Athletics — 20 kilometres Race Walk, Women

Times held 7
Total participants 256
Total countries 56

Participants

Year Event Status Participants NOCs
2000 20 kilometres Race Walk, Women Olympic 57 31
2004 20 kilometres Race Walk, Women Olympic 57 35
2008 20 kilometres Race Walk, Women Olympic 48 30
2012 20 kilometres Race Walk, Women Olympic 61 33
2016 20 kilometres Race Walk, Women Olympic 74 34
2020 20 kilometres Race Walk, Women Olympic 58 30
2024 20 kilometres Race Walk, Women Olympic 45 22

Medal winners

Year Gold Silver Bronze
2000 Wang LipingCHN Kjersti Tysse-PlätzerNOR María VascóESP
2004 Athanasia TsoumelekaGRE Olimpiada IvanovaRUS Jane SavilleAUS
2008 Olga KaniskinaRUS Kjersti Tysse-PlätzerNOR Elisa RigaudoITA
2012 Qieyang ShijieCHN Liu HongCHN Lu XiuzhiCHN
2016 Liu HongCHN María Guadalupe GonzálezMEX Lu XiuzhiCHN
2020 Antonella PalmisanoITA Lorena ArenasCOL Liu HongCHN
2024 Yang JiayuCHN María PérezESP Jemima MontagAUS

Medals by country

NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total
People's Republic of China CHN 4 1 3 8
Russian Federation RUS 1 1 0 2
Italy ITA 1 0 1 2
Greece GRE 1 0 0 1
Norway NOR 0 2 0 2
Spain ESP 0 1 1 2
Colombia COL 0 1 0 1
Mexico MEX 0 1 0 1
Australia AUS 0 0 2 2

Top medallists

Athlete Nat Gold Silver Bronze Total
Liu Hong CHN 1 1 1 3
Wang Liping CHN 1 0 0 1
Athanasia Tsoumeleka GRE 1 0 0 1
Olga Kaniskina RUS 1 0 0 1
Qieyang Shijie CHN 1 0 0 1
Antonella Palmisano ITA 1 0 0 1
Yang Jiayu CHN 1 0 0 1

Best performance by country

Olympic and Intercalated results only.
Country Games Athlete/Team Placement
Algeria ALG 2000 Summer Olympics Bahia Boussad 45 See all
Australia AUS 2004 Summer Olympics Jane Saville 3 Bronze See all
2024 Summer Olympics Jemima Montag 3 Bronze
Azerbaijan AZE 2000 Summer Olympics Aida İsayeva DNF See all
Belarus BLR 2004 Summer Olympics Ryta Turava 4 See all
Bolivia BOL 2016 Summer Olympics Ángela Castro 18 See all
Brazil BRA 2016 Summer Olympics Érica Sena 7 See all
Bulgaria BUL 2004 Summer Olympics Nevena Mineva DNF See all
Canada CAN 2012 Summer Olympics Rachel Seaman 47 See all
Colombia COL 2020 Summer Olympics Lorena Arenas 2 Silver See all
Costa Rica CRC 2020 Summer Olympics Noelia Vargas 21 See all
Czechia CZE 2016 Summer Olympics Anežka Drahotová 10 See all
Ecuador ECU 2024 Summer Olympics Glenda Morejón 6 See all
El Salvador ESA 2000 Summer Olympics Ivis Martínez 34 See all
Ethiopia ETH 2016 Summer Olympics Askale Tiksa 61 See all
Finland FIN 2012 Summer Olympics Anne Halkivaha 49 See all
France FRA 2016 Summer Olympics Émilie Menuet 13 See all
Germany GER 2004 Summer Olympics Melanie Seeger 5 See all
Great Britain GBR 2008 Summer Olympics Jo Jackson 21 See all
Greece GRE 2004 Summer Olympics Athanasia Tsoumeleka 1 Gold See all
Guatemala GUA 2012 Summer Olympics Jamy Franco 28 See all
Hong Kong, China HKG 2020 Summer Olympics Ching Siu Nga 35 See all
Hungary HUN 2000 Summer Olympics Mária Rosza-Urbanik 18 See all
India IND 2020 Summer Olympics Priyanka 17 See all
Ireland IRL 2008 Summer Olympics Olive Loughnane 7 See all
Italy ITA 2020 Summer Olympics Antonella Palmisano 1 Gold See all
Japan JPN 2012 Summer Olympics Masumi Fuchise 8 See all
Kazakhstan KAZ 2000 Summer Olympics Svetlana Tolstaya 21 See all
Kenya KEN 2016 Summer Olympics Grace Wanjiru 42 See all
Latvia LAT 2012 Summer Olympics Agnese Pastare 21 See all
Lithuania LTU 2008 Summer Olympics Sonata Milušauskaitė 15 See all
Malaysia MAS 2000 Summer Olympics Yuan Yu Fang 15 See all
Mauritius MRI 2004 Summer Olympics Yolène Raffin 51 See all
Mexico MEX 2016 Summer Olympics María Guadalupe González 2 Silver See all
New Zealand NZL 2016 Summer Olympics Alana Barber 35 See all
Norway NOR 2000 Summer Olympics Kjersti Tysse-Plätzer 2 Silver See all
2008 Summer Olympics Kjersti Tysse-Plätzer 2 Silver
People's Republic of China CHN 2000 Summer Olympics Wang Liping 1 Gold See all
2012 Summer Olympics Qieyang Shijie 1 Gold
2016 Summer Olympics Liu Hong 1 Gold
2024 Summer Olympics Yang Jiayu 1 Gold
Peru PER 2024 Summer Olympics Evelyn Inga 8 See all
Poland POL 2020 Summer Olympics Katarzyna Zdziebło 10 See all
Portugal POR 2012 Summer Olympics Ana Cabecinha 6 See all
2016 Summer Olympics Ana Cabecinha 6
Puerto Rico PUR 2024 Summer Olympics Rachelle de Orbeta 29 See all
ROC ROC 2020 Summer Olympics Elvira Khasanova 16 See all
Republic of Korea KOR 2000 Summer Olympics Kim Mi-Jeong 25 See all
Romania ROU 2000 Summer Olympics Norica Cîmpean 6 See all
Russian Federation RUS 2008 Summer Olympics Olga Kaniskina 1 Gold See all
Slovakia SVK 2004 Summer Olympics Zuzana Malíková 22 See all
South Africa RSA 2004 Summer Olympics Nicolene Cronje 47 See all
Spain ESP 2024 Summer Olympics María Pérez 2 Silver See all
Switzerland SUI 2004 Summer Olympics Marie Polli 39 See all
São Tomé and Príncipe STP 2004 Summer Olympics Fumilay da Fonseca 52 See all
Tunisia TUN 2016 Summer Olympics Chahinez Nasri 60 See all
Türkiye TUR 2020 Summer Olympics Meryem Bekmez 22 See all
Ukraine UKR 2000 Summer Olympics Valentyna Savchuk 12 See all
United States USA 2000 Summer Olympics Michelle Rohl 17 See all
Venezuela VEN 2012 Summer Olympics Milángela Rosales 50 See all
Vietnam VIE 2012 Summer Olympics Nguyễn Thị Thanh Phúc 33 See all