Shortly after Gladys Tejeda won the gold medal, Peru continued to achieve top positions in the 2019 Lima Pan American Games. The athlete Christian Pacheco, participant of the men's marathon, finished in first place in this race after crossing the finish line in two hours, three minutes and 16 seconds.
Christian Pacheco crossed the finish line nearly a minute before the second-place finisher: the Mexican athlete José Luis Santana. The Mexican runner, who was in a very close position to the Peruvian until the 30-kilometer mark, took two hours, four minutes, and seven seconds to complete the race.
In fact, Christian Pacheco led four of the eight intermediate times (15, 30, 35, and 40 kilometers) measured by the 2019 Lima Pan American Games in this race. The other leaders were the Brazilian Wellington da Silva (who finished tenth) and the Paraguayan Derlys Ayala (who finished in fifth place).