Athletics competitions at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile will be held on October 22, between October 29 and November 4, 2023 at the Athletics Stadium in the Julio Martínez National Stadium Coliseum, with the marathon and walks being held in the Santiago streets.

Kimberly García of Peru won the gold medal in the event originally in a time of 1:12.26, more than nine minutes below the world record.

[4] Athletes believed the course was approximately three kilometers short, with the winner Garcia noticing the distance and time were not matching after the first kilometre.

[5] Due to the error, the times were erased and athletes could not receive world ranking points towards the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.

[4] The organizing committee blamed the error on the Association of Panamerican Athletics and the person who they hired (Marcelo Ithurralde) to accurately measure the course.