2001 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 20 kilometres walk
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The official results of the Women's 20 km Walk at the 2001 World Championships in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, held on Thursday 9 August 2001.
Medalists
| Gold |  Olimpiada IvanovaRussia (RUS) |
| Silver |  Valentina TsybulskayaBelarus (BLR) |
| Bronze |  Elisabetta PerroneItaly (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 |
| PB | personal best |
| SB | season best |
Records
| Standing records prior to the 2001 World Athletics Championships | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Record | Olimpiada Ivanova (RUS) | 1:24:50 | March 4, 2001 | Adler, Russia |
| Event Record |  Liu Hongyu (CHN) | 1:30:50 | August 27, 1999 |  Seville, Spain |
| Broken records during the 2001 World Athletics Championships | ||||
| Event Record | Olimpiada Ivanova (RUS) | 1:27:48 | August 9, 2001 |  Edmonton, Canada |
Final ranking
| Rank | Athlete | Time | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Olimpiada Ivanova (RUS) | 1:27:48 | CR |
 | Valentina Tsybulskaya (BLR) | 1:28:49 | PB |
 | Elisabetta Perrone (ITA) | 1:28:56 | |
| 4 | Erica Alfridi (ITA) |
1:29:48 | |
| 5 | María Vasco (ESP) |
1:30:19 | |
| 6 |  Norica Câmpean (ROM) |
1:30:39 | |
| 7 |  Melanie Seeger (GER) |
1:30:41 | NR |
| 8 | Annarita Sidoti (ITA) |
1:31:40 | SB |
| 9 |  María Guadalupe Sánchez (MEX) |
1:32:27 | SB |
| 10 | Victoria Palacios (MEX) |
1:33:52 | PB |
| 11 |  Athina Papayianni (GRE) |
1:34:56 | |
| 12 |  Nevena Mineva (BUL) |
1:35:18 | PB |
| 13 |  Olive Loughnane (IRL) |
1:35:24 | |
| 14 |  Kim Mi-Jung (KOR) |
1:35:30 | |
| 15 |  Vira Zozulya (UKR) |
1:35:32 | |
| 16 |  Geovana Irusta (BOL) |
1:36:50 | |
| 17 |  Anne Haaland-Simonsen (NOR) |
1:37:11 | |
| 18 |  Sonata Milušauskaitė (LTU) |
1:37:33 | |
| 19 |  Debbi Lawrence (USA) |
1:37:57 | SB |
| 20 | Karen Foan (CAN) |
1:38:09 | PB |
| 21 |  Sofia Avoila (POR) |
1:39:10 | |
| 22 | Mara Ibañez (MEX) |
1:39:26 | |
| 23 |  Fatiha Ouali (FRA) |
1:40:16 | |
| 24 |  Kaori Nikaido (JPN) |
1:40:57 | |
| 25 | Jill Zenner (USA) |
1:42:43 | |
| 26 |  Teresita Collado (GUA) |
1:42:43 | |
| 27 |  Angela Keogh (NFI) |
2:08:46 | |
| DISQUALIFIED (DSQ) | |||
| — | Liu Hongyu (CHN) |
DSQ | |
| — | Gillian O'Sullivan (IRL) |
DSQ | |
| — | Natalya Fedoskina (RUS) |
DSQ | |
| — | Ryoko Tadamasa (JPN) |
DSQ | |
| — |  Svetlana Tolstaya (KAZ) |
DSQ | |
| — | Inês Henriques (POR) |
DSQ | |
| — | Sun Chunfang (CHN) |
DSQ | |
| — |  Jane Saville (AUS) |
DSQ | |
| — | Michelle Rohl (USA) |
DSQ | |
| — | Kerry Saxby-Junna (AUS) |
DSQ | |
| — | Maya Sazonova (KAZ) |
DSQ | |
| — | Hristina Kokotou (GRE) |
DSQ | |
| — | Yelena Nikolayeva (RUS) |
DSQ | |
| — | Kjersti Plätzer (NOR) |
DSQ | |
| — | Susana Feitor (POR) |
DSQ | |