Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 20 kilometres walk

Women's 20 kilometres walk at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Venue	The Mall
Date	11 August 2012
Competitors	61 from 33 nations
Winning time	1:25:02 WR
Medalists
Elena Lashmanova  Russia Shenjie Qieyang[1]  China Liu Hong  China
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Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics
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
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The women's 20 kilometres walk at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom, was held on 11 August^[2] on a route along The Mall and Constitution Hill.^[3]

Summary[]

From the start of the race, defending champion Olga Kaniskina took the lead, only Liu Hong would go with her. The two opened up a big gap with a chase pack of a Guatemalan, the other 2 Russians, other 2 Chinese. By the end of 8K the pack began to lose walkers, Mirna Ortíz and Johanna Jackson were disqualified, and Liu began to lose contact, Kaniskina off on her own. Shortly after the half way mark, the pack was down to Elena Lashmanova and Anisya Kirdyapkina leading Xiuzhi Lu and Shenjie Qieyang An hour into the race and Lu began to lose contact, Lashmanova, Kirdyapkina and Qieyang chasing and then swallowing up Liu. By 14 km Kaniskina had a 33-second lead. Almost unnoticeable, the gap between Kaniskina and the chasers had come down to 24 seconds at 16 km, Kirdyapkina and then Liu struggling to stay with the group. After another 2K lap, the gap was down to 17 seconds at 18 km, still seemingly insurmountable with just one lap to go. With Kaniskina looking strong, the gap kept falling. Kaniskina started to show the strain, as the pass became inevitable she began the most pronounced arm swing trying to find that last bit of speed, but it wasn't enough. Less than 200 metres from the finish Lashmanova went by Kaniskina and on to the gold carpet. Lashmanova finished with a 1:25:02 world record. Broken Kaniskina finished 7 seconds back, just a second slower than the previous world record. Qieyang happily finished another 7 seconds later for bronze. After the finish, Kaniskina was barely able to walk, while a fresh Lashmanova celebrated her victory.^{[4][failed verification]}

Records[]

Prior to the competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

World record	Vera Sokolova (RUS)	1:25:08	Sochi, Russia	26 February 2011
Olympic record	Olga Kaniskina (RUS)	1:26:31	Beijing, China	21 August 2008
2012 World leading	Elmira Alembekova (RUS)	1:25:27	Sochi, Russia	18 February 2012

The following records were established during the competition:

Date	Event	Name	Nationality	Time	Record
11 August	Final	Elena Lashmanova	Russia	1:25:02	WR

Schedule[]

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

Results[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes[5]
	Elena Lashmanova	Russia	1:25:02	WR
	Qieyang Shenjie	China	1:25:16	AR
	Liu Hong	China	1:26:00
4	Lü Xiuzhi	China	1:27:10
5	Elisa Rigaudo	Italy	1:27:36	SB
6	Beatriz Pascual	Spain	1:27:56	SB
7	Ana Cabecinha	Portugal	1:28:03	SB
8	María Vasco	Spain	1:28:14	SB
9	Masumi Fuchise	Japan	1:28:41	SB
10	María José Poves	Spain	1:29:36
11	Olive Loughnane	Ireland	1:29:39	SB
12	Eleonora Giorgi	Italy	1:29:48	PB
13	Inês Henriques	Portugal	1:29:54	SB
14	Nadiya Borovska	Ukraine	1:30:03	PB
15	Regan Lamble	Australia	1:30:08	PB
16	Mayumi Kawasaki	Japan	1:30:20	SB
17	Melanie Seeger	Germany	1:30:44	SB
18	Laura Reynolds	Ireland	1:31:02	PB
19	Kristina Saltanovic	Lithuania	1:31:04	SB
20	Agnieszka Szwarnóg	Poland	1:31:14
21	Agnieszka Dygacz	Poland	1:31:28	SB
22	Agnese Pastare	Latvia	1:31:54	SB
23	Hanna Drabenia	Belarus	1:31:58	PB
24	Brigita Virbalyte	Lithuania	1:31:58
25	Olha Iakovenko	Ukraine	1:32:07	PB
26	Beki Lee	Australia	1:32:14	PB
27	Maria Michta	United States	1:32:27	PB
28	Monica Equihua	Mexico	1:32:28	PB
29	Jamy Franco	Guatemala	1:33:18
30	Sandra Arenas	Colombia	1:33:21
31	Claudia Balderrama	Bolivia	1:33:28	PB
32	Ingrid Hernandez	Colombia	1:33:34	PB
33	Lucie Pelantova	Czech Republic	1:33:35
34	Nguyen Thi Thanh Phuc	Vietnam	1:33:36	NR
35	Kumi Otoshi	Japan	1:33:50
36	Claudia Stef	Romania	1:33:56
37	Neringa Aidietyte	Lithuania	1:34:01
48	Yadira Guaman	Ecuador	1:34:47	PB
39	Viktória Madarász	Hungary	1:34:48
40	Ayman Kozhakhmetova	Kazakhstan	1:35:00
41	Arabelly Orjuela	Colombia	1:35:05
42	Despina Zapounidou	Greece	1:35:19
43	Paulina Buziak	Poland	1:35:23
44	Mayra Herrera	Guatemala	1:35:33
45	Semiha Mutlu	Turkey	1:35:33	PB
46	Nastassia Yatsevich	Belarus	1:35:41
47	Vera Santos	Portugal	1:35:51
48	Olena Shumkina	Ukraine	1:36:42
49	Paola Perez	Ecuador	1:37:05
50	Rachel Seaman	Canada	1:37:36
51	Maria Czakova	Slovakia	1:37:43
52	Anne Halkivaha	Finland	1:38:49
53	Milangela Rosales	Venezuela	1:42:46
	Sabine Krantz	Germany	DNF
	Sholpan Kozhakhmetova	Kazakhstan	DNF
	Johanna Jackson	Great Britain	DQ
	Jeon Yeong-Eun	South Korea	DQ
	Mirna Ortiz	Guatemala	DQ
	Claire Tallent	Australia	DQ
DSQ	Olga Kaniskina	Russia	1:25:09	DSQ[6]
DSQ	Anisya Kirdyapkina	Russia	1:26:26	DSQ

• On 24 March 2016, the Court of Arbitration for Sport has issued a decision that all competitive results obtained by Olga Kaniskina from 15 August 2009 to 15 October 2012 are disqualified for doping.^[7] The medals and places were reallocated.^[8] Anisya Kirdyapkina was also disqualified for doping.^[9]

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