1988 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race

Senior women's race at the 1988 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
Organisers	IAAF
Edition	16th
Date	March 26
Host city	Auckland, New Zealand
Venue	Ellerslie Racecourse
Events	1
Distances	5.962 km – Senior women
Participation	141 athletes from 32 nations
← 1987 Warszawa 1989 Stavanger →

The Senior women's race at the 1988 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Auckland, New Zealand, at the Ellerslie Racecourse on March 26, 1988. 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 (5.962 km)

Individual

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	Ingrid Kristiansen	Norway	19:04
	Angela Tooby	United Kingdom	19:23
	Annette Sergent	France	19:29
4	Lynn Jennings	United States	19:38
5	Albertina Machado	Portugal	19:38
6	Yelena Romanova	Soviet Union	19:41
7	Regina Chistyakova	Soviet Union	19:41
8	Liève Slegers	Belgium	19:44
9	Jill Hunter	United Kingdom	19:46
10	Maria Curatolo	Italy	19:46
11	Marie-Pierre Duros	France	19:49
12	Susan Sirma	Kenya	19:50
13	Wang Huabi	China	19:50
14	Wang Xiuting	China	19:51
15	Malin Wästlund	Sweden	19:55
16	Susan Tooby	United Kingdom	19:56
17	Yuki Tamura	Japan	19:57
18	Marina Rodchenkova	Soviet Union	19:57
19	Nancy Tinari	Canada	19:57
20	Olga Bondarenko	Soviet Union	19:58
21	Brenda Shackleton	Canada	19:58
22	Jane Ngotho	Kenya	19:58
23	Conceição Ferreira	Portugal	19:59
24	Leslie Seymour	United States	20:01
25	Ulla Marquette	Canada	20:02
26	Lizanne Bussières	Canada	20:04
27	Christine McMiken	New Zealand	20:05
28	Patricia Demilly	France	20:06
29	Nan Davis	United States	20:07
30	Rosario Murcia	France	20:09
31	Sabrina Dornhoefer	United States	20:09
32	Jackie Perkins	Australia	20:09
33	Jackie Goodman	New Zealand	20:10
34	Fiona Truman	United Kingdom	20:10
35	Maria Lelut	France	20:11
36	Annie Schweitzer	United States	20:12
37	Mónica Gama	Portugal	20:15
38	Kerstin Pressler	West Germany	20:16
39	Natalya Lagunkova	Soviet Union	20:17
40	Akemi Matsuno	Japan	20:17
41	Purity Samuel	Kenya	20:18
42	Judy Chamberlin	United States	20:19
43	Kersti Jakobsen	Denmark	20:21
44	Zhong Huandi	China	20:23
45	Barbara Moore	New Zealand	20:24
46	Martine Oppliger	Switzerland	20:24
47	Esther Saina	Kenya	20:25
48	Sonia Vinall	United Kingdom	20:25
49	Sinikka Keskitalo	Finland	20:25
50	Ingrid Delagrange	Belgium	20:26
51	Isabella Moretti	Switzerland	20:26
52	Antje Winkelmann	West Germany	20:26
53	Anne Keenan	Ireland	20:30
54	Ana Isabel Alonso	Spain	20:30
55	Małgorzata Birbach	Poland	20:31
56	Lesley Graham	New Zealand	20:32
57	Delilah Asiago	Kenya	20:33
58	Maree McDonagh	Australia	20:34
59	Lyudmila Matveyeva	Soviet Union	20:35
60	Rosanna Munerotto	Italy	20:36
61	Ana Oliveira	Portugal	20:37
62	Estela Estévez	Spain	20:38
63	Christine Sørum	Norway	20:40
64	Kazue Kojima	Japan	20:41
65	Anette Dwyer	Australia	20:42
66	Angelines Rodriguez	Spain	20:42
67	Masako Matsumoto	Japan	20:42
68	Dolores Rizo	Spain	20:44
69	Rose Lambe	Ireland	20:44
70	Tina Krebs	Denmark	20:44
71	Grete Kirkeberg	Norway	20:45
72	Mary O'Connor	New Zealand	20:46
73	Maria Guida	Italy	20:47
74	Sirkku Kumpulainen	Finland	20:50
75	Christine Loiseau	France	20:52
76	Bente Moe	Norway	20:53
77	Päivi Tikkanen	Finland	20:54
78	Fulvia Furlan	Italy	20:55
79	Cristina Agusti	Spain	20:55
80	Sheila Purves	Hong Kong	20:55
81	Li Xiuxia	China	20:55
82	Christine Pfitzinger	New Zealand	21:00
83	Eva Svensson	Sweden	21:01
84	Laura Wight	United Kingdom	21:02
85	Mary Donohoe	Ireland	21:07
86	Catherine Rooney	Ireland	21:07
87	Roberta Brunet	Italy	21:08
88	Satu Levelä	Finland	21:08
89	Silvana Pereira	Brazil	21:10
90	Genoveva Eichenmann	Switzerland	21:10
91	Leah Pells	Canada	21:12
92	Yuko Gordon	Hong Kong	21:15
93	Sue Malaxos	Australia	21:17
94	Gabriela Wolf	West Germany	21:17
95	Rita de Jesús	Brazil	21:17
96	Margaret Ngotho	Kenya	21:18
97	Anita Håkenstad	Norway	21:18
98	Anna Müller	Austria	21:23
99	Janet Mayal	Brazil	21:27
100	Grazyna Kowina	Poland	21:28
101	Tanja Merchiers	Belgium	21:29
102	Naomi Yoshida	Japan	21:32
103	Chie Katsura	Japan	21:32
104	Kerryn Hindmarsh	Australia	21:33
105	Maria van Gestel	Belgium	21:36
106	Daria Nauer	Switzerland	21:36
107	Roseanne Brisbane	Australia	21:40
108	Marinete Quintanilha	Brazil	21:42
109	Sabine Knetsch	West Germany	21:44
110	Maryse Justin	Mauritius	21:47
111	Sissel Grottenberg	Norway	21:49
112	Roisin Smyth	Ireland	21:57
113	Rita Malone	Ireland	21:58
114	Tove Lorentzen	Denmark	22:00
115	Stella Selles	Argentina	22:02
116	Griselda González	Argentina	22:02
117	Agnese Possamai	Italy	22:09
118	Martha Lungu	Zambia	22:23
119	Marvis Chiloshya	Zambia	22:33
120	Nanda Shaner Yadav	India	22:34
121	Suman Rawat	India	22:39
122	Vijay Nilman Khalko	India	22:42
123	Rizoneide Vanderley	Brazil	22:47
124	Maria Ritter	Liechtenstein	22:59
125	Elisa Cobañea	Argentina	23:00
126	Esther Nambela	Zambia	23:13
127	Adriano Calvo	Argentina	23:16
128	Surjit Kaur	India	23:43
129	Raj Kumari Pandey	Nepal	23:45
130	Mercy Kaluinga	Zambia	24:40
131	Alison Robinson	Hong Kong	24:40
132	Donna Cauvuilati	Fiji	24:44
133	Chiu Pik Kwan	Hong Kong	24:58
134	Bimala Joshi	Nepal	25:41
135	Menuka Ravat	Nepal	25:49
136	Onorina Rokowati	Fiji	25:53
137	Nir Maya Karki	Nepal	26:46
138	Amelia Likusaileka	Fiji	27:08
139	Reena Devi	Fiji	28:59
—	Albertina Dias	Portugal	DNF
—	Montserrat Abello	Spain	DNF

Teams

Rank	Team	Points
	Soviet Union Yelena Romanova 6 Regina Chistyakova 7 Marina Rodchenkova 18 Olga Bondarenko 20 (Natalya Lagunkova) (39) (Lyudmila Matveyeva) (59)	51
	United Kingdom Angela Tooby 2 Jill Hunter 9 Susan Tooby 16 Fiona Truman 34 (Sonia Vinall) (48) (Laura Wight) (84)	61
	France Annette Sergent 3 Marie-Pierre Duros 11 Patricia Demilly 28 Rosario Murcia 30 (Maria Lelut) (35) (Christine Loiseau) (75)	72
4	United States Lynn Jennings 4 Leslie Seymour 24 Nan Davis 29 Sabrina Dornhoefer 31 (Annie Schweitzer) (36) (Judy Chamberlin) (42)	88
5	Canada Nancy Tinari 19 Brenda Shackleton 21 Ulla Marquette 25 Lizanne Bussières 26 (Leah Pells) (91)	91
6	Kenya Susan Sirma 12 Jane Ngotho 22 Purity Samuel 41 Esther Saina 47 (Delilah Asiago) (57) (Margaret Ngotho) (96)	122
7	Portugal Albertina Machado 5 Conceição Ferreira 23 Mónica Gama 37 Ana Oliveira 61 (Albertina Dias) (DNF)	126
8	China Wang Huabi 13 Wang Xiuting 14 Zhong Huandi 44 Li Xiuxia 81	152
9	New Zealand Christine McMiken 27 Jackie Goodman 33 Barbara Moore 45 Lesley Graham 56 (Mary O'Connor) (72) (Christine Pfitzinger) (82)	161
10	Japan Yuki Tamura 17 Akemi Matsuno 40 Kazue Kojima 64 Masako Matsumoto 67 (Naomi Yoshida) (102) (Chie Katsura) (103)	188
11	Norway Ingrid Kristiansen 1 Christine Sørum 63 Grete Kirkeberg 71 Bente Moe 76 (Anita Håkenstad) (97) (Sissel Grottenberg) (111)	211
12	Italy Maria Curatolo 10 Rosanna Munerotto 60 Maria Guida 73 Fulvia Furlan 78 (Roberta Brunet) (87) (Agnese Possamai) (117)	221
13	Australia Jackie Perkins 32 Maree McDonagh 58 Anette Dwyer 65 Sue Malaxos 93 (Kerryn Hindmarsh) (104) (Roseanne Brisbane) (107)	248
14	Spain Ana Isabel Alonso 54 Estela Estévez 62 Angelines Rodriguez 66 Dolores Rizo 68 (Cristina Agusti) (79) (Montserrat Abello) (DNF)	250
15	Belgium Liève Slegers 8 Ingrid Delagrange 50 Tanja Merchiers 101 Maria van Gestel 105	264
16	Finland Sinikka Keskitalo 49 Sirkku Kumpulainen 74 Päivi Tikkanen 77 Satu Levelä 88	288
17	Ireland Anne Keenan 53 Rose Lambe 69 Mary Donohoe 85 Catherine Rooney 86 (Roisin Smyth) (112) (Rita Malone) (113)	293
18	Switzerland Martine Oppliger 46 Isabella Moretti 51 Genoveva Eichenmann 90 Daria Nauer 106	293
19	West Germany Kerstin Pressler 38 Antje Winkelmann 52 Gabriela Wolf 94 Sabine Knetsch 109	293
20	Brazil Silvana Pereira 89 Rita de Jesús 95 Janet Mayal 99 Marinete Quintanilha 108 (Rizoneide Vanderley) (123)	391
21	Hong Kong Sheila Purves 80 Yuko Gordon 92 Alison Robinson 131 Chiu Pik Kwan 133	436
22	Argentina Stella Selles 115 Griselda González 116 Elisa Cobañea 125 Adriano Calvo 127	483
23	India Nanda Shaner Yadav 120 Suman Rawat 121 Vijay Nilman Khalko 122 Surjit Kaur 128	491
24	Zambia Martha Lungu 118 Marvis Chiloshya 119 Esther Nambela 126 Mercy Kaluinga 130	493
25	Nepal Raj Kumari Pandey 129 Bimala Joshi 134 Menuka Ravat 135 Nir Maya Karki 137	535
26	Fiji Donna Cauvuilati 132 Onorina Rokowati 136 Amelia Likusaileka 138 Reena Devi 139	545

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

Participation

An unofficial count yields the participation of 141 athletes from 32 countries in the Senior women's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published. ^[4]

•   Argentina (4)
•  Australia (6)
•   Austria (1)
•   Belgium (4)
•   Brazil (5)
•  Canada (5)
•   China (4)
•   Denmark (3)
•   Fiji (4)
•   Finland (4)
•  France (6)
•   Hong Kong (4)
•   India (4)
•   Ireland (6)
•  Italy (6)
•   Japan (6)
•   Kenya (6)
•   Liechtenstein (1)
•   Mauritius (1)
•     Nepal (4)
•  New Zealand (6)
•   Norway (6)
•   Poland (2)
•   Portugal (5)
•  Soviet Union (6)
•   Spain (6)
•   Sweden (2)
•    Switzerland (4)
•  United Kingdom (6)
•  United States (6)
•   West Germany (4)
•   Zambia (4)

See also

• 1988 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race
• 1988 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race

References

1. Gillon, Doug (March 28, 1988), Cross-country in Britain could be running out of time – The World Championships in Auckland may have signalled the beginning of the death of cross-country running in Britain..., Glasgow Herald, p. 9, retrieved October 23, 2013
2. Magnusson, Tomas (September 8, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 6.0km CC Women - Auckland Elleslie Date: Saturday, March 26, 1988, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on October 16, 2007, retrieved October 23, 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