Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's 10 kilometres walk

Women's 10 kilometres walk
at the Games of the XXV Olympiad
Women's 10 kilometres walk; at the Games of the XXV Olympiad
Venue	Olympic Stadium
Dates	August 3
Competitors	44 from 20 nations
Winning time	44:32 OR
Medalists
	1996 →

The Women's 10 km Walk at the 1992 Summer Olympics was held on August 3, 1992, in Barcelona, Spain. There were a total number of 44 competitors, with six athletes who were disqualified.^[1]

Inside the stadium, Alina Ivanova of the Unified Team and Chen Yueling of China were locked in a tight battle. With 200 metres to go, Ivanova accelerated, and began sprinting for what looked like would be a gold/bronze combination for the former Soviet athletes as Chen maintained her pace to stay ahead of Yelena Nikolayeva and Chen's teammate Li Chunxiu.

Ivanova crossed the finish line in first, but her final sprint saw her confronted by officials and disqualified; in the midst of this, Ileana Salvador of Italy sprinted past Li at the line, and she too was disqualified.

This gave Chen the gold medal and Li the bronze, while Chen also took the inaugural Olympic record.

Medalists

Gold	Chen Yueling China
Silver	Yelena Nikolayeva Unified Team
Bronze	Li Chunxiu China

Abbreviations

All times shown are in hours:minutes:seconds

DNS	did not start
NM	no mark
OR	olympic record
WR	world record
AR	area record
NR	national record
PB	personal best
SB	season best

Records

Standing records prior to the 1992 Summer Olympics
World Record	Kerry Saxby-Junna (AUS)	41:30	August 27, 1988	Canberra, Australia
Olympic Record	New Event
Broken records at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Olympic Record	Chen Yueling (CHN)	44:32	August 3, 1992	Barcelona, Spain

Final ranking

Rank	Athlete	Time	Note
	Chen Yueling (CHN)	44:32	OR
	Yelena Nikolayeva (EUN)	44:33
	Li Chunxiu (CHN)	44:41
4	Sari Essayah (FIN)	45:08
5	Cui Yingzi (CHN)	45:15
6	Madelein Svensson (SWE)	45:17
7	Annarita Sidoti (ITA)	45:23
8	Yelena Sayko (EUN)	45:23
9	Anne Judkins (NZL)	45:28
10	Mari Cruz Díaz (ESP)	45:32
11	Katarzyna Radtke (POL)	45:45
12	Mária Urbanik (HUN)	45:50
13	Ildikó Ilyés (HUN)	45:54
14	Encarna Granados (ESP)	46:00
15	Kerry Saxby-Junna (AUS)	46:01
16	Beate Anders (GER)	46:31
17	Beata Kaczmarska (POL)	46:34
18	Andrea Alföldi (HUN)	46:35
19	Elisabetta Perrone (ITA)	46:43
20	Michelle Rohl (USA)	46:45
21	Tina Poitras (CAN)	46:50
22	Emilia Cano (ESP)	47:03
23	Miki Itakura (JPN)	47:11
24	Yuko Sato (JPN)	47:43
25	Janice McCaffrey (CAN)	48:05
26	Debbi Lawrence (USA)	48:23
27	Victoria Herazo (USA)	48:26
28	Maricela Chávez (MEX)	48:39
29	Pascale Grand (CAN)	49:14
30	Eva Machuca (MEX)	50:02
31	Gabrielle Blythe (AUS)	50:13
32	Betty Sworowski (GBR)	50:14
33	Kathrin Born-Boyde (GER)	50:21
34	Isilda Gonçalves (POR)	50:23
35	Lisa Langford (GBR)	51:44
36	Miriam Ramón (ECU)	51:56
37	Perri Williams (IRL)	54:53
38	Kada Delić (BIH)	55:24
DISQUALIFIED (DSQ)
—	Alina Ivanova (EUN)	DSQ
—	Ileana Salvador (ITA)	DSQ
—	Susana Feitor (POR)	DSQ
—	Graciela Mendoza (MEX)	DSQ
—	Vicky Lupton (GBR)	DSQ
—	Ma Kyin Lwan (MYA)	DSQ