Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's 10,000 metres

Women's 10,000 metres at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
Venue	Centennial Olympic Stadium
Dates	27 July 1996 (heats) 2 August 1996 (final)
Competitors	35 from 19 nations
Winning time	31:01.63 OR
Medalists
Fernanda Ribeiro  Portugal Wang Junxia  China Gete Wami  Ethiopia

These are the official results of the Women's 10,000 metres race at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There were a total of 35 competitors.

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 8 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified to the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Derartu Tulu	Ethiopia	31:35.90	Q
2	2	Sally Barsosio	Kenya	31:36.00	Q
3	2	Fernanda Ribeiro	Portugal	31:36.32	Q
4	2	Masako Chiba	Japan	31:37.03	Q
5	2	Iulia Negura	Romania	31:40.16	Q
6	2	Annemari Sandell	Finland	31:40.42	Q
7	2	Hiromi Suzuki	Japan	31:54.89	Q
8	2	Maria Guida	Italy	31:55.35	Q
9	2	Lyudmila Petrova	Russia	31:58.84	q
10	2	Wang Mingxia	China	32:10.26	q
11	1	Gete Wami	Ethiopia	32:20.92	Q
12	1	Birhane Adere	Ethiopia	32:21.09	Q
13	2	Yang Siju	China	32:22.77	q
14	2	Susan Hobson	Australia	32:25.13	q
15	1	Julia Vaquero	Spain	32:27.05	Q
16	1	Tegla Loroupe	Kenya	32:28.73	Q
17	1	Yuko Kawakami	Japan	32:31.69	Q
18	1	Catherina McKiernan	Ireland	32:32.10	Q
19	2	Joan Nesbit	United States	32:33.48
20	1	Wang Junxia	China	32:36.53	Q
21	1	Colleen De Reuck	South Africa	32:39.19	Q
22	2	Firiya Sultanova	Russia	32:40.91
23	1	Kate Fonshell	United States	32:48.05
24	1	Nyla Carroll	New Zealand	32:50.64
25	1	Silvia Sommaggio	Italy	32:59.40
26	2	Chantal Dällenbach	France	33:22.35
27	1	Klara Kashapova	Russia	33:28.34
28	1	Kathrin Weßel	Germany	33:31.67
29	1	Conceição Ferreira	Portugal	33:40.76
30	2	Daria Nauer	Switzerland	33:56.95
31	2	Olga Appell	United States	34:12.54
32	1	Farida Fates	France	34:38.49
33	2	Justine Nahimana	Burundi	35:58.51
	1	Ursula Jeitziner	Switzerland	DNF
	1	Kylie Risk	Australia	DNF

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Fernanda Ribeiro	Portugal	31:01.63	OR, NR
	Wang Junxia	China	31:02.58
	Gete Wami	Ethiopia	31:06.65
4	Derartu Tulu	Ethiopia	31:10.46
5	Masako Chiba	Japan	31:20.62
6	Tegla Loroupe	Kenya	31:23.22
7	Yuko Kawakami	Japan	31:23.23
8	Iulia Negura	Romania	31:26.46
9	Julia Vaquero	Spain	31:27.07
10	Sally Barsosio	Kenya	31:53.38
11	Catherina McKiernan	Ireland	32:00.38
12	Annemari Sandell	Finland	32:14.66
13	Colleen De Reuck	South Africa	32:14.69
14	Lyudmila Petrova	Russia	32:25.89
15	Wang Mingxia	China	32:38.98
16	Hiromi Suzuki	Japan	32:43.39
17	Susan Hobson	Australia	32:47.71
18	Birhane Adere	Ethiopia	32:57.35
19	Yang Siju	China	33:15.29
	Maria Guida	Italy	DNS

See also

• 1992 Women's Olympic 10.000 metres (Barcelona)
• 1993 Women's World Championships 10.000 metres (Stuttgart)
• 1994 Women's European Championships 10.000 metres (Helsinki)
• 1995 Women's World Championships 10.000 metres (Gothenburg)
• 1997 Women's World Championships 10.000 metres (Athens)

External links

• Official Report
• Results
• Race on YouTube