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Athletics at the 2012 London Summer Games:

Women's 20 kilometres Walk

Athletics at the 2012 Summer Games: Previous Summer Games

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Host City: London, Great Britain
Venue(s): The Mall, London
Date Started: August 11, 2012
Date Finished: August 11, 2012

Gold: RUS Yelena Lashmanova
Silver: RUS Olga Kaniskina
Bronze: CHN Qieyang Shenjie

Summary

The top women's walker for the past few years had been Russian Olga Kaniskina. She was the defending champion and had won the World Championships in 2007, 2009, and 2011. The London race was expected to be between her and her youthful teammate, 20-year-old Yelena Lashmanova. That was how it worked out as the two separated themselves from the pack, with only China's Qieyang Shenjie staying with them near the end. After 19 km Kaniskina seemed to have the race in hand, leading and in control, but it was Lashmanova who finished fastest and came down the 10th lap of the race to win in 1-25:02, seven seconds ahead of Kaniskina, setting an Olympic and world record in the process. Lashmanova's final lap of 8:07 was the fastest split of the race. Qieyang won bronze, followed by her teammate Liu Hong in fourth. The fifth-place finisher was Russian Anisya Kirdyapkina, whose husband, Sergey Kirdyapkin, had just won the 50 km walk that morning.

Final Standings

Rank Athlete Age Team NOC Medal T
1 Yelena Lashmanova 20 Russia RUS Gold 1-25:02
2 Olga Kaniskina 27 Russia RUS Silver 1-25:09
3 Qieyang Shenjie 21 China CHN Bronze 1-25:16
4 Liu Hong 25 China CHN 1-26:00
5 Anisya Kirdyapkina 22 Russia RUS 1-26:26
6 Lu Xiuzhi 18 China CHN 1-27:10
7 Elisa Rigaudo 32 Italy ITA 1-27:36
8 Beatriz Pascual 30 Spain ESP 1-27:56
9 Ana Cabecinha 28 Portugal POR 1-28:03
10 María Vascó 36 Spain ESP 1-28:14
11 Masumi Fuchise 25 Japan JPN 1-28:41
12 María José Povés 34 Spain ESP 1-29:36
13 Olive Loughnane 36 Ireland IRL 1-29:39
14 Eleonora Giorgi 22 Italy ITA 1-29:48
15 Inês Henriques 32 Portugal POR 1-29:54
16 Nadiya Prokopuk-Borovska 31 Ukraine UKR 1-30:03
17 Regan Lamble 20 Australia AUS 1-30:08
18 Mayumi Kawasaki 32 Japan JPN 1-30:20
19 Melanie Seeger 35 Germany GER 1-30:44
20 Laura Reynolds 23 Ireland IRL 1-31:02
21 Kristina Saltanovič 37 Lithuania LTU 1-31:04
22 Agnieszka Szwarnóg 25 Poland POL 1-31:14
23 Agnieszka Dygacz 27 Poland POL 1-31:28
24 Agnese Pastare 23 Latvia LAT 1-31:54
25 Anna Drabenya 24 Belarus BLR 1-31:58
26 Brigita Virbalytė 27 Lithuania LTU 1-31:58
27 Olha Yakovenko 25 Ukraine UKR 1-32:07
28 Beki Lee 25 Australia AUS 1-32:14
29 Maria Michta 26 United States USA 1-32:27
30 Mónica Equihua 29 Mexico MEX 1-32:28
31 Jamy Franco 21 Guatemala GUA 1-33:18
32 Sandra Arenas 18 Colombia COL 1-33:21
33 Claudia Balderrama 28 Bolivia BOL 1-33:28
34 Ingrid Hernández 23 Colombia COL 1-33:34
35 Lucie Pelantová 26 Czech Republic CZE 1-33:35
36 Nguyễn Thị Thanh Phúc 21 Vietnam VIE 1-33:36
37 Kumi Otoshi 26 Japan JPN 1-33:50
38 Claudia Ştef 34 Romania ROU 1-33:56
39 Neringa Aidietytė 29 Lithuania LTU 1-34:01
40 Yadira Guamán 26 Ecuador ECU 1-34:47
41 Viktoria Madarász 27 Hungary HUN 1-34:48
42 Ayman Kozhakhmetova 21 Kazakhstan KAZ 1-35:00
43 Arabelly Orjuela 24 Colombia COL 1-35:05
44 Despina Zapounidou 26 Greece GRE 1-35:19
45 Paulina Buziak 25 Poland POL 1-35:23
46 Mayra Carolina Herrera 23 Guatemala GUA 1-35:33
47 Semiha Mutlu 25 Turkey TUR 1-35:33
48 Anastasiya Yatsevich 27 Belarus BLR 1-35:41
49 Vera Santos 30 Portugal POR 1-35:51
50 Olena Shumkina 24 Ukraine UKR 1-36:42
51 Paola Pérez 22 Ecuador ECU 1-37:05
52 Rachel Seaman 26 Canada CAN 1-37:36
53 Mária Czaková 23 Slovakia SVK 1-37:43
54 Anne Halkivaha 26 Finland FIN 1-38:49
55 Milángela Rosales 25 Venezuela VEN 1-42:46
AC Sabine Zimmer-Krantz 31 Germany GER DNF
AC Sholpan Kozhakhmetova 21 Kazakhstan KAZ DNF
AC Jo Jackson 27 Great Britain GBR DQ
AC Jeon Yeong-Eun 24 South Korea KOR DQ
AC Mirna Ortíz 25 Guatemala GUA DQ
AC Claire Woods-Tallent 31 Australia AUS DQ