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Women's 20 kilometres walk
at the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad
VenueParis[1]
Date
  • 9 August 2024
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The women's 20 kilometres race walk at the 2024 Summer Olympics is scheduled to be held in Paris, France, on 9 August 2024. This will be the seventh time that the event is contested at the Summer Olympics.

Background

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The women's 20 kilometres race walk has been present on the Olympic athletics programme since 2000.

Global records before the 2024 Summer Olympics
Record Athlete (Nation) Time Location Date
World record  Yang Jiayu (CHN) 1:23.49[2] Huangshan, China 20 March 2021
Olympic record  Qieyang Shijie (CHN) 1:25.16 London, Great Britain 11 August 2012
World leading  Elvira Chepareva (RUS) 1:24.31[3] Sochi, Russia 27 February 2024
Area records before the 2024 Summer Olympics[4]
Area Record Athlete (Nation) Time
Africa (records)  Grace Wanjiru (KEN) 1:30.40
Asia (records)  Yang Jiayu (CHN) 1:23.49 WR
Europe (records)  Vera Sokolova (RUS) 1:25.08
North, Central America

and Caribbean (records)

 Lupita González (MEX) 1:26.17
Oceania (records)  Jemima Montag (AUS) 1:27.09
South America (records)  Glenda Morejón (ECU) 1:25.29

Qualification

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For the women's 20 kilometres race walk event, the qualification period is between 1 July 2023 and 30 June 2024. 48 athletes are able to qualify for the event, with a maximum of three athletes per nation, by running the entry standard of 1:29.20 seconds or faster or by their World Athletics Ranking for this event.[5]

Results

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The event is scheduled to be held on 1 August, starting at 09:20 (UTC+2) in the morning.[1]

References

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