The Women's 20 kilometres race walk event at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics was held on a loop course starting and finishing at Gukchae - bosang Memorial Park on August 31.
Olga Kaniskina of Russia looked to continue a series of major victories which had seen her win consecutive world titles (2007, 2009), the 2008 Olympic title and a gold medal at the 2010 European Championships. Two other Russians, Vera Sokolova and Anisya Kirdyapkina, had walked the two fastest times ever for the distance that February and comprised her primary opposition. Outside of the Russians, 2009 medallists Olive Loughnane and Liu Hong were the other major medal contenders. Other entrants were Qieyang Shenjie, Li Yanfei, Beatriz Pascual, Kumi Otoshi and Vera Santos – all of whom were among the fastest walkers that year.Martin, David (2011-08-21). Women's 20Km Race Walk - PREVIEW . IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-08-27.
Records Record Athlete Location Date World record1:25:08Sochi, Russia26 February 2011Championship record1:25:41Helsinki, Finland7 August 2005World leading1:25:08Sochi, Russia26 February 2011African record1:34:19Nairobi, Kenya1 August 2010Asian record1:26:22Guangzhou, China19 November 2001NCAC record1:30:03Mézidon-Canon, France2 May 1999South American record1:31:25Lima, Peru7 May 2005European record1:25:08Sochi, Russia26 February 2011Oceanian record1:27:44Naumburg, Germany2 May 2004
Qualification standards A timeB time 1:33:30 1:38:00
Schedule Date Time RoundAugust 31, 2011 09:00 Final
Results KEY:qFastest non-qualifiersQQualifiedNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best
Final Elisa Rigaudo became bronze medal on 24 March 2016 (5 years after the event) in 20 km walk (she was 4th) after disqualification of Russian Olga Kaniskina who originally had won the race and silver in March 2019 (8 years after the event) after disqualification of Russian Anisya Kirdyapkina originally second. Rank Athlete Nationality Time Notes Liu Hong 1:30:00 Elisa Rigaudo 1:30:44 SB Qieyang Shijie 1:31:14 4 Susana Feitor 1:31:26 5 Ana Cabecinha 1:31:36 6 Kristina Saltanovič 1:31:40 SB 7 Beatriz Pascual 1:31:46 8 Inês Henriques 1:32:06 9 Vera Sokolova 1:32:13 10 María Vasco 1:32:42 11 Gao Ni 1:32:49 12 Regan Lamble 1:33:38 13 Olive Loughnane 1:34:02 14 Tatiana Mineeva 1:34:08 15 Nastassia Yatsevich 1:34:09 16 Jamy Franco 1:34:36 17 Kumi Otoshi 1:34:37 18 Claire Tallent 1:34:46 19 Mayumi Kawasaki 1:35:03 20 Johanna Jackson 1:35:32 21 Nadiia Borovska-Prokopuk 1:35:38 22 Lucie Pelantová 1:35:45 23 Jeon Yong-eun 1:35:52 SB 24 Claudia Stef 1:36:55 25 Agnese Pastare 1:37:48 26 Brigita Virbalytė 1:38:39 27 Maria Michta 1:38:54 28 Mária Czaková 1:39:07 29 Arabelly Orjuela 1:39:28 30 Ingrid Hernández 1:39:53 31 Zuzana Schindlerová 1:39:57 32 Marie Polli 1:40:28 33 Milángela Rosales 1:40:49 34 Rachel Lavallée Seaman 1:43:31 35 Grace Wanjiru 1:43:59 36 Yadira Guamán 1:45:15 37 Chaima Trabelsi 1:46:29 Claudia Balderrama María José Poves Viktória Madarász Neringa Aidietytė María Guadalupe Sánchez Olga Iakovenko Sabine Krantz Melanie Seeger Masumi Fuchise Semiha Mutlu DSQ Olga Kaniskina 1:29:42 disqualified DSQ Anisya Kirdyapkina 1:30:13 disqualified DSQ Olena Shumkina 1:32:17 disqualified
References
External links 20 kilometres walk results at IAAF website