# Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's 20 kilometres walk

The women's 20 kilometres race walk at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held in Paris, France, on 1 August 2024. This was the seventh time that the event was contested at the Summer Olympics.

## Background

The women's 20 kilometres race walk has been present on the Olympic athletics programme since 2000.
Global records before the 2024 Summer Olympics :
| Record | Athlete (Nation) | Time | Location | Date |
| World record | Yang Jiayu (CHN) | 1:23.49 | Huangshan, China | 20 March 2021 |
| Olympic record | Qieyang Shijie (CHN) | 1:25.16 | London, Great Britain | 11 August 2012 |
| World leading | Elvira Chepareva (RUS) | 1:24.31 | Sochi, Russia | 27 February 2024 |
Area records before the 2024 Summer Olympics :
| Area Record | Athlete (Nation) | Time |
| Africa (records) | Grace Wanjiru (KEN) | 1:30.40 |
| Asia (records) | Yang Jiayu (CHN) | 1:23.49 WR |
| Europe (records) | Vera Sokolova (RUS) | 1:25.08 |
| North, Central America and Caribbean (records) | Lupita González (MEX) | 1:26.17 |
| Oceania (records) | Jemima Montag (AUS) | 1:27.09 |
| South America (records) | Glenda Morejón (ECU) | 1:25.29 |

## Qualification

For the women's 20 kilometres race walk event, the qualification period was between 1 July 2023 and 30 June 2024. 48 athletes were able to qualify for the event, with a maximum of three athletes per nation, by running the entry standard of 1:29.20 seconds or faster or by their World Athletics Ranking for this event.

## Results

The event took place on 1 August, starting at 09:20 09:50 (UTC+2) in the morning.
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Time behind | Notes |
| | Yang Jiayu | China | 1:25:54 | | ~ SB |
| | María Pérez | Spain | 1:26:19 | +0:25 | ~SB |
| | Jemima Montag | Australia | 1:26:25 | +0:31 | ~ AR |
| 4 | Sandra Arenas | Colombia | 1:27:03 | +1:09 | ~~ NR |
| 5 | Alegna González | Mexico | 1:27:14 | +1:20 | |
| 6 | Glenda Morejón | Ecuador | 1:27:37 | +1:43 | |
| 7 | Laura García-Caro | Spain | 1:28:12 | +2:18 | ~~ |
| 8 | Evelyn Inga | Peru | 1:28:16 | +2:22 | |
| 9 | Paula Milena Torres | Ecuador | 1:28:48 | +2:54 | PB |
| 10 | Cristina Montesinos | Spain | 1:29:11 | +3:17 | |
| 11 | Ma Zhenxia | China | 1:29:15 | +3:21 | ~~~ |
| 12 | Mary Luz Andía | Peru | 1:29:24 | +3:30 | |
| 13 | Érica de Sena | Brazil | 1:29:32 | +3:38 | |
| 14 | Lyudmyla Olyanovska | Ukraine | 1:29:55 | +4:01 | |
| 15 | Clemence Beretta | France | 1:29:55 | +4:01 | |
| 16 | Kimberly García | Peru | 1:30:10 | +4:16 | |
| 17 | Mariia Sakharuk | Ukraine | 1:30:12 | +4:18 | |
| 18 | Viviane Lyra | Brazil | 1:30:31 | +4:37 | ~~~ |
| 19 | Magaly Bonilla | Ecuador | 1:30:33 | +4:39 | ~~ |
| 20 | Olena Sobchuk | Ukraine | 1:31:12 | +5:18 | SB |
| 21 | Liu Hong | China | 1:31:24 | +5:30 | |
| 22 | Antigoni Drisbioti | Greece | 1:31:33 | +5:39 | SB |
| 23 | Eleonora Giorgi | Italy | 1:31:49 | +5:55 | |
| 24 | Alejandra Ortega | Mexico | 1:31:58 | +6:04 | ~ |
| 25 | Camille Moutard | France | 1:31:58 | +6:04 | |
| 26 | Pauline Stey | France | 1:31:59 | +6:05 | |
| 27 | Eliška Martínková | Czech Republic | 1:32:30 | +6:36 | |
| 28 | Saskia Feige | Germany | 1:33:23 | +7:29 | SB |
| 29 | Rachelle de Orbeta | Puerto Rico | 1:33:33 | +7:39 | |
| 30 | Katarzyna Zdziebło | Poland | 1:33:52 | +7:58 | |
| 31 | Rebecca Henderson | Australia | 1:34:22 | +8:28 | ~~ |
| 32 | Nanako Fujii | Japan | 1:34:26 | +8:32 | ~~~ |
| 33 | Rita Récsei | Hungary | 1:34:39 | +8:45 | ~ |
| 34 | Mária Czaková | Slovakia | 1:34:46 | +8:52 | ~ |
| 35 | Valentina Trapletti | Italy | 1:35:39 | +9:45 | |
| 36 | Gabriela de Sousa | Brazil | 1:35:50 | +9:56 | ~ |
| 37 | Hana Burzalová | Slovakia | 1:36:12 | +10:18 | |
| 38 | Vitoria Oliveira | Portugal | 1:36:22 | +10:28 | |
| 39 | Ilse Guerrero | Mexico | 1:37:10 | +11:16 | |
| 40 | Meryem Bekmez | Turkey | 1:38:06 | +12:12 | |
| 41 | Priyanka Goswami | India | 1:39:55 | +14:01 | >> |
| 42 | Viktória Madarász | Hungary | 1:41:21 | +15:27 | |
| 43 | Ana Cabecinha | Portugal | 1:46:30 | +20:36 | >SB |
| — | Olivia Sandery | Australia | Did not finish | Did not finish | > |
| — | Antonella Palmisano | Italy | Did not finish | Did not finish | |
| — | Kumiko Okada | Japan | Did not start | Did not start | |
| — | Ayane Yanai | Japan | Did not start | Did not start | |
| — | Kiriaki Filtisakou | Greece | Did not start | Did not start | |