2023 World Athletics Championships – Women's 20 kilometres walk explained

Event:Women's 20 kilometres walk
Competition:2023 World Championships
Venue:National Athletics Centre
Dates:20 August
Competitors:48
Nations:23
Win Value:1:26:51
Goldnoc:ESP
Silver:Jemima Montag
Silvernoc:AUS
Bronze:Antonella Palmisano
Bronzenoc:ITA
Prev:2022
Next:2025

The women's 20 kilometres race walk at the 2023 World Athletics Championships was held on National Athletics Centre in Budapest on 20 August 2023. 48 athletes from 23 nations entered to the event.[1]

Summary

The cream rose to the top quickly as a group of about a dozen separated, led by world record holder Jiayu Yang. Defending champion Kimberly García took the point after the first lap and held the lead of the tight group through the halfway point as the lead pack whittled down to seven. After falling early in the race, Antonella Palmisano edged ahead to carry the lead to 15k. While most of the 1 kilometer laps had been in the 4:20's, on the 16th lap María Pérez dropped a monster 4:06 lap. Only Jemima Montag was able to produce any answer with a 4:10, which separated her from the rest of the pack but still 4 seconds down to Perez, who continued with a 4:09, 4:05 and 4:06 to leave no doubt about winning, ultimately 25 seconds ahead of Montag. Palmisano was able to get a slight edge on Alegna González and Glenda Morejón then had to hold off a 4:08 final lap by García León to take bronze.

Records

Before the competition records were as follows:[2]

RecordAthlete & LocationDate
World record1:23:49Huangshan, China20 March 2021
Championship record1:25:41Helsinki, Finland7 August 2005
World Leading1:25:30Córdoba, Spain26 March 2023
African Record1:30:40Nairobi, Kenya6 June 2018
Asian Record1:23:49Huangshan, China20 March 2021
North, Central American and Caribbean record1:26:17Rome, Italy7 May 2016
South American Record1:25:29La Coruña, Spain8 June 2019
European Record1:25:08Sochi, Russia26 February 2011
Oceanian record1:27:27Adelaide, Australia13 February 2022
The following records were set at the competition:

Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 1:29:20.[3]

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+2), was as follows:

Results

The race was started at 07:15. The results were as follows:[4] [5]

Rank Name Nationality Time Warnings Notes
María Pérez1:26:51
1:27:16 ~
1:27:26
4 1:27:32
5 1:27:36 ~
6 1:27:40 ~~
7 1:28:30 ~
8 1:28:36 ~
9 1:28:49 >~
10 1:28:50 ~
11 1:29:36 ~
12 1:29:40
13 1:29:53 >
14 1:30:10
15 1:30:19
16 1:30:43 ~
17 Liu Hong1:30:43
18 1:31:20
19 1:31:44 >
20 1:31:45 ~~~ |||-| 21 || align=left| || align=left| || 1:32:18 || ~ |||-| 22 || align=left|Valentina Trapletti || align=left| || 1:32:57 || |||-| 23 || align=left|Vitória Oliveira || align=left| || 1:33:04 || > || |-| 24 || align=left|Rachelle de Orbeta || align=left| || 1:33:19 || ~ |||-| 25 || align=left|Johana Ordonez || align=left| || 1:33:58 || || |-| 26 || align=left|Gabriela de Sousa || align=left| || 1:33:59 || |||-| 27 || align=left| || align=left| || 1:34:02 || ~~ |||-| 28 || align=left| || align=left| || 1:34:20 || ~~ |||-| 29 || align=left|Saskia Feige || align=left| || 1:34:49 || |||-| 30 || align=left|Ayane Yanai || align=left| || 1:34:59 || |||-| 31 || align=left|Mary Luz Andia || align=left| || 1:35:38 || ~~ || |-| 32 || align=left|Rebecca Henderson || align=left| || 1:35:51 || ~ |||-| 33 || align=left|Barbara Olah || align=left| || 1:35:55 || |||-| 34 || align=left|Viktória Madarasz || align=left| || 1:36:13 || |||-| 35 || align=left|Yukiko Umeno || align=left| || 1:36:52 || |||-| 36 || align=left|Sofia Ramos Rodriguez || align=left| || 1:37:49 ||~ |||-| 37 || align=left|Kiriaki Filtisakou || align=left| || 1:37:51 || |||-| 38 || align=left|Paula Milena Torres || align=left| || 1:38:03|| |||-| 39 || align=left|Ángela Castro || align=left| || 1:40:01 || |||-| 40 || align=left|Valeria Ortuño || align=left| || 1:40:53 || |||-| || align=left|Sandra Arenas || align=left| || || ~~~
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~>~~|| |-| || align=left|Christina Papadopoulou || align=left| || || || |}
Key: ~ Red card for loss of contact> Red card for bent kneeTR54.7.5: Disqualified by Rule TR54.7.5 (4 red cards)

References

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 20 August 2023 . Start List 20 Kilometres Race Walk Women - Final . 21 August 2023 . . 21 August 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230821165151/https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/7138987/AT-20KR-W-f----.SL2.pdf . live .
  2. Web site: 20 Kilometres Walk Women − Records . 21 August 2023 . . 28 October 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221028010703/https://worldathletics.org/records/by-discipline/race-walks/20-kilometres-race-walk/outdoor/women . live .
  3. Web site: 19 August 2022 . Qualification System and Entry Standards . . 21 August 2023 . 19 August 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220819191514/https://assets.aws.worldathletics.org/document/62ff627cef4200119b5555be.pdf . live .
  4. Web site: 20 August 2023 . Results 20 Kilometres Race Walk Women - Final . 21 August 2023 . . 20 August 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230820072324/https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/7138987/AT-20KR-W-f----.RS6.pdf . live .
  5. Web site: 20 August 2023 . Race Analysis 20 Kilometres Race Walk Women - Final . 21 August 2023 . . 21 August 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230821165150/https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/7138987/AT-20KR-W-f--1--.RS5.pdf . live .