2006 European Athletics 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

The Women's 20 km walk event at the 2006 European Championships was held on August 9, 2006 in Gothenburg, Sweden, with the start at 17:15h.

Medalists[edit]

Gold	Ryta Turava Belarus (BLR)
Silver	Olga Kaniskina Russia (RUS)
Bronze	Elisa Rigaudo Italy (ITA)

Abbreviations[edit]

• All times shown are in hours:minutes:seconds

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

Records[edit]

Standing records prior to the 2006 European Athletics Championships
World Record	Olimpiada Ivanova (RUS)	1:24.50	March 4, 2001	Adler, Russia
Event Record	Olimpiada Ivanova (RUS)	1:26.42	August 7, 2002	Munich, Germany

Results[edit]

Rank	Athlete	Time	Note
	Ryta Turava (BLR)	1:27:08
	Olga Kaniskina (RUS)	1:28:35
	Elisa Rigaudo (ITA)	1:28:37
4	Kjersti Plätzer (NOR)	1:28:45
5	Claudia Stef (ROM)	1:29:27
6	Sabine Zimmer (GER)	1:29:56
7	Sylwia Korzeniowska (POL)	1:30:31	NR
8	Vera Santos (POR)	1:30:41
9	Jolanta Dukure (LAT)	1:31:02	NR
10	Melanie Seeger (GER)	1:31:29
11	Ana Maria Groza (ROM)	1:31:35
12	Inês Henriques (POR)	1:31:58
13	Zuzana Malíková (SVK)	1:32:14	NR
14	Susana Feitor (POR)	1:32:19
15	María Vasco (ESP)	1:32:50
16	Gisella Orsini (ITA)	1:33:10
17	Galina Kolpakova (RUS)	1:33:39
18	Rossella Giordano (ITA)	1:33:56
19	María José Poves (ESP)	1:35:03
20	Beatriz Pascual (ESP)	1:36:03
21	Sonata Milušauskaitė (LTU)	1:36:20
22	Monica Svensson (SWE)	1:38:25
DID NOT FINISH (DNF)
—	Kristina Saltanovič (LTU)	DNF
DISQUALIFIED (DSQ)
—	Elena Ginko (BLR)	DSQ

See also[edit]

• 2006 Race Walking Year Ranking

References[edit]

• Official results
• Results