# 2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's 20 kilometres walk

The women's 20 kilometres race walk at the 2019 World Athletics Championships was held at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha, Qatar, on 29 September 2019.

## Records

Before the competition records were as follows:
| Record | Perf. | Athlete | Nat. | Date | Location |
| World | 1:24:38 | Liu Hong | CHN | 6 Jun 2015 | A Coruña, Spain |
| Championship | 1:25:41 | Olimpiada Ivanova | RUS | 7 Aug 2005 | Helsinki,Finland |
| World leading | 1:24:31 | Elena Lashmanova | RUS | 18 Feb 2019 | Sochi, Russia |
| African | 1:30:40 | Grace Wanjiru | KEN | 6 Jun 2018 | Nairobi, Kenya |
| Asian | 1:24:38 | Liu Hong | CHN | 6 Jun 2015 | A Coruña, Spain |
| NACAC | 1:26:17 | Lupita González | MEX | 7 May 2016 | Rome, Italy |
| South American | 1:25:29 | Glenda Morejón | ECU | 8 Jun 2019 | A Coruña, Spain |
| European | 1:25:02 | Elena Lashmanova | RUS | 11 Augf 2012 | London, Great Britain |
| Oceanian | 1:27:44 | Jane Saville | AUS | 2 May 2004 | Naumburg, Germany |

## Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+3), was as follows:
| Date | Time | Round |
| 29 September | 23:30 | Final |

## Results

The race was started at 23:59.
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Liu Hong | China (CHN) | 1:32:53 | |
| | Qieyang Shijie | China (CHN) | 1:33:10 | |
| | Yang Liujing | China (CHN) | 1:33:17 | |
| 4 | Érica de Sena | Brazil (BRA) | 1:33:36 | |
| 5 | Sandra Arenas | Colombia (COL) | 1:34:16 | |
| 6 | Kumiko Okada | Japan (JPN) | 1:34:36 | |
| 7 | Nanako Fujii | Japan (JPN) | 1:34:50 | |
| 8 | María Pérez | Spain (ESP) | 1:35:43 | |
| 9 | Ana Cabecinha | Portugal (POR) | 1:36:31 | |
| 10 | Jemima Montag | Australia (AUS) | 1:36:54 | |
| 11 | Saskia Feige | Germany (GER) | 1:37:14 | |
| 12 | Mirna Ortiz | Guatemala (GUA) | 1:37:32 | |
| 13 | Antonella Palmisano | Italy (ITA) | 1:37:36 | SB |
| 14 | Darya Paluektava | Belarus (BLR) | 1:37:42 | |
| 15 | Raquel González | Spain (ESP) | 1:38:02 | |
| 16 | Yehualeye Beletew | Ethiopia (ETH) | 1:38:11 | |
| 17 | Valentina Trapletti | Italy (ITA) | 1:38:22 | |
| 18 | Karla Jaramillo | Ecuador (ECU) | 1:38:26 | |
| 19 | Anežka Drahotová | Czech Republic (CZE) | 1:38:29 | |
| 20 | Nadiya Borovska | Ukraine (UKR) | 1:38:35 | SB |
| 21 | Katarzyna Zdziebło | Poland (POL) | 1:38:44 | |
| 22 | Antigoni Drisbioti | Greece (GRE) | 1:38:56 | |
| 23 | Živilė Vaiciukevičiūtė | Lithuania (LTU) | 1:39:26 | |
| 24 | Meryem Bekmez | Turkey (TUR) | 1:39:36 | |
| 25 | Glenda Morejón | Ecuador (ECU) | 1:39:38 | |
| 26 | Grace Wanjiru | Kenya (KEN) | 1:39:58 | |
| 27 | Alana Barber | New Zealand (NZL) | 1:40:59 | |
| 28 | Ángela Castro | Bolivia (BOL) | 1:41:15 | |
| 29 | Inna Loseva | Ukraine (UKR) | 1:41:44 | |
| 30 | Ching Siu Nga | Hong Kong (HKG) | 1:42:55 | |
| 31 | Yana Smerdova | Authorised Neutral Athletes (ANA) | 1:43:49 | |
| 32 | Valeria Ortuño | Mexico (MEX) | 1:43:51 | |
| 33 | Laura García-Caro | Spain (ESP) | 1:44:05 | |
| 34 | Rachel Seaman | Canada (CAN) | 1:45:40 | |
| 35 | Maria Michta-Coffey | United States (USA) | 1:46:02 | SB |
| 36 | Noelia Vargas | Costa Rica (CRC) | 1:46:30 | |
| 37 | Ilse Guerrero | Mexico (MEX) | 1:46:32 | |
| 38 | Mayra Herrera | Guatemala (GUA) | 1:46:42 | |
| 39 | Viktória Madarász | Hungary (HUN) | 1:47:38 | |
| | Leyde Guerra | Peru (PER) | DNF | DNF |
| | Viviane Lyra | Brazil (BRA) | DNF | DNF |
| | Chahinez Nasri | Tunisia (TUN) | DNF | DNF |
| | Katie Hayward | Australia (AUS) | DSQ | 230.7(c) |
| | Ayşe Tekdal | Turkey (TUR) | DSQ | 230.7(c) |
| | Yang Jiayu | China (CHN) | DSQ | 230.7(c) |