2010 European Athletics Championships – Women's 20 kilometres walk

Women's 20 kilometres walk at the European Athletics Championships

2010 European Athletics Championships

Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men	women
10,000 m	men	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men	women
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men	women
20 km walk	men	women
50 km walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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The women's 20 kilometres walk at the 2010 European Athletics Championships was held on the streets of Barcelona on 28 July.

Medalists

Gold	Anisya Kirdyapkina Russia (RUS)
Silver	Vera Sokolova Russia (RUS)
Bronze	Melanie Seeger Germany (GER)

Standing records prior to the 2010 European Athletics Championships
World record	Olimpiada Ivanova (RUS)	1:25:41	Helsinki, Finland	7 August 2005
European record	Olimpiada Ivanova (RUS)	1:25:41	Helsinki, Finland	7 August 2005
Championship record	Olimpiada Ivanova (RUS)	1:26:42	Munich, Germany	7 August 2002
World Leading	Anisya Kirdyapkina (RUS)	1:25:11	Sochi, Russia	20 February 2010
European Leading	Anisya Kirdyapkina (RUS)	1:25:11	Sochi, Russia	20 February 2010

Date	Time	Round
28 July 2010	8:05	Final

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
DQ	Olga Kaniskina	Russia (RUS)	~~1:27:44~~	SB, Doping
	Anisya Kirdyapkina	Russia (RUS)	1:28:55
	Vera Sokolova	Russia (RUS)	1:29:32
	Melanie Seeger	Germany (GER)	1:29:43
4	Beatriz Pascual	Spain (ESP)	1:29:52
5	Vera Santos	Portugal (POR)	1:30:52
6	Kristina Saltanovič	Lithuania (LTU)	1:31:40	SB
7	Ana Cabecinha	Portugal (POR)	1:31:48
8	Inês Henriques	Portugal (POR)	1:32:26
9	Jo Jackson	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	1:33:33
10	María José Poves	Spain (ESP)	1:34:19
11	Agnieszka Dygacz	Poland (POL)	1:34:51
12	Brigita Virbalytė-Dimšienė	Lithuania (LTU)	1:35:00
13	Nastassia Yatsevich	Belarus (BLR)	1:36:59
14	Neringa Aidietytė	Lithuania (LTU)	1:37:32
15	Lucie Pelantová	Czech Republic (CZE)	1:41:35
	Olive Loughnane	Ireland (IRL)		DNF
	Zuzana Malíková	Slovakia (SVK)		DNF
	Alina Matveyuk	Belarus (BLR)		DNF
	María Vasco	Spain (ESP)		DNF
	Paulina Buziak	Poland (POL)		DQ
	Sibilla Di Vincenzo	Italy (ITA)		DQ

Men

Women

v t e European Athletics Championships champions in women's racewalking
1986–1998 10 kilometres race walk	1986: Mari Cruz Díaz (ESP) 1990: Annarita Sidoti (ITA) 1994: Sari Essayah (FIN) 1998: Annarita Sidoti (ITA)
2002–present 20 kilometres race walk	2002: Olimpiada Ivanova (RUS) 2006: Ryta Turava (BLR) 2010: Anisya Kirdyapkina (RUS) 2014: Elmira Alembekova (RUS) 2018: María Pérez (ESP) 2022: Antigoni Drisbioti (GRE) 2024: Antonella Palmisano (ITA)
2018 50 kilometres race walk	2018: Inês Henriques (POR)
2022–present 35 kilometres race walk	2022: Antigoni Drisbioti (GRE)