2006 European Athletics Championships – Women's 20 kilometres walk
| Women's 20 kilometres walk at the European Athletics Championships |
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The Women's 20 km walk event at the 2006 European Championships was held on August 9, 2006 in Gothenburg, Sweden, with the start at 17:15h.
Medalists
| Gold |  Ryta TuravaBelarus (BLR) |
| Silver |  Olga KaniskinaRussia (RUS) |
| Bronze |  Elisa RigaudoItaly (ITA) |
Abbreviations
- All times shown are in hours:minutes:seconds
| DNS | did not start |
| NM | no mark |
| WR | world record |
| WL | world leading |
| AR | area record |
| NR | national record |
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personal best |
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season best |
Records
| Standing records prior to the 2006 European Athletics Championships | ||||
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| World Record | Olimpiada Ivanova (RUS) |
1:24.50 | March 4, 2001 | Adler, Russia
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| Event Record | Olimpiada Ivanova (RUS) |
1:26.42 | August 7, 2002 |  Munich, Germany
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Results
| Rank | Athlete | Time | Note |
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Ryta Turava (BLR) |
1:27:08 | |
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Olga Kaniskina (RUS) |
1:28:35 | |
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Elisa Rigaudo (ITA) |
1:28:37 |
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| 4 |  Kjersti Plätzer (NOR) |
1:28:45 | |
| 5 |  Claudia Stef (ROM) |
1:29:27 |
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| 6 | Sabine Zimmer (GER) |
1:29:56 | |
| 7 |  Sylwia Korzeniowska (POL) |
1:30:31 | NR |
| 8 | .svg.png){kind=small} Vera Santos (POR) |
1:30:41 |
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| 9 |  Jolanta Dukure (LAT) |
1:31:02 | NR |
| 10 | Melanie Seeger (GER) |
1:31:29 | |
| 11 | Ana Maria Groza (ROM) |
1:31:35 | |
| 12 | Inês Henriques (POR) |
1:31:58 | |
| 13 |  Zuzana Malíková (SVK) |
1:32:14 | NR |
| 14 | Susana Feitor (POR) |
1:32:19 | |
| 15 |  María Vasco (ESP) |
1:32:50 |
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| 16 | Gisella Orsini (ITA) |
1:33:10 |
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| 17 | Galina Kolpakova (RUS) |
1:33:39 | |
| 18 | Rossella Giordano (ITA) |
1:33:56 | |
| 19 | María José Poves (ESP) |
1:35:03 | |
| 20 | Beatriz Pascual (ESP) |
1:36:03 | |
| 21 |  Sonata Milušauskaitė (LTU) |
1:36:20 | |
| 22 |  Monica Svensson (SWE) |
1:38:25 | |
| DID NOT FINISH (DNF) | |||
| — | Kristina Saltanovič (LTU) |
DNF | |
| DISQUALIFIED (DSQ) | |||
| — | Elena Ginko (BLR) |
DSQ | |
See also
References
European Athletics Championships champions in women's racewalking | |
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| 1986–1998 10 kilometres race walk |
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| 2002–present 20 kilometres race walk |
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| 2018 50 kilometres race walk |
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| 2022–present 35 kilometres race walk |
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