Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's 10 kilometres walk
# 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 |
