Ernesto Canto

Personal information
Full name	Ernesto Canto Gudiño
Born	(1959-10-18)18 October 1959 Mexico City, Mexico
Died	20 November 2020(2020-11-20) (aged 61) Mexico City, Mexico
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	60 kg (132 lb)
Sport
Country	Mexico
Sport	Athletics
Event	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.

Ernesto Canto Gudiño (18 October 1959 – 20 November 2020) was a 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.

Canto died in 2020 at the age of 61 from pancreatic and liver cancer.^[1][2]

Personal bests

• 20 km: 1:19:37 hrs – Xalapa, 5 April 1987
• 50 km: 3:52:16 hrs – Prague, 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 Championships	Helsinki, Finland	1st	20 km	1:20:49
	Pan American Games	Caracas, Venezuela	1st	20 km	1:28:12
	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
	Pan American Games	Indianapolis, United States	–	20 km	DNF
	World Championships	Rome, Italy	–	20 km	DSQ
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
1991	Pan American Games	Havana, Cuba	5th	20 km	1:28:22
1992	Olympic Games	Barcelona, Spain	29th	20 km	1:33:51