African Games 2019 / Athletics - 20 km women's walk

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The women's 20km walk at the 2019 African Games took place in Rabat on August 28th .

Nine walkers from six countries took part in the competition. Emily Wamusyi Ngii won the gold medal with 1:34:41 h, which was also a new record for the African Games. Silver went to Grace Wanjiru Njue with 1:34:57 h and the bronze medal was won by Yehualeye Beletew Mitiku with 1:35:21 h.

Records

World record China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Liu Hong 1:24:38 h A Coruña , Spain June 6, 2015
Record of games KenyaKenya Grace Wanjiru Njue 1:38:28 h African Games in Brazzaville , Republic of the Congo 15th September 2015

Result

August 28, 2019, 7:30 a.m.

space Athlete country Time (h)
Gold medal icon.svg Emily Wamusyi Ngii KenyaKenya Kenya 1:34:41 GR
Silver medal icon.svg Grace Wanjiru Njue KenyaKenya Kenya 1:34:57
Bronze medal icon.svg Yehualeye Beletew Mitiku EthiopiaEthiopia Ethiopia 1:35:21
4th Chahinez Nasri TunisiaTunisia Tunisia 1:36:28
5 Souad Azzi AlgeriaAlgeria Algeria 1:38:48
6th Mare Betwe Getahun EthiopiaEthiopia Ethiopia 1:41:00
7th Fadekemi Florence Olude NigeriaNigeria Nigeria 1:41:21
8th Aynalem Eshetu Shefrawe EthiopiaEthiopia Ethiopia 1:44:41
9 Amira Ibrahim EgyptEgypt Egypt 1:50:54

Web links and sources

  • Results on the 2019 African Games website
  • Results. (PDF; 1.4 MB) In: atos.net. Retrieved September 2, 2019 .