1990 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race

Senior women's race at the 1990 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
Organisers	IAAF
Edition	18th
Date	March 25
Host city	Aix-les-Bains, Rhône-Alpes, France
Venue	Hippodrome de Marlioz
Events	1
Distances	6 km – Senior women
Participation	139 athletes from 35 nations
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The Senior women's race at the 1990 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Aix-les-Bains, France, at the Hippodrome de Marlioz on March 25, 1990. 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 (6 km)

Individual

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	Lynn Jennings	United States	19:21
	Albertina Dias	Portugal	19:33
	Yelena Romanova	Soviet Union	19:33
4	Luchia Yeshak	Ethiopia	19:33
5	Nadia Dandolo	Italy	19:39
6	Jane Ngotho	Kenya	19:41
7	Conceição Ferreira	Portugal	19:45
8	Viorica Ghican	Romania	19:47
9	Margaret Wairimu	Kenya	19:49
10	Nadezhda Galyamova	Soviet Union	19:50
11	Olga Nazarkina	Soviet Union	19:51
12	Iulia Negura	Romania	19:51
13	Regina Chistyakova	Soviet Union	19:52
14	Jeanne-Marie Pipoz	Switzerland	19:52
15	Derartu Tulu	Ethiopia	19:53
16	Estela Estévez	Spain	19:53
17	Annette Sergent	France	19:55
18	Susan Hobson	Australia	19:56
19	Marcianne Mukamurenzi	Rwanda	19:59
20	Martine Fays	France	20:00
21	Aurora Cunha	Portugal	20:01
22	Anuța Cătună	Romania	20:01
23	Véronique Collard	Belgium	20:02
24	Jenny Lund	Australia	20:03
25	Adanech Erkulo	Ethiopia	20:03
26	Carolyn Schuwalov	Australia	20:03
27	Julia Vaquero	Spain	20:04
28	Natalya Sorokivskaya	Soviet Union	20:05
29	Odile Ohier	France	20:05
30	Angela Chalmers	Canada	20:06
31	Getenesh Urge	Ethiopia	20:06
32	Gitte Karlshøj	Denmark	20:06
33	Sabrina Dornhoefer	United States	20:07
34	Elaine van Blunk	United States	20:07
35	Sonia McGeorge	United Kingdom	20:08
36	Kumi Araki	Japan	20:08
37	Marjan Freriks	Netherlands	20:09
38	Kathrin Ullrich	East Germany	20:14
39	Liève Slegers	Belgium	20:15
40	Catherina McKiernan	Ireland	20:16
41	Kaori Kumura	Japan	20:17
42	Naomi Yoshida	Japan	20:17
43	Maria Curatolo	Italy	20:18
44	Shelly Steely	United States	20:20
45	María Luisa Servín	Mexico	20:21
46	Martine Oppliger	Switzerland	20:23
47	Laura Adam	United Kingdom	20:23
48	Annette Hüls	West Germany	20:24
49	Lucy Smith	Canada	20:24
50	Mónica Gama	Portugal	20:27
51	Tatyana Pozdnyakova	Soviet Union	20:27
52	Leah Pells	Canada	20:27
53	Yoshie Terazawa	Japan	20:27
54	Anke Schäning	East Germany	20:28
55	Lisa Harvey	Canada	20:28
56	Dolores Rizo	Spain	20:29
57	Nancy Patteet	Belgium	20:30
58	Anette Dwyer	Australia	20:32
59	Farida Fatès	France	20:33
60	Elena Fidatof	Romania	20:33
61	Sachiko Yamashita	Japan	20:35
62	Corinne Debaets	Belgium	20:37
63	Maria Starovská	Czechoslovakia	20:38
64	Carlien Harms	Netherlands	20:38
65	Birgit Jerschabek	East Germany	20:39
66	Tigist Moreda	Ethiopia	20:39
67	Anja de Brabant	Belgium	20:40
68	Roisin Smyth	Ireland	20:40
69	Fatima Maama	Morocco	20:40
70	Marian Sutton	United Kingdom	20:41
71	Robyn Meagher	Canada	20:41
72	Lucilia Soares	Portugal	20:42
73	Zahra Ouaziz	Morocco	20:43
74	Ana Isabel Alonso	Spain	20:44
75	María del Carmen Díaz	Mexico	20:45
76	Silvana Pereira	Brazil	20:46
77	Carmen Fuentes	Spain	20:48
78	Addis Gezagne	Ethiopia	20:49
79	Annette Fincke	East Germany	20:49
80	Mariana Stanescu	Romania	20:50
81	Nives Curti	Italy	20:50
82	Christien Toonstra	Netherlands	20:54
83	Christine Kennedy	Ireland	20:55
84	Margaret Kagiri	Kenya	20:57
85	Mary O'Connor	New Zealand	20:59
86	Tanja Kalinowski	West Germany	20:59
87	Lucinda Martin	United Kingdom	21:00
88	Isabella Moretti	Switzerland	21:01
89	Valentina Tauceri	Italy	21:02
90	Florence Wangechi	Kenya	21:02
91	Martha Ernstdóttir	Iceland	21:04
92	Carmen Brunet	Spain	21:05
93	Carole Connolly	Australia	21:05
94	Izumi Maki	Japan	21:06
95	Anne Viallix	France	21:06
96	Niamh Murphy	Ireland	21:06
97	Pavlina Evro	Albania	21:07
98	Mébarka El Hadj Abdellah	Algeria	21:07
99	Alison Wyeth	United Kingdom	21:09
100	Liri Brahja	Albania	21:09
101	Rizoneide Vanderley	Brazil	21:10
102	Betty Molteni	Italy	21:10
103	Leanne Martin	United States	21:11
104	Daria Nauer	Switzerland	21:11
105	Lotta Legernes	Sweden	21:13
106	Benita Perez	Mexico	21:13
107	Blanca Jaime	Mexico	21:14
108	Luz Fabiola Rueda	Colombia	21:15
109	Christine Feuillet	France	21:15
110	Ulla Marquette	Canada	21:16
111	Laura Faccio	Italy	21:18
112	Teresa Duffy	Ireland	21:19
113	Claudia Metzner	West Germany	21:21
114	Ursula Noctor	Ireland	21:22
115	Joy Terry	Australia	21:23
116	Andrea Fleischer	East Germany	21:24
117	Janet Smith	United States	21:24
118	Rita de Jesús	Brazil	21:29
119	Donika Hanxhara	Albania	21:30
120	Nanda Shaner Yadav	India	21:32
121	Manushaqe Taku	Albania	21:35
122	Solange de Souza	Brazil	21:41
123	Annet Bezemer	Netherlands	21:43
124	Nelly Glauser	Switzerland	21:44
125	Pauline Konga	Kenya	21:47
126	Anila Mekshi	Albania	21:48
127	Kerstin Streck	West Germany	21:48
128	Nelly Aerts	Belgium	21:49
129	Vijay Nilman Khalko	India	21:52
130	Charulatha Naigaonkar	India	22:06
131	Brenda Sleeuwenhoek	Netherlands	22:09
132	Karla Guerrero	Mexico	22:13
133	Lee Hsiao-Chuan	Chinese Taipei	22:15
134	Lukose Leelamma	India	22:30
135	Zehava Shmueli	Israel	22:46
136	Lisbeth Crafach	Denmark	22:47
137	Olga Avalos	Mexico	22:49
138	Marie-Cecile Rivetta	Monaco	22:55
—	Fernanda Marques	Portugal	DNF

Teams

Rank	Team	Points
	Soviet Union Yelena Romanova 3 Nadezhda Galyamova 10 Olga Nazarkina 11 Regina Chistyakova 13 (Natalya Sorokivskaya) (28) (Tatyana Pozdnyakova) (51)	37
	Ethiopia Luchia Yeshak 4 Derartu Tulu 15 Adanech Erkulo 25 Getenesh Urge 31 (Tigist Moreda) (66) (Addis Gezagne) (78)	75
	Portugal Albertina Dias 2 Conceição Ferreira 7 Aurora Cunha 21 Mónica Gama 50 (Lucilia Soares) (72) (Fernanda Marques) (DNF)	80
4	Romania Viorica Ghican 8 Iulia Negura 12 Anuța Cătună 22 Elena Fidatof 60 (Mariana Stanescu) (80)	102
5	United States Lynn Jennings 1 Sabrina Dornhoefer 33 Elaine van Blunk 34 Shelly Steely 44 (Leanne Martin) (103) (Janet Smith) (117)	112
6	France Annette Sergent 17 Martine Fays 20 Odile Ohier 29 Farida Fatès 59 (Anne Viallix) (95) (Christine Feuillet) (109)	125
7	Australia Susan Hobson 18 Jenny Lund 24 Carolyn Schuwalov 26 Anette Dwyer 58 (Carole Connolly) (93) (Joy Terry) (115)	126
8	Japan Kumi Araki 36 Kaori Kumura 41 Naomi Yoshida 42 Yoshie Terazawa 53 (Sachiko Yamashita) (61) (Izumi Maki) (94)	172
9	Spain Estela Estévez 16 Julia Vaquero 27 Dolores Rizo 56 Ana Isabel Alonso 74 (Carmen Fuentes) (77) (Carmen Brunet) (92)	173
10	Belgium Véronique Collard 23 Liève Slegers 39 Nancy Patteet 57 Corinne Debaets 62 (Anja de Brabant) (67) (Nelly Aerts) (128)	181
11	Canada Angela Chalmers 30 Lucy Smith 49 Leah Pells 52 Lisa Harvey 55 (Robyn Meagher) (71) (Ulla Marquette) (110)	186
12	Kenya Jane Ngotho 6 Margaret Wairimu 9 Margaret Kagiri 84 Florence Wangechi 90 (Pauline Konga) (125)	189
13	Italy Nadia Dandolo 5 Maria Curatolo 43 Nives Curti 81 Valentina Tauceri 89 (Betty Molteni) (102) (Laura Faccio) (111)	218
14	East Germany Kathrin Ullrich 38 Anke Schäning 54 Birgit Jerschabek 65 Annette Fincke 79 (Andrea Fleischer) (116)	236
15	United Kingdom Sonia McGeorge 35 Laura Adam 47 Marian Sutton 70 Lucinda Martin 87 (Alison Wyeth) (99)	239
16	Switzerland Jeanne-Marie Pipoz 14 Martine Oppliger 46 Isabella Moretti 88 Daria Nauer 104 (Nelly Glauser) (124)	252
17	Ireland Catherina McKiernan 40 Roisin Smyth 68 Christine Kennedy 83 Niamh Murphy 96 (Teresa Duffy) (112) (Ursula Noctor) (114)	287
18	Netherlands Marjan Freriks 37 Carlien Harms 64 Christien Toonstra 82 Annet Bezemer 123 (Brenda Sleeuwenhoek) (131)	306
19	Mexico María Luisa Servín 45 María del Carmen Díaz 75 Benita Perez 106 Blanca Jaime 107 (Karla Guerrero) (132) (Olga Avalos) (137)	333
20	West Germany Annette Hüls 48 Tanja Kalinowski 86 Claudia Metzner 113 Kerstin Streck 127	374
21	Brazil Silvana Pereira 76 Rizoneide Vanderley 101 Rita de Jesús 118 Solange de Souza 122	417
22	Albania Pavlina Evro 97 Liri Brahja 100 Donika Hanxhara 119 Manushaqe Taku 121 (Anila Mekshi) (126)	437
23	India Nanda Shaner Yadav 120 Vijay Nilman Khalko 129 Charulatha Naigaonkar 130 Lukose Leelamma 134	513

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

Participation

An unofficial count yields the participation of 139 athletes from 35 countries in the Senior women's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published. ^[4]

•   Albania (5)
•   Algeria (1)
•   Australia (6)
•   Belgium (6)
•   Brazil (4)
•   Canada (6)
•   Chinese Taipei (1)
•   Colombia (1)
•   Czechoslovakia (1)
•   Denmark (2)
•   East Germany (5)
•   Ethiopia (6)
•   France (6)
•   Iceland (1)
•   India (4)
•   Ireland (6)
•   Israel (1)
•   Italy (6)
•   Japan (6)
•   Kenya (5)
•   Mexico (6)
•   Monaco (1)
•   Morocco (2)
•   Netherlands (5)
•   New Zealand (1)
•   Portugal (6)
•   Romania (5)
•   Rwanda (1)
•   Soviet Union (6)
•   Spain (6)
•   Sweden (1)
•    Switzerland (5)
• United Kingdom (5)
•   United States (6)
•   West Germany (4)

See also

• 1990 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race
• 1990 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race
• 1990 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior women's race

References

1. Morocco has unearthed a new athletics star in Khalid Skah, who won the world cross-country title on Saturday with a style reminiscent of his compatriots, multi world record-holder Said Aouita and Olympic 10,000m champion Brahim Boutayeb..., Glasgow Herald, March 26, 1990, retrieved October 24, 2013
2. Magnusson, Tomas (February 15, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 6.0km CC Women - Aix-les-Bains Date: Saturday, March 24, 1990, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on October 16, 2007, retrieved October 24, 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