Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 20 kilometres walk


The women's 20 km walk event at the 2008 Olympic Games took place on August 21 at the Beijing Olympic Stadium. The qualifying standards were 1:33.30 and 1:38.00.

Records

Prior to this event, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:

Schedule

All times are China standard time
DateTimeRound
Thursday, 21 August 200809:00Final

Results

OR - Olympic Record, NR - National Record, PB - Personal Best, SB - Season Best

Intermediates

s.t. - same time.