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Athletics — 10,000 metres, Women

Times held 9
Total participants 255
Total countries 66

Participants

Year Event Status Participants NOCs
1988 10,000 metres, Women Olympic 34 20
1992 10,000 metres, Women Olympic 48 28
1996 10,000 metres, Women Olympic 35 19
2000 10,000 metres, Women Olympic 41 25
2004 10,000 metres, Women Olympic 31 20
2008 10,000 metres, Women Olympic 31 17
2012 10,000 metres, Women Olympic 22 13
2016 10,000 metres, Women Olympic 37 24
2020 10,000 metres, Women Olympic 29 18

Medal winners

Year Gold Silver Bronze
1988 Olga BondarenkoURS Liz McColganGBR Yelena ZhupiyevaURS
1992 Derartu TuluETH Elana MeyerRSA Lynn JenningsUSA
1996 Fernanda RibeiroPOR Wang JunxiaCHN Gete WamiETH
2000 Derartu TuluETH Gete WamiETH Fernanda RibeiroPOR
2004 Xing HuinaCHN Ejegayehu DibabaETH Derartu TuluETH
2008 Tirunesh DibabaETH Shalane FlanaganUSA Linet MasaiKEN
2012 Tirunesh DibabaETH Sally KipyegoKEN Vivian CheruiyotKEN
2016 Almaz AyanaETH Vivian CheruiyotKEN Tirunesh DibabaETH
2020 Sifan HassanNED Kalkidan GezahegneBRN Letesenbet GideyETH

Medals by country

NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total
Ethiopia ETH 5 2 4 11
People's Republic of China CHN 1 1 0 2
Portugal POR 1 0 1 2
Soviet Union URS 1 0 1 2
Netherlands NED 1 0 0 1
Kenya KEN 0 2 2 4
United States USA 0 1 1 2
Bahrain BRN 0 1 0 1
Great Britain GBR 0 1 0 1
South Africa RSA 0 1 0 1

Top medallists

Athlete Nat Gold Silver Bronze Total
Derartu Tulu ETH 2 0 1 3
Tirunesh Dibaba ETH 2 0 1 3
Fernanda Ribeiro POR 1 0 1 2
Olga Bondarenko RUS
URS
EUN		 1 0 0 1
Xing Huina CHN 1 0 0 1
Almaz Ayana ETH 1 0 0 1
Sifan Hassan NED 1 0 0 1