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Athletics At The 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's 20 Kilometres Walk
These are the official results of the Women's 20 km Walk at the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 ( Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from ... in Sydney, Australia. The race was held on Thursday 28 September 2000, starting at 10:45h. Medalists Abbreviations *''All times shown are in hours:minutes:seconds'' Records No new world record was established in the competition. By winning the event, Wang Liping established the Olympic record, 1:29.05. Final ranking See also * 1997 Women's World Championships 10 km Walk (Athens) * 1998 Women's European Championships 10 km Walk (Budapest) * 1999 Women's World Championships 20 km Walk (Seville) * 2000 Race Walking Year Ranking * 2001 Women's World Championships 20 km Walk (Edmonton) * 2002 Women's European C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stadium Australia
Stadium Australia, currently known as Accor Stadium for sponsorship purposes, is a multi-purpose stadium located in the Sydney Olympic Park, in Sydney, Australia. The stadium, which in Australia is sometimes referred to as Sydney Olympic Stadium, Homebush Stadium or simply the Olympic Stadium, was completed in March 1999 at a cost of A$690 million to host the 2000 Summer Olympics. The Stadium was leased by a private company, the Stadium Australia Group, until the Stadium was sold back to the NSW Government on 1 June 2016 after NSW Premier Michael Baird announced the Stadium was to be redeveloped as a world-class rectangular stadium. The Stadium is owned by Venues NSW on behalf of the NSW Government. The stadium was originally built to hold 110,000 spectators, making it the second largest Olympic Stadium ever built and the second largest stadium in Australia after the Melbourne Cricket Ground which held more than 120,000 before its re-design in the early 2000s. In 2003, recon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gillian O'Sullivan
Gillian O'Sullivan (born 21 August 1976 in Killarney) is an Irish race walker. She set the unofficial world record in the 5000m walk in Belfast, United Kingdom since 2002 however, the IAAF have refused to verify it. She won a silver medal at the world championship in 2003 over 20km. It was the first time since 1995 that an Irish athlete had won a World Championship medal. Six years later in Berlin Berlin ( , ) is the capital and List of cities in Germany by population, largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's List of cities in the European Union by population within ci ... at the World Championships Olive Loughnane won silver at the same event as O'Sullivan. O'Sullivan was also the first Irish athlete to win a medal in the walk at an Athletics Championship. O'Sullivan was one of the main contenders for Ireland to win a medal in the Olympics in Athens in 2004 in the 20 km walk but suffered an injur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nora Leksir
Nora Leksir (married name is Génébrier) (born 13 May 1974 at Montbéliard) is a French athlete, who specializes in race walking. Biography She won six French Walking Championships , three at 10 km and three at 20 km. She also won three Indoor French walking titles at 3,000 m. She is the current record holder of France's 20 km walk doing 1:31.15, on 17 June 2000 at Eisenhüttenstadt. She placed 22nd at the 2000 Sydney Olympics. Retrieved 19 May 2016 Prize list * : ** winner of the 10 km walk in |
Svetlana Tolstaya
Svetlana Nikolayevna Tolstaya-Akimzhanova (russian: Светлана Николаевна Тлстая-Акимжанова; born 9 August 1971) is a Kazakhstani race walker. She was born in Almaty, Kazakhstan. Achievements External links * sports-reference 1971 births Living people Sportspeople from Almaty Kazakhstani female racewalkers Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Kazakhstan Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 1998 Asian Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2002 Asian Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Asian Games Asian Games bronze medalists for Kazakhstan Medalists at the 1998 Asian Games Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games Svetlana Svetlana () is a common Orthodox Slavic feminine giv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Encarna Granados
Encarnación "Encarna" Granados Aguilera (born 30 January 1972 in Girona, Catalonia) is a Spanish race walker Racewalking, or race walking, is a long-distance discipline within the sport of athletics. Although a foot race, it is different from running in that one foot must appear to be in contact with the ground at all times. Referee, Race judges careful ..., who won the bronze medal over 10 km at the 1993 World Championships in Stuttgart. Achievements References * * 1972 births Living people Spanish female racewalkers Athletes from Catalonia Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Spain World Athletics Championships medalists Sportswomen from Catalonia Sportspeople from Girona 20th-century Spanish women 21st-century Spanish women Spanish Athletics Championships winners {{Spain-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beate Gummelt
Helga-Beate Gummelt ( Anders; born 4 February 1968, is a German track and field athlete. She competed in the 1980s until 2000 in the walk. Before 1991, she competed for East Germany. Gummelt's biggest success was in 1991, when she became the indoor world champion in the 3,000 metre walk. In 1989 and 1990, she was the European indoor champion in the same event. In 1990 and 1991, she set four world records. Gummelt took part in the Summer Olympics 1992, 1996 and 2000. International results in detail *1987, 1987 world championship, 10 km street-walk: 16th place ( 47:00 Min.) *1989 *:World indoor championship, 3000 m: 2nd place ( 12:07.73 Min.) *:European indoor championship: 3000 m: 1st place (12:21.91) *1990 *:European indoor championship: 3000 m: 1st place (11:59.56) *:European championship: 6th place (45:18) *1991 *:World indoor championship 3000 m: 1st place (11:50.90 Min.) *:World championship, 10 km street walk: 10th place (44:35 Min.) *1992 * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mária Urbanik
Mária Rosza-Urbanik (born 12 February 1967 in Törökszentmiklós, Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok) is a retired race walker for Hungary who competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992. She married Sándor Urbanik, a fellow Hungarian race walker. Urbanik represented Hungary at six consecutive editions of the World Athletics Championships, from 1991 to 1999, with her best result being seventh place at the 1995 World Championships in Athletics. She also competed at eight straight editions of the IAAF World Race Walking Cup, making her debut in 1987 and her final appearance in 2002. She was a silver medallist over 10 km at the 1998 European Race Walking Cup. Her best placing at a major outdoor competition was fourth, in the 10 km walk at the 1998 European Athletics Championships. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
