2005 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 20 kilometres walk

The Women's 20 km race walk event at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics was held on August 7 in the streets of Helsinki with the start at 11:35h local time, and the goal line situated in the Helsinki Olympic Stadium. Russia's Olimpiada Ivanova won the race in a world record time of 1:25:41 hours.

Abbreviations

 * All times shown are in hours:minutes:seconds

Finishing times

 * 1) [[Image:Flag of Russia.svg|20px]] Olimpiada Ivanova, Russia 1:25:41 (WR)
 * 2) [[Image:Flag of Belarus.svg|20px]] Ryta Turava, Belarus 1:27:05 (NR)
 * 3) [[Image:Flag of Portugal.svg|20px]] Susana Feitor, Portugal 1:28:44 (SB)
 * 4) [[Image:Flag of Spain.svg|20px]] María Vasco, Spain 1:28:51 (SB)
 * 5) [[Image:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg|20px]] Barbora Dibelková, Czech Republic 1:29:05 (NR)
 * 6) [[Image:Flag of Greece.svg|20px]] Athina Papayianni, Greece 1:29:21 (SB)
 * 7) [[Image:Flag of Italy.svg|20px]] Elisa Rigaudo, Italy 1:29:52
 * 8) [[Image:Flag of Romania.svg|20px]] Claudia Stef, Romania 1:30:07
 * 9) [[Image:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg|20px]] Song Hongjuan, China 1:30:32
 * 10) [[Image:Flag of Russia.svg|20px]] Yuliya Voyevodina, Russia 1:30:34
 * 11) [[Image:Flag of Germany.svg|20px]] Melanie Seeger, Germany 1:31:00
 * 12) [[Image:Flag of Lithuania.svg|20px]] Kristina Saltanovic, Lithuania 1:31:23 (SB)
 * 13) [[Image:Flag of Belarus.svg|20px]] Elena Ginko, Belarus 1:31:36
 * 14) [[Image:Flag of Romania.svg|20px]] Ana Maria Groza, Romania 1:31:48 (SB)
 * 15) [[Image:Flag of Portugal.svg|20px]] Vera Santos, Portugal 1:32:17
 * 16) [[Image:Flag of Spain.svg|20px]] Maria Teresa Gargallo, Spain 1:32:24
 * 17) [[Image:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg|20px]] Svetlana Tolstaya, Kazakhstan 1:32:40
 * 18) [[Image:Flag of Russia.svg|20px]] Tatyana Gudkova, Russia 1:33:05
 * 19) [[Image:Flag of Bolivia.svg|20px]] Geovana Irusta, Bolivia 1:33:19
 * 20) [[Image:Flag of Australia.svg|20px]] Jane Saville, Australia 1:33:44
 * 21) [[Image:Flag of Australia.svg|20px]] Cheryl Webb, Australia 1:33:58
 * 22) [[Image:Flag of Latvia.svg|20px]] Jolanta Dukure, Latvia 1:34:24 (SB)
 * 23) [[Image:Flag of Germany.svg|20px]] Sabine Zimmer, Germany 1:34:24
 * 24) [[Image:Flag of Slovakia.svg|20px]] Mária Gáliková, Slovakia 1:34:38 (PB)
 * 25) [[Image:Flag of Italy.svg|20px]] Gisella Orsini, Italy 1:35:05
 * 26) [[Image:Flag of Ukraine.svg|20px]] Vira Zozulya, Ukraine 1:35:12
 * 27) [[Image:Flag of Portugal.svg|20px]] Inês Henriques, Portugal 1:35:44
 * 28) [[Image:Flag of Spain.svg|20px]] María José Poves, Spain 1:36:12
 * 29) [[Image:Flag of South Korea.svg|20px]] Kim Mi-Jung, South Korea 1:37:01
 * 30) [[Image:Flag of Lithuania.svg|20px]] Sonata Milušauskaitė, Lithuania 1:37:17
 * 31) [[Image:Flag of Japan.svg|20px]] Mayumi Kawasaki, Japan 1:37:30
 * 32) [[Image:Flag of Sweden.svg|20px]] Monica Svensson, Sweden 1:38:11
 * 33) [[Image:Flag of Mexico.svg|20px]] Graciela Mendoza, Mexico 1:39:56
 * 34) [[Image:Flag of Peru.svg|20px]] Mabel Oncebay, Peru 1:40:46
 * 35) [[Image:Flag of Finland.svg|20px]] Outi Sillanpää, Finland 1:41:03

Athletes who did not finish

 * [[Image:Flag of Japan.svg|20px]] Sachiko Konishi, Japan
 * [[Image:Flag of the United States.svg|20px]] Teresa Vaill, United States
 * [[Image:Flag of Russia.svg|20px]] Yelena Nikolayeva, Russia
 * [[Image:Flag of Ecuador.svg|20px]] Miriam Ramón, Ecuador
 * [[Image:Flag of Belarus.svg|20px]] Nataliya Misyulya, Belarus
 * [[Image:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg|20px]] Wang Liping, China

Athletes disqualified

 * [[Image:Flag of Ireland.svg|20px]] Olive Loughnane, Ireland
 * [[Image:Flag of Greece.svg|20px]] Athanasia Tsoumeleka, Greece
 * [[Image:Flag of El Salvador.svg|20px]] Cristina López, El Salvador
 * [[Image:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg|20px]] Jiang Jing, China
 * [[Image:Flag of Guatemala.svg|20px]] Evelyn Núñez, Guatemala
 * [[Image:Flag of Azerbaijan.svg|20px]] Gulnara Mammadova, Azerbaijan