1984 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race

Senior women's race at the 1984 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
Organisers	IAAF
Edition	12th
Date	March 25
Host city	East Rutherford, New Jersey, United States
Venue	Meadowlands Racetrack
Events	1
Distances	5 km – Senior women
Participation	109 athletes from 24 nations
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The Senior women's race at the 1984 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in East Rutherford, New Jersey, United States, at the Meadowlands Racetrack on March 25, 1984. A report on the event was given in the Glasgow Herald. ^[1]

Complete results, ^[2] medallists, ^[3] and the results of British athletes ^[4] were published.

Race results

Senior women's race (5 km)

Individual

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	Maricica Puică	Romania	15:56
	Galina Zakharova	Soviet Union	15:58
	Grete Waitz	Norway	15:58
4	Ingrid Kristiansen	Norway	16:04
5	Jane Furniss	England	16:10
6	Christine Benning	England	16:15
7	Midde Hamrin	Sweden	16:16
8	Angela Tooby	Wales	16:18
9	Betty Springs	United States	16:20
10	Cathy Branta	United States	16:21
11	Eva Ernström	Sweden	16:21
12	Francine Peeters	Belgium	16:26
13	Zhanna Tursunova	Soviet Union	16:26
14	Dianne Rodger	New Zealand	16:27
15	Ruth Smeeth	England	16:28
16	Sabrina Dornhoefer	United States	16:30
17	Cathie Twomey	United States	16:31
18	Lynn Williams	Canada	16:31
19	Mary O'Connor	New Zealand	16:33
20	Tina Krebs	Denmark	16:35
21	Regina Joyce	Ireland	16:35
22	Roisin Smyth	Ireland	16:36
23	Aurora Cunha	Portugal	16:37
24	Rosa Mota	Portugal	16:38
25	Brenda Webb	United States	16:38
26	Monica Joyce	Ireland	16:41
27	Christine Hughes	New Zealand	16:41
28	Alba Milana	Italy	16:41
29	Faina Andreyeva	Soviet Union	16:43
30	Jacqueline Lefeuvre	France	16:44
31	Sue Bruce	New Zealand	16:45
32	Nan Doak	United States	16:48
33	Nancy Rooks	Canada	16:50
34	Paula Ilie	Romania	16:50
35	Christel Jennis	Belgium	16:51
36	Louise McGrillen	Ireland	16:51
37	Pilar Fernandez	Spain	16:52
38	Avril McClung	Northern Ireland	16:52
39	Carole Bradford	England	16:52
40	Elena Fidatof	Romania	16:53
41	Fiona McQueen	Scotland	16:53
42	Albertina Machado	Portugal	16:54
43	Birgitta Wåhlin	Sweden	16:55
44	Corinne Debaets	Belgium	16:55
45	Linda Milo	Belgium	16:56
46	Kim Lock	Wales	16:56
47	Tuija Toivonen	Finland	16:56
48	Montserrat Abello	Spain	16:57
49	Agnese Possamai	Italy	16:58
50	Linden Wilde	New Zealand	17:00
51	Christine Loiseau	France	17:00
52	Margareta Keszeg	Romania	17:02
53	Ellen Wessinghage	West Germany	17:05
54	Carol Haigh	England	17:06
55	Julie Laughton	England	17:07
56	Charlotte Kaagh	Denmark	17:09
57	Isabelle Matthys	France	17:10
58	Mary Friel	Ireland	17:10
59	Maria Lelut	France	17:11
60	Rita Marchisio	Italy	17:11
61	Annika Lewin	Sweden	17:11
62	Kate Wiley	Canada	17:12
63	Marie-Christine Deurbroeck	Belgium	17:12
64	Debbie Scott	Canada	17:13
65	Sinikka Keskitalo	Finland	17:16
66	Asuncion Sinobas	Spain	17:16
67	Conceição Ferreira	Portugal	17:17
68	Magda Ilands	Belgium	17:17
69	Martine Fays	France	17:17
70	Susan French	Canada	17:18
71	Rosanna Munerotto	Italy	17:21
72	Marion Josefsen	Norway	17:23
73	Jennifer Christiansen	Canada	17:23
74	Mercedes Calleja	Spain	17:24
75	Kirsti Voldnes	Norway	17:26
76	Marciela Hurtado	Mexico	17:26
77	Elise Lyon	Scotland	17:28
78	Roberta Brunet	Italy	17:29
79	Mona Kleppe	Norway	17:33
80	Lucilia Soares	Portugal	17:34
81	Christine Whittingham	Scotland	17:34
82	Sara Harnett	New Zealand	17:34
83	Kersti Jakobsen	Denmark	17:35
84	Kirsty Husband	Scotland	17:43
85	Anneli Edling	Sweden	17:45
86	Lone Dybdahl	Denmark	17:46
87	Kathy Mearns	Scotland	17:50
88	Cristina Agusti	Spain	17:52
89	Mitica Junghiatu	Romania	17:55
90	Maria Curatolo	Italy	17:55
91	Ana Isabel Alonso	Spain	17:56
92	Marit Holtklimpen	Norway	18:07
93	Mie Poulsen Jensen	Denmark	18:12
94	Helle Jørgensen	Denmark	18:12
95	Jean Lochhead	Wales	18:12
96	Louise Copp	Wales	18:13
97	Sally James	Wales	18:15
98	Elizabeth Oldfield	Wales	18:18
99	Angela McCullagh	Northern Ireland	18:22
100	Andrea Everett	Scotland	18:36
101	Marisela de Díaz	Venezuela	18:42
102	Kay McGowan	Northern Ireland	19:02
103	Una Barry	Northern Ireland	19:06
104	Allison O'Neill	Northern Ireland	19:29
105	Susanna Herrera	Mexico	20:06
106	Veneranda Avila	Dominican Republic	20:56
107	Fanny Lopez	Dominican Republic	20:58
108	Elizabeth Gladfelter	U.S. Virgin Islands	21:39
—	Joëlle De Brouwer	France	DNF

Teams

Rank	Team	Points
	United States Betty Springs 9 Cathy Branta 10 Sabrina Dornhoefer 16 Cathie Twomey 17 (Brenda Webb) (25) (Nan Doak) (32)	52
	England Jane Furniss 5 Christine Benning 6 Ruth Smeeth 15 Carole Bradford 39 (Carol Haigh) (54) (Julie Laughton) (55)	65
	New Zealand Dianne Rodger 14 Mary O'Connor 19 Christine Hughes 27 Sue Bruce 31 (Linden Wilde) (50) (Sara Harnett) (82)	91
4	Ireland Regina Joyce 21 Roisin Smyth 22 Monica Joyce 26 Louise McGrillen 36 (Mary Friel) (58)	105
5	Sweden Midde Hamrin 7 Eva Ernström 11 Birgitta Wåhlin 43 Annika Lewin 61 (Anneli Edling) (85)	122
6	Romania Maricica Puică 1 Paula Ilie 34 Elena Fidatof 40 Margareta Keszeg 52 (Mitica Junghiatu) (89)	127
7	Belgium Francine Peeters 12 Christel Jennis 35 Corinne Debaets 44 Linda Milo 45 (Marie-Christine Deurbroeck) (63) (Magda Ilands) (68)	136
8	Norway Grete Waitz 3 Ingrid Kristiansen 4 Marion Josefsen 72 Kirsti Voldnes 75 (Mona Kleppe) (79) (Marit Holtklimpen) (92)	154
9	Portugal Aurora Cunha 23 Rosa Mota 24 Albertina Machado 42 Conceição Ferreira 67 (Lucilia Soares) (80)	156
10	Canada Lynn Williams 18 Nancy Rooks 33 Kate Wiley 62 Debbie Scott 64 (Susan French) (70) (Jennifer Christiansen) (73)	177
11	France Jacqueline Lefeuvre 30 Christine Loiseau 51 Isabelle Matthys 57 Maria Lelut 59 (Martine Fays) (69) (Joëlle Debrouwer) (DNF)	197
12	Italy Alba Milana 28 Agnese Possamai 49 Rita Marchisio 60 Rosanna Munerotto 71 (Roberta Brunet) (78) (Maria Curatolo) (90)	208
13	Spain Pilar Fernandez 37 Montserrat Abello 48 Asuncion Sinobas 66 Mercedes Calleja 74 (Cristina Agusti) (88) (Ana Isabel Alonso) (91)	225
14	Denmark Tina Krebs 20 Charlotte Kaagh 56 Kersti Jakobsen 83 Lone Dybdahl 86 (Mie Poulsen Jensen) (93) (Helle Jørgensen) (94)	245
15	Wales Angela Tooby 8 Kim Lock 46 Jean Lochhead 95 Louise Copp 96 (Sally James) (97) (Elizabeth Oldfield) (98)	245
16	Scotland Fiona McQueen 41 Elise Lyon 77 Christine Whittingham 81 Kirsty Husband 84 (Kathy Mearns) (87) (Andrea Everett) (100)	283
17	Northern Ireland Avril McClung 38 Angela McCullagh 99 Kay McGowan 102 Una Barry 103 (Allison O'Neill) (104)	342

• Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Participation

An unofficial count yields the participation of 109 athletes from 24 countries in the Senior women's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published. ^[4]

•   Belgium (6)
•   Canada (6)
•   Denmark (6)
•   Dominican Republic (2)
•   England (6)
•   Finland (2)
•   France (6)
•   Ireland (5)
•   Italy (6)
•   Mexico (2)
•   New Zealand (6)
•   Northern Ireland (5)
•   Norway (6)
•   Portugal (5)
•   Romania (5)
•   Scotland (6)
•   Soviet Union (3)
•   Spain (6)
•   Sweden (5)
•   United States (6)
•   U.S. Virgin Islands (1)
•   Venezuela (1)
•   Wales (6)
•   West Germany (1)

See also

• 1984 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race
• 1984 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race

References

1. Athletics - Carlos Lopes of Portugal won the world cross-country title over seven-and-a-half miles of Meadowlands Racecourse in New York yesterday in a time of 33 minutes 25 seconds, but Scotland's best medal hope Shettleston Harrier Nat Muir, was forced to watch the race on television, confined to bed with a bronchial virus and a temperature of 103..., Glasgow Herald, March 26, 1984, p. 15, retrieved October 21, 2013
2. Magnusson, Tomas (September 8, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 5.0km CC Women - New York The Meadowlands Date: Sunday, March 25, 1984, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on October 16, 2007, retrieved October 21, 2013
3. IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved October 9, 2013
4. 36th IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS - EDINBURGH 2008 - FACTS & FIGURES - GREAT BRITAIN & NORTHERN IRELAND AT THE INTERNATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY & WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS (PDF), IAAF, p. 2ff, archived from the original on September 27, 2013, retrieved October 9, 2013