1989 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race

Senior women's race at the 1989 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
Organisers	IAAF
Edition	17th
Date	March 19
Host city	Stavanger, Rogaland, Norway
Venue	Scanvest Ring
Events	1
Distances	6 km – Senior women
Participation	120 athletes from 27 nations
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The Senior women's race at the 1989 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Stavanger, Norway, at the Scanvest Ring on March 19, 1989. A report on the event was given in the Glasgow Herald. ^[1]

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

Race results

Senior women's race (6 km)

Individual

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	Annette Sergent	France	22:27
	Nadezhda Stepanova	Soviet Union	22:34
	Lynn Williams	Canada	22:41
4	Jane Ngotho	Kenya	22:57
5	Jackie Perkins	Australia	22:59
6	Lynn Jennings	United States	22:59
7	Jill Hunter	United Kingdom	23:00
8	Véronique Collard	Belgium	23:01
9	Yelena Romanova	Soviet Union	23:02
10	Maria Lelut	France	23:03
11	Luchia Yeshak	Ethiopia	23:04
12	Conceição Ferreira	Portugal	23:13
13	Angie Pain	United Kingdom	23:15
14	Maree McDonagh	Australia	23:17
15	Adanech Erkulo	Ethiopia	23:19
16	Margaret Groos	United States	23:20
17	Martine Fays	France	23:21
18	Albertina Dias	Portugal	23:22
19	Albertina Machado	Portugal	23:27
20	Natalya Sorokivskaya	Soviet Union	23:27
21	Carla Borovicka	United States	23:28
22	Jeanne-Marie Pipoz	Switzerland	23:28
23	Derartu Tulu	Ethiopia	23:29
24	Tuija Toivonen	Finland	23:32
25	Annette Hand	United States	23:32
26	Susan Hobson	Australia	23:35
27	Regina Chistyakova	Soviet Union	23:36
28	Alison Wyeth	United Kingdom	23:43
29	Sabrina Dornhoefer	United States	23:45
30	Susan Stone	Canada	23:47
31	Kumi Araki	Japan	23:47
32	Marie-Pierre Duros	France	23:48
33	Christine Kennedy	Ireland	23:49
34	Nelly Aerts	Belgium	23:49
35	Ana Moreira	Portugal	23:50
36	Christine Sørum	Norway	23:51
37	Maria van Gestel	Belgium	23:53
38	Akemi Matsuno	Japan	23:55
39	Dolores Rizo	Spain	23:57
40	Martha Ernstdóttir	Iceland	24:00
41	Estela Estévez	Spain	24:00
42	Ana Correia	Portugal	24:01
43	Lesley Graham	New Zealand	24:01
44	Lucy Smith	Canada	24:03
45	Allison Rabour	Italy	24:04
46	Felicidade Sena	Portugal	24:05
47	Kristina Ljungberg	Sweden	24:05
48	Lesley Morton	New Zealand	24:09
49	Tigist Moreda	Ethiopia	24:10
50	Rita de Jesús	Brazil	24:10
51	Sue Dilnot	United Kingdom	24:11
52	Satu Levelä	Finland	24:11
53	Patricia Demilly	France	24:11
54	Rosanna Munerotto	Italy	24:12
55	Mary O'Connor	New Zealand	24:13
56	Jill Purola	Canada	24:13
57	Sadako Hayakawa	Japan	24:13
58	Carmen Díaz	Spain	24:14
59	Daria Nauer	Switzerland	24:14
60	Maiken Sørum	Norway	24:14
61	Debbie Elsmore	New Zealand	24:15
62	Sally Ellis	United Kingdom	24:16
63	Sachiko Yamashita	Japan	24:17
64	Catherine Rooney	Ireland	24:17
65	Nicki Morris	United Kingdom	24:19
66	Carlien Harms	Netherlands	24:20
67	Natalya Artyomova	Soviet Union	24:21
68	Joke Kleyweg	Netherlands	24:22
69	Tatyana Pozdnyakova	Soviet Union	24:23
70	Carita Sunell	Finland	24:23
71	Anna Villani	Italy	24:26
72	Laura Faccio	Italy	24:29
73	Kirsi Rauta	Finland	24:31
74	Tsugumi Fukuyama	Japan	24:32
75	Getenesh Urge	Ethiopia	24:34
76	Catherina McKiernan	Ireland	24:36
77	Jackie Goodman	New Zealand	24:38
78	Roisin Smyth	Ireland	24:40
79	Isabella Moretti	Switzerland	24:40
80	Kirsi Valasti	Finland	24:40
81	Marjan Freriks	Netherlands	24:43
82	Sandra Anschuetz	Canada	24:44
83	Kaisa Siitonen	Finland	24:47
84	Lisbeth Crafach	Denmark	24:50
85	Joy Terry	Australia	24:51
86	Shelly Steely	United States	24:57
87	Nives Curti	Italy	25:02
88	Jenny Lund	Australia	25:05
89	Barbara Moore	New Zealand	25:09
90	Hilde Marit Fjelltveit	Norway	25:10
91	Carmen Brunet	Spain	25:11
92	Jytte Pedersen	Denmark	25:11
93	Rosario Murcia	France	25:12
94	Cathrine Bendz	Norway	25:14
95	Rosa Perez	Spain	25:16
96	Tanja Merchiers	Belgium	25:19
97	Valerie Collins	Ireland	25:21
98	Grethe Fosse	Norway	25:22
99	Tove Schultz	Denmark	25:23
100	Anja de Brabant	Belgium	25:24
101	Monica Conti	Italy	25:24
102	Natsulov Kawamoto	Japan	25:26
103	Inga Nielsen	Denmark	25:47
104	Anita Nielsen	Denmark	25:53
105	May Allison	Canada	25:56
106	Bente Moe	Norway	26:02
107	Ulla Nielsen	Denmark	26:06
108	Cleuza Irineu	Brazil	26:16
109	Fernanda Marques	Portugal	26:22
110	Maria Belarmino	Brazil	26:34
111	Mazal Shalom	Israel	27:03
112	Katerina Pratsi	Cyprus	27:07
113	Frida Run Thordardóttir	Iceland	27:22
114	Rizoneide Vanderley	Brazil	27:26
115	Maryse Justin	Mauritius	27:30
116	Margret Brynjolfsdóttir	Iceland	28:30
117	Corneila Melis	Aruba	29:18
118	Hulda Palsdóttír	Iceland	29:48
—	Ana Isabel Alonso	Spain	DNF
—	Carolyn Schuwalov	Australia	DNF

Teams

Rank	Team	Points
	Soviet Union Nadezhda Stepanova 2 Yelena Romanova 9 Natalya Sorokivskaya 20 Regina Chistyakova 27 (Natalya Artyomova) (67) (Tatyana Pozdnyakova) (69)	58
	France Annette Sergent 1 Maria Lelut 10 Martine Fays 17 Marie-Pierre Duros 32 (Patricia Demilly) (53) (Rosario Murcia) (93)	60
	United States Lynn Jennings 6 Margaret Groos 16 Carla Borovicka 21 Annette Hand 25 (Sabrina Dornhoefer) (29) (Shelly Steely) (86)	68
4	Portugal Conceição Ferreira 12 Albertina Dias 18 Albertina Machado 19 Ana Moreira 35 (Ana Correia) (42) (Felicidade Sena) (46) (Fernanda Marques) (109)	84
5	Ethiopia Luchia Yeshak 11 Adanech Erkulo 15 Derartu Tulu 23 Tigist Moreda 49 (Getenesh Urge) (75)	98
6	United Kingdom Jill Hunter 7 Angie Pain 13 Alison Wyeth 28 Sue Dilnot 51 (Sally Ellis) (62) (Nicki Morris) (65)	99
7	Australia Jackie Perkins 5 Maree McDonagh 14 Susan Hobson 26 Joy Terry 85 (Jenny Lund) (88) (Carolyn Schuwalov) (DNF)	130
8	Canada Lynn Williams 3 Susan Stone 30 Lucy Smith 44 Jill Purola 56 (Sandra Anschuetz) (82) (May Allison) (105)	133
9	Belgium Véronique Collard 8 Nelly Aerts 34 Maria van Gestel 37 Tanja Merchiers 96 (Anja de Brabant) (100)	175
10	Japan Kumi Araki 31 Akemi Matsuno 38 Sadako Hayakawa 57 Sachiko Yamashita 63 (Tsugumi Fukuyama) (74) (Natsulov Kawamoto) (102)	189
11	New Zealand Lesley Graham 43 Lesley Morton 48 Mary O'Connor 55 Debbie Elsmore 61 (Jackie Goodman) (77) (Barbara Moore) (89)	207
12	Finland Tuija Toivonen 24 Satu Levelä 52 Carita Sunell 70 Kirsi Rauta 73 (Kirsi Valasti) (80) (Kaisa Siitonen) (83)	219
13	Spain Dolores Rizo 39 Estela Estévez 41 Carmen Díaz 58 Carmen Brunet 91 (Rosa Perez) (95) (Ana Isabel Alonso) (DNF)	229
14	Italy Allison Rabour 45 Rosanna Munerotto 54 Anna Villani 71 Laura Faccio 72 (Nives Curti) (87) (Monica Conti) (101)	242
15	Ireland Christine Kennedy 33 Catherine Rooney 64 Catherina McKiernan 76 Roisin Smyth 78 (Valerie Collins) (97)	251
16	Norway Christine Sørum 36 Maiken Sørum 60 Hilde Marit Fjelltveit 90 Cathrine Bendz 94 (Grethe Fosse) (98) (Bente Moe) (106)	280
17	Denmark Lisbeth Crafach 84 Jytte Pedersen 92 Tove Schultz 99 Inga Nielsen 103 (Anita Nielsen) (104) (Ulla Nielsen) (107)	378
18	Brazil Rita de Jesús 50 Cleuza Irineu 108 Maria Belarmino 110 Rizoneide Vanderley 114	382
19	Iceland Martha Ernstdóttir 40 Frida Run Thordardóttir 113 Margret Brynjolfsdóttir 116 Hulda Palsdóttír 118	387

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

Participation

An unofficial count yields the participation of 120 athletes from 27 countries in the Senior women's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published. ^[4]

•   Aruba (1)
•   Australia (6)
•   Belgium (5)
•   Brazil (4)
•   Canada (6)
•   Cyprus (1)
•   Denmark (6)
•   Ethiopia (5)
•   Finland (6)
•   France (6)
•   Iceland (4)
•   Ireland (5)
•   Israel (1)
•   Italy (6)
•   Japan (6)
•   Kenya (1)
•   Mauritius (1)
•   Netherlands (3)
•   New Zealand (6)
•   Norway (6)
•   Portugal (7)
•   Soviet Union (6)
•   Spain (6)
•   Sweden (1)
•    Switzerland (3)
•   United Kingdom (6)
•   United States (6)

See also

• 1989 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race
• 1989 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race
• 1989 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior women's race

References

1. Ngugi wins unprecedented fourth title - Despite a gallant chase by Britain's Tim Hutchings, the World Cross-Country Championships in Norway yesterday turned into a Kenyan festival..., Glasgow Herald, March 20, 1989, p. 20, retrieved October 23, 2013
2. Magnusson, Tomas (February 15, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 6.0km CC Women - Stavanger Scanvest Date: Sunday, March 19, 1989, 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 (PDF) on September 27, 2013, retrieved October 9, 2013