2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 20 kilometres walk


The Women's 20 kilometres 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, 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.

Records

Qualification standards

Schedule

Results

Final

became bronze medal on 24 March 2016 in 20 km walk after disqualification of Russian Olga Kaniskina who originally had run the race. And silver in March 2019 after disqualification of Russian Anisya Kirdyapkina originally second.
RankAthleteNationalityTimeNotes
Liu Hong1:30:00
Elisa Rigaudo1:30:44SB
Qieyang Shenjie1:31:14
4Susana Feitor1:31:26
5Ana Cabecinha1:31:36
6Kristina Saltanovič1:31:40SB
7Beatriz Pascual1:31:46
8Inês Henriques1:32:06
9Vera Sokolova1:32:13
10María Vasco1:32:42
11Gao Ni1:32:49
12Regan Lamble1:33:38
13Olive Loughnane1:34:02
14Tatiana Mineeva1:34:08
15Nastassia Yatsevich1:34:09
16Jamy Franco1:34:36
17Kumi Otoshi1:34:37
18Claire Tallent1:34:46
19Mayumi Kawasaki1:35:03
20Johanna Jackson1:35:32
21Nadiia Borovska-Prokopuk1:35:38
22Lucie Pelantová1:35:45
23Jeon Yong-eun1:35:52SB
24Claudia Stef1:36:55
25Agnese Pastare1:37:48
26Brigita Virbalytė1:38:39
27Maria Michta1:38:54
28Mária Czaková1:39:07
29Arabelly Orjuela1:39:28
30Ingrid Hernández1:39:53
31Zuzana Schindlerová1:39:57
32Marie Polli1:40:28
33Milángela Rosales1:40:49
34Rachel Lavallée Seaman1:43:31
35Grace Wanjiru1:43:59
36Yadira Guamán1:45:15
37Chaima Trabelsi1:46:29
Claudia Balderrama
María José Poves
Viktória Madarász
Neringa Aidietytė
María Guadalupe Sánchez
Olga Iakovenko
Sabine Krantz
Melanie Seeger
Masumi Fuchise
Semiha Mutlu
DSQOlga Kaniskina1:29:42disqualified
DSQAnisya Kirdyapkina1:30:13disqualified
DSQOlena Shumkina1:32:17disqualified