2012 Summer Olympics Results - Athletics
| Women's 20km Walk | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 11 - Final | |||
RUSRussia | Elena Lashmanova | 1:25:02 OR/WR | |
RUSRussia | Olga Kaniskina | 1:25:09 | |
CHNChina | Qieyang Shenjie | 1:25:16 | |
| 4 | CHNChina | Liu Hong | 1:26:00 |
| 5 | RUSRussia | Anisya Kirdyapkina | 1:26:26 |
| 6 | CHNChina | Lu Xiuzhi | 1:27:10 |
| 7 | ITAItaly | Elisa Rigaudo | 1:27:36 |
| 8 | ESPSpain | Beatriz Pascual | 1:27:56 |
| 9 | PORPortugal | Ana Cabecinha | 1:28:03 |
| 10 | ESPSpain | Maria del Monte Vasco | 1:28:14 |
| 11 | JPNJapan | Masumi Fuchise | 1:28:41 |
| 12 | ESPSpain | Maria Jose Poves | 1:29:36 |
| 13 | IRLIreland | Olive Loughnane | 1:29:39 |
| 14 | ITAItaly | Eleonora Giorgi | 1:29:48 |
| 15 | PORPortugal | Inês Henriques | 1:29:54 |
| 16 | UKRUkraine | Nadiia Borovska | 1:30:03 |
| 17 | AUSAustralia | Regan Lamble | 1:30:08 |
| 18 | JPNJapan | Mayumi Kawasaki | 1:30:20 |
| 19 | GERGermany | Melanie Seeger | 1:30:44 |
| 20 | IRLIreland | Laura Reynolds | 1:31:02 |
| 21 | LTULithuania | Kristina Saltanovic | 1:31:04 |
| 22 | POLPoland | Agnieszka Szwarnóg | 1:31:14 |
| 23 | POLPoland | Agnieszka Dygacz | 1:31:28 |
| 24 | LATLatvia | Agnese Pastare | 1:31:54 |
| 25 | BLRBelarus | Hanna Drabenia | 1:31:58 |
| 26 | LTULithuania | Brigita Virbalyte-Dimsiene | 1:31:58 |
| 27 | UKRUkraine | Olha Yakovenko | 1:32:07 |
| 28 | AUSAustralia | Beki Lee | 1:32:14 |
| 29 | USAUnited States | Maria Michta-Coffey | 1:32:27 |
| 30 | MEXMexico | Mónica Equihua | 1:32:28 |
| 31 | GUAGuatemala | Jamy Franco | 1:33:18 |
| 32 | COLColombia | Sandra Arenas | 1:33:21 |
| 33 | BOLBolivia | Claudia Balderrama | 1:33:28 |
| 34 | COLColombia | Ingrid Hernández | 1:33:34 |
| 35 | CZECzechia | Lucie Pelantová | 1:33:35 |
| 36 | VIEVietnam | Nguyen Thi Thanh Phuc | 1:33:36 |
| 37 | JPNJapan | Kumi Otoshi | 1:33:50 |
| 38 | ROURomania | Claudia Stef | 1:33:56 |
| 39 | LTULithuania | Neringa Aidietyte | 1:34:01 |
| 40 | ECUEcuador | Yadira Guamán | 1:34:47 |
| 41 | HUNHungary | Viktória Madarász | 1:34:48 |
| 42 | KAZKazakhstan | Ayman Kozhakhmetova | 1:35:00 |
| 43 | COLColombia | Arabelly Orjuela | 1:35:05 |
| 44 | GREGreece | Despoina Zapounidou | 1:35:19 |
| 45 | POLPoland | Paulina Buziak | 1:35:23 |
| 46 | GUAGuatemala | Mayra Herrera | 1:35:33 |
| 47 | TURTürkiye | Semiha Mutlu | 1:35:33 |
| 48 | BLRBelarus | Nastassia Yatsevich | 1:35:41 |
| 49 | PORPortugal | Vera Santos | 1:35:51 |
| 50 | UKRUkraine | Olena Shumkina | 1:36:42 |
| 51 | ECUEcuador | Paola Pérez | 1:37:05 |
| 52 | CANCanada | Rachel Lavallée Seaman | 1:37:36 |
| 53 | SVKSlovakia | Mária Czaková | 1:37:43 |
| 54 | FINFinland | Anne Halkivaha | 1:38:49 |
| 55 | VENVenezuela | Milángela Rosales | 1:42:46 |
| 99 | AUSAustralia | Claire Tallent | DSQ |
| 99 | GBRGreat Britain | Johanna Jackson | DSQ |
| 99 | GERGermany | Sabine Krantz | DNF |
| 99 | GUAGuatemala | Mirna Ortiz | DSQ |
| 99 | KAZKazakhstan | Sholpan Kozhakhmetova | DNF |
| 99 | KORSouth Korea | Jeon Yeong-Eun | DSQ |
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