2017 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 20 kilometres walk

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Women's 20 kilometres walk
at the 2017 World Championships
Venue Olympic Stadium
Dates13 August (final)
Competitors60 from 34 nations
Winning time1:26:18
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
  2015
2019  

The women's 20 kilometres race walk was held on a 2 kilometre course comprising lengths of The Mall between Buckingham Palace and Admiralty Arch on 13 August. [1] [2]

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Summary

Defending champion, Olympic champion and defending champion Liu Hong was absent. Still the race started faster than the Olympics. A pack of 20 formed on the front. That pack was whittled down to 10 by the halfway point. After Kimberly García (Peru) fell off the pace, the group was reduced to just five by the 12-kilometre mark: two Chinese, Yang Jiayu and Lü Xiuzhi; María Guadalupe González (Mexico); Antonella Palmisano (Italy); and Erica de Sena (Brazil). [3] de Sena fell off the pace when the other four accelerated the pace at 16K. Another lap later, Palmisano couldn't handle the pace which looked like the break for the three medalists. Yang didn't have the same awards, but she was leading the group with the Olympic silver and bronze medalists.

The three were racing to the finish. Less than 100 metres before the finish, the chief judge stepped out to show Lü the red card signifying she had accumulated three red cards from judges around the course and was disqualified. Lü didn't believe the message and tried to finish, but it was true. Yang raced González to the line, winning by barely a second. Palmisano came in 17 seconds later to get an unexpected bronze. [4] The top five did negative splits (walking the end of the race faster than the beginning). de Sena improved her own South American continental record. Four others set national records.

Records

Before the competition records were as follows: [5]

RecordPerf.AthleteNat.DateLocation
World 1:24:38 Liu Hong Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  CHN 6 Jun 2015 A Coruña, Spain
Championship 1:25:41 Olimpiada Ivanova Flag of Russia.svg  RUS 7 Aug 2005 Helsinki, Finland
World leading1:25:18 Elena Lashmanova Flag of Russia.svg  RUS 18 Feb 2017 Sochi, Russia
African 1:30:43 Grace Wanjiru Njue Flag of Kenya.svg  KEN 26 Jun 2016 Durban, South Africa
Asian 1:24:38 Liu Hong Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  CHN 6 Jun 2015A Coruña, Spain
NACAC 1:26:17 Maria Guadalupe González Flag of Mexico.svg  MEX 7 May 2016 Rome, Italy
South American 1:27:18 Erica de Sena Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA 7 May 2016Rome, Italy
European 1:24:58 Elena Lashmanova Flag of Russia.svg  RUS 25 Jun 2016 Cheboksary, Russia
Oceanian 1:27:44 Jane Saville Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS 2 May 2004 Naumburg, Germany

The following records were set at the competition: [6]

RecordPerf.AthleteNat.Date
South American 1:26:59 Érica de Sena Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA 13 Aug 2017
Brazilian
Colombian 1:28:10 Sandra Arenas Flag of Colombia.svg  COL 13 Aug 2017
Peruvian 1:29:13 Kimberly García Flag of Peru.svg  PER 13 Aug 2017
Hungarian 1:30:05 Viktória Madarász Flag of Hungary.svg  HUN 13 Aug 2017
Hong Kong 1:35:04 Ching Siu-nga Flag of Hong Kong.svg  HKG 13 Aug 2017

Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 1:36:00. [7]

Results

The final took place on 13 August at 12:21. The results were as follows: [8]

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Yang Jiayu Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)1:26:18 PB
Silver medal icon.svg María Guadalupe González Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico  (MEX)1:26:19 SB
Bronze medal icon.svg Antonella Palmisano Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)1:26:36 PB
4 Érica de Sena Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil  (BRA)1:26:59 AR
5 Sandra Arenas Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia  (COL)1:28:10 NR
6 Ana Cabecinha Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal  (POR)1:28:57 SB
7 Kimberly García Flag of Peru.svg  Peru  (PER)1:29:13 NR
8 Wang Na Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)1:29:26
9 Laura García-Caro Flag of Spain.svg  Spain  (ESP)1:29:29 PB
10 María Pérez Flag of Spain.svg  Spain  (ESP)1:29:37 PB
11 Mirna Ortiz Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala  (GUA)1:30:01 SB
12 Viktória Madarász Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary  (HUN)1:30:05 NR
13 Paola Pérez Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador  (ECU)1:30:09
14 Eleonora Giorgi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)1:30:34 SB
15 Valentina Trapletti Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)1:30:35 PB
16 Brigita Virbalytė-Dimšienė Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania  (LTU)1:30:45 SB
17 Sandra Galvis Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia  (COL)1:31:13
18 Kumiko Okada Flag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)1:31:19
19 Živilė Vaiciukevičiūtė Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania  (LTU)1:31:23 PB
20 Inna Kashyna Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine  (UKR)1:31:24
21 Ainhoa Pinedo Flag of Spain.svg  Spain  (ESP)1:31:28
22 Regan Lamble Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)1:31:30
23 Ángela Castro Flag of Bolivia.svg  Bolivia  (BOL)1:31:34 SB
24 Antigoni Drisbioti Flag of Greece.svg  Greece  (GRE)1:32:03 SB
25 Maria Michta-Coffey Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)1:32:14 SB
26 Nastassia Yatsevich Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus  (BLR)1:32:22 SB
27 Barbara Kovács Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary  (HUN)1:32:44 PB
28 Maritza Guaman Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador  (ECU)1:33:06
29 Bethan Davies Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)1:33:10
30 Jeon Yeong-eun Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea  (KOR)1:33:29 SB
31 Andreea Arsine Flag of Romania.svg  Romania  (ROM)1:33:46 PB
32 Valentyna Myronchuk Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine  (UKR)1:33:59 PB
33 Miranda Melville Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)1:34:47
34 Ana Veronica Rodean Flag of Romania.svg  Romania  (ROM)1:34:50 SB
35 Ching Siu-nga Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong  (HKG)1:35:04 NR
36 Mária Czaková Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia  (SVK)1:35:11
37 Grace Wanjiru Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya  (KEN)1:35:22
38 Beki Smith Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)1:35:31
39 Chahinez Nasri Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia  (TUN)1:35:45
40 Gemma Bridge Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)1:36:04
41 Johana Ordóñez Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador  (ECU)1:36:27
42 Khushbir Kaur Flag of India.svg  India  (IND)1:36:41
43 Claire Tallent Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)1:37:05 SB
44 Yehualeye Beletew Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia  (ETH)1:37:55
45 Monika Vaiciukevičiūtė Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania  (LTU)1:38:08
46 Milangela Rosales Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela  (VEN)1:38:08
47 Diana Aydosova Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan  (KAZ)1:38:16 SB
48 Lee Da-seul Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea  (KOR)1:38:54
49 Laura Polli Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland  (SUI)1:39:05 SB
50 Polina Repina Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan  (KAZ)1:39:56
51 Rita Récsei Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary  (HUN)1:40:56
52 Regina Rykova Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan  (KAZ)1:41:59
Anežka Drahotová Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic  (CZE) DNF
Despina Zapounidou Flag of Greece.svg  Greece  (GRE)
Klavdiya Afanasyeva ANA flag (2017).svg  Authorised Neutral Athletes  (ANA) DQ 230.6(a)
Nadiya Borovska Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine  (UKR)
Yeseida Carrillo Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia  (COL)
Lü Xiuzhi Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)
Agnese Pastare Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia  (LAT)
María Guadalupe Sánchez Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico  (MEX)
Askale Tiksa Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia  (ETH) DNS

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