Athletics at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Women's 20 kilometres walk

The women's 20 kilometres walk at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, as part of the athletics programme, took place at Currumbin Beachfront on 8 April 2018.[1]

Women's 20 kilometres walk
at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
VenueSouthport Broadwater Parklands
Dates8 April 2018
Competitors13 from 8 nations
Winning time1:32:50
Medalists
gold medal    Australia
silver medal    New Zealand
bronze medal    Wales
← 2010
2022 →

Records

edit

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Games records were as follows:[2]

World record   Liu Hong (CHN) 1:24:38 A Coruña, Spain 6 June 2015
Games record   Jane Saville (AUS) 1:32:46 Melbourne, Australia 20 March 2006

Schedule

edit

The schedule was as follows:[1]

Date Time Round
Sunday 8 April 2018 9:15 Race

All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10)

Results

edit

The results were as follows:[2]

Rank Order Name Result Notes Race violations
  10   Jemima Montag (AUS) 1:32:50
  9   Alana Barber (NZL) 1:34:18 ~
  4   Bethan Davies (WAL) 1:36:08 ~
4 3   Khushbir Kaur (IND) 1:39:21
5 11   Gemma Bridge (ENG) 1:39:31
6 13   Beki Smith (AUS) 1:40:41
7 1   Heather Lewis (WAL) 1:41:45
8 12   Grace Wanjiru (KEN) 1:42:23
9 6   Erika Kelly (IOM) 1:47:29
10 2   Fadekemi Florence Olude (NGR) 1:49:31 >>
11 7   Lindah Waweru (KEN) 1:53:41 >
5   Claire Tallent (AUS) DQ R 230.6 ~~~
8   Soumya Baby (IND) DQ R 230.6 ~~~
Notes
  • > Bent knee
  • ~ Loss of contact

References

edit
  1. ^ a b "Result - Women's 20km Race Walk Final". Archived from the original on 23 April 2018. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
  2. ^ a b Athletics | Women's 20km Race Walk - Final (PDF). Gold Coast 2018. p. 221. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 April 2018. Retrieved 22 April 2018.