The women's 20 kilometres race walk at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Luzhniki Stadium and Moscow streets on 13 August.

[1] The original 27th place walker, Ayman Kozhakhmetova of Kazakhstan, was disqualified for a positive drug test for exogenous testosterone and EPO.

[2] Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:[3] All times are local times (UTC+4) The race was started at 07.35.

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