title: 2006 European Athletics Championships – Women's 20 kilometres walk
text: # 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.
  
  ## 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 |
  