2008 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race

Senior women's race at the 2008 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
Organisers	IAAF
Edition	36th
Date	March 30
Host city	Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Venue	Holyrood Park
Events	1
Distances	7.905 km – Senior women
Participation	95 athletes from 29 nations
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The Senior women's race at the 2008 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held at the Holyrood Park in Edinburgh, United Kingdom, on March 30, 2008. ^[1] Reports of the event were given in The New York Times , ^[2] in the Herald , ^[3] and for the IAAF. ^[4]

Complete results for individuals, ^{[5] [6] [7]} and for teams ^{[8] [9] [10]} were published.

Race results

Senior women's race (7.905 km)

Individual

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	Tirunesh Dibaba	Ethiopia	25:10
	Mestawet Tufa	Ethiopia	25:15
	Linet Chepkwemoi Masai	Kenya	25:18
4	Doris Chepkwemoi Changeywo	Kenya	25:34
5	Hilda Kibet	Netherlands	25:35
6	Gelete Burka	Ethiopia	25:35
7	Priscah Jepleting Cherono	Kenya	25:36
8	Margaret Wangari Muriuki	Kenya	25:46
9	Meselech Melkamu	Ethiopia	25:51
10	Grace Kwamboka Momanyi	Kenya	25:54
11	Benita Johnson	Australia	25:56
12	Lineth Chepkurui	Kenya	26:05
13	Asmae Leghzaoui	Morocco	26:06
14	Koren Jelela	Ethiopia	26:12
15	Liz Yelling	United Kingdom	26:13
16	Aselefech Mergia	Ethiopia	26:28
17	Kareema Jasim	Bahrain	26:29
18	Emily Brown	United States	26:36
19	Saadia Bourgailh-Haddioui	France	26:36
20	Lisa Jane Weightman	Australia	26:37
21	Hayley Yelling	United Kingdom	26:39
22	Katie McGregor	United States	26:40
23	Molly Huddle	United States	26:40
24	Kathy Newberry	United States	26:42
25	Simret Sultan	Eritrea	26:43
26	Melissa Rollison	Australia	26:50
27	Anna Thompson	Australia	26:56
28	Soud Kanbouchia	Morocco	26:59
29	Ikram Zouglali	Morocco	26:59
30	Ouafae Frikech	Morocco	27:02
31	Furtuna Zegergish	Eritrea	27:03
32	Elena Romagnolo	Italy	27:06
33	Susanne Hahn	Germany	27:09
34	Inês Monteiro	Portugal	27:12
35	Alessandra Aguilar	Spain	27:13
36	Fionnuala Britton	Ireland	27:14
37	Leonor Carneiro	Portugal	27:14
38	Laura Kenney	United Kingdom	27:15
39	Diana Martín	Spain	27:17
40	Jacqueline Martín	Spain	27:20
41	Melinda Vernon	Australia	27:23
42	Rachel Townend	United Kingdom	27:24
43	Meraf Bahta	Eritrea	27:31
44	Mónica Rosa	Portugal	27:32
45	Faye Fullerton	United Kingdom	27:32
46	Yuko Nohara	Japan	27:35
47	Aimi Horikoshi	Japan	27:40
48	Maria Laghrissi	Morocco	27:42
49	Renee Metivier-Baillie	United States	27:49
50	Sara Moreira	Portugal	27:50
51	Amleset Tewelde	Eritrea	27:51
52	Jiang Chengcheng	China	27:53
53	Jo Wilkinson	United Kingdom	27:54
54	Victoria Mitchell	Australia	27:57
55	Christine Bardelle	France	27:59
56	Kazue Kojima	Japan	28:04
57	Linda Byrne	Ireland	28:05
58	Megumi Seike	Japan	28:09
59	Kenza Dahmani	Algeria	28:12
60	Elizet Banda	Zambia	28:14
61	Judith Plá	Spain	28:16
62	Amy Hastings	United States	28:18
63	Alexandra Becker	Canada	28:20
64	Elizabeth Wightman	Canada	28:25
65	Zhor El Kamch	Morocco	28:27
66	Deirdre Byrne	Ireland	28:28
67	Konstadína Kefalá	Greece	28:31
68	Aya Manome	Japan	28:31
69	Sara Yusuf Yaqoob	Bahrain	28:37
70	Zenaide Vieira	Brazil	28:45
71	Kazuka Wakatsuki	Japan	28:46
72	Ana Dulce Félix	Portugal	28:50
73	Orla O'Mahoney	Ireland	28:52
74	Chichi Germia	Eritrea	28:52
75	Catherine Chikwakwa	Malawi	28:59
76	Maria Zeferina Baldaia	Brazil	28:59
77	Lisa Harvey	Canada	29:00
78	Marelise Retief	South Africa	29:08
79	Suzanne Binne-Huse	Canada	29:15
80	Annette Kealy	Ireland	29:18
81	Susan McCormack	Ireland	29:29
82	Ledile Raseboya	South Africa	29:38
83	Erin MacLean	Canada	29:44
84	Francine Nzilampa	DR Congo	29:57
85	Iulia Fernas	Kyrgyzstan	30:10
86	Ntombesintu Mfunzi	South Africa	30:11
87	Rosângela Faria	Brazil	30:38
88	Sarah Abu Hassan	Egypt	32:00
89	Anifa Khalilova	Azerbaijan	35:55
90	Mariana Carpine	DR Congo	40:01
—	Fatna Maraoui	Italy	DNF
—	Jéssica Augusto	Portugal	DNF
—	Mahri Gokiyeva	Turkmenistan	DNF
—	Isabel Cristina Da Silva	Brazil	DNF
—	Rosa Morató	Spain	DNF
—	Maria Kebang	Nigeria	DNS
—	Angeline Nyiransabimana	Rwanda	DNS
—	Tabitha Tsatsa	Zimbabwe	DNS
—	Nadia Ejjafini	Bahrain	DNS

Teams

Rank	Team	Points
	Ethiopia Tirunesh Dibaba 1 Mestawet Tufa 2 Gelete Burka 6 Meselech Melkamu 9 (Koren Jelela) (14) (Aselefech Mergia) (16)	18
	Kenya Linet Chepkwemoi Masai 3 Doris Chepkwemoi Changeywo 4 Priscah Jepleting Cherono 7 Margaret Wangari Muriuki 8 (Grace Kwamboka Momanyi) (10) (Lineth Chepkurui) (12)	22
	Australia Benita Johnson 11 Lisa Jane Weightman 20 Melissa Rollison 26 Anna Thompson 27 (Melinda Vernon) (41) (Victoria Mitchell) (54)	84
4	United States Emily Brown 18 Katie McGregor 22 Molly Huddle 23 Kathy Newberry 24 (Renee Metivier-Baillie) (49) (Amy Hastings) (62)	87
5	Morocco Asmae Leghzaoui 13 Soud Kanbouchia 28 Ikram Zouglali 29 Ouafae Frikech 30 (Maria Laghrissi) (48) (Zhor El Kamch) (65)	100
6	United Kingdom Liz Yelling 15 Hayley Yelling 21 Laura Kenney 38 Rachel Townend 42 (Faye Fullerton) (45) (Jo Wilkinson) (53)	116
7	Eritrea Simret Sultan 25 Furtuna Zegergish 31 Meraf Bahta 43 Amleset Tewelde 51 (Chichi Germia) (74)	150
8	Portugal Inês Monteiro 34 Leonor Carneiro 37 Mónica Rosa 44 Sara Moreira 50 (Ana Dulce Félix) (72) (Jéssica Augusto) (DNF)	165
9	Spain Alessandra Aguilar 35 Diana Martín 39 Jacqueline Martín 40 Judith Plá 61 (Rosa Morató) (DNF)	175
10	Japan Yuko Nohara 46 Aimi Horikoshi 47 Kazue Kojima 56 Megumi Seike 58 (Aya Manome) (68) (Kazuka Wakatsuki) (71)	207
11	Ireland Fionnuala Britton 36 Linda Byrne 57 Deirdre Byrne 66 Orla O'Mahoney 73 (Annette Kealy) (80) (Susan McCormack) (81)	232
12	Canada Alexandra Becker 63 Elizabeth Wightman 64 Lisa Harvey 77 Suzanne Binne-Huse 79 (Erin MacLean) (83)	283

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

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 95 athletes from 29 countries participated in the Senior women's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published. ^[1] The announced athletes from   Nigeria,   Rwanda, and   Zimbabwe did not show. ^{[5] [6] [7]}

•   Algeria (1)
•   Australia (6)
•   Azerbaijan (1)
•   Bahrain (2)
•   Brazil (4)
•   Canada (5)
•   China (1)
•   DR Congo (2)
•   Egypt (1)
•   Eritrea (5)
•   Ethiopia (6)
•   France (2)
•   Germany (1)
•   Greece (1)
•   Ireland (6)
•   Italy (2)
•   Japan (6)
•   Kenya (6)
•   Kyrgyzstan (1)
•   Malawi (1)
•   Morocco (6)
•   Netherlands (1)
•   Portugal (6)
•   South Africa (3)
•   Spain (5)
•   Turkmenistan (1)
•   United Kingdom (6)
•   United States (6)
•   Zambia (1)

See also

• 2008 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race
• 2008 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race
• 2008 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior women's race

References

1. IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS - BYDGOSZCZ 2013 - FACTS & FIGURES - SUMMARY OF PAST CHAMPIONSHIPS (PDF), IAAF, p. 2, retrieved November 4, 2013
2. "Athletics - World cross-country championships - Bekele wins sixth world cross-country title; Dibaba also wins", The New York Times , March 30, 2008, retrieved November 4, 2013
3. Gillon, Doug (March 31, 2008), "Coronation of King Kenenisa", Herald , retrieved November 4, 2013
4. Brown, Matthew (March 30, 2008), Dibaba takes her fifth gold - Edinburgh 2008, IAAF , retrieved November 4, 2013
5. Senior Race - M Final, IAAF, March 30, 2008, archived from the original on November 4, 2013, retrieved November 4, 2013
6. Results - 36th IAAF World Cross Country Championships - Edinburgh, GREAT BRITAIN & N.I. 30 MAR 2008 - Senior Race - women, IAAF, March 30, 2008, retrieved November 4, 2013
7. 36th IAAF World Cross Country Championships - Edinburgh - Sunday 30 March 2008 - Senior Race - Women - Results (PDF), IAAF, March 30, 2008, retrieved November 4, 2013
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9. Results - 36th IAAF World Cross Country Championships - Edinburgh, GREAT BRITAIN & N.I. 30 MAR 2008 - Senior Race - women - Final - Team, IAAF, March 30, 2008, retrieved November 4, 2013
10. 36th IAAF World Cross Country Championships - Edinburgh - Sunday 30 March 2008 - Senior Race - Women - Team Standings (PDF), IAAF, March 30, 2008, retrieved November 4, 2013