2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 20 kilometres walk

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Women's 20 kilometres walk
at the 2011 World Championships
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Elisa Rigaudo, 4th at the arrival af 20km racewalk at Daegu 2011 advanced to bronze, in 2016, and to silver, in 2019, for IAAF decision per Russian doping scandal.
Venue Daegu
Dates30 August
Competitors50
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
  2009
2013  

The Women's 20 kilometres race walk event at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics was held on a loop course starting and finishing at Gukchae - bosang Memorial Park on August 31.

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Olga Kaniskina of Russia looked to continue a series of major victories which had seen her win consecutive world titles (2007, 2009), the 2008 Olympic title and a gold medal at the 2010 European Championships. Two other Russians, Vera Sokolova and Anisya Kirdyapkina, had walked the two fastest times ever for the distance that February and comprised her primary opposition. Outside of the Russians, 2009 medallists Olive Loughnane and Liu Hong were the other major medal contenders. Other entrants were Qieyang Shenjie, Li Yanfei, Beatriz Pascual, Kumi Otoshi and Vera Santos – all of whom were among the fastest walkers that year. [1]

Records

RecordAthletePerf.LocationDate
World record Flag of Russia.svg  Vera Sokolova  (RUS)1:25:08 Sochi, Russia 26 February 2011
Championship record Flag of Russia.svg  Olimpiada Ivanova  (RUS)1:25:41 Helsinki, Finland 7 August 2005
World leadingFlag of Russia.svg  Vera Sokolova  (RUS)1:25:08Sochi, Russia26 February 2011
African record Flag of Kenya.svg  Grace Wanjiru Njue  (KEN)1:34:19 Nairobi, Kenya 1 August 2010
Asian record Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Yan Wang  (CHN)1:26:22 Guangzhou, China 19 November 2001
NCAC record Flag of Mexico.svg  Maria Graciela Mendoza  (MEX)1:30:03 Mézidon-Canon, France 2 May 1999
South American record Flag of Ecuador.svg  Miriam Ramón  (ECU)1:31:25 Lima, Peru 7 May 2005
European record Flag of Russia.svg  Vera Sokolova  (RUS)1:25:08Sochi, Russia26 February 2011
Oceanian record Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Jane Saville  (AUS)1:27:44 Naumburg, Germany 2 May 2004

Qualification standards

A timeB time
1:33:301:38:00

Schedule

DateTimeRound
August 31, 201109:00 Final

Results

KEY:qFastest non-qualifiersQQualifiedNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best

Final

Elisa Rigaudo became bronze medal on 24 March 2016 (5 years after the event) in 20 km walk (she was 4th) after disqualification of Russian Olga Kaniskina who originally had won the race [2] and silver in March 2019 (8 years after the event) after disqualification of Russian Anisya Kirdyapkina originally second. [3] [4]

RankAthleteNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Liu Hong Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)1:30:00
Silver medal icon.svg Elisa Rigaudo Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)1:30:44SB
Bronze medal icon.svg Qieyang Shijie Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)1:31:14
4 Susana Feitor Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal  (POR)1:31:26
5 Ana Cabecinha Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal  (POR)1:31:36
6 Kristina Saltanovič Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania  (LTU)1:31:40SB
7 Beatriz Pascual Flag of Spain.svg  Spain  (ESP)1:31:46
8 Inês Henriques Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal  (POR)1:32:06
9 Vera Sokolova Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  (RUS)1:32:13
10 María Vasco Flag of Spain.svg  Spain  (ESP)1:32:42
11 Gao Ni Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)1:32:49
12 Regan Lamble Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)1:33:38
13 Olive Loughnane Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland  (IRL)1:34:02
14 Tatiana Mineeva Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  (RUS)1:34:08
15 Nastassia Yatsevich Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus  (BLR)1:34:09
16 Jamy Franco Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala  (GUA)1:34:36
17 Kumi Otoshi Flag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)1:34:37
18 Claire Tallent Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)1:34:46
19 Mayumi Kawasaki Flag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)1:35:03
20 Johanna Jackson Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)1:35:32
21 Nadiia Borovska-Prokopuk Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine  (UKR)1:35:38
22 Lucie Pelantová Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic  (CZE)1:35:45
23 Jeon Yong-eun Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea  (KOR)1:35:52SB
24 Claudia Stef Flag of Romania.svg  Romania  (ROM)1:36:55
25 Agnese Pastare Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia  (LAT)1:37:48
26 Brigita Virbalytė Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania  (LTU)1:38:39
27 Maria Michta Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)1:38:54
28 Mária Czaková Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia  (SVK)1:39:07
29 Arabelly Orjuela Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia  (COL)1:39:28
30 Ingrid Hernández Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia  (COL)1:39:53
31 Zuzana Schindlerová Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic  (CZE)1:39:57
32 Marie Polli Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland  (SUI)1:40:28
33 Milángela Rosales Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela  (VEN)1:40:49
34 Rachel Lavallée Seaman Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada  (CAN)1:43:31
35 Grace Wanjiru Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya  (KEN)1:43:59
36 Yadira Guamán Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador  (ECU)1:45:15
37 Chaima Trabelsi Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia  (TUN)1:46:29
Claudia Balderrama Flag of Bolivia.svg  Bolivia  (BOL)DSQ
María José Poves Flag of Spain.svg  Spain  (ESP)DSQ
Viktória Madarász Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary  (HUN)DSQ
Neringa Aidietytė Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania  (LTU)DSQ
María Guadalupe Sánchez Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico  (MEX)DSQ
Olga Iakovenko Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine  (UKR)DSQ
Sabine Krantz Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)DNF
Melanie Seeger Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)DNF
Masumi Fuchise Flag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)DNF
Semiha Mutlu Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey  (TUR)DNF
DSQ Olga Kaniskina Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  (RUS)1:29:42disqualified
DSQ Anisya Kirdyapkina Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  (RUS)1:30:13disqualified
DSQ Olena Shumkina Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine  (UKR)1:32:17disqualified

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