# 2023 World Athletics Championships – Women's 20 kilometres walk

The women's 20 kilometres race walk at the 2023 World Athletics Championships was held on National Athletics Centre in Budapest on 20 August 2023. 48 athletes from 23 nations entered to the event.

## Summary

The cream rose to the top quickly as a group of about a dozen separated, led by world record holder Jiayu Yang. Defending champion Kimberly García took the point after the first lap and held the lead of the tight group through the halfway point as the lead pack whittled down to seven. After falling early in the race, Antonella Palmisano edged ahead to carry the lead to 15k. While most of the 1 kilometer laps had been in the 4:20's, on the 16th lap María Pérez dropped a monster 4:06 lap. Only Jemima Montag was able to produce any answer with a 4:10, which separated her from the rest of the pack but still 4 seconds down to Perez, who continued with a 4:09, 4:05 and 4:06 to leave no doubt about winning, ultimately 25 seconds ahead of Montag. Palmisano was able to get a slight edge on Alegna González and Glenda Morejón then had to hold off a 4:08 final lap by García León to take bronze.

## Records

Before the competition records were as follows:
| 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 | María Pérez (ESP) | 1:25:30 | Córdoba, Spain | 26 March 2023 |
| 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 |
| North, Central American and Caribbean record | Lupita González (MEX) | 1:26:17 | Rome, Italy | 7 May 2016 |
| South American Record | Glenda Morejón (ECU) | 1:25:29 | La Coruña, Spain | 8 June 2019 |
| European Record | Vera Sokolova (RUS) | 1:25:08 | Sochi, Russia | 26 February 2011 |
| Oceanian record | Jemima Montag (AUS) | 1:27:27 | Adelaide, Australia | 13 February 2022 |
The following records were set at the competition:
| Record | Perf. | Athlete | Nat. | Date |
| Oceanian record | 1:27:16 | Jemima Montag | AUS | 20 Aug 2023 |

## Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 1:29:20.

## Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+2), was as follows:
| Date | Time | Round |
| 20 August | 07:15 | Final |

## Results

The race was started at 07:15. The results were as follows:
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Warnings | Notes |
| | María Pérez | Spain (ESP) | 1:26:51 | | |
| | Jemima Montag | Australia (AUS) | 1:27:16 | ~ | AR |
| | Antonella Palmisano | Italy (ITA) | 1:27:26 | | SB |
| 4 | Kimberly García | Peru (PER) | 1:27:32 | | |
| 5 | Alegna González | Mexico (MEX) | 1:27:36 | ~ | |
| 6 | Glenda Morejón | Ecuador (ECU) | 1:27:40 | ~~ | SB |
| 7 | Ma Zhenxia | China (CHN) | 1:28:30 | ~ | |
| 8 | Viviane Lyra | Brazil (BRA) | 1:28:36 | ~ | PB |
| 9 | Ana Cabecinha | Portugal (POR) | 1:28:49 | >~ | SB |
| 10 | Olena Sobchuk | Ukraine (UKR) | 1:28:50 | ~ | PB |
| 11 | Lyudmyla Olyanovska | Ukraine (UKR) | 1:29:36 | ~ | SB |
| 12 | Yang Jiayu | China (CHN) | 1:29:40 | | |
| 13 | Érica de Sena | Brazil (BRA) | 1:29:53 | > | |
| 14 | Nanako Fujii | Japan (JPN) | 1:30:10 | | |
| 15 | Antigoni Drisbioti | Greece (GRE) | 1:30:19 | | |
| 16 | Clémence Beretta [fr] | France (FRA) | 1:30:43 | ~ | |
| 17 | Liu Hong | China (CHN) | 1:30:43 | | |
| 18 | Pauline Stey [fr] | France (FRA) | 1:31:20 | | |
| 19 | Hanna Shevchuk | Ukraine (UKR) | 1:31:44 | > | SB |
| 20 | Eleonora Giorgi | Italy (ITA) | 1:31:45 | ~~~ | |
| 21 | Camille Moutard [fr] | France (FRA) | 1:32:18 | ~ | |
| 22 | Valentina Trapletti | Italy (ITA) | 1:32:57 | | |
| 23 | Vitória Oliveira | Portugal (POR) | 1:33:04 | > | PB |
| 24 | Rachelle de Orbeta | Puerto Rico (PUR) | 1:33:19 | ~ | |
| 25 | Johana Ordóñez | Ecuador (ECU) | 1:33:58 | | |
| 26 | Gabriela de Sousa | Brazil (BRA) | 1:33:59 | | |
| 27 | Eliška Martínková [es] | Czech Republic (CZE) | 1:34:02 | ~~ | |
| 28 | Antia Chamosa [gl] | Spain (ESP) | 1:34:20 | ~~ | |
| 29 | Saskia Feige | Germany (GER) | 1:34:49 | | |
| 30 | Ayane Yanai | Japan (JPN) | 1:34:59 | | |
| 31 | Mary Luz Andía | Peru (PER) | 1:35:38 | ~~ | SB |
| 32 | Rebecca Henderson | Australia (AUS) | 1:35:51 | ~ | |
| 33 | Barbara Oláh | Hungary (HUN) | 1:35:55 | | |
| 34 | Viktória Madarász | Hungary (HUN) | 1:36:13 | | |
| 35 | Yukiko Umeno | Japan (JPN) | 1:36:52 | | |
| 36 | Sofía Ramos Rodríguez | Mexico (MEX) | 1:37:49 | ~ | |
| 37 | Kiriaki Filtisakou | Greece (GRE) | 1:37:51 | | |
| 38 | Paula Milena Torres | Ecuador (ECU) | 1:38:03 | | |
| 39 | Ángela Castro | Bolivia (BOL) | 1:40:01 | | |
| 40 | Valeria Ortuño | Mexico (MEX) | 1:40:53 | | |
| | Sandra Arenas | Colombia (COL) | DNF | ~~~ | |
| | Meryem Bekmez | Turkey (TUR) | DNF | | |
| | Emily Wamusyi Ngii | Kenya (KEN) | DNF | >> | |
| | Maritza Poncio | Guatemala (GUA) | DNF | | |
| | Evelyn Inga | Peru (PER) | DSQ | ~~~~ | TR54.7.5 |
| | Olivia Sandery | Australia (AUS) | DSQ | >>>> | TR54.7.5 |
| | Katarzyna Zdziebło | Poland (POL) | DSQ | ~>~~ | TR54.7.5 |
| | Christina Papadopoulou | Greece (GRE) | DNS | | |
| Key: | ~ Red card for loss of contact | > Red card for bent knee | TR54.7.5: Disqualified by Rule TR54.7.5 (4 red cards) |