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.
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:
RecordAthlete & LocationDate World record1:23:49Huangshan, China20 March 2021Championship record1:25:41Helsinki, Finland7 August 2005 World Leading1:25:30Córdoba, Spain26 March 2023African Record1:30:40Nairobi, Kenya6 June 2018Asian Record1:23:49Huangshan, China20 March 2021North, Central American and Caribbean record1:26:17Rome, Italy7 May 2016South American Record1:25:29La Coruña, Spain8 June 2019European Record1:25:08Sochi, Russia26 February 2011Oceanian record1:27:27Adelaide, Australia13 February 2022 The following records were set at the competition:
Record Athlete Date Oceanian record1:27:16Jemima Montag20 Aug 2023 Qualification standard The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 1:29:20.
Schedule The event schedule, in local time (UTC+2), was as follows:
Date Time Round20 August 07:15 Final
Results The race was started at 07:15. The results were as follows:
Rank Name Nationality Time Warnings Notes María Pérez 1:26:51 Jemima Montag 1:27:16 ~ Antonella Palmisano 1:27:26 4 Kimberly García 1:27:32 5 Alegna González 1:27:36 ~ 6 Glenda Morejón 1:27:40 ~~ 7 Ma Zhenxia 1:28:30 ~ 8 Viviane Lyra 1:28:36 ~ 9 Ana Cabecinha 1:28:49 >~ 10 Olena Sobchuk 1:28:50 ~ 11 Lyudmyla Olyanovska 1:29:36 ~ 12 Yang Jiayu 1:29:40 13 Érica de Sena 1:29:53 > 14 Nanako Fujii 1:30:10 15 Antigoni Drisbioti 1:30:19 16 Clémence Beretta 1:30:43 ~ 17 Liu Hong 1:30:43 18 Pauline Stey 1:31:20 19 Hanna Shevchuk 1:31:44 > 20 Eleonora Giorgi 1:31:45 ~~~ 21 1:32:18 ~ 22 Valentina Trapletti 1:32:57 23 Vitória Oliveira 1:33:04 > 24 Rachelle de Orbeta 1:33:19 ~ 25 Johana Ordóñez 1:33:58 26 Gabriela de Sousa 1:33:59 27 1:34:02 ~~ 28 1:34:20 ~~ 29 Saskia Feige 1:34:49 30 Ayane Yanai 1:34:59 31 Mary Luz Andía 1:35:38 ~~ 32 Rebecca Henderson 1:35:51 ~ 33 Barbara Oláh 1:35:55 34 Viktória Madarász 1:36:13 35 Yukiko Umeno 1:36:52 36 Sofía Ramos Rodríguez 1:37:49 ~ 37 Kiriaki Filtisakou 1:37:51 38 Paula Milena Torres 1:38:03 39 Ángela Castro 1:40:01 40 Valeria Ortuño 1:40:53 Sandra Arenas ~~~ Meryem Bekmez Emily Wamusyi Ngii >> Maritza Poncio Evelyn Inga ~~~~ Olivia Sandery >>>> Katarzyna Zdziebło ~>~~ Christina Papadopoulou Key: ~ Red card for loss of contact> Red card for bent kneeTR54.7.5: Disqualified by Rule TR54.7.5 (4 red cards)
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