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10,000 metres, Women

Date	26 – 30 September 1988
Status	Olympic
Location	Ol-lim-pik Ju-gyeong-gi-jang, Seoul Sports Complex, Seoul
Participants	34 from 20 countries

Based on her form of 1986-87, Norway’s Ingrid Kristiansen should have been an easy winner. She had won the 1986 Europeans and the 1987 World Championships. At the Bislett Games in 1985, she broke the 10K world record with 30:59.42 and then at the same meet in 1986, she ran a Beamonesque 30:13.74 to destroy that world record. In that race, run against a field of world-class competitors, she lapped every runner. But in 1988 she was battling a foot injury and she eventually dropped out of the final, after leading the first seven laps. That left a stunned field to battle for the medals. After her withdrawal, the lead was taken by Liz McColgan (GBR), Kathrin Ullrich (GDR), Yelena Zhupiyeva (URS), and Olga Bondarenko (URS). Ullrich led at 5K, but McColgan then pushed the pace and Ullrich could not maintain it after 8,000 metres. Zhupiyeva hung on until 9K, but the race then came down to McColgan and Bondarenko. With 200 left, Bondarenko pushed past McColgan and pulled away from her for the gold medal.

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	R1	Final
1	514	Olga Bondarenko	URS	31:47.67 (2 h1)	31:05.21 (1)	Gold	OR
2	231	Liz McColgan	GBR	32:11.95 (1 h2)	31:08.44 (2)	Silver
3	526	Yelena Zhupiyeva	URS	31:47.99 (3 h1)	31:19.82 (3)	Bronze
4	288	Kathrin Ullrich	GDR	31:51.40 (4 h1)	31:29.27 (4)
5	580	Francie Larrieu-Smith	USA	31:52.02 (6 h1)	31:35.52 (5)
6	577	Lynn Jennings	USA	32:18.44 (8 h2)	31:39.93 (6)
7	103	Wang Xiuting	CHN	32:13.00 (3 h2)	31:40.23 (7)
8	74	Sue Lee	CAN	31:51.42 (5 h1)	31:50.51 (8)
9	459	Albertina Machado	POR	31:52.04 (7 h1)	32:02.13 (9)
10	457	Albertina Dias	POR	32:13.85 (5 h2)	32:07.13 (10)
11	439	Anne Audain	NZL	32:10.73 (12 h1)	32:10.47 (11)
12	536	Lyudmila Matveyeva	URS	32:12.87 (2 h2)	32:12.27 (12)
13	82	Nancy Tinari	CAN	32:16.27 (7 h2)	32:14.05 (13)
14	359	Rosa Munerotto	ITA	32:06.76 (9 h1)	32:29.84 (14)
15	589	Lynn Nelson	USA	32:15.45 (6 h2)	32:32.24 (15)
16	80	Carole Rouillard	CAN	32:09.08 (10 h1)	32:41.43 (16)
17	19	Carolyn Schuwalow	AUS	32:10.05 (11 h1)	32:45.07 (17)
18	102	Wang Qinghuan	CHN	32:04.52 (8 h1)	32:49.86 (18)
19	179	Annette Sergent	FRA	32:13.45 (4 h2)	33:17.38 (19)
AC r2/2	435	Ingrid Kristiansen	NOR	31:44.69 (1 h1)	– (DNF)
9 h2 r1/2	378	Akemi Matsuno	JPN	32:19.57 (9 h2)	–
10 h2 r1/2	440	Christine McMiken	NZL	32:20.39 (10 h2)	–
11 h2 r1/2	242	Jane Shields	GBR	32:46.07 (11 h2)	–
12 h2 r1/2	127	Andri Avraam	CYP	32:59.30 (12 h2)	–
13 h1 r1/2	31	Marleen Renders	BEL	32:11.49 (13 h1)	–
13 h2 r1/2	414	El-Hassania Darami	MAR	33:01.52 (13 h2)	–
14 h1 r1/2	476	Martine Oppliger-Bouchonneau	SUI	32:28.26 (14 h1)	–
14 h2 r1/2	18	Jackie Perkins	AUS	33:45.22 (14 h2)	–
15 h1 r1/2	133	Ana Isabel Alonso	ESP	32:40.50 (15 h1)	–
15 h2 r1/2	32	Lieve Slegers	BEL	33:51.36 (15 h2)	–
16 h1 r1/2	250	Angela Tooby	GBR	33:26.57 (16 h1)	–
17 h1 r1/2	104	Xie Lihua	CHN	33:28.13 (17 h1)	–
18 h1 r1/2	389	Jeong Mi-Ja	KOR	33:48.96 (18 h1)	–
AC h2 r1/2	325	Erika Fazekas-Veréb	HUN	– (DNF h2)	–
DNS	157	Päivi Tikkanen	FIN	– (DNS h2)	–
DNS	145	Tuija Jousimaa	FIN	– (DNS h1)	–
DNS	194	Kerstin Preßler	FRG	– (DNS h2)	–
DNS	411	Danièle Kaber	LUX	– (DNS h2)	–
DNS	421	Maryse Justin	MRI	– (DNS h1)	–
DNS	36	Mar Mar Min	MYA	– (DNS h2)	–
DNS	452	Wanda Panfil	POL	– (DNS h1)	–
DNS	491	Ľudmila Melicherová	TCH	– (DNS h2)	–

Round One (26 September 1988)

Top eight in each heat and next four fastest advanced to the final.

Heat One (9:10)

Pos	Ord	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	5	Ingrid Kristiansen	NOR	31:44.69	QOR
2	19	Olga Bondarenko	URS	31:47.67	Q
3	14	Yelena Zhupiyeva	URS	31:47.99	Q
4	18	Kathrin Ullrich	GDR	31:51.40	Q
5	15	Sue Lee	CAN	31:51.42	Q
6	6	Francie Larrieu-Smith	USA	31:52.02	Q
7	11	Albertina Machado	POR	31:52.04	Q
8	3	Wang Qinghuan	CHN	32:04.52	Q
9	13	Rosa Munerotto	ITA	32:06.76	q
10	2	Carole Rouillard	CAN	32:09.08	q
11	1	Carolyn Schuwalow	AUS	32:10.05	q
12	9	Anne Audain	NZL	32:10.73	q
13	20	Marleen Renders	BEL	32:11.49
14	12	Martine Oppliger-Bouchonneau	SUI	32:28.26
15	4	Ana Isabel Alonso	ESP	32:40.50
16	7	Angela Tooby	GBR	33:26.57
17	17	Xie Lihua	CHN	33:28.13
18	8	Jeong Mi-Ja	KOR	33:48.96
DNS	21	Tuija Jousimaa	FIN	–
DNS	16	Maryse Justin	MRI	–
DNS	10	Wanda Panfil	POL	–

Splits

1000 m	3:19	–
2000 m	6:35	–
3000 m	9:48	–
4000 m	13:01	–
5000 m	16:15	–
6000 m	19:19	Ingrid Kristiansen
7000 m	22:27	Ingrid Kristiansen
8000 m	25:33	Ingrid Kristiansen
9000 m	28:39	Ingrid Kristiansen

Heat Two (9:45)

Pos	Ord	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	20	Liz McColgan	GBR	32:11.95	Q
2	4	Lyudmila Matveyeva	URS	32:12.87	Q
3	15	Wang Xiuting	CHN	32:13.00	Q
4	12	Annette Sergent	FRA	32:13.45	Q
5	8	Albertina Dias	POR	32:13.85	Q
6	1	Lynn Nelson	USA	32:15.45	Q
7	18	Nancy Tinari	CAN	32:16.27	Q
8	13	Lynn Jennings	USA	32:18.44	Q
9	3	Akemi Matsuno	JPN	32:19.57
10	9	Christine McMiken	NZL	32:20.39
11	5	Jane Shields	GBR	32:46.07
12	6	Andri Avraam	CYP	32:59.30
13	7	El-Hassania Darami	MAR	33:01.52
14	16	Jackie Perkins	AUS	33:45.22
15	21	Lieve Slegers	BEL	33:51.36
DNF	325	Erika Fazekas-Veréb	HUN	–
DNS	157	Päivi Tikkanen	FIN	–
DNS	194	Kerstin Preßler	FRG	–
DNS	411	Danièle Kaber	LUX	–
DNS	36	Mar Mar Min	MYA	–
DNS	491	Ľudmila Melicherová	TCH	–

Splits

1000 m	3:22	–
2000 m	6:45	–
3000 m	9:58	–
4000 m	13:13	–
5000 m	16:24	Wang Xiuting
6000 m	19:36	–
7000 m	22:48	–
8000 m	26:04	–
9000 m	29:14	–

Final (30 September 1988 — 15:40)

Pos	Ord	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	7	Olga Bondarenko	URS	31:05.21	OR
2	6	Liz McColgan	GBR	31:08.44
3	10	Yelena Zhupiyeva	URS	31:19.82
4	11	Kathrin Ullrich	GDR	31:29.27
5	8	Francie Larrieu-Smith	USA	31:35.52
6	14	Lynn Jennings	USA	31:39.93
7	2	Wang Xiuting	CHN	31:40.23
8	19	Sue Lee	CAN	31:50.51
9	17	Albertina Machado	POR	32:02.13
10	3	Albertina Dias	POR	32:07.13
11	15	Anne Audain	NZL	32:10.47
12	16	Lyudmila Matveyeva	URS	32:12.27
13	12	Nancy Tinari	CAN	32:14.05
14	20	Rosa Munerotto	ITA	32:29.84
15	4	Lynn Nelson	USA	32:32.24
16	13	Carole Rouillard	CAN	32:41.43
17	1	Carolyn Schuwalow	AUS	32:45.07
18	9	Wang Qinghuan	CHN	32:49.86
19	18	Annette Sergent	FRA	33:17.38
DNF	5	Ingrid Kristiansen	NOR	–

Splits

1000 m	3:09.79	Lyudmila Matveyeva
2000 m	6:23.23	Lynn Nelson
3000 m	9:19.64	Kathrin Ullrich-Weßel
4000 m	12:24.13	Kathrin Ullrich-Weßel
5000 m	15:37.89	Liz McColgan
6000 m	18:48.21	Liz McColgan
7000 m	21:57.70	Liz McColgan
8000 m	25:04.27	Liz McColgan
9000 m	28:09.26	Liz McColgan