2017 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 20 kilometres walk


The women's 20 kilometres walk was held on a 2 kilometre course comprising lengths of The Mall between Buckingham Palace and Admiralty Arch on 13 August.

Summary

Defending champion, Olympic champion and defending champion Liu Hong was absent. Still the race started faster than the Olympics. A pack of 20 formed on the front. That pack was whittled down to 10 by the halfway point. After Kimberly García fell off the pace, the group was reduced to just five by the 12-kilometre mark: two Chinese, Yang Jiayu and Lü Xiuzhi; María Guadalupe González ; Antonella Palmisano ; and Erica de Sena. de Sena fell off the pace when the other four accelerated the pace at 16K. Another lap later, Palmisano couldn't handle the pace which looked like the break for the three medalists. Yang didn't have the same awards, but she was leading the group with the Olympic silver and bronze medalists.
The three were racing to the finish. Less than 100 metres before the finish, the chief judge stepped out to show Lü the red card signifying she had accumulated three red cards from judges around the course and was disqualified. Lü didn't believe the message and tried to finish, but it was true. Yang raced González to the line, winning by barely a second. Palmisano came in 17 seconds later to get an unexpected bronze. The top five did negative splits. de Sena improved her own South American continental record. Four others set national records.

Records

Before the competition records were as follows:
RecordAthleteDateLocation
World1:24:38Liu Hong6 Jun 2015A Coruña, Spain
Championship1:25:41Olimpiada Ivanova7 Aug 2005Helsinki, Finland
World leading1:25:18Elena LashmanovaSochi, Russia
African1:30:43Grace Wanjiru Njue26 Jun 2016Durban, South Africa
Asian1:24:38Liu Hong6 Jun 2015A Coruña, Spain
NACAC1:26:17Maria Guadalupe González7 May 2016Rome, Italy
South American1:27:18Erica de Sena7 May 2016Rome, Italy
European1:24:58Elena Lashmanova25 Jun 2016Cheboksary, Russia
Oceanian1:27:44Jane Saville2 May 2004Naumburg, Germany

The following records were set at the competition:
RecordAthleteDate
South American1:26:59Érica de Sena13 Aug 2017
Brazilian1:26:59Érica de Sena13 Aug 2017
Colombian1:28:10Sandra Arenas13 Aug 2017
Peruvian1:29:13Kimberly García13 Aug 2017
Hungarian1:30:05Viktória Madarász13 Aug 2017
Hong Kong1:35:04Ching Siu-nga13 Aug 2017

Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 1:36:00.

Results

The final took place on 13 August at 12:21. The results were as follows:
RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Yang Jiayu1:26:18
María Guadalupe González1:26:19
Antonella Palmisano1:26:36
Érica de Sena1:26:59'
Sandra Arenas1:28:10'
Ana Cabecinha1:28:57
Kimberly García1:29:13'
Wang Na1:29:26
Laura García-Caro1:29:29
María Pérez1:29:37
Mirna Ortiz1:30:01
Viktória Madarász1:30:05'
Paola Pérez1:30:09
Eleonora Giorgi1:30:34
Valentina Trapletti1:30:35
Brigita Virbalytė-Dimšienė1:30:45
Sandra Galvis1:31:13
Kumiko Okada1:31:19
Živilė Vaiciukevičiūtė1:31:23
Inna Kashyna1:31:24
Ainhoa Pinedo1:31:28
Regan Lamble1:31:30
Ángela Castro1:31:34
Antigoni Drisbioti1:32:03
Maria Michta-Coffey1:32:14
Nastassia Yatsevich1:32:22
Barbara Kovács1:32:44
Maritza Guaman1:33:06
Bethan Davies1:33:10
Jeon Yeong-eun1:33:29
Andreea Arsine1:33:46
Valentyna Myronchuk1:33:59
Miranda Melville1:34:47
Ana Veronica Rodean1:34:50
Ching Siu-nga1:35:04
Mária Czaková1:35:11
Grace Wanjiru1:35:22
Beki Smith1:35:31
Chahinez Nasri1:35:45
Gemma Bridge1:36:04
Johana Ordóñez1:36:27
Khushbir Kaur1:36:41
Claire Tallent1:37:05
Yehualeye Beletew1:37:55
Monika Vaiciukevičiūtė1:38:08
Milangela Rosales1:38:08
Diana Aydosova1:38:16
Lee Da-seul1:38:54
Laura Polli1:39:05
Polina Repina1:39:56
Rita Récsei1:40:56
Regina Rykova1:41:59
Anežka Drahotová
Despina Zapounidou
Klavdiya Afanasyeva
Nadiya Borovska
Yeseida Carrillo
Lü Xiuzhi
Agnese Pastare
María Guadalupe Sánchez
Askale Tiksa