Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's 10 kilometres walk

Women's 10 kilometres walk at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
Venue	Centennial Olympic Stadium
Date	July 29
Competitors	44 from 25 nations
Winning time	41:49 OR
Medalists
Yelena Nikolayeva  Russia Elisabetta Perrone  Italy Wang Yan  China

These are the official results of the Women's 10 km Walk at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There were a total of 44 competitors, with one athlete who did not finish the race and five disqualifications.

Medalists

Gold	Yelena Nikolayeva  Russia
Silver	Elisabetta Perrone  Italy
Bronze	Wang Yan  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

Final ranking

Rank	Athlete	Time	Note
	Yelena Nikolayeva (RUS)	41:49
	Elisabetta Perrone (ITA)	42:12
	Wang Yan (CHN)	42:19
4	Gu Yan (CHN)	42:34
5	Rossella Giordano (ITA)	42:43
6	Olga Kardopoltseva (BLR)	43:02
7	Katarzyna Radtke (POL)	43:05
8	Valentina Tsybulskaya (BLR)	43:21
9	Mária Urbanik (HUN)	43:32
10	Yelena Gruzinova (RUS)	43:50
11	Annarita Sidoti (ITA)	43:57
12	Kerry Saxby-Junna (AUS)	43:59
13	Susana Feitor (POR)	44:24
14	Michelle Rohl (USA)	44:29
15	Kathrin Born-Boyde (GER)	44:50
16	Sari Essayah (FIN)	45:02
17	Nataliya Misyulya (BLR)	45:11
18	Graciela Mendoza (MEX)	45:13
19	Anne Manning (AUS)	45:27
20	Debbi Lawrence (USA)	45:32
21	Svetlana Tolstaya (KAZ)	45:35
	Anita Liepina (LAT)
23	Deirdre Gallagher (IRL)	45:47
	Annastasia Raj (MAS)
	Janice McCaffrey (CAN)
26	Jane Saville (AUS)	45:56
27	Anikó Szebenszky (HUN)	45:57
28	María Vasco (ESP)	46:09
29	Norica Câmpean (ROU)	46:19
30	Tatyana Ragozina (UKR)	46:25
31	Nathalie Fortain (FRA)	46:43
32	Tina Poitras (CAN)	46:51
33	Vicky Lupton (GBR)	47:05
34	Geovana Irusta (BOL)	47:13
35	Maya Sazonova (KAZ)	47:33
36	Valérie Nadaud (FRA)	47:49
37	Sonata Milušauskaitė (LTU)	48:05
38	Kada Delić (BIH)	48:47
DID NOT FINISH (DNF)
—	Encarna Granados (ESP)	DNF
DISQUALIFIED (DSQ)
—	Gao Hongmiao (CHN)	DSQ
—	Beate Gummelt (GER)	DSQ
—	Victoria Herazo (USA)	DSQ
—	Yuka Mitsumori (JPN)	DSQ
—	Irina Stankina (RUS)	DSQ

See also

• 1996 Race Walking Year Ranking

External links

• Official Report
• Results