1995 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race

The Senior women's race at the 1995 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Durham, United Kingdom, at the University of Durham on March 25, 1995. A report on the event was given in The New York Times^[1] and in the Herald.^[2]

Senior women's race at the 1995 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
Organisers	IAAF
Edition	23rd
Date	March 25
Host city	Durham, County Durham, United Kingdom
Venue	University of Durham
Events	1
Distances	6.47 km – Senior women
Participation	135 athletes from 39 nations
← 1994 Budapest 1996 Stellenbosch →

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

Race results

Senior women's race (6.47 km)

Individual

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	Derartu Tulu	Ethiopia	20:21
	Catherina McKiernan	Ireland	20:29
	Sally Barsosio	Kenya	20:39
4	Margaret Ngotho	Kenya	20:40
5	Gete Wami	Ethiopia	20:49
6	Joan Nesbit	United States	20:50
7	Merima Denboba	Ethiopia	20:53
8	Rose Cheruiyot	Kenya	20:54
9	Albertina Dias	Portugal	20:56
10	Gabriela Szabo	Romania	20:57
11	Catherine Kirui	Kenya	20:58
12	Zahra Ouaziz	Morocco	21:06
13	Olga Bondarenko	Russia	21:06
14	Olga Appell	United States	21:07
15	Yukiko Okamoto	Japan	21:07
16	Julia Vaquero	Spain	21:12
17	Hellen Kimaiyo	Kenya	21:13
18	Paula Radcliffe	United Kingdom	21:14
19	Annette Palluy	France	21:15
20	Kanako Haginaga	Japan	21:17
21	Carmen Fuentes	Spain	21:18
22	Tudorita Chidu	Romania	21:19
23	Elena Fidatof	Romania	21:20
24	Bev Hartigan	United Kingdom	21:21
25	Askale Bereda	Ethiopia	21:22
26	Genet Gebregiorgis	Ethiopia	21:23
27	Hellen Chepngeno	Kenya	21:24
28	Alla Zhilyayeva	Russia	21:24
29	Iulia Negura	Romania	21:25
30	Cristina Misaros	Romania	21:25
31	Naomi Sakashita	Japan	21:27
32	Natalya Solominskaya	Russia	21:29
33	Rosanna Martin	Italy	21:29
34	Nyla Carroll	New Zealand	21:31
35	Anne Cross	Australia	21:31
36	Yuko Kawakami	Japan	21:31
37	Gwynn Coogan	United States	21:32
38	Estela Estévez	Spain	21:34
39	Kathy Butler	Canada	21:35
40	Yang Siyu	China	21:36
41	Rosario Murcia	France	21:36
42	Laurence Duquénoy	France	21:37
43	Nadezhda Tatarenkova	Russia	21:37
44	Alison Wyeth	United Kingdom	21:38
45	Leah Pells	Canada	21:38
46	Stefanija Statkuvienė	Lithuania	21:39
47	Ana Correia	Portugal	21:39
48	Roseli Machado	Brazil	21:41
49	Blandine Bitzner-Ducret	France	21:42
50	Garifa Kuku	Kazakhstan	21:42
51	Ana Dias	Portugal	21:44
52	Emma Carney	Australia	21:45
53	Tatyana Belovol	Ukraine	21:45
54	Katy McCandless	United States	21:45
55	Daria Nauer	Switzerland	21:46
56	Masako Saito	Japan	21:46
57	Regina Chistyakova	Lithuania	21:47
58	Rocío Ríos	Spain	21:48
59	Dorthe Rasmussen	Denmark	21:48
60	Tamara Koba	Ukraine	21:49
61	Anne Keenan-Buckley	Ireland	21:50
62	Liz Wilson	United States	21:50
63	Liève Slegers	Belgium	21:51
64	Laurence Vivier	France	21:52
65	Silvia Sommaggio	Italy	21:52
66	Annemarie Danneels	Belgium	21:53
67	Carmen Troncoso	United States	21:53
68	Ana Oliveira	Portugal	21:54
69	Atsumi Yashima	Japan	21:55
70	Maria Curatolo	Italy	21:58
71	Nina Belikova	Russia	21:58
72	Nives Curti	Italy	21:59
73	Natalya Galushko	Belarus	22:00
74	Angela White	Australia	22:02
75	Desana Sourková	Czech Republic	22:03
76	Alta Verster	South Africa	22:03
77	Getenesh Urge	Ethiopia	22:05
78	Angie Hulley	United Kingdom	22:07
79	Kerryn McCann	Australia	22:08
80	Carla Sacramento	Portugal	22:08
81	Rosa Oliveira	Portugal	22:08
82	Natalia Azpiazu	Spain	22:09
83	Lucy Elliott	United Kingdom	22:09
84	Ingrid van Giel	Belgium	22:09
85	Daniela Bran	Romania	22:10
86	Maria Rébélo	France	22:10
87	Anchen Rose	South Africa	22:11
88	Martha Ernstdóttir	Iceland	22:11
89	Orietta Mancia	Italy	22:12
90	Viktoria Nenasheva	Russia	22:13
91	Teresa Duffy	Ireland	22:14
92	Anja Smolders	Belgium	22:19
93	Vera Ragulina	Ukraine	22:20
94	Helle Vullings	Netherlands	22:22
95	Tamara Salomon	Canada	22:23
96	Mieke Aanen	Netherlands	22:25
97	Agata Balsamo	Italy	22:25
98	Jill Bruce	Ireland	22:26
99	Sandra Lotter	South Africa	22:28
100	Ilona Barbanova	Ukraine	22:28
101	Cathy Schum	Ireland	22:29
102	Andrea Duke	United Kingdom	22:31
103	Elisabeth Mongudhi	Namibia	22:33
104	Juliet Prowse	South Africa	22:36
105	Clare Carney	Australia	22:37
106	Mary Donohoe	Ireland	22:38
107	Deanna Arnhill	Canada	22:42
108	Solange de Souza	Brazil	22:47
109	Marina Nascimento	Brazil	22:49
110	Stella Castro	Colombia	22:49
111	Irina Mikitenko	Kazakhstan	22:58
112	Hao Jianhua	China	23:02
113	Wu Mei	China	23:07
114	Gwen Griffiths	South Africa	23:17
115	Jacqueline Martín	Spain	23:18
116	Carol Galea	Malta	23:18
117	Mara Zuzul	Croatia	23:18
118	Melody Marcus	South Africa	23:20
119	Esneda Londono	Colombia	23:21
120	Ulla Marquette	Canada	23:27
121	Olga Pivovarova	Kazakhstan	23:33
122	Miryam Pulido	Colombia	23:33
123	Evette Turner	Jamaica	23:42
124	Cecilia Rojas	Colombia	23:44
125	Maria Santana	Brazil	23:45
126	Irina Matrosova	Uzbekistan	23:49
127	Nadir de Siqueira	Brazil	23:51
128	Yelena Gorbulya	Kazakhstan	24:08
129	Janice Turner	Jamaica	24:38
130	Josiane Nairac-Boullé	Mauritius	25:01
131	Lee Hsiao-Chuan	Chinese Taipei	25:07
132	Michelle Clarke	Jamaica	25:34
133	Nicole Carty	Jamaica	26:33
134	Lilian López	Paraguay	28:05
135	Finette Didon	Seychelles	30:01

Teams

Rank	Team	Points
	Kenya Sally Barsosio 3 Margaret Ngotho 4 Rose Cheruiyot 8 Catherine Kirui 11 (Hellen Kimaiyo) (17) (Hellen Chepngeno) (27)	26
	Ethiopia Derartu Tulu 1 Gete Wami 5 Merima Denboba 7 Askale Bereda 25 (Genet Gebregiorgis) (26) (Getenesh Urge) (77)	38
	Romania Gabriela Szabo 10 Tudorita Chidu 22 Elena Fidatof 23 Iulia Negura 29 (Cristina Misaros) (30) (Daniela Bran) (85)	84
4	Japan Yukiko Okamoto 15 Kanako Haginaga 20 Naomi Sakashita 31 Yuko Kawakami 36 (Masako Saito) (56) (Atsumi Yashima) (69)	102
5	United States Joan Nesbit 6 Olga Appell 14 Gwynn Coogan 37 Katy McCandless 54 (Liz Wilson) (62) (Carmen Troncoso) (67)	111
6	Russia Olga Bondarenko 13 Alla Zhilyayeva 28 Natalya Solominskaya 32 Nadezhda Tatarenkova 43 (Nina Belikova) (71) (Viktoria Nenasheva) (90)	116
7	Spain Julia Vaquero 16 Carmen Fuentes 21 Estela Estévez 38 Rocío Ríos 58 (Natalia Azpiazu) (82) (Jacqueline Martín) (115)	133
8	France Annette Palluy 19 Rosario Murcia 41 Laurence Duquénoy 42 Blandine Bitzner-Ducret 49 (Laurence Vivier) (64) (Maria Rébélo) (86)	151
9	United Kingdom Paula Radcliffe 18 Bev Hartigan 24 Alison Wyeth 44 Angie Hulley 78 (Lucy Elliott) (83) (Andrea Duke) (102)	164
10	Portugal Albertina Dias 9 Ana Correia 47 Ana Dias 51 Ana Oliveira 68 (Carla Sacramento) (80) (Rosa Oliveira) (81)	175
11	Italy Rosanna Martin 33 Silvia Sommaggio 65 Maria Curatolo 70 Nives Curti 72 (Orietta Mancia) (89) (Agata Balsamo) (97)	240
12	Australia Anne Cross 35 Emma Carney 52 Angela White 74 Kerryn McCann 79 (Clare Carney) (105)	240
13	Ireland Catherina McKiernan 2 Anne Keenan-Buckley 61 Teresa Duffy 91 Jill Bruce 98 (Cathy Schum) (101) (Mary Donohoe) (106)	252
14	Canada Kathy Butler 39 Leah Pells 45 Tamara Salomon 95 Deanna Arnhill 107 (Ulla Marquette) (120)	286
15	Belgium Liève Slegers 63 Annemarie Danneels 66 Ingrid van Giel 84 Anja Smolders 92	305
16	Ukraine Tatyana Belovol 53 Tamara Koba 60 Vera Ragulina 93 Ilona Barbanova 100	306
17	South Africa Alta Verster 76 Anchen Rose 87 Sandra Lotter 99 Juliet Prowse 104 (Gwen Griffiths) (114) (Melody Marcus) (118)	366
18	Brazil Roseli Machado 48 Solange de Souza 108 Marina Nascimento 109 Maria Santana 125 (Nadir de Siqueira) (127)	390
19	Kazakhstan Garifa Kuku 50 Irina Mikitenko 111 Olga Pivovarova 121 Yelena Gorbulya 128	410
20	Colombia Stella Castro 110 Esneda Londono 119 Miryam Pulido 122 Cecilia Rojas 124	475
21	Jamaica Evette Turner 123 Janice Turner 129 Michelle Clarke 132 Nicole Carty 133	517

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

Participation

An unofficial count yields the participation of 135 athletes from 39 countries in the Senior women's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.^[5]

•  Australia (5)
•  Belarus (1)
•  Belgium (4)
•  Brazil (5)
•  Canada (5)
•  China (3)
•  Chinese Taipei (1)
•  Colombia (4)
•  Croatia (1)
•  Czech Republic (1)
•  Denmark (1)
•  Ethiopia (6)
•  France (6)
•  Iceland (1)
•  Ireland (6)
•  Italy (6)
•  Jamaica (4)
•  Japan (6)
•  Kazakhstan (4)
•  Kenya (6)
•  Lithuania (2)
•  Malta (1)
•  Mauritius (1)
•  Morocco (1)
•  Namibia (1)
•  Netherlands (2)
•  New Zealand (1)
•  Paraguay (1)
•  Portugal (6)
•  Romania (6)
•  Russia (6)
•  Seychelles (1)
•  South Africa (6)
•  Spain (6)
•   Switzerland (1)
•  Ukraine (4)
• United Kingdom (6)
•  United States (6)
•  Uzbekistan (1)

See also

• 1995 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race
• 1995 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race
• 1995 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior women's race