2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's 50 kilometres walk explained

Event:Women's 50 kilometres walk
Competition:2019 World Championships
Venue:Khalifa International Stadium
Dates:28 September
Competitors:23
Nations:13
Win Value:4:23:26
Gold:Liang Rui
Goldnoc:CHN
Silver:Li Maocuo
Silvernoc:CHN
Bronze:Eleonora Giorgi
Bronzenoc:ITA
Prev:2017
Next:2021

The women's 50 kilometres walk at the 2019 World Athletics Championships was held in Doha, Qatar, on 28 September 2019.[1]

Records

Before the competition records were as follows:[2]

Record Athlete Date Location
World3:59:15Liu Hong China9 Mar 2019Huangshan, China
Championship4:05:56Inês Henriques13 Aug 2017London, Great Britain
World leading3:57:08Klavdiya Afanasyeva Russian Federation15 Jun 2019Cheboksary, Russia
African4:48:00Natalie le Roux5 Jan 2018Taicang, China
Asian Record3:59:15Liu Hong China15 Jan 2017Huangshan, China
NACAC4:13:56Mirna Ortiz24 Feb 2019Guatemala City, Guatemala
South American4:11:12Johana Ordóñez Ecuador11 Aug 2019Lima, Peru
European4:04:50Eleonora Anna GiorgiAlytus, Lithuania
Oceanian4:09:33Claire TallentTaicang, China

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+3), was as follows:[3]

Results

The final was started at 23:30.[4]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
4:23:26
4:26:40
4:29:13
4 4:33:38
5 4:34:56
6 4:36:00
7 4:37:03
8 4:38:20
9 4:38:54
10 4:39:28
11 4:41:02
124:44:01
13 4:47:26
14 4:54:09
15 4:58:44
16 5:11:26
17 5:23:05

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 50 Kilometres Race Walk Women − Final − Start List. IAAF. 27 September 2019. 28 September 2019.
  2. Web site: 50 Kilometres Race Walk Women – Records . IAAF. 27 September 2019.
  3. Web site: Women's 50 Kilometres Race Walk − Timetable. IAAF. 27 September 2019.
  4. Web site: 50 Kilometres Race Walk Women − Final − Results. IAAF. 29 September 2019. 29 September 2019.