| Host City: Sydney, Australia |
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| Date Started: September 28, 2000 |
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| Date Finished: September 28, 2000 |
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| (Entries 57; Countries: 31) |
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Venue(s): Olympic Stadium, Olympic Park, Sydney, New South Wales
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| Overview by IAAF |
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| Disqualification was the principal theme of this race. With 4Km to go the lead was held by Liu Hongyu of China in 1:11:07, who was trailed by one second by Elisabeta Perrone (ITA) and Australia’s Jane Saville. Of the eventual medallists Plätzer (1:11:15) was closest, with Vasco another 44 seconds behind. Liu and Perrone were disqualified shortly after, leaving Saville in the lead. The Aussie herself was disqualified with 150m to go, and was distraught enough to ask for a gun “to shoot myself.” However, she later supported the judge’s decision. Wang had made her move on Plätzer with 3Km to go gaining 10 seconds between 16 and 18Km. |
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| Summary by Sports-reference.com |
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| The women’s walk distance was moved up to 20 kilometers in 2000. The favorite was 1999 World Champion Liu Hongyu of China. She led the race thru 15 km., but was then disqualified. The silver medalist from 1996 in the 10 km., Elisabetta Perrone (ITA) then went ahead, but also received a red flag. This left Australia’s Jane Saville in the lead, which she held to the stadium track but there, she too, was disqualified. This left Wang Liping in first place on the track and she won by almost 30 seconds. |
Records
| Standing records prior to the 2004 Summer Olympics |
| World record |
 Tatyana Gudkova (RUS) |
1:25:18 |
19 May 2000 |
Moscow, Russia |
| Olympic record |
New event after the 10 km was contested previously |
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Results |
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| 20 km walk |
Women |
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Final |
28 September |
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Mark |
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Athlete |
Country |
NOC |
Birth Date |
Records |
| 1 |
1.29.05 |
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Wang Liping |
China |
CHN |
8 Jul 76 |
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| 2 |
1.29.33 |
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Kjersti Tysse Plätzer |
Norway |
NOR |
18 Jan 72 |
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| 3 |
1.30.23 |
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María Vasco |
Spain |
ESP |
26 Dec 75 |
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| 4 |
1.31.25 |
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Erica Alfridi |
Italy |
ITA |
22 Feb 68 |
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| 5 |
1.31.33 |
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Guadalupe Sánchez |
Mexico |
MEX |
14 Feb 74 |
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| 6 |
1.31.50 |
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Norica Cîmpean |
Romania |
ROU |
22 Mar 72 |
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| 7 |
1.32.02 |
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Kerry Saxby-Junna |
Australia |
AUS |
2 Jun 61 |
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| 8 |
1.32.35 |
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Tatyana Gudkova |
Russia |
RUS |
23 Dec 77 |
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| 9 |
1.33.08 |
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Natalya Misyulya |
Belarus |
BLR |
14 Apr 66 |
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| 10 |
1.33.10 |
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Gillian O'Sullivan |
Ireland |
IRL |
21 Aug 76 |
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| 11 |
1.33.14 |
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Athiná Papayiánni |
Greece |
GRE |
18 Aug 80 |
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| 12 |
1.33.22 |
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Valentina Savchuk |
Ukraine |
UKR |
19 Jan 75 |
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| 13 |
1.33.38 |
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Ana Maria Groza |
Romania |
ROU |
1 Jun 76 |
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| 14 |
1.33.53 |
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Susana Feitor |
Portugal |
POR |
28 Jan 75 |
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| 15 |
1.34.19 |
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Yuan Yufang |
Malaysia |
MAS |
1 Feb 76 |
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| 16 |
1.34.24 |
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Kristina Saltanovič |
Lithuania |
LTU |
20 Feb 75 |
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| 17 |
1.34.26 |
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Michelle Rohl |
United States |
USA |
12 Nov 65 |
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| 18 |
1.34.45 |
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Mária Urbanik-Rosza |
Hungary |
HUN |
12 Feb 67 |
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| 19 |
1.34.59 |
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Beate Gummelt |
Germany |
GER |
4 Feb 68 |
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| 20 |
1.35.06 |
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Encarna Granados |
Spain |
ESP |
30 Jan 72 |
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| 21 |
1.35.19 |
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Svetlana Tolstaya |
Kazakhstan |
KAZ |
9 Aug 71 |
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| 22 |
1.35.29 |
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Nora Genebrier |
France |
FRA |
13 May 74 |
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| 23 |
1.35.35 |
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Fatiha Ouali |
France |
FRA |
28 Oct 74 |
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| 24 |
1.35.43 |
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Vira Zozulya |
Ukraine |
UKR |
31 Aug 70 |
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| 25 |
1.36.09 |
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Kim Mi-Jung |
South Korea |
KOR |
10 Jun 79 |
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| 26 |
1.36.17 |
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Mara Ibáñez |
Mexico |
MEX |
17 Dec 74 |
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| 27 |
1.36.35 |
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Eva Pérez |
Spain |
ESP |
18 Jul 75 |
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| 28 |
1.36.44 |
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Valentina Tsybulskaya |
Belarus |
BLR |
19 Feb 68 |
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| 29 |
1.36.46 |
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Anikó Szebenszky |
Hungary |
HUN |
12 Aug 65 |
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| 30 |
1.36.54 |
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Jolanta Dukure |
Latvia |
LAT |
20 Sep 79 |
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| 31 |
1.37.14 |
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Sonata Milušauskaitė |
Lithuania |
LTU |
31 Aug 73 |
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| 32 |
1.37.39 |
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Larisa Khmelnitskaya |
Belarus |
BLR |
23 Sep 71 |
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| 33 |
1.37.47 |
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Lisa Kehler |
Great Britain |
GBR |
15 Mar 67 |
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| 34 |
1.38.07 |
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Ivis Martínez |
El Salvador |
ESA |
5 Jan 71 |
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| 35 |
1.38.23 |
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Olive Loughnane |
Ireland |
IRL |
14 Jan 76 |
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| 36 |
1.38.52 |
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Hristína Kokótou |
Greece |
GRE |
9 Jan 72 |
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| 37 |
1.39.17 |
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Anita Liepiņa |
Latvia |
LAT |
17 Nov 67 |
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| 38 |
1.39.36 |
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Chen Yueling |
United States |
USA |
1 Apr 68 |
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| 39 |
1.40.57 |
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Lisa Sheridan-Paolini |
Australia |
AUS |
10 Dec 62 |
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| 40 |
1.42.45 |
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Yelena Kuznetsova |
Kazakhstan |
KAZ |
4 Jul 77 |
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| 41 |
1.43.28 |
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Natividad Teresita Collado |
Guatemala |
GUA |
20 Nov 71 |
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| 42 |
1.43.34 |
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Geovanna Irusta |
Bolivia |
BOL |
26 Sep 75 |
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| 43 |
1.44.03 |
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Zuzana Blažeková |
Slovakia |
SVK |
1 Jul 80 |
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| 44 |
1.47.20 |
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Debbi Lawrence |
United States |
USA |
15 Oct 61 |
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| 45 |
1.52.50 |
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Bahia Boussad |
Algeria |
ALG |
31 Jan 79 |
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DQ |
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Liu Hongyu |
China |
CHN |
11 Jan 75 |
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DQ |
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Maria Graciela Mendoza |
Mexico |
MEX |
22 Mar 63 |
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DQ |
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Janice McCaffrey |
Canada |
CAN |
20 Oct 59 |
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DQ |
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Elisabetta Perrone |
Italy |
ITA |
9 Jul 68 |
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DQ |
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Jane Saville |
Australia |
AUS |
5 Nov 74 |
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DNF |
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Irina Stankina |
Russia |
RUS |
25 Mar 77 |
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DNF |
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Maya Sazonova |
Kazakhstan |
KAZ |
28 May 65 |
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DNF |
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Annarita Sidoti |
Italy |
ITA |
25 Jul 69 |
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DNF |
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Katarzyna Radtke |
Poland |
POL |
31 Aug 69 |
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DNF |
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Olga Polyakova |
Russia |
RUS |
23 Sep 80 |
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DNF |
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Aida Isayeva |
Azerbaijan |
AZE |
12 Sep 73 |
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DNF |
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Kathrin Boyde |
Germany |
GER |
4 Dec 70 |
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