Athletics Olympic Games 1996 at Atlanta (usa) Women: 10 km Walk July 29: 1. Yelena Nikolayeva (rus) 41:49 2. Elisabetta Perrone (ita) 42:12 3. Wang Yan (chn) 42:19 4. Gu Yan (chn) 42:34 5. Rossella Giordano (ita) 42:43 6. Olga Kardapoltseva (blr) 43:02 7. Katarzyna Radtke (pol) 43:05 8. Valya Tsybulskaya (blr) 43:21 -. Gao Hongmiao (chn) disqualified * * Gao Hongmiao was disqualified for failing to maintain continuous contact with the ground (actual 3rd in 42:19)