2025 World Athletics Championships – Women's 20 kilometres walk

Women's 20 kilometres walk at the 2025 World Athletics Championships
Venue	National Stadium
Location	Tokyo, Japan
Dates	20 September
Competitors	49 from 24 nations
Winning time	1:25:54 SB
Medalists
María Pérez    Spain   Alegna González    Mexico   Nanako Fujii    Japan
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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]

Records

Before the competition records were as follows: ^[2]

Record	Athlete & Nat.	Perf.	Location	Date
World Record	Yang Jiayu  (CHN)	1:23:49	Huangshan, China	20 March 2021
Championship Record	Olimpiada Ivanova  (RUS)	1:25:41	Helsinki, Finland	7 August 2005
World Leading	Elvira Chepareva  (RUS)	1:24:20	Sochi, Russia	24 February 2025
African Record	Grace Wanjiru Njue  (KEN)	1:30:40	Nairobi, Kenya	6 June 2018
Asian Record	Yang Jiayu  (CHN)	1:23:49	Huangshan, China	20 March 2021
European Record	Vera Sokolova  (RUS)	1:25:08	Sochi, Russia	26 February 2011
North, Central American and Caribbean Record	Lupita González  (MEX)	1:26:17	Rome, Italy	7 May 2016
Oceanian Record	Jemima Montag  (AUS)	1:26:25	Paris, Francee	1 August 2024
South American Record	Glenda Morejón  (ECU)	1:25:29	La Coruña, Spain	8 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]

Date	Time	Round
20 September	07:30	Final

Results

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

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

Key:

~ Red card for loss of contact

> Red card for bent knee

PZ 3.5 min. Penalty Zone

TR54.7.5: Disqualified by Rule TR54.7.5 (4 red cards)

References

1. "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.