2022 World Athletics Championships – Women's 20 kilometres walk

The women's 20 kilometres race walk at the 2022 World Athletics Championships was held on a 1 kilometer loop course on Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. adjacent to Autzen Stadium in Eugene on 15 July 2022.[1][2] 41 athletes from 26 nations entered to the event.[3]

Women's 20 kilometres walk
at the 2022 World Championships
VenueHayward Field
Dates15 July
Competitors41 from 26 nations
Winning time1:26:59
Medalists
gold medal    Peru
silver medal    Poland
bronze medal    China
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Video on YouTube
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Records

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Before the competition records were as follows:[4]

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) 1:26:42 Sochi, Russia 31 January 2022
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
North, Central American and Caribbean record   Lupita González (MEX) 1:26:17 Rome, Italy 7 May 2016
South American Record   Glenda Morejón (ECU) 1:25:29 La Coruña, Spain 8 June 2019
European Record   Vera Sokolova (RUS) 1:25:08 Sochi, Russia 26 February 2011
Oceanian record   Jemima Montag (AUS) 1:27:27 Adelaide, Australia 13 February 2022

Qualification standard

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The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 1:31:00.[5]

Schedule

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The event schedule, in local time (UTC−7), was as follows:

Date Time Round
15 July 13:10 Final

Results

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The race was started at 13:09. The results were as follows:[6][7]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  Kimberly García   Peru (PER) 1:26:58 NR
  Katarzyna Zdziebło   Poland (POL) 1:27:31 NR
  Qieyang Shijie   China (CHN) 1:27:56
4 Jemima Montag   Australia (AUS) 1:28:17 ~
5 Liu Hong   China (CHN) 1:29:00 SB ~
6 Nanako Fujii   Japan (JPN) 1:29:01 SB
7 Alegna González   Mexico (MEX) 1:29:40 SB
8 Valentina Trapletti   Italy (ITA) 1:29:54 ~
9 Ana Cabecinha   Portugal (POR) 1:30:29 SB >
10 Ma Zhenxia   China (CHN) 1:30:39 ~
11 Olena Sobchuk   Ukraine (UKR) 1:31:19
12 Lyudmyla Olyanovska   Ukraine (UKR) 1:31:42 SB
13 Wu Quanming   China (CHN) 1:31:44 ~
14 Kumiko Okada   Japan (JPN) 1:31:53
15 Saskia Feige   Germany (GER) 1:32:12 ~~
16 Noelia Vargas   Costa Rica (CRC) 1:32:36 SB >
17 Viviane Lyra   Brazil (BRA) 1:33:11 ~~
18 Meryem Bekmez   Turkey (TUR) 1:33:27 SB >
19 Glenda Morejón   Ecuador (ECU) 1:34:27
20 Rebecca Henderson   Australia (AUS) 1:34:38
21 Eliška Martínková   Czech Republic (CZE) 1:34:45 ~
22 Kiriaki Filtisakou   Greece (GRE) 1:34:55 SB
23 Brigita Virbalytė-Dimšienė   Lithuania (LTU) 1:35:36 SB
24 Robyn Stevens   United States (USA) 1:36:16 ~
25 Carolina Costa   Portugal (POR) 1:36:31
26 Karla Jaramillo   Ecuador (ECU) 1:36:36
27 Ángela Castro   Bolivia (BOL) 1:36:52 SB
28 Christina Papadopoulou   Greece (GRE) 1:37:20 SB >>>
29 Enni Nurmi   Finland (FIN) 1:37:29
30 Emily Wamusyi Ngii   Kenya (KEN) 1:37:43 ~
31 Evelyn Inga   Peru (PER) 1:38:23 SB >>
32 Inês Henriques   Portugal (POR) 1:38:32
33 Galina Yakusheva   Kazakhstan (KAZ) 1:38:47
34 Priyanka Goswami   India (IND) 1:39:42 ~~~
35 Miranda Melville   United States (USA) 1:39:58 >>
36 Rachelle de Orbeta   Puerto Rico (PUR) 1:41:55 ~
Valeria Ortuño   Mexico (MEX) DNF
Hanna Shevchuk   Ukraine (UKR)
Nicole Colombi   Italy (ITA) DSQ TR54.7.5 >>>>
Maidy Monge   Guatemala (GUA) DSQ TR54.7.5 ~~~~
María Pérez   Spain (ESP) DSQ TR54.7.5 ~~~>
Key: ~ Red card for loss of contact > Red card for bent knee TR54.7.5: Disqualified by Rule TR54.7.5 (4 red cards)

References

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  1. ^ Timetable
  2. ^ "2022 World Athletics Championships Oregon Race Walk Loop". Athleticshour.com. 2022-06-30. Retrieved 2022-07-31.
  3. ^ "START LIST 20 Kilometres Race Walk Women - Final" (PDF). International Association of Athletics Federations. 13 July 2022. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
  4. ^ "20 Kilometres Walk Women − Records". IAAF. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
  5. ^ "Competitions Entry Standards 2022 – IAAF World Championships – PDF title, Qualification Standards for the IAAF World Athletics Championships Oregon 2022" (PDF). iaaf.org. 9 July 2022.
  6. ^ "RESULTS 20 Kilometres Race Walk Women - Final" (PDF). International Association of Athletics Federations. 15 July 2022. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
  7. ^ "RACE ANALYSIS 20 Kilometres Race Walk Women - Final" (PDF). International Association of Athletics Federations. 15 July 2022. Retrieved 15 July 2022.