2006 European Athletics Championships – Women's 20 kilometres walk

The Women's 20 km walk event at the 2006 European Championships was held on August 9, 2006 in Gothenburg, Sweden, with the start at 17:15h.

Women's 20 kilometres walk at the European Athletics Championships

Medalists

Gold	Ryta Turava Belarus (BLR)
Silver	Olga Kaniskina Russia (RUS)
Bronze	Elisa Rigaudo Italy (ITA)

Abbreviations

• All times shown are in hours:minutes:seconds

DNS	did not start
NM	no mark
WR	world record
WL	world leading
AR	area record
NR	national record
	personal best
	season best

Records

Standing records prior to the 2006 European Athletics Championships
World Record	Olimpiada Ivanova (RUS)	1:24.50	March 4, 2001	Adler, Russia
Event Record	Olimpiada Ivanova (RUS)	1:26.42	August 7, 2002	Munich, Germany

Results

Rank	Athlete	Time	Note
	Ryta Turava (BLR)	1:27:08
	Olga Kaniskina (RUS)	1:28:35
	Elisa Rigaudo (ITA)	1:28:37
4	Kjersti Plätzer (NOR)	1:28:45
5	Claudia Stef (ROM)	1:29:27
6	Sabine Zimmer (GER)	1:29:56
7	Sylwia Korzeniowska (POL)	1:30:31	NR
8	Vera Santos (POR)	1:30:41
9	Jolanta Dukure (LAT)	1:31:02	NR
10	Melanie Seeger (GER)	1:31:29
11	Ana Maria Groza (ROM)	1:31:35
12	Inês Henriques (POR)	1:31:58
13	Zuzana Malíková (SVK)	1:32:14	NR
14	Susana Feitor (POR)	1:32:19
15	María Vasco (ESP)	1:32:50
16	Gisella Orsini (ITA)	1:33:10
17	Galina Kolpakova (RUS)	1:33:39
18	Rossella Giordano (ITA)	1:33:56
19	María José Poves (ESP)	1:35:03
20	Beatriz Pascual (ESP)	1:36:03
21	Sonata Milušauskaitė (LTU)	1:36:20
22	Monica Svensson (SWE)	1:38:25
DID NOT FINISH (DNF)
—	Kristina Saltanovič (LTU)	DNF
DISQUALIFIED (DSQ)
—	Elena Ginko (BLR)	DSQ

See also

• 2006 Race Walking Year Ranking

References

• Official results
• Results