2003 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 20 kilometres walk

The official results of the Women's 20 km Walk at the 2003 World Championships in Paris, France, held on 24 August 2003.

Medalists

Gold	Yelena Nikolayeva Russia (RUS)
Silver	Gillian O'Sullivan Ireland (IRL)
Bronze	Valentina Tsybulskaya Belarus (BLR)

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

Records

Standing records prior to the 2003 World Athletics Championships
World Record	Olimpiada Ivanova (RUS)	1:24:50	March 4, 2001	Adler, Russia
Event Record	Olimpiada Ivanova (RUS)	1:27:48	August 9, 2001	Edmonton, Canada
Broken records during the 2003 World Athletics Championships
Event Record	Yelena Nikolayeva (RUS)	1:26:52	August 24, 2003	Paris, France

Final ranking

Rank	Athlete	Time	Note
	Yelena Nikolayeva (RUS)	1:26:52	CR
	Gillian O'Sullivan (IRL)	1:27:34
	Valentina Tsybulskaya (BLR)	1:28:10	NR
4	Tatyana Gudkova (RUS)	1:28:53
5	Claudia Stef (ROU)	1:29:09	PB
6	Rossella Giordano (ITA)	1:29:14	SB
7	Athanasia Tsoumeleka (GRE)	1:29:34	NR
8	Melanie Seeger (GER)	1:29:44	NR
9	Susana Feitor (POR)	1:30:15
10	Elisa Rigaudo (ITA)	1:30:34	SB
11	Jane Saville (AUS)	1:30:51	SB
12	Olive Loughnane (IRL)	1:30:53
13	Xu Aihui (CHN)	1:31:34
14	Kristina Saltanovič (LTU)	1:32:13
15	Vera Santos (POR)	1:32:43	PB
16	Sonata Milušauskaitė (LTU)	1:32:58
17	Vira Zozulya (UKR)	1:33:34
18	Geovana Irusta (BOL)	1:33:42	AR
19	Fatiha Ouali (FRA)	1:34:01
20	Sabine Zimmer (GER)	1:34:08
21	Barbora Dibelková (CZE)	1:34:44
22	Svetlana Tolstaya (KAZ)	1:35:11
23	Daniela Cârlan (ROU)	1:36:02
24	Joanne Dow (USA)	1:36:32
25	Ryoko Sakakura (JPN)	1:38:00
26	Gabrielle Gorst (NZL)	1:38:51
27	Monica Svensson (SWE)	1:39:21
28	Teresita Collado (GUA)	1:41:19
DISQUALIFIED (DSQ)
—	Song Hongjuan (CHN)	DSQ
—	Natalya Fedoskina (RUS)	DSQ
—	Mi-Jung Kim (KOR)	DSQ
—	Gao Kelian (CHN)	DSQ
—	Yuan Yufang (MAS)	DSQ
—	Kjersti Plätzer (NOR)	DSQ
—	Olga Kardopoltseva (BLR)	DSQ
—	Mari Cruz Díaz (ESP)	DSQ
—	Norica Câmpean (ROU)	DSQ
DID NOT FINISH (DNF)
—	Rosario Sánchez (MEX)	DNF
—	Elisabetta Perrone (ITA)	DNF
—	Olimpiada Ivanova (RUS)	DNF
—	María Vasco (ESP)	DNF
—	Maria Teresa Gargallo (ESP)	DNF

See also

• Athletics at the 2003 Pan American Games - Women's 20 kilometres walk
• 2003 Race Walking Year Ranking

References

• Results (Archived 2009-05-14)
• Die Leichtathletik-Statistik-Seite