Athletics at the 2015 Pan American Games – Women's 20 kilometres walk

Women's 20 kilometres walk at the 2015 Pan American Games
Venue	Ontario Place West Channel
Dates	July 19
Competitors	16 from 10 nations
Winning score	1:29:24
Medalists
Lupita González    Mexico   Érica de Sena    Brazil   Paola Pérez    Ecuador
«2011 2019»

The women's 20 kilometres walk competition of the athletics events at the 2015 Pan American Games took place on the 19 of July on a temporary circuit around the Ontario Place West Channel. ^[1] The defending Pan American Games champion is Jamy Franco of Guatemala.

Records

World record	Vera Sokolova  (RUS)	1:25:08	Sochi, Russia	February 26, 2011
Pan American Games record	Jamy Franco  (GUA)	1:32:38	Guadalajara, Mexico	October 23, 2011

Qualification

Main article: Athletics at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the minimum standard (1.42.00) in the qualifying period (January 1, 2014 to June 28, 2015). ^[2]

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
July 19, 2015	7:05	Final

Abbreviations

• All times shown are in hours:minutes:seconds

KEY:

q

Fastest non-qualifiers

Q

Qualified

NR

National record

PB

Personal best

SB

Seasonal best

DQ

Disqualified

Results

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
	Lupita González	Mexico	1:29:24	GR
	Érica de Sena	Brazil	1:30:03
	Paola Pérez	Ecuador	1:31:53	PB
4	Sandra Arenas	Colombia	1:32:36	SB
5	Kimberly García	Peru	1:32:45
6	Rachel Seaman	Canada	1:32:49
7	Maria Michta-Coffey	United States	1:33:07	SB
8	Alejandra Ortega	Mexico	1:35:03
9	Wendy Cornejo	Bolivia	1:36:58
10	Miranda Melville	United States	1:37:45
11	Cisiane Lopes	Brazil	1:38:53
12	Katelynn Ramage	Canada	1:46:03	PB
13	Cristina López	El Salvador	1:47:33
	Sandra Galvis	Colombia	DNF
	Claudia Balderrama	Bolivia	DQ
	Mirna Ortiz	Guatemala	DQ

References

1. "Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games Ticket Program Guide" (PDF). toronto2015.org. TO2015. 20 April 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 April 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
2. "Athletics Technical Manual" (PDF). americasathletics.org. TO2015. 11 January 2015. Archived from the original on 21 April 2015. Retrieved 29 January 2015.