2004 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Women's short race

Women's short race at the 2004 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
Organisers	IAAF
Edition	32nd
Date	March 21
Host city	Brussels, Belgium
Venue	Ossegem Park
Events	6
Distances	4 km – Women's short
Participation	91 athletes from 29 nations
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The Women's short race at the 2004 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held at the Ossegem Park in Brussels, Belgium, on March 21, 2004. Reports of the event were given in The New York Times , ^[1] and for the IAAF. ^[2]

Complete results for individuals, ^{[3] [4] [5]} for teams, ^{[3] [6] [7]} medallists, ^[8] and the results of British athletes who took part ^[9] were published.

Race results

Women's short race (4 km)

Individual

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	Edith Masai	Kenya	13:07
	Tirunesh Dibaba	Ethiopia	13:09
	Teyiba Erkesso	Ethiopia	13:11
4	Worknesh Kidane	Ethiopia	13:14
5	Isabella Ochichi	Kenya	13:18
6	Olga Romanova	Russia	13:19
7	Peninah Chepchumba	Kenya	13:22
8	Vivian Cheruiyot	Kenya	13:23
9	Jane Wanjiku	Kenya	13:23
10	Ejagayehu Dibaba	Ethiopia	13:23
11	Amane Godana	Ethiopia	13:27
12	Zahra Ouaziz	Morocco	13:33
13	Émilie Mondor	Canada	13:33
14	Shalane Flanagan	United States	13:34
15	Sarah Jamieson	Australia	13:40
16	Bouchra Chaâbi	Morocco	13:40
17	Carmen Douma-Hussar	Canada	13:41
18	Bezunesh Bekele	Ethiopia	13:42
19	Helen Clitheroe	United Kingdom	13:45
20	Kathy Butler	United Kingdom	13:47
21	Beatrice Chepchumba	Kenya	13:49
22	Malindi Elmore	Canada	13:49
23	Valentina Belotti	Italy	13:51
24	Lauren Fleshman	United States	13:56
25	Kazue Ogoshi	Japan	13:57
26	Anália Rosa	Portugal	13:58
27	Hayley McGregor	Australia	13:58
28	Seloua Ouaziz	Morocco	13:58
29	Justyna Bąk	Poland	14:01
30	Helena Sampaio	Portugal	14:04
31	Ana Dias	Portugal	14:06
32	Elodie Olivares	France	14:07
33	Anna Thompson	Australia	14:07
34	Kate Reed	United Kingdom	14:08
35	Tina Connelly	Canada	14:10
36	Iris Fuentes-Pila	Spain	14:12
37	Courtney Inman	Canada	14:14
38	Dorcus Inzikuru	Uganda	14:16
39	Fatiha Baouf	Belgium	14:17
40	Marina Bastos	Portugal	14:17
41	Simret Sultan	Eritrea	14:18
42	Mirja Jenni-Moser	Switzerland	14:19
43	Christin Wurth	United States	14:21
44	Rachel Penney	New Zealand	14:21
45	Mariem Alaoui Selsouli	Morocco	14:24
46	Fatma Lanouar	Tunisia	14:25
47	Cristina Casandra	Romania	14:25
48	Rocío Martínez	Spain	14:26
49	Sonia Bejarano	Spain	14:26
50	Eliane Murer	Switzerland	14:26
51	Veerle van Linden	Belgium	14:26
52	Freya Murray	United Kingdom	14:27
53	Mary Davies	New Zealand	14:27
54	Saori Makishima	Japan	14:27
55	Yamna Oubouhou	France	14:29
56	Véronique Collard	Belgium	14:29
57	Leah Pells	Canada	14:29
58	Jacqueline Martín	Spain	14:30
59	Yamina Bouchaouante	France	14:31
60	Melissa Buttry	United States	14:33
61	Jéssica Augusto	Portugal	14:33
62	Susana Rebolledo	Chile	14:34
63	Christine Bardelle	France	14:37
64	Sarah Hann	United States	14:38
65	Zulema Fuentes-Pila	Spain	14:39
66	Faye Fullerton	United Kingdom	14:40
67	Christina Carruzzo	Switzerland	14:40
68	Habiba Ghribi	Tunisia	14:43
69	Monique Zimmer	Switzerland	14:45
70	Andrea Etter	Switzerland	14:45
71	Mieke Geens	Belgium	14:47
72	Jessica Wright	New Zealand	14:48
73	Cláudia Pereira	Portugal	14:50
74	Liesbeth van de Velde	Belgium	14:52
75	Natsumi Fujita	Japan	14:53
76	Marzena Michalska	Italy	14:55
77	Janet Trujillo	United States	14:57
78	Julie Coulaud	France	14:59
79	Sigrid van den Bempt	Belgium	15:04
80	Fiona Crombie	New Zealand	15:05
81	Michela Zanatta	Italy	15:11
82	Elsa Monterroso	Guatemala	15:53
83	Ziyodahon Abdullaeva	Uzbekistan	15:58
84	Nigiste Neguse	Eritrea	16:12
85	Zubeda Gussi	Tanzania	16:16
86	Francine Nzilampa	DR Congo	16:25
87	Tania Poma	Bolivia	16:57
88	Tika Kumari Choudhari	Nepal	17:53
89	Yekaterina Ilyazova	Turkmenistan	17:57
—	Rosa Morató	Spain	DNF
—	Ouafa Frekech	Morocco	DNF
—	Georgie Clarke	Australia	DNS
—	Benita Willis	Australia	DNS
—	Maiama Baïlo Souare	Guinea	DNS
—	Patrizia Tisi	Italy	DNS
—	Lornah Kiplagat	Netherlands	DNS
—	Hawa Hussein	Tanzania	DNS

Teams

Rank	Team	Points
	Ethiopia Tirunesh Dibaba 2 Teyiba Erkesso 3 Worknesh Kidane 4 Ejagayehu Dibaba 10 (Amane Godana) (11) (Bezunesh Bekele) (18)	19
	Kenya Edith Masai 1 Isabella Ochichi 5 Peninah Chepchumba 7 Vivian Cheruiyot 8 (Jane Wanjiku) (9) (Beatrice Chepchumba) (21)	21
	Canada Émilie Mondor 13 Carmen Douma-Hussar 17 Malindi Elmore 22 Tina Connelly 35 (Courtney Inman) (37) (Leah Pells) (57)	87
4	Morocco Zahra Ouaziz 12 Bouchra Chaâbi 16 Seloua Ouaziz 28 Mariem Alaoui Selsouli 45 (Ouafa Frekech) (DNF)	101
5	United Kingdom Helen Clitheroe 19 Kathy Butler 20 Kate Reed 34 Freya Murray 52 (Faye Fullerton) (66)	125
6	Portugal Anália Rosa 26 Helena Sampaio 30 Ana Dias 31 Marina Bastos 40 (Jéssica Augusto) (61) (Cláudia Pereira) (73)	127
7	United States Shalane Flanagan 14 Lauren Fleshman 24 Christin Wurth 43 Melissa Buttry 60 (Sarah Hann) (64) (Janet Trujillo) (77)	141
8	Spain Iris Fuentes-Pila 36 Rocío Martínez 48 Sonia Bejarano 49 Jacqueline Martín 58 (Zulema Fuentes-Pila) (65) (Rosa Morató) (DNF)	191
9	France Elodie Olivares 32 Yamna Oubouhou 55 Yamina Bouchaouante 59 Christine Bardelle 63 (Julie Coulaud) (78)	209
10	Belgium Fatiha Baouf 39 Veerle van Linden 51 Véronique Collard 56 Mieke Geens 71 (Liesbeth van de Velde) (74) (Sigrid van den Bempt) (79)	217
11	Switzerland Mirja Jenni-Moser 42 Eliane Murer 50 Christina Carruzzo 67 Monique Zimmer 69 (Andrea Etter) (70)	228
12	New Zealand Rachel Penney 44 Mary Davies 53 Jessica Wright 72 Fiona Crombie 80	249

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

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 91 athletes from 29 countries participated in the Women's short race. The announced athletes from   Guinea and the   Netherlands did not show. ^{[4] [5]}

•   Australia (3)
•   Belgium (6)
•   Bolivia (1)
•   Canada (6)
•   Chile (1)
•   DR Congo (1)
•   Eritrea (2)
•   Ethiopia (6)
•   France (5)
•   Guatemala (1)
•   Italy (3)
•   Japan (3)
•   Kenya (6)
•   Morocco (5)
•     Nepal (1)
•   New Zealand (4)
•   Poland (1)
•   Portugal (6)
•   Romania (1)
•   Russia (1)
•   Spain (6)
•    Switzerland (5)
•   Tanzania (1)
•   Tunisia (2)
•   Turkmenistan (1)
•   Uganda (1)
•   United Kingdom (5)
•   United States (6)
•   Uzbekistan (1)

See also

• 2004 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race
• 2004 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Men's short race
• 2004 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race
• 2004 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race
• 2004 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior women's race

References

1. "Sports Briefing - CROSS-COUNTRY - Ethiopian Sweeps World Titles Again", The New York Times , March 22, 2004, retrieved November 1, 2013
2. Ageless Masai salvages some Kenyan pride - Women's Short Course race, IAAF, March 21, 2004, retrieved November 1, 2013
3. Magnusson, Tomas (February 8, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 4.0km CC Women - Bruxelles Ossegem Park Date: Sunday, March 21, 2004, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on October 16, 2007, retrieved November 1, 2013
4. Short Race - W Final, IAAF, March 21, 2004, archived from the original on November 6, 2013, retrieved November 1, 2013
5. Results - 32nd IAAF World Cross Country Championships - Bruxelles, BELGIUM 20 MAR 2004 - 21 MAR 2004 - Short Race - women, IAAF, March 21, 2004, retrieved November 1, 2013
6. Official Team Results Short Race - W, IAAF, March 21, 2004, archived from the original on November 6, 2013, retrieved November 1, 2013
7. Results - 32nd IAAF World Cross Country Championships - Bruxelles, BELGIUM 20 MAR 2004 - 21 MAR 2004 - Short Race - women - Final - Team, IAAF, March 21, 2004, retrieved November 1, 2013
8. IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved November 1, 2013
9. 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 November 1, 2013