# 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.
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 | New Event | New Event | 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 | |