{{Short description|Mexican race walker (1959–2020)}} {{Infobox sportsperson |headercolor = lightblue |name = Ernesto Canto |fullname = Ernesto Canto Gudiño |birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1959|10|18}} |birth_place = [[Mexico City]], [[Mexico]] |death_date={{death date and age|2020|11|20|1959|10|18|df=y}} |death_place=Mexico City, Mexico |height = {{convert|1.70|m|abbr=on}} |weight = {{convert|60|kg|0|abbr=on}} |country = {{MEX}} |sport = [[Track and field athletics|Athletics]] |event = [[Racewalking]] |show-medals = |updated = 25 July 2013 |medaltemplates={{MedalSport | Men's [[Athletics (sport)|Athletics]]}} {{MedalCountry | {{MEX}} }} {{MedalCompetition|[[Olympic Games]]}} {{MedalGold| [[1984 Summer Olympics|1984 Los Angeles]] | 20 km walk}} {{MedalCompetition|[[IAAF World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]}} {{MedalGold|[[1983 World Championships in Athletics|1983 Helsinki]]|20 km walk}} {{MedalCompetition|[[Pan American Games]]}} {{MedalGold| [[1983 Pan American Games|1983 Caracas]] | [[Athletics at the 1983 Pan American Games|20 km walk]]}} {{MedalCompetition|[[Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships in Athletics|CAC Junior Championships]] (U20)}} {{MedalGold |[[1976 Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships in Athletics|1976 Xalapa]] | 10,000 m track walk}} {{MedalGold |[[1974 Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships in Athletics|1974 Maracaibo]] | 10,000 m track walk}} }} {{family name hatnote|Canto|Gudiño|lang=Spanish}} '''Ernesto Canto Gudiño''' (18 October 1959 – 20 November 2020) was a Mexican [[race walking|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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.marca.com/claro-mx/juegos-olimpicos/2020/11/20/5fb826aae2704eb6548b45e3.html|title = Muere Ernesto Canto, medallista olímpico mexicano, tras perder la batalla contra el cáncer|date = 20 November 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/universal-deportes/mas-deportes/ernesto-canto-fallece-los-61-anos|title=Ernesto Canto fallece a los 61 años|date=20 November 2020}}</ref>
==Personal bests== *20 km: '''1:19:37 hrs''' – [[Xalapa]], Spain, 5 April 1987 *50 km: '''3:52:16 hrs''' – [[Prague]], Czech Republic, 12 April 1982
==Achievements== {| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes|class=wikitable style="text-align:center; font-size: 90%;}} |- !colspan="6"|Representing {{MEX}} |- |1974 |[[1974 Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships in Athletics#Male Junior A .28under 20.29|Central American and Caribbean<br>Junior Championships (U-20)]] |[[Maracaibo]], Venezuela |bgcolor=gold|1st |10,000 m |48:34.5 |- |1976 |[[1976 Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships in Athletics#Male Junior A .28under 20.29|Central American and Caribbean<br>Junior Championships (U-20)]] |[[Xalapa]], Mexico |bgcolor=gold|1st |10,000 m |46:18.6 '''A''' |- |1981 |[[1981 IAAF World Race Walking Cup|World Race Walking Cup]] |[[Valencia]], Spain |bgcolor="gold" | 1st |20 km |1:23:52 |- |1982 |[[Athletics at the 1982 Central American and Caribbean Games|Central American and Caribbean Games]] |[[Havana]], Cuba |bgcolor=gold|1st |20 km |[[Athletics at the 1982 Central American and Caribbean Games – Results#20 kilometres walk|1:29:22]] |- |rowspan=3|1983 |[[1983 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]] |[[Helsinki]], Finland |bgcolor="gold" | 1st |20 km |[[1983 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 20 kilometres walk|1:20:49]] |- |[[Athletics at the 1983 Pan American Games|Pan American Games]] |[[Caracas]], Venezuela |bgcolor="gold" | 1st |20 km |[[Athletics at the 1983 Pan American Games – Men's 20 kilometres walk|1:28:12]] |- |[[1983 IAAF World Race Walking Cup|World Race Walking Cup]] |[[Bergen]], Norway |bgcolor="silver" | 2nd |20 km |1:19:41 |- |rowspan=2|1984 |rowspan=2|[[Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]] |rowspan=2|[[Los Angeles]], United States |bgcolor="gold" | 1st |20 km |[[Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's 20 km walk|1:23:13]] |- |10th |50 km |[[Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 km walk|4:07:59]] |- |rowspan=2|1986 |[[Athletics at the 1986 Central American and Caribbean Games|Central American and Caribbean Games]] |[[Santiago de los Caballeros]],<br>Dominican Republic |bgcolor=gold|1st |20 km |[[Athletics at the 1986 Central American and Caribbean Games – Results#20 kilometres walk|1:26:25]] |- |[[1986 Pan American Race Walking Cup|Pan American Race Walking Cup]] |[[Saint-Leonard, Quebec|Saint-Leonard]], Canada |— |20 km |[[1986 Pan American Race Walking Cup#Men's 20 km|DNF]] |- |rowspan=4|1987 |[[1987 IAAF World Indoor Championships|World Indoor Championships]] |[[Indianapolis]], United States |bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd |5000 m |[[1987 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 5000 metres walk|18:38.71]] |- |[[1987 IAAF World Race Walking Cup|World Race Walking Cup]] |[[New York City]], United States |5th |20 km |1:20:35 |- |[[Athletics at the 1987 Pan American Games|Pan American Games]] |[[Indianapolis]], United States | – |20 km |[[Athletics at the 1987 Pan American Games – Men's 20 kilometres walk|DNF]] |- |[[1987 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]] |[[Rome]], Italy | – |20 km |[[1987 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 20 kilometres walk|DSQ]] |- |rowspan=3|1988 |[[1988 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics|Ibero-American Championships]] |[[Mexico City]], Mexico |bgcolor=silver|2nd |20 km |[[1988 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics – Results#20 kilometers walk|1:24:29.0]] '''A''' |- |[[Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]] |[[Seoul]], South Korea |— |20 km |[[Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics - Men's 20 km walk|DSQ]] |- |[[1988 Pan American Race Walking Cup|Pan American Race Walking Cup]] |[[Mar del Plata]], Argentina |bgcolor=silver|2nd |20 km |1:25:15 |- |rowspan=3|1990 |[[Pan American Race Walking Cup]] |[[Xalapa]], Mexico |bgcolor="gold" | 1st |20 km |1:21:46 |- |[[Athletics at the 1990 Goodwill Games|Goodwill Games]] |[[Seattle]], United States |bgcolor="gold" | 1st |20,000 m |[[Athletics at the 1990 Goodwill Games – Results#20,000 meters walk|1:23:13.12]] |- |[[Athletics at the 1990 Central American and Caribbean Games|Central American and Caribbean Games]] |[[Mexico City]], Mexico |bgcolor=gold|1st |20 km |[[Athletics at the 1990 Central American and Caribbean Games – Results#20 kilometres walk|1:23:52]] |- |1991 |[[Athletics at the 1991 Pan American Games|Pan American Games]] |[[Havana]], Cuba |5th |20 km |[[Athletics at the 1991 Pan American Games – Men's 20 kilometres walk|1:28:22]] |- |1992 |[[Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]] |[[Barcelona]], Spain |29th |20 km |[[Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's 20 km walk|1:33:51]] |}
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