| Event: | Women's 20 kilometres walk |
| Competition: | 2013 World Championships |
| Venue: | Luzhniki Stadium |
| Dates: | 13 August (final) |
| Competitors: | 62 |
| Nations: | 30 |
| Win Value: | 1:28:10 |
| Gold: | Liu Hong |
| Silver: | Sun Huanhuan |
| Bronze: | Elisa Rigaudo |
| Prev: | 2011 |
| Next: | 2015 |
The women's 20 kilometres race walk at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Luzhniki Stadium and Moscow streets on 13 August.[1]
The original 27th place walker, Ayman Kozhakhmetova of Kazakhstan, was disqualified for a positive drug test for exogenous testosterone and EPO.[2]
Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:[3]
| World record | |||||
| Championship record | 1:25:41 | Helsinki, Finland | 7 August 2005 | ||
| World leading | |||||
| African record | 1:34:19 | Nairobi, Kenya | 1 August 2010 | ||
| Asian record | 1:25:16 | London, United Kingdom | 11 August 2012 | ||
| North, Central American and Caribbean record | 1:28:31 | Rio Maior, Portugal | 1 April 2013 | ||
| South American record | 1:31:25 | Lima, Peru | 7 May 2005 | ||
| European record | |||||
| Oceanian record | 1:27:44 | Naumburg, Germany | 2 May 2004 |
| KEY: | NR | National record | PB | Personal best | SB | Seasonal best |
The race was started at 07.35.[4]
| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1:28:10 | |||||
| 1:28:32 | |||||
| 1:28:41 | SB | ||||
| 1:29:00 | SB | ||||
| 1:29:05 | PB | ||||
| 1:29:17 | SB | ||||
| 1:29:25 | |||||
| 1:30:01 | SB | ||||
| 1:30:28 | |||||
| 10 | 1:30:48 | ||||
| 11 | 1:30:50 | PB | |||
| 12 | 1:30:59 | PB | |||
| 13 | 1:31:15 | ||||
| 14 | 1:31:16 | ||||
| 15 | 1:31:36 | ||||
| 16 | 1:31:43 | SB | |||
| 17 | 1:31:58 | ||||
| 18 | 1:32:11 | SB | |||
| 19 | 1:32:25 | ||||
| 20 | 1:32:30 | SB | |||
| 21 | 1:32:31 | SB | |||
| 22 | 1:32:37 | ||||
| 23 | 1:32:44 | ||||
| 24 | 1:33:03 | ||||
| 25 | 1:33:13 | SB | |||
| 26 | 1:33:30 | ||||
| 27 | 1:33:39 | ||||
| 28 | 1:33:42 | PB | |||
| 29 | 1:33:49 | SB | |||
| 30 | 1:33:51 | SB | |||
| 31 | 1:33:57 | ||||
| 32 | 1:34:07 | PB | |||
| 33 | 1:34:10 | SB | |||
| 34 | 1:34:18 | ||||
| 35 | 1:34:28 | ||||
| 36 | 1:34:29 | SB | |||
| 37 | 1:34:32 | ||||
| 38 | 1:34:37 | SB | |||
| 39 | 1:34:38 | PB | |||
| 40 | 1:34:42 | ||||
| 41 | 1:35:18 | ||||
| 42 | 1:36:06 | ||||
| 43 | 1:36:17 | ||||
| 44 | 1:36:27 | ||||
| 45 | 1:36:31 | SB | |||
| 46 | 1:36:33 | ||||
| 47 | 1:36:34 | ||||
| 48 | 1:36:46 | ||||
| 49 | 1:36:54 | ||||
| 50 | 1:38:03 | ||||
| 51 | 1:38:09 | SB | |||
| 52 | 1:39:58 | ||||
| 53 | 1:40:23 | ||||
| DQ (Doping) | |||||
| DQ (Doping) | |||||
| DQ (Doping) |