THE PRE-COVID ERA of the 20K in this century was dominated by Russia and China, who earned 17 of the 20 No. 1s in that era. Since then, dominance has moved over to Europe and South America…
THE NATIONS: Italy, Peru, Spain, Peru again and now Spain again have provided the winners in the years since the ’20 gap…
THIS YEAR’S SPANISH win came courtesy of María Pérez, who duplicated her ’23 Worlds double. She kicked it off with a 12-second world-leading win in the shorter race. Her other 20 was a 10-second win in the crucial La Coruña meeting. Second in both races went to Mexico’s Alegna González…
THE 3-4-5-6 WC finishers duplicate that order in the overall analysis. The last of those, Kimberly García, was our defending champion.
| JUMP TO U.S. RANKINGS | VIEW WORLD TOP 50 LIST | VIEW U.S. TOP 50 LIST |
| 1. MARÍA PÉREZ (Spain) (4/29/96, 5-1¼/106) (1.56/48) | |||||
| 1:27:22 | … | 1)La Coruña | 6/07 | ||
| 1:25:54 | … | 1)World Ch | 9/20 | ||
| 2. ALEGNA GONZÁLEZ (Mexico) (1/2/99, 5-5/115) (1.65/52) | |||||
| 1:27:32 | … | 2)La Coruña | 6/07 | ▷ | 1. Perez |
| 1:26:06 | … | 2)World Ch | 9/20 | ▷ | 1. Perez |
| 3. NANAKO FUJII (Japan) (5/7/99, 5-2½/93) (1.59/42) | |||||
| 1:26:33 | … | 1)Jpn Ch | 2/16 | ||
| 1:26:18 | … | 3)World Ch | 9/20 | ▷ | 1. Perez; 2. Gonzalez |
| 4. PAULA MILENA TORRES (Ecuador) (10/17/00, 5-1) (1.55) | |||||
| 1:29:37 | … | 1)Rio Maior | 4/12 | ||
| 1:28:29 | … | 1)Warsaw | 5/04 | ||
| 1:30:51 | … | 19)La Coruña | 6/07 | ▷ | 1. Perez; 2. Gonzalez; 3. Peng; 4. Wu; 5. Garcia; 6. Palmisano; 7. Andia; 8. Liu; 9. Ji; 10. Inga; 11. Moutard; 12. Lyra; 13. Okada; 14. Serrano; … |
| 1:26:18 | … | 4)World Ch | 9/20 | ▷ | 1. Perez; 2. Gonzalez; 3. Fujii |
| 5. KIMBERLY GARCÍA (Peru) (10/19/93, 5-4½/112) (1.64/51) | |||||
| 1:29:52 | … | 2)Rio Maior | 4/12 | ▷ | 1. Torres |
| 1:28:30 | … | 2)Warsaw | 5/04 | ▷ | 1. Torres |
| 1:28:11 | … | 5)La Coruña | 6/07 | ▷ | 1. Perez; 2. Gonzalez; 3. Peng; 4. Wu |
| 1:26:22 | … | 5)World Ch | 9/20 | ▷ | 1. Perez; 2. Gonzalez; 3. Fujii; 4. Torres |
| 6. JIAYU YANG (China) (2/18/96, 5-4¼/106) (1.63/48) | |||||
| 1:27:16 | … | 6)World Ch | 9/20 | ▷ | 1. Perez; 2. Gonzalez; 3. Fujii; 4. Torres; 5. Garcia |
| 1:27:34 | … | 1)Chn G | 11/12 | ||
| 7. JEMIMA MONTAG (Australia) (2/15/98, 5-6½/110) (1.69/50) | |||||
| 1:27:47 | … | 1)Adelaide | 2/16 | ||
| 1:27:20 | … | 1)Taicang | 3/01 | ||
| 8. QUANMING WU (China) (11/16/01, 5-3¼/110) (1.61/50) | |||||
| 1:28:41 | … | 5)Taicang | 3/01 | ▷ | 1. Montag; 2. L. Ma; 3. Shi; 4. Arenas |
| 1:28:06 | … | 4)La Coruña | 6/07 | ▷ | 1. Perez; 2. Gonzalez; 3. Peng |
| 1:28:08 | … | 8)World Ch | 9/20 | ▷ | 1. Perez; 2. Gonzalez; 3. Fujii; 4. Torres; 5. Garcia; 6. Yang; 7. Chamosa |
| 1:30:14 | … | 10)Chn G | 11/12 | ▷ | 1. Yang… |
| 9. ANTIA CHAMOSA (Spain) (10/7/99, 5-4¼/117) (1.63/53) | |||||
| 1:27:55 | … | 1)San Pedro del Pinatar | 3/30 | ||
| 1:29:11 | … | 4)Euro Teams | 5/18 | ▷ | 1. Olyanovska; 2. Beretta; 3. Stey |
| 1:27:55 | … | 7)World Ch | 9/20 | ▷ | 1. Perez; 2. Gonzalez; 3. Fujii; 4. Torres; 5. Garcia; 6. Yang |
| 10. LI MA (China) (1/15/00, 5-7/121) (1.70/55) | |||||
| 1:27:28 | … | 2)Taicang | 3/01 | ▷ | 1. Montag |
| 1:32:08 | … | 2)Gumi | 5/27 | ▷ | 1. Yin |
| 1:36:13 | … | 6)Taian | 7/05 | ▷ | 1. Zhang; 2. Liu; 3. Y. Jiang; 4. Yang; 5. Wang |
| 1:28:52 | … | 9)World Ch | 9/20 | ▷ | 1. Perez; 2. Gonzalez; 3. Fujii; 4. Torres; 5. Garcia; 6. Yang; 7. Chamosa; 8. Wu |
| U.S. RANKINGS | ||||
| 1. | Lauren Harris (Walk USA) | 6. | Lydia McGranahan (unattached) | |
| 1)Pan-Am Tr, dq)Warsaw, 1)Chula Vista, 1)USATF, 27)WC | 6)USATF | |||
| 2. | Katie Burnett (Harrier TC) | 7. | Stephanie Casey (unattached) | |
| 2)Pan-Am Tr, 3)USATF, 3)NACAC | 7)USATF | |||
| 3. | Maria Michta-Coffey (Oiselle/Walk USA) | 8. | Ruby Ray (Walk USA) | |
| 2)USATF | 3)Pan-Am Tr, 1)Warsaw, 8)USATF | |||
| 4. | Miranda Melville (NYAC) | 9. | Katie Miale (New England Walkers) | |
| 4)USATF | 4)Pan-Am Tr, 9)USATF | |||
| 5. | Angelica Harris (unattached) | 10. | Grace Forest (unattached) | |
| 4)Santee, 5)Pan-Am Tr, 5)USATF | 5)Santee | |||
