Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's 20 kilometres walk
| Women's 20 kilometres walk at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Stadium Australia | |||||||||
| Date | 28 September | |||||||||
| Competitors | 57 from 30 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 1:29:05 OR | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics | ||
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| 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 |
| Sprint hurdles | men | women |
| 400 m hurdles | men | women |
| 3000 m steeplechase | men | |
| 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 | |
| Field events | ||
| Long jump | men | women |
| Triple jump | men | women |
| High jump | men | women |
| Pole vault | men | women |
| Shot put | men | women |
| Discus throw | men | women |
| Javelin throw | men | women |
| Hammer throw | men | women |
| Combined events | ||
| Combined | men | women |
These are the official results of the Women's 20 km Walk at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. The race was held on Thursday 28 September 2000, starting at 10:45h.[1]
The event may be best remembered for the disqualification of hometown athlete Jane Saville. Saville was leading the race and entered the final stretch of the race inside the stadium before she was flagged for her third violation for lifting her feet off the ground, which led to her disqualification.
Medalists
[edit]| Gold | Wang Liping China
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| Silver | Kjersti Plätzer Norway
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| Bronze | María Vasco Spain
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Abbreviations
[edit]- All times shown are in hours:minutes:seconds
| DNS | did not start |
| NM | no mark |
| OR | olympic record |
| WR | world record |
| AR | area record |
| NR | national record |
| PB | personal best |
| SB | season best |
Records
[edit]| Standing records prior to the 2004 Summer Olympics | ||||
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| World record |  Tatyana Gudkova (RUS) |
1:25:18 | 19 May 2000 | Moscow, Russia
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| Olympic record | New event after the 10 km was contested previously | |||
No new world record was established in the competition. By winning the event, Wang Liping established the Olympic record, 1:29.05.
Final ranking
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See also
[edit]- 1997 Women's World Championships 10 km Walk (Athens)
- 1998 Women's European Championships 10 km Walk (Budapest)
- 1999 Women's World Championships 20 km Walk (Seville)
- 2000 Race Walking Year Ranking
- 2001 Women's World Championships 20 km Walk (Edmonton)
- 2002 Women's European Championships 20 km Walk (Munich)
- 2003 Women's World Championships 20 km Walk (Paris)
References
[edit]- ^ "Athletics at the 2000 Sydney Summer Games: Women's 20 kilometres Walk". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 3 December 2017.