# 2005 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 20 kilometres walk

The Women's 20 km race walk event at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics was held on August 7 in the streets of Helsinki with the start at 11:35h local time, and the goal line situated in the Helsinki Olympic Stadium. Russia's Olimpiada Ivanova won the race in a world record time of 1:25:41 hours.

## Medalists

| Gold | Olimpiada Ivanova Russia (RUS) |
| Silver | Ryta Turava Belarus (BLR) |
| Bronze | Susana Feitor Portugal (POR) |

## Abbreviations

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

## Intermediates

| Rank | Number | Athlete | Time |
| 5 kilometres ||||
| 1 | 635 | Olimpiada Ivanova (RUS) | 21:43 |
| 2 | 112 | Jiang Jing (CHN) | 21:43 |
| 3 | 116 | Song Hongjuan (CHN) | 22:02 |
| 4 | 60 | Ryta Turava (BLR) | 22:02 |
| 5 | 391 | Elisa Rigaudo (ITA) | 22:14 |
| 10 kilometres ||||
| 1 | 635 | Olimpiada Ivanova (RUS) | 42:54 |
| 2 | 60 | Ryta Turava (BLR) | 43:59 |
| 3 | 116 | Song Hongjuan (CHN) | 43:59 |
| 4 | 177 | Cristina López (ESA) | 44:04 |
| 5 | 337 | Athanasia Tsoumeleka (GRE) | 44:05 |
| 15 kilometres ||||
| 1 | 635 | Olimpiada Ivanova (RUS) | 1:04:05 |
| 2 | 60 | Ryta Turava (BLR) | 1:05:26 |
| 3 | 391 | Elisa Rigaudo (ITA) | 1:05:57 |
| 4 | 337 | Athanasia Tsoumeleka (GRE) | 1:06:04 |
| 5 | 197 | María Vasco (ESP) | 1:06:10 |

## Finishing times

* Olimpiada Ivanova, Russia 1:25:41 (WR)
* Ryta Turava, Belarus 1:27:05 (NR)
* Susana Feitor, Portugal 1:28:44 (SB)
* María Vasco, Spain 1:28:51 (SB)
* Barbora Dibelková, Czech Republic 1:29:05 (NR)
* Athina Papayianni, Greece 1:29:21 (SB)
* Elisa Rigaudo, Italy 1:29:52
* Claudia Stef, Romania 1:30:07
* Song Hongjuan, China 1:30:32
* Yuliya Voyevodina, Russia 1:30:34
* Melanie Seeger, Germany 1:31:00
* Kristina Saltanovic, Lithuania 1:31:23 (SB)
* Elena Ginko, Belarus 1:31:36
* Ana Maria Groza, Romania 1:31:48 (SB)
* Vera Santos, Portugal 1:32:17
* Maria Teresa Gargallo, Spain 1:32:24
* Svetlana Tolstaya, Kazakhstan 1:32:40
* Tatyana Gudkova, Russia 1:33:05
* Geovana Irusta, Bolivia 1:33:19
* Jane Saville, Australia 1:33:44
* Cheryl Webb, Australia 1:33:58
* Jolanta Dukure, Latvia 1:34:24 (SB)
* Sabine Zimmer, Germany 1:34:24
* Mária Gáliková, Slovakia 1:34:38 (PB)
* Gisella Orsini, Italy 1:35:05
* Vira Zozulya, Ukraine 1:35:12
* Inês Henriques, Portugal 1:35:44
* María José Poves, Spain 1:36:12
* Kim Mi-Jung, South Korea 1:37:01
* Sonata Milušauskaitė, Lithuania 1:37:17
* Mayumi Kawasaki, Japan 1:37:30
* Monica Svensson, Sweden 1:38:11
* Graciela Mendoza, Mexico 1:39:56
* Mabel Oncebay, Peru 1:40:46
* Outi Sillanpää, Finland 1:41:03

### Athletes who did not finish

* Sachiko Konishi, Japan
* Teresa Vaill, United States
* Yelena Nikolayeva, Russia
* Miriam Ramón, Ecuador
* Nataliya Misyulya, Belarus
* Wang Liping, China

### Athletes disqualified

* Olive Loughnane, Ireland
* Athanasia Tsoumeleka, Greece
* Cristina López, El Salvador
* Jiang Jing, China
* Evelyn Núñez, Guatemala
* Gulnara Mammadova, Azerbaijan