Héctor José Moreno Moreno (born 8 June 1963) is a Colombian retired race walker. He went to four Olympic Games and five World Championships in Athletics. He is one of the most successful Colombian athletes of the past fifty years because only one other Colombian also has a Pan American Games title. Another highlight is the permanence of his personal best of 3:52:16 hours (set in 1997) as the national record for more than twelve years.
At regional level he was a two-time champion at the South American Championships in Athletics (1983 and 1997), the gold medallist at the 1998 South American Games, the 1990 Central American and Caribbean Games champion, and the 1989 Bolivarian Games winner. He has also won several lesser medals internationally, including two bronzes at the Pan American Games, two silvers at the South American Championships, three silvers at the Bolivarian Games and two bronzes at the Ibero-American Championships in Athletics.
His long international career stretched from 1981 to 1999.
His three brothers Querubín, Clodomiro, and Antonio were race walkers as well.
Personal bests 20 km walk: 1:21:50 hrs – New York City, United States, 3 May 1987 50 km walk: 3:52:16 hrs – Naumburg, Germany, 25 May 1997
Achievements Representing 1981Bolivarian GamesBarquisimeto, Venezuela2nd20 km1:38:071982Central American and CaribbeanJunior Championships (U-20)Bridgetown, Barbados1st10 km44:13.551983Pan American GamesCaracas, Venezuela 3rd20 km1:30:05South American ChampionshipsSanta Fe, Argentina 1st20 km1:24:12 CR1984Olympic GamesLos Angeles, United States12th20 km1:27:12Pan American Race Walking CupBucaramanga, Colombia 3rd20 km1:27:091985World Race Walking CupSt John's, Isle of Man18th20 km1:26:541986Central American and Caribbean GamesSantiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic3rd20 km1:28:41Pan American Race Walking CupSaint-Leonard, Canada5th20 km1:24:021987Pan American GamesIndianapolis, United States 3rd50 km4:18:48World Race Walking CupNew York City, United States10th20 km1:21:50World ChampionshipsRome, Italy —20 kmDNF1988Olympic GamesSeoul, South Korea 33rd20 km1:27:06 30th50 km4:01:311989Bolivarian GamesMaracaibo, Venezuela1st20 km1:29:07South American ChampionshipsMedellín, Colombia 2nd20 km1:24:56 A1990Central American and Caribbean GamesMexico City, Mexico3rd20 km1:24:541st50 km4:06:041991World Race Walking Cup San Jose, United States18th20 km1:22:40Pan American GamesHavana, Cuba 1st20 km1:24:56 –50 kmDNFWorld ChampionshipsTokyo, Japan 19th20 km1:23:27 —50 kmDNF1992Olympic GamesBarcelona, Spain9th20 km1:26:231993Bolivarian GamesCochabamba, Bolivia2nd20 km1:26:24 AWorld Championships Stuttgart, Germany 11th20 km1:24:43Central American and Caribbean Games Ponce, Puerto Rico 2nd20 km1:26:321994Ibero-American ChampionshipsMar del Plata, Argentina3rd20 km1:21:49.91995Pan American Games Mar del Plata, Argentina –50 kmDNFSouth American ChampionshipsManaus, Brazil 2nd20,000 m1:31:03.9World ChampionshipsGothenburg, Sweden 13th20 km1:24:341996Ibero-American ChampionshipsMedellín, Colombia3rd20 km1:26:54Olympic GamesAtlanta, United States —20 kmDNF 16th50 km3:54:571997South American ChampionshipsMar del Plata, Argentina 1st20,000 m1:23:06.73 CRWorld ChampionshipsAthens, Greece 17th50 km3:59:33Bolivarian GamesArequipa, Peru2nd20 km1:29:51 A1998Ibero-American ChampionshipsLisbon, Portugal3rd20 km1:27:21Central American and Caribbean GamesMaracaibo, Venezuela7th20 km1:28:36South American GamesCuenca, Ecuador1st50 km4:27:13 A
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