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

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Women's 10,000 metres
at the Games of the XXV Olympiad
Venue Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc
Dates1 August 1992 (heats)
7 August 1992 (final)
Competitors48 from 33 nations
Winning time31:06.02
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Derartu Tulu
Flag of Ethiopia (1987-1991).svg  Ethiopia
Silver medal icon.svg Elana Meyer
South African Olympic Flag.svg  South Africa
Bronze medal icon.svg Lynn Jennings
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
  1988
1996  
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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. Derartu Tulu became the first black African woman to win an Olympic Gold medal. [1]

Liz McColgan came into the race as the returning silver medalist, the reigning world champion and a reputation behind it. Elana Meyer came from South Africa with long distance road records. She was considered a good chance to become the first African woman to win a gold medal. Zhong Huandi was the silver medalist behind McColgan in the world championships but not much was known about the Chinese program. The following year, they would scream their superiority at women's distance running, with Zhong running the second fastest 10,000 metres in history.

From the gun, McColgan assumed the lead and the rest of the field respected that. McColgan's pace dropped many runners but Meyer, Zhong, Hellen Kimaiyo and relatively unknown 20 year old Derartu Tulu led a small pack that stayed right behind McColgan. With 9 laps to go, Meyer, going around McColgan and running for daylight. The only one to chase was Tulu, quickly making up the gap and running in Meyer's shadow. Lynn Jennings made an attempt to follow but couldn't bridge the ever-widening gap. And so it stayed until the bell, Tulu made her break, Meyer didn't have the speed and the gold medal was settled. Tulu dropped the pace down to 67 seconds for the last lap, Meyer who had been running 73's ran another 73 taking silver by 8 seconds over Jennings who won the battle for bronze.

Medalists

Gold Derartu Tulu
Flag of Ethiopia (1987-1991).svg Ethiopia
Silver Elana Meyer
South African Olympic Flag.svg South Africa
Bronze Lynn Jennings
Flag of the United States.svg United States

Records

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

World Record30:13.74 Flag of Norway.svg Ingrid Kristiansen Oslo (NOR)July 5, 1986
Olympic Record31:05.21 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Olga Bondarenko Seoul (KOR)September 30, 1988

Final

RANKFINALTIME
Med 1.png Flag of Ethiopia (1987-1991).svg  Derartu Tulu  (ETH)31:06.02
Med 2.png South African Olympic Flag.svg  Elana Meyer  (RSA)31:11.75
Med 3.png Flag of the United States.svg  Lynn Jennings  (USA)31:19.89
4.Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Zhong Huandi  (CHN)31:21.08
5.Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Liz McColgan  (GBR)31:26.11
6.Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Wang Xiuting  (CHN)31:28.06
7.Flag of Germany.svg  Uta Pippig  (GER)31:36.45
8.Flag of the United States.svg  Judi St. Hilaire  (USA)31:38.04
9.Flag of Kenya.svg  Hellen Kimaiyo  (KEN)31:38.91
10.Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Jill Hunter  (GBR)31:46.49
11.Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Christien Toonstra  (NED)31:47.38
12.Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Izumi Maki  (JPN)31:55.06
13.Flag of Portugal.svg  Albertina Dias  (POR)32:03.93
14.Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Miki Igarashi  (JPN)32:09.58
15.Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Lieve Slegers  (BEL)32:14.17
16.Flag of Italy.svg  Rosanna Munerotto  (ITA)32:37.91
17.Flag of Kenya.svg  Tegla Loroupe  (KEN)32:53.09
18.Flag of Ethiopia (1987-1991).svg  Tigist Moreda  (ETH)34:05.56
Flag of Portugal.svg  Fernanda Marques  (POR)DNF
Flag of Portugal.svg  Conceição Ferreira  (POR)DNF

Heats

RANKHEAT 1TIME
1.Flag of Kenya.svg  Hellen Kimaiyo  (KEN)31:58.63
2.Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Zhong Huandi  (CHN)32:04.46
3.Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Liz McColgan  (GBR)32:07.25
4.Flag of Germany.svg  Uta Pippig  (GER)32:07.28
5.Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Christien Toonstra  (NED)32:07.42
6.Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Izumi Maki  (JPN)32:07.91
7.Flag of the United States.svg  Judi St. Hilaire  (USA)32:13.99
8.Flag of Ethiopia (1987-1991).svg  Tigist Moreda  (ETH)32:14.42
9.Flag of Portugal.svg  Conceição Ferreira  (POR)32:15.05
10.Flag of Italy.svg  Rosanna Munerotto  (ITA)32:17.01
11.Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Carole Rouillard  (CAN)32:52.83
12.Flag of Rwanda (1962-2001).svg  Marcianne Mukamurenzi  (RWA)33:00.66
13.Flag of the United States.svg  Gwynneth Coogan  (USA)33:13.13
14.Flag of France.svg  Rosario Murcia  (FRA)33:16.96
15.Flag of Denmark.svg  Dorthe Rasmussen  (DEN)33:22.43
16.Olympic flag.svg  Lyudmila Matveyeva  (EUN)33:23.02
17.Flag of Ecuador (1900-2009).svg  Martha Tenorio  (ECU)34:29.03
18.Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Hiromi Suzuki  (JPN)34:29.64
19.Flag of Brazil.svg  Carmem de Oliveira  (BRA)34:48.21
20.Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Rosemary Turare  (PNG)42:02.79
Olympic flag.svg  Olga Bondarenko  (EUN)DNF
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Véronique Collard  (BEL)DNF
Flag of Latvia (3-2).svg  Anita Klapote  (LAT)DNF
Flag of Finland.svg  Päivi Tikkanen  (FIN)DNF
Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg  A. Gutierrez Wittmann  (ISV)DNS


RANKHEAT 2TIME
1.Flag of Ethiopia (1987-1991).svg  Derartu Tulu  (ETH)31:55.67
2.South African Olympic Flag.svg  Elana Meyer  (RSA)32:05.45
3.Flag of the United States.svg  Lynn Jennings  (USA)32:18.06
4.Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Jill Hunter  (GBR)32:18.34
5.Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Wang Xiuting  (CHN)32:31.91
6.Flag of Portugal.svg  Albertina Dias  (POR)32:31.95
7.Flag of Kenya.svg  Tegla Loroupe  (KEN)32:34.07
8.Flag of Portugal.svg  Fernanda Marques  (POR)32:38.16
9.Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Lieve Slegers  (BEL)32:40.59
10.Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Miki Igarashi  (JPN)32:45.47
11.Flag of Australia.svg  Susan Hobson  (AUS)32:53.61
12.Flag of France.svg  Annette Sergent  (FRA)32:57.29
13.Flag of Germany.svg  Kerstin Preßler  (GER)33:17.88
14.Flag of Kenya.svg  Lydia Cheromei  (KEN)33:34.05
15.Olympic flag.svg  Suzana Ciric  (IOP)33:42.26
16.Flag of Mexico.svg  María Luisa Servín  (MEX)33:42.74
17.Flag of New Zealand.svg  Lesley Morton  (NZL)33:51.06
18.Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Lisa Harvey  (CAN)33:55.93
19.Flag of Cyprus (1960-2006).svg  Andri Avraam  (CYP)34:06.66
20.Flag of Argentina (1861-2010).svg  Griselda González  (ARG)34:09.42
21.Flag of Ethiopia (1987-1991).svg  Luchia Yeshak  (ETH)34:12.16
22.Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Andrea Wallace  (GBR)34:29.47
Olympic flag.svg  Yelena Zhupiyeva-Vyazova  (EUN)DNF
Flag of Germany.svg  Kathrin Ullrich  (GER)DNF
Flag of Bolivia.svg  Silvia Cortez Tancara  (BOL)DNS

See also

References

  1. "Athletics at the 1992 Barcelona: Women's 10,000 metres". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 18 November 2017.