Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 20 kilometres walk

Women's 20 kilometres walk

at the Games of the XXX Olympiad

Venue

The Mall

Date

11 August 2012

Competitors

61 from 33 nations

Winning time

1:25:02 WR

Medalists

	Elena Lashmanova	Russia
	vacant
	Shenjie Qieyang	China

Official Video

Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men	women
10,000 m	men	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men	women
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men	women
20 km walk	men	women
50 km walk	men
Field events
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men

The women's 20 kilometres walk at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom, was held on 11 August^[1] on a route along The Mall and Constitution Hill.^[2]

From the start of the race, defending champion Olga Kaniskina took the lead, only Liu Hong would go with her. The two opened up a big gap with a chase pack of a Guatemalan, the other 2 Russians, other 2 Chinese. By the end of 8K the pack began to lose walkers, Mirna Ortíz and Johanna Jackson were disqualified, and Liu began to lose contact, Kaniskina off on her own. Shortly after the half way mark, the pack was down to Elena Lashmanova and Anisya Kirdyapkina leading Xiuzhi Lu and Shenjie Qieyang An hour into the race and Lu began to lose contact, Lashmanova,Kirdyapkina and Qieyang chasing and then swallowing up Liu. By 14 km Kaniskina had a 33-second lead. Almost unnoticeable, the gap between Kaniskina and the chasers had come down to 24 seconds at 16 km, Kirdyapkina and then Liu struggling to stay with the group. After another 2K lap, the gap was down to 17 seconds at 18 km, still seemingly insurmountable with just one lap to go. With Kaniskina looking strong, the gap kept falling. Kaniskina started to show the strain, as the pass became inevitable she began the most pronounced arm swing trying to find that last bit of speed, but it wasn't enough. Less than 200 metres from the finish Lashmanova went by Kaniskina and on to the gold carpet. Lashmanova finished with a 1:25:02 world record. Broken Kaniskina finished 7 seconds back, just a second slower than the previous world record. Qieyang happily finished another 7 seconds later for bronze. After the finish, Kaniskina was barely able to walk, while a fresh Lashmanova celebrated her victory.^[3]

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

World record	Vera Sokolova (RUS)	1:25:08	Sochi, Russia	26 February 2011
Olympic record	Olga Kaniskina (RUS)	1:26:31	Beijing, China	21 August 2008
2012 World leading	Elmira Alembekova (RUS)	1:25:27	Sochi, Russia	18 February 2012

The following records were established during the competition:

Date	Event	Name	Nationality	Time	Record
11 August	Final	Elena Lashmanova	Russia	1:25:02	WR

Schedule

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

Date	Time	Round
11 August 2012	17:00	Final

Results

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes^[4]
01 !	Lashmanova, ElenaElena Lashmanova	Russia	1:25:02	WR
	Kaniskina, OlgaOlga Kaniskina	Russia		DQ^[5]
03 !	Qieyang Shenjie	China	1:25:16	AR
04 !4	Liu Hong	China	1:26:00
05 !5	Kirdyapkina, AnisyaAnisya Kirdyapkina	Russia	1:26:26	SB
06 !6	Lu Xiuzhi	China	1:27:10
07 !7	Rigaudo, ElisaElisa Rigaudo	Italy	1:27:36	SB
08 !8	Pascual, BeatrizBeatriz Pascual	Spain	1:27:56	SB
09 !9	Cabecinha, AnaAna Cabecinha	Portugal	1:28:03	SB
10	Vasco, MariaMaria Vasco	Spain	1:28:14	SB
11	Fuchise, MasumiMasumi Fuchise	Japan	1:28:41	SB
12	Poves, Maria JoseMaria Jose Poves	Spain	1:29:36
13	Loughnane, OliveOlive Loughnane	Ireland	1:29:39	SB
14	Giorgi, Eleonora AnnaEleonora Anna Giorgi	Italy	1:29:48	PB
15	Henriques, InesInes Henriques	Portugal	1:29:54	SB
16	Borovska, NadiyaNadiya Borovska	Ukraine	1:30:03	PB
17	Lamble, ReganRegan Lamble	Australia	1:30:08	PB
18	Kawasaki, MayumiMayumi Kawasaki	Japan	1:30:20	SB
19	Seeger, MelanieMelanie Seeger	Germany	1:30:44	SB
20	Reynolds, LauraLaura Reynolds	Ireland	1:31:02	PB
21	Saltanovic, KristinaKristina Saltanovic	Lithuania	1:31:04	SB
22	Szwarnóg, AgnieszkaAgnieszka Szwarnóg	Poland	1:31:14
23	Dygacz, AgnieszkaAgnieszka Dygacz	Poland	1:31:28	SB
24	Pastare, AgneseAgnese Pastare	Latvia	1:31:54	SB
25	Drabenia, HannaHanna Drabenia	Belarus	1:31:58	PB
26	Virbalyte, BrigitaBrigita Virbalyte	Lithuania	1:31:58
27	Iakovenko, OlhaOlha Iakovenko	Ukraine	1:32:07	PB
28	Lee, BekiBeki Lee	Australia	1:32:14	PB
29	Michta, MariaMaria Michta	United States	1:32:27	PB
30	Equihua, MonicaMonica Equihua	Mexico	1:32:28	PB
31	Franco, JamyJamy Franco	Guatemala	1:33:18
32	Arenas, SandraSandra Arenas	Colombia	1:33:21
33	Balderrama, ClaudiaClaudia Balderrama	Bolivia	1:33:28	PB
34	Hernandez, IngridIngrid Hernandez	Colombia	1:33:34	PB
35	Pelantova, LucieLucie Pelantova	Czech Republic	1:33:35
36	Thi Thanh Phuc, NguyenNguyen Thi Thanh Phuc	Vietnam	1:33:36	NR
37	Otoshi, KumiKumi Otoshi	Japan	1:33:50
38	Stef, ClaudiaClaudia Stef	Romania	1:33:56
39	Aidietyte, NeringaNeringa Aidietyte	Lithuania	1:34:01
40	Guaman, YadiraYadira Guaman	Ecuador	1:34:47	PB
41	Madarasz, ViktoriaViktoria Madarasz	Hungary	1:34:48
42	Kozhakhmetova, AymanAyman Kozhakhmetova	Kazakhstan	1:35:00
43	Orjuela, ArabellyArabelly Orjuela	Colombia	1:35:05
44	Zapounidou, DespinaDespina Zapounidou	Greece	1:35:19
45	Buziak, PaulinaPaulina Buziak	Poland	1:35:23
46	Herrera, MayraMayra Herrera	Guatemala	1:35:33
47	Mutlu, SemihaSemiha Mutlu	Turkey	1:35:33	PB
48	Yatsevich, NastassiaNastassia Yatsevich	Belarus	1:35:41
49	Santos, VeraVera Santos	Portugal	1:35:51
50	Shumkina, OlenaOlena Shumkina	Ukraine	1:36:42
51	Perez, PaolaPaola Perez	Ecuador	1:37:05
52	Seaman, RachelRachel Seaman	Canada	1:37:36
53	Czakova, MariaMaria Czakova	Slovakia	1:37:43
54	Halkivaha, AnneAnne Halkivaha	Finland	1:38:49
55	Rosales, MilangelaMilangela Rosales	Venezuela	1:42:46
98 !	Krantz, SabineSabine Krantz	Germany	9:99.98 !DNF
98 !	Kozhakhmetova, SholpanSholpan Kozhakhmetova	Kazakhstan	9:99.98 !DNF
99 !	Jackson, JohannaJohanna Jackson	Great Britain	9:99.99 !DQ
99 !	Jeon Yeong-Eun	South Korea	9:99.99 !DQ
99 !	Ortiz, MirnaMirna Ortiz	Guatemala	9:99.99 !DQ
99 !	Tallent, ClaireClaire Tallent	Australia	9:99.99 !DQ

On 24 March 2016, the Court of Arbitration for Sport has issued decision that all competitive results obtained by Olga Kaniskina from 15 August 2009 to 15 October 2012 are disqualified.^[6] IOC has not yet confirmed the Olga Kaniskina's deprivation of her silver medal in women's 20 km walk and redistribution of the medals in this event.^[4] If the IOC will decide on the reallocation of the medals, Qieyang Shenjie (CHN) will get Silver and Liu Hong (CHN) will get Bronze.

References

↑ Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics
↑ http://www.london2012.com/documents/general/london-2012-race-walk-route-map.pdf
↑ http://www.iaaf.org/Mini/OLY12/Results/ResultsByDate.aspx?/racedate=08-11-2012/sex=W/discCode=20KR/combCode=hash/roundCode=f/results.html
1 2 "20km walk women results". Athletics – London 2012 Olympics. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
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↑ The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) Upholds Six Appeals Filed by the IAAF Against Russian Athlete.

10 and 20 kilometres race walk at the Olympic Games

Summary

Men's 10 km	1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012

Men's 20 km	1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016

Women's 10 km	1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012

Women's 20 km	1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016

Other distances: 1908: Men's 3500 m walk • 1908: Men's 10 miles walk • 1920: Men's 3000 m walk

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