Iván Zarco

{{short description|Honduran long-distance runner}}

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Iván Zarco Alvarez (born 8 February 1984){{Cite web|title=Iván Zarco|url=https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/honduras/ivan-zarco-14361244|access-date=17 October 2020|website=World Athletics}} is a Honduran long-distance runner. In 2020, he competed in the men's race at the 2020 World Athletics Half Marathon Championships held in Gdynia, Poland.{{Cite web|title=Men's Half Marathon|url=https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/7138821/AT-HMAR-M-f----.RS6.pdf?v=1990771859|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201017121310/https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/7138821/AT-HMAR-M-f----.RS6.pdf?v=1990771859|archive-date=17 October 2020|access-date=17 October 2020|website=2020 World Athletics Half Marathon Championships}} In the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games he represented Honduras in the marathon, and finished in 76th place.{{Cite web|title=Men's Marathon Results|url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/ATH/OG2020-_ATH_C73K_ATHMMARATHON----------FNL-000100--.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210808002334/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/ATH/OG2020-_ATH_C73K_ATHMMARATHON----------FNL-000100--.pdf|archive-date=8 August 2021|access-date=24 August 2021|website=2020 Summer Olympics}}{{cite news |title=Honduran Iván Zarco finished last in the Tokyo marathon |url=https://www.archysport.com/2021/08/honduran-ivan-zarco-finished-last-in-the-tokyo-marathon/ |work=Archysport |date=8 August 2021}}

He represented Spain until the end of 2019 and, as of 1 January 2020, he represents Honduras in international competitions.{{Cite web|date=2021-07-21|title=Iván Zarco, el español que correrá la maratón de Tokio 2020 con Honduras a costa de Camilo Santiago|url=https://www.elespanol.com/deportes/juegos-olimpicos/20210721/ivan-zarco-espanol-tokio-honduras-camilo-santiago/598191195_0.html|access-date=2021-09-24|website=El Español|language=es}} In 2020, at the World Athletics Half Marathon Championships in Gdynia he set a Honduran national record in half-marathon, finishing the race at 1:04.08.{{cite news |title=El 'español' Iván Zarco finaliza último el maratón: ¡esta vez sí corrió él con su dorsal! |url=https://www.marca.com/juegos-olimpicos/atletismo/2021/08/08/610f8b1322601d861e8b45a0.html |work=Marca |language=es |date=8 August 2021}}{{cite news |last1=Nieto |first1=Jose |title=Iván Zarco, el español que correrá la maratón de Tokio 2020 con Honduras a costa de Camilo Santiago |url=https://www.elespanol.com/deportes/juegos-olimpicos/20210721/ivan-zarco-espanol-tokio-honduras-camilo-santiago/598191195_0.html |work=El Español |date=21 July 2021 |language=es}} Zarco made headlines in March 2021, when he was scheduled to run a marathon in Dresden but instead gave his number to the former compatriot Camilo Santiago who ran as Zarco and finished in 2:17.46, which would have been a new record of Honduras. Santiago was swiftly discovered and disqualified for two years;{{Cite news|date=26 July 2021|title=Iván Zarco correrá la maratón de Tokio 2020 a pesar de que Camilo Santiago está sancionado|language=es|work=Runner's World|url=https://www.runnersworld.com/es/noticias-running/a37127137/ivan-zarco-maraton-juegos-olimpicos-tokio/|access-date=24 September 2021}} the sanction was annulled in August 2021 by the Administrative Court.{{cite news |title=Athletics: The Administrative Court of Sports annuls Camilo Santiago's two-year sanction |url=https://today.in-24.com/sport/News/91132.html |work=24 Sport |date=15 August 2021}} Zarco was not sanctioned initially, since no obvious motive was discovered in his actions.{{cite news |title=Camilo Santiago corre un maratón con otro dorsal... y bate el récord nacional de Honduras |url=https://www.marca.com/atletismo/2021/03/23/6059b717e2704edc968b458b.html |work=Marca |date=23 March 2021 |language=es}} In 2023, both were suspended for six months.[https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/sports/spanish-honduran-marathon-runners-handed-six-month-bans-bib-fixing-2023-04-07/ Spanish and Honduran marathon runners handed six-month bans for bib-fixing]

On May 22, 2022, he became international again competing in the Ibero-American Athletics Championships in Alicante (Spain). He finished the half marathon event in the position 9 with a time of 1:10:30.

On October 1, 2023, he participated in the Route World Championships in Riga (Latvia) in the half marathon event, managing to finish in 82nd position with a time of 1:09:07.

On March 30, 2024, he competed at the World Cross Country Championships in Belgrade, Serbia. He achieved a time of 35:01 and arrived in 93rd position.