Lila Pérez – Women's lightweight double sculls

Sailing
Sailing at the 2007 Pan American Games
Sailing competitions at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio De Janiero was held in July 2011 at the Marina da Gloria.-Men's events:-Women's events:-Open events:-References:...

Tania Elías Calles Wolf – Women's one person dinghy, laser radial

Swimming
Swimming at the 2007 Pan American Games
The swimming competitions at the 2007 Pan American Games consisted of 34 events, held on and at:*pool: July 16-22, Maria Lenk Aquatic Park*open water : July 14, Copacabana Beach-Pool schedule:-Men's events:-Women's events:...

Patricia Midori Castañeda Miyamoto
Patricia Midori Castañeda Miyamoto
Patricia Midori Castañeda Miyamoto is a Mexican swimmer. She also goes by just Patricia Castañeda.At the 2007 Pan American Games, she garnered 2 silver medals by finishing second in the 400m and 800m freestyle....

– Women's 400m and 800m freestyle categories.

Weightlifting
Weightlifting at the 2007 Pan American Games
This page shows the results of the Weightlifting Competition at the 2007 Pan American Games, held from July 14 to July 18, 2007 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. There were a total number of fifteen medal events, eight for men and seven for women...

Cinthya Domínguez
Cinthya Domínguez
Cinthya Domínguez is a female weightlifter from Mexico. She won the silver medal at the 2007 Pan American Games for her native Central American country in the – 69 kg weight division.-References:*...

– Women's up to 69Kg
Damaris Aguirre – Women's up to 75Kg

Archery
Archery at the 2007 Pan American Games
The Archery competitions at the 2007 Panamerican Games were held on the Deodoro Military Club from July 24 to July 28, 2007.-Athletes:64 athletes, 32 men and 32 women, from 14 countries will be competing for the 12 medals to be awarded....

Jorge Chapoy, Juan René Serrano
Juan Rene Serrano
Juan René Serrano Gutiérrez is an athlete from Mexico. He competes in archery.Serrano competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's individual archery. He won his first match, advancing to the round of 32. In the second round of elimination, he was defeated...

and Eduardo Vélez
Eduardo Vélez
Eduardo Luis Vélez Sanchez is an athlete from Mexico, who competes in archery.-2008 Summer Olympics:At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Vélez finished his ranking round with a total of 660 points, which gave him the 24th seed for the final competition bracket in which he faced Vic Wunderle in...

– Men's team

Athletics
Athletics at the 2007 Pan American Games
The athletics competition at the 2007 Pan American Games was held at the Flamengo Park and Estádio Olímpico João Havelange in Rio de Janeiro between 22 July and 29 July 2007...

María Esther Sánchez Coyote – Women's 20Km walk
Alejandro Suárez
Alejandro Suárez
Alejandro Suárez Velázquez is a Mexican long-distance runner who specializes in the 5000 metres. His personal best time is 13:18.13 minutes, achieved in June 2003 in Victoria...

– Men's 10000m
Leticia Rocha de la Cruz – Women's 5000m
Omar Cepeda de León – Men's 50Km walk
Procopio Franco – Men's marathon.

Baseball
Baseball at the 2007 Pan American Games
Baseball at the 2007 Pan American Games took place at Cidade do Rock which received temporary facilities for baseball competitions, with a stadium and training fields...

Mexican
Mexico national baseball team
The Mexico national baseball team is the baseball team which represents Mexico in international tournaments. They are currently the eighth ranked baseball team in the world.-Pan American Games:*1951 Bronze Medal *1963 Bronze Medal...

and Nicaraguan
Nicaragua national baseball team
The Nicaragua national baseball team is the national baseball team of Nicaragua. Considered the best in Central America along with Panama It represents Nicaragua in international tournaments.- Placings :Olympic Games* 1992 : did not qualify...

men's national teams, Bronze medal in Baseball, the game was cancelled due to rain, and the Organizing Committee decided to award the medal to both teams.

Beach Volleyball
Beach Volleyball at the 2007 Pan American Games
The beach volleyball tournaments at the 2007 Pan American Games were held from 17 to 22 July 2007 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.-Men's tournament:-Women's tournament:-References:*...

Bibiana Candelas
Bibiana Candelas
Bibiana Candelas Ramírez is a 6'5" beach volleyball and indoor volleyball player who represented her native country, Mexico, at the 2008 Olympics with her beach partner, Mayra Garcia....

and Mayra García
Mayra García
Mayra Aide García Lopez is a female beach volleyball player from Mexico, who won the silver medal in the women's beach team competition at the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, partnering Hilda Gaxiola...

– Women's beach volleyball.

Boxing
Boxing at the 2007 Pan American Games
The Men's Boxing Tournament at the 2007 Pan American Games was held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from July 20 to July 28. It served as a qualification tournament for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, PR China...

Braulio Ávila Juárez
Braulio Ávila
Braulio Ávila Juárez is a Mexican amateur boxer from Cuahixmatlac in the state of Tlaxcala, best known for winning the bronze medal at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games and PanAmGames at flyweight.-Career:...

– Men's fly 51Kg

Bowling
Bowling at the 2007 Pan American Games
The bowling competition of the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janiero, Brazil was held at the Barra Bowling Center from July 23 to July 26. There were 4 events on offer.-Medal table:-Events:-References:*...

Sandra Góngora and Adriana Pérez – Women's doubles.

Canoeing
Canoeing at the 2007 Pan American Games
Canoeing at the 2007 Pan American Games took place at the Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas, the same venue that hosted the Rowing and Water Skiing...

Anca Ionela Mateescu – Women's K1 500m

Cycling
Cycling at the 2007 Pan American Games
There were four cycling events at the 2007 Pan American Games: road cycling, track cycling, mountain bike and bmx racing.-Men's events:-Women's events:-Men's events:-Women's events:-Mountain bike:-BMX:-Medal table:-References:*...

Laura Lorenza Morfin Macouzet – Women's mountain bike
Belem Guerrero Méndez – women's points race

Football
Football at the 2007 Pan American Games
The football tournaments at the 15th Pan American Games were held in Rio de Janeiro in July 2007. The fifteenth edition of the men's competition was played by 12 teams, while the third edition of the women's tournament was played by 10 countries....

Mexico men's national team
Mexico national football team
The Mexican national football team represents Mexico in association football and is governed by the Mexican Football Federation , the governing body for football in Mexico. Mexico's home stadium is the Estadio Azteca and their head coach is José Manuel de la Torre...

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Rhythmic gymnastics

Ruth Castillo Galindo – Women's individual all-around
Cynthia Yasmín Valdez Pérez – Women's individual apparatus, rope, clubs and ribbon categories.
Blajaith Aguilar Rojas, Sofía Díaz de León Lastras, Marienne Montserrat Martínez Medina, Ana Cristina Ortega Benítez, Citlaly Quinta Álvarez and Sara Elizabeth Reyes Rodríguez – Women's all-around

Sailing
Sailing at the 2007 Pan American Games
Sailing competitions at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio De Janiero was held in July 2011 at the Marina da Gloria.-Men's events:-Women's events:-Open events:-References:...

David Mier y Terán – Men's Windsurfer, Neil Pryde RS:X
Andrés Akle Carranza and Jorge Xavier Murrieta – Men's double-handed dinghy, snipe

Shooting
Shooting at the 2007 Pan American Games
Shooting competitions at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio De Janiero were held in July 2007 at the Deodoro Military Club.-Medal table:Key:-Men's events:-Women's events:-References:...

José Roberto Elías Orozco – Men's 10m air rifle
Alix Moncada – Women's 10m air rifle
Ariel Mauricio Flores Gómez – Men's skeet
Skeet shooting
Skeet shooting is one of the three major types of competitive shotgun target shooting sports . There are several types of skeet, including one with Olympic status , and many with only national recognition.- General principles :Skeet is a recreational and competitive activity where...


Squash
Squash at the 2007 Pan American Games
This page shows the results of the Squash Competition at the 2007 Pan American Games, held from July 14 to July 19 at the Miécimo da Silva Complex in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil...

Samantha Terán
Samantha Teran
Samantha Quintanilla Teran is a professional female squash player who represents Mexico. Teran first joined the WISPA Tour in 2000, and she entered the world top twenty for the first time in 2008 as she won the eighth and ninth Tour titles of her career...

– Women's Squash.
Samantha Terán
Samantha Teran
Samantha Quintanilla Teran is a professional female squash player who represents Mexico. Teran first joined the WISPA Tour in 2000, and she entered the world top twenty for the first time in 2008 as she won the eighth and ninth Tour titles of her career...

, Karina Herrera Zúñiga and Nayelli Hernández – Women's team
Erick Gálvez
Eric Galvez
Eric Galvez is a professional squash player who represented Mexico. He reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 33 in February 2007.- External links :...

, Jorge Baltazar
Jorge Baltazar
Jorge Isaac Baltazar Ferreira is a professional male squash player who represented Mexico. He reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 46 in December 2008.- External links :...

and Marcos Méndez – Men's team

Swimming
Swimming at the 2007 Pan American Games
The swimming competitions at the 2007 Pan American Games consisted of 34 events, held on and at:*pool: July 16-22, Maria Lenk Aquatic Park*open water : July 14, Copacabana Beach-Pool schedule:-Men's events:-Women's events:...

Juan Veloz
Juan Veloz
Juan José Veloz Dávila is an Olympic and national record-holding swimmer for Mexico. He swam for his native country at the 2000, 2004, and 2008 Olympics.-Career:...

– Men's 200m butterfly

Taekwondo
Taekwondo at the 2007 Pan American Games
Taekwondo at the 2007 Pan American Games was held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from July 14 to July 17, 2007, at Pavilhão 4A of the Riocentro Sports Complex...

José Luis Ramírez – Men's from 68 to 80Kg

Tennis
Tennis at the 2007 Pan American Games
Tennis at the 2007 Pan American Games was played at the Marapendi Club, which has previously hosted Davis Cup ties. Due to the 2007 Davis Cup, the men's competition was delayed one week. The women's events took place from July 18 to 22, while the men competed between July 23 and July 28.-Medal...

Santiago González and Víctor Romero – Men's team

Wrestling
Wrestling at the 2007 Pan American Games
Wrestling competitions at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio De Janeiro was held from July 14 to July 18 at the Riocentro Complex.-Medal table:Key:-Freestyle :-Greco-Roman :-Freestyle:...

Oscar Aguilar – Men's greco-roman 96Kg

Artistic gymnastics

The Pan American Games Organizing Committee decided to revoke the Bronze medal obtained by the Mexican Women's gymnastics team (Marisela Arizmendi Torres, Maricela Cantú Mata, Yesenia Estrada Martínez, Érika Mariene García Aguiñaga, Elsa García Rodríguez Blancas and Yeny Ibarra Valdez); Marisela Arizmendi Torres had an accreditation as an official ("As" accreditation) instead of being registered as an athlete ("Ao" accreditation), therefore the PASO
Pan American Sports Organisation
The Pan American Sports Organization is an international organization which represents the current 41 National Olympic Committees of the North American and South American continents. It is the Continental Association of the Americas...

 Executive Committee decided to revoke the bronze medal and award it to the Canadian
Canada at the 2007 Pan American Games
This is a list of medals won by participants representing Canada at the 2007 Pan American Games.- Gold:*Men's 400 m Hurdles: Adam Kunkel*Men's Hammer throw: James Steacy*Men's Shot put: Dylan Armstrong*Women's 800 metres: Diane Cummins...

 Women's team, who came up as 4th during the competition.

Women's Team Competition

  • Team Roster
  • Jennifer Arriola
  • Veronica Carmona
  • Alejandra Delgado
  • Abril Selene García
  • Erika Gomez
  • Fernanda Gutierrez
  • Lourdes Machuca
  • Taine Ramírez
  • Sandra Ramos
  • Zazil Salman
  • Brisa Silva
  • Melendez Villavicencio

Men's Competition

  • Arturo Garza
  • 1:53:43.51 – 9th place
  • Leonardo Saucedo
  • 1:56:26.50 – 18th place
  • Javier Rosas Sierra
  • 1:56:49.99 – 19th place

Women's Competition

  • Melody Angel Ramírez
  • 2:00:44.24 – 5th place
  • Adriana Corona
  • 2:01:00.46 – 7th place
  • Dunia Gómez Tirado
  • 2:04:20.30 – 15th place

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