2006 European Athletics Championships – Women's 20 kilometres walk
# 2006 European Athletics Championships – Women's 20 kilometres walk

The Women's 20 km walk event at the 2006 European Championships was held on August 9, 2006 in Gothenburg, Sweden, with the start at 17:15h.

## Medalists

| Gold | Ryta Turava Belarus (BLR) |
| - | - |
| Silver | Olga Kaniskina Russia (RUS) |
| Bronze | Elisa Rigaudo Italy (ITA) |

## Abbreviations

* All times shown are in hours:minutes:seconds

| DNS | did not start |
| - | - |
| NM | no mark |
| WR | world record |
| WL | world leading |
| AR | area record |
| NR | national record |
| | personal best |
| | season best |

## Records

Standing records prior to the 2006 European Athletics Championships :

| World Record | Olimpiada Ivanova (RUS) | 1:24.50 | March 4, 2001 | Adler, Russia |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Event Record | Olimpiada Ivanova (RUS) | 1:26.42 | August 7, 2002 | Munich, Germany |

## Results

| Rank | Athlete | Time | Note |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Ryta Turava (BLR) | 1:27:08 | |
| | Olga Kaniskina (RUS) | 1:28:35 | |
| | Elisa Rigaudo (ITA) | 1:28:37 | |
| 4 | Kjersti Plätzer (NOR) | 1:28:45 | |
| 5 | Claudia Stef (ROM) | 1:29:27 | |
| 6 | Sabine Zimmer (GER) | 1:29:56 | |
| 7 | Sylwia Korzeniowska (POL) | 1:30:31 | NR |
| 8 | Vera Santos (POR) | 1:30:41 | |
| 9 | Jolanta Dukure (LAT) | 1:31:02 | NR |
| 10 | Melanie Seeger (GER) | 1:31:29 | |
| 11 | Ana Maria Groza (ROM) | 1:31:35 | |
| 12 | Inês Henriques (POR) | 1:31:58 | |
| 13 | Zuzana Malíková (SVK) | 1:32:14 | NR |
| 14 | Susana Feitor (POR) | 1:32:19 | |
| 15 | María Vasco (ESP) | 1:32:50 | |
| 16 | Gisella Orsini (ITA) | 1:33:10 | |
| 17 | Galina Kolpakova (RUS) | 1:33:39 | |
| 18 | Rossella Giordano (ITA) | 1:33:56 | |
| 19 | María José Poves (ESP) | 1:35:03 | |
| 20 | Beatriz Pascual (ESP) | 1:36:03 | |
| 21 | Sonata Milušauskaitė (LTU) | 1:36:20 | |
| 22 | Monica Svensson (SWE) | 1:38:25 | |
| DID NOT FINISH (DNF) ||||
| — | Kristina Saltanovič (LTU) | DNF |
| DISQUALIFIED (DSQ) ||||
| — | Elena Ginko (BLR) | DSQ |
