2025 World Athletics Championships – Women's 20 kilometres walk

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Women's 20 kilometres walk
at the 2025 World Athletics Championships
Venue National Stadium
Location Tokyo, Japan
Dates20 September
Competitors49 from 24 nations
Winning time1:25:54 SB
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
  2023
2027  

The women's 20 kilometres walk at the 2025 World Athletics Championships was held at the National Stadium in Tokyo on 20 September 2025. [1]

Contents

Summary

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, China20 March 2021
Championship Record Flag of Russia.svg  Olimpiada Ivanova  (RUS)1:25:41 Helsinki, Finland7 August 2005
World LeadingFlag of Russia.svg  Elvira Chepareva  (RUS)1:24:20 Sochi, Russia24 February 2025
African Record Flag of Kenya.svg  Grace Wanjiru Njue  (KEN)1:30:40 Nairobi, Kenya6 June 2018
Asian Record Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Yang Jiayu  (CHN)1:23:49 Huangshan, China20 March 2021
European Record Flag of Russia.svg  Vera Sokolova  (RUS)1:25:08 Sochi, Russia26 February 2011
North, Central American and Caribbean Record Flag of Mexico.svg  Lupita González  (MEX)1:26:17 Rome, Italy7 May 2016
Oceanian Record Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Jemima Montag  (AUS)1:26:25 Paris, Francee1 August 2024
South American Record Flag of Ecuador.svg  Glenda Morejón  (ECU)1:25:29 La Coruña, Spain8 June 2019

Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 1:29:00. [3]

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+9), was as follows: [1]

DateTimeRound
20 September07:30 Final

Results

The race was started on 20 September at 7:30.

PlaceAthleteNationTimeWarningsNotes
Gold medal icon.svg María Pérez Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 1:25:54 SB
Silver medal icon.svg Alegna González Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 1:26:06 AR
Bronze medal icon.svg Nanako Fujii Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1:26:18~ ~ NR
4 Paula Milena Torres Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador 1:26:18~ PB
5 Kimberly García Flag of Peru.svg  Peru 1:26:22 NR
6 Yang Jiayu Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1:27:16~ SB
7 Antía Chamosa Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 1:27:55 PB
8 Wu Quanming Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1:28:08~
9 Ma Li Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1:28:52~
10 Mary Luz Andía Flag of Peru.svg  Peru 1:28:52
11 Pauline Stey Flag of France.svg  France 1:28:52
12 Viviane Lyra Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 1:29:02~
13 Lyudmyla Olyanovska Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 1:29:16
14 Katarzyna Zdziebło Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 1:29:31
15 Alexandrina Mihai Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:29:44~ ~
16 Antigoni Drisbioti Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 1:29:47~ >
17 Federica Curiazzi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:29:48~
18 Kumiko Okada Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1:30:12
19 Mariia Sakharuk Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 1:30:38~ ~
20 Magaly Bonilla Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador 1:30:39~ ~ SB
21 Rebecca Henderson Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:31:05
22 Paula Juárez Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 1:31:50
23 Yasmina Toxanbayeva Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 1:31:51
24 Hanna Shevchuk Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 1:32:15~
25 Hana Burzalová Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 1:32:28
26 Rachelle de Orbeta Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 1:32:47 SB
27 Lauren Harris Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:32:50~ PB
28 Vitória Oliveira Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 1:33:02
29 Clémence Beretta Flag of France.svg  France 1:33:14~
30 Evelyn Inga Flag of Peru.svg  Peru 1:33:29~ ~ ~ PZ
31 Alejandra Ortega Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 1:34:18~ SB
32 Gabriela de Sousa Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 1:34:28 SB
33 Elizabeth McMillen Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:34:58~
34 Christina Papadopoulou Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 1:35:05> SB
35 Ilse Guerrero Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 1:35:20
36 Tiziana Spiller Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1:35:32
37 Ayane Yanai Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1:35:44
38 Jekaterina Mirotvortseva Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 1:36:25
39 Panayiota Tsinopoulou Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 1:37:40~ > ~ PZ SB
40 Lucy Mendoza Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 1:38:05
41 Laura Chalarca Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 1:42:08
Meryem Bekmez Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey DNF ~
Alexandra Griffin Flag of Australia.svg  Australia >
Sintayehu Masire Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia ~ ~
Antonella Palmisano Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Érica de Sena Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Mirna Ortiz Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala DQ ~ ~ > >
Peng Li Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China ~ ~ ~ ~
Johana Ordóñez Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador DNS
[4]
Key:~ Red card for loss of contact> Red card for bent kneePZ 3.5 min. Penalty ZoneTR54.7.5: Disqualified by Rule TR54.7.5 (4 red cards)

References

  1. 1 2 "Timetable - Tokyo 25 - World Athletics Championship - Women's 20 kilometres walk". World Athletics. Retrieved 20 September 2025.
  2. "20 kilometres walk Women − Records". World Athletics. Retrieved 20 September 2025.
  3. "World Athletics Championships Tokyo 25 – Qualification System and Entry Standards" (PDF). World Athletics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 September 2025. Retrieved 8 September 2025.
  4. "Results 20 Kilometres Race Walk Women - Final" (PDF). World Athletics . 20 September 2025. Retrieved 20 September 2025.