2017 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 50 kilometres walk

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Women's 50 kilometres walk
at the 2017 World Championships
Inês Henriques, 50km marche, Portugal. Championne du monde et recordwoman du monde (36180450480).jpg
Inês Henriques, the champion.
VenueOlympic Stadium
Dates13 August (final)
Competitors7 from 4 nations
Winning time4:05:56
Medalists
gold medal Inês Henriques   Portugal
silver medal Yin Hang   China
bronze medal Yang Shuqing   China
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The women's 50 kilometres walk at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics was held on a 2 kilometre course comprising lengths of The Mall between Buckingham Palace and Admiralty Arch on 13 August.[1][2]

Summary[]

This was the first time women were offered this event in the world championships, finally equalizing all events for both genders. Only seven women toed the start line. With the event in its infancy, Inês Henriques (POR) had set the world record in January.

From the start, Henriques was dominating the race though Yin Hang (CHN) was with her virtually stride for stride through the halfway point. Two years prior to this becoming an IAAF ratified event, Erin Taylor-Talcott held the world record. Here she was disqualified early on, after the 5k mark. Behind the lead pack, a chase pack formed by Yang Shuqing (CHN), Katie Burnett (USA) and (BRA) walking closely together past 15k before da Rosa fell off the pace. Shortly after the half way mark, Burnett fell off Yang's pace, but she didn't go away. By 35k, Burnett was 50 seconds behind Yang, but she pulled it back, getting within breathing room of Yang as the race was closing in the last 5k.

Henriques continued to widen her lead to over three minutes on Yin. Yin managed to pull back a few seconds over the final 5k, finishing less than a minute short of Henriques' previous world record, but Henriques took two and a half minutes off of that record with this win in 4:05:56. After a scare, Yang opened up a minute over the last 5k on Burnett for bronze. Both silver medalist Yin and fourth place Burnett set their respective continental records.

Records[]

Before the competition records were as follows:[3]

Record Perf. Athlete Nat. Date Location
World 4:08:26 Inês Henriques  POR 15 Jan 2017 Porto de Mós, Portugal
Championship New event
World leading 4:08:26 Inês Henriques  POR 15 Jan 2017 Porto de Mós, Portugal
African No registered time
Asian Record 4:22:22 Yin Hang  CHN 5 Mar 2017 Huangshan, China
NACAC 4:26:37 Kathleen Burnett  USA 28 Jan 2017 Santee, United States
South American 4:39:28  BRA 2 Oct 2016 Lima, Peru
European 4:08:26 Inês Henriques  POR 15 Jan 2017 Porto de Mós, Portugal
Oceanian No registered time

The following records were set at the competition:[4]

Record Perf. Athlete Nat. Date
World 4:05:56 Inês Henriques  POR 13 Aug 2017
Championship
World leading
European
Portuguese
Asian 4:08:58 Yin Hang  CHN
Chinese
NACAC 4:21:51 Kathleen Burnett  USA
American

Qualification standard[]

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 4:30:00.[5]

Results[]

The final took place on 13 August at 07:46. The results were as follows:[6]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Inês Henriques  Portugal (POR) 4:05:56 WR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Yin Hang  China (CHN) 4:08:58 AR
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Yang Shuqing  China (CHN) 4:20:49 PB
4 Kathleen Burnett  United States (USA) 4:21:51 AR
 Brazil (BRA) DNF Beyond time limit
Susan Randall  United States (USA) DNF Beyond time limit
Erin Taylor-Talcott  United States (USA) DQ R 230.6 (a)

References[]

  1. ^ "50 Kilometres Race Walk Women − Timetable". IAAF. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  2. ^ Start list
  3. ^ "50 Kilometres Race Walk Women – Records". IAAF. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  4. ^ "Records Set - Final" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
  5. ^ "Qualification System and Entry Standards" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  6. ^ "50 Kilometres Race Walk Women − Final − Results" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
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