1999 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 20 kilometres walk

Events at the
1999 World Championships
Track events
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mmenwomen
1500 mmenwomen
5000 mmenwomen
10,000 mmenwomen
100 m hurdleswomen
110 m hurdlesmen
400 m hurdlesmenwomen
3000 m
steeplechase		men
4 × 100 m relaymenwomen
4 × 400 m relaymenwomen
Road events
Marathonmenwomen
20 km walkmenwomen
50 km walkmen
Field events
High jumpmenwomen
Pole vaultmenwomen
Long jumpmenwomen
Triple jumpmenwomen
Shot putmenwomen
Discus throwmenwomen
Hammer throwmenwomen
Javelin throwmenwomen
Combined events
Heptathlonwomen
Decathlonmen

The official results of the Women's 20 km Walk at the 1999 World Championships in Sevilla, Spain, held on Friday 27 August 1999, starting at 18:50h local time.

Medalists

Gold China Liu Hongyu
PR China (CHN)
Silver China Wang Yan
PR China (CHN)
Bronze Australia Kerry Saxby-Junna
Australia (AUS)

Abbreviations

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

Records

Standing records prior to the 1999 World Athletics Championships
World Record  Liu Hongyu (CHN) 1:27:30 May 1, 1995 China Beijing, PR China
 Nadezhda Ryashkina (RUS) 1:27:30 February 7, 1999 Russia Adler, Russia
Event Record New Event
Broken records during the 1999 World Athletics Championships
Event Record  Liu Hongyu (CHN) 1:30.50 August 27, 1999 Spain Seville, Spain

Startlist

Intermediates

Rank Number Athlete Time
10 KILOMETRES
1 547  Annarita Sidoti (ITA) 46:06
2 163  Liu Hongyu (CHN) 46:07
3 723  Kjersti Tysse Plätzer (NOR) 46:07
4 762  Susana Feitor (POR) 46:07
5 41  Kerry Saxby-Junna (AUS) 46:07
15 KILOMETRES
1 163  Liu Hongyu (CHN) 1:08:39
2 762  Susana Feitor (POR) 1:08:40
3 169  Wang Yan (CHN) 1:08:40
4 829  Natalya Fedoskina (RUS) 1:08:40
5 40  Jane Saville (AUS) 1:08:40

Final ranking

Rank Athlete Time Note
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Liu Hongyu (CHN) 1:30:50 CR
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Wang Yan (CHN) 1:30:52
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Kerry Saxby-Junna (AUS) 1:31:18 SB
4  Susana Feitor (POR) 1:31:23
5  Katarzyna Radtke (POL) 1:31:34
6  Erica Alfridi (ITA) 1:32:04
7  Jane Saville (AUS) 1:32:13
8  Maya Sazonova (KAZ) 1:32:19
9  Kjersti Tysse Plätzer (NOR) 1:32:42
10  María Vasco (ESP) 1:33:35
11  Claudia Iovan (ROM) 1:33:46
12  Yelena Nikolayeva (RUS) 1:34:10
13  Christina Deskou (GRE) 1:34:39
14  Nataliya Misyulya (BLR) 1:35:03
15  Gao Hingmiao (CHN) 1:35:07
16  Yuan Yufang (MAS) 1:35:31
17  Irina Stankina (RUS) 1:35:42
18  Kristina Saltanovič (LTU) 1:35:51
19  Svetlana Tolstaya (KAZ) 1:35:54
20  Nora Leksir (FRA) 1:36:17
21  Elisabetta Perrone (ITA) 1:36:24
22  Mária Urbanik (HUN) 1:36:48
23  Fatiha Ouali (FRA) 1:36:57
24  Yuka Mitsumori (JPN) 1:37:13
25  María Guadalupe Sánchez (MEX) 1:37:31
26  Teresa Linares (ESP) 1:37:51
27  Rossella Giordano (ITA) 1:38:06
28  Anikó Szebenszky (HUN) 1:38:27
29  Jolanta Dukure (LAT) 1:38:34
30  Sonata Milušauskaitė (LTU) 1:39:56
31  Susan Armenta (USA) 1:40:20
32  Gillian O'Sullivan (IRL) 1:40:33
33  Melanie Seeger (GER) 1:40:51
34  Rosario Sánchez (MEX) 1:41:04
35  Teresita Collado (GUA) 1:41:12
36  Geovana Irusta (BOL) 1:41:17
37  Christina Kokotou (GRE) 1:42:50
38  Danielle Kirk (USA) 1:43:27
39  Kim Mi-Jung (PRK) 1:46:36
DISQUALIFIED (DSQ)
 Joanne Dow (USA) DSQ
 Ivis Haydee Martinez (ESA) DSQ
 Natalya Fedoskina (RUS) DSQ
 Olga Kardopoltseva (BLR) DSQ
 Graciela Mendoza (MEX) DSQ
DID NOT FINISH (DNF)
 Norica Câmpean (ROM) DNF
 Larisa Ramazanova (BLR) DNF
 Susan Vermeulen (RSA) DNF
 Valentyna Savchuk (UKR) DNF
 Mónika Pesti (HUN) DNF
 Annarita Sidoti (ITA) DNF
 Celia Marcén (ESP) DNF
DID NOT START (DNS)
 Miriam Ramón (ECU) DNS

See also

References