Athletics — 10,000 metres, Women

Times held 10
Total participants 275
Total countries 67

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
2024 10,000 metres, Women Olympic 25 14

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
2024 Beatrice ChebetKEN Nadia BattoclettiITA Sifan HassanNED

Medals by country

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

Best performance by country

Olympic and Intercalated results only.
Country Games Athlete/Team Placement
Algeria ALG 2000 Summer Olympics Nasria Baghdad 20 h1 r1/2 See all
Argentina ARG 1992 Summer Olympics Griselda González 20 h2 r1/2 See all
Australia AUS 2016 Summer Olympics Eloise Wellings 10 See all
Bahrain BRN 2020 Summer Olympics Kalkidan Gezahegne 2 Silver See all
Belgium BEL 1992 Summer Olympics Lieve Slegers 15 See all
Bolivia BOL 1992 Summer Olympics Sandra Cortez DNS See all
Brazil BRA 2016 Summer Olympics Tatiele de Carvalho 31 See all
Burundi BDI 2020 Summer Olympics Francine Niyonsaba 5 See all
Canada CAN 1988 Summer Olympics Sue Lee 8 See all
Cyprus CYP 1988 Summer Olympics Andri Avraam 12 h2 r1/2 See all
Czechoslovakia TCH 1988 Summer Olympics Ľudmila Melicherová DNS See all
Denmark DEN 1992 Summer Olympics Dorthe Rasmussen 15 h1 r1/2 See all
East Germany GDR 1988 Summer Olympics Kathrin Ullrich 4 See all
Ecuador ECU 1992 Summer Olympics Martha Tenorio 17 h1 r1/2 See all
Eritrea ERI 2020 Summer Olympics Dolshi Tesfu 15 See all
Ethiopia ETH 1992 Summer Olympics Derartu Tulu 1 Gold See all
2000 Summer Olympics Derartu Tulu 1 Gold
2008 Summer Olympics Tirunesh Dibaba 1 Gold
2012 Summer Olympics Tirunesh Dibaba 1 Gold
2016 Summer Olympics Almaz Ayana 1 Gold
Finland FIN 1996 Summer Olympics Annemari Sandell 12 See all
France FRA 1988 Summer Olympics Annette Sergent 19 See all
Germany GER 1992 Summer Olympics Uta Pippig 7 See all
Great Britain GBR 1988 Summer Olympics Liz McColgan 2 Silver See all
Greece GRE 2016 Summer Olympics Alexi Pappas 17 See all
Hong Kong, China HKG 2000 Summer Olympics Maggie Chan 20 h2 r1/2 See all
Hungary HUN 2004 Summer Olympics Anikó Kálovics 20 See all
2008 Summer Olympics Anikó Kálovics 20
Independent Olympic Athletes IOA 1992 Summer Olympics Suzana Ćirić 15 h2 r1/2 See all
India IND 2008 Summer Olympics Preeja Sreedharan 23 See all
Ireland IRL 2000 Summer Olympics Sonia O'Sullivan 6 See all
Israel ISR 2020 Summer Olympics Selam Teferi 23 See all
Italy ITA 2024 Summer Olympics Nadia Battocletti 2 Silver See all
Japan JPN 1996 Summer Olympics Masako Chiba 5 See all
Kazakhstan KAZ 2024 Summer Olympics Daisy Jepkemei 17 See all
Kenya KEN 2024 Summer Olympics Beatrice Chebet 1 Gold See all
Kyrgyzstan KGZ 2016 Summer Olympics Darya Maslova 19 See all
Latvia LAT 2004 Summer Olympics Jeļena Prokopčuka 7 See all
Luxembourg LUX 1988 Summer Olympics Danièle Kaber DNS See all
Mauritius MRI 1988 Summer Olympics Maryse Justin DNS See all
Mexico MEX 2004 Summer Olympics Adriana Fernández 23 See all
Morocco MAR 2000 Summer Olympics Asmae Leghzaoui 18 See all
Myanmar MYA 1988 Summer Olympics Mar Mar Min DNS See all
Netherlands NED 2020 Summer Olympics Sifan Hassan 1 Gold See all
New Zealand NZL 2008 Summer Olympics Kim Smith 7 See all
Norway NOR 2016 Summer Olympics Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal 9 See all
Papua New Guinea PNG 1992 Summer Olympics Rosemary Turare 20 h1 r1/2 See all
People's Republic of China CHN 2004 Summer Olympics Xing Huina 1 Gold See all
Poland POL 1988 Summer Olympics Wanda Panfil DNS See all
Portugal POR 1996 Summer Olympics Fernanda Ribeiro 1 Gold See all
Republic of Korea KOR 1988 Summer Olympics Jeong Mi-Ja 18 h1 r1/2 See all
Republic of Moldova MDA 2004 Summer Olympics Natalia Cercheș 27 See all
Romania ROU 1996 Summer Olympics Iulia Negură 8 See all
Russian Federation RUS 2008 Summer Olympics Mariya Konovalova 4 See all
Rwanda RWA 1992 Summer Olympics Marcianne Mukamurenzi 12 h1 r1/2 See all
Serbia and Montenegro SCG 2000 Summer Olympics Olivera Jevtić 11 See all
Slovenia SLO 2004 Summer Olympics Helena Javornik 10 See all
South Africa RSA 1992 Summer Olympics Elana Meyer 2 Silver See all
Soviet Union URS 1988 Summer Olympics Olga Bondarenko 1 Gold See all
Spain ESP 1996 Summer Olympics Julia Vaquero 9 See all
Sweden SWE 2016 Summer Olympics Sarah Lahti 12 See all
Switzerland SUI 1988 Summer Olympics Martine Oppliger-Bouchonneau 14 h1 r1/2 See all
Türkiye TUR 2016 Summer Olympics Yasemin Can 7 See all
Uganda UGA 2024 Summer Olympics Sarah Chelangat 12 See all
Ukraine UKR 2012 Summer Olympics Olha Skrypak 19 See all
Unified Team EUN 1992 Summer Olympics Lyudmila Matveyeva 16 h1 r1/2 See all
United Arab Emirates UAE 2016 Summer Olympics Alia Saeed 23 See all
United Republic of Tanzania TAN 2000 Summer Olympics Restituta Joseph 11 h1 r1/2 See all
United States USA 2008 Summer Olympics Shalane Flanagan 2 Silver See all
United States Virgin Islands ISV 1992 Summer Olympics Ana Gutiérrez DNS See all
Uzbekistan UZB 2016 Summer Olympics Sitora Khamidova 24 See all
West Germany FRG 1988 Summer Olympics Kerstin Preßler DNS See all