The official results of the Women's 20 km Walk at the 2001 World Championships in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, held on Thursday 9 August 2001.
| Gold |  Olimpiada IvanovaRussia (RUS) | |
| Silver |  Valentina TsybulskayaBelarus (BLR) | |
| Bronze |  Elisabetta PerroneItaly (ITA) |
| 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 |
| Standing records prior to the 2001 World Athletics Championships | |||||
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| 1:24:50 | March 4, 2001 | Adler, Russia | |||
| 1:30:50 | August 27, 1999 |  Seville, Spain | |||
| Broken records during the 2001 World Athletics Championships | |||||
| 1:27:48 | August 9, 2001 |  Edmonton, Canada | |||
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| 1:27:48 | CR | |||
| 1:28:49 | PB | |||
| 1:28:56 | ||||
| 4 | 1:29:48 | |||
| 5 | 1:30:19 | |||
| 6 | 1:30:39 | |||
| 7 | 1:30:41 | NR | ||
| 8 | 1:31:40 | SB | ||
| 9 | 1:32:27 | SB | ||
| 10 | 1:33:52 | PB | ||
| 11 | 1:34:56 | |||
| 12 | 1:35:18 | PB | ||
| 13 | 1:35:24 | |||
| 14 | 1:35:30 | |||
| 15 | 1:35:32 | |||
| 16 | 1:36:50 | |||
| 17 | 1:37:11 | |||
| 18 | 1:37:33 | |||
| 19 | 1:37:57 | SB | ||
| 20 | 1:38:09 | PB | ||
| 21 | 1:39:10 | |||
| 22 | 1:39:26 | |||
| 23 | 1:40:16 | |||
| 24 | 1:40:57 | |||
| 25 | 1:42:43 | |||
| 26 | 1:42:43 | |||
| 27 | 2:08:46 | |||
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