2003 Pan American Race Walking Cup

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|Name = 2003 Pan American Race Walking Cup

|Logo = 2003 panam racewalk logo.png

|Size = 200px

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|Organisers = Pan American Race Walking Committee

|Edition = 11th

|Date = 9 and 15 March

|Host city = Chula Vista, California, {{flagcountry|USA}}
Tijuana, Baja California, {{flagicon|Mexico}} México

|Location = Marina Parkway, Chula Vista Marina / Paseo de los Héroes, zona del Río Tijuana

|Nations participating = 10

|Athletes participating = 65 (+ 13 guests)

|Races = 3

|Website =

|Previous = 2001 Cuenca

|Next = 2005 Lima

}}

The 2003 Pan American Race Walking Cup was held in two locations: both 20 kilometres events in Chula Vista, California, United States, on 15 March. The track of the Cup ran in the Marina Parkway at Chula Vista Marina. The men's 50 kilometres event was held one week earlier 15 km away in Tijuana, Baja California, México, on 9 March. Here, the track of the Cup ran in the Paseo de los Héroes, zona del Río Tijuana, and the results were extracted from the inaugural competition of the IAAF World Race Walking Challenge, which was organized as part of the traditional XXVI International Race Walking Week (Spanish: Semana Internacional de la Caminata) held annually since in 1978.

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|title=Historia de las Copas Panamericanas de Marcha Atlética 1984-2007

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|pages=80–86

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|accessdate=July 22, 2013

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A detailed report for the 50 kilometres event was given by Javier Clavelo Robinson.

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| last = Clavelo Robinson

| first = Javier

| date = March 10, 2003

| title = García wins 50km in IAAF Race Walking Challenge in Tijuana

| url = http://www.iaaf.org/news/news/garcia-wins-50km-in-iaaf-race-walking-challen

| page =

| publisher = IAAF

| language =

| accessdate = July 22, 2013

}}

Because of a compromise with the transmitting TV companies, the start was scheduled at 10:00 rather than the usual 7:00, causing a great number of drop outs due to the hard climatic conditions during midday. The decision to move the start time for Mexican television arguably contributed to the first team loss at the 50 km distance in Pan Am Cup history for the host nation as only two of the five declared Mexican scoring team members finished the race, resulting in a team victory for the United States. The U.S. was the only nation to have three scoring finishers.{{Cite web |url=http://www.racewalking.org/31003.htm |title=Archived copy |access-date=2014-09-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304142723/http://www.racewalking.org/31003.htm |archive-date=2016-03-04 |url-status=dead }} Despite failing to finish the required three scoring finishers, the Games Committee awarded Mexico the silver and Ecuador bronze in the team competition based on having two and one finisher respectively in the extreme weather conditions.{{Cite web|url=http://www.legacy.usatf.org/events/2003/PanAmericanRWCup/results/m50km.asp|title = USATF - Events - 2003 Pan American Race Walking Cup}}

Complete results were published.

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| title = 2003 Pan American Race Walking Cup - Results - Men's 20 km Race Walk

| url = http://www.legacy.usatf.org/events/2003/PanAmericanRWCup/results/m20km.asp

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| publisher = USA Track & Field

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| accessdate = July 22, 2013

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| title = 2003 Pan American Race Walking Cup - Results - Women's 20 km Race Walk

| url = http://www.legacy.usatf.org/events/2003/PanAmericanRWCup/results/w20km.asp

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| publisher = USA Track & Field

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| accessdate = July 22, 2013

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| title = 2003 Pan American Race Walking Cup - Results - Men's 50 km Race Walk

| url = http://www.legacy.usatf.org/events/2003/PanAmericanRWCup/results/m50km.asp

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| publisher = USA Track & Field

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| accessdate = July 22, 2013

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