2006 European Athletics Championships – Women's 20 kilometres walk explained

Event:	Women's 20 kilometres walk
Competition:	European Athletics Championships

The Women's 20 km walk event at the 2006 European Championships was held on August 9, 2006 in Gothenburg, Sweden, with the start at 17:15h.

Medalists

Gold	Ryta Turava Belarus (BLR)
Silver	Olga Kaniskina Russia (RUS)
Bronze	Elisa Rigaudo Italy (ITA)

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
	personal best
	season best

Records

Standing records prior to the 2006 European Athletics Championships
		1:24.50	March 4, 2001
		1:26.42	August 7, 2002

Results

Rank	Athlete	Time	Note
		1:27:08
		1:28:35
		1:28:37
4		1:28:45
5		1:29:27
6		1:29:56
7		1:30:31	NR
8		1:30:41
9		1:31:02	NR
10		1:31:29
11		1:31:35
12		1:31:58
13		1:32:14	NR
14		1:32:19
15		1:32:50
16		1:33:10
17		1:33:39
18		1:33:56
19		1:35:03
20		1:36:03
21		1:36:20
22		1:38:25
DID NOT FINISH (DNF)
-		DNF
DISQUALIFIED (DSQ)
-		DSQ

See also

2006 Race Walking Year Ranking

References