The official results of the Women's 10,000 metres at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, with the final held on Friday August 7, 1992.

[1] Liz McColgan came into the race as the returning silver medalist, the reigning world champion and a reputation behind it.

Zhong Huandi was the silver medalist behind McColgan in the world championships but not much was known about the Chinese program.

Lynn Jennings made an attempt to follow but couldn't bridge the ever-widening gap.

And so it stayed until the bell, Tulu made her break, Meyer didn't have the speed and the gold medal was settled.