2024 Women’s 20K Walk World Rankings

Kimberly García, who Ranked No. 1 in 2022, is back on top once more. (KIRBY LEE/IMAGE OF SPORT)

SHE BLEW UP IN PARIS, but Kimberley García more than made up for it with 4 major wins (nobody else had more than a single hit). Last year’s runner-up, the Peruvian ace returned to the preeminent position she earned in ’22…

OLYMPIC CHAMPION Jiayu Yang had solid finishes in the important Taicang and La Coruña races to be an easy runner-up choice over last year’s No. 1, Mária Pérez, who claimed Olympic silver…

THE U.S. DROUGHT continues, with no American ever having claimed a spot. As a sign of how little help there is on the immediate horizon, über-über vet Michelle Rohl returns at No. 3 in her first appearance since ’04. Yes, ’04: she’s now 59.

JUMP TO U.S. RANKINGS VIEW WORLD TOP 50 LIST VIEW U.S. TOP 50 LIST
1. KIMBERLY GARCÍA (Peru) (10/19/93, 5-4½/112) (1.64/51)
dnf )Dudince 3/16 1. Inga; 2. Sakharuk; 3. Andia…
1:27:08 1)Podébrady 4/06
1:27:12 1)World Team Ch 4/21
1:30:35 1)Rio Maior 5/11
1:26:41 1)La Coruña 5/18
1:30:10 16)Olympic Games 8/01 1. Yang; 2. Perez; 3. Montag; 4. Arenas; 5. Gonzalez;
6. Morejon; 7. Garcia-Caro; 8. Inga; 9. Torres; 10. Montesinos;
11. Ma…
2. JIAYU YANG (China) (2/18/96, 5-4¼/106) (1.63/48)
1:26:07 2)Taicang 3/03 1. J. Jiang; 1. Z. Ma
1:27:27 6)La Coruña 5/18 1. Garcia; 2. Gonzalez; 3. Liu; 4. Lyra; 5. Garcia-Caro
1:25:54 1)Olympic Games 8/01
3. MÁRIA PÉREZ (Spain) (4/29/96, 5-1¼/106) (1.56/48)
1:27:43 7)La Coruña 5/18 1. Garcia; 2. Gonzalez; 3. Liu; 4. Lyra; 5. Garcia-Caro;
6. Yang
1:26:19 2)Olympic Games 8/01 1. Yang
4. ALEGNA GONZÁLEZ (Mexico) (1/2/99, 5-5/115) (1.65/52)
1:28:04 4)Podébrady 4/06 1. Garcia; 2. Morejon; 3. Palmisano
1:26:57 2)La Coruña 5/18 1. Garcia
1:27:14 5)Olympic Games 8/01 1. Yang; 2. Perez; 3. Montag; 4. Arenas
5. JEMIMA MONTAG (Australia) (2/15/98, 5-6½/110) (1.69/50)
1:27:09 1)Adelaide 2/11
1:27:56 2)Warsaw 5/05 1. Liu
1:30:19 16)La Coruña 5/18 1. Garcia; 2. Gonzalez; 3. Liu; 4. Lyra; 5. Garcia-Caro;
6. Yang; 7. Perez; 8. Z. Ma; 9. Shi; 10. Stey;
11. Peng; 12. Chamosa…
1:26:25 3)Olympic Games 8/01 1. Yang; 2. Perez
6. ZHENXIA MA (China) (8/1/98, 5-5/106) (1.65/48)
1:26:07 1)Taicang 3/03
1:27:55 2)World Team Ch 4/21 1. Garcia
1:28:14 8)La Coruña 5/18 1. Garcia; 2. Gonzalez; 3. Liu; 4. Lyra; 5. Garcia-Caro;
6. Yang; 7. Perez
1:29:15 11)Olympic Games 8/01 1. Yang; 2. Perez; 3. Montag; 4. Arenas; 5. Gonzalez;
6. Morejon; 7. Garcia-Caro; 8. Inga; 9. Torres; 10. Montesinos
7. SANDRA ARENAS (Colombia) (9/17/93, 5-3/110) (1.60/50)
1:27:25 2)Adelaide 2/11 1. Montag
dnf )Warsaw 5/05 1. Liu; 2. Montag; 3. Qieyang; 4. Zdzieblo; 5. Shi;
6. Peng…
1:27:03 4)Olympic Games 8/01 1. Yang; 2. Perez; 3. Montag
8. HONG LIU (China) (5/12/87, 5-3¼/106) (1.61/48)
1:27:44 3)Adelaide 2/11 1. Montag; 2. Arenas
1:26:47 3)Taicang 3/03 1. Z. Ma; 2. J. Yang
1:27:33 1)Warsaw 5/05
1:27:11 3)La Coruña 5/18 1. Garcia; 2. Gonzalez
1:31:24 21)Olympic Games 8/01 1. Yang; 2. Perez; 3. Montag; 4. Arenas; 5. Gonzalez;
6. Morejon; 7. Garcia-Caro; 8. Inga; 9. Torres; 10. Montesinos;
11. Ma…
9. LAURA GARCÍA-CARO (Spain) (4/16/95, 5-5/123) (1.65/56)
1:29:03 2)Zaragoza 2/25 1. Montesinos
1:27:19 5)La Coruña 5/18 1. Garcia; 2. Gonzalez; 3. Liu; 4. Lyra
1:28:48 4)Euro Ch 6/07 1. Palmisano; 2. Trapletti; 3. Olyanovska
1:28:12 7)Olympic Games 8/01 1. Yang; 2. Perez; 3. Montag; 4. Arenas; 5. Gonzalez;
6. Morejon
10. GLENDA MOREJÓN (Ecuador) (5/30/00, 5-1¾/93) (1.57/42)
1:27:21 2)Podébrady 4/06 1. Garcia
dq )World Team Ch 4/21 1. Garcia; 2. Ma; 3. de Sena; 4. Inga; 5. Torres
1:27:37 6)Olympic Games 8/01 1. Yang; 2. Perez; 3. Montag; 4. Arenas; 5. Gonzalez

US RANKINGS
1. Robyn Stevens (JOMAWolf) 6. Lydia McGranahan (unattached)
1)El Cajon, 37)La Coruña, 1)Olympic Trials 4)El Cajon, 54)World Team, 6)Olympic Trials
2. Miranda Melville (NYAC) 7. Celina Lepe (NYAC)
44)Podébrady, 2)Olympic Trials 2(El Cajon, 7)Olympic Trials
3. Michelle Rohl (Greater Philadelphia TC) 8. Ruby Ray (Walks USA)
3)Olympic Trials 5)El Cajon, 62)World Team, 9)Olympic Trials
4. Katie Burnett (Harrier TC) 9. Janelle Branch (unattached)
2)Chula Vista, 4)Olympic Trials 6)El Cajon, 59)World Team
5. Stephanie Casey (TS/Harrier TC) 10. Talia Green (unattached)
52)World RW Team Ch, 1)Chula Vista, 5)Olympic Trials 8)Olympic Trials

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