title: Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's 10 kilometres walk
text: # Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's 10 kilometres walk
  
  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 |
  | - | - | - |
  | | 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 |
  | 21 | Anita Liepina (LAT) | 45:35 |
  | 23 | Deirdre Gallagher (IRL) | 45:47 |
  | 23 | Annastasia Raj (MAS) | 45:47 |
  | 23 | Janice McCaffrey (CAN) | 45:47 |
  | 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 |
  