1996 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race

The Senior women's race at the 1996 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Stellenbosch, South Africa, at the Danie Craven Stadium on March 23, 1996. A preview on the event was given in the Herald,^[1] and a report in The New York Times.^[2]

Senior women's race at the 1996 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
Organisers	IAAF
Edition	24th
Date	March 23
Host city	Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa
Venue	Danie Craven Stadium
Events	1
Distances	6.3 km – Senior women
Participation	133 athletes from 37 nations
← 1995 Durham 1997 Torino →

Complete results,^[3][4][5] medallists,^[6] and the results of British athletes^[7] were published.

Race results

Senior women's race (6.3 km)

Individual

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	Gete Wami	Ethiopia	20:12
	Rose Cheruiyot	Kenya	20:18
	Naomi Mugo	Kenya	20:21
4	Derartu Tulu	Ethiopia	20:21
5	Colleen de Reuck	South Africa	20:21
6	Fernanda Ribeiro	Portugal	20:23
7	Julia Vaquero	Spain	20:28
8	Jane Ngotho	Kenya	20:31
9	Gabriela Szabo	Romania	20:37
10	Berhane Adere	Ethiopia	20:37
11	Sally Barsosio	Kenya	20:43
12	Iulia Negura	Romania	20:55
13	Catherina McKiernan	Ireland	20:57
14	Farida Fatès	France	21:02
15	Florence Barsosio	Kenya	21:04
16	Kate Anderson	Australia	21:08
17	Elena Fidatof	Romania	21:08
18	Chiemi Takahashi	Japan	21:12
19	Paula Radcliffe	United Kingdom	21:13
20	Odile Ohier	France	21:14
21	Kylie Risk	Australia	21:17
22	Hiromi Masuda	Japan	21:17
23	Marie McMahon	Ireland	21:18
24	Annette Sergent	France	21:18
25	Joan Nesbit	United States	21:19
26	Carmen Fuentes	Spain	21:21
27	Margaret Crowley	Australia	21:21
28	Carolyn Schuwalov	Australia	21:22
29	Getenesh Urge	Ethiopia	21:22
30	Stefanija Statkuvienė	Lithuania	21:23
31	Albertina Dias	Portugal	21:23
32	Mariana Chirila	Romania	21:26
33	Ana Dias	Portugal	21:30
34	Conceição Ferreira	Portugal	21:32
35	Annemarie Danneels	Belgium	21:34
36	Silvia Skvortsova	Russia	21:35
37	Beatriz Santíago	Spain	21:36
38	Viorica Ghican	Romania	21:37
39	Miki Kitashima	Japan	21:40
40	Melissa Moon	New Zealand	21:41
41	Lelia Deselnicu	Romania	21:41
42	Gwen Griffiths	South Africa	21:43
43	Asha Gigi	Ethiopia	21:43
44	Natalie Harvey	Australia	21:43
45	Yoshiko Imura	Japan	21:46
46	Teresa Recio	Spain	21:47
47	Ana Correia	Portugal	21:48
48	Liz Wilson	United States	21:49
49	Vikki McPherson	United Kingdom	21:49
50	Nadezhda Tatarenkova	Russia	21:50
51	Anne Hare	New Zealand	21:50
52	Carole Zajac	United States	21:53
53	Laurence Duquénoy	France	21:53
54	Gabrielle Vijverberg	Netherlands	21:54
55	Miwa Sugawara	Japan	21:57
56	Maree Bunce	New Zealand	21:57
57	Kore Alemu	Ethiopia	21:57
58	Angie Hulley	United Kingdom	21:58
59	Zola Pieterse	South Africa	21:59
60	Carlien Cornelissen	South Africa	22:00
61	Sonia Barry	New Zealand	22:04
62	Zahra Ouaziz	Morocco	22:08
63	Alison Wyeth	United Kingdom	22:10
64	Andrea Whitcombe	United Kingdom	22:14
65	Anja Smolders	Belgium	22:15
66	Nuria Pastor	Spain	22:16
67	Joalsiae Llado	France	22:18
68	Mieke Aanen	Netherlands	22:20
69	Teresa Duffy	Ireland	22:22
70	Patrizia Di Napoli	Italy	22:23
71	Nadezhda Galyamova	Russia	22:24
72	Jana Klimesová	Czech Republic	22:25
73	Christine Mallo	France	22:30
74	Agata Balsamo	Italy	22:32
75	Lukose Leelamma	India	22:32
76	Paulina Phaho	South Africa	22:32
77	Clair Fearnley	Australia	22:33
78	Kristijna Loonen	Netherlands	22:35
79	Anne Keenan-Buckley	Ireland	22:37
80	Lornah Kiplagat	Kenya	22:40
81	Rosanna Martin	Italy	22:42
82	Nelly Glauser	Switzerland	22:43
83	Patrizia Ragno	Italy	22:45
84	Kristen Hall	United States	22:45
85	Isabel Carreno	Mexico	22:48
86	Elisabeth Mongudhi	Namibia	22:48
87	Taeko Terauchi	Japan	22:50
88	Erica van der Bilt	Netherlands	22:51
89	Elisa Rea	Italy	22:51
90	Samukeliso Moyo	Zimbabwe	22:54
91	Restituta Joseph	Tanzania	23:04
92	Grethe Koens	Netherlands	23:08
93	Nadir de Siqueira	Brazil	23:08
94	Ana Elias	Angola	23:10
95	Maureen Harrington	Ireland	23:14
96	Liz Talbot	United Kingdom	23:14
97	Lyudmila Derevyankina	Russia	23:16
98	Verónica Páez	Argentina	23:19
99	Charné Rademeyer	South Africa	23:22
100	Maimuna Margwe	Tanzania	23:23
101	Sibelia Vasconcelos	Brazil	23:24
102	Vally Satayabhama	India	23:25
103	Marvelous Kativhu	Zimbabwe	23:30
104	Sicalile Moyo	Zimbabwe	23:31
105	Paola Testa	Italy	23:31
106	Maria Fernández	Argentina	23:33
107	Monica Samila	Tanzania	23:34
108	Rani Saini	India	23:34
109	Mardrea Hyman	Jamaica	23:42
110	Luciene de Deus	Brazil	23:50
111	Madhuri Saxena	India	23:53
112	Jorilda Sabino	Brazil	24:01
113	Tuelo Setswamorago	Botswana	24:04
114	Zulma Ortíz	Argentina	24:05
115	Esther Nherera	Zimbabwe	24:15
116	Lucy Nusrala	United States	24:31
117	Sandra Torres	Argentina	24:38
118	Angelina Pitso	Lesotho	24:48
119	Neelo Phutegelo	Botswana	24:49
120	Evette Turner	Jamaica	24:52
121	Tijana Pavicic	Yugoslavia	25:42
122	Rasheda Amer	Egypt	25:50
123	Sarah Changati	Botswana	26:09
124	Nicole Carty	Jamaica	26:22
125	Hsu Yu-Fang	Chinese Taipei	26:30
126	Guylene Duval	Mauritius	26:33
127	Karen Smith	Jamaica	27:23
128	Onkemetse Solotate	Botswana	27:39
129	Hussein Hawa	Tanzania	27:51
—	Kathy Butler	Canada	DNF
—	María Isabel Martinez	Spain	DNF
—	Manuela Dias	Portugal	DNF
—	Geraldine Macdonald	New Zealand	DNF

Teams

Rank	Team	Points
	Kenya Rose Cheruiyot 2 Naomi Mugo 3 Jane Ngotho 8 Sally Barsosio 11 (Florence Barsosio) (15) (Lornah Kiplagat) (80)	24
	Ethiopia Gete Wami 1 Derartu Tulu 4 Berhane Adere 10 Getenesh Urge 29 (Asha Gigi) (43) (Kore Alemu) (57)	44
	Romania Gabriela Szabo 9 Iulia Negura 12 Elena Fidatof 17 Mariana Chirila 32 (Viorica Ghican) (38) (Lelia Deselnicu) (41)	70
4	Australia Kate Anderson 16 Kylie Risk 21 Margaret Crowley 27 Carolyn Schuwalov 28 (Natalie Harvey) (44) (Clair Fearnley) (77)	92
5	Portugal Fernanda Ribeiro 6 Albertina Dias 31 Ana Dias 33 Conceição Ferreira 34 (Ana Correia) (47) (Manuela Dias) (DNF)	104
6	France Farida Fatès 14 Odile Ohier 20 Annette Sergent 24 Laurence Duquénoy 53 (Joalsiae Llado) (67) (Christine Mallo) (73)	111
7	Spain Julia Vaquero 7 Carmen Fuentes 26 Beatriz Santíago 37 Teresa Recio 46 (Nuria Pastor) (66) (María Isabel Martinez) (DNF)	116
8	Japan Chiemi Takahashi 18 Hiromi Masuda 22 Miki Kitashima 39 Yoshiko Imura 45 (Miwa Sugawara) (55) (Taeko Terauchi) (87)	124
9	South Africa Colleen de Reuck 5 Gwen Griffiths 42 Zola Pieterse 59 Carlien Cornelissen 60 (Paulina Phaho) (76) (Charné Rademeyer) (99)	166
10	Ireland Catherina McKiernan 13 Marie McMahon 23 Teresa Duffy 69 Anne Keenan-Buckley 79 (Maureen Harrington) (95)	184
11	United Kingdom Paula Radcliffe 19 Vikki McPherson 49 Angie Hulley 58 Alison Wyeth 63 (Andrea Whitcombe) (64) (Liz Talbot) (96)	189
12	New Zealand Melissa Moon 40 Anne Hare 51 Maree Bunce 56 Sonia Barry 61 (Geraldine Macdonald) (DNF)	208
13	United States Joan Nesbit 25 Liz Wilson 48 Carole Zajac 52 Kristen Hall 84 (Lucy Nusrala) (116)	209
14	Russia Silvia Skvortsova 36 Nadezhda Tatarenkova 50 Nadezhda Galyamova 71 Lyudmila Derevyankina 97	254
15	Netherlands Gabrielle Vijverberg 54 Mieke Aanen 68 Kristijna Loonen 78 Erica van der Bilt 88 (Grethe Koens) (92)	288
16	Italy Patrizia Di Napoli 70 Agata Balsamo 74 Rosanna Martin 81 Patrizia Ragno 83 (Elisa Rea) (89) (Paola Testa) (105)	308
17	India Lukose Leelamma 75 Vally Satayabhama 102 Rani Saini 108 Madhuri Saxena 111	396
18	Zimbabwe Samukeliso Moyo 90 Marvelous Kativhu 103 Sicalile Moyo 104 Esther Nherera 115	412
19	Brazil Nadir de Siqueira 93 Sibelia Vasconcelos 101 Luciene de Deus 110 Jorilda Sabino 112	416
20	Tanzania Restituta Joseph 91 Maimuna Margwe 100 Monica Samila 107 Hussein Hawa 129	427
21	Argentina Verónica Páez 98 Maria Fernández 106 Zulma Ortíz 114 Sandra Torres 117	435
22	Jamaica Mardrea Hyman 109 Evette Turner 120 Nicole Carty 124 Karen Smith 127	480
23	Botswana Tuelo Setswamorago 113 Neelo Phutegelo 119 Sarah Changati 123 Onkemetse Solotate 128	483

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

Participation

An unofficial count yields the participation of 133 athletes from 37 countries in the Senior women's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.^[7]

•  Angola (1)
•  Argentina (4)
•  Australia (6)
•  Belgium (2)
•  Botswana (4)
•  Brazil (4)
•  Canada (1)
•  Chinese Taipei (1)
•  Czech Republic (1)
•  Egypt (1)
•  Ethiopia (6)
•  France (6)
•  India (4)
•  Ireland (5)
•  Italy (6)
•  Jamaica (4)
•  Japan (6)
•  Kenya (6)
•  Lesotho (1)
•  Lithuania (1)
•  Mauritius (1)
•  Mexico (1)
•  Morocco (1)
•  Namibia (1)
•  Netherlands (5)
•  New Zealand (5)
•  Portugal (6)
•  Romania (6)
•  Russia (4)
•  South Africa (6)
•  Spain (6)
•   Switzerland (1)
•  Tanzania (4)
•  United Kingdom (6)
•  United States (5)
•  Yugoslavia (1)
•  Zimbabwe (4)

See also

• 1996 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race
• 1996 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race
• 1996 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior women's race