Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's 10,000 metres

Official Video

Derartu tulu is at the time the first African women to win in the Olympic

The official results of the Women's 10,000 metres at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, with the final held on Friday August 7, 1992

Medalists

Gold	Derartu Tulu  Ethiopia
Silver	Elana Meyer  South Africa
Bronze	Lynn Jennings  United States

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1992 Summer Olympics.

World Record	30:13.74	Ingrid Kristiansen	Oslo (NOR)	July 5, 1986
Olympic Record	31:05.21	Olga Bondarenko	Seoul (KOR)	September 30, 1988

Final

RANK	FINAL	TIME
	Derartu Tulu (ETH)	31:06.02
	Elana Meyer (RSA)	31:11.75
	Lynn Jennings (USA)	31:19.89
4.	Zhong Huandi (CHN)	31:21.08
5.	Liz McColgan (GBR)	31:26.11
6.	Wang Xiuting (CHN)	31:28.06
7.	Uta Pippig (GER)	31:36.45
8.	Judi St. Hilaire (USA)	31:38.04
9.	Hellen Kimaiyo (KEN)	31:38.91
10.	Jill Hunter (GBR)	31:46.49
11.	Christien Toonstra (NED)	31:47.38
12.	Izumi Maki (JPN)	31:55.06
13.	Albertina Dias (POR)	32:03.93
14.	Miki Igarashi (JPN)	32:09.58
15.	Lieve Slegers (BEL)	32:14.17
16.	Rosanna Munerotto (ITA)	32:37.91
17.	Tegla Loroupe (KEN)	32:53.09
18.	Tigist Moreda (ETH)	34:05.56
—	Fernanda Marques (POR)	DNF
—	Conceição Ferreira (POR)	DNF

Heats

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.	Hellen Kimaiyo (KEN)	31:58.63
2.	Zhong Huandi (CHN)	32:04.46
3.	Liz McColgan (GBR)	32:07.25
4.	Uta Pippig (GER)	32:07.28
5.	Christien Toonstra (NED)	32:07.42
6.	Izumi Maki (JPN)	32:07.91
7.	Judi St. Hilaire (USA)	32:13.99
8.	Tigist Moreda (ETH)	32:14.42
9.	Conceição Ferreira (POR)	32:15.05
10.	Rosanna Munerotto (ITA)	32:17.01
11.	Carole Rouillard (CAN)	32:52.83
12.	Marcianne Mukamurenzi (RWA)	33:00.66
13.	Gwynneth Coogan (USA)	33:13.13
14.	Rosario Murcia (FRA)	33:16.96
15.	Dorthe Rasmussen (DEN)	33:22.43
16.	Lyudmila Matveeva (EUN)	33:23.02
17.	Martha Tenorio (ECU)	34:29.03
18.	Hiromi Suzuki (JPN)	34:29.64
19.	Carmem de Oliveira (BRA)	34:48.21
20.	Rosemary Turare (PNG)	42:02.79
—	Olga Bondarenko (EUN)	DNF
—	Veronique Collard (BEL)	DNF
—	Anita Klapote (LAT)	DNF
—	Päivi Tikkanen (FIN)	DNF
—	A. Gutierrez Wittmann (ISV)	DNS

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.	Derartu Tulu (ETH)	31:55.67
2.	Elana Meyer (RSA)	32:05.45
3.	Lynn Jennings (USA)	32:18.06
4.	Jill Hunter (GBR)	32:18.34
5.	Wang Xiuting (CHN)	32:31.91
6.	Albertina Dias (POR)	32:31.95
7.	Tegla Loroupe (KEN)	32:34.07
8.	Fernanda Marques (POR)	32:38.16
9.	Lieve Slegers (BEL)	32:40.59
10.	Miki Igarashi (JPN)	32:45.47
11.	Susan Hobson (AUS)	32:53.61
12.	Annette Sergent (FRA)	32:57.29
13.	Kerstin Preßler (GER)	33:17.88
14.	Lydia Cheromei (KEN)	33:34.05
15.	Suzana Ciric (IOP)	33:42.26
16.	María Luisa Servín (MEX)	33:42.74
17.	Lesley Morton (NZL)	33:51.06
18.	Lisa Harvey (CAN)	33:55.93
19.	Andri Avraam (CYP)	34:06.66
20.	Griselda González (ARG)	34:09.42
21.	Luchia Yeshak (ETH)	34:12.16
22.	Andrea Wallace (GBR)	34:29.47
—	Yelena Zhupiyeva-Vyazova (EUN)	DNF
—	Kathrin Ullrich (GER)	DNF
—	Silvia Cortez Tancara (BOL)	DNS

See also

• 1988 Women's Olympic 10,000 metres (Seoul)
• 1990 Women's European Championships 10,000 metres (Split)
• 1991 Women's World Championships 10,000 metres (Tokyo)
• 1993 Women's World Championships 10,000 metres (Stuttgart)
• 1994 Women's European Championships 10,000 metres (Helsinki)
• 1995 Women's World Championships 10,000 metres (Gothenburg)
• 1996 Women's Olympic 10,000 metres (Atlanta)

References

• Results