# Carlos Mercenario

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Mexican race walker (born 1967)

Carlos Mercenario Personal information Born (1967-05-23) May 23, 1967 (age 59) Ciudad de México, Distrito Federal Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Weight 63 kg (139 lb) Sport Country Mexico Sport Athletics Event Racewalking Updated on 27 July 2013

In this [Spanish name](/source/Spanish_name), the first or paternal [surname](/source/Surname) is *Mercenario* and the second or maternal family name is *Carbajal*.

**Carlos Mercenario Carbajal** (born May 23, 1967) is a Mexican retired [race walker](/source/Race_walking). He was born in [Mexico City](/source/Mexico_City), [Distrito Federal](/source/Mexican_Federal_District). He is the 1992 Olympic Silver Medalist in the 50 K walk and a three-time [World Race Walking Cup](/source/World_Race_Walking_Cup) champion.

## Personal bests

- 20 km: **1:19:24 hrs** – [New York City](/source/New_York_City), 3 May 1987

- 50 km: **3:42:03 hrs** – [San Jose, California](/source/San_Jose%2C_California), 2 June 1991

## Achievements

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes Representing Mexico 1982 Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-17) Bridgetown, Barbados 1st 5000 m 22:52.46 1984 Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-20) San Juan, Puerto Rico 1st 10,000 m 46:48.7 1984 Pan American Junior Championships Nassau, Bahamas 1st 10,000 m 48:51.7 1986 Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-20) Mexico City, Mexico 1st 10,000 m 43:31.9 A World Junior Championships Athens, Greece 7th 10,000m 41:50.20 Pan American Race Walking Cup Saint Léonard, Canada 2nd 20 km 1:21:33 1987 Pan American Games Indianapolis, United States 1st 20 km 1:24:50 World Race Walking Cup New York City, United States 1st 20 km 1:19:24 World Championships Rome, Italy — 20 km DSQ 1988 Pan American Race Walking Cup Mar del Plata, Argentina 1st 20 km 1:24:00 Ibero-American Championships Mexico City, Mexico 1st 20 km 1:21:46.6 A Olympic Games Seoul, South Korea 7th 20 km 1:20:53 1990 Pan American Race Walking Cup Xalapa, Mexico 3rd 20 km 1:22:25 Ibero-American Championships Manaus, Brazil 1st 20 km 1:25:29.5 Central American and Caribbean Games Mexico City, Mexico 2nd 20 km 1:24:03 1991 Pan American Games Havana, Cuba 1st 50 km 4:03:09 World Race Walking Cup San Jose, United States 1st 50 km 3:42:03 World Championships Tokyo, Japan 12th 20 km 1:21:37 1992 Olympic Games Barcelona, Spain 2nd 50 km 3:52.09 1993 World Race Walking Cup Monterrey, Mexico 1st 50 km 3:50:28 World Championships Stuttgart, Germany 8th 50 km 3:50:53 1994 Pan American Race Walking Cup Atlanta, United States 1st 50 km 3:52:06 1995 Pan American Games Mar del Plata, Argentina 1st 50 km 3:47:55 World Race Walking Cup Beijing, China 8th 50 km 3:56:41 World Championships Gothenburg, Sweden 12th 50 km 3:55.24 1999 Pan American Games Winnipeg, Canada 2nd 50 km 4:09:48 World Championships Seville, Spain 23rd 50 km 4:09:40

## References

- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; [Mallon, Bill](/source/Bill_Mallon); et al. ["Carlos Mercenario"](https://web.archive.org/web/20200417173438/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/me/carlos-mercenario-1.html). *Olympics at Sports-Reference.com*. [Sports Reference LLC](/source/Sports_Reference). Archived from [the original](https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/me/carlos-mercenario-1.html) on 2020-04-17.

## External links

- [Carlos Mercenario](https://worldathletics.org/athletes/-/14213076) at [World Athletics](/source/World_Athletics)

Records Preceded by Jozef Pribilinec Men's 20km Walk World Record Holder May 3, 1987 – June 21, 1987 Succeeded by Axel Noack

v t e Men's IAAF World Race Walking Cup champions 20 kilometres 1961–1963: Ken Matthews (GBR) 1965: Dieter Lindner (GDR) 1967: Nikolay Smaga (URS) 1970–1973: Hans-Georg Reimann (GDR) 1975: Karl-Heinz Stadtmüller (GDR) 1977–1979: Daniel Bautista (MEX) 1981: Ernesto Canto (MEX) 1983: Jozef Pribilinec (TCH) 1985: José Marín (ESP) 1987: Carlos Mercenario (MEX) 1989: Frants Kostyukevich (URS) 1991: Mikhail Shchennikov (URS) 1993: Daniel García (MEX) 1995: Li Zewen (CHN) 1997: Jefferson Pérez (ECU) 1999: Bernardo Segura (MEX) 2002–2004: Jefferson Pérez (ECU) 2006–2008: Paquillo Fernández (ESP) 2010: Wang Hao (CHN) 2012: Wang Zhen (CHN) 2014: Ruslan Dmytrenko (UKR) 2016: Wang Zhen (CHN) 2018: Koki Ikeda (JPN) 50 kilometres 1961: Abdon Pamich (ITA) 1963: István Havasi (HUN) 1965–1970: Christoph Höhne (GDR) 1973: Bernd Kannenberg (FRG) 1975: Yevgeniy Lyungin (URS) 1977: Raúl González (MEX) 1979: Martín Bermúdez (MEX) 1981–1983: Raúl González (MEX) 1985: Hartwig Gauder (GDR) 1987: Ronald Weigel (GDR) 1989: Simon Baker (AUS) 1991–1993: Carlos Mercenario (MEX) 1995: Zhao Yongsheng (CHN) 1997: Jesús Ángel García (ESP) 1999: Sergey Korepanov (KAZ) 2002–2004: Aleksey Voyevodin (RUS) 2006–2008: Denis Nizhegorodov (RUS) 2010: Matej Tóth (SVK) 2012: Sergey Kirdyapkin (RUS) 2014: Mikhail Ryzhov (RUS) 2016: Jared Tallent (AUS) 2018: Hirooki Arai (JPN)

v t e Pan American Champions in men's 10 km and 20 km race walk 10 km 1951: Henry Laskau (USA) 20 km 1963: Alex Oakley (CAN) 1967: Ron Laird (USA) 1971: Goetz Klopfer (USA) 1975: Daniel Bautista (MEX) 1979: Daniel Bautista (MEX) 1983: Ernesto Canto (MEX) 1987: Carlos Mercenario (MEX) 1991: Héctor Moreno (COL) 1995: Jefferson Pérez (ECU) 1999: Bernardo Segura (MEX) 2003: Jefferson Pérez (ECU) 2007: Jefferson Pérez (ECU) 2011: Érick Barrondo (GUA) 2015: Evan Dunfee (CAN) 2019: Brian Pintado (ECU) 2023: David Hurtado (ECU)

v t e Pan American Champions in men's 50km race walk 1951: Sixto Ibáñez (ARG) 1955: Not held 1959: Not held 1963: Not held 1967: Larry Young (USA) 1971: Larry Young (USA) 1975: Not held 1979: Raúl González (MEX) 1983: Raúl González (MEX) 1987: Martín Bermúdez (MEX) 1991: Carlos Mercenario (MEX) 1995: Carlos Mercenario (MEX) 1999: Joel Sánchez (MEX) 2003: Germán Sánchez (MEX) 2007: Xavier Moreno (ECU) 2011: Horacio Nava (MEX) 2015: Andrés Chocho (ECU) 2019: Claudio Villanueva (ECU)

v t e World Best Year Performance in men's race walking 20 km walk 1980: Domingo Colín (MEX) 1981: Dave Smith (AUS) 1982: Willi Sawall (AUS) 1983: Jozef Pribilinec (TCH) 1984: Ernesto Canto (MEX) 1985: Dave Smith (AUS) 1986: Reima Salonen (FIN) 1987: Axel Noack (GDR) 1988: Mikhail Shchennikov (URS) 1989: Yevgeniy Misyulya (URS) 1990: Pavol Blažek (TCH) 1991: Aleksandr Pershin (URS) 1992: Stefan Johansson (SWE) 1993: Bernardo Segura (MEX) 1994: Bernardo Segura (MEX) 1995: Vladimir Andreyev (RUS) 1996: Yevgeniy Misyulya (BLR) 1997: Jefferson Pérez (ECU) 1998: Vladimir Andreyev (RUS) 1999: Julio René Martínez (GUA) 2000: Roman Rasskazov (RUS) 2001: Dmitriy Yesipchuk (RUS) 2002: Paquillo Fernández (ESP) 2003: Jefferson Pérez (ECU) 2004: Vladimir Stankin (RUS) 2005: Nathan Deakes (AUS) 2006: Li Gaobo (CHN) 2007: Vladimir Kanaykin (RUS) 2008: Sergey Morozov (RUS) 2009: Valeriy Borchin (RUS) 2010: Alex Schwazer (ITA) 2011: Wang Zhen (CHN) 2012: Alex Schwazer (ITA) 2013: Petr Trofimov (RUS) 2014: Yusuke Suzuki (JPN) 2015: Yusuke Suzuki (JPN) 2016: Eiki Takahashi (JPN) 2017: Wang Kaihua (CHN) 2018: Sergey Shirobokov (RUS) 2019: Toshikazu Yamanishi (JPN) 2020: Toshikazu Yamanishi (JPN) 2021: Wang Kaihua (CHN) 2022: Vasiliy Mizinov (ANA) 50 km walk 1980: José Marín (ESP) 1981: Uwe Dünkel (GDR) 1982: Ronald Weigel (GDR) 1983: José Marín (ESP) 1984: Ronald Weigel (GDR) 1985: Andrey Perlov (URS) 1986: Ronald Weigel (GDR) 1987: Andrey Perlov (URS) 1988: Vyacheslav Ivanenko (URS) 1989: Andrey Perlov (URS) 1990: Aleksandr Potashov (URS) 1991: Carlos Mercenario (MEX) 1992: Robert Korzeniowski (POL) 1993: Jesús Ángel García (ESP) 1994: Valentí Massana (ESP) 1995: Zhao Yongsheng (CHN) 1996: Thierry Toutain (FRA) 1997: Jesús Ángel García (ESP) 1998: Andrey Plotnikov (RUS) 1999: Sergey Korepanov (KAZ) 2000: Valeriy Spitsyn (RUS) 2001: Robert Korzeniowski (POL) 2002: Robert Korzeniowski (POL) 2003: Robert Korzeniowski (POL) 2004: Denis Nizhegorodov (RUS) 2005: Yu Chaohong (CHN) 2006: Nathan Deakes (AUS) 2007: Alex Schwazer (ITA) 2008: Denis Nizhegorodov (RUS) 2009: Sergey Kirdyapkin (RUS) 2010: Yohann Diniz (FRA) 2011: Sergey Bakulin (RUS) 2012: Sergey Kirdyapkin (RUS) 2013: Robert Heffernan (IRL) 2014: Yohann Diniz (FRA) 2015: Matej Tóth (SVK) 2016: Yohann Diniz (FRA) 2017: Yohann Diniz (FRA) 2018: Tomohiro Noda (JPN) 2019: Masatora Kawano (JPN) 2020: Matej Tóth (SVK) 2021: Satoshi Maruo (JPN) 2022: Resham Midhun (IND)

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