Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's 20 kilometres walk

Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men	women
10,000 m	men	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men	women
20 km walk	men	women
50 km walk	men
Field events
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men

The Women's 20 km Walk event at the 2004 Summer Olympics as part of the athletics program was held on August 23.

Medalists [edit]

Gold	Athanasia Tsoumeleka Greece (GRE)
Silver	Olimpiada Ivanova Russia (RUS)
Bronze	Jane Saville Australia (AUS)

Abbreviations [edit]

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 [edit]

Standing records prior to the 2004 Summer Olympics
World Record	Wang Yan (CHN)	1:26:22	November 19, 2001	Guangzhou, PR China
Olympic Record	Wang Liping (CHN)	1:29:05	September 28, 2000	Sydney, Australia

Startlist [edit]

Intermediates [edit]

Final ranking [edit]

Rank	Athlete	Time	Note
1 !	Athanasia Tsoumeleka (GRE)	1:29.12	PB
2 !	Olimpiada Ivanova (RUS)	1:29.16
3 !	Jane Saville (AUS)	1:29.25
4	Ryta Turava (BLR)	1:29:39
5	Melanie Seeger (GER)	1:29:52
6	Elisa Rigaudo (ITA)	1:29:57
7	María Vasco (ESP)	1:30:06
8	Wang Liping (CHN)	1:30:16
9	Yelena Ginko (BLR)	1:30:22
10	Athina Papayianni (GRE)	1:30:37
11	Rossella Giordano (ITA)	1:30:39
12	Kjersti Plätzer (NOR)	1:30:49	SB
13	Yuliya Voyevodina (RUS)	1:31:02
14	Song Hongjuan (CHN)	1:31:27
15	Valentina Tsybulskaya (BLR)	1:31:49
16	Sabine Zimmer (GER)	1:31:59
17	Yelena Nikolayeva (RUS)	1:32:16
18	Elisabetta Perrone (ITA)	1:32:21	SB
19	Kristina Saltanovic (LTU)	1:32:22
20	Susana Feitor (POR)	1:32:47
21	Sylwia Korzeniowska (POL)	1:33:06
22	Zuzana Maliková (SVK)	1:33:17
23	Sonata Milušauskaitė (LTU)	1:33:36
24	Barbora Dibelková (CZE)	1:33:37
25	Inês Henriques (POR)	1:33:53
26	Maribel Gonçalves (POR)	1:33:59
27	Norica Câmpean (ROM)	1:34:30
28	Svetlana Tolstaya (KAZ)	1:34:43
29	Ana Maria Groza (ROM)	1:34:56
30	Rocio Florido (ESP)	1:35:32
31	Hristina Kokotou (GRE)	1:35:43
32	Jiang Jing (CHN)	1:35:56
33	Yeliz Ay (TUR)	1:36:02
34	Victoria Palacios (MEX)	1:36:07
35	Yuan Yufang (MAS)	1:36:34
36	Natalie Saville (AUS)	1:36:54
37	Daniela Cirlan (ROM)	1:37:14
38	Cheryl Webb (AUS)	1:37:40
39	Marie Polli (SUI)	1:37:53
40	Mayumi Kawasaki (JPN)	1:37:56
41	Geovana Irusta (BOL)	1:38:36
42	Vira Zozulya (UKR)	1:38:45
43	Teresa Vaill (USA)	1:38:47
44	Edina Fusti (HUN)	1:39:45
45	Anita Liepina (LAT)	1:39:54
46	Sandra Zapata (COL)	1:42:22
47	Nicolene Cronje (RSA)	1:42:37
48	Alessandra Picagevicz (BRA)	1:46:21
49	Teresita Collado (GUA)	1:46:41
50	Yelena Kuznetsova (KAZ)	1:49:08
51	Yolene Raffin (MRI)	1:49:28
52	Fumilay Fonseca (STP)	2:04:54	PB
DID NOT FINISH (DNF)
—	Olive Loughnane (IRL)
—	Rosario Sánchez (MEX)
—	Nevena Mineva (BUL)
DISQUALIFIED (DSQ)
—	Maria Teresa Gargallo (ESP)
—	Kim Mi-Jung (KOR)