Athletics at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Women's 20 kilometres walk

Women's 20 kilometres walk at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Venue	Southport Broadwater Parklands
Dates	8 April 2018
Competitors	13 from 8 nations
Winning time	1:32:50
Medalists
Jemima Montag    Australia   Alana Barber    New Zealand   Bethan Davies    Wales

The women's 20 kilometres walk at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, as part of the athletics programme, took place at Currumbin Beachfront on 8 April 2018.^[1]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Games records were as follows:^[2]

World record	Liu Hong (CHN)	1:24:38	A Coruña, Spain	6 June 2015
Games record	Jane Saville (AUS)	1:32:46	Melbourne, Australia	20 March 2006

Schedule

The schedule was as follows:^[1]

Date	Time	Round
Sunday 8 April 2018	9:15	Race

All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10)

Results

The results were as follows:^[2]

Rank	Order	Name	Result	Notes	Race violations
	10	Jemima Montag (AUS)	1:32:50
	9	Alana Barber (NZL)	1:34:18		~
	4	Bethan Davies (WAL)	1:36:08		~
4	3	Khushbir Kaur (IND)	1:39:21
5	11	Gemma Bridge (ENG)	1:39:31
6	13	Beki Smith (AUS)	1:40:41
7	1	Heather Lewis (WAL)	1:41:45
8	12	Grace Wanjiru (KEN)	1:42:23
9	6	Erika Kelly (IOM)	1:47:29
10	2	Fadekemi Florence Olude (NGR)	1:49:31		>>
11	7	Lindah Waweru (KEN)	1:53:41		>
–	5	Claire Tallent (AUS)	DQ	R 230.6	~~~
–	8	Soumya Baby (IND)	DQ	R 230.6	~~~

Notes

• > Bent knee
• ~ Loss of contact

References

1. "Result - Women's 20km Race Walk Final". Archived from the original on 23 April 2018. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
2. Athletics | Women's 20km Race Walk - Final (PDF). Gold Coast 2018. p. 221. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 April 2018. Retrieved 22 April 2018.