The women's 20 kilometres race walk was held on a 2 kilometre course comprising lengths of The Mall between Buckingham Palace and Admiralty Arch on 13 August.Start list

Summary Defending champion, Olympic champion and defending champion Liu Hong was absent. Still the race started faster than the Olympics. A pack of 20 formed on the front. That pack was whittled down to 10 by the halfway point. After Kimberly García (Peru) fell off the pace, the group was reduced to just five by the 12-kilometre mark: two Chinese, Yang Jiayu and Lü Xiuzhi; María Guadalupe González (Mexico); Antonella Palmisano (Italy); and Érica de Sena (Brazil). de Sena fell off the pace when the other four accelerated the pace at 16K. Another lap later, Palmisano couldn't handle the pace which looked like the break for the three medalists. Yang didn't have the same awards, but she was leading the group with the Olympic silver and bronze medalists.

The three were racing to the finish. Less than 100 metres before the finish, the chief judge stepped out to show Lü the red card signifying she had accumulated three red cards from judges around the course and was disqualified. Lü didn't believe the message and tried to finish, but it was true. Yang raced González to the line, winning by barely a second. Palmisano came in 17 seconds later to get an unexpected bronze. The top five did negative splits (walking the end of the race faster than the beginning). de Sena improved her own South American continental record. Four others set national records.

Records Before the competition records were as follows:

Record Athlete Date LocationWorld1:24:38Liu Hong6 Jun 2015A Coruña, SpainChampionship1:25:41Olimpiada Ivanova7 Aug 2005Helsinki, FinlandWorld leading1:25:18Elena LashmanovaSochi, RussiaAfrican1:30:43Grace Wanjiru Njue26 Jun 2016Durban, South AfricaAsian1:24:38Liu Hong6 Jun 2015A Coruña, SpainNACAC1:26:17Lupita González7 May 2016Rome, ItalySouth American1:27:18Érica de Sena7 May 2016Rome, ItalyEuropean1:24:58Elena Lashmanova25 Jun 2016Cheboksary, RussiaOceanian1:27:44Jane Saville2 May 2004Naumburg, Germany

The following records were set at the competition:

Record Athlete Date South American1:26:59Érica de Sena13 Aug 2017BrazilianColombian1:28:10Sandra Arenas13 Aug 2017Peruvian1:29:13Kimberly García13 Aug 2017Hungarian1:30:05Viktória Madarász13 Aug 2017Hong Kong1:35:04Ching Siu Nga13 Aug 2017

Qualification standard The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 1:36:00.

Results The final took place on 13 August at 12:21. The results were as follows: Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Yang Jiayu 1:26:18 Lupita González 1:26:19 Antonella Palmisano 1:26:36 Érica de Sena 1:26:59 Sandra Arenas 1:28:10 Ana Cabecinha 1:28:57 Kimberly García 1:29:13 Wang Na 1:29:26 Laura García-Caro 1:29:29 María Pérez 1:29:37 Mirna Ortiz 1:30:01 Viktória Madarász 1:30:05 Paola Pérez 1:30:09 Eleonora Giorgi 1:30:34 Valentina Trapletti 1:30:35 Brigita Virbalytė-Dimšienė 1:30:45 Sandra Galvis 1:31:13 Kumiko Okada 1:31:19 Živilė Vaiciukevičiūtė 1:31:23 Inna Loseva 1:31:24 Ainhoa Pinedo 1:31:28 Regan Lamble 1:31:30 Ángela Castro 1:31:34 Antigoni Drisbioti 1:32:03 Maria Michta-Coffey 1:32:14 Nastassia Yatsevich 1:32:22 Barbara Oláh 1:32:44 Maritza Guamán 1:33:06 Bethan Davies 1:33:10 Jeon Yeong-eun 1:33:29 Andreea Arsine 1:33:46 Valentyna Nayavka 1:33:59 Miranda Melville 1:34:47 Ana Rodean 1:34:50 Ching Siu Nga 1:35:04 Mária Czaková 1:35:11 Grace Wanjiru 1:35:22 Beki Smith 1:35:31 Chahinez Nasri 1:35:45 Gemma Bridge 1:36:04 Johana Ordóñez 1:36:27 Khushbir Kaur 1:36:41 Claire Woods 1:37:05 Yehualeye Beletew 1:37:55 Monika Vaiciukevičiūtė 1:38:08 Milangela Rosales 1:38:08 Diana Aydosova 1:38:16 Lee Da-seul 1:38:54 Laura Polli 1:39:05 Polina Repina 1:39:56 Rita Récsei 1:40:56 Regina Rykova 1:41:59 Anežka Drahotová Despina Zapounidou Klavdiya Afanasyeva Nadiya Borovska Yeseida Carrillo Lü Xiuzhi Agnese Pastare María Guadalupe Sánchez Askale Tiksa

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