Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's 20 kilometres walk

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Women's 20 kilometres walk
at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
Venue Stadium Australia
Date28 September
Competitors57 from 30 nations
Winning time1:29:05 OR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Liping Wang
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Silver medal icon.svg Kjersti Plätzer
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Bronze medal icon.svg María Vasco
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
2004  

These are the official results of the Women's 20 km Walk at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. The race was held on Thursday 28 September 2000, starting at 10:45h. [1]

The event may be best remembered for the disqualification of hometown athlete Jane Saville. Saville was leading the race and entered the final stretch of the race inside the stadium before she was flagged for her third violation for lifting her feet off the ground, which led to her disqualification.

Medalists

Gold Wang Liping
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China
Silver Kjersti Plätzer
Flag of Norway.svg Norway
Bronze María Vasco
Flag of Spain.svg Spain

Abbreviations

DNSdid not start
NMno mark
ORolympic record
WRworld record
ARarea record
NRnational record
PBpersonal best
SBseason best

Records

Standing records prior to the 2004 Summer Olympics
World record Flag of Russia.svg  Tatyana Gudkova  (RUS)1:25:1819 May 2000 Flag of Russia.svg Moscow, Russia
Olympic record New event after the 10 km was contested previously

No new world record was established in the competition. By winning the event, Wang Liping established the Olympic record, 1:29.05.

Final ranking

RankAthleteCountryTimeNote
Gold medal icon.svg Wang Liping Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1:29.05 OR
Silver medal icon.svg Kjersti Plätzer Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 1:29.33
Bronze medal icon.svg María Vasco Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 1:30.23
4 Erica Alfridi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:31.25
5 María Guadalupe Sánchez Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 1:31.33
6 Norica Câmpean Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 1:31.50
7 Kerry Saxby-Junna Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:32.02
8 Tatyana Gudkova Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 1:32.35
9 Nataliya Misyulya Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus 1:33.08
10 Gillian O'Sullivan Flag of Ireland (3-2).svg  Ireland 1:33.10
11 Athina Papayianni Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 1:33.14PB
12 Valentyna Savchuk Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 1:33.22
13 Ana Maria Groza Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 1:33.38
14 Susana Feitor Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 1:33.53
15 Yuan Yufang Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 1:34.19 SB
16 Kristina Saltanovič Flag of Lithuania (1988-2004).svg  Lithuania 1:34.24
17 Michelle Rohl Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:34.26
18 Mária Urbanik Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1:34.45
19 Beate Gummelt Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1:34.59
20 Encarna Granados Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 1:35.06
21 Svetlana Tolstaya Flag of Kazakhstan (3-2).svg  Kazakhstan 1:35.19
22 Nora Leksir Flag of France.svg  France 1:35.29
23 Fatiha Ouali Flag of France.svg  France 1:35.35
24 Vira Zozulya Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 1:35.43
25 Kim Mi-Jung Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea 1:36.09 NR
26 Mara Ibañez Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 1:36.17
27 Eva Pérez Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 1:36.35
28 Valentina Tsybulskaya Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus 1:36.44
29 Anikó Szebenszky Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1:36.46
30 Jolanta Dukure Flag of Latvia (3-2).svg  Latvia 1:36.54
31 Sonata Milušauskaitė Flag of Lithuania (1988-2004).svg  Lithuania 1:37.14
32 Larisa Ramazanova Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus 1:37.39
33 Lisa Kehler Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 1:37.47
34 Ivis Martínez Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador 1:38.07
35 Olive Loughnane Flag of Ireland (3-2).svg  Ireland 1:38.23
36 Khristina Kokotou Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 1:38.52
37 Anita Liepiņa Flag of Latvia (3-2).svg  Latvia 1:39.17
38 Chen Yueling Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:39.36
39 Lisa Sheridan-Paolini Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:40.57
40 Yelena Kuznetsova Flag of Kazakhstan (3-2).svg  Kazakhstan 1:42.45
41 Teresita Collado Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala 1:43.28
42 Geovana Irusta Flag of Bolivia.svg  Bolivia 1:43.34
43 Zuzana Blažeková Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 1:44.03
44 Debbi Lawrence Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:47.20
45 Bahia Boussad Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 1:52.50
Kathrin Born-Boyde Flag of Germany.svg  Germany DNF
Aida İsayeva Flag of Azerbaijan (1991-2013).svg  Azerbaijan DNF
Olga Polyakova Flag of Russia.svg  Russia DNF
Katarzyna Radtke Flag of Poland.svg  Poland DNF
Annarita Sidoti Flag of Italy.svg  Italy DNF
Maya Sazonova Flag of Kazakhstan (3-2).svg  Kazakhstan DNF
Irina Stankina Flag of Russia.svg  Russia DNF
Liu Hongyu Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China DSQ
Graciela Mendoza Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico DSQ
Janice McCaffrey Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada DSQ
Elisabetta Perrone Flag of Italy.svg  Italy DSQ
Jane Saville Flag of Australia.svg  Australia DSQ

See also

References

  1. "Athletics at the 2000 Sydney Summer Games: Women's 20 kilometres Walk". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 3 December 2017.