Women · Race Walking · All-Time
20 km Race Walk
1:23:39
Best mark
World record
1:26:50
Top 50 cutoff
50 rows
1:26:06
Median
Of the 50 best-by-athlete marks
10
Countries
RUS 27 · CHN 12 · 8 others
Performance distribution
50 athletes from 1:23:39 to 1:26:50 · median 1:26:06
Top 50 cutoff
The mark an athlete needed to make the list
World all-time top 50
Best by athlete · data refreshed 17 Sep 2026 · methodology
50 rows
| # | Athlete | Country | Mark | Date | Venue | Age |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yelena Lashmanova WR | RUS | 1:23:39 | 9 Jun 2018 | Cheboksary | 26 |
| 2 | Yang Jiayu | CHN | 1:23:49 | 20 Mar 2021 | Huangshan | 25 |
| 3 | Hong Liu | CHN | 1:24:27 | 20 Mar 2021 | Huangshan | 33 |
| 4 | Qieyang Shenjie | CHN | 1:24:45 | 20 Mar 2021 | Huangshan | |
| 5 | Elmira Alembekova | RUS | 1:24:47 | 27 Feb 2015 | Sochi | 24 |
| 6 | Olimpiada Ivanova | RUS | 1:24:50 | 4 Mar 2001 | Adler | 30 |
| 7 | Olga Kaniskina | RUS | 1:24:56 | 28 Feb 2009 | Adler | 24 |
| 8 | Svetlana Vasilyeva | RUS | 1:25:04 | 27 Feb 2015 | Sochi | 22 |
| 9 | Vera Vasilyeva | RUS | 1:25:08 | 26 Feb 2011 | Sochi | |
| 10 | Anisiya Kornikova-Kirdyapkina | RUS | 1:25:11 | 20 Feb 2010 | Adler | 20 |
| 11 | Xiuzhi Lyu | CHN | 1:25:12 | 20 Mar 2015 | Beijing | 21 |
| 12 | Tatyana Gudkova | RUS | 1:25:18 | 19 May 2000 | Moskva | 22 |
| 13 | Olga Polyakova | RUS | 1:25:20 | 19 May 2000 | Moskva | 21 |
| 14 | Reykhan Kagramanova | RUS | 1:25:21 | 10 Sep 2023 | Kemerovo | |
| 15 | Yekaterina Ryzhova | RUS | 1:25:22 | 18 Feb 2017 | Sochi | |
| 16 | Irina Stankina | RUS | 1:25:29 | 19 May 2000 | Moskva | 23 |
| 17 | Glenda Estefania Morejón | ECU | 1:25:29 | 8 Jun 2019 | La Coruña | |
| 18 | María Pérez | ESP | 1:25:30 | 26 Mar 2023 | Córdoba | 26 |
| 19 | Yelena Shumkina | RUS | 1:25:32 | 28 Feb 2009 | Adler | 21 |
| 20 | Tatyana Shemyakina | RUS | 1:25:46 | 23 Feb 2008 | Adler | 20 |
| 21 | Larisa Yemelyanova | RUS | 1:25:52 | 28 Feb 2009 | Adler | |
| 22 | Tatyana Sibileva | RUS | 1:25:52 | 20 Feb 2010 | Adler | 29 |
| 23 | Tamara Kovalenko | RUS | 1:25:59 | 19 May 2000 | Moskva | |
| 24 | Liujing Yang | CHN | 1:25:59 | 20 Mar 2021 | Huangshan | 22 |
| 25 | Alegna González | MEX | 1:26:06 | 20 Sep 2025 | Tokyo | 26 |
| 26 | Ma Zhenxia | CHN | 1:26:07 | 3 Mar 2024 | Taicang | |
| 27 | Margarita Turova | BLR | 1:26:11 | 15 Apr 2006 | Nesvizh | |
| 28 | Elvira Khasanova | RUS | 1:26:12 | 27 Aug 2022 | Chelyabinsk | |
| 29 | Irina Petrova | RUS | 1:26:14 | 19 Feb 2006 | Adler | |
| 30 | Lyudmila Arkhipova | RUS | 1:26:16 | 23 Feb 2008 | Adler | |
| 31 | Eleonora Giorgi | ITA | 1:26:17 | 17 May 2015 | Murcia | 25 |
| 32 | Maria Guadalupe González | MEX | 1:26:17 | 7 May 2016 | Roma | |
| 33 | Nanako Fujii | JPN | 1:26:18 | 20 Sep 2025 | Tokyo | |
| 34 | Paula Milena Torres | ECU | 1:26:18 | 20 Sep 2025 | Tokyo | 24 |
| 35 | Wang Yan | CHN | 1:26:22 | 19 Nov 2001 | Guangzhou | |
| 36 | Yelena Nikolayeva | RUS | 1:26:22 | 18 May 2003 | Cheboksary | |
| 37 | Kimberley García León | PER | 1:26:22 | 20 Sep 2025 | Tokyo | |
| 38 | Wang Liping | CHN | 1:26:23 | 19 Nov 2001 | Guangzhou | |
| 39 | Jemima Montag | AUS | 1:26:25 | 6 Aug 2024 | Paris | |
| 40 | Sofiya Brodatskaya | RUS | 1:26:27 | 18 Feb 2017 | Sochi | |
| 41 | Irayda Pudovkina | RUS | 1:26:28 | 12 Mar 2005 | Adler | |
| 42 | Wang Na | CHN | 1:26:29 | 4 Mar 2017 | Huangshan | |
| 43 | Tatyana Kalmykova | RUS | 1:26:34 | 8 Jun 2008 | Saransk | |
| 44 | Liu Hongyu | CHN | 1:26:35 | 19 Nov 2001 | Guangzhou | |
| 45 | Antonella Palmisano | ITA | 1:26:36 | 13 Aug 2017 | London | 26 |
| 46 | Song Hongjuan | CHN | 1:26:46 | 20 Mar 2004 | Guangzhou | |
| 47 | Irina Yumanova | RUS | 1:26:47 | 18 Feb 2012 | Sochi | |
| 48 | Klavdiya Afanasyeva | RUS | 1:26:47 | 25 Jun 2016 | Cheboksary | 20 |
| 49 | Wu Quanming | CHN | 1:26:48 | 3 Jun 2023 | La Coruña | |
| 50 | Natalya Fedoskina | RUS | 1:26:50 | 19 May 2001 | Dudince |