2011 Pan American Games / Athletics - Women's 20km walk

The women's 20km walk at the 2011 Pan American Games took place in Guadalajara on October 23 .

17 athletes from nine countries took part in the competition. Jamy Franco won the gold medal after 1:32:38 h, which was also a new record for the Pan American Games. Silver went to Mirna Ortiz with 1:33:37 h and Ingrid Hernández secured the bronze medal with 1:34:06 h.

Records

Before the competition, the following records were in place:

World record	Vera Sokolova	1:25:08 h	Sochi , Russia	February 26, 2011
Record of games	María Graciela Mendoza	1:34:19 h	Pan American Games in Winnipeg , Canada	July 26, 1999

Result

October 23, 2011, 8:30 a.m.

space	Athlete	country	Time (h)
	Jamy Franco	Guatemala	1:32:38 PR
	Mirna Ortiz	Guatemala	1:33:37 PB
	Ingrid Hernández	Colombia	1:34:06
4th	Mónica Equihua	Mexico	1:34; 50 PB
5	Rosalia Ortiz	Mexico	1:36:10 PB
6th	Arabelly Orjuela	Colombia	1:36:50
7th	Claudia Balderrama	Bolivia	1:37:32 PB
8th	Yadira Guamán	Ecuador	1:38:42
9	Maria Michta	United States	1:38:47
10	Geovana Irusta	Bolivia	1:41:43 PB
11	Milangela Rosales	Venezuela	1:43:17
12	Farilus Morales	Peru	1:45:38
	Lauren Forgues	United States	DNF
	Cisiane Lopes	Brazil
	Paola Perez	Ecuador	DSQ
	Leisy Rodiguez	Cuba
	Eric de Sena	Brazil

Web links and sources

• Women's 20km Walk Final. In: www.guadalajara2011.org.mx. Archived from the original on December 28, 2011 ; accessed on November 2, 2019 . 
• Results on todor66.com (English)
• Guadalajara 2011 Sesiones Deportivas. (PDF) In: www.guadalajara2011.org.mx. Archived from the original on June 26, 2011 ; accessed on October 6, 2019 (Spanish).