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

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]

Women's 10 kilometres walk
at the Games of the XXV Olympiad
VenueOlympic Stadium
DatesAugust 3
Competitors44 from 20 nations
Winning time44:32 OR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Chen Yueling
 China
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Yelena Nikolayeva
 Unified Team
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Li Chunxiu
 China
1996 →

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

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

Abbreviations

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  • 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

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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

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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

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References

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  1. ^ "Athletics at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games: Women's 10 kilometres Walk". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
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