2001 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 20 kilometres walk

The official results of the Women's 20 km Walk at the 2001 World Championships in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, held on Thursday 9 August 2001.

Medalists edit

Gold	Olimpiada Ivanova Russia (RUS)
Silver	Valentina Tsybulskaya Belarus (BLR)
Bronze	Elisabetta Perrone Italy (ITA)

Standing records prior to the 2001 World Athletics Championships
World Record	Olimpiada Ivanova (RUS)	1:24:50	March 4, 2001	Adler, Russia
Event Record	Liu Hongyu (CHN)	1:30:50	August 27, 1999	Seville, Spain
Broken records during the 2001 World Athletics Championships
Event Record	Olimpiada Ivanova (RUS)	1:27:48	August 9, 2001	Edmonton, Canada

Rank	Athlete	Time	Note
	Olimpiada Ivanova (RUS)	1:27:48	CR
	Valentina Tsybulskaya (BLR)	1:28:49	PB
	Elisabetta Perrone (ITA)	1:28:56
4	Erica Alfridi (ITA)	1:29:48
5	María Vasco (ESP)	1:30:19
6	Norica Câmpean (ROM)	1:30:39
7	Melanie Seeger (GER)	1:30:41	NR
8	Annarita Sidoti (ITA)	1:31:40	SB
9	María Guadalupe Sánchez (MEX)	1:32:27	SB
10	Victoria Palacios (MEX)	1:33:52	PB
11	Athina Papayianni (GRE)	1:34:56
12	Nevena Mineva (BUL)	1:35:18	PB
13	Olive Loughnane (IRL)	1:35:24
14	Kim Mi-Jung (KOR)	1:35:30
15	Vira Zozulya (UKR)	1:35:32
16	Geovana Irusta (BOL)	1:36:50
17	Anne Haaland-Simonsen (NOR)	1:37:11
18	Sonata Milušauskaitė (LTU)	1:37:33
19	Debbi Lawrence (USA)	1:37:57	SB
20	Karen Foan (CAN)	1:38:09	PB
21	Sofia Avoila (POR)	1:39:10
22	Mara Ibañez (MEX)	1:39:26
23	Fatiha Ouali (FRA)	1:40:16
24	Kaori Nikaido (JPN)	1:40:57
25	Jill Zenner (USA)	1:42:43
26	Teresita Collado (GUA)	1:42:43
27	Angela Keogh (NFI)	2:08:46
DISQUALIFIED (DSQ)
—	Liu Hongyu (CHN)	DSQ
—	Gillian O'Sullivan (IRL)	DSQ
—	Natalya Fedoskina (RUS)	DSQ
—	Ryoko Tadamasa (JPN)	DSQ
—	Svetlana Tolstaya (KAZ)	DSQ
—	Inês Henriques (POR)	DSQ
—	Sun Chunfang (CHN)	DSQ
—	Jane Saville (AUS)	DSQ
—	Michelle Rohl (USA)	DSQ
—	Kerry Saxby-Junna (AUS)	DSQ
—	Maya Sazonova (KAZ)	DSQ
—	Hristina Kokotou (GRE)	DSQ
—	Yelena Nikolayeva (RUS)	DSQ
—	Kjersti Plätzer (NOR)	DSQ
—	Susana Feitor (POR)	DSQ