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

Womn's 50 kilometres walk
at the 2017 World Championships
Venue Olympic Stadium
Dates 13 August (final)
Competitors 6 from 4 nations
Events at the
2017 World 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 women
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 50 kilometres walk at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics will be held on a 2 kilometre course comprising lengths of The Mall between Buckingham Palace and Admiralty Arch on 13 August.[1]

Records

Before the competition, the records were as follows:[2]

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 Hang Yin  CHN 5 Mar 2017 Huangshan, China
NACAC 4:26:37 Kathleen Burnett  USA 28 Jan 2017 Santee, United States
South American 4:39:28 Nair Da Rosa  BRA 2 Oct 2016 Lima, Brazil
European 4:08:26 Inês Henriques  POR 15 Jan 2017 Porto de Mós, Portugal
Oceanian No registered time

Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 4:30:00.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "50 Kilometres Race Walk Women − Timetable". IAAF. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  2. ↑ "50 Kilometres Race Walk Women – Records". IAAF. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  3. ↑ "Qualification System and Entry Standards" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
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