The race had started with a strong, good-sized bunch of fifty-seven walkers keeping together through the field. As the group left the stadium falling apart, Russia's Olimpiada Ivanova took the front of the pack on the opening 2k laps, followed by several of the anticipated favorites, which included 2000 Olympic champion Wang Liping, the Australian sisters Jane and Natalie Saville, and the Greek duo Athina Papayianni and Athanasia Tsoumeleka.
By the half way mark, fourteen walkers were still in close contention with Ivanova maintaining the lead and Belarus' Ryta Turava staying beside her to shorten the gap. As the Belarusian began to lose contact, Ivanova steadily broke away from the group to own the race, until Jane Saville set the pace much faster to chase her on the succeeding lap. With just 2k left to go, home favorite Tsoumeleka zoomed past the two remaining chasers Ivanova and Saville on a late charge to quickly build up a seemingly insurmountable lead.
Entering the Olympic Stadium with a rapturous welcome from the partisan crowd, Tsoumeleka walked jubilantly into the final stretch to deliver the Greeks their first ever Olympic track and field gold medal at these Games. She finished the race in 1:29.12, just four seconds ahead of the eventual silver medalist Ivanova.[3] Meanwhile, Saville had finally erased her setback of being disqualified at the Sydney Olympics four years earlier to successfully claim the bronze, holding Turava off the podium to fourth.[4][5]
The qualification period for athletics was 1 January 2003 to 9 August 2004. For the women's 20 kilometres race walk, each National Olympic Committee was permitted to enter up to three athletes that had run the race in 1:33:30 or faster during the qualification period. If an NOC had no athletes that qualified under that standard, one athlete that had run the race in 1:38:00 or faster could be entered.
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The women s 20 kilometres race walk at the 2004 Summer Olympics as part of the athletics program was held through the streets of Athens with the start and finish at the Athens Olympic Stadium on August 23 1 2 Women s 20 kilometres walkat the Games of the XXVIII OlympiadVenueAthens Olympic StadiumDates23 AugustCompetitors57 from 35 nationsWinning time1 29 12MedalistsAthanasia Tsoumeleka GreeceOlimpiada Ivanova RussiaJane Saville Australia 20002008 The race had started with a strong good sized bunch of fifty seven walkers keeping together through the field As the group left the stadium falling apart Russia s Olimpiada Ivanova took the front of the pack on the opening 2k laps followed by several of the anticipated favorites which included 2000 Olympic champion Wang Liping the Australian sisters Jane and Natalie Saville and the Greek duo Athina Papayianni and Athanasia Tsoumeleka By the half way mark fourteen walkers were still in close contention with Ivanova maintaining the lead and Belarus Ryta Turava staying beside her to shorten the gap As the Belarusian began to lose contact Ivanova steadily broke away from the group to own the race until Jane Saville set the pace much faster to chase her on the succeeding lap With just 2k left to go home favorite Tsoumeleka zoomed past the two remaining chasers Ivanova and Saville on a late charge to quickly build up a seemingly insurmountable lead Entering the Olympic Stadium with a rapturous welcome from the partisan crowd Tsoumeleka walked jubilantly into the final stretch to deliver the Greeks their first ever Olympic track and field gold medal at these Games She finished the race in 1 29 12 just four seconds ahead of the eventual silver medalist Ivanova 3 Meanwhile Saville had finally erased her setback of being disqualified at the Sydney Olympics four years earlier to successfully claim the bronze holding Turava off the podium to fourth 4 5 Contents 1 Records 2 Qualification 3 Schedule 4 Results 5 References 6 External linksRecords editPrior to the competition update the existing World and Olympic records were as follows World record nbsp Wang Yan CHN 1 26 22 Guangzhou China 19 November 2001 Olympic record nbsp Wang Liping CHN 1 29 05 Sydney Australia 28 September 2000 No new records were set during the competition Qualification editThe qualification period for athletics was 1 January 2003 to 9 August 2004 For the women s 20 kilometres race walk each National Olympic Committee was permitted to enter up to three athletes that had run the race in 1 33 30 or faster during the qualification period If an NOC had no athletes that qualified under that standard one athlete that had run the race in 1 38 00 or faster could be entered Schedule editAll times are Greece Standard Time UTC 2 Date Time Round Monday 23 August 2004 09 00 FinalResults editRank Name Nationality Result Notes nbsp Athanasia Tsoumeleka nbsp Greece 1 29 12 PB nbsp Olimpiada Ivanova nbsp Russia 1 29 16 nbsp Jane Saville nbsp Australia 1 29 25 4 Ryta Turava nbsp Belarus 1 29 39 5 Melanie Seeger nbsp Germany 1 29 52 6 Elisa Rigaudo nbsp Italy 1 29 57 7 Maria Vasco nbsp Spain 1 30 06 8 Wang Liping nbsp China 1 30 16 9 Elena Ginko nbsp Belarus 1 30 22 10 Athina Papayianni nbsp Greece 1 30 37 11 Rossella Giordano nbsp Italy 1 30 39 12 Kjersti Platzer nbsp Norway 1 30 49 SB 13 Yuliya Voyevodina nbsp Russia 1 31 02 14 Song Hongjuan nbsp China 1 31 27 15 Valentina Tsybulskaya nbsp Belarus 1 31 49 16 Sabine Zimmer nbsp Germany 1 31 59 17 Yelena Nikolayeva nbsp Russia 1 32 16 18 Elisabetta Perrone nbsp Italy 1 32 21 SB 19 Kristina Saltanovic nbsp Lithuania 1 32 22 20 Susana Feitor nbsp Portugal 1 32 47 21 Sylwia Korzeniowska nbsp Poland 1 33 06 22 Zuzana Malikova nbsp Slovakia 1 33 17 23 Sonata Milusauskaite nbsp Lithuania 1 33 36 24 Barbora Dibelkova nbsp Czech Republic 1 33 37 25 Ines Henriques nbsp Portugal 1 33 53 26 Maribel Goncalves nbsp Portugal 1 33 59 27 Norica Campean nbsp Romania 1 34 30 28 Svetlana Tolstaya nbsp Kazakhstan 1 34 43 29 Ana Maria Groza nbsp Romania 1 34 56 30 Rocio Florido nbsp Spain 1 35 32 31 Hristina Kokotou nbsp Greece 1 35 43 32 Jiang Jing nbsp China 1 35 56 33 Yeliz Ay nbsp Turkey 1 36 02 34 Victoria Palacios nbsp Mexico 1 36 07 35 Yuan Yufang nbsp Malaysia 1 36 34 36 Natalie Saville nbsp Australia 1 36 54 37 Daniela Cirlan nbsp Romania 1 37 14 38 Cheryl Webb nbsp Australia 1 37 40 39 Marie Polli nbsp Switzerland 1 37 53 40 Mayumi Kawasaki nbsp Japan 1 37 56 41 Geovana Irusta nbsp Bolivia 1 38 36 42 Vira Zozulya nbsp Ukraine 1 38 45 43 Teresa Vaill nbsp United States 1 38 47 44 Edina Fusti nbsp Hungary 1 39 45 45 Anita Liepina nbsp Latvia 1 39 54 46 Sandra Zapata nbsp Colombia 1 42 22 47 Nicolene Cronje nbsp South Africa 1 42 37 48 Alessandra Picagevicz nbsp Brazil 1 46 21 49 Teresita Collado nbsp Guatemala 1 46 41 50 Yelena Kuznetsova nbsp Kazakhstan 1 49 08 51 Yolene Raffin nbsp Mauritius 1 49 28 52 Fumilay Fonseca nbsp Sao Tome and Principe 2 04 54 PB Olive Loughnane nbsp Ireland DNF Rosario Sanchez nbsp Mexico DNF Nevena Mineva nbsp Bulgaria DNF Maria Teresa Gargallo nbsp Spain DSQ Kim Mi jung nbsp South Korea DSQReferences edit IAAF Athens 2004 Women s 20km Race Walk Final Athens 2004 IAAF Retrieved 17 October 2015 Athletics at the 2004 Athens Summer Games Women s 20 kilometres Walk sports reference com Archived from the original on 17 April 2020 Retrieved 3 December 2017 Berlin Peter 23 August 2004 A hunter is hunted down in 800 The New York Times Retrieved 18 October 2015 Arcoleo Laura 23 August 2004 Surprise Greek win Women s 20km Race Walk Olympic report IAAF Retrieved 18 October 2015 Greece wins walk gold BBC Sport 23 August 2004 Retrieved 18 October 2015 External links editIAAF Athens 2004 Olympic Coverage Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics Women 27s 20 kilometres walk amp oldid 1022262058, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
