# Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's 20 kilometres walk

These are the official results of the Women's 20 km Walk at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. The race was held on Thursday 28 September 2000, starting at 10:45h.
The event may be best remembered for the disqualification of hometown athlete Jane Saville. Saville was leading the race and entered the final stretch of the race inside the stadium before she was flagged for her third violation for lifting her feet off the ground, which led to her disqualification.

## Medalists

| Gold | Wang Liping China |
| Silver | Kjersti Plätzer Norway |
| Bronze | María Vasco Spain |

## Abbreviations

* All times shown are in hours:minutes:seconds
| DNS | did not start |
| NM | no mark |
| OR | olympic record |
| WR | world record |
| AR | area record |
| NR | national record |
| PB | personal best |
| SB | season best |

## Records

Standing records prior to the 2004 Summer Olympics :
| World record | Tatyana Gudkova (RUS) | 1:25:18 | 19 May 2000 | Moscow, Russia |
| Olympic record | New event after the 10 km was contested previously | New event after the 10 km was contested previously | New event after the 10 km was contested previously | New event after the 10 km was contested previously |
No new world record was established in the competition. By winning the event, Wang Liping established the Olympic record, 1:29.05.

## Final ranking

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
| | Wang Liping | China | 1:29.05 | OR |
| | Kjersti Plätzer | Norway | 1:29.33 | |
| | María Vasco | Spain | 1:30.23 | |
| 4 | Erica Alfridi | Italy | 1:31.25 | |
| 5 | María Guadalupe Sánchez | Mexico | 1:31.33 | |
| 6 | Norica Câmpean | Romania | 1:31.50 | |
| 7 | Kerry Saxby-Junna | Australia | 1:32.02 | |
| 8 | Tatyana Gudkova | Russia | 1:32.35 | |
| 9 | Nataliya Misyulya | Belarus | 1:33.08 | |
| 10 | Gillian O'Sullivan | Ireland | 1:33.10 | |
| 11 | Athina Papayianni | Greece | 1:33.14 | PB |
| 12 | Valentyna Savchuk | Ukraine | 1:33.22 | |
| 13 | Ana Maria Groza | Romania | 1:33.38 | |
| 14 | Susana Feitor | Portugal | 1:33.53 | |
| 15 | Yuan Yufang | Malaysia | 1:34.19 | SB |
| 16 | Kristina Saltanovič | Lithuania | 1:34.24 | |
| 17 | Michelle Rohl | United States | 1:34.26 | |
| 18 | Mária Urbanik | Hungary | 1:34.45 | |
| 19 | Beate Gummelt | Germany | 1:34.59 | |
| 20 | Encarna Granados | Spain | 1:35.06 | |
| 21 | Svetlana Tolstaya | Kazakhstan | 1:35.19 | |
| 22 | Nora Leksir | France | 1:35.29 | |
| 23 | Fatiha Ouali | France | 1:35.35 | |
| 24 | Vira Zozulya | Ukraine | 1:35.43 | |
| 25 | Kim Mi-Jung | South Korea | 1:36.09 | NR |
| 26 | Mara Ibañez | Mexico | 1:36.17 | |
| 27 | Eva Pérez | Spain | 1:36.35 | |
| 28 | Valentina Tsybulskaya | Belarus | 1:36.44 | |
| 29 | Anikó Szebenszky | Hungary | 1:36.46 | |
| 30 | Jolanta Dukure | Latvia | 1:36.54 | |
| 31 | Sonata Milušauskaitė | Lithuania | 1:37.14 | |
| 32 | Larisa Ramazanova | Belarus | 1:37.39 | |
| 33 | Lisa Kehler | Great Britain | 1:37.47 | |
| 34 | Ivis Martínez | El Salvador | 1:38.07 | |
| 35 | Olive Loughnane | Ireland | 1:38.23 | |
| 36 | Khristina Kokotou | Greece | 1:38.52 | |
| 37 | Anita Liepiņa | Latvia | 1:39.17 | |
| 38 | Chen Yueling | United States | 1:39.36 | |
| 39 | Lisa Sheridan-Paolini | Australia | 1:40.57 | |
| 40 | Yelena Kuznetsova | Kazakhstan | 1:42.45 | |
| 41 | Teresita Collado | Guatemala | 1:43.28 | |
| 42 | Geovana Irusta | Bolivia | 1:43.34 | |
| 43 | Zuzana Blažeková | Slovakia | 1:44.03 | |
| 44 | Debbi Lawrence | United States | 1:47.20 | |
| 45 | Bahia Boussad | Algeria | 1:52.50 | |
| — | Kathrin Born-Boyde | Germany | DNF | |
| — | Aida İsayeva | Azerbaijan | DNF | |
| — | Olga Polyakova | Russia | DNF | |
| — | Katarzyna Radtke | Poland | DNF | |
| — | Annarita Sidoti | Italy | DNF | |
| — | Maya Sazonova | Kazakhstan | DNF | |
| — | Irina Stankina | Russia | DNF | |
| — | Liu Hongyu | China | DSQ | |
| — | Graciela Mendoza | Mexico | DSQ | |
| — | Janice McCaffrey | Canada | DSQ | |
| — | Elisabetta Perrone | Italy | DSQ | |
| — | Jane Saville | Australia | DSQ | |