The women's 20 kilometres walk at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom, was held on 11 August[1] on a route along The Mall and Constitution Hill.

Shortly after the halfway mark, the pack was down to Elena Lashmanova and Anisya Kirdyapkina leading Xiuzhi Lu and Qieyang Shijie.

An hour into the race Lu began to lose contact, allowing Lashmanova, Kirdyapkina and Qieyang to chase and pass Liu.

Kaniskina started to show the strain, and as the pass became inevitable, she began the most pronounced arm swing trying to find a last bit of speed, but it wasn't enough.

[4] The medal reallocation ceremony was held at the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Centre Stadium on 4 October 2023 after all the events of the Asian Games ended on that day.