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

Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
3000 m				women
5000 m		men
10,000 m		men		women
100 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men		women
3000 m steeplechase		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
Road events
Marathon		men		women
10 km walk				women
20 km walk		men
50 km walk		men
Field events
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men
Wheelchair races

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.

Inside the stadium, Alina Ivanova and Chen Yueling were locked in a tight battle. With 200 metres to go, Ivanova accelerated for what looked like would be a gold/bronze combination for the former Soviet athletes. Chen maintained her pace to stay ahead of Yelena Nikolayeva, sprinting to chase her down, pulling away from Chen's Chinese teammate Li Chunxiu. Well ahead, Ivanova bounded across the finish line in first, but her final sprint only earned her a disqualification. Ileana Salvador sprinted past Li at the line, also earning a disqualification, giving Chen the gold medal and China the gold/bronze combination. Chen also took the Olympic record in the first time Olympic event.

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

See also

• 1987 Women's World Championships 10km Walk (Rome)
• 1990 Women's European Championships 10km Walk (Split)
• 1991 Women's World Championships 10km Walk (Tokyo)
• 1992 Race Walking Year Ranking
• 1993 Women's World Championships 10km Walk (Stuttgart)
• 1994 Women's European Championships 10km Walk (Helsinki)

References

• Official Report
• Results