1998 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race

Senior women's race at the 1998 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
Senior women's race at the 1998 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
Organisers	IAAF
Edition	26th
Date	March 21
Host city	Marrakech, Morocco
Venue	Menara district
Events	1
Distances	8 km – Senior women
Participation	97 athletes from ; 29 nations
	← 1997 Torino 1999 Belfast →

The Senior women's race at the 1998 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Marrakech, Morocco, at the Menara district on March 21, 1998. Reports on the event were given in The New York Times,^[1] in the Herald,^[2] and for the IAAF.^[3]

Quick Facts Senior women's race at the 1998 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, Organisers ...

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Complete results for individuals,^[4]^[5]^[6] for teams,^[4]^[7]^[8] medallists,^[9] and the results of British athletes^[10] were published.

Senior women's race (8 km)

Individual

More information Rank, Athlete ...

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	Sonia O'Sullivan	Ireland	25:39
	Paula Radcliffe	United Kingdom	25:42
	Gete Wami	Ethiopia	25:49
4	Merima Denboba	Ethiopia	25:56
5	Jackline Maranga	Kenya	25:56
6	Julia Vaquero	Spain	26:06
7	Jane Omoro	Kenya	26:07
8	Leah Malot	Kenya	26:16
9	Ayelech Worku	Ethiopia	26:17
10	Sally Barsosio	Kenya	26:27
11	Naomi Mugo	Kenya	26:33
12	Susan Chepkemei	Kenya	26:35
13	Hayley Haining	United Kingdom	26:40
14	Nora Rocha	Mexico	26:49
15	Colleen de Reuck	South Africa	26:51
16	Rocío Ríos	Spain	26:53
17	Restituta Joseph	Tanzania	27:00
18	Blandine Bitzner-Ducret	France	27:03
19	Kylie Risk	Australia	27:04
20	Deena Drossin	United States	27:06
21	Getenesh Urge	Ethiopia	27:07
22	Svetlana Baygulova	Russia	27:07
23	Nyla Carroll	New Zealand	27:08
24	Chiemi Takahashi	Japan	27:17
25	Vikki McPherson	United Kingdom	27:18
26	Samukeliso Moyo	Zimbabwe	27:20
27	Yukiko Mita	Japan	27:21
28	Yoko Shibui	Japan	27:21
29	Elisabeth Mongudhi	Namibia	27:22
30	Liz Wilson	United States	27:23
31	Joan Nesbit	United States	27:24
32	Natalie Harvey	Australia	27:24
33	Beatriz Santíago	Spain	27:27
34	Liz Talbot	United Kingdom	27:28
35	Conceição Ferreira	Portugal	27:29
36	Asha Gigi	Ethiopia	27:37
37	Nnenna Lynch	United States	27:41
38	María Abel	Spain	27:41
39	Leila Aman	Ethiopia	27:48
40	Anja Smolders	Belgium	27:49
41	Yamna Belkacem	France	27:50
42	Teresa Recio	Spain	27:52
43	Christine Mallo	France	27:53
44	Wioletta Kryza	Poland	27:56
45	Ai Fukuchi	Japan	27:58
46	Singasi Dube	Zimbabwe	27:59
47	Manuela Dias	Portugal	28:00
48	Annemari Sandell	Finland	28:01
49	Ana Correia	Portugal	28:03
50	Mandy Giblin	Australia	28:06
51	Hussein Hawa	Tanzania	28:07
52	Kristin Ihle	United States	28:08
53	Lucy Wright	United Kingdom	28:09
54	Lisa Dick	Australia	28:10
55	Tina Connelly	Canada	28:11
56	Valerie Vaughan	Ireland	28:13
57	Chantal Dällenbach	France	28:20
58	Charné Rademeyer	South Africa	28:20
59	Angela Joiner	United Kingdom	28:21
60	Sultana Aït Hammou	Morocco	28:33
61	Marina Bastos	Portugal	28:37
62	Fatima Yvelain	France	28:40
63	Zena Wilsnach	South Africa	28:41
64	Ana Gimeno	Spain	28:44
65	Rosa Oliveira	Portugal	28:50
66	Michele Chalmers	United States	28:53
67	Fatiha Klilech	Morocco	28:56
68	Maureen Harrington	Ireland	28:58
69	Fatiha Baouf	Morocco	29:07
70	Cari Rampersad	Canada	29:08
71	Anne Keenan-Buckley	Ireland	29:11
72	Rosa Mila Ibarra	Colombia	29:13
73	Maria Moraes	Brazil	29:26
74	Teresa Duffy	Ireland	29:31
75	Linda Thyer	Canada	29:34
76	Adriana de Souza	Brazil	29:36
77	Marcela Jackson	Costa Rica	29:39
78	Asmae Leghzaoui	Morocco	29:40
79	Miriam Caldasso	Brazil	29:40
80	Maria Polyzou	Greece	29:45
81	Melody Marcus	South Africa	29:48
82	Widad Farissi	Morocco	29:48
83	Message Mapfumo	Zimbabwe	30:03
84	Irina Troyeglazova	Kazakhstan	30:29
85	Maria Rodriguez	Colombia	30:32
86	Saadia Zakar	Morocco	30:34
87	Marvelous Kativhu	Zimbabwe	30:51
88	Svetlana Kasymskya	Turkmenistan	31:46
89	Violet Dudeleva	Turkmenistan	33:55
90	Rosemary Omundsen	Papua New Guinea	34:32
—	Stella Castro	Colombia	DNF
—	Helena Sampaio	Portugal	DNF
—	Jacqueline Mota	Canada	DNF
—	Joalsiae Llado	France	DNF
—	Adriana Agudelo	Colombia	DNF
—	Marta Mokofna	South Africa	DNF
—	Magdaline Morobi	South Africa	DNF

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Teams

More information Rank, Team ...

Rank

Team

Points

Kenya

Jackline Maranga	5
Jane Omoro	7
Leah Malot	8
Sally Barsosio	10
(Naomi Mugo)	(11)
(Susan Chepkemei)	(12)

30

Ethiopia

Gete Wami	3
Merima Denboba	4
Ayelech Worku	9
Getenesh Urge	21
(Asha Gigi)	(36)
(Leila Aman)	(39)

37

United Kingdom

Paula Radcliffe	2
Hayley Haining	13
Vikki McPherson	25
Liz Talbot	34
(Lucy Wright)	(53)
(Angela Joiner)	(59)

74

4

Spain

Julia Vaquero	6
Rocío Ríos	16
Beatriz Santíago	33
María Abel	38
(Teresa Recio)	(42)
(Ana Gimeno)	(64)

93

5

United States

Deena Drossin	20
Liz Wilson	30
Joan Nesbit	31
Nnenna Lynch	37
(Kristin Ihle)	(52)
(Michele Chalmers)	(66)

118

6

Japan

Chiemi Takahashi	24
Yukiko Mita	27
Yoko Shibui	28
Ai Fukuchi	45

124

7

Australia

Kylie Risk	19
Natalie Harvey	32
Mandy Giblin	50
Lisa Dick	54

155

8

France

Blandine Bitzner-Ducret	18
Yamna Belkacem	41
Christine Mallo	43
Chantal Dällenbach	57
(Fatima Yvelain)	(62)
(Joalsiae Llado)	(DNF)

159

9

Portugal

Conceição Ferreira	35
Manuela Dias	47
Ana Correia	49
Marina Bastos	61
(Rosa Oliveira)	(65)
(Helena Sampaio)	(DNF)

192

10

Ireland

Sonia O'Sullivan	1
Valerie Vaughan	56
Maureen Harrington	68
Anne Keenan-Buckley	71
(Teresa Duffy)	(74)

196

11

South Africa

Colleen de Reuck	15
Charné Rademeyer	58
Zena Wilsnach	63
Melody Marcus	81
(Marta Mokofna)	(DNF)
(Magdaline Morobi)	(DNF)

217

12

Zimbabwe

Samukeliso Moyo	26
Singasi Dube	46
Message Mapfumo	83
Marvelous Kativhu	87

242

13

Morocco

Sultana Aït Hammou	60
Fatiha Klilech	67
Fatiha Baouf	69
Asmae Leghzaoui	78
(Widad Farissi)	(82)
(Saadia Zakar)	(86)

274

DNF

Canada

Tina Connelly	(55)
Cari Rampersad	(70)
Linda Thyer	(75)
Jacqueline Mota	(DNF)

DNF

Colombia

Rosa Mila Ibarra	(72)
Maria Rodriguez	(85)
Stella Castro	(DNF)
Adriana Agudelo	(DNF)

DNF

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

An unofficial count yields the participation of 97 athletes from 29 countries in the Senior women's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.^[10]

Australia (4)
Belgium (1)
Brazil (3)
Canada (4)
Colombia (4)
Costa Rica (1)
Ethiopia (6)
Finland (1)
France (6)
Greece (1)
Ireland (5)
Japan (4)
Kazakhstan (1)
Kenya (6)
Mexico (1)
Morocco (6)
Namibia (1)
New Zealand (1)
Papua New Guinea (1)
Poland (1)
Portugal (6)
Russia (1)
South Africa (6)
Spain (6)
Tanzania (2)
Turkmenistan (2)
United Kingdom (6)
United States (6)
Zimbabwe (4)

[1]
Dunaway, James (March 23, 1998), "PLUS: CROSS-COUNTRY -- WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS; Tergat Makes It Four Straight", The New York Times, retrieved October 28, 2013
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Gillon, Doug (March 23, 1998), "O'Sullivan a crown jewel out of Africa", Glasgow Herald, retrieved October 28, 2013
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Minshull, Phil, Senior women, IAAF, archived from the original on 2013-10-29, retrieved October 28, 2013
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Magnusson, Tomas (March 24, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 8.0km CC Women - Marrakech Menara district Date: Sunday, March 22, 1998, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on October 16, 2007, retrieved October 28, 2013{{citation}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
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Results - IAAF World Cross Country Championships - Marrakech, MOROCCO 21 MAR 1998 - 22 MAR 1998 - Long Race - women, IAAF, March 21, 1998, retrieved October 28, 2013
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Results - IAAF World Cross Country Championships - Marrakech, MOROCCO 21 MAR 1998 - 22 MAR 1998 - Long Race - women - Final - Team, IAAF, March 21, 1998, retrieved October 28, 2013
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[times_01-1] [1]
Dunaway, James (March 23, 1998), "PLUS: CROSS-COUNTRY -- WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS; Tergat Makes It Four Straight", The New York Times, retrieved October 28, 2013

[herald_01-2] [2]
Gillon, Doug (March 23, 1998), "O'Sullivan a crown jewel out of Africa", Glasgow Herald, retrieved October 28, 2013

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Minshull, Phil, Senior women, IAAF, archived from the original on 2013-10-29, retrieved October 28, 2013

[archive_03-4] [4]
Magnusson, Tomas (March 24, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 8.0km CC Women - Marrakech Menara district Date: Sunday, March 22, 1998, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on October 16, 2007, retrieved October 28, 2013{{citation}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

[iaaf_03-5] [5]
Official Results - CROSS SENIOR Women - Saturday, March 21, 1998, IAAF, March 21, 1998, archived from the original on 1999-10-07, retrieved October 28, 2013

[iaaf_33-6] [6]
Results - IAAF World Cross Country Championships - Marrakech, MOROCCO 21 MAR 1998 - 22 MAR 1998 - Long Race - women, IAAF, March 21, 1998, retrieved October 28, 2013

[iaaf_13-7] [7]
Official Results - CROSS SENIOR Women - Team - Saturday, March 21, 1998, IAAF, March 21, 1998, archived from the original on 2013-10-29, retrieved October 28, 2013

[iaaf_43-8] [8]
Results - IAAF World Cross Country Championships - Marrakech, MOROCCO 21 MAR 1998 - 22 MAR 1998 - Long Race - women - Final - Team, IAAF, March 21, 1998, retrieved October 28, 2013

[gbr_01-9] [9]
IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved October 28, 2013

[iaaf_00-10] [10]
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 (PDF) on September 27, 2013, retrieved October 28, 2013

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