Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 20 kilometres walk

Women's 20 kilometres walk
at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
VenuePontal
Date19 August 2016
Competitors74 from 31 nations
Winning time1:28:35
Medalists
   China
   Mexico
   China
Athletics at the
2016 Summer Olympics
List of athletes
Qualification
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 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, was held on 19 August on a route along Pontal.

Summary

The race took off as a pack, with María Guadalupe González on point but nobody exerting any force to take the lead. Always present near the front were the three Chinese athletes; World champion and world record holder Liu Hong, world silver medalist Lü Xiuzhi and Qieyang Shenjie. Towering over the lead group was Anežka Drahotová. After the first laps, Lu and her teammates increased the pace from 9:17 initial laps to sub-9; walkers began to drop off the back of the pack, one by one. By the halfway mark, the pack was down to 15. Within the next kilometer, the pack was down to seven, González, two Italians; Antonella Palmisano and Eleonora Giorgi, Brazilian favorite Érica de Sena, and the two Chinese using the pace; Lu and Liu. Going to the 13K mark, Giorgi received the red paddle to step off the course. In the next 500 metres, Qieyang and Ana Cabecinha, who had fallen off the back were able to rejoin the pack. Qieyang continued past the pack to take the position at the front. After a brief visit, Cabecinha couldn't stay with the group. The pace continued to drop, down to 8:42 for the eighth lap, de Sena the next off the back. Before the end of the penultimate lap, Palmisano fell off the back, leaving the three Chinese vs González. But González held the lead, pushing the pace. Qieyang broke and quickly fell back to get passed by Palmisano. The lap finished in 8:40, the fastest yet. Through the last lap, the pace increased Each already had one red card on the board, Liu getting shown three yellow paddles during the lap, still chasing González a step behind with Lu first a step then dropping off the back with just over 500 metres to the finish. Down the final straight, Liu edged closer to González, then after getting a shoulder ahead, quickly expanded the lead. With six officials watching over the last 100 metres, Liu did not pick up any calls and crossed the finish line first, two seconds up on González, seven on Lu. Behind them, Qieyang surged back to Palmisano, but couldn't get past.

Records

The existing World and Olympic records stood as follows.

World record  Liu Hong (CHN) 1:24:38 A Coruña, Spain 6 June 2015
Olympic record  Elena Lashmanova (RUS) 1:25:02 London, United Kingdom 11 August 2012

Schedule

All times are Brasília Time (UTC–3)

Date Time Round
19 August 2016 14:30Final

Results

Warnings (Athletes with 3 warnings are automatically disqualified)
Rank Start Name Nationality Time Notes[1]
1st, gold medalist(s) 9 Hong, LiuLiu Hong China 1:28:35 ~
2nd, silver medalist(s) 5 Guadalupe González, MaríaMaría Guadalupe González Mexico 1:28:37 ~
3rd, bronze medalist(s) 57 Xiuzhi, LüLü Xiuzhi China 1:28:42 ~
4 41 Palmisano, AntonellaAntonella Palmisano Italy 1:29:03
5 1 Shenjie, QieyangQieyang Shenjie China 1:29:04
6 10 Cabecinha, AnaAna Cabecinha Portugal 1:29:23
7 4 de Sena, ÉricaÉrica de Sena Brazil 1:29:29 ~~
8 7 Pascual, BeatrizBeatriz Pascual Spain 1:30:24
9 50 Lamble, ReganRegan Lamble Australia 1:30:28 ~~
10 63 Drahotová, AnežkaAnežka Drahotová Czech Republic 1:30:43
11 3 Rigaudo, ElisaElisa Rigaudo Italy 1:31:04 >
12 6 Henriques, InêsInês Henriques Portugal 1:31:28
13 15 Menuet, ÉmilieÉmilie Menuet France 1:32:04 ~
14 69 García, KimberlyKimberly García Peru 1:32:09
15 31 Drisbioti, AntigoniAntigoni Drisbioti Greece 1:32:32
16 49 Okada, KumikoKumiko Okada Japan 1:32:42
17 62 Yatsevich, NastassiaNastassia Yatsevich Belarus 1:32:53 ~
18 52 Castro, ÁngelaÁngela Castro Bolivia 1:32:54
19 11 Borovska, NadiyaNadiya Borovska Ukraine 1:33:01 ~~
20 2 González, RaquelRaquel González Spain 1:33:03
21 72 Kashyna, InnaInna Kashyna Ukraine 1:33:15
22 39 Michta-Coffey, MariaMaria Michta-Coffey United States 1:33:36
23 74 Sánchez, María GuadalupeMaría Guadalupe Sánchez Mexico 1:33:44 ~~
24 13 Pérez, PaolaPaola Pérez Ecuador 1:33:53
25 22 Madarász, ViktóriaViktória Madarász Hungary 1:33:59
26 37 Holliday, TanyaTanya Holliday Australia 1:34:22 ~~
27 27 Bonilla, MagalyMagaly Bonilla Ecuador 1:34:54 ~
28 18 Buziak, PaulinaPaulina Buziak Poland 1:35:01
29 67 Virbalytė-Dimšienė, BrigitaBrigita Virbalytė-Dimšienė Lithuania 1:35:11
30 23 Ortiz, MirnaMirna Ortiz Guatemala 1:35:11
31 35 Cornejo, WendyWendy Cornejo Bolivia 1:35:17 ~~
32 36 Arenas, SandraSandra Arenas Colombia 1:35:40 ~
33 26 Takács, JuliaJulia Takács Spain 1:35:45
34 58 Melville, MirandaMiranda Melville United States 1:35:48
35 45 Barber, AlanaAlana Barber New Zealand 1:35:55
36 60 Guaman, MaritzaMaritza Guaman Ecuador 1:35:56
37 56 Cardoso, DanielaDaniela Cardoso Portugal 1:36:13
38 53 Carrillo, YeseidaYeseida Carrillo Colombia 1:36:28
39 40 Yeong-eun, JeonJeon Yeong-eun South Korea 1:36:31 ~~
40 20 Tallent, RachelRachel Tallent Australia 1:37:08 ~
41 21 Ortega, AlejandraAlejandra Ortega Mexico 1:37:33
42 14 Wanjiru, GraceGrace Wanjiru Kenya 1:37:49
43 64 Coronado, StefanyStefany Coronado Bolivia 1:37:56
44 33 Szwarnóg, AgnieszkaAgnieszka Szwarnóg Poland 1:38:01
45 65 Arsine, AndreeaAndreea Arsine Romania 1:38:16 ~
46 44 Myronchuk, ValentynaValentyna Myronchuk Ukraine 1:38:20 ~
47 61 Tsinopoulou, PanayiotaPanayiota Tsinopoulou Greece 1:38:24
48 46 Czaková, MáriaMária Czaková Slovakia 1:38:29 ~
49 47 Lopes, CisianeCisiane Lopes Brazil 1:38:35
50 51 Rodean, Ana VeronicaAna Veronica Rodean Romania 1:38:42
51 30 Hancco, JessicaJessica Hancco Peru 1:39:08
52 54 Poncio, MaritzaMaritza Poncio Guatemala 1:40:09
53 16 Pastare, AgneseAgnese Pastare Latvia 1:40:15 >~
54 25 Kaur, KhushbirKhushbir Kaur India 1:40:33 >
55 42 Gáliková, MáriaMária Gáliková Slovakia 1:40:35
56 24 Vaiciukevičiūtė, ŽivilėŽivilė Vaiciukevičiūtė Lithuania 1:41:28
57 48 Claudia Ștef Romania 1:41:47 >
58 68 Kovacs, BarbaraBarbara Kovacs Hungary 1:42:11 ~
59 55 Recsei, RitaRita Recsei Hungary 1:42:41 ~
60 12 Nasri, ChahinezChahinez Nasri Tunisia 1:42:57
61 73 Tiksa, AskaleAskale Tiksa Ethiopia 1:44:15 >>
62 17 Aydosova, DianaDiana Aydosova Kazakhstan 1:44:49 ~
63 28 Oosthuizen, AnelAnel Oosthuizen South Africa 1:45:06 >
29 Dygacz, AgnieszkaAgnieszka Dygacz Poland DNF ~
66 Sapana, SapanaSapana Sapana India DNF
43 Miranda, YeseniaYesenia Miranda El Salvador DNF
59 Galvis, SandraSandra Galvis Colombia DNF
70 Aidietytė, NeringaNeringa Aidietytė Lithuania DNF
34 Beletew, YehualeyeYehualeye Beletew Ethiopia DQ ~~>
8 Giorgi, EleonoraEleonora Giorgi Italy DQ ~~~
38 Herrera, Mayra CarolinaMayra Carolina Herrera Guatemala DQ ~~~
19 Da-seul, LeeLee Da-seul South Korea DQ ~~>
32 Jeong-eun, LeeLee Jeong-eun South Korea DQ ~~>
71 Repina, PolinaPolina Repina Kazakhstan DQ >>>

References

  1. "20km walk women results". Athletics – London 2012 Olympics. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
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