Athletics 10000m - women 1988-2016

1988
1 Olga Bondarenko URS 31'05"21
2 Elizabeth McColgan GBR 31'08"44
3 Olena Zhupiyova URS 31'19"82
4 Kathrin Ullrich GDR 31'29"27
5 Frances Larrieu-Smith USA 31'35"52
6 Lynn Jennings USA 31'39"93
7 Wang Xiuting CHN 31'40"23
8 Susan Lee CAN 31'50"51
14 Rosanna Munerotto ITA 32'29"84

1992
1 Derartu Tulu ETH 31'06"02
2 Elena Meyer RSA 31'11"75
3 Lynn Jennings USA 31'19"89
4 Zhong Huandi Zhong CHN 31'21"08
5 Elizabeth McColgan GBR 31'26"11
6 Wang Xiuting CHN 31'28"06
7 Uta Pippig GER 31'36"45
8 Judy St. Hilaire USA 31'38"04
16 Rosanna Munerotto ITA 32'37"91

1996
1 Fernanda Ribeiro POR 31'01"63
2 Junxia Wang CHN 31'02"58
3 Gete Wami ETH 31'06"65
4 Deratu Tulu ETH 31'10"46
5 Masako Chiba JPN 31'20"62
6 Tecla Lorouple KEN 31'23"22
7 Yuko Kawakami JPN 31'23"23
8 Iulia Negura ROU 31'26"46
Heat (8º) Maria Guida ITA 31'55"35
Heat (11º) Silvia SommaggioITA 32'59"40

2000
1 Deratu Tulu ETH 30'17"49
2 Gete Wami ETH 30'22"48
3 Fernanda Ribeiro POR 30'22"88
4 Paula Radcliffe GBR 30'26"97
5 Tegla Loroupe KEN 30'37"26
6 Sonia O'Sullivan IRL 30'53"37
7 Ji Li CHN 31'06"94
8 Elena Meyer RSA 31'14"70
Heat (13º) Silvia SommaggioITA 33'24"13

2004
1 Huina Xing CHN  30'24"36
2 Ejegayehu Dibaba ETH 30'24"98
3 Derartu Tulu ETH 30'26"42
4 Werknesh Kidane ETH 30'28"30
5 Lornah Kiplagat NED 30'31"92
6 Yingjie Sun CHN 30'54"37
7 Jelena Prokopcuka LAT 31'04"10
8 Lidiya Grigoryeva RUS 31'04"62

2008
1 Tirunesh Dibaba ETH 29'54"66
2 Shalane Flanagan USA 30'22"22
3 Linet Chepkwemoi Masai KEN 30'26"50
4 Maria Konovalova RUS 30'35"84
5 Lucy Kabuu Wangui KEN 30'39"96
6 Lornah Kiplagat NED 30'40"27
7 Kimberley Smith NZL 30'51"00
8 Kara Goucher USA 30'55"16
Elvan Abeylegesse TUR (29'56"34) and Inga Abitova RUS (30'37"33) have been disqualified due to anti-doping violations. 

2012
1 Tirunesh Dibaba ETH 30'20"75
2 Sally Kipyego KEN 30'26"37
3 Vivian Cheruiyot KEN 30'30"44
4 Verknesh Kidane  ETH 30'39"38
5 Beleynesh Oljira ETH  30'45"56
6 Shitaye Eshete BRN 30'47"25
7 Joanne Pavey GBR 30'53"20
8 Julia Bleasdale GBR 30'55"63
18 Nadia Ejjafini ITA 31"57"03 

2016
1 Almaz Ayana ETH 29'17"45
2 Vivian Cheruiyot KEN 29'32"53
3 Tirunesh Dibaba ETH 29'42"56
4 Alice Aprot Nawowun KEN 29'53"51
5 Betsy Saina KEN 30'07"78
6 Molly Huddle USA 30'13"17
7 Yasemin Can TUR 30'26"41
8 Gelete Burka ETH 30'26"66
20 Veronica Inglese ITA 32'11"67