title: 2005 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 20 kilometres walk
text: # 2005 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 20 kilometres walk
  
  The Women's 20 km race walk event at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics was held on August 7 in the streets of Helsinki with the start at 11:35h local time, and the goal line situated in the Helsinki Olympic Stadium. Russia's Olimpiada Ivanova won the race in a world record time of 1:25:41 hours.
  
  ## Medalists
  
  | Gold | Olimpiada Ivanova Russia (RUS) |
  | - | - |
  | Silver | Ryta Turava Belarus (BLR) |
  | Bronze | Susana Feitor Portugal (POR) |
  
  ## Abbreviations
  
  * All times shown are in hours:minutes:seconds
  
  | DNS | did not start |
  | - | - |
  | DSQ | disqualified |
  | NM | no mark |
  | WR | world record |
  | WL | world leading |
  | AR | area record |
  | NR | national record |
  | PB | personal best |
  | SB | season best |
  
  ## Intermediates
  
  | Rank | Number | Athlete | Time |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 5 kilometres ||||
  | 1 | 635 | Olimpiada Ivanova (RUS) | 21:43 |
  | 2 | 112 | Jiang Jing (CHN) | 21:43 |
  | 3 | 116 | Song Hongjuan (CHN) | 22:02 |
  | 4 | 60 | Ryta Turava (BLR) | 22:02 |
  | 5 | 391 | Elisa Rigaudo (ITA) | 22:14 |
  | 10 kilometres ||||
  | 1 | 635 | Olimpiada Ivanova (RUS) | 42:54 |
  | 2 | 60 | Ryta Turava (BLR) | 43:59 |
  | 3 | 116 | Song Hongjuan (CHN) | 43:59 |
  | 4 | 177 | Cristina López (ESA) | 44:04 |
  | 5 | 337 | Athanasia Tsoumeleka (GRE) | 44:05 |
  | 15 kilometres ||||
  | 1 | 635 | Olimpiada Ivanova (RUS) | 1:04:05 |
  | 2 | 60 | Ryta Turava (BLR) | 1:05:26 |
  | 3 | 391 | Elisa Rigaudo (ITA) | 1:05:57 |
  | 4 | 337 | Athanasia Tsoumeleka (GRE) | 1:06:04 |
  | 5 | 197 | María Vasco (ESP) | 1:06:10 |
  
  ## Finishing times
  
  * Olimpiada Ivanova, Russia 1:25:41 (WR)
  * Ryta Turava, Belarus 1:27:05 (NR)
  * Susana Feitor, Portugal 1:28:44 (SB)
  * María Vasco, Spain 1:28:51 (SB)
  * Barbora Dibelková, Czech Republic 1:29:05 (NR)
  * Athina Papayianni, Greece 1:29:21 (SB)
  * Elisa Rigaudo, Italy 1:29:52
  * Claudia Stef, Romania 1:30:07
  * Song Hongjuan, China 1:30:32
  * Yuliya Voyevodina, Russia 1:30:34
  * Melanie Seeger, Germany 1:31:00
  * Kristina Saltanovic, Lithuania 1:31:23 (SB)
  * Elena Ginko, Belarus 1:31:36
  * Ana Maria Groza, Romania 1:31:48 (SB)
  * Vera Santos, Portugal 1:32:17
  * Maria Teresa Gargallo, Spain 1:32:24
  * Svetlana Tolstaya, Kazakhstan 1:32:40
  * Tatyana Gudkova, Russia 1:33:05
  * Geovana Irusta, Bolivia 1:33:19
  * Jane Saville, Australia 1:33:44
  * Cheryl Webb, Australia 1:33:58
  * Jolanta Dukure, Latvia 1:34:24 (SB)
  * Sabine Zimmer, Germany 1:34:24
  * Mária Gáliková, Slovakia 1:34:38 (PB)
  * Gisella Orsini, Italy 1:35:05
  * Vira Zozulya, Ukraine 1:35:12
  * Inês Henriques, Portugal 1:35:44
  * María José Poves, Spain 1:36:12
  * Kim Mi-Jung, South Korea 1:37:01
  * Sonata Milušauskaitė, Lithuania 1:37:17
  * Mayumi Kawasaki, Japan 1:37:30
  * Monica Svensson, Sweden 1:38:11
  * Graciela Mendoza, Mexico 1:39:56
  * Mabel Oncebay, Peru 1:40:46
  * Outi Sillanpää, Finland 1:41:03
  
  ### Athletes who did not finish
  
  * Sachiko Konishi, Japan
  * Teresa Vaill, United States
  * Yelena Nikolayeva, Russia
  * Miriam Ramón, Ecuador
  * Nataliya Misyulya, Belarus
  * Wang Liping, China
  
  ### Athletes disqualified
  
  * Olive Loughnane, Ireland
  * Athanasia Tsoumeleka, Greece
  * Cristina López, El Salvador
  * Jiang Jing, China
  * Evelyn Núñez, Guatemala
  * Gulnara Mammadova, Azerbaijan
  