1997 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race

Senior women's race at the 1997 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
Organisers	IAAF
Edition	25th
Date	March 23
Host city	Torino, Piemonte, Italy
Location	Parco del Valentino
Nations participating	42
Athletes participating	147
Races	1
Distances	6.6 km – Senior women
← 1996 Stellenbosch 1998 Marrakesh →

The Senior women's race at the 1997 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Torino, Italy, at the Parco del Valentino on March 23, 1997. A report on the event was given in the New York Times,^[1] in the Herald,^[2] and for the IAAF.^[3]

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

Race results

Senior women's race (6.6 km)

Individual

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
01 !	Derartu Tulu	Ethiopia	20:53
02 !	Paula Radcliffe	United Kingdom	20:55
03 !	Gete Wami	Ethiopia	21:00
4	Julia Vaquero	Spain	21:01
5	Sally Barsosio	Kenya	21:05
6	Merima Denboba	Ethiopia	21:18
7	Catherina McKiernan	Ireland	21:20
8	Naomi Mugo	Kenya	21:23
9	Sonia O'Sullivan	Ireland	21:25
10	Jane Omoro	Kenya	21:29
11	Lydia Cheromei	Kenya	21:34
12	Elena Fidatof	Romania	21:35
13	Florence Barsosio	Kenya	21:36
14	Berhane Adere	Ethiopia	21:37
15	Annemari Sandell	Finland	21:38
16	Azumi Miyazaki	Japan	21:43
17	Chiemi Takahashi	Japan	21:45
18	Lucy Elliott	United Kingdom	21:45
19	Susan Chepkemei	Kenya	21:46
20	Nadia Dandolo	Italy	21:48
21	Kylie Risk	Australia	21:52
22	Hayley Haining	United Kingdom	21:53
23	Valerie Vaughan	Ireland	21:55
24	Laurence Vivier	France	21:55
25	Una English	Ireland	21:59
26	Amy Rudolph	United States	22:00
27	Getenesh Urge	Ethiopia	22:01
28	Laurence Duquénoy	France	22:01
29	Deena Drossin	United States	22:02
30	Miki Kitashima	Japan	22:02
31	Maria Curatolo	Italy	22:03
32	Lyudmila Petrova	Russia	22:04
33	Kathy Butler	Canada	22:07
34	Farida Fatès	France	22:07
35	Elva Dryer	United States	22:09
36	Marina Bastos	Portugal	22:09
37	Hiromi Masuda	Japan	22:10
38	Gwynn Coogan	United States	22:10
39	Conceição Ferreira	Portugal	22:10
40	Yelena Kaledina	Russia	22:11
41	Wei Li	China	22:11
42	Anastasiya Danchinova	Russia	22:12
43	Nora Rocha	Mexico	22:12
44	Kristin Beaney	United States	22:12
45	Sachie Ozaki	Japan	22:13
46	Valentina Tauceri	Italy	22:14
47	Teresa Nunes	Portugal	22:16
48	Stela Olteanu	Romania	22:17
49	Rocío Ríos	Spain	22:18
50	Nnenna Lynch	United States	22:19
51	Olivera Jevtić	Yugoslavia	22:19
52	Yelena Baranova	Russia	22:20
53	Anja Smolders	Belgium	22:21
54	Kore Alemu	Ethiopia	22:21
55	Anne Hare	New Zealand	22:22
56	Angela Davies	United Kingdom	22:23
57	Melissa Moon	New Zealand	22:25
58	Mariana Chirila	Romania	22:25
59	Li Meihua	China	22:26
60	Ana Correia	Portugal	22:28
61	Gabrielle Vijverberg	Netherlands	22:29
62	Yamna Oubouhou	France	22:30
63	Patrizia di Napoli	Italy	22:31
64	Galina Aleksandrova	Russia	22:31
65	Rkia Yajjou	France	22:36
66	Ana Elias	Angola	22:38
67	Alta Verster	South Africa	22:39
68	Helena Javornik	Slovenia	22:40
69	Sabrina Varrone	Italy	22:40
70	Annemarie Danneels	Belgium	22:40
71	Cristina Iloc	Romania	22:41
72	Linden Wilde	New Zealand	22:41
73	Chantal Dällenbach	France	22:42
74	Samukeliso Moyo	Zimbabwe	22:42
75	Liu Shixiang	China	22:42
76	Natalia Azpiazu	Spain	22:43
77	Tina Connelly	Canada	22:44
78	Ana Oliveira	Portugal	22:45
79	Elizabeth Miller	Australia	22:46
80	Maria Luisa Lárraga	Spain	22:46
81	Takami Ominami	Japan	22:48
82	Anikó Javos	Hungary	22:48
83	Manuela Dias	Portugal	22:49
84	Viorica Ghican	Romania	22:50
85	Yelena Kopytova	Russia	22:51
86	Zola Pieterse	South Africa	22:53
87	Amaia Piedra	Spain	22:55
88	Erica van der Bilt	Netherlands	22:58
89	Hao Jianhua	China	22:58
90	Maryann Murray	Australia	23:00
91	Nelly Glauser	Switzerland	23:01
92	Sonja Deckers	Belgium	23:04
93	Sarah Howell	Canada	23:04
94	Iulia Ionescu	Romania	23:05
95	Beatriz Santíago	Spain	23:06
96	Suzanne Rigg	United Kingdom	23:07
97	Rizoneide Vanderley	Brazil	23:08
98	Mieke Aanen	Netherlands	23:11
99	Lesley Morton	New Zealand	23:12
100	Olga Sheleva	Bulgaria	23:14
101	Magdalena Thorsell	Sweden	23:14
102	Nasria Baghdad	Algeria	23:19
103	Anikó Kálovics	Hungary	23:20
104	Andrea Whitcombe	United Kingdom	23:23
105	Charné Rademeyer	South Africa	23:26
106	Helána Barócsi	Hungary	23:27
107	Sandra Hofmans	Netherlands	23:28
108	Maureen Harrington	Ireland	23:36
109	Stephanie van Graan	South Africa	23:42
110	Flor Venegas	Chile	23:42
111	Maree Bunce	New Zealand	23:45
112	Lale Öztürk	Turkey	23:46
113	Nadir de Siqueira	Brazil	23:48
114	Mundan Anickal Molly	India	23:51
115	Sue Malaxos	Australia	23:53
116	Dalila Tahi	Algeria	23:54
117	Pauline Curley	Ireland	23:55
118	Natalia Melnik	Ukraine	23:56
119	Veerle Dejaeghere	Belgium	24:00
120	Mardrea Hyman	Jamaica	24:03
121	Hasibe Cangir	Turkey	24:07
122	Anchen Rose	South Africa	24:07
123	Karla Guerrero	Mexico	24:09
124	Maria Santana	Brazil	24:10
125	Noemi Morales	Mexico	24:17
126	Dolores Valencia	Mexico	24:19
127	Rani Saini	India	24:19
128	Ildikó Csendes	Hungary	24:21
129	Leontina Cespedes	Chile	24:26
130	Sarah Horan	New Zealand	24:28
131	Vijaya Sonwane	India	24:36
132	Gülsen Asikoglu	Turkey	24:37
133	Berenice Meira	Brazil	24:37
134	Nili Avramski	Israel	24:41
135	Susana Rebolledo	Chile	24:47
136	Madhuri Saxena	India	24:52
137	Dudu Mese	Turkey	24:56
138	Julia del Rio	Chile	25:05
139	Janice Turner	Jamaica	25:12
140	Georgina Fourie	South Africa	25:21
141	Monica Randi	San Marino	25:32
142	Ivancica Drugcevic	Croatia	25:36
143	Ida Kiyindou	Congo	25:39
144	Guylsara Dadabayeva	Tajikistan	26:24
145	Guylene Duval	Mauritius	28:22
—	Anita Weyermann	Switzerland	DNF
—	Agata Balsamo	Italy	DNF
—	Virginie Gloum	Central African Republic	DNS

Teams

Rank

Team

Points

Ethiopia

Derartu Tulu	1
Gete Wami	3
Merima Denboba	6
Berhane Adere	14
(Getenesh Urge)	(27)
(Kore Alemu)	(54)

Kenya

Sally Barsosio	5
Naomi Mugo	8
Jane Omoro	10
Lydia Cheromei	11
(Florence Barsosio)	(13)
(Susan Chepkemei)	(19)

Ireland

Catherina McKiernan	7
Sonia O'Sullivan	9
Valerie Vaughan	23
Una English	25
(Maureen Harrington)	(108)
(Pauline Curley)	(117)

United Kingdom

Paula Radcliffe	2
Lucy Elliott	18
Hayley Haining	22
Angela Davies	56
(Suzanne Rigg)	(96)
(Andrea Whitcombe)	(104)

Japan

Azumi Miyazaki	16
Chiemi Takahashi	17
Miki Kitashima	30
Hiromi Masuda	37
(Sachie Ozaki)	(45)
(Takami Ominami)	(81)

100

United States

Amy Rudolph	26
Deena Drossin	29
Elva Dryer	35
Gwynn Coogan	38
(Kristin Beaney)	(44)
(Nnenna Lynch)	(50)

128

France

Laurence Vivier	24
Laurence Duquénoy	28
Farida Fatès	34
Yamna Oubouhou	62
(Rkia Yajjou)	(65)
(Chantal Dällenbach)	(73)

148

Italy

Nadia Dandolo	20
Maria Curatolo	31
Valentina Tauceri	46
Patrizia di Napoli	63
(Sabrina Varrone)	(69)
(Agata Balsamo)	(DNF)

160

Russia

Lyudmila Petrova	32
Yelena Kaledina	40
Anastasiya Danchinova	42
Yelena Baranova	52
(Galina Aleksandrova)	(64)
(Yelena Kopytova)	(85)

166

Portugal

Marina Bastos	36
Conceição Ferreira	39
Teresa Nunes	47
Ana Correia	60
(Ana Oliveira)	(78)
(Manuela Dias)	(83)

182

Romania

Elena Fidatof	12
Stela Olteanu	48
Mariana Chirila	58
Cristina Iloc	71
(Viorica Ghican)	(84)
(Iulia Ionescu)	(94)

189

Spain

Julia Vaquero	4
Rocío Ríos	49
Natalia Azpiazu	76
Maria Luisa Lárraga	80
(Amaia Piedra)	(87)
(Beatriz Santíago)	(95)

209

China

Wei Li	41
Li Meihua	59
Liu Shixiang	75
Hao Jianhua	89

264

New Zealand

Anne Hare	55
Melissa Moon	57
Linden Wilde	72
Lesley Morton	99
(Maree Bunce)	(111)
(Sarah Horan)	(130)

283

Australia

Kylie Risk	21
Elizabeth Miller	79
Maryann Murray	90
Sue Malaxos	115

305

Belgium

Anja Smolders	53
Annemarie Danneels	70
Sonja Deckers	92
Veerle Dejaeghere	119

334

Netherlands

Gabrielle Vijverberg	61
Erica van der Bilt	88
Mieke Aanen	98
Sandra Hofmans	107

354

South Africa

Alta Verster	67
Zola Pieterse	86
Charné Rademeyer	105
Stephanie van Graan	109
(Anchen Rose)	(122)
(Georgina Fourie)	(140)

367

Mexico

Nora Rocha	43
Karla Guerrero	123
Noemi Morales	125
Dolores Valencia	126

417

Hungary

Anikó Javos	82
Anikó Kálovics	103
Helána Barócsi	106
Ildikó Csendes	128

419

Brazil

Rizoneide Vanderley	97
Nadir de Siqueira	113
Maria Santana	124
Berenice Meira	133

467

Turkey

Lale Öztürk	112
Hasibe Cangir	121
Gülsen Asikoglu	132
Dudu Mese	137

502

India

Mundan Anickal Molly	114
Rani Saini	127
Vijaya Sonwane	131
Madhuri Saxena	136

508

Chile

Flor Venegas	110
Leontina Cespedes	129
Susana Rebolledo	135
Julia del Rio	138

512

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

Participation

An unofficial count yields the participation of 147 athletes from 42 countries in the Senior women's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.^[7] Although announced, the athlete from the Central African Republic did not show.^[5]

Algeria (2)
Angola (1)
Australia (4)
Belgium (4)
Brazil (4)
Bulgaria (1)
Canada (3)
Chile (4)
China (4)
Congo (1)
Croatia (1)
Ethiopia (6)
Finland (1)
France (6)

Hungary (4)
India (4)
Ireland (6)
Israel (1)
Italy (6)
Jamaica (2)
Japan (6)
Kenya (6)
Mauritius (1)
Mexico (4)
Netherlands (4)
New Zealand (6)
Portugal (6)
Romania (6)

References

↑ Tergat Leads Kenyans With Dramatic Victory, New York Times, March 24, 1997, retrieved October 27, 2013
↑ Gillon, Doug (March 24, 1997), Tulu swoops late to take title but British runner still happy Radcliffe joy as she runs into medal place, Herald, retrieved October 27, 2013
↑ Reineri, Giorgio, Report for Senior races - Women's race - Derarta Tulu of Ethiopia, former 10 000m Olympic Champion in Barcelona 1982 won the World Cross Country Championship title after a terrible battle with Paula Radcliffe of Great Britain, IAAF, retrieved October 27, 2013
↑ Magnusson, Tomas (September 8, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 6.6km CC Women - Torino Parco del Valentino Date: Sunday, March 23, 1997, Athchamps (archived), retrieved October 27, 2013
1 2 Cross Senior Women - 23-03-97 - Results, IAAF, March 23, 1997, archived from the original on October 29, 2013, retrieved October 27, 2013
↑ IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved October 9, 2013
1 2 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, retrieved October 9, 2013

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