2002 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Women's short race

The Women's short race at the 2002 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held at the Leopardstown Racecourse near Dublin, Ireland, on March 24, 2002. Reports of the event were given in The New York Times,^[1][2] in the Herald,^[3][4] and for the IAAF.^[5]

Women's short race at the 2002 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
Organisers	IAAF
Edition	30th
Date	March 24
Host city	Dublin, Leinster, Ireland
Venue	Leopardstown Racecourse
Events	6
Distances	4.208 km – Women's short
Participation	107 athletes from 29 nations
← 2001 Oostende 2003 Lausanne →

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

Race results

Women's short race (4.208 km)

Individual

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	Edith Masai	Kenya	13:30
	Worknesh Kidane	Ethiopia	13:36
	Isabella Ochichi	Kenya	13:39
4	Benita Johnson	Australia	13:42
5	Suzy Favor Hamilton	United States	13:47
6	Abebech Nigussie	Ethiopia	13:53
7	Sonia O'Sullivan	Ireland	13:55
8	Amane Godana	Ethiopia	14:00
9	Rosanna Martin	Italy	14:01
10	Anne Keenan-Buckley	Ireland	14:03
11	Carrie Tollefson	United States	14:05
12	Bouchra Chaâbi	Morocco	14:06
13	Nancy Wambui	Kenya	14:06
14	Olga Romanova	Russia	14:06
15	Anna Thompson	Australia	14:07
16	Genet Gebregiorgis	Ethiopia	14:08
17	Jane Kiptoo	Kenya	14:11
18	Prisca Ngetich	Kenya	14:13
19	Rosemary Ryan	Ireland	14:14
20	Helena Sampaio	Portugal	14:15
21	Hawa Hamis Hussein	Tanzania	14:17
22	Helen Pattinson	United Kingdom	14:18
23	Liliya Volkova	Russia	14:19
24	Anastasiya Zubova	Russia	14:20
25	Carla Sacramento	Portugal	14:20
26	Meryem Karouani	Morocco	14:22
27	Hana Chaouach	Tunisia	14:22
28	Albina Ivanova	Russia	14:23
29	Denisa Costescu	Romania	14:25
30	Hayley McGregor	Australia	14:25
31	Olga Machado	Portugal	14:26
32	Sarah Toland	United States	14:27
33	Nasria Azaïdj	Algeria	14:27
34	Merima Hashim	Ethiopia	14:28
35	Lucy Elliott	United Kingdom	14:28
36	Jacqueline Martín	Spain	14:28
37	Fatiha Baouf	Belgium	14:29
38	Sinkinesh Gudeta	Ethiopia	14:30
39	Adélia Elias	Portugal	14:31
40	Judit Plá	Spain	14:32
41	Elena Fidatof	Romania	14:33
42	Natalie Harvey	Australia	14:34
43	Ronel Thomas	South Africa	14:35
44	Anesie Kwizera	Burundi	14:36
45	Hiromi Koga	Japan	14:37
46	Sandra Baumann	Austria	14:38
47	Daniela Petrescu	Romania	14:40
48	Zubeda Gussi	Tanzania	14:41
49	Émilie Mondor	Canada	14:42
50	Farida Gusi	Tanzania	14:42
51	Minori Hayakari	Japan	14:42
52	Janet Trujillo	United States	14:42
53	Carmen Douma	Canada	14:44
54	Tatyana Borisova	Kyrgyzstan	14:44
55	Seloua Ouaziz	Morocco	14:44
56	Clarisse Cruz	Portugal	14:44
57	Rocío Martínez	Spain	14:45
58	Amaia Piedra	Spain	14:47
59	Sabrina Varrone	Italy	14:48
60	Amanda Wright-Allen	United Kingdom	14:48
61	Leonora Joy	New Zealand	14:49
62	Maria McCambridge	Ireland	14:49
63	Mary Jayne Harrelson	United States	14:50
64	Valerie Vaughan	Ireland	14:50
65	Ouafa Frekech	Morocco	14:50
66	Sarah Hann	United States	14:52
67	Sonia Boubaker	Tunisia	14:53
68	Maiko Yamaguchi	Japan	14:54
69	Sara Valderas	Spain	14:55
70	Margaret Butler	Canada	14:57
71	Christina Carruzzo	Switzerland	14:58
72	Luminita Gogîrlea	Romania	14:59
73	Heather Lee	Canada	15:00
74	Anna Ndege	Tanzania	15:00
75	Sonia Thomas	United Kingdom	15:01
76	Habiba Ghribi	Tunisia	15:01
77	Cristina Casandra	Romania	15:04
78	Emma Ward	United Kingdom	15:04
79	Dalila Tahi	Algeria	15:05
80	Jane Potter	United Kingdom	15:10
81	Tatyana Chulakh	Russia	15:10
82	Valentina Belotti	Italy	15:11
83	Soulef Bouguerra	Tunisia	15:12
84	Fouzia Zoutat	Algeria	15:14
85	Tamara Salomon	Canada	15:15
86	Federica Dal Ri	Italy	15:18
87	Cristiana Artuso	Italy	15:20
88	Mieke Geens	Belgium	15:21
89	Tracy Robertson	Canada	15:22
90	Souad Aït Salem	Algeria	15:23
91	Vanessa Veiga	Spain	15:29
92	Maureen Harrington	Ireland	15:30
93	Suzanne Wiertsema	Netherlands	15:33
94	Amel Tlili	Tunisia	15:36
95	Madalena Carriço	Portugal	15:37
96	Fiona Crombie	New Zealand	15:38
97	Hakima Takeznount	Algeria	15:41
98	Helen van Lysebetten	Belgium	15:45
99	Mebarka Zellit	Algeria	15:55
100	Yuliya Arfipova	Uzbekistan	15:56
101	Irina Matrosova	Uzbekistan	16:00
102	Amira Benamor	Tunisia	16:10
103	Eva Iglesias	Andorra	16:21
104	Zamira Amirova	Uzbekistan	16:42
105	Priscilla Mamba	Eswatini	16:46
106	Yekaterina Dirova	Uzbekistan	17:21
107	Simone Zapha	Seychelles	18:11
—	Sharon Soussi	Gibraltar	DNS
—	Patrizia Tisi	Italy	DNS
—	Caroline Kwambai	Kenya	DNS
—	Christiana Augustine	Nigeria	DNS
—	Hannah Lawrence	New Zealand	DNS
—	Kim Smith	New Zealand	DNS
—	Kadie Koroma	Sierra Leone	DNS

Teams

Rank	Team	Points
	Ethiopia Worknesh Kidane 2 Abebech Nigussie 6 Amane Godana 8 Genet Gebregiorgis 16 (Merima Hashim) (n/s) (Sinkinesh Gudeta) (n/s)	32
	Kenya Edith Masai 1 Isabella Ochichi 3 Nancy Wambui 13 Jane Kiptoo 17 (Prisca Ngetich) (n/s)	34
	Ireland Sonia O'Sullivan 7 Anne Keenan-Buckley 10 Rosemary Ryan 18 Maria McCambridge 50 (Valerie Vaughan) (n/s) (Maureen Harrington) (n/s)	85
4	Russia Olga Romanova 14 Liliya Volkova 22 Anastasiya Zubova 23 Albina Ivanova 27 (Tatyana Chulakh) (n/s)	86
5	Australia Benita Johnson 4 Anna Thompson 15 Hayley McGregor 29 Natalie Harvey 38	86
6	United States Suzy Favor Hamilton 5 Carrie Tollefson 11 Sarah Toland 31 Janet Trujillo 43 (Mary Jayne Harrelson) (n/s) (Sarah Hann) (n/s)	90
7	Portugal Helena Sampaio 19 Carla Sacramento 24 Olga Machado 30 Adélia Elias 35 (Clarisse Cruz) (n/s) (Madalena Carriço) (n/s)	108
8	Morocco Bouchra Chaâbi 12 Meryem Karouani 25 Seloua Ouaziz 45 Ouafa Frekech 51	133
9	Romania Denisa Costescu 28 Elena Fidatof 37 Daniela Petrescu 39 Luminita Gogîrlea 54 (Cristina Casandra) (n/s)	158
10	Tanzania Hawa Hamis Hussein 20 Zubeda Gussi 40 Farida Gusi 42 Anna Ndege 56	158
11	United Kingdom Helen Pattinson 21 Lucy Elliott 33 Amanda Wright-Allen 49 Sonia Thomas 57 (Emma Ward) (n/s) (Jane Potter) (n/s)	160
12	Spain Jacqueline Martín 34 Judit Plá 36 Rocío Martínez 46 Amaia Piedra 47 (Sara Valderas) (n/s) (Vanessa Veiga) (n/s)	163
13	Italy Rosanna Martin 9 Sabrina Varrone 48 Valentina Belotti 60 Federica Dal Ri 63 (Cristiana Artuso) (n/s)	180
14	Canada Émilie Mondor 41 Carmen Douma 44 Margaret Butler 53 Heather Lee 55 (Tamara Salomon) (n/s) (Tracy Robertson) (n/s)	193
15	Tunisia Hana Chaouach 26 Sonia Boubaker 52 Habiba Ghribi 58 Soulef Bouguerra 61 (Amel Tlili) (n/s) (Amira Benamor) (n/s)	197
16	Algeria Nasria Azaïdj 32 Dalila Tahi 59 Fouzia Zoutat 62 Souad Aït Salem 64 (Hakima Takeznount) (n/s) (Mebarka Zellit) (n/s)	217
17	Uzbekistan Yuliya Arfipova 65 Irina Matrosova 66 Zamira Amirova 67 Yekaterina Dirova 68	266

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

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 107 athletes from 29 countries participated in the Women's short race. The announced athletes from  Gibraltar,  Nigeria, and  Sierra Leone did not show.^[7][8]

•  Algeria (6)
•  Andorra (1)
•  Australia (4)
•  Austria (1)
•  Belgium (3)
•  Burundi (1)
•  Canada (6)
•  Ethiopia (6)
•  Ireland (6)
•  Italy (5)
•  Japan (3)
•  Kenya (5)
•  Kyrgyzstan (1)
•  Morocco (4)
•  Netherlands (1)
•  New Zealand (2)
•  Portugal (6)
•  Romania (5)
•  Russia (5)
•  Seychelles (1)
•  South Africa (1)
•  Spain (6)
•  Eswatini (1)
•   Switzerland (1)
•  Tanzania (4)
•  Tunisia (6)
• 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 – Senior women's race
• 2002 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior women's race