Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's 20 kilometres walk

Athletics at the
2004 Summer Olympics
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
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
Wheelchair races
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The Women's 20 km Walk event at the 2004 Summer Olympics as part of the athletics program was held on August 23.

Medalists

Gold Athanasia Tsoumeleka
Greece (GRE)
Silver Olimpiada Ivanova
Russia (RUS)
Bronze Jane Saville
Australia (AUS)

Abbreviations

DNS did not start
NM no mark
OR olympic record
WR world record
AR area record
NR national record
PB personal best
SB season best

Records

Standing records prior to the 2004 Summer Olympics
World Record  Wang Yan (CHN) 1:26:22 November 19, 2001 China Guangzhou, PR China
Olympic Record  Wang Liping (CHN) 1:29:05 September 28, 2000 Australia Sydney, Australia

Final ranking

Rank Athlete Time Note
1st  Athanasia Tsoumeleka (GRE)1:29.12 PB
2nd  Olimpiada Ivanova (RUS)1:29.16
3rd  Jane Saville (AUS)1:29.25
4  Ryta Turava (BLR)1:29:39
5  Melanie Seeger (GER)1:29:52
6  Elisa Rigaudo (ITA)1:29:57
7  María Vasco (ESP)1:30:06
8  Wang Liping (CHN)1:30:16
9  Yelena Ginko (BLR)1:30:22
10  Athina Papayianni (GRE)1:30:37
11  Rossella Giordano (ITA)1:30:39
12  Kjersti Plätzer (NOR)1:30:49 SB
13  Yuliya Voyevodina (RUS)1:31:02
14  Song Hongjuan (CHN)1:31:27
15  Valentina Tsybulskaya (BLR)1:31:49
16  Sabine Zimmer (GER)1:31:59
17  Yelena Nikolayeva (RUS)1:32:16
18  Elisabetta Perrone (ITA)1:32:21 SB
19  Kristina Saltanovic (LTU)1:32:22
20  Susana Feitor (POR)1:32:47
21  Sylwia Korzeniowska (POL)1:33:06
22  Zuzana Maliková (SVK)1:33:17
23  Sonata Milušauskaitė (LTU)1:33:36
24  Barbora Dibelková (CZE)1:33:37
25  Inês Henriques (POR)1:33:53
26  Maribel Gonçalves (POR)1:33:59
27  Norica Câmpean (ROM)1:34:30
28  Svetlana Tolstaya (KAZ)1:34:43
29  Ana Maria Groza (ROM)1:34:56
30  Rocio Florido (ESP)1:35:32
31  Hristina Kokotou (GRE)1:35:43
32  Jiang Jing (CHN)1:35:56
33  Yeliz Ay (TUR)1:36:02
34  Victoria Palacios (MEX)1:36:07
35  Yuan Yufang (MAS)1:36:34
36  Natalie Saville (AUS)1:36:54
37  Daniela Cirlan (ROM)1:37:14
38  Cheryl Webb (AUS)1:37:40
39  Marie Polli (SUI)1:37:53
40  Mayumi Kawasaki (JPN)1:37:56
41  Geovana Irusta (BOL)1:38:36
42  Vira Zozulya (UKR)1:38:45
43  Teresa Vaill (USA)1:38:47
44  Edina Fusti (HUN)1:39:45
45  Anita Liepina (LAT)1:39:54
46  Sandra Zapata (COL)1:42:22
47  Nicolene Cronje (RSA)1:42:37
48  Alessandra Picagevicz (BRA)1:46:21
49  Teresita Collado (GUA)1:46:41
50  Yelena Kuznetsova (KAZ)1:49:08
51  Yolene Raffin (MRI)1:49:28
52  Fumilay Fonseca (STP)2:04:54 PB
DID NOT FINISH (DNF)
—  Olive Loughnane (IRL)
—  Rosario Sánchez (MEX)
—  Nevena Mineva (BUL)
DISQUALIFIED (DSQ)
—  Maria Teresa Gargallo (ESP)
—  Kim Mi-Jung (KOR)

See also

References