2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 20 kilometres walk

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The Women's 20 kilometres walk event at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics was held on a loop course starting and finishing at Gukchae - bosang Memorial Park on August 31.

Olga Kaniskina of Russia looked to continue a series of major victories which had seen her win consecutive world titles (2007, 2009), the 2008 Olympic title and a gold medal at the 2010 European Championships. Two other Russians, Vera Sokolova and Anisya Kirdyapkina, had walked the two fastest times ever for the distance that February and comprised her primary opposition. Outside of the Russians, 2009 medallists Olive Loughnane and Liu Hong were the other major medal contenders. Other entrants were Qieyang Shenjie, Li Yanfei, Beatriz Pascual, Kumi Otoshi and Vera Santos – all of whom were among the fastest walkers that year.[1]

Medalists

GoldSilverBronze
Olga Kaniskina
 Russia		 Liu Hong
 China		 Anisya Kirdyapkina
 Russia

Records

World record  Vera Sokolova (RUS) 1:25:08 Sochi, Russia 26 February 2011
Championship record  Olimpiada Ivanova (RUS) 1:25:41 Helsinki, Finland 7 August 2005
World leading  Vera Sokolova (RUS) 1:25:08 Sochi, Russia 26 February 2011
African record  Grace Wanjiru Njue (KEN) 1:34:19 Nairobi, Kenya 1 August 2010
Asian record  Yan Wang (CHN) 1:26:22 Guangzhou, China 19 November 2001
North, Central American and Caribbean record  Maria Graciela Mendoza (MEX) 1:30:03 Mézidon-Canon, France 2 May 1999
South American record  Miriam Ramón (ECU) 1:31:25 Lima, Peru 7 May 2005
European record  Vera Sokolova (RUS) 1:25:08 Sochi, Russia 26 February 2011
Oceanian record  Jane Saville (AUS) 1:27:44 Naumburg, Germany 2 May 2004

Qualification standards

A time B time
1:33:30 1:38:00

Schedule

Date Time Round
August 31, 2011 09:00 Final

Results

KEY: qFastest non-qualifiers QQualified NRNational record PBPersonal best SBSeasonal best

Final

Rank Athlete Nationality Time Notes
1st Olga Kaniskina  Russia 1:29:42
2nd Liu Hong  China 1:30:00
3rd Anisya Kirdyapkina  Russia 1:30:13
4 Elisa Rigaudo  Italy 1:30:44 SB
5 Qieyang Shenjie  China 1:31:14
6 Susana Feitor  Portugal 1:31:26
7 Ana Cabecinha  Portugal 1:31:36
8 Kristina Saltanovič  Lithuania 1:31:40 SB
9 Beatriz Pascual  Spain 1:31:46
10 Inês Henriques  Portugal 1:32:06
11 Vera Sokolova  Russia 1:32:13
12 Olena Shumkina  Ukraine 1:32:17 SB
13 María Vasco  Spain 1:32:42
14 Gao Ni  China 1:32:49
15 Regan Lamble  Australia 1:33:38
16 Olive Loughnane  Ireland 1:34:02
17 Tatiana Mineeva  Russia 1:34:08
18 Nastassia Yatsevich  Belarus 1:34:09
19 Jamy Franco  Guatemala 1:34:36
20 Kumi Otoshi  Japan 1:34:37
21 Claire Tallent  Australia 1:34:46
22 Mayumi Kawasaki  Japan 1:35:03
23 Johanna Jackson  Great Britain 1:35:32
24 Nadiia Borovska-Prokopuk  Ukraine 1:35:38
25 Lucie Pelantová  Czech Republic 1:35:45
26 Jeon Yong-eun  South Korea 1:35:52 SB
27 Claudia Stef  Romania 1:36:55
28 Agnese Pastare  Latvia 1:37:48
29 Brigita Virbalytė  Lithuania 1:38:39
30 Maria Michta  United States 1:38:54
31 Mária Czaková  Slovakia 1:39:07
32 Arabelly Orjuela  Colombia 1:39:28
33 Ingrid Hernández  Colombia 1:39:53
34 Zuzana Schindlerová  Czech Republic 1:39:57
35 Marie Polli   Switzerland 1:40:28
36 Milángela Rosales  Venezuela 1:40:49
37 Rachel Lavallée Seaman  Canada 1:43:31
38 Grace Wanjiru  Kenya 1:43:59
39 Yadira Guamán  Ecuador 1:45:15
40 Chaima Trabelsi  Tunisia 1:46:29
Claudia Balderrama  Bolivia DSQ
María José Poves  Spain DSQ
Viktória Madarász  Hungary DSQ
Neringa Aidietytė  Lithuania DSQ
María Guadalupe Sánchez  Mexico DSQ
Olga Iakovenko  Ukraine DSQ
Sabine Krantz  Germany DNF
Melanie Seeger  Germany DNF
Masumi Fuchise  Japan DNF
Semiha Mutlu  Turkey DNF

References

  1. ↑ Martin, David (2011-08-21). Women's 20Km Race Walk - PREVIEW. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-08-27.

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