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
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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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.^[1]

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

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. , Peru 1:40:46
35. , 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
• , Azerbaijan

See also[]

• 2005 Race Walking Year Ranking

References[]

External links[]

• IAAF results