2005 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 20 kilometres walk

Events at the 2005 World Championships
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 km race walk event at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics was held on August 7 in the streets of Helsinki with the start at 11:35h local time, and the goal line situated in the Helsinki Olympic Stadium. Russia's Olimpiada Ivanova won the race in a world record time of 1:25:41 hours.

Medalists

Gold	Olimpiada Ivanova Russia (RUS)
Silver	Ryta Turava Belarus (BLR)
Bronze	Susana Feitor Portugal (POR)

Abbreviations

• All times shown are in hours:minutes:seconds

DNS	did not start
DSQ	disqualified
NM	no mark
WR	world record
WL	world leading
AR	area record
NR	national record
PB	personal best
SB	season best

Intermediates

Rank	Number	Athlete	Time
5 kilometres
1	635	Olimpiada Ivanova (RUS)	21:43
2	112	Jiang Jing (CHN)	21:43
3	116	Song Hongjuan (CHN)	22:02
4	60	Ryta Turava (BLR)	22:02
5	391	Elisa Rigaudo (ITA)	22:14
10 kilometres
1	635	Olimpiada Ivanova (RUS)	42:54
2	60	Ryta Turava (BLR)	43:59
3	116	Song Hongjuan (CHN)	43:59
4	177	Cristina López (ESA)	44:04
5	337	Athanasia Tsoumeleka (GRE)	44:05
15 kilometres
1	635	Olimpiada Ivanova (RUS)	1:04:05
2	60	Ryta Turava (BLR)	1:05:26
3	391	Elisa Rigaudo (ITA)	1:05:57
4	337	Athanasia Tsoumeleka (GRE)	1:06:04
5	197	María Vasco (ESP)	1:06:10

Finishing times

1. Olimpiada Ivanova, Russia 1:25:41 (WR)
2. Ryta Turava, Belarus 1:27:05 (NR)
3. Susana Feitor, Portugal 1:28:44 (SB)
4. María Vasco, Spain 1:28:51 (SB)
5. Barbora Dibelková, Czech Republic 1:29:05 (NR)
6. Athina Papayianni, Greece 1:29:21 (SB)
7. Elisa Rigaudo, Italy 1:29:52
8. Claudia Stef, Romania 1:30:07
9. Song Hongjuan, China 1:30:32
10. Yuliya Voyevodina, Russia 1:30:34
11. Melanie Seeger, Germany 1:31:00
12. Kristina Saltanovic, Lithuania 1:31:23 (SB)
13. Elena Ginko, Belarus 1:31:36
14. Ana Maria Groza, Romania 1:31:48 (SB)
15. Vera Santos, Portugal 1:32:17
16. Maria Teresa Gargallo, Spain 1:32:24
17. Svetlana Tolstaya, Kazakhstan 1:32:40
18. Tatyana Gudkova, Russia 1:33:05
19. Geovana Irusta, Bolivia 1:33:19
20. Jane Saville, Australia 1:33:44
21. Cheryl Webb, Australia 1:33:58
22. Jolanta Dukure, Latvia 1:34:24 (SB)
23. Sabine Zimmer, Germany 1:34:24
24. Mária Gáliková, Slovakia 1:34:38 (PB)
25. Gisella Orsini, Italy 1:35:05
26. Vira Zozulya, Ukraine 1:35:12
27. Inês Henriques, Portugal 1:35:44
28. María José Poves, Spain 1:36:12
29. Kim Mi-Jung, South Korea 1:37:01
30. Sonata Milušauskaitė, Lithuania 1:37:17
31. Mayumi Kawasaki, Japan 1:37:30
32. Monica Svensson, Sweden 1:38:11
33. Graciela Mendoza, Mexico 1:39:56
34. Mabel Oncebay, Peru 1:40:46
35. Outi Sillanpää, Finland 1:41:03

Athletes who did not finish

• Sachiko Konishi, Japan
• Teresa Vaill, United States
• Yelena Nikolayeva, Russia
• Miriam Ramón, Ecuador
• Nataliya Misyulya, Belarus
• Wang Liping, China

Athletes disqualified

• Olive Loughnane, Ireland
• Athanasia Tsoumeleka, Greece
• Cristina López, El Salvador
• Jiang Jing, China
• Evelyn Núñez, Guatemala
• Gulnara Mammadova, Azerbaijan

See also

• 2005 Race Walking Year Ranking

External links

• IAAF results