Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 20 kilometres walk
| Women's 20 kilometres walk at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
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| Venue | Beijing National Stadium | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 21 August 2008 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 48 from 30 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 1:26:31 OR | ||||||||||||
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Olga Kaniskina |
 Russia
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Kjersti Plätzer |
 Norway
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Elisa Rigaudo |
 Italy
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The women's 20 km walk event at the 2008 Olympic Games took place on August 21 at the Beijing Olympic Stadium. The qualifying standards were 1:33.30 (A standard) and 1:38.00 (B standard).
Prior to this event, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:
All times are China standard time (UTC+8)
OR - Olympic Record, NR - National Record, PB - Personal Best (= - Equaled), SB - Season Best
s.t. - same time.
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