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20 kilometres Race Walk, Women

Date19 August 2016 — 14:30
StatusOlympic
LocationPraia do Pontal, Recreio dos Bandeirantes, Rio de Janeiro
Participants74 from 34 countries

Chinese walker Liu Hong had finished fourth at the 2008 and 2012 Olympics, although she would later get a bronze medal from London after a doping disqualification on re-testing of samples. She had won medals at the last three World Championships, broke the world record in 2015, and came to Rio as the favorite. Earlier in 2016 she had served a one-month drug suspension when an anti-histamine had been found in a skin lotion she was using.

The race was close throughout, with nobody establishing themselves as a clear leader. Into the last kilometer, Liu, Mexican María Guadalupe González, and Liu’s teammate Lu Xiuzhi battled for the medals. Liu outsprinted González to win by two seconds with Lu another five seconds behind. It was the closest finish in any Olympic women’s walk race.

PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime
1–Liu HongCHN1-28:35Gold
2–María Guadalupe GonzálezMEX1-28:37Silver
3–Lu XiuzhiCHN1-28:42Bronze
4–Antonella PalmisanoITA1-29:03
5–Qieyang ShijieCHN1-29:04
6–Ana CabecinhaPOR1-29:23
7–Érica SenaBRA1-29:29
8–Beatriz PascualESP1-30:24
9–Regan LambleAUS1-30:28
10–Anežka DrahotováCZE1-30:43
11–Elisa RigaudoITA1-31:04
12–Inês HenriquesPOR1-31:28
13–Émilie MenuetFRA1-32:04
14–Kimberly GarcíaPER1-32:09
15–Antigoni NtrismpiotiGRE1-32:32
16–Kumiko OkadaJPN1-32:42
17–Nastassia YatsevichBLR1-32:53
18–Ángela CastroBOL1-32:54
19–Nadiya BorovskaUKR1-33:01
20–Raquel GonzálezESP1-33:03
21–Inna KashynaUKR1-33:15
22–Maria Michta-CoffeyUSA1-33:36
23–María Guadalupe SánchezMEX1-33:44
24–Paola PérezECU1-33:53
25–Viktória MadarászHUN1-33:59
26–Tanya HollidayAUS1-34:22
27–Magaly BonillaECU1-34:54
28–Paulina BuziakPOL1-35:01
29–Brigita Virbalytė-DimšienėLTU1-35:11
30–Mirna OrtizGUA1-35:11
31–Wendy CornejoBOL1-35:17
32–Lorena ArenasCOL1-35:40
33–Julia TakácsESP1-35:45
34–Miranda MelvilleUSA1-35:48
35–Alana BarberNZL1-35:55
36–Maritza GuamánECU1-35:56
37–Daniela CardosoPOR1-36:13
38–Yeseida CarrilloCOL1-36:28
39–Jeon Yeong-EunKOR1-36:31
40–Rachel TallentAUS1-37:08
41–Alejandra OrtegaMEX1-37:33
42–Grace WanjiruKEN1-37:49
43–Stefany CoronadoBOL1-37:56
44–Agnieszka SzwarnógPOL1-38:01
45–Andreea ArsineROU1-38:16
46–Valentyna MyronchukUKR1-38:20
47–Panagiota TsinopoulouGRE1-38:24
48–Mária CzakováSVK1-38:29
49–Cisiane Dutra LopesBRA1-38:35
50–Ana RodeanROU1-38:42
51–Jessica HanccoPER1-39:08
52–Maritza PoncioGUA1-40:09
53–Agnese PastareLAT1-40:15
54–Khushbir KaurIND1-40:33
55–Mária GálikováSVK1-40:35
56–Živilė VaiciukevičiūtėLTU1-41:28
57–Claudia ȘtefROU1-41:47
58–Barbara KovácsHUN1-42:11
59–Rita RécseiHUN1-42:41
60–Chahinez NasriTUN1-42:57
61–Askale TiksaETH1-44:15
62–Diana AydosovaKAZ1-44:49
63–Anél OosthuizenRSA1-45:06
DNF–Agnieszka DygaczPOL–
DNF–Sapna PuniaIND–
DNF–Yesenia MirandaESA–
DNF–Sandra GalvisCOL–
DNF–Neringa AidietytėLTU–
DQ–Eleonora GiorgiITA–1
DQ–Mayra HerreraGUA–2
DQ–Yehualeye BeletewETH–3
DQ–Lee Da-SeulKOR–4
DQ–Lee Jeong-EunKOR–5
DQ–Polina RepinaKAZ–6