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The Women's 20 kilometres walk event at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics

2011 World Championships in Athletics

The 13th IAAF World Championships in Athletics was an international athletics competition that was held in Daegu, South Korea. It started on 27 August 2011 and finished on 4 September 2011....

 was held on a loop course starting and finishing at Gukchae - bosang Memorial Park on August 31.

Olga Kaniskina

Olga Kaniskina

Olga Nikolayevna Kaniskina is a Russian race walker. She won the silver medal in the 20 km walk at the 2006 European Championships and gold medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics...

 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

2010 European Athletics Championships – Women's 20 kilometres walk

The women's 20 kilometres walk at the 2010 European Athletics Championships was held on the streets of Barcelona on 28 July.-Medalists:-Records:-Schedule:-Final:-References:*...

. Two other Russians, Vera Sokolova

Vera Sokolova

Vera Sokolova is a Russian race walker.A gold medalist on the track at World Youth and European Junior level, she won her first major senior medal at the 2010 European Athletics Championships, taking the 20 km road walk bronze medal...

 and Anisya Kirdyapkina

Anisya Kirdyapkina

-Achievements:-References:...

, 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

Olive Loughnane

Olive Loughnane is an Irish race walker. She has competed in three Olympic Games . Loughnane has represented Ireland at five consecutive editions of the World Championships in Athletics and she won a silver medal at the 2009 World Championships. Loughnane earned $30,000 in prize money from the...

 and Liu Hong

Liu Hong (athlete)

Liu Hong is a Chinese race walker.She first came to prominence by winning the World Junior and Asian Games titles in 2006. After a poor global debut at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics , she rebounded with a fourth place finish at the 2008 Beijing Olympics...

 were the other major medal contenders. Other entrants were Qieyang Shenjie, Li Yanfei, Beatriz Pascual

Beatriz Pascual

Beatriz Pascual Rodríguez is a Spanish race walker.She holds the women's national record for Spain in the 5000 m track walk . She was also Spain's national champion in the 20 km walk event in 2006 and 2008. She represented Spain at the Olympics in 2008 and finished sixth in the women's 20 km...

, Kumi Otoshi and Vera Santos

Vera Santos

Vera Lúcia Montez dos Santos is a Portuguese race walker.She began racing at the senior international level in 2002, taking part in the 2002 European Athletics Championships. Her first major medal was a silver at the 2003 European Athletics U23 Championships and she went on to compete at that...

 – all of whom were among the fastest walkers that year.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Olga Kaniskina Olga Kaniskina Olga Nikolayevna Kaniskina is a Russian race walker. She won the silver medal in the 20 km walk at the 2006 European Championships and gold medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics... '	Liu Hong Liu Hong (athlete) Liu Hong is a Chinese race walker.She first came to prominence by winning the World Junior and Asian Games titles in 2006. After a poor global debut at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics , she rebounded with a fourth place finish at the 2008 Beijing Olympics... '	Anisya Kirdyapkina Anisya Kirdyapkina -Achievements:-References:... '

Records

World record		1:25:08	Sochi Sochi Sochi is a city in Krasnodar Krai, Russia, situated just north of Russia's border with the de facto independent republic of Abkhazia, on the Black Sea coast. Greater Sochi sprawls for along the shores of the Black Sea near the Caucasus Mountains... , Russia Russia Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...	26 February 2011
Championship record		1:25:41	Helsinki Helsinki Helsinki is the capital and largest city in Finland. It is in the region of Uusimaa, located in southern Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, an arm of the Baltic Sea. The population of the city of Helsinki is , making it by far the most populous municipality in Finland. Helsinki is... , Finland Finland Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...	7 August 2005
World leading		1:25:08	Sochi, Russia	26 February 2011
African record		1:34:19	Nairobi Nairobi Nairobi is the capital and largest city of Kenya. The city and its surrounding area also forms the Nairobi County. The name "Nairobi" comes from the Maasai phrase Enkare Nyirobi, which translates to "the place of cool waters". However, it is popularly known as the "Green City in the Sun" and is... , Kenya Kenya Kenya , officially known as the Republic of Kenya, is a country in East Africa that lies on the equator, with the Indian Ocean to its south-east...	1 August 2010
Asian record		1:26:22	Guangzhou Guangzhou Guangzhou , known historically as Canton or Kwangchow, is the capital and largest city of the Guangdong province in the People's Republic of China. Located in southern China on the Pearl River, about north-northwest of Hong Kong, Guangzhou is a key national transportation hub and trading port... , China China Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...	19 November 2001
North, Central American and Caribbean record		1:30:03	Mézidon-Canon Mézidon-Canon -References:*... , France France The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...	2 May 1999
South American record		1:31:25	Lima Lima Lima is the capital and the largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón, Rímac and Lurín rivers, in the central part of the country, on a desert coast overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Together with the seaport of Callao, it forms a contiguous urban area known as the Lima... , Peru Peru Peru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....	7 May 2005
European record		1:25:08	Sochi, Russia	26 February 2011
Oceanian record		1:27:44	Naumburg Naumburg Naumburg is a town in Germany, on the Saale River. It is in the district Burgenlandkreis in the Bundesland of Saxony-Anhalt. It is approximately southwest of Leipzig, south-southwest of Halle, and north-northeast of Jena.... , Germany Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...	2 May 2004

Qualification standards

A time	B time
1:33:30	1:38:00

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
August 31, 2011	09:00	Final

Results

KEY:	q	Fastest non-qualifiers	Q	Qualified	NR	National record	PB	Personal best	SB	Seasonal best

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Olga Kaniskina Olga Kaniskina Olga Nikolayevna Kaniskina is a Russian race walker. She won the silver medal in the 20 km walk at the 2006 European Championships and gold medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics...		1:29:42
	Liu Hong Liu Hong (athlete) Liu Hong is a Chinese race walker.She first came to prominence by winning the World Junior and Asian Games titles in 2006. After a poor global debut at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics , she rebounded with a fourth place finish at the 2008 Beijing Olympics...		1:30:00
	Anisya Kirdyapkina Anisya Kirdyapkina -Achievements:-References:...		1:30:13
	Elisa Rigaudo Elisa Rigaudo Elisa Rigaudo is an Italian race walker from Cuneo. In 2002 she received a public warning for a doping offence.-Achievements:-References:*...		1:30:44	SB
	Qieyang Shenjie		1:31:14
	Susana Feitor Susana Feitor Susana Paula de Jesus Feitor, DamIH is a Portuguese racewalker. She was born in Alcobertas, Médio Tejo.-Achievements:-References:...		1:31:26
	Ana Cabecinha Ana Cabecinha Ana Cabecinha is a Portuguese race walker. She was born in Santiago Maior .-Achievements:-References:...		1:31:36
	Kristina Saltanovič Kristina Saltanovic Kristina Saltanovič is a Lithuanian race walker.-Achievements:-References:*...		1:31:40	SB
	Beatriz Pascual Beatriz Pascual Beatriz Pascual Rodríguez is a Spanish race walker.She holds the women's national record for Spain in the 5000 m track walk . She was also Spain's national champion in the 20 km walk event in 2006 and 2008. She represented Spain at the Olympics in 2008 and finished sixth in the women's 20 km...		1:31:46
10	Inês Henriques Inês Henriques Inês Henriques is a Portuguese race walker.-Achievements:-References:...		1:32:06
11	Vera Sokolova Vera Sokolova Vera Sokolova is a Russian race walker.A gold medalist on the track at World Youth and European Junior level, she won her first major senior medal at the 2010 European Athletics Championships, taking the 20 km road walk bronze medal...		1:32:13
12	Olena Shumkina		1:32:17	SB
13	María Vasco María Vasco María del Monte Vasco Pes Gallardo is a Spanish race walker. She won the bronze medal over 20 km at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, and the bronze medal at the 2007 World Championships in Osaka. She was born in Barcelona, Catalonia.-Achievements:-References:*...		1:32:42
14	Gao Ni		1:32:49
15	Regan Lamble		1:33:38
16	Olive Loughnane Olive Loughnane Olive Loughnane is an Irish race walker. She has competed in three Olympic Games . Loughnane has represented Ireland at five consecutive editions of the World Championships in Athletics and she won a silver medal at the 2009 World Championships. Loughnane earned $30,000 in prize money from the...		1:34:02
17	Tatiana Mineeva		1:34:08
18	Nastassia Yatsevich		1:34:09
19	Jamy Franco Jamy Franco Jamy Amarilis Franco Núñez is a Guatemalan race walker.Born in Santa Rosa, Franco is the daughter of former Olympic race walker Evelyn Núñez. In 2005 at the age of 14, Franco won the 10,000 meter race walk at the Pan American Junior Athletics Championships in Windsor, Canada, setting a new...		1:34:36
20	Kumi Otoshi		1:34:37
21	Claire Tallent Claire Tallent Claire Tallent is an Australian racewalker.She has represented Australia at the Olympic Games, World Championships in Athletics and medalled at the 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games. She is married to international racewalker and dual Olympic medallist, Jared Tallent...		1:34:46
22	Mayumi Kawasaki Mayumi Kawasaki -Achievements:-References:...		1:35:03
23	Johanna Jackson Johanna Jackson Johanna Jackson is a British race walker, and Commonwealth champion.-Achievements:-External links:...		1:35:32
24	Nadiia Borovska-Prokopuk		1:35:38
25	Lucie Pelantová		1:35:45
26	Jeon Yong-eun		1:35:52	SB
27	Claudia Stef Claudia Stef Claudia Stef, née Iovan is a Romanian race walker.Stef holds the world indoor record for 3000 metres track walk with 11:40.33 minutes, achieved in January 1999 in Bucharest. -Achievements:...		1:36:55
28	Agnese Pastare		1:37:48
29	Brigita Virbalytė Brigita Virbalytė-Dimšienė Brigita Virbalytė-Dimšienė is a professional race-walker which competes internationally for Lithuania. She participated in 2009 World Championships in Athletics and reached 24th place. Brigita Virbalytė-Dimšienė is also Lithuanian National Radio and Television sport journalist...		1:38:39
30	Maria Michta		1:38:54
31	Mária Czaková		1:39:07
32	Arabelly Orjuela		1:39:28
33	Ingrid Hernández		1:39:53
34	Zuzana Schindlerová Zuzana Schindlerová Zuzana Schindlerová is Czech athlete, whose specialization is race walking. She was born in Baška, Czechoslovakia.She competed at championship in Lugano 9th March 2008 with a time 1:33:15 A-limit at 20 km race and has qualified for 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. She has finished the olympic...		1:39:57
35	Marie Polli		1:40:28
36	Milángela Rosales		1:40:49
37	Rachel Lavallée Seaman		1:43:31
38	Grace Wanjiru Grace Wanjiru Grace Wanjiru Njue is a female race walker from Kenya. She is a three-time African Champion and a Commonwealth Games medallist.grace wanijiru used to have the last name walker...		1:43:59
39	Yadira Guamán Yadira Guamán Yadira Alexandra Guamán Maza is a female race walker from Ecuador.-Achievements:-References:...		1:45:15
40	Chaima Trabelsi		1:46:29

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María José Poves

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Neringa Aidietytė

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María Guadalupe Sánchez

María Guadalupe Sánchez Gómez is a female race walker from Mexico.-Achievements:-References:*...

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Melanie Seeger

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Masumi Fuchise

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External links

• 20 kilometres walk results at IAAF website