1994 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race

Senior women's race at the 1994 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
Organisers	IAAF
Edition	22nd
Date	March 26
Host city	Budapest, Hungary
Venue	Kincsem Park
Events	1
Distances	6.22 km – Senior women
Participation	148 athletes from 36 nations
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The Senior women's race at the 1994 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Budapest, Hungary, at the Kincsem Park on March 26, 1994. A preview on the event was given in The Herald , ^[1] and a report in The New York Times . ^[2]

Complete results, ^[3] medallists, ^[4] and the results of British athletes ^[5] were published.

Race results

Senior women's race (6.22 km)

Individual

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	Hellen Chepngeno	Kenya	20:45
	Catherina McKiernan	Ireland	20:52
	Conceição Ferreira	Portugal	20:52
4	Merima Denboba	Ethiopia	20:57
5	Albertina Dias	Portugal	20:59
6	Elana Meyer	South Africa	21:00
7	Zola Pieterse	South Africa	21:01
8	Farida Fatès	France	21:01
9	Olga Shurbanova	Russia	21:05
10	Fernanda Ribeiro	Portugal	21:05
11	Margareta Keszeg	Romania	21:06
12	Daria Nauer	Switzerland	21:10
13	Silvia Sommaggio	Italy	21:12
14	Getenesh Urge	Ethiopia	21:13
15	Claudia Stalder	Switzerland	21:17
16	Julia Vaquero	Spain	21:18
17	Sumie Yamaguchi	Japan	21:20
18	Joyce Chepchumba	Kenya	21:22
19	Asha Gigi	Ethiopia	21:24
20	Estela Estévez	Spain	21:26
21	Carmen Fuentes	Spain	21:27
22	Nina Belikova	Russia	21:28
23	Nadezhda Galyamova	Russia	21:30
24	Maria Guida	Italy	21:32
25	Jane Omoro	Kenya	21:32
26	Roseli Machado	Brazil	21:32
27	Gwynn Coogan	United States	21:33
28	Berhane Adere	Ethiopia	21:33
29	Iulia Negura	Romania	21:34
30	Yelena Kopytova	Russia	21:35
31	Hellen Kimaiyo	Kenya	21:35
32	Carole Montgomery	Canada	21:35
33	Yuko Kubota	Japan	21:37
34	Gete Wami	Ethiopia	21:38
35	Nathalie Téjéra	France	21:38
36	Pacifica Monda	Kenya	21:39
37	Mónica Gama	Portugal	21:39
38	Zahra Ouaziz	Morocco	21:39
39	Lucy Nusrala	United States	21:40
40	Maria Curatolo	Italy	21:41
41	Mitsuyo Yoshida	Japan	21:42
42	Tamara Koba	Ukraine	21:42
43	Chikako Suzuki	Japan	21:42
44	Carmen Troncoso	United States	21:43
45	Laura Adam	United Kingdom	21:44
46	Blandine Bitzner	France	21:44
47	Helána Barócsi	Hungary	21:45
48	Paula Schnurr	Canada	21:45
49	Maria Rébélo	France	21:46
50	Flavia Gaviglio	Italy	21:46
51	Aniela Nikiel	Poland	21:46
52	Nicole Whiteford	South Africa	21:47
53	Tatyana Belovol	Ukraine	21:47
54	Mónica Pont	Spain	21:47
55	Liz Wilson	United States	21:48
56	Leah Pells	Canada	21:50
57	Isabel Juárez	Mexico	21:52
58	Svetlana Miroshnik	Ukraine	21:54
59	Anchen Rose	South Africa	21:54
60	Li Dong	China	21:55
61	Tatyana Pozdnyakova	Ukraine	21:56
62	Olga Bondarenko	Russia	21:56
63	Grethe Koens	Netherlands	21:56
64	Julia Sakara	Zimbabwe	21:58
65	Alta Lohann	South Africa	21:58
66	Tian Mei	China	21:58
67	Daniela Bran	Romania	21:59
68	Emma Carney	Australia	21:59
69	Laura Cattivera	United States	21:59
70	Silvana Pereira	Brazil	22:00
71	Teresa Recio	Spain	22:00
72	Natalya Sorokivskaya	Kazakhstan	22:01
73	Carla Sacramento	Portugal	22:02
74	Teresa Duffy	Ireland	22:04
75	Yulia Kovalyova	Ukraine	22:05
76	Saida El Kouhail	Morocco	22:05
77	Tanya Blake	United Kingdom	22:06
78	Wendy Ore	United Kingdom	22:07
79	Paola Cabrera	Mexico	22:08
80	Vikki McPherson	United Kingdom	22:11
81	Leah Malot	Kenya	22:12
82	Anja Smolders	Belgium	22:12
83	Lucia Mendiola	Mexico	22:13
84	Roberta Brunet	Italy	22:14
85	Ana Oliveira	Portugal	22:15
86	Garifa Kuku	Kazakhstan	22:16
87	Wang Chunmei	China	22:17
88	Odile Ohier	France	22:18
89	Annette Palluy	France	22:19
90	Stella Castro	Colombia	22:20
91	Martha Tenorio	Ecuador	22:21
92	Anikó Javos	Hungary	22:21
93	Galina Baruk	Belarus	22:22
94	Nobuko Fujimura	Japan	22:24
95	Lisa Harvey	Canada	22:25
96	Mama Amele	Ethiopia	22:25
97	Judit Földing	Hungary	22:26
98	Kerryn McCann	Australia	22:26
99	Rose Lambe	Ireland	22:26
100	Tatyana Pentukova	Russia	22:27
101	Mónika Tóth	Hungary	22:27
102	Bouchra Moustaid	Morocco	22:29
103	Junko Asari	Japan	22:29
104	Desana Sourková	Czech Republic	22:30
105	Alina Gherasim	Romania	22:32
106	Amina Maanaoui	Morocco	22:33
107	Yelena Mostovaya	Kazakhstan	22:33
108	Kate Anderson	Australia	22:34
109	Beatriz Santíago	Spain	22:36
110	Soraya Telles	Brazil	22:37
111	Márta Visnyei	Hungary	22:38
112	Maureen Harrington	Ireland	22:40
113	Janina Malska	Poland	22:40
114	Ronell Scheepers	South Africa	22:42
115	Yelena Mazovka	Belarus	22:43
116	Simona Viola	Italy	22:44
117	Esmeraldo Guillen	Mexico	22:47
118	Yelena Makolova	Belarus	22:48
119	Carol Greenwood	United Kingdom	22:49
120	Luminita Gogîrlea	Romania	22:51
121	Jayne Spark	United Kingdom	22:53
122	Najat Ouali	Morocco	22:53
123	Viviany de Oliveira	Brazil	23:00
124	Isabel Carreno	Mexico	23:02
125	Maryann Murray	Australia	23:05
126	Iulia Ionescu	Romania	23:05
127	Yelena Tsukhlo	Belarus	23:09
128	Benita Perez	Mexico	23:15
129	Wei Yan	China	23:16
130	Fatiha Klilech	Morocco	23:21
131	Helena Javornik	Slovenia	23:23
132	Laura Coll	United States	23:26
133	Anna Baloghová	Slovakia	23:35
134	Natalya Dimitriyeva	Kazakhstan	23:41
135	Monica O'Reilly	Ireland	23:42
136	Andrea Hayoz	Switzerland	23:46
137	Zulma Ortíz	Argentina	23:55
138	Lukose Leelamma	India	24:15
139	Viktória Barta	Hungary	24:24
140	Kay Byrne	Ireland	24:26
141	Usha Verma	India	24:33
142	Roxana Coronati	Argentina	24:58
143	Inés Rodríguez	Argentina	24:59
144	Senka Golik	Croatia	25:01
145	Nancy Romero	Argentina	25:23
146	Vidya Deoghare	India	26:58
147	Bhageerathi Bille	India	27:32
—	Kathy Butler	Canada	DNF

Teams

Rank	Team	Points
	Portugal Conceição Ferreira 3 Albertina Dias 5 Fernanda Ribeiro 10 Mónica Gama 37 (Carla Sacramento) (73) (Ana Oliveira) (85)	55
	Ethiopia Merima Denboba 4 Getenesh Urge 14 Asha Gigi 19 Berhane Adere 28 (Gete Wami) (34) (Mama Amele) (96)	65
	Kenya Hellen Chepngeno 1 Joyce Chepchumba 18 Jane Omoro 25 Hellen Kimaiyo 31 (Pacifica Monda) (36) (Leah Malot) (81)	75
4	Russia Olga Shurbanova 9 Nina Belikova 22 Nadezhda Galyamova 23 Yelena Kopytova 30 (Olga Bondarenko) (62) (Tatyana Pentukova) (100)	84
5	Spain Julia Vaquero 16 Estela Estévez 20 Carmen Fuentes 21 Mónica Pont 54 (Teresa Recio) (71) (Beatriz Santíago) (109)	111
6	South Africa Elana Meyer 6 Zola Pieterse 7 Nicole Whiteford 52 Anchen Rose 59 (Alta Lohann) (65) (Ronell Scheepers) (114)	124
7	Italy Silvia Sommaggio 13 Maria Guida 24 Maria Curatolo 40 Flavia Gaviglio 50 (Roberta Brunet) (84) (Simona Viola) (116)	127
8	Japan Sumie Yamaguchi 17 Yuko Kubota 33 Mitsuyo Yoshida 41 Chikako Suzuki 43 (Nobuko Fujimura) (94) (Junko Asari) (103)	134
9	France Farida Fatès 8 Nathalie Téjéra 35 Blandine Bitzner 46 Maria Rébélo 49 (Odile Ohier) (88) (Annette Palluy) (89)	138
10	United States Gwynn Coogan 27 Lucy Nusrala 39 Carmen Troncoso 44 Liz Wilson 55 (Laura Cattivera) (69) (Laura Coll) (132)	165
11	Romania Margareta Keszeg 11 Iulia Negura 29 Daniela Bran 67 Alina Gherasim 105 (Luminita Gogîrlea) (120) (Iulia Ionescu) (126)	212
12	Ukraine Tamara Koba 42 Tatyana Belovol 53 Svetlana Miroshnik 58 Tatyana Pozdnyakova 61 (Yulia Kovalyova) (75)	214
13	Canada Carole Montgomery 32 Paula Schnurr 48 Leah Pells 56 Lisa Harvey 95 (Kathy Butler) (DNF)	231
14	United Kingdom Laura Adam 45 Tanya Blake 77 Wendy Ore 78 Vikki McPherson 80 (Carol Greenwood) (119) (Jayne Spark) (121)	280
15	Ireland Catherina McKiernan 2 Teresa Duffy 74 Rose Lambe 99 Maureen Harrington 112 (Monica O'Reilly) (135) (Kay Byrne) (140)	287
16	Morocco Zahra Ouaziz 38 Saida El Kouhail 76 Bouchra Moustaid 102 Amina Maanaoui 106 (Najat Ouali) (122) (Fatiha Klilech) (130)	322
17	Brazil Roseli Machado 26 Silvana Pereira 70 Soraya Telles 110 Viviany de Oliveira 123	329
18	Mexico Isabel Juárez 57 Paola Cabrera 79 Lucia Mendiola 83 Esmeraldo Guillen 117 (Isabel Carreno) (124) (Benita Perez) (128)	336
19	Hungary Helána Barócsi 47 Anikó Javos 92 Judit Földing 97 Mónika Tóth 101 (Márta Visnyei) (111) (Viktória Barta) (139)	337
20	China Li Dong 60 Tian Mei 66 Wang Chunmei 87 Wei Yan 129	342
21	Australia Emma Carney 68 Kerryn McCann 98 Kate Anderson 108 Maryann Murray 125	399
22	Kazakhstan Natalya Sorokivskaya 72 Garifa Kuku 86 Yelena Mostovaya 107 Natalya Dimitriyeva 134	399
23	Belarus Galina Baruk 93 Yelena Mazovka 115 Yelena Makolova 118 Yelena Tsukhlo 127	453
24	Argentina Zulma Ortíz 137 Roxana Coronati 142 Inés Rodríguez 143 Nancy Romero 145	567
25	India Lukose Leelamma 138 Usha Verma 141 Vidya Deoghare 146 Bhageerathi Bille 147	572

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

Participation

An unofficial count yields the participation of 148 athletes from 36 countries in the Senior women's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published. ^[5]

•   Argentina (4)
•   Australia (4)
•   Belarus (4)
•   Belgium (1)
•   Brazil (4)
•   Canada (5)
•   China (4)
•   Colombia (1)
•   Croatia (1)
•   Czech Republic (1)
•   Ecuador (1)
•   Ethiopia (6)
•   France (6)
•   Hungary (6)
•   India (4)
•   Ireland (6)
•   Italy (6)
•   Japan (6)
•   Kazakhstan (4)
•   Kenya (6)
•   Mexico (6)
•   Morocco (6)
•   Netherlands (1)
•   Poland (2)
•   Portugal (6)
•   Romania (6)
•   Russia (6)
•   Slovakia (1)
•   Slovenia (1)
•   South Africa (6)
•   Spain (6)
•    Switzerland (3)
•   Ukraine (5)
•   United Kingdom (6)
•   United States (6)
•   Zimbabwe (1)

See also

• 1994 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race
• 1994 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race
• 1994 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior women's race

References

1. Gillon, Doug (March 26, 1994), Kenyans are gunning for another victory, Herald , retrieved October 25, 2013
2. Thomsen, Ian (March 28, 1994), "Shooting for the Moon, Kenyans Win All but 1 Cross Country Gold", The New York Times , retrieved October 25, 2013
3. Magnusson, Tomas (September 8, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 6.2km CC Women - Budapest Kincsem Park Date: Saturday, March 26, 1994, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on October 16, 2007, retrieved October 16, 2013
4. IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved October 9, 2013
5. 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