José Montana

Birth dateMar 21, 1992

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José Montana is a Colombia race walker, born on March 21, 1992. He competes primarily in the 20kmW, 35kmW and 50kmW.

His personal bests include 1:20:18 in the 20kmW, 2:30:46 in the 35kmW, 3:52:48 in the 50kmW, 41:51 in the 10Kilometr and 20:14.79 in the 5000m-short-track. He has earned 3 gold, 1 silver and 2 bronze medals in major international competitions. He is currently active on the international athletics circuit, representing Colombia.

Key facts

20 km race walk

1:20:18

35 km race walk

2:30:46

2025 season best

2:34:02

Mar 22, 2025 · Dudince (SVK)

2025 season best

Last competition

World Athletics Championships, Tokyo 2025, National Stadium, Tokyo

Sep 15, 2025 · DQ

World Athletics Championships, Tokyo 2025, National Stadium, Tokyo

Age

34 years old

As of Sep 16, 2026: 20 km race walk 1:20:18, 35 km race walk 2:30:46, 2025 season best 2:34:02 (Mar 22, 2025, Dudince (SVK)) · Last competition: World Athletics Championships, Tokyo 2025, National Stadium, Tokyo, Sep 15, 2025, DQ · 34 years old

Personal bests

1:20:18

2:30:46

3:52:48

41:51

20:14.79

1:22:14.1HT

41:05.04

Performance Charts

Season bests

Season	Discipline	Result	Wind	Date	Trend	Competitions
2025	35kmW	2:34:02	-	Mar 22, 2025	↑	44th Dudinska 50
2024	5000m-short-track	20:14.79	-	Apr 27, 2024	-	The Penn Relays Carnival - Race Walk, Franklin Field, Philadelphia, PA
2024	10Kilometr	41:05.04	-	Jun 14, 2024	↑	Gran Prix Sudamericano Pedro Galvez Velarde, Estadio Atlético de la VIDENA, Lima
2024	10,000Metr	41:05.04	-	Jun 14, 2024	↑	Gran Prix Sudamericano Pedro Galvez Velarde, Estadio Atlético de la VIDENA, Lima
2024	20kmW	1:20:39	-	May 18, 2024	↑	XXXVII Gran Premio Cantones de A Coruna de Marcha
2023	20kmW	1:26:12	-	Oct 29, 2023	↑	Pan American Games, Santiago de Chile
2023	35kmW	2:31:45	-	Aug 24, 2023	↑	World Athletics Championships, Budapest 2023, Hősök tere, Budapest
2023	MarathonRa	3:16:21	-	Nov 4, 2023	-	Pan American Games, Santiago de Chile
2022	20kmW	1:20:34	-	Apr 2, 2022	↑	Poděbrady Walking
2022	35kmW	2:30:46	-	Apr 23, 2022	↑	Dudinska 50, Dudince
2021	35kmW	2:37:05	-	Jan 10, 2021	↑	Portuguese Race Walking Championships
2021	50kmW	3:53:50	-	Aug 6, 2021	↓	The XXXII Olympic Games
2020	20kmW	1:27:40	-	Mar 7, 2020	↑	South American Race Walking Championships
2019	20kmW	1:20:18	-	Jun 8, 2019	↑	Gran Premio Cantones de La Coruña
2019	50kmW	4:05:18	-	Nov 27, 2019	↓	Cartagena de Indias (COL)
2018	20kmW	1:24:01	-	Feb 18, 2018	↑	Pitalito Colombian Race Walking Championships
2018	50kmW	3:55:48	-	Mar 24, 2018	↓	Dudinska 50, Dudince
2017	50kmW	3:58:28	-	May 14, 2017	↓	Lima (PER)
2016	50kmW	3:52:48	-	Mar 6, 2016	↓	Ciudad Juárez (MEX)
2015	20kmW	1:22:45	-	May 9, 2015	↑	Arica (CHI)
2014	20kmW	1:22:03	-	May 4, 2014	↑	IAAF World Race Walking Cup
2014	20,000Metr	1:22:14.1h	-	Mar 15, 2014	↑	Santiago de Chile (CHI)
2013	20kmW	1:23:43	-	Nov 27, 2013	↑	Trujillo (PER)
2012	10,000Metr	43:42.0h	-	Jul 14, 2012	↑	Bogotá (COL)
2012	20,000Metr	1:23:41.57	-	Sep 22, 2012	↑	São Paulo (BRA)
2012	20kmW	1:23:45	-	May 12, 2012	↑	IAAF World Race Walking Cup
2011	10,000Metr	41:37.65	-	Aug 28, 2011	↑	Medellín (COL)
2011	10Kilometr	41:51	-	Mar 26, 2011	↑	Envigado (COL)
2011	20kmW	1:27:48	-	Oct 30, 2011	↑	Congers, NY (USA)
2010	10,000Metr	43:06.30	-	Jun 27, 2010	↑	Bogotá (COL)
2010	10Kilometr	43:20	-	Mar 7, 2010	↑	Cochabamba (BOL)
2009	10,000Metr	42:28.76	-	Jul 10, 2009	↑	Bressanone IAAF World Youth Championships
2009	10Kilometr	45:19	-	May 1, 2009	↑	San Salvador (ESA)
2008	10Kilometr	42:37	-	May 10, 2008	↑	Cheboksary IAAF World Race Walking Cup
2008	10,000Metr	45:06.00	-	Jul 11, 2008	↑	Bydgoszcz IAAF World Junior Championships, Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak Stadium, Bydgoszcz

Discipline	Result	Wind	Date	Competitions
35kmW	DQ	-	Sep 15	World Athletics Championships, Tokyo 2025, National Stadium, Tokyo
10Kilometr	DNF	-	Aug 3	Colombian Championships
35kmW	2:39:16	-	May 17	Pan American Race Walking Championships, Anapoima
35kmW	2:34:02	-	Mar 22	44th Dudinska 50
35kmW	2:38:23	-	Feb 22	Colombian Race Walking Championships, Anapoima

Discipline	Result	Wind	Date	Competitions
10Kilometr	DNF	-	Jun 28	Colombian Championships
10,000Metr	41:05.04	-	Jun 14	Gran Prix Sudamericano Pedro Galvez Velarde, Estadio Atlético de la VIDENA, Lima
10Kilometr	41:05.04	-	Jun 14	Gran Prix Sudamericano Pedro Galvez Velarde, Estadio Atlético de la VIDENA, Lima
20kmW	DNF	-	May 25	Záhorácka Dvadsiatka
20kmW	1:20:39	-	May 18	XXXVII Gran Premio Cantones de A Coruna de Marcha
20kmW	20:14.79	-	Apr 27	The Penn Relays Carnival - Race Walk, Franklin Field, Philadelphia, PA
5000m-short-track	20:14.79	-	Apr 27	The Penn Relays Carnival - Race Walk, Franklin Field, Philadelphia, PA
20kmW	1:21:18	-	Apr 6	92nd Poděbrady Walking
20kmW	1:27:41	-	Feb 3	Colombian Race Walking Championships, Paipa

Discipline	Result	Wind	Date	Competitions
MarathonRa	3:16:21	-	Nov 4	Pan American Games, Santiago de Chile
20kmW	1:26:12	-	Oct 29	Pan American Games, Santiago de Chile
35kmW	2:42:01	-	Oct 25	Colombian Championships
35kmW	2:42:01	-	Oct 21	Colombian Championships
35kmW	2:31:45	-	Aug 26	World Athletics Championships, Budapest 2023, Hősök tere, Budapest
35kmW	2:31:45	-	Aug 24	World Athletics Championships, Budapest 2023, Hősök tere, Budapest
20kmW	DNF	-	Jun 3	XXXVI Gran Premio Cantones de A Coruna de Marcha
35kmW	2:37:49	-	Apr 16	Pan American Race Walking Cup, Managua
35kmW	DNF	-	Feb 25	Colombian Race Walking Championships

Discipline	Result	Wind	Date	Competitions
35kmW	DNF	-	Jul 15	World Athletics Championships, Oregon 2022, Hayward Field, Eugene, OR
20kmW	1:29:09	-	Jul 5	Juegos Bolivarianos, Valledupar
20kmW	1:29:09	-	Jul 1	Juegos Bolivarianos, Valledupar
35kmW	2:30:46	-	Apr 23	Dudinska 50, Dudince
20kmW	1:20:34	-	Apr 2	Poděbrady Walking

Discipline	Result	Wind	Date	Competitions
50kmW	3:53:50	-	Aug 8	The XXXII Olympic Games
50kmW	3:53:50	-	Aug 6	The XXXII Olympic Games
50kmW	3:59:35	-	Mar 20	Dudinska 50
35kmW	2:37:05	-	Jan 10	Portuguese Race Walking Championships

Discipline	Result	Wind	Date	Competitions
20kmW	1:27:40	-	Mar 7	South American Race Walking Championships

Discipline	Result	Wind	Date	Competitions
50kmW	4:05:18	-	Nov 27	Juegos Nacionales, Cartagena de Indias
20kmW	1:23:23	-	Aug 4	Pan American Games
20kmW	1:20:18	-	Jun 8	Gran Premio Cantones de La Coruña
50kmW	DNF	-	Apr 21	Pan American 50km Race Walking Cup, Lázaro Cárdenas

Discipline	Result	Wind	Date	Competitions
50kmW	4:08:10	-	Aug 1	Barranquilla CAC Games
50kmW	4:08:10	-	Jul 29	Barranquilla CAC Games
20kmW	DNF	-	May 5	IAAF World Race Walking Team Championships
50kmW	3:55:48	-	Mar 24	Dudinska 50, Dudince
20kmW	1:24:01	-	Feb 18	Pitalito Colombian Race Walking Championships

Discipline	Result	Wind	Date	Competitions
50kmW	3:58:28	-	May 14	Lima Pan-American Race Walking Cup, Lima

Discipline	Result	Wind	Date	Competitions
50kmW	DNF	-	Aug 16	The XXXI Olympic Games
20kmW	DNF	-	May 7	IAAF World Race Walking Team Championships
50kmW	3:52:48	-	Mar 6	Ciudad Juárez Circuito Internacional de Marcha, Ciudad Juárez

Discipline	Result	Wind	Date	Competitions
20kmW	1:23:53	-	Aug 23	IAAF World Championships, National Stadium, Beijing
20kmW	1:22:45	-	May 9	Arica Pan American Race Walking Cup, Arica
20kmW	1:29:50	-	Mar 28	Bogotá

Discipline	Result	Wind	Date	Competitions
20kmW	1:27:30	-	Nov 23	Veracruz CAC Games, Veracruz

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

What is José Montana's 20 km race walk personal best?

José Montana's 20 km race walk personal best is 1:20:18, set on Jun 8, 2019 in La Coruña (ESP).

Which events does José Montana compete in?

José Montana competes in the 20 km race walk and 35 km race walk.

How did José Montana perform in 2025?

2025 season best: 2:34:02, set on Mar 22, 2025 in Dudince (SVK). Last competition: World Athletics Championships, Tokyo 2025, National Stadium, Tokyo on Sep 15, 2025, DQ.

José Montana

Personal bests

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