European Athletics Championships 2018/50 km women's walk
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| discipline | 50 km walk for women |
| city |
 Berlin
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| place | Circuit through Berlin |
| Participants | 19 athletes from 15 countries |
| Competition phase | 7th August 2018 |
| Medalists | |
|---|---|
 gold |
Inês Henriques ( POR )
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 silver |
Alina Zwilij ( UKR )
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 bronze |
Júlia Takács ( ESP )
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The women's 50 km walk at the European Athletics Championships 2018 took place on August 7th in the German capital Berlin . This discipline was on the program of the European Athletics Championships for the first time after the competition had its premiere at international championships last year at the World Athletics Championships .
The Portuguese Inês Henriques became the first European champion on the long walk . She won ahead of the Ukrainian Alina Zwilij and the Spaniard Júlia Takács.
Routing
A two-kilometer lap had to be tackled 25 times, starting at Breitscheidplatz on Budapester Strasse and continuing east to Kurfürstenstrasse to the turning point on Keithstrasse. The route then turned back onto Budapester Strasse and ran north along the zoological garden . After a turning point, it went back to Breitscheidplatz - the start and finish point.
Records
Existing records
| World record |
 Liang Rui
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4:04:36 h | Taicang , People's Republic of China | 5th May 2018 |
| European record |
Inês Henriques
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4:05:56 h | World Cup in London , Great Britain | 13th August 2017 |
| Championship record | Competition for the first time in the EM program | |||
Record improvements
Inês Henriques set a first EM record with 4:09:21 hours .
Course of competition
The favorite of this competition was clearly the Portuguese world champion and European record holder Inês Henriques, who won the competition at the world championships last year. In the European annual best list before these European Championships, the Spaniard Júlia Takács led with 4:13:04 h, ahead of the Slovak Mária Czaková with 4:14:25 h, the Spaniard Ainhoa Pinedo with 4:18:56 h and the Ukrainian Wassylyna Witowschtschyk with 4 : 24: 08 h. These athletes were among the medal candidates. As the competition had rarely been held so far, this was an open matter.
The favorite Henriques pushed the pace right from the start. On the first thirty kilometers she walked 10 km sections between 48:19 min and 48:38 min. So she was on a world record course. From the beginning she went ahead alone. Her first pursuer was the Belarusian Nastassja Jazewitsch, who soon fell back and gave up at 35 km. After twenty kilometers, Henriques was already more than four and a half minutes ahead of the two Ukrainians Alina Zwilij and Witowschtschyk. Chrystyna Judkina, another Ukrainian, followed, more than six minutes behind. Czaková was seven seconds behind Judkina. The closest pursuers were Takács - 6:58 minutes behind the leader, the Belarusian Nadseja Daraschuk 7:06 minutes - and Pinedo - 9:15 minutes. After another ten kilometers, the distances had increased further. Second was Zwilij, who was 4:55 min behind, followed by Witowschtschyk - 6:50 min, Takács / Judkina - 9:00 min, Czaková - 9:39 min - and Pinedo - 14:18 min.
Henriques was unable to maintain her high starting pace for the last twenty kilometers. At first it only got a little slower, but the last 10,000 meters became difficult again for the front runner. Nevertheless, their lead was only slightly smaller. The Portuguese's competitors also slacked off somewhat. So Inês Henriques finally became the undisputed European champion. With 4:09:21 h, she set her first EM record. 3:23 minutes after her, Alina Zwilij came in second. Her time of 4:12:44 h meant a new Ukrainian national record. Third was Júlia Takács from Spain, who finished 2:38 minutes after the silver medalist. The further gaps were also large. Chrystyna Judkina was fourth, 11:25 minutes behind the winner. Wassylyna Witowschtschyk finished in fifth place just under two and a half minutes behind, Mária Czaková was sixth again 1:44 minutes behind.
The large gaps between this competition are certainly due to the fact that it is a newly introduced young discipline. But at least nineteen participants were already at the start - twelve more than at last year's World Championships.
| Split times | |||
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| brand | Meanwhile | Leading | 10 km time |
| 10 km | 48:19 min | Henriques / Jazewitsch – 1: 54 min to./Czaková– 3:10 min to./Zwilij–3:36 min to./ Judkina – 3: 52 min to./Witowschtschyk, Daraschuk – 3: 55 min to. | 48:19 min |
| 20 km | 1:36:40 h | Henriques / Zwilij, Witowschtschyk - 4:35 min / Judkina - 6:16 min / Czaková - 6:23 min / Takács - 6:58 min / Daraschuk - 7:06 min / Pinedo - 9:15 min | 48:21 min |
| 30 km | 2:25:18 h | Henriques / Zwilij - 4:55 min / Witowschtschyk - 6:50 min / Takács, Judkina - 9:00 min / Czaková - 9:39 min / Pinedo - 14:18 min | 48:38 min |
| 40 km | 3:15:16 h | Henriques / Zwilij - 5:10 min / Takács - 9:18 min / Witowschtschyk - 10:38 min / Judkina - 11:47 min / Czaková - 14:11 min / Pinedo - 16:55 min | 49:58 min |
| 50 km | 4:09:21 h | Inês Henriques | 54:05 min |
Result
August 7, 2018, August 2018 8:35 a.m. local time
| space | Athlete | country | Time (h) | Warnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Inês Henriques |
Portugal
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4:09:21 CR | |
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Alina Zwilij |
Ukraine
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4:12:44 NO | |
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Júlia Takács |
Spain
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4:15:22 | |
| 4th | Chrystyna Judkina |
Ukraine
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4:20:46 PB | |
| 5 | Wassylyna Vitovshchyk |
Ukraine
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4:23:15 PB | Knee / knee |
| 6th | Mária Czaková |
 Slovakia
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4:24:59 | |
| 7th | Ainhoa Pinedo |
Spain
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4:27:03 | |
| 8th | Mar Juarez |
Spain
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4:28:58 PB | |
| 9 | Dušica Topić |
 Serbia
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4:30:43 NO | |
| 10 | Mariavittoria Becchetti |
 Italy
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4:31:41 PB | |
| 11 | Nadsey Daraschuk |
 Belarus
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4:35:14 | |
| 12 | Ivana Renic |
 Croatia
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4:35:39 NO | |
| 13 | Tiia Kuikka |
 Finland
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4:35:56 | knee |
| 14th | Lucie Champalou |
 France
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4:52:38 | knee |
| DNF | Joanna Bemowska |
 Poland
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| Agnieszka Ellward |
Poland
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| Semiha Mutlu |
 Turkey
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| Nastassja Yazewitsch |
Belarus
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| DSQ | Anett Torma |
 Hungary
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Knee / knee / knee |
Ivana Renić, Croatia ( right ) - twelfth place
Joanna Bemowska, Poland - competition not finished
Agnieszka Ellward, Poland - competition not finished
Web links and sources
- Official Results European Athletics Championships 2018 on the EAA website , English (PDF, 49.183 KB), accessed on January 20, 2019
- Results of the European Athletics Championships 2018 at Leichtathletik.de, accessed on January 20, 2019
- Reports on the European Championships 2018 on Leichtathletik.de, accessed on January 20, 2019
Individual evidence
- ↑ Berlin 2018 European Athletics Championships, 50km race walk course on youtube.com. published on July 25, 2018, accessed January 20, 2019