Women's 20 kilometres walk world record progression

The following table shows the world record progression in the women's 20 kilometres race walk, as recognised by the IAAF.

World record progression Time Athlete Date Place 2:24:00 1931-09-06 Prague, Czechoslovakia 2:14:07 1931-09-14 Prague, Czechoslovakia 1:59:02 1934-06-09 Zürich, Switzerland 1:57:35 1962-07-28 Cape Town, South Africa 1:57:26 1963-10-27 Copenhagen, Denmark 1:54:30 1967-10-22 Copenhagen, Denmark 1:53:46 1968-10-27 Copenhagen, Denmark 1:51:05 1969-10-12 Copenhagen, Denmark 1:47:10 1973-09-22 Copenhagen, Denmark 1:43:38 1977-07-16 Adelaide, Australia 1:43:20 1978-04-23 Mixhuca, Mexico 1:41:42 1980-02-03 Melbourne, Australia 1:39:31 1981-12-20 Melbourne, Australia 1:36:36 1982-12-19 Melbourne, Australia 1:36:23 1984-07-07 Canberra, Australia 1:36:19 1984-07-17 Melbourne, Australia 1:29:40 1988-05-13 Vårname, Sweden 1:27:30 1995-05-01 Beijing, China 1:27:30 1999-02-07 Adler, Russia 1:26:22 2001-11-19 Guangzhou, China 1:25:41 2005-08-07 Helsinki, Finland 1:25:08 2011-02-26 Sochi, Russia 1:25:02 2012-08-11 London, England 1:24:47 2015-02-27 Sochi, Russia 1:24:38 2015-06-06 A Coruña, Spain 1:23:49 2021-03-20 Huangshan

See also Men's 20 kilometres walk world record progression

References

IOC-site