Women's 10,000m Barcelona 92 Olympics

Derartu Tulu becomes the first African women to win Olympic gold with fellow African Elana Meyer winning silver in an iconic race for women's distance running. Lynn Jennings edges out fellow veteran Huandi Zhong of China for Bronze as Liz McColgan struggles to fifth place in a high quality field.

The image of the two African athletes draped in their national flags would become an enduring olympic image, foreshowdowing the disintegration of Aparthied policy as well as future African - and Ethiopian - dominantion in the event for years to come.

Results. | PB (career)
1. Derartu Tulu (ETH) 31:06:02 | 30:17:49
2. Elana Meyer (RSA) 31:11:75 | 30:52:51
3. Lynn Jennings (USA) 31:19:89 | 31:19:89
4. Zhong Huandi (CHN) 31:21:08 | 30:13:37
5. liz McColgan (GBR) 31:26:11 | 30:57:07
6. Wang Xiuting (CHN) 31:28:06 | 31:27:00
7. Uta Pippig (GER) 31:36:45 | 31:27:36
8. Judi St. Hilaire (USA) 31:38:04 | 31:38:04

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• derartu tulu
• elana meyer
• lynn jennings
• zhong huandi
• liz mccolgan
• ethiopia
• 10000m
• long distance running
• tirunesh dibaba
• barcelona 1992
• ''olympics''

[VirenKickedPresAss]

She actually fucked a BUNCH of the Moroccans... her UPS hubby found out....

[VirenKickedPresAss]

Of the many things, she was fucking Kahlid Skah from Morocco, right after she married the UPS guy that brought her her packages every day...She hated Mary Slaney, because Slany was beautiful AND running well...she was so mean to people on the way up to the top of her running career....ask those who knew her..

[frontierdude]

@VirenKickedPresAss What did she do?

[VirenKickedPresAss]

Wasn't that the cunt, Lynn Jennings, in 3rd place? She could have been the darling of the track and field world, but she is such a CUNT. no one likes her.

[simpsonsfan2007]

That victory lap remains one of my favorite Olympic moments ever.

[Sunelification]

elana meyer is legend - can't believe it's almost 20 years ago i sat watching on the edge of my seat :-)))

[journalistgirl07]

The Tulu-Meyer moment- amazing! 

[divadean1]

poor liz jus love her wish she had won this race she should hav won in 1988 still great athlete