# 1999 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 20 kilometres walk

The official results of the Women's 20 km Walk at the 1999 World Championships in Sevilla, Spain, held on Friday 27 August 1999, starting at 18:50h local time.

## Medalists

| Gold | Liu Hongyu PR China (CHN) |
| Silver | Wang Yan PR China (CHN) |
| Bronze | Kerry Saxby-Junna Australia (AUS) |

## Abbreviations

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

## Records

Standing records prior to the 1999 World Athletics Championships :
| World Record | Liu Hongyu (CHN) | 1:27:30 | May 1, 1995 | Beijing, PR China |
| World Record | Nadezhda Ryashkina (RUS) | 1:27:30 | February 7, 1999 | Adler, Russia |
| Event Record | New Event | New Event | New Event | New Event |
| Broken records during the 1999 World Athletics Championships |||||
| Event Record | Liu Hongyu (CHN) | 1:30.50 | August 27, 1999 | Seville, Spain |

## Intermediates

| Rank | Number | Athlete | Time |
| 10 KILOMETRES ||||
| 1 | 547 | Annarita Sidoti (ITA) | 46:06 |
| 2 | 163 | Liu Hongyu (CHN) | 46:07 |
| 3 | 723 | Kjersti Tysse Plätzer (NOR) | 46:07 |
| 4 | 762 | Susana Feitor (POR) | 46:07 |
| 5 | 41 | Kerry Saxby-Junna (AUS) | 46:07 |
| 15 KILOMETRES ||||
| 1 | 163 | Liu Hongyu (CHN) | 1:08:39 |
| 2 | 762 | Susana Feitor (POR) | 1:08:40 |
| 3 | 169 | Wang Yan (CHN) | 1:08:40 |
| 4 | 829 | Natalya Fedoskina (RUS) | 1:08:40 |
| 5 | 40 | Jane Saville (AUS) | 1:08:40 |

## Final ranking

| Rank | Athlete | Time | Note |
| | Liu Hongyu (CHN) | 1:30:50 | CR |
| | Wang Yan (CHN) | 1:30:52 | |
| | Kerry Saxby-Junna (AUS) | 1:31:18 | SB |
| 4 | Susana Feitor (POR) | 1:31:23 | |
| 5 | Katarzyna Radtke (POL) | 1:31:34 | |
| 6 | Erica Alfridi (ITA) | 1:32:04 | |
| 7 | Jane Saville (AUS) | 1:32:13 | |
| 8 | Maya Sazonova (KAZ) | 1:32:19 | |
| 9 | Kjersti Tysse Plätzer (NOR) | 1:32:42 | |
| 10 | María Vasco (ESP) | 1:33:35 | |
| 11 | Claudia Iovan (ROM) | 1:33:46 | |
| 12 | Yelena Nikolayeva (RUS) | 1:34:10 | |
| 13 | Christina Deskou (GRE) | 1:34:39 | |
| 14 | Nataliya Misyulya (BLR) | 1:35:03 | |
| 15 | Gao Hingmiao (CHN) | 1:35:07 | |
| 16 | Yuan Yufang (MAS) | 1:35:31 | |
| 17 | Irina Stankina (RUS) | 1:35:42 | |
| 18 | Kristina Saltanovič (LTU) | 1:35:51 | |
| 19 | Svetlana Tolstaya (KAZ) | 1:35:54 | |
| 20 | Nora Leksir (FRA) | 1:36:17 | |
| 21 | Elisabetta Perrone (ITA) | 1:36:24 | |
| 22 | Mária Urbanik (HUN) | 1:36:48 | |
| 23 | Fatiha Ouali (FRA) | 1:36:57 | |
| 24 | Yuka Mitsumori (JPN) | 1:37:13 | |
| 25 | María Guadalupe Sánchez (MEX) | 1:37:31 | |
| 26 | Teresa Linares (ESP) | 1:37:51 | |
| 27 | Rossella Giordano (ITA) | 1:38:06 | |
| 28 | Anikó Szebenszky (HUN) | 1:38:27 | |
| 29 | Jolanta Dukure (LAT) | 1:38:34 | |
| 30 | Sonata Milušauskaitė (LTU) | 1:39:56 | |
| 31 | Susan Armenta (USA) | 1:40:20 | |
| 32 | Gillian O'Sullivan (IRL) | 1:40:33 | |
| 33 | Melanie Seeger (GER) | 1:40:51 | |
| 34 | Rosario Sánchez (MEX) | 1:41:04 | |
| 35 | Teresita Collado (GUA) | 1:41:12 | |
| 36 | Geovana Irusta (BOL) | 1:41:17 | |
| 37 | Christina Kokotou (GRE) | 1:42:50 | |
| 38 | Danielle Kirk (USA) | 1:43:27 | |
| 39 | Kim Mi-Jung (PRK) | 1:46:36 | |
| DISQUALIFIED (DSQ) ||||
| | Joanne Dow (USA) | DSQ | |
| | Ivis Haydee Martinez (ESA) | DSQ | |
| | Natalya Fedoskina (RUS) | DSQ | |
| | Olga Kardopoltseva (BLR) | DSQ | |
| | Graciela Mendoza (MEX) | DSQ | |
| DID NOT FINISH (DNF) ||||
| | Norica Câmpean (ROM) | DNF | |
| | Larisa Ramazanova (BLR) | DNF | |
| | Susan Vermeulen (RSA) | DNF | |
| | Valentyna Savchuk (UKR) | DNF | |
| | Mónika Pesti (HUN) | DNF | |
| | Annarita Sidoti (ITA) | DNF | |
| | Celia Marcén (ESP) | DNF | |
| DID NOT START (DNS) ||||
| | Miriam Ramón (ECU) | DNS | |