2017 World Athletics Championships / 50 km women's walk

2017 World Athletics Championships
discipline	50 km walk for women
city	London
place	Circuit through London Start and finish: The Mail / Marlborough Road
Participants	7 athletes from 4 countries
Competition phase	13th August 2017
Medalists
gold	Inês Henriques ( POR )
silver	Yin Hang ( CHN )
bronze	Yang Shuqing ( CHN )

View of Victoria Memorial in front of Buckingham Palace

The women's 50km walk at the 2017 World Athletics Championships took place in London , United Kingdom on August 13, 2017 .

The Portuguese Inês Henriques became the first world champion in the history of athletics in this competition . The Chinese Yin Hang came in second. Yang Shuqing, also from China, won the bronze medal.

Records

World record	Inês Henriques	4:08:26 h	Porto de Mós , Portugal	15th January 2017
Championship record	Competition for the first time in the World Cup program

route

The start and finish point of the route was on the "The Mail" road connecting Trafalgar Studios and Buckingham Palace on the corner of "Marlborough Road" near Marlborough House . Constantly on this route I passed St. James' Park to the south-west . Initially, the route headed northeast past the Trafalgar Studios. The path circled the statue "Equestrian Statue of Charles I" behind it on a roundabout and led back to the southwest on the almost dead straight street "The Mail". It went past the start and finish point to Buckingham Palace, where the Victoria Memorial was completely circled. So the route led back on the street "The Mail" to the start and finish point. The length of this route was two kilometers, so it had to be completed 25 times when walking 50 km .

initial situation

Seven walkers faced this competition, which was held for the first time for women at a major championship. This is a small number of participants given a world championship, the discipline must certainly grow in the women's area and still has a lot of catching up to do. So there was no date specifically set for women, but walkers set out on the route together.

Course of competition

August 13, 2017, 7:45 a.m. local time (8:45 a.m. CEST )

Right from the start, the Chinese Yin Hang and the Portuguese Inês Henriques formed a top duo that set a high pace. A group of three went behind them. The Brazilian Nair Da Rosa, the Chinese Yang Shuqing and the American Kathleen Burnett were almost a minute and a half behind after just five kilometers. Behind them followed with Erin Taylor-Talcott - almost two minutes behind - and Susan Randall, whose gap to the top was already about three minutes, two other Americans. Yin and Henriques stayed together until shortly before thirty kilometers and continued to increase their lead. Their pace remained high, in the course of the competition it was even a little faster than in the initial phase. In the second group, da Rosa had to tear off after fifteen kilometers, but Young and Burnett stayed together longer. After 25 kilometers, Burnett lost contact with Yin.

At thirty kilometers, Henriques had pulled away from Yin and continued to expand her lead over the Chinese. Yin stayed in second place with an increasing gap to the closest walkers. Behind it, Yang initially looked like the sure bronze medal candidate. At 35 km she was 50 seconds ahead of Burnett. But the American caught up again. With five kilometers to go, Burnett was only five seconds behind Yang. Taylor-Talcott was already disqualified after three red cards. Da Rosa and Randall, however, were still in the running. The Brazilian was more than twenty minutes behind the leader, the American even more than forty minutes. Both walkers then gave up the competition in the final section.

Inês Henriques went through the finish line unchallenged as the new world champion and set a new world record . With a new Asian record, Yin Hang won the silver medal a good two minutes behind the Portuguese. Yin's lead over third Yang Shuqing was just under twelve minutes. Kathleen Burnett couldn't get close to her Chinese opponent and was a little more than a minute behind the bronze place in fourth place. Their time meant a new American record.

Split times
brand	Meanwhile	Leading	5 km time
5 km	24:43 min	Yin, Henriques - da Rosa, Young, Burnett 1:21 min back - Taylor-Talcott 1:56 min back - Randall 2:45 min back	24:43 min
10 km	49:22 min	Yin, Henriques - da Rosa, Young, Burnett 2:23 min to. - Randall 5:39 min to.	24:39 min
15 km	1:13:43 h	Henriques, Yin - da Rosa, Young, Burnett 3:57 min to. - Randall 9:47 min to.	24:21 min
20 km	1:37:49 h	Henriques, Yin - Burnett, Young 5:20 min for. - da Rosa 7:31 min to. - Randall 14:54 min to.	24:06 min
25 km	2:02:18 h	Henriques, Yin - Yang, Burnett 6:49 min to. - da Rosa 11:04 min to. - Randall 20:28 min to.	24:29 min
30 km	2:26:35 h	Henriques - Yin 4 s for. - Yang 7:47 min to. - Burnett 8:08 min to. - da Rosa 14:43 min to. - Randall 26:27 min to.	24:17 min
35 km	2:50:52 h	Henriques - Yin 50 s for. - Yang 9:01 min to. - Burnett 9:51 min to. - da Rosa 18:59 min to. - Randall 34:08 min to.	24:17 min
40 km	3:15:14 h	Henriques - Yin 1:50 min to. - Yang 11:17 min to. - Burnett 11:56 min to. - da Rosa 27:54 min to.	24:22 min
45 km	3:59:56 h	Henriques - Yin 3:11 min to. - Yang 13:38 min to. - Burnett 13:43 min to. - da Rosa 23:33 min to. - Randall 42:26 min to.	24:42 min
50 km	4:05:56 h	Inês Henriques	26:00 min

Result

World Champion Inês Henriques, Portugal

space	Athlete	country	Time (h)
	Inês Henriques	Portugal	4:05:56 WR
	Yin hang	People's Republic of China	4:08:58 AS
	Yang Shuqing	People's Republic of China	4:20:49 PB
4th	Kathleen Burnett	United States	4:21:51 AM
DNF	Nair Da Rosa	Brazil
	Susan Randall	United States
DSQ	Erin Taylor-Talcott	United States	IAAF Rule 230.7a - 3 red cards

Web links and sources

• Homepage for the 2017 World Championships, 50km Walk Women on the IAAF website , accessed on December 16, 2018
• Results of the 2017 World Athletics Championships at Leichtathletik.de, accessed on December 16, 2018
• Reports on the 2017 World Championships at Leichtathletik.de, accessed on December 16, 2018

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Races Walks course , You-Tube video on the route, published on August 1, 2017, accessed on December 16, 2018
2. ↑ IAAF competition rules, page 181 (PDF), accessed on December 16, 2018