THE HISTORY OF THE long women’s walk is little bit twisty-turny. There was no long race until ’17 when HM status was accorded to the 4 women who finished a 50K event at the World Championships…
IN 2018 & 2019 a 50 for women was added to the meet, but Rankings were only done 5-deep, reflecting the limited size of the fields. 2020 was the no-Rankings year, of course, and then ’21 and its Olympics didn’t stage a long race…
THE 35 MADE ITS DEBUT with full-blown competition in ’22 and followed up in ’23. But then ’24, another Olympic year, had only the short race before the long one returned again in ’25… Enough suitable competition for ’26 Rankings? Stay tuned…
AS FOR THIS YEAR, reigning champ Mária Pérez won both her races, including the WC, so that was an easy choice.
| JUMP TO U.S. RANKINGS | VIEW WORLD TOP 50 LIST | VIEW U.S. TOP 50 LIST |
| 1. MÁRIA PÉREZ (Spain) (4/29/96, 5-1¼/106) (1.56/48) | |||||
| 2:38:59 | … | 1)Euro Teams | 5/18 | ||
| 2:39:01 | … | 1)World Ch | 9/13 | ||
| 2. ANTONELLA PALMISANO (Italy) (8/6/91, 5-5¼/108) (1.66/49) | |||||
| 2:39:35 | … | 2)Euro Teams | 5/18 | ▷ | 1. Perez |
| 2:42:24 | … | 2)World Ch | 9/13 | ▷ | 1. Perez |
| 3. PAULA MILENA TORRES (Ecuador) (10/17/00) | |||||
| 2:51:42 | … | 2)Ecu Ch | 2/22 | ▷ | 1. P. Perez |
| 2:44:26 | … | 1)Dudince | 3/22 | ||
| 2:42:44 | … | 3)World Ch | 9/13 | ▷ | 1. Perez; 2. Palmisano |
| 4. LI PENG (China) (8/27/02, 5-3/106) (1.60/48) | |||||
| 2:45:21 | … | 3)Hefei | 3/29 | ▷ | 1. Ma; 2. H. Yin |
| 2:43:29 | … | 4)World Ch | 9/13 | ▷ | 1. Perez; 2. Palmisano; 3. Torres |
| 5. KATARZYNA ZDZIEBŁO (Poland) (11/28/96, 5-3¾/115) (1.62/52) | |||||
| 2:46:59 | … | 3)Dudince | 3/22 | ▷ | 1. Torres; 2. Garcia |
| 2:44:37 | … | 5)World Ch | 9/13 | ▷ | 1. Perez; 2. Palmisano; 3. Torres; 4. Peng |
| 6. HANNA SHЕVCHUK (Ukraine) (7/18/96, 5-5/132) (1.65/60) | |||||
| 2:42:41 | … | 4)Euro Teams | 5/18 | ▷ | 1. Perez; 2. Palmisano; 3. Colombi |
| 2:49:44 | … | 8)World Ch | 9/13 | ▷ | 1. Perez; 2. Palmisano; 3. Torres; 4. Peng; 5. Zdzieblo; 6. R. González; 7. Montesinos |
| 7. KIMBERLY GARCÍA (Peru) (10/19/93, 5-4½/112) (1.64/51) | |||||
| 2:45:59 | … | 2)Dudince | 3/22 | ▷ | 1. Torres |
| 2:50:37 | … | 10)World Ch | 9/13 | ▷ | 1. Perez; 2. Palmisano; 3. Torres; 4. Peng; 5. Zdzieblo; 6. R. González; 7. Montesinos; 8. Shеvchuk; 9. Henderson |
| 8. NICOLE COLOMBI (Italy) (12/29/95, 5-8½/126) (1.74/57) | |||||
| 2:41:47 | … | 3)Euro Teams | 5/18 | ▷ | 1. Perez; 2. Palmisano |
| 2:51:04 | … | 11)World Ch | 9/13 | ▷ | 1. Perez; 2. Palmisano; 3. Torres; 4. Peng; 5. Zdzieblo; 6. R. González; 7. Montesinos; 8. Shеvchuk; 9. Henderson; 10. K. García |
| 9. RAQUEL GONZÁLEZ (Spain) (11/16/89, 5-9¼/121) (1.76/55) | |||||
| 2:47:35 | … | 3)Marín | 3/09 | ▷ | 1. Chamosa; 2. Garcia-Caro |
| dq | … | )Euro Teams | 5/18 | ▷ | 1. Perez; 2. Palmisano; 3. Colombi;… |
| 2:45:41 | … | 6)World Ch | 9/13 | ▷ | 1. Perez; 2. Palmisano; 3. Torres; 4. Peng; 5. Zdzieblo |
| 10. CRISTINA MONTESINOS (Spain) (7/12/94, 5-8/117) (1.73/53) | |||||
| 2:46:18 | … | 6)Euro Teams | 5/18 | ▷ | 1. Perez; 2. Palmisano; 3. Colombi; 4. Shеvchuk; 5. Curiazzi |
| 2:46:44 | … | 7)World Ch | 9/13 | ▷ | 1. Perez; 2. Palmisano; 3. Torres; 4. Peng; 5. Zdzieblo; 6. R. González |
| U.S. RANKINGS | ||||
| 1. | Maria Michta-Coffey (Oiselle/Walk USA) | 4. | Stephanie Casey (Harrier TC) | |
| 6)USATF, 5)Pan-Am, 3)Ch Vista, 22)World Ch | 7)USATF, 27)Dudince, 11)Pan-Am | |||
| 2. | Miranda Melville (NYAC) | 5. | Lydia McGranahan (High Alt RW) | |
| 5)USATF, 18)Dudince, 30)World Champs | 8)USATF, 4)Chula Vista | |||
| 3. | Katie Burnett (Harrier TC) | 6. | Katie Miale (New England Walkers) | |
| 4)USATF, dnf)Dudince, 7)Pan-Am, 2)Ch Vista, 32)WC | 9)USATF | |||
