Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's 20 kilometres walk

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Women's 20 kilometres walk
at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
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Olympic Athletics
Venue Sapporo
Date6 August 2021
Competitors58 from 30 nations
Winning time1:29.12
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Antonella Palmisano Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Silver medal icon.svg Sandra Arenas Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia
Bronze medal icon.svg Liu Hong Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
  2016
2024  

The women's 20 kilometres walk event at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place on 6 August 2021 in Sapporo. [1] Approximately 60 athletes has qualified; the exact number depended on how many nations use universality places to enter athletes in addition to the number qualifying through time (one universality place was used in 2016). [2] The actual number of participants was 58 walkers, and the winner was Antonella Palmisano of Italy.

Background

This was the 6th appearance of the event, having appeared at every Olympics since 2000.

Qualification

A National Olympic Committee (NOC) could enter up to 3 qualified athletes in the women's 20 kilometres walk if all athletes meet the entry standard or qualify by ranking during the qualifying period. (The limit of 3 has been in place since the 1930 Olympic Congress.) The qualifying standard was 1:31:00. This standard was "set for the sole purpose of qualifying athletes with exceptional performances unable to qualify through the IAAF World Rankings pathway." The world rankings, based on the average of the best five results for the athlete over the qualifying period and weighted by the importance of the meet, was then used to qualify athletes until the cap of 60 is reached. [2] [3]

The qualifying period was originally from 1 January 2019 to 31 May 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the period was suspended from 6 April 2020 to 30 November 2020, with the end date extended to 29 June 2021. The most recent Area Championships was available to be counted in the ranking, even if not during the qualifying period. [2] [4] In July 2020, World Athletics announced that the suspension period would be lifted for the road events (marathons and race walks) on 1 September 2020. [5]

NOCs were able to use also their universality place—each NOC can enter one female athlete regardless of time if they had no female athletes meeting the entry standard for an athletics event—in the 20 kilometres walk. [2]

Women's 20 km walk

Qualification standardNo. of athletesNOCNominated athletes
Entry standard – 1:31:003Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Liu Hong
Qieyang Shijie
Yang Jiayu
3Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador Karla Jaramillo
Glenda Morejón
Paola Pérez
3Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Eleonora Giorgi
Antonella Palmisano
Valentina Trapletti
3Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico Alegna González
Ilse Guerrero
Valeria Ortuño
3Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Laura García-Caro
Raquel González
María Pérez
3Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine Lyudmila Olyanovska
Mariia Sakharuk
Hanna Shevchuk
2Flag of Australia.svg  Australia Katie Hayward
Jemima Montag
2Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus Viktoryia Rashchupkina
Anna Terlyukevich
2Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia Sandra Arenas
Sandra Galvis
2Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala Mayra Herrera
Mirna Ortiz
2Flag of India.svg  India Priyanka Goswami
Bhawna Jat
2Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Nanako Fujii
Kumiko Okada
1Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania Živilė Vaiciukevičiūtė [6]
Brigita Virbalytė
2Flag of Peru.svg  Peru Mary Luz Andía
Kimberly García
2Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey Meryem Bekmez
Ayşe Tekdal
1Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Érica de Sena
1Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica Noelia Vargas
1Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Tereza Ďurdiaková
1Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Saskia Feige
1Flag of Greece.svg  Greece Antigoni Drisbioti
1Flag of Kazakhstan (3-2).svg  Kazakhstan Ayman Ratova
0Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya Emily Wamusyi Ngii
1Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Katarzyna Zdziebło
1Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal Ana Cabecinha
1Russian Olympic Committee flag.png  ROC [Note RUS] Elvira Khasanova
World ranking2Flag of Greece.svg  Greece Kiriaki Filtisakou
Panagiota Tsinopoulou
2Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary Barbara Kovács
Viktória Madarász
1Flag of Australia.svg  Australia Rebecca Henderson
1Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus Anastasiya Rarouskaya
1Flag of Bolivia.svg  Bolivia Ángela Castro
1Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia Yeseida Carrillo
1Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Anežka Drahotová
1Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia Yehualeye Beletew
1Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong Ching Siu Nga
1Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Kaori Kawazoe
1Flag of Peru.svg  Peru Leydi Guerra
1Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia Mária Czaková
1Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey Evin Demir
1Flag of the United States.svg  United States Robyn Stevens
Total60

Competition format and course

The event consists of a single race. [7]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world, Olympic, and area records were as follows.

World recordFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Yang Jiayu  (CHN)1:23:49 Huangshan, China 20 March 2021
Olympic recordFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Qieyang Shijie  (CHN)1:25:16 London, United Kingdom 11 August 2012
AreaTimeAthleteNation
Africa ( records )1:30:43 Grace Wanjiru Njue Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya
Asia ( records )1:23:49 WR Yang Jiayu Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China
Europe ( records )1:25:02 Elena Lashmanova Flag of Russia.svg Russia
North, Central America
and Caribbean
( records )
1:26:17 María Guadalupe González Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico
Oceania ( records )1:27:44 Jane Saville Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia
South America ( records )1:25:29 Glenda Morejón Flag of Ecuador.svg Ecuador

Schedule

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

The women's 20 kilometres walk took place on a single day. [1]

DateTimeRound
Friday, 6 August 202116:30Final

Results

Key:~Loss of contact>Bent kneeTR 54.7.5Disqualified by Rule TR 54.7.5
RankAthleteNationTimeTime behindNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Antonella Palmisano Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:29:12+0.00
Silver medal icon.svg Sandra Arenas Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 1:29:37+0:25~~
Bronze medal icon.svg Liu Hong Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1:29:57+0:45~~
4 María Pérez Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 1:30:05+0:53
5 Alegna González Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 1:30:33+1:21
6 Jemima Montag Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:30:39+1:27~
7 Qieyang Shijie Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1:31:04+1:52
8 Antigoni Drisbioti Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 1:31:24+2:12 SB
9 Paola Pérez Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador 1:31:26+2:14~~
10 Katarzyna Zdziebło Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 1:31:29+2:17
11 Érica de Sena Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 1:31:39+2:27~~ ~
12 Yang Jiayu Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1:31:54+2:42~~ ~
13 Nanako Fujii Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1:31:55+2:43
14 Raquel González Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 1:31:57+2:45~
15 Kumiko Okada Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1:31:57+2:45
16 Elvira Khasanova Russian Olympic Committee flag.png  ROC 1:31:58+2:46~~
17 Priyanka Goswami Flag of India.svg  India 1:32:36+3:24~
18 Valentina Trapletti Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:33:12+4:00
19 Mariia Sakharuk Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 1:34:04+4:52
20 Ana Cabecinha Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 1:34:08+4:56 SB
21 Noelia Vargas Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica 1:35:07+5:55
22 Meryem Bekmez Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 1:35:08+5:56
23 Anastasiya Rarovskaya Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 1:35:09+5:57~
24 Mary Luz Andía Flag of Peru.svg  Peru 1:35:25+6:13
25 Sandra Galvis Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 1:35:36+6:24~~ SB
26 Brigita Virbalytė Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 1:35:56+6:44
27 Hanna Shevchuk Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 1:36:27+7:15~~
28 Karla Jaramillo Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador 1:36:32+7:20~
29 Kiriaki Filtisakou Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 1:36:51+7:39
30 Tereza Ďurdiaková Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 1:36:58+7:46
31 Anna Terlyukevich Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 1:37:22+8:10~
32 Bhawna Jat Flag of India.svg  India 1:37:38+8:26~
33 Robyn Stevens Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:37:42+8:30>~
34 Laura García-Caro Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 1:37:48+8:36~~ ~
35 Ching Siu Nga Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 1:37:53+8:41>
36 Leyde Guerra Flag of Peru.svg  Peru 1:38:10+8:58~~
37 Katie Hayward Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:38:11+8:59~~
38 Rebecca Henderson Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:38:21+9:09~
39 Ayşe Tekdal Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 1:38:40+9:28
40 Kaori Kawazoe Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1:39:31+10:19
41 Evin Demir Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 1:39:55+10:43
42 Ayman Ratova Flag of Kazakhstan (3-2).svg  Kazakhstan 1:40:02+10:50
43 Lyudmyla Olyanovska Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 1:40:20+11:08
44 Mirna Ortiz Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala 1:40:23+11:11
45 Mária Czaková Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 1:41:29+12:17>~
46 Barbara Kovács Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1:41:49+12:37
47 Valeria Ortuño Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 1:41:50+12:38~~
48 Ángela Castro Flag of Bolivia.svg  Bolivia 1:42:25+13:13
49 Viktoryia Rashchupkina Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 1:43:33+14:21
50 Mayra Herrera Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala 1:44:30+15:18~~ ~
51 Ilse Guerrero Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 1:45:47+16:35
52 Eleonora Giorgi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:46:36+17:24~>
53 Panayiota Tsinopoulou Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 1:47:19+18:07>
Kimberly García Flag of Peru.svg  Peru DNF ~
Viktória Madarász Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary DNF
Saskia Feige Flag of Germany.svg  Germany DNF
Glenda Morejón Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador DNF
Yehualeye Beletew Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia DNF

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