The women's 20 kilometres race walk at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held in Paris, France, on 1 August 2024. This was the seventh time that the event was contested at the Summer Olympics.
Background The women's 20 kilometres race walk has been present on the Olympic athletics programme since 2000. +Global records before the 2024 Summer OlympicsRecordAthlete (Nation)TimeLocationDateWorld record1:23.49"All time Top lists – Senior – 20 Kilometres Race Walk women", World Athletics, 29 June 2024. Retrieved 29 June 2024.Huangshan, China20 March 2021Olympic record1:25.16London, Great Britain11 August 2012World leading1:24.31"Season Top Lists – Senior 2024 – 20 Kilometres Race Walk women", World Athletics, 2024. Retrieved 29 June 2024.Sochi, Russia27 February 2024 +Area records before the 2024 Summer OlympicsArea RecordAthlete (Nation)TimeAfrica (records)1:30.40Asia (records)1:23.49 WREurope (records)1:25.08 North, Central America and Caribbean (records)1:26.17Oceania (records)1:27.09South America (records)1:25.29
Qualification
For the women's 20 kilometres race walk event, the qualification period was between 1 July 2023 and 30 June 2024. 48 athletes were able to qualify for the event, with a maximum of three athletes per nation, by running the entry standard of 1:29.20 seconds or faster or by their World Athletics Ranking for this event.Sean McAlister, "How to qualify for athletics at Paris 2024. The Olympics qualification system explained", Olympics.com, 20 December 2022. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
Results
The event took place on 1 August, starting at 09:20 09:50 (UTC+2) in the morning."Paris 2024 - Olympic Schedule - Athletics", Olympics.com. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
Rank Athlete Nation Time Time behind Notes Yang Jiayu 1:25:54 ~ María Pérez 1:26:19 +0:25 ~ Jemima Montag 1:26:25 +0:31 ~ 4 Sandra Arenas 1:27:03 +1:09 ~~ 5 Alegna González 1:27:14 +1:20 6 Glenda Morejón 1:27:37 +1:43 7 Laura García-Caro 1:28:12 +2:18 ~~ 8 Evelyn Inga 1:28:16 +2:22 9 Paula Milena Torres 1:28:48 +2:54 10 Cristina Montesinos 1:29:11 +3:17 11 Ma Zhenxia 1:29:15 +3:21 ~~~ 12 Mary Luz Andía 1:29:24 +3:30 13 Érica de Sena 1:29:32 +3:38 14 Lyudmyla Olyanovska 1:29:55 +4:01 15 Clemence Beretta 1:29:55 +4:01 16 Kimberly García 1:30:10 +4:16 17 Mariia Sakharuk 1:30:12 +4:18 18 Viviane Lyra 1:30:31 +4:37 ~~~ 19 Magaly Bonilla 1:30:33 +4:39 ~~ 20 Olena Sobchuk 1:31:12 +5:18 21 Liu Hong 1:31:24 +5:30 22 Antigoni Drisbioti 1:31:33 +5:39 23 Eleonora Giorgi 1:31:49 +5:55 24 Alejandra Ortega 1:31:58 +6:04 ~ 25 Camille Moutard 1:31:58 +6:04 26 Pauline Stey 1:31:59 +6:05 27 Eliška Martínková 1:32:30 +6:36 28 Saskia Feige 1:33:23 +7:29 29 Rachelle de Orbeta 1:33:33 +7:39 30 Katarzyna Zdziebło 1:33:52 +7:58 31 Rebecca Henderson 1:34:22 +8:28 ~~ 32 Nanako Fujii 1:34:26 +8:32 ~~~ 33 Rita Récsei 1:34:39 +8:45 ~ 34 Mária Czaková 1:34:46 +8:52 ~ 35 Valentina Trapletti 1:35:39 +9:45 36 Gabriela de Sousa 1:35:50 +9:56 ~ 37 Hana Burzalová 1:36:12 +10:18 38 Vitoria Oliveira 1:36:22 +10:28 39 Ilse Guerrero 1:37:10 +11:16 40 Meryem Bekmez 1:38:06 +12:12 41 Priyanka Goswami 1:39:55 +14:01 >> 42 Viktória Madarász 1:41:21 +15:27 43 Ana Cabecinha 1:46:30 +20:36 > — Olivia Sandery Did not finish >Antonella Palmisano — Kumiko Okada Did not start Ayane YanaiKiriaki Filtisakou
References
External links Women's 20km Racewalk