Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 20 kilometres walk
Women's 20 kilometres walk at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Beijing National Stadium | ||||||||||||
Dates | 21 August 2008 | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 48 from 30 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 1:26:31 OR | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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The women's 20 km walk event at the 2008 Olympic Games took place on August 21 at the Beijing Olympic Stadium.[1] The qualifying standards were 1:33.30 (A standard) and 1:38.00 (B standard).[2]
Records
Prior to this event, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:
World record | ![]() | 1:25:41 | Helsinki, Finland | 7 August 2005 |
Olympic record | ![]() | 1:29:05 | Sydney, Australia | 28 September 2000 |
Schedule
All times are China standard time (UTC+8)
Date | Time | Round |
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Thursday, 21 August 2008 | 09:00 | Final |
Results
OR - Olympic Record, NR - National Record, PB - Personal Best (= - Equaled), SB - Season Best
Intermediates
Intermediate | Athlete | Country | Mark |
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4 km | 1. Olga Kaniskina | ![]() | 17:00 |
2. María Vasco | ![]() | +0:27 | |
3. Vera Santos | ![]() | s.t. | |
4. Ryta Turava | ![]() | s.t. | |
5. Elisa Rigaudo | ![]() | s.t. | |
8 km | 1. Olga Kaniskina | ![]() | 34:09 |
2. Kjersti Plätzer | ![]() | +0:41 | |
3. Ryta Turava | ![]() | s.t. | |
4. Tatyana Kalmykova | ![]() | +0:42 | |
5. Beatriz Pascual | ![]() | s.t. | |
12 km | 1. Olga Kaniskina | ![]() | 51:19 |
2. Ryta Turava | ![]() | +0:41 | |
3. Kjersti Plätzer | ![]() | +0:49 | |
4. María Vasco | ![]() | s.t. | |
5. Tatyana Kalmykova | ![]() | +0:56 | |
16 km | 1. Olga Kaniskina | ![]() | 1:08:31 |
2. Ryta Turava | ![]() | +0:59 | |
3. Kjersti Plätzer | ![]() | +1:09 | |
4. María Vasco | ![]() | s.t. | |
5. Hong Liu | ![]() | +1:20 | |
s.t. - same time.
References
- "Olympic Athletics Competition Schedule". IAAF. Archived from the original on 13 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-04.
- "Entry Standards - The XXIX Olympic Games - Beijing, China - 8/24 August 2008". IAAF. Archived from the original on 13 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-04.
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