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

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

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