2003 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 20 kilometres walk

The official results of the Women's 20 km Walk at the 2003 World Championships in Paris, France, held on 24 August 2003.

Medalists edit

Gold   Yelena Nikolayeva
Russia (RUS)
Silver   Gillian O'Sullivan
Ireland (IRL)
Bronze   Valentina Tsybulskaya
Belarus (BLR)

Abbreviations edit

  • All times shown are in hours:minutes:seconds
DNS did not start
DSQ disqualified
NM no mark
WR world record
WL world leading
AR area record
NR national record
PB personal best
SB season best

Records edit

Standing records prior to the 2003 World Athletics Championships
World Record   Olimpiada Ivanova (RUS) 1:24:50 March 4, 2001   Adler, Russia
Event Record   Olimpiada Ivanova (RUS) 1:27:48 August 9, 2001   Edmonton, Canada
Broken records during the 2003 World Athletics Championships
Event Record   Yelena Nikolayeva (RUS) 1:26:52 August 24, 2003   Paris, France

Intermediates edit

Final ranking edit

Rank Athlete Time Note
    Yelena Nikolayeva (RUS) 1:26:52 CR
    Gillian O'Sullivan (IRL) 1:27:34
    Valentina Tsybulskaya (BLR) 1:28:10 NR
4   Tatyana Gudkova (RUS) 1:28:53
5   Claudia Ștef (ROU) 1:29:09 PB
6   Rossella Giordano (ITA) 1:29:14 SB
7   Athanasia Tsoumeleka (GRE) 1:29:34 NR
8   Melanie Seeger (GER) 1:29:44 NR
9   Susana Feitor (POR) 1:30:15
10   Elisa Rigaudo (ITA) 1:30:34 SB
11   Jane Saville (AUS) 1:30:51 SB
12   Olive Loughnane (IRL) 1:30:53
13   Xu Aihui (CHN) 1:31:34
14   Kristina Saltanovič (LTU) 1:32:13
15   Vera Santos (POR) 1:32:43 PB
16   Sonata Milušauskaitė (LTU) 1:32:58
17   Vira Zozulya (UKR) 1:33:34
18   Geovana Irusta (BOL) 1:33:42 AR
19   Fatiha Ouali (FRA) 1:34:01
20   Sabine Zimmer (GER) 1:34:08
21   Barbora Dibelková (CZE) 1:34:44
22   Svetlana Tolstaya (KAZ) 1:35:11
23   Daniela Cârlan (ROU) 1:36:02
24   Joanne Dow (USA) 1:36:32
25   Ryoko Sakakura (JPN) 1:38:00
26   Gabrielle Gorst (NZL) 1:38:51
27   Monica Svensson (SWE) 1:39:21
28   Teresita Collado (GUA) 1:41:19
DISQUALIFIED (DSQ)
  Song Hongjuan (CHN) DSQ
  Natalya Fedoskina (RUS) DSQ
  Mi-Jung Kim (KOR) DSQ
  Gao Kelian (CHN) DSQ
  Yuan Yufang (MAS) DSQ
  Kjersti Plätzer (NOR) DSQ
  Olga Kardopoltseva (BLR) DSQ
  Mari Cruz Díaz (ESP) DSQ
  Norica Câmpean (ROU) DSQ
DID NOT FINISH (DNF)
  Rosario Sánchez (MEX) DNF
  Elisabetta Perrone (ITA) DNF
  Olimpiada Ivanova (RUS) DNF
  María Vasco (ESP) DNF
  Maria Teresa Gargallo (ESP) DNF

See also edit

References edit