2025 World Athletics Championships – Women's 20 kilometres walk

Women's 20 kilometres walk
at the 2025 World Athletics Championships
VenueNational Stadium
LocationTokyo, Japan
Dates20 September
Competitors49 from 24 nations
Winning time1:25:54 SB
Medalists
gold medal María Pérez   Spain
silver medal Alegna González   Mexico
bronze medal Nanako Fujii   Japan
Events at the
2025 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 steeplechasemenwomen
4 × 100 m relaymenwomen
4 × 400 m relaymenwomen
mixed
Road events
Marathonmenwomen
20 km walkmenwomen
35 km walkmenwomen
Field events
High jumpmenwomen
Pole vaultmenwomen
Long jumpmenwomen
Triple jumpmenwomen
Shot putmenwomen
Discus throwmenwomen
Hammer throwmenwomen
Javelin throwmenwomen
Combined events
Heptathlonwomen
Decathlonmen
World Team event
World Team

The women's 20 kilometres walk at the 2025 World Athletics Championships was held at the National Stadium in Tokyo on 20 September 2025.[1]

Summary

Records

Before the competition records were as follows:[2]

Record Athlete & Nat. Perf. Location Date
World Record  Yang Jiayu (CHN) 1:23:49 Huangshan, China 20 March 2021
Championship Record  Olimpiada Ivanova (RUS) 1:25:41 Helsinki, Finland 7 August 2005
World Leading  Elvira Chepareva (RUS) 1:24:20 Sochi, Russia 24 February 2025
African Record  Grace Wanjiru Njue (KEN) 1:30:40 Nairobi, Kenya 6 June 2018
Asian Record  Yang Jiayu (CHN) 1:23:49 Huangshan, China 20 March 2021
European Record  Vera Sokolova (RUS) 1:25:08 Sochi, Russia 26 February 2011
North, Central American and Caribbean Record  Lupita González (MEX) 1:26:17 Rome, Italy 7 May 2016
Oceanian Record  Jemima Montag (AUS) 1:26:25 Paris, France 1 August 2024
South American Record  Glenda Morejón (ECU) 1:25:29 La Coruña, Spain 8 June 2019

Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 1:29:00.[3]

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+9), was as follows:[1]

Date Time Round
20 September 07:30 Final

Results

The race was started on 20 September at 7:30.

Place Athlete Nation Time Warnings Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) María Pérez  Spain 1:25:54 SB
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Alegna González  Mexico 1:26:06 AR
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Nanako Fujii  Japan 1:26:18 ~ ~ NR
4 Paula Milena Torres  Ecuador 1:26:18 ~ PB
5 Kimberly García  Peru 1:26:22 NR
6 Yang Jiayu  China 1:27:16 ~ SB
7 Antía Chamosa  Spain 1:27:55 PB
8 Wu Quanming  China 1:28:08 ~
9 Ma Li  China 1:28:52 ~
10 Mary Luz Andía  Peru 1:28:52
11 Pauline Stey  France 1:28:52
12 Viviane Lyra  Brazil 1:29:02 ~
13 Lyudmyla Olyanovska  Ukraine 1:29:16
14 Katarzyna Zdziebło  Poland 1:29:31
15 Alexandrina Mihai  Italy 1:29:44 ~ ~
16 Antigoni Drisbioti  Greece 1:29:47 ~ >
17 Federica Curiazzi  Italy 1:29:48 ~
18 Kumiko Okada  Japan 1:30:12
19 Mariia Sakharuk  Ukraine 1:30:38 ~ ~
20 Magaly Bonilla  Ecuador 1:30:39 ~ ~ SB
21 Rebecca Henderson  Australia 1:31:05
22 Paula Juárez  Spain 1:31:50
23 Yasmina Toxanbayeva  Kazakhstan 1:31:51
24 Hanna Shevchuk  Ukraine 1:32:15 ~
25 Hana Burzalová  Slovakia 1:32:28
26 Rachelle de Orbeta  Puerto Rico 1:32:47 SB
27 Lauren Harris  United States 1:32:50 ~ PB
28 Vitória Oliveira  Portugal 1:33:02
29 Clémence Beretta  France 1:33:14 ~
30 Evelyn Inga  Peru 1:33:29 ~ ~ ~ PZ
31 Alejandra Ortega  Mexico 1:34:18 ~ SB
32 Gabriela de Sousa  Brazil 1:34:28 SB
33 Elizabeth McMillen  Australia 1:34:58 ~
34 Christina Papadopoulou  Greece 1:35:05 > SB
35 Ilse Guerrero  Mexico 1:35:20
36 Tiziana Spiller  Hungary 1:35:32
37 Ayane Yanai  Japan 1:35:44
38 Jekaterina Mirotvortseva  Estonia 1:36:25
39 Panayiota Tsinopoulou  Greece 1:37:40 ~ > ~ PZ SB
40 Lucy Mendoza  Colombia 1:38:05
41 Laura Chalarca  Colombia 1:42:08
Meryem Bekmez  Turkey DNF ~
Alexandra Griffin  Australia >
Sintayehu Masire  Ethiopia ~ ~
Antonella Palmisano  Italy
Érica de Sena  Brazil
Mirna Ortiz  Guatemala DQ ~ ~ > >
Peng Li  China ~ ~ ~ ~
Johana Ordóñez  Ecuador DNS
[4]
Key: ~ Red card for loss of contact > Red card for bent knee PZ 3.5 min. Penalty Zone TR54.7.5: Disqualified by Rule TR54.7.5 (4 red cards)

References

  1. ^ a b "Timetable - Tokyo 25 - World Athletics Championship - Women's 20 kilometres walk". World Athletics. Retrieved 20 September 2025.
  2. ^ "20 kilometres walk Women − Records". World Athletics. Retrieved 20 September 2025.
  3. ^ "World Athletics Championships Tokyo 25 – Qualification System and Entry Standards" (PDF). World Athletics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 September 2025. Retrieved 8 September 2025.
  4. ^ "Results 20 Kilometres Race Walk Women - Final" (PDF). World Athletics. 20 September 2025. Retrieved 20 September 2025.
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