Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's 20 kilometres walk

Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
5000 m		men		women
10,000 m		men		women
100 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men		women
3000 m steeplechase		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
Road events
Marathon		men		women
20 km walk		men		women
50 km walk		men
Field events
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men		women
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men		women
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men		women
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men
Wheelchair races

These are the official results of the Women's 20 km Walk at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. The race was held on Thursday 28 September 2000, starting at 10:45h.

Medalists

Gold	Wang Liping China (CHN)
Silver	Kjersti Plätzer Norway (NOR)
Bronze	María Vasco Spain (ESP)

Abbreviations

• All times shown are in hours:minutes:seconds

DNS	did not start
NM	no mark
OR	olympic record
WR	world record
AR	area record
NR	national record
PB	personal best
SB	season best

Records

Standing records prior to the 2004 Summer Olympics
World record	Tatyana Gudkova (RUS)	1:25:18	19 May 2000	Moscow, Russia
Olympic record	New event after the 10 km was contested previously

Final ranking

Rank	Athlete	Time	Note
	Wang Liping (CHN)	1:29.05	OR
	Kjersti Plätzer (NOR)	1:29.33
	María Vasco (ESP)	1:30.23
4	Erica Alfridi (ITA)	1:31.25
5	María Guadalupe Sánchez (MEX)	1:31.33
6	Norica Câmpean (ROU)	1:31.50
7	Kerry Saxby-Junna (AUS)	1:32.02
8	Tatyana Gudkova (RUS)	1:32.35
9	Nataliya Misyulya (BLR)	1:33.08
10	Gillian O'Sullivan (IRL)	1:33.10
11	Athina Papayianni (GRE)	1:33.14	PB
12	Valentyna Savchuk (UKR)	1:33.22
13	Ana Maria Groza (ROU)	1:33.38
14	Susana Feitor (POR)	1:33.53
15	Yuan Yufang (MAS)	1:34.19	SB
16	Kristina Saltanovič (LTU)	1:34.24
17	Michelle Rohl (USA)	1:34.26
18	Mária Urbanik (HUN)	1:34.45
19	Beate Gummelt (GER)	1:34.59
20	Encarna Granados (ESP)	1:35.06
21	Svetlana Tolstaya (KAZ)	1:35.19
22	Nora Leksir (FRA)	1:35.29
23	Fatiha Ouali (FRA)	1:35.35
24	Vira Zozulya (UKR)	1:35.43
25	Kim Mi-Jung (KOR)	1:36.09	NR
26	Mara Ibañez (MEX)	1:36.17
27	Eva Pérez (ESP)	1:36.35
28	Valentina Tsybulskaya (BLR)	1:36.44
29	Anikó Szebenszky (HUN)	1:36.46
30	Jolanta Dukure (LAT)	1:36.54
31	Sonata Milušauskaitė (LTU)	1:37.14
32	Larisa Ramazanova (BLR)	1:37.39
33	Lisa Kehler (GBR)	1:37.47
34	Ivis Martínez (ESA)	1:38.07
35	Olive Loughnane (IRL)	1:38.23
36	Khristina Kokotou (GRE)	1:38.52
37	Anita Liepiņa (LAT)	1:39.17
38	Chen Yueling (USA)	1:39.36
39	Lisa Sheridan-Paolini (AUS)	1:40.57
40	Yelena Kuznetsova (KAZ)	1:42.45
41	Teresita Collado (GUA)	1:43.28
42	Geovana Irusta (BOL)	1:43.34
43	Zuzana Blažeková (SVK)	1:44.03
44	Debbi Lawrence (USA)	1:47.20
45	Bahia Boussad (ALG)	1:52.50
DID NOT FINISH (DNF)
—	Kathrin Born-Boyde (GER)	DNF
—	Aida İsayeva (AZE)	DNF
—	Olga Polyakova (RUS)	DNF
—	Katarzyna Radtke (POL)	DNF
—	Annarita Sidoti (ITA)	DNF
—	Maya Sazonova (KAZ)	DNF
—	Irina Stankina (RUS)	DNF
DISQUALIFIED (DSQ)
—	Liu Hongyu (CHN)	DSQ
—	Graciela Mendoza (MEX)	DSQ
—	Janice McCaffrey (CAN)	DSQ
—	Elisabetta Perrone (ITA)	DSQ
—	Jane Saville (AUS)	DSQ

See also

• 1997 Women's World Championships 10km Walk (Athens)
• 1998 Women's European Championships 10km Walk (Budapest)
• 1999 Women's World Championships 20km Walk (Seville)
• 2000 Race Walking Year Ranking
• 2001 Women's World Championships 20km Walk (Edmonton)
• 2002 Women's European Championships 20km Walk (Munich)
• 2003 Women's World Championships 20km Walk (Paris)

References

• Official Report
• Results
• sports-reference
• Official Report of the 2000 Sydney Summer Olympics