World Athletics Championships 1987/10 km women's walking
2. World Athletics Championships | |||||||||
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discipline | 10 km walk | ||||||||
gender | Women | ||||||||
Attendees | 35 athletes from 17 countries | ||||||||
venue | Rome | ||||||||
Competition location | Circuit through Rome | ||||||||
Competition phase | September 1 | ||||||||
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The women's 10 km walk at the 1987 World Athletics Championships was held on the streets of Rome on September 1, 1987 .
This discipline was new to the world championship program. For the first time since last year's European Championships , a walking competition was also held for women at a major international championship.
World champion was Irina Strachowa from the Soviet Union . She won ahead of the world record holder, Australian Kerry Saxby . Bronze went to the Chinese Yan Hong .
Existing records / best performances
World record | 42:52 min | Kerry Saxby | Melbourne , Australia | May 4th 1987 |
World championship record | No World Cup records yet, competition is new to the program. |
Note:
At that time, records were not kept in marathon running and street walking because of the different track conditions with the exception of championship records.
World champion Irina Strachowa from the Soviet Union set the first world championship record in the race on September 1st with 44:12 minutes .
execution
There was no preliminary round, all 35 walkers went to the final together.
Result
September 1, 1987
Web links
- IAAF World Championships in Athletics, 2nd IAAF World Championships in Athletics , accessed March 23, 2020
- Women 20km Walk Athletics II World Championship Rome (JPN) 1987 on todor66.com, accessed April 5, 2020
- Results in the IAAF Statistics Handbook for the 2019 World Cup in Doha, Women 20km Walk, Rome 1987 (PDF 10.3 MB, p. 360), English, accessed on April 5, 2020
Individual evidence
- ^ Track and Field Statistics Records Progression - World Records. Women, 10 km Road Walk on trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed April 5, 2020