Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 20 kilometres walk

The women's 20 km walk event at the 2008 Olympic Games took place on August 21 at the Beijing Olympic Stadium.

[1] The qualifying standards were 1:33.30 (A standard) and 1:38.00 (B standard).

[2] Prior to this event, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows: All times are China standard time (UTC+8) OR - Olympic Record, NR - National Record, PB - Personal Best (= - Equaled), SB - Season Best s.t.

- same time.