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Women, 20 km Road Walk World    World Indoor    Europe    Olympic    World Champ.    Europe Champ. All records considered statistically valid, but some of them, were unratified for various reasons. •   - Record was ratified           *   - Record was repeated     2.24.00 Antonie Briksová TCH Prague Sep 06, 1931   2.14.07 Antonie Odvárková TCH Prague Sep 14, 1931   1.59.02 Lina Aebersold SUI Zürich Jun 09, 1934   1.57.35 Marie van Tonder RSA Cape Town Jul 28, 1962   1.57.26 Irma Hansson SWE Kibenhavn Oct 27, 1963   1.54.30 Irma Hansson SWE Kibenhavn Oct 22, 1967   1.53.46 Karin Moller DEN Kibenhavn Oct 27, 1968   1.51.05 Irma Hansson SWE Kibenhavn Oct 12, 1969   1.47.10 Margarita Simu SWE Kibenhavn Sep 22, 1973   1.43.38 Lilian Harpur AUS Adelaide Jul 16, 1977   1.43.20 Thorill Gylder NOR Mixhuca Apr 23, 1978   1.41.42 Susan Cook AUS Melbourne Feb 03, 1980   1.39.31 Susan Cook AUS Melbourne Dec 20, 1981   1.36.36 Susan Cook AUS Melbourne Dec 19, 1982   1.36.23 Susan Cook AUS Canberra Jul 07, 1984   1.36.19 Sally Pierson AUS Melbourne Jul 17, 1984   1.29.40 Kerry Saxby-Junna AUS Värname May 13, 1988   1.27.30 Liu Hongyu CHN Beijing May 01, 1995   1.27.30* Nadezhda Ryashkina RUS Adler Feb 07, 1999   1.25.18 Tatyana Gudkova RUS Moscow May 19, 2000   1.24.50 Olimpiada Ivanova RUS Adler Mar 04, 2001 • 1.25.08 Vera Sokolova RUS Sochi Feb 26, 2011 • 1:24.38 Liu Hong CHN La Coruńa Jun 06, 2015