Athletics at the 2023 Pan American Games – Women's 20 kilometres walk

Women's 20 kilometres walk at the 2023 Pan American Games
VenueStreets of Santiago
DatesOctober 29
Competitors15 from 9 nations
Medalists
Gold medal Kimberly García  Peru
Silver medal Glenda Morejón  Ecuador
Bronze medal Evelyn Inga  Peru
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Athletics at the
2023 Pan American Games
Qualification
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		menwomen
4×100 m relaymenwomen
4×400 m relaymenmixedwomen
Road events
Marathonmenwomen
20 km walkmenmixedwomen
Field events
High jumpmenwomen
Pole vaultmenwomen
Long jumpmenwomen
Triple jumpmenwomen
Shot putmenwomen
Discus throwmenwomen
Hammer throwmenwomen
Javelin throwmenwomen
Combined events
Heptathlonwomen
Decathlonmen

The women's 20 kilometres walk competition of the athletics events at the 2023 Pan American Games was held on October 29 on the streets of Santiago, Chile.[1] The times of the event was annulled after the course was found to be about 3 km short.[2] Peru's Kimberly García won the gold medal, but due to the error with the course, no athletes received any ranking points towards qualification for the 2024 Summer Olympics.[3]

Records

Pan American Games record  Sandra Arenas (COL) 1:28:03 Athletics at the 2019 Pan American Games – Women's 20 kilometres walk Lima, Peru July 27, 2019

Schedule

Date Time Round
October 29, 2023 3:00 Final[4]

Abbreviations

  • All times shown are in hours:minutes:seconds
KEY: NR National record PB Personal best SB Seasonal best DQ Disqualified DNF Did not finished

Results

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Kimberly García  Peru Void All times were annulled due to the course being incorrectly measured.[5]
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Glenda Morejón  Ecuador Void
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Evelyn Inga  Peru Void
4 Viviane Lyra  Brazil Void
5 Alejandra Ortega  Mexico Void
6 Magaly Bonilla  Ecuador Void
7 Paula Torres  Ecuador Void
8 Mayra Quispe  Bolivia Void
9 Gabriela De Sousa  Brazil Void
10 Natalia Alfonzo  Venezuela Void
11 Noelia Vargas  Costa Rica Void
12 Mirna Ortiz  Independent Athletes Team Void
13 Maria Michta-Coffey  United States Void
14 Stephanie Casey  United States Void
15 Alegna González  Mexico DNF

References

  1. ^ "Sport Calendar Pan American Games" (PDF). www.panamsports.org/. Panam Sports. 29 July 2022. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
  2. ^ "Women's 20km race walk world record annulled after course found to be about 3km short". BBC Sport. 30 October 2023. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
  3. ^ "Garcia golden after Pan Am Games race walk comes up short". Reuters. 30 October 2023. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
  4. ^ "Women's 20 km race walk results". Retrieved 29 October 2023.
  5. ^ "Peruvian racewalker Kimberly García has world record taken away after course was measured incorrectly". CNN. 30 October 2023. Retrieved 30 October 2023.