1999 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 20 kilometres walk explained

The official results of the Women's 20 km Walk at the 1999 World Championships in Sevilla, Spain, held on Friday 27 August 1999, starting at 18:50h local time.

Medalists

Gold	Liu Hongyu PR China (CHN)
Silver	Wang Yan PR China (CHN)
Bronze	Kerry Saxby-Junna Australia (AUS)

Abbreviations

• All times shown are in hours:minutes:seconds

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

Records

Standing records prior to the 1999 World Athletics Championships
		1:27:30	May 1, 1995	Beijing, PR China
		1:27:30	February 7, 1999	Adler, Russia
	New Event
Broken records during the 1999 World Athletics Championships
		1:30.50	August 27, 1999	Seville, Spain

Intermediates

Rank	Number	Athlete	Time
10 KILOMETRES
1	547		46:06
2	163		46:07
3	723		46:07
4	762		46:07
5	41		46:07
15 KILOMETRES
1	163		1:08:39
2	762		1:08:40
3	169		1:08:40
4	829		1:08:40
5	40		1:08:40

Final ranking

Rank	Athlete	Time	Note
		1:30:50	CR
		1:30:52
		1:31:18	SB
4		1:31:23
5		1:31:34
6		1:32:04
7		1:32:13
8		1:32:19
9		1:32:42
10		1:33:35
11		1:33:46
12		1:34:10
13		1:34:39
14		1:35:03
15		1:35:07
16		1:35:31
17		1:35:42
18		1:35:51
19		1:35:54
20		1:36:17
21		1:36:24
22		1:36:48
23		1:36:57
24		1:37:13
25		1:37:31
26		1:37:51
27		1:38:06
28		1:38:27
29		1:38:34
30		1:39:56
31		1:40:20
32		1:40:33
33		1:40:51
34		1:41:04
35		1:41:12
36		1:41:17
37		1:42:50
38		1:43:27
39		1:46:36
DISQUALIFIED (DSQ)
		DSQ
		DSQ
		DSQ
		DSQ
		DSQ
DID NOT FINISH (DNF)
		DNF
		DNF
		DNF
		DNF
		DNF
		DNF
		DNF
DID NOT START (DNS)
		DNS

See also

• 1996 Women's Olympic 10km Walk (Atlanta)
• 1998 Women's European Championships 10km Walk (Budapest)
• 1999 Race Walking Year Ranking
• 2000 Women's Olympic 20km Walk (Sydney)
• 2002 Women's European Championships 20km Walk (Munich)

References

• Results
• trackandfieldnews
• Die Leichtathletik-Statistik-Seite