2017 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 20 kilometres walk

Women's 20 kilometres walk2017 World Championships
Venue	Olympic Stadium
Dates	13 August (final)
Competitors	64 from 35 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 20 kilometres walk at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics was held at the London Olympic Stadium on 13 August.

Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:

World record	Liu Hong (CHN)	1:24:38	La Coruña, Spain	6 June 2015
Championship record	Olimpiada Ivanova (RUS)	1:25:41	Helsinki, Finland	7 August 2005
World Leading	Elena Lashmanova (RUS)	1:25:18	Sochi, Russia	18 February 2017
African Record	Grace Wanjiru Njue (KEN)	1:30:43	Durban, South Africa	26 June 2016
Asian Record	Liu Hong (CHN)	1:24:38	La Coruña, Spain	6 June 2015
North, Central American and Caribbean record	Maria Guadalupe González (MEX)	1:26:17	Rome, Italy	7 May 2016
South American Record	Erica de Sena (BRA)	1:27:18	Rome, Italy	7 May 2016
European Record	Elena Lashmanova (RUS)	1:24:58	Cheboksary, Russia	25 June 2016
Oceanian record	Jane Saville (AUS)	1:27:44	Naumburg, Germany	2 May 2004

Qualification standards

Entry standards
1:36:00

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
13 August 2017	12:20	Final

All times are local times (UTC+1)