2015 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 20 kilometres walk

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Women's 20 kilometres walk
at the 2015 World Championships
Venue Beijing National Stadium
Dates28 August
Competitors49 from 27 nations
Winning time1:27:45
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
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The women's 20 kilometres race walk at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Beijing National Stadium on 28 August. [1] [2]

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Summary

The defending champion Elena Lashmanova would not be here, while she serves her drug suspension. In fact the entire Russian team did not compete here amid the drug scandal surrounding their coach Viktor Chegin. It looked like world record holder, world leader Liu Hong, walking on home soil was the prohibitive favorite. Liu's one complication was her teammate Xiuzhi Lu. Like in the men's race, the two Chinese walkers took off hard from the start, only Anežka Drahotová tried to go with them. That lasted about 4 km, from that point on the two walkers were out on their own almost tied by a string, swapping the lead occasionally though Lu was setting the pace the majority of the time. They hit 5K in 22:24; 10K in 44:19 (21:55 split) with a 30-second lead and 15K in 1:06:24 (22:05 split). The chase pack was Lyudmyla Olyanovska, Elisa Rigaudo, Eleonora Giorgi and Érica de Sena. de Sena was the first to fall off pace around 12K, both of the Italians were later asked to leave the course. Between 10 and 15K the lead actually shrunk to 20 seconds, but the closing 5K in 21:22 settled it for everyone but the two Chinese walkers. They battled neck and neck until just about the time they re-entered the stadium, when Lu seemed to concede to Liu and walked the remainder on the track in her footsteps. With the domestic crowd going crazy, Lu crossed the finish line virtually in Liu's shadow, the separation of 0.26 seconds giving the closest finish for a race walk in World Athletics Championships history. Because it is a road course, the official times are accurate to only one second so both athlete's times round to the same time. Olyanovska continued to hold on, finishing just 28 seconds back for bronze. The rest of the field finished more than 1:15 behind her. [3] It was the first gold medal for the home team at these championships. [4]

Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows: [5]

World record Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Liu Hong  (CHN)1:24:38 La Coruña, Spain6 June 2015
Championship record Flag of Russia.svg  Olimpiada Ivanova  (RUS)1:25:41 Helsinki, Finland7 August 2005
World LeadingFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Liu Hong  (CHN)1:24:38La Coruña, Spain6 June 2015
African Record Flag of Kenya.svg  Grace Wanjiru  (KEN)1:34:19 Nairobi, Kenya1 August 2010
Asian Record Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Liu Hong  (CHN)1:24:38La Coruña, Spain6 June 2015
North, Central American and Caribbean record Flag of Guatemala.svg  Mirna Ortiz  (GUA)1:28:31 Rio Maior, Portugal6 April 2013
South American Record Flag of Brazil.svg  Érica de Sena  (BRA)1:29:37 Dudince, Slovakia21 March 2015
European Record Flag of Russia.svg  Elena Lashmanova  (RUS)1:25:02 London, Great Britain11 August 2012
Oceanian record Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Jane Saville  (AUS)1:27:44 Naumburg, Germany2 May 2004

Qualification standards

Time [6]
1:36:00

Schedule

DateTimeRound
28 August 201508:30 Final

All times are local times (UTC+8)

Results

The race was started at 08:30. [7]

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Liu Hong Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)1:27:45
Silver medal icon.svg Lü Xiuzhi Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)1:27:45
Bronze medal icon.svg Lyudmyla Olyanovska Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine  (UKR)1:28:13
4 Ana Cabecinha Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal  (POR)1:29:29
5 Antonella Palmisano Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)1:29:34
6 Érica de Sena Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil  (BRA)1:30:06
7 Brigita Virbalytė Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania  (LTU)1:30:20 PB
8 Anežka Drahotová Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic  (CZE)1:30:32
9 Alejandra Ortega Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico  (MEX)1:31:04 PB
10 María José Poves Flag of Spain.svg  Spain  (ESP)1:31:06 SB
11 Nadiya Borovska Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine  (UKR)1:31:18
12 Mirna Ortiz Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala  (GUA)1:31:32
13 Rachel Seaman Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada  (CAN)1:31:39
14 Raquel González Flag of Spain.svg  Spain  (ESP)1:32:00
15 Viktória Madarász Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary  (HUN)1:32:01
16 Paola Pérez Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador  (ECU)1:32:12
17 Nie Jingjing Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)1:32:40
18 Alana Barber Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand  (NZL)1:33:20 NR
19 Sandra Arenas Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia  (COL)1:33:24
20 Maria Michta-Coffey Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)1:33:24
21 Vera Santos Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal  (POR)1:34:01
22 Wendy Cornejo Flag of Bolivia.svg  Bolivia  (BOL)1:34:12 PB
23 Inês Henriques Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal  (POR)1:34:47
24 Claudia Ștef Flag of Romania.svg  Romania  (ROM)1:34:51
25 Kumiko Okada Flag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)1:34:56
26 Miranda Melville Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)1:35:19
27 Jeon Yeong-eun Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea  (KOR)1:35:48
28 Maritza Poncio Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala  (GUA)1:35:53
29 Cisiane Lopes Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil  (BRA)1:36:06
30 Mária Czaková Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia  (SVK)1:36:08
31 Émilie Menuet Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)1:36:17
32 Laura García-Caro Flag of Spain.svg  Spain  (ESP)1:36:22
33 Laura Polli Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland  (SUI)1:36:26 SB
34 Rachel Tallent Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)1:36:27
35 Lee Jeong-eun Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea  (KOR)1:36:52
36 Lucie Pelantová Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic  (CZE)1:38:34
37 Khushbir Kaur Flag of India.svg  India  (IND)1:38:53
38 Agnieszka Dygacz Flag of Poland.svg  Poland  (POL)1:39:06
39 Mayra Herrera Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala  (GUA)1:39:23
40 Marie Polli Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland  (SUI)1:39:49
41 Mária Gáliková Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia  (SVK)1:40:06
42 Olena Shumkina Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine  (UKR)1:41:30
Beki Smith Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS) DQ
Claudia Balderrama Flag of Bolivia.svg  Bolivia  (BOL) DQ
Sapana Sapana Flag of India.svg  India  (IND) DQ
Eleonora Giorgi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA) DQ
Elisa Rigaudo Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA) DQ
Neringa Aidietytė Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania  (LTU) DQ
Kimberly García Flag of Peru.svg  Peru  (PER) DNF
Kelly Ruddick Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS) DNS

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