2002 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race

The Senior women's race at the 2002 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held at the Leopardstown Racecourse near Dublin, Ireland, on March 23, 2002. Reports of the event were given in The New York Times,^[1][2] in the Herald,^[3][4] and for the IAAF.^[5]

Senior women's race at the 2002 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
Organisers	IAAF
Edition	30th
Date	March 23
Host city	Dublin, Leinster, Ireland
Venue	Leopardstown Racecourse
Events	1
Distances	7.974 km – Senior women
Participation	83 athletes from 21 nations
← 2001 Oostende 2003 Lausanne →

Complete results for individuals,^[6][7][8] for senior women's teams,^[6][9][10] medallists,^[11] and the results of British athletes who took part^[12] were published.

Race results

Senior women's race (7.974 km)

Individual

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	Paula Radcliffe	United Kingdom	26:55
	Deena Drossin	United States	27:04
	Colleen de Reuck	United States	27:17
4	Miwako Yamanaka	Japan	27:19
5	Eyerusalem Kuma	Ethiopia	27:19
6	Merima Denboba	Ethiopia	27:21
7	Leila Aman	Ethiopia	27:25
8	Rose Cheruiyot	Kenya	27:28
9	Pamela Chepchumba	Kenya	27:30
10	Teyiba Erkesso	Ethiopia	27:32
11	Leah Malot	Kenya	27:35
12	Jen Rhines	United States	27:43
13	Ayelech Worku	Ethiopia	27:50
14	Jane Omoro	Kenya	27:52
15	Kayoko Fukushi	Japan	27:53
16	Jepkorir Ayabei	Kenya	27:58
17	Rosanna Martin	Italy	27:59
18	Liz Yelling	United Kingdom	28:07
19	Helena Sampaio	Portugal	28:08
20	Kathy Butler	United Kingdom	28:12
21	Yoshiko Fujinaga	Japan	28:15
22	Anália Rosa	Portugal	28:16
23	Milena Glusac	United States	28:18
24	Maria Luisa Lárraga	Spain	28:21
25	Ana Dias	Portugal	28:24
26	Analídia Torre	Portugal	28:24
27	Beatriz Santíago	Spain	28:26
28	Elva Dryer	United States	28:27
29	Rodica Moroianu	France	28:30
30	Atalelech Ketema	Ethiopia	28:33
31	Amy Rudolph	United States	28:37
32	Carmen Oliveras	France	28:41
33	Inês Monteiro	Portugal	28:42
34	María Abel	Spain	28:43
35	Alessandra Aguilar	Spain	28:43
36	Kazue Ogoshi	Japan	28:43
37	Nebiat Habtemariam	Eritrea	28:47
38	Rosita Rota Gelpi	Italy	28:51
39	Anja Smolders	Belgium	28:53
40	Fatima Hajjami	France	28:56
41	Rocío Ríos	Spain	28:57
42	Hayley Yelling	United Kingdom	29:00
43	Monica Wangari	Kenya	29:00
44	Fatima Yvelain	France	29:00
45	Marie McMahon	Ireland	29:07
46	Angela Mudge	United Kingdom	29:07
47	Lisa Harvey	Canada	29:08
48	Elodie Olivares	France	29:15
49	Charné Rademeyer	South Africa	29:18
50	Teresa Recio	Spain	29:19
51	Natalya Berkut	Ukraine	29:21
52	Kim Smith	New Zealand	29:24
53	Stephanie de Croock	Belgium	29:27
54	Nives Curti	Italy	29:28
55	Marina Bastos	Portugal	29:32
56	Patrizia Tisi	Italy	29:35
57	Sarah Dupré	Canada	29:36
58	Orla O'Mahoney	Ireland	29:42
59	Jenny Brown	United Kingdom	29:52
60	Veerle van Linden	Belgium	29:52
61	Alison Rendell	Canada	29:58
62	América Mateos	Mexico	30:02
63	Pauline Curley	Ireland	30:04
64	Cathérine Lallemand	Belgium	30:15
65	Monia Capelli	Italy	30:21
66	Barbara Brych	Canada	30:32
67	Hannah Lawrence	New Zealand	30:42
68	Teresa Duffy	Ireland	31:02
69	Corinne Debaets	Belgium	31:18
70	Michaela McClure	Canada	31:21
71	Geraldine Hendricken	Ireland	31:40
72	Irina Matrosova	Uzbekistan	31:48
73	Margareth Iro	Tanzania	32:08
74	Margaret Danagher	Ireland	32:25
75	Priscilla Mamba	Eswatini	33:03
76	Yuliya Arfipova	Uzbekistan	33:18
77	Zamira Amirova	Uzbekistan	33:56
78	Kanchanamala Udagedara	Sri Lanka	33:59
79	Daulgoda Inoka	Sri Lanka	33:59
80	Yekaterina Dirova	Uzbekistan	34:23
81	Malika Chandrakanthi	Sri Lanka	34:48
—	Zahia Dahmani	France	DNF
—	Suzanne Binne	Canada	DNF
—	Sandra Baumann	Austria	DNS
—	Anesie Kwizera	Burundi	DNS
—	Gulsara Dadabaeva	Tajikistan	DNS
—	Taussi Juma	Tanzania	DNS
—	Banuelia Katesigwa	Tanzania	DNS

Teams

Rank	Team	Points
	Ethiopia Eyerusalem Kuma 5 Merima Denboba 6 Leila Aman 7 Teyiba Erkesso 10 (Ayelech Worku) (n/s) (Atalelech Ketema) (n/s)	28
	United States Deena Drossin 2 Colleen de Reuck 3 Jen Rhines 12 Milena Glusac 21 (Elva Dryer) (n/s) (Amy Rudolph) (n/s)	38
	Kenya Rose Cheruiyot 8 Pamela Chepchumba 9 Leah Malot 11 Jane Omoro 13 (Jepkorir Ayabei) (n/s) (Monica Wangari) (n/s)	41
4	Japan Miwako Yamanaka 4 Kayoko Fukushi 14 Yoshiko Fujinaga 19 Kazue Ogoshi 30	67
5	United Kingdom Paula Radcliffe 1 Liz Yelling 16 Kathy Butler 18 Hayley Yelling 34 (Angela Mudge) (n/s) (Jenny Brown) (n/s)	69
6	Portugal Helena Sampaio 17 Anália Rosa 20 Ana Dias 23 Analídia Torre 24 (Inês Monteiro) (n/s) (Marina Bastos) (n/s)	84
7	Spain Maria Luisa Lárraga 22 Beatriz Santíago 25 María Abel 28 Alessandra Aguilar 29 (Rocío Ríos) (n/s) (Teresa Recio) (n/s)	104
8	France Rodica Moroianu 26 Carmen Oliveras 27 Fatima Hajjami 33 Fatima Yvelain 35 (Elodie Olivares) (n/s) (Zahia Dahmani) (DNF)	121
9	Italy Rosanna Martin 15 Rosita Rota Gelpi 31 Nives Curti 39 Patrizia Tisi 40 (Monia Capelli) (n/s)	125
10	Belgium Anja Smolders 32 Stephanie de Croock 38 Veerle van Linden 43 Cathérine Lallemand 46 (Corinne Debaets) (n/s)	159
11	Canada Lisa Harvey 37 Sarah Dupré 41 Alison Rendell 44 Barbara Brych 47 (Michaela McClure) (n/s) (Suzanne Binne) (DNF)	169
12	Ireland Marie McMahon 36 Orla O'Mahoney 42 Pauline Curley 45 Teresa Duffy 48 (Geraldine Hendricken) (n/s) (Margaret Danagher) (n/s)	171
13	Uzbekistan Irina Matrosova 49 Yuliya Arfipova 50 Zamira Amirova 51 Yekaterina Dirova 52	202

• Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result (n/s: nonscorer)

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 83 athletes from 21 countries participated in the Senior women's race. The announced athletes from  Austria,  Burundi, and  Tajikistan did not show.^[7][8]

•  Belgium (5)
•  Canada (6)
•  Eritrea (1)
•  Ethiopia (6)
•  France (6)
•  Ireland (6)
•  Italy (5)
•  Japan (4)
•  Kenya (6)
•  Mexico (1)
•  New Zealand (2)
•  Portugal (6)
•  South Africa (1)
•  Spain (6)
•  Sri Lanka (3)
•  Eswatini (1)
•  Tanzania (1)
•  Ukraine (1)
• United Kingdom (6)
•  United States (6)
•  Uzbekistan (4)

See also

• 2002 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race
• 2002 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Men's short race
• 2002 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race
• 2002 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Women's short race
• 2002 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior women's race