2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 10,000 metres walk
# 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 10,000 metres walk

The women's 10000 metres walk at the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on 11 July.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - |
| Ekaterina Medvedeva Russia | Nadezhda Leontyeva Russia | Sandra Arenas Columbia |

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world junior and championship records were as follows.

| World Junior Record | Elena Lashmanova (RUS) | 42:59.48 | Tallinn, Estonia | 21 July 2011 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Championship Record | Tatiana Mineeva (RUS) | 43:24.72 | Bydgoszcz, Poland | 9 July 2008 |
| World Junior Leading | Ekaterina Medvedeva (RUS) | 44:30.49 | Moscow, Russia | 10 June 2012 |

## Results

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Ekaterina Medvedeva | Russia | 45:41.74 | |
| | Nadezhda Leontyeva | Russia | 45:43.64 | PB |
| | Sandra Arenas | Colombia | 45:44.46 | |
| 4 | Liudmyla Olianovska | Ukraine | 45:53.50 | PB |
| 5 | Yanxue Mao | China | 46:10.60 | PB |
| 6 | Anežka Drahotová | Czech Republic | 46:29.95 | PB |
| 7 | Alejandra Ortega | Mexico | 47:03.42 | PB |
| 8 | Nozomi Yagi | Japan | 47:04.92 | PB |
| 9 | Ángela Castro | Bolivia | 47:09.62 | PB |
| 10 | Kimberly García | Peru | 47:42.49 | SB |
| 11 | Alina Halchenko | Ukraine | 47:49.92 | |
| 12 | Katarina Strmenová | Slovakia | 47:54.60 | PB |
| 13 | Wendy Cornejo | Bolivia | 48:00.03 | SB |
| 14 | Eliška Drahotová | Czech Republic | 48:15.34 | PB |
| 15 | Anna Clemente | Italy | 48:22.25 | PB |
| 16 | Dandan Duan | China | 48:39.21 | PB |
| 17 | Lee Jeong-eun | South Korea | 48:40.61 | PB |
| 18 | Kate Veale | Ireland | 48:50.20 | PB |
| 19 | Elena Poli | Italy | 49:11.12 | |
| 20 | Emilie Tissot | France | 49:13.95 | PB |
| 21 | Amanda Cano | Spain | 49:18.27 | |
| 22 | Rachel Tallent | Australia | 49:55.81 | |
| 23 | Sae Matsumoto | Japan | 49:56.66 | |
| 24 | Laura García-Caro | Spain | 50:13.77 | PB |
| 25 | Yanelli Caballero | Mexico | 50:29.85 | |
| 26 | Gamze Özgör | Turkey | 50:53.64 | PB |
| 27 | Filipa Ferreira | Portugal | 50:59.00 | |
| 28 | Coralie Mellado | France | 51:14.84 | SB |
| 29 | Elif Koc | Turkey | 51:44.86 | PB |
| 30 | Shahinaz Al-Nasri | Tunisia | 51:53.22 | |
| 31 | Emma Prendiville | Ireland | 52:41.51 | PB |
| 32 | Bariza Ghezelani | Algeria | 53:30.36 | |
| 33 | Mara Ribeiro | Portugal | 53:31.29 | |
| 34 | Erika Parviainen | Finland | 53:56.98 | PB |
| – | Jessica Pickles | Australia | – | DSQ |
| – | Khushbir Kaur | India | – | DSQ |
| – | Viktoryia Rashchupkina | Belarus | – | DNF |
| – | Alexandra Iuliana Aichimoaei | Romania | – | DNF |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 38 athletes from 24 countries participated in the event.

* Algeria (1)
* Australia (2)
* Belarus (1)
* Bolivia (2)
* China (2)
* Colombia (1)
* Czech Republic (2)
* Finland (1)
* France (2)
* India (1)
* Ireland (2)
* Italy (2)
* Japan (2)
* Mexico (2)
* Peru (1)
* Portugal (2)
* Romania (1)
* Russia (2)
* Slovakia (1)
* South Korea (1)
* Spain (2)
* Tunisia (1)
* Turkey (2)
* Ukraine (2)
