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.[1][2]

Women's 20 kilometres walk
at the 2017 World Championships
VenueOlympic Stadium
Dates13 August (final)
Competitors60 from 34 nations
Winning time1:26:18
Medalists
 Yang Jiayu   China
 María Guadalupe González   Mexico
 Antonella Palmisano   Italy
Events at the
2017 World Championships
Track events
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mmenwomen
1500 mmenwomen
5000 mmenwomen
10,000 mmenwomen
100 m hurdleswomen
110 m hurdlesmen
400 m hurdlesmenwomen
3000 m
steeplechase		menwomen
4 × 100 m relaymenwomen
4 × 400 m relaymenwomen
Road events
Marathonmenwomen
20 km walkmenwomen
50 km walkmenwomen
Field events
High jumpmenwomen
Pole vaultmenwomen
Long jumpmenwomen
Triple jumpmenwomen
Shot putmenwomen
Discus throwmenwomen
Hammer throwmenwomen
Javelin throwmenwomen
Combined events
Heptathlonwomen
Decathlonmen

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 (Peru) 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 (Mexico); Antonella Palmisano (Italy); and Erica de Sena (Brazil).[3] 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.[4] The top five did negative splits (walking the end of the race faster than the beginning). de Sena improved her own South American continental record. Four others set national records.

Records

Before the competition records were as follows:[5]

RecordPerf.AthleteNat.DateLocation
World 1:24:38 Liu Hong  CHN 6 Jun 2015 A Coruña, Spain
Championship 1:25:41 Olimpiada Ivanova  RUS 7 Aug 2005 Helsinki, Finland
World leading 1:25:18 Elena Lashmanova  RUS 18 Feb 2017 Sochi, Russia
African 1:30:43 Grace Wanjiru Njue  KEN 26 Jun 2016 Durban, South Africa
Asian 1:24:38 Liu Hong  CHN 6 Jun 2015 A Coruña, Spain
NACAC 1:26:17 Maria Guadalupe González  MEX 7 May 2016 Rome, Italy
South American 1:27:18 Erica de Sena  BRA 7 May 2016 Rome, Italy
European 1:24:58 Elena Lashmanova  RUS 25 Jun 2016 Cheboksary, Russia
Oceanian 1:27:44 Jane Saville  AUS 2 May 2004 Naumburg, Germany

The following records were set at the competition:[6]

RecordPerf.AthleteNat.Date
South American 1:26:59 Érica de Sena  BRA 13 Aug 2017
Brazilian
Colombian 1:28:10 Sandra Arenas  COL 13 Aug 2017
Peruvian 1:29:13 Kimberly García  PER 13 Aug 2017
Hungarian 1:30:05 Viktória Madarász  HUN 13 Aug 2017
Hong Kong 1:35:04 Ching Siu-nga  HKG 13 Aug 2017

Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 1:36:00.[7]

Results

The final took place on 13 August at 12:21. The results were as follows:[8]

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Yang Jiayu China (CHN)1:26:18PB
María Guadalupe González Mexico (MEX)1:26:19SB
Antonella Palmisano Italy (ITA)1:26:36PB
4Érica de Sena Brazil (BRA)1:26:59AR
5Sandra Arenas Colombia (COL)1:28:10NR
6Ana Cabecinha Portugal (POR)1:28:57SB
7Kimberly García Peru (PER)1:29:13NR
8Wang Na China (CHN)1:29:26
9Laura García-Caro Spain (ESP)1:29:29PB
10María Pérez Spain (ESP)1:29:37PB
11Mirna Ortiz Guatemala (GUA)1:30:01SB
12Viktória Madarász Hungary (HUN)1:30:05NR
13Paola Pérez Ecuador (ECU)1:30:09
14Eleonora Giorgi Italy (ITA)1:30:34SB
15Valentina Trapletti Italy (ITA)1:30:35PB
16Brigita Virbalytė-Dimšienė Lithuania (LTU)1:30:45SB
17Sandra Galvis Colombia (COL)1:31:13
18Kumiko Okada Japan (JPN)1:31:19
19Živilė Vaiciukevičiūtė Lithuania (LTU)1:31:23PB
20Inna Kashyna Ukraine (UKR)1:31:24
21Ainhoa Pinedo Spain (ESP)1:31:28
22Regan Lamble Australia (AUS)1:31:30
23Ángela Castro Bolivia (BOL)1:31:34SB
24Antigoni Drisbioti Greece (GRE)1:32:03SB
25Maria Michta-Coffey United States (USA)1:32:14SB
26Nastassia Yatsevich Belarus (BLR)1:32:22SB
27Barbara Kovács Hungary (HUN)1:32:44PB
28Maritza Guaman Ecuador (ECU)1:33:06
29Bethan Davies Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)1:33:10
30Jeon Yeong-eun South Korea (KOR)1:33:29SB
31Andreea Arsine Romania (ROM)1:33:46PB
32Valentyna Myronchuk Ukraine (UKR)1:33:59PB
33Miranda Melville United States (USA)1:34:47
34Ana Veronica Rodean Romania (ROM)1:34:50SB
35Ching Siu-nga Hong Kong (HKG)1:35:04NR
36Mária Czaková Slovakia (SVK)1:35:11
37Grace Wanjiru Kenya (KEN)1:35:22
38Beki Smith Australia (AUS)1:35:31
39Chahinez Nasri Tunisia (TUN)1:35:45
40Gemma Bridge Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)1:36:04
41Johana Ordóñez Ecuador (ECU)1:36:27
42Khushbir Kaur India (IND)1:36:41
43Claire Tallent Australia (AUS)1:37:05SB
44Yehualeye Beletew Ethiopia (ETH)1:37:55
45Monika Vaiciukevičiūtė Lithuania (LTU)1:38:08
46Milangela Rosales Venezuela (VEN)1:38:08
47Diana Aydosova Kazakhstan (KAZ)1:38:16SB
48Lee Da-seul South Korea (KOR)1:38:54
49Laura Polli Switzerland (SUI)1:39:05SB
50Polina Repina Kazakhstan (KAZ)1:39:56
51Rita Récsei Hungary (HUN)1:40:56
52Regina Rykova Kazakhstan (KAZ)1:41:59
Anežka Drahotová Czech Republic (CZE)DNF
Despina Zapounidou Greece (GRE)
Klavdiya Afanasyeva Authorised Neutral Athletes (ANA)DQ230.6(a)
Nadiya Borovska Ukraine (UKR)
Yeseida Carrillo Colombia (COL)
Lü Xiuzhi China (CHN)
Agnese Pastare Latvia (LAT)
María Guadalupe Sánchez Mexico (MEX)
Askale Tiksa Ethiopia (ETH)DNS

References
  1. "20 Kilometres Race Walk Women − Timetable". IAAF. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  2. Start list
  3. https://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-championships/iaaf-world-championships-london-2017-5151/results/women/20-kilometres-race-walk/final/split
  4. https://www.iaaf.org/news/report/womens-20km-race-walk-2017-world-championship
  5. "20 Kilometre Race Walk Women – Records". IAAF. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  6. "Records Set - Final" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
  7. "Qualification System and Entry Standards" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  8. "20 Kilometres Race Walk Women − Final − Results" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
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