Bernardo Segura

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Bernardo Segura Rivera (born February 11, 1970, in

race walker
. He is the current holder of the 20,000m World Record for Race Walking on a track with a time of 1:17:25.6. In the
2000 Olympic Games, Segura finished first the 20 km walk. However, he was disqualified by the judges while he was being congratulated by then president Ernesto Zedillo
.

Achievements

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Mexico
1992 Pan American Race Walking Cup
Guatemala City, Guatemala
1st 20 km 1:24:09
1993 World Student Games Buffalo, United States 3rd 20 km
World Championships
Stuttgart, Germany
20 km DSQ
1994 Pan American Race Walking Cup
Atlanta, United States
1st 20 km 1:24:15
1995 World Race Walking Cup
China
3rd 20 km
World Championships
Gothenburg, Sweden
20 km
DNF
1996 Olympic Games
Atlanta, United States
3rd
20 km
1998 Central American and Caribbean Games Maracaibo, Venezuela 2nd 20 km
1999 Pan American Games
Winnipeg, Canada
1st 20 km
World Race Walking Cup Mézidon-Canon, France 1st 20 km
2000 Pan American Race Walking Cup
Poza Rica, Mexico
1st 20 km 1:22:47
Olympic Games
Sydney, Australia
20 km
DSQ
2003
Pan American Games
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic 2nd 20 km
World Championships
Paris, France
20 km
DSQ
2004 Olympic Games
Athens, Greece
20 km DNF
2005 World Championships
Helsinki, Finland
20 km DSQ

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