Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's 20 kilometres walk explained

Event:	Women's 20 kilometres walk
Games:	2000 Summer
Date:	28 September
Venue:	Stadium Australia
Competitors:	57
Nations:	30
Win Value:	1:29:05
Longnames:	yes
Gold:	Liping Wang
Goldnoc:	CHN
Silver:	Kjersti Plätzer
Silvernoc:	NOR
Bronze:	María Vasco
Bronzenoc:	ESP
Next:	2004

These are the official results of the Women's 20 km Walk at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. The race was held on Thursday 28 September 2000, starting at 10:45h.^[1]

The event may be best remembered for the disqualification of hometown athlete Jane Saville. Saville was leading the race and entered the final stretch of the race inside the stadium before she was flagged for her third violation for lifting her feet off the ground, which led to her disqualification.

Abbreviations

• All times shown are in hours:minutes:seconds

DNS	did not start
NM	no mark
OR	olympic record
WR	world record
AR	area record
NR	national record
PB	personal best
SB	season best

Records

Standing records prior to the 2004 Summer Olympics
		1:25:18	19 May 2000	Moscow, Russia
	New event after the 10 km was contested previously

No new world record was established in the competition. By winning the event, Wang Liping established the Olympic record, 1:29.05.

Final ranking

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Note
			1:29.05	OR
			1:29.33
			1:30.23
4			1:31.25
5			1:31.33
6			1:31.50
7			1:32.02
8			1:32.35
9			1:33.08
10			1:33.10
11			1:33.14	PB
12			1:33.22
13			1:33.38
14			1:33.53
15			1:34.19	SB
16			1:34.24
17			1:34.26
18			1:34.45
19			1:34.59
20			1:35.06
21			1:35.19
22			1:35.29
23			1:35.35
24			1:35.43
25			1:36.09	NR
26			1:36.17
27			1:36.35
28			1:36.44
29			1:36.46
30			1:36.54
31			1:37.14
32			1:37.39
33			1:37.47
34			1:38.07
35			1:38.23
36			1:38.52
37			1:39.17
38			1:39.36
39			1:40.57
40			1:42.45
41			1:43.28
42			1:43.34
43			1:44.03
44			1:47.20
45			1:52.50
—			DNF
—			DNF
—			DNF
—			DNF
—			DNF
—			DNF
—			DNF
—			DSQ
—			DSQ
—			DSQ
—			DSQ
—			DSQ

See also

• 1997 Women's World Championships 10 km Walk (Athens)
• 1998 Women's European Championships 10 km Walk (Budapest)
• 1999 Women's World Championships 20 km Walk (Seville)
• 2000 Race Walking Year Ranking
• 2001 Women's World Championships 20 km Walk (Edmonton)
• 2002 Women's European Championships 20 km Walk (Munich)
• 2003 Women's World Championships 20 km Walk (Paris)

External links

• Official Report
• Results
• Official Report of the 2000 Sydney Summer Olympics

Notes and References

1. Web site: Athletics at the 2000 Sydney Summer Games: Women's 20 kilometres Walk . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417175610/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/2000/ATH/womens-20-kilometres-walk.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 3 December 2017 . sports-reference.com.