2023 World Athletics Championships – Women's 35 kilometres walk explained

Event:	Women's 35 kilometres walk
Competition:	2023 World Championships
Venue:	National Athletics Centre
Dates:	24 August
Competitors:	47
Nations:	22
Win Value:	2:38:40
Goldnoc:	ESP
Silver:	Kimberly García
Silvernoc:	PER
Bronze:	Antigoni Drisbioti
Bronzenoc:	GRE
Prev:	2022
Next:	2025

The women's 35 kilometres walk at the 2023 World Athletics Championships was held on National Athletics Centre in Budapest on 24 August 2023. 47 athletes from 22 nations entered to the event.^[1]

Records

Before the competition records were as follows:^[2]

width=25% align=center	Record	width=25% align=center	Athlete &	width=10% align=center		width=25% align=center	Location	width=15% align=center	Date
World record		2:37:15	Poděbrady, Czech Republic	21 May 2023
Championship record		2:39:16	Eugene, United States	22 July 2022
World Leading		2:37:11	Saransk, Russia	20 May 2023
African Record		3:42:04	Cape Town, South Africa	15 January 2022
Asian Record		2:38:42	Wajima, Japan	16 April 2023
North, Central American and Caribbean record		2:49:29	Dudince, Slovakia	23 April 2022
South American Record		2:37:44	Dudince, Slovakia	25 March 2023
European Record		2:37:15	Poděbrady, Czech Republic	21 May 2023
Oceanian record		2:47:54	Melbourne, Australia	21 May 2023

The following records were set at the competition:

Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 2:51:30.^[3]

Schedule

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

Results

The race was started at 07:00. The results were as follows:^{[4] [5]}

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Warnings	Notes
	María Pérez		2:38:40	>
			2:40:52	>
			2:43:22	~
4			2:44:40
5			2:45:32
6			2:46:18
7			2:46:32
8			2:46:48	~
9			2:47:09
10			2:49:06	~
11			2:49:34
12			2:50:44
13			2:51:53
14			2:52:57	>
15			2:53:27
16			2:53:30
17	Johana Ordóňez		2:54:58
18			2:56:51
19			2:57:00
20			2:57:24	>>>
21			2:57:55	>
22			2:59:37
23			2:59:58	~
24			3:01:22
25			3:01:53
26			3:02:16
27			3:02:29	>>>
28			3:02:47
29			3:03:05
30			3:03:41
31			3:05:43
32			3:05:55
33			3:08:11	>
34			3:09:23	>
35			3:09:41	>>>|
36			3:16:11
				>>
				>
				>>>>
				~~~> || |-| || align=left|Rebecca Henderson || align=left| || |||| |} Key: ~ Red card for loss of contact > Red card for bent knee TR54.7.5: Disqualified by Rule TR54.7.5 (4 red cards) References

Notes and References

1. Web site: 24 August 2023 . Start List 35 Kilometres Race Walk Women - Final . 24 August 2023 . . 24 August 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230824083028/https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/7138987/AT-35KR-W-f----.SL2.pdf . live .
2. Web site: 35 Kilometres Walk Women − Records . 24 August 2023 . . 28 October 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221028231036/https://worldathletics.org/records/by-discipline/race-walks/35-kilometres-race-walk/outdoor/women . live .
3. Web site: 19 August 2022 . Qualification System and Entry Standards . . 24 August 2023 . 19 August 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220819191514/https://assets.aws.worldathletics.org/document/62ff627cef4200119b5555be.pdf . live .
4. Web site: 24 August 2023 . Results 35 Kilometres Race Walk Women - Final . 24 August 2023 . . 24 August 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230824083026/https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/7138987/AT-35KR-W-f----.RS6.pdf . live .
5. Web site: 24 August 2023 . Race Analysis 35 Kilometres Race Walk Women - Final . 24 August 2023 . . 24 August 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230824083026/https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/7138987/AT-35KR-W-f--1--.RS5.pdf . live .