2018 European Athletics Championships – Women's 20 kilometres walk
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The women's 20 kilometres race walk at the 2018 European Athletics Championships took place in Berlin on 11 August.[1]
| Women's 20 kilometres walk at the 2018 European Athletics Championships | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Olympic Stadium | |||||||||
| Location | Berlin | |||||||||
| Dates | 11 August 2018 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 30 from 17 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 1:26:36 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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Records
| Standing records prior to the 2018 European Athletics Championships | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World record |  Liu Hong (CHN) |
1:24:38 | A Coruña, Spain | 6 June 2015 |
| European record |  Elena Lashmanova (RUS) |
1:23:39 | Cheboksary, Russia | 9 June 2018 |
| Championship record | Olimpiada Ivanova (RUS) |
1:26:42 | Munich, Germany | 7 August 2002 |
| World Leading | Elena Lashmanova (RUS) |
1:23:39 | Cheboksary, Russia | 9 June 2018 |
| European Leading | Elena Lashmanova (RUS) |
1:23:39 | Cheboksary, Russia | 9 June 2018 |
| Broken records during the 2018 European Athletics Championships | ||||
| Championship record |  María Pérez (ESP) |
1:26:36 | Berlin, Germany | 11 August 2018 |
Schedule
| Date | Time | Round |
|---|---|---|
| 11 August 2018 | 10:55 | Final |
Results
Final
Although in April 2018, before this European Championship race in Berlin 2018, which actually took place on August 11, the Disciplinary Commission of the Czech Athletics Association (CAS) had notified the czech athlete Anežka Drahotová of an irregularity in her biological passport (doping), on 19 July 2021 (three years later), the athlete was cleared[2] and the silver medal she won on the field was reassigned, as also confirmed by the Statistic Handbook published by the EAA on the eve of Roma 2024.[3][4]
But the situation that seemed to be over took a further turn on 15 May 2025, therefore after the publication of the EAA Statistical Handbook of Rome 2024, when WADA's appeal against the acquittal ruling of July 2021 was accepted[5] and at this point the EAA rewrote the competition rankings, once again excluding Drahotova from the rankings.[6] As a result, the Italian Antonella Palmisano moves from bronze to silver while the bronze medal is awarded to the Lithuanian Živilė Vaiciukevičiūtė who came in 4th.
