Athletics at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Women's 20 kilometres walk

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Women's 20 kilometres walk
at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Venue Southport Broadwater Parklands
Dates8 April 2018
Competitors13 from 8 nations
Winning time1:32:50
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Jemima Montag  Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
Silver medal icon.svg   Alana Barber  Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Bronze medal icon.svg   Bethan Davies  Flag of Wales 2.svg  Wales
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The women's 20 kilometres walk at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, as part of the athletics programme, took place at Currumbin Beachfront on 8 April 2018. [1]

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Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Games records were as follows: [2]

World record Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Liu Hong  (CHN)1:24:38 A Coruña, Spain 6 June 2015
Games record Flag of Australia.svg  Jane Saville  (AUS)1:32:46 Melbourne, Australia 20 March 2006

Schedule

The schedule was as follows: [1]

DateTimeRound
Sunday 8 April 20189:15Race

All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10)

Results

The results were as follows: [2]

RankOrderNameResultNotesRace violations
Gold medal icon.svg10Flag of Australia.svg  Jemima Montag  (AUS)1:32:50
Silver medal icon.svg9Flag of New Zealand.svg  Alana Barber  (NZL)1:34:18~
Bronze medal icon.svg4Flag of Wales 2.svg  Bethan Davies  (WAL)1:36:08~
43Flag of India.svg  Khushbir Kaur  (IND)1:39:21
511Flag of England.svg  Gemma Bridge  (ENG)1:39:31
613Flag of Australia.svg  Beki Smith  (AUS)1:40:41
71Flag of Wales 2.svg  Heather Lewis  (WAL)1:41:45
812Flag of Kenya.svg  Grace Wanjiru  (KEN)1:42:23
96Flag of the Isle of Man.svg  Erika Kelly  (IOM)1:47:29
102Flag of Nigeria.svg  Fadekemi Florence Olude  (NGR)1:49:31>>
117Flag of Kenya.svg  Lindah Waweru  (KEN)1:53:41>
–5Flag of Australia.svg  Claire Tallent  (AUS)R 230.6~~~
–8Flag of India.svg  Soumya Baby  (IND)R 230.6~~~
Notes

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References

  1. 1 2 "Result - Women's 20km Race Walk Final". Archived from the original on 23 April 2018. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
  2. 1 2 Athletics | Women's 20km Race Walk - Final (PDF). Gold Coast 2018. p. 221. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 April 2018. Retrieved 22 April 2018.


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