2023 World Athletics Championships – Women's 20 kilometres walk

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Women's 20 kilometres walk
at the 2023 World Championships
Venue National Athletics Centre
Dates20 August
Competitors48 from 23 nations
Winning time1:26:51
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
  2022
2025  

The women's 20 kilometres walk at the 2023 World Athletics Championships was held on National Athletics Centre in Budapest on 20 August 2023. 48 athletes from 23 nations entered to the event. [1]

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Summary

The cream rose to the top quickly as a group of about a dozen separated, led by world record holder Jiayu Yang. Defending champion Kimberly García León took the point after the first lap and held the lead of the tight group through the halfway point as the lead pack whittled down to seven. After falling early in the race, Antonella Palmisano edged ahead to carry the lead to 15k. While most of the 1 kilometer laps had been in the 4:20's, on the 16th lap María Pérez dropped a monster 4:06 lap. Only Jemima Montag was able to produce any answer with a 4:10, which separated her from the rest of the pack but still 4 seconds down to Perez, who continued with a 4:09, 4:05 and 4:06 to leave no doubt about winning, ultimately 25 seconds ahead of Montag. Palmisano was able to get a slight edge on Alegna González and Glenda Morejón then had to hold off a 4:08 final lap by García León to take bronze.

Records

Before the competition records were as follows: [2]

RecordAthlete & Nat.Perf.LocationDate
World record Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Yang Jiayu  (CHN)1:23:49 Huangshan, China 20 March 2021
Championship record Flag of Russia.svg  Olimpiada Ivanova  (RUS)1:25:41 Helsinki, Finland 7 August 2005
World LeadingFlag of Spain.svg  María Pérez  (ESP)1:25:30 Córdoba, Spain 26 March 2023
African Record Flag of Kenya.svg  Grace Wanjiru Njue  (KEN)1:30:40 Nairobi, Kenya 6 June 2018
Asian Record Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Yang Jiayu  (CHN)1:23:49 Huangshan, China 20 March 2021
North, Central American and Caribbean record Flag of Mexico.svg  Lupita González  (MEX)1:26:17 Rome, Italy 7 May 2016
South American Record Flag of Ecuador.svg  Glenda Morejón  (ECU)1:25:29 La Coruña, Spain 8 June 2019
European Record Flag of Russia.svg  Vera Sokolova  (RUS)1:25:08 Sochi, Russia 26 February 2011
Oceanian record Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Jemima Montag  (AUS)1:27:27 Adelaide, Australia 13 February 2022

The following records were set at the competition:

RecordPerf.AthleteNat.Date
Oceanian record 1:27:16 Jemima Montag Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS 20 Aug 2023

Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 1:29:20. [3]

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+2), was as follows:

DateTimeRound
20 August07:15 Final

Results

The race was started at 07:15. The results were as follows: [4] [5]

RankNameNationalityTimeWarningsNotes
Gold medal icon.svg María Pérez Flag of Spain.svg  Spain  (ESP)1:26:51
Silver medal icon.svg Jemima Montag Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)1:27:16~ AR
Bronze medal icon.svg Antonella Palmisano Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)1:27:26 SB
4 Kimberly García Flag of Peru.svg  Peru  (PER)1:27:32
5 Alegna González Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico  (MEX)1:27:36~
6 Glenda Morejón Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador  (ECU)1:27:40~~ SB
7 Ma Zhenxia Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)1:28:30~
8 Viviane Lyra Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil  (BRA)1:28:36~ PB
9 Ana Cabecinha Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal  (POR)1:28:49>~ SB
10 Olena Sobchuk Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine  (UKR)1:28:50~ PB
11 Lyudmila Olyanovska Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine  (UKR)1:29:36~ SB
12 Yang Jiayu Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)1:29:40
13 Erica Sena Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil  (BRA)1:29:53>
14 Nanako Fujii Flag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)1:30:10
15 Antigoni Ntrismpioti Flag of Greece.svg  Greece  (GRE)1:30:19
16 Clémence Beretta  [ fr ]Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)1:30:43~
17 Liu Hong Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)1:30:43
18 Pauline Stey  [ fr ]Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)1:31:20
19 Hanna Shevchuk Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine  (UKR)1:31:44> SB
20 Eleonora Anna Giorgi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)1:31:45~~~
21 Camille Moutard  [ fr ]Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)1:32:18~
22 Valentina Trapletti Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)1:32:57
23 Vitória Oliveira Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal  (POR)1:33:04> PB
24 Rachelle de Orbeta Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico  (PUR)1:33:19~
25 Johana Ordonez Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador  (ECU)1:33:58
26 Gabriela de Sousa Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil  (BRA)1:33:59
27 Eliška Martínková  [ es ]Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic  (CZE)1:34:02~~
28 Antia Chamosa  [ gl ]Flag of Spain.svg  Spain  (ESP)1:34:20~~
29 Saskia Feige Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)1:34:49
30 Ayane Yanai Flag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)1:34:59
31 Mary Luz Andia Flag of Peru.svg  Peru  (PER)1:35:38~~ SB
32 Rebecca Henderson Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)1:35:51~
33 Barbara Olah Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary  (HUN)1:35:55
34 Viktória Madarasz Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary  (HUN)1:36:13
35 Yukiko Umeno Flag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)1:36:52
36 Sofia Ramos Rodriguez Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico  (MEX)1:37:49~
37 Kiriaki Filtisakou Flag of Greece.svg  Greece  (GRE)1:37:51
38 Paula Milena Torres Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador  (ECU)1:38:03
39 Ángela Castro Flag of Bolivia.svg  Bolivia  (BOL)1:40:01
40 Valeria Ortuño Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico  (MEX)1:40:53
Sandra Arenas Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia  (COL) DNF ~~~
Meryem Bekmez Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey  (TUR) DNF
Emily Wamusyi Ngii Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya  (KEN) DNF >>
Maritza Rafaela Poncio Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala  (GUA) DNF
Evelyn Inga Flag of Peru.svg  Peru  (PER) DSQ ~~~~TR54.7.5
Olivia Sandery Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS) DSQ >>>>TR54.7.5
Katarzyna Zdzieblo Flag of Poland.svg  Poland  (POL) DSQ ~>~~TR54.7.5
Christina Papadopoulou Flag of Greece.svg  Greece  (GRE) DNS
Key:~ Red card for loss of contact> Red card for bent kneeTR54.7.5: Disqualified by Rule TR54.7.5 (4 red cards)

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