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 NikolayevaRussia (RUS) |
| Silver |  Gillian O'SullivanIreland (IRL) |
| Bronze |  Valentina TsybulskayaBelarus (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
|
Intermediates
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 Ștef (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 2009-05-29 at the Wayback Machine 2009-05-14)
- Die Leichtathletik-Statistik-Seite
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