Women's 20 kilometres walk world record progression

The following table shows the world record progression in the women's 20 kilometres walk, as recognised by the IAAF.

World record progression

TimeAthleteDatePlaceRef
2:24:00 Antonie Briksová (TCH)1931-09-06Prague, Czechoslovakia
2:14:07 Antonie Odvárková (TCH)1931-09-14Prague, Czechoslovakia
1:59:02 Lina Aebersold (SUI)1934-06-09Zürich, Switzerland
1:57:35 Marie van Tonder (RSA)1962-07-28Cape Town, South Africa
1:57:26 Irma Hansson (SWE)1963-10-27Copenhagen, Denmark
1:54:30 Irma Hansson (SWE)1967-10-22Copenhagen, Denmark
1:53:46 Karin Møller (DEN)1968-10-27Copenhagen, Denmark
1:51:05 Irma Hansson (SWE)1969-10-12Copenhagen, Denmark
1:47:10 Margareta Simu (SWE)1973-09-22Copenhagen, Denmark
1:43:38 Lilian Harpur (AUS)1977-07-16Adelaide, Australia
1:43:20 Thorill Gylder (NOR)1978-04-23Mixhuca, Mexico
1:41:42 Susan Cook (AUS)1980-02-03Melbourne, Australia
1:39:31 Susan Cook (AUS)1981-12-20Melbourne, Australia
1:36:36 Susan Cook (AUS)1982-12-19Melbourne, Australia
1:36:23 Susan Cook (AUS)1984-07-07Canberra, Australia
1:36:19 Sally Pierson (AUS)1984-07-17Melbourne, Australia
1:29:40 Kerry Saxby-Junna (AUS)1988-05-13Vårname, Sweden
1:27:30 Liu Hongyu (CHN)1995-05-01Beijing, China
1:27:30 Nadezhda Ryashkina (RUS)1999-02-07Adler, Russia
1:26:22 Wang Yan (CHN)2001-11-19Guangzhou, China
1:25:41 Olimpiada Ivanova (RUS)2005-08-07Helsinki, Finland
1:25:08 Vera Sokolova (RUS)2011-02-26Sochi, Russia[1]
1:25:02 Elena Lashmanova (RUS)2012-08-11London, England[2]
1:24:47 Elmira Alembekova (RUS)2015-02-27Sochi, Russia
1:24:38 Liu Hong (CHN)2015-06-06A Coruña, Spain

References

  1. "Sokolova just manages to head-off Kirdyapkina and clocks 1:25:08 World record". IAAF. 2011-02-26. Retrieved 2011-02-27.
  2. "20km Race Walk Results". IAAF. 11 August 2012. Retrieved 11 August 2012.
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