# 1988 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race

The Senior women's race at the 1988 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Auckland, New Zealand, at the Ellerslie Racecourse on March 26, 1988. A report on the event was given in the Glasgow Herald. Complete results, medallists, and the results of British athletes were published.

## Race results
### Senior women's race (5.962 km)
#### Individual

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
| | Ingrid Kristiansen | Norway | 19:04 |
| | Angela Tooby | United Kingdom | 19:23 |
| | Annette Sergent | France | 19:29 |
| 4 | Lynn Jennings | United States | 19:38 |
| 5 | Albertina Machado | Portugal | 19:38 |
| 6 | Yelena Romanova | Soviet Union | 19:41 |
| 7 | Regina Chistyakova | Soviet Union | 19:41 |
| 8 | Liève Slegers | Belgium | 19:44 |
| 9 | Jill Hunter | United Kingdom | 19:46 |
| 10 | Maria Curatolo | Italy | 19:46 |
| 11 | Marie-Pierre Duros | France | 19:49 |
| 12 | Susan Sirma | Kenya | 19:50 |
| 13 | Wang Huabi | China | 19:50 |
| 14 | Wang Xiuting | China | 19:51 |
| 15 | Malin Wästlund | Sweden | 19:55 |
| 16 | Susan Tooby | United Kingdom | 19:56 |
| 17 | Yuki Tamura | Japan | 19:57 |
| 18 | Marina Rodchenkova | Soviet Union | 19:57 |
| 19 | Nancy Tinari | Canada | 19:57 |
| 20 | Olga Bondarenko | Soviet Union | 19:58 |
| 21 | Brenda Shackleton | Canada | 19:58 |
| 22 | Jane Ngotho | Kenya | 19:58 |
| 23 | Conceição Ferreira | Portugal | 19:59 |
| 24 | Leslie Seymour | United States | 20:01 |
| 25 | Ulla Marquette | Canada | 20:02 |
| 26 | Lizanne Bussières | Canada | 20:04 |
| 27 | Christine McMiken | New Zealand | 20:05 |
| 28 | Patricia Demilly | France | 20:06 |
| 29 | Nan Davis | United States | 20:07 |
| 30 | Rosario Murcia | France | 20:09 |
| 31 | Sabrina Dornhoefer | United States | 20:09 |
| 32 | Jackie Perkins | Australia | 20:09 |
| 33 | Jackie Goodman | New Zealand | 20:10 |
| 34 | Fiona Truman | United Kingdom | 20:10 |
| 35 | Maria Lelut | France | 20:11 |
| 36 | Annie Schweitzer | United States | 20:12 |
| 37 | Mónica Gama | Portugal | 20:15 |
| 38 | Kerstin Pressler | West Germany | 20:16 |
| 39 | Natalya Lagunkova | Soviet Union | 20:17 |
| 40 | Akemi Matsuno | Japan | 20:17 |
| 41 | Purity Samuel | Kenya | 20:18 |
| 42 | Judy Chamberlin | United States | 20:19 |
| 43 | Kersti Jakobsen | Denmark | 20:21 |
| 44 | Zhong Huandi | China | 20:23 |
| 45 | Barbara Moore | New Zealand | 20:24 |
| 46 | Martine Oppliger | Switzerland | 20:24 |
| 47 | Esther Saina | Kenya | 20:25 |
| 48 | Sonia Vinall | United Kingdom | 20:25 |
| 49 | Sinikka Keskitalo | Finland | 20:25 |
| 50 | Ingrid Delagrange | Belgium | 20:26 |
| 51 | Isabella Moretti | Switzerland | 20:26 |
| 52 | Antje Winkelmann | West Germany | 20:26 |
| 53 | Anne Keenan | Ireland | 20:30 |
| 54 | Ana Isabel Alonso | Spain | 20:30 |
| 55 | Małgorzata Birbach | Poland | 20:31 |
| 56 | Lesley Graham | New Zealand | 20:32 |
| 57 | Delilah Asiago | Kenya | 20:33 |
| 58 | Maree McDonagh | Australia | 20:34 |
| 59 | Lyudmila Matveyeva | Soviet Union | 20:35 |
| 60 | Rosanna Munerotto | Italy | 20:36 |
| 61 | Ana Oliveira | Portugal | 20:37 |
| 62 | Estela Estévez | Spain | 20:38 |
| 63 | Christine Sørum | Norway | 20:40 |
| 64 | Kazue Kojima | Japan | 20:41 |
| 65 | Anette Dwyer | Australia | 20:42 |
| 66 | Angelines Rodriguez | Spain | 20:42 |
| 67 | Masako Matsumoto | Japan | 20:42 |
| 68 | Dolores Rizo | Spain | 20:44 |
| 69 | Rose Lambe | Ireland | 20:44 |
| 70 | Tina Krebs | Denmark | 20:44 |
| 71 | Grete Kirkeberg | Norway | 20:45 |
| 72 | Mary O'Connor | New Zealand | 20:46 |
| 73 | Maria Guida | Italy | 20:47 |
| 74 | Sirkku Kumpulainen | Finland | 20:50 |
| 75 | Christine Loiseau | France | 20:52 |
| 76 | Bente Moe | Norway | 20:53 |
| 77 | Päivi Tikkanen | Finland | 20:54 |
| 78 | Fulvia Furlan | Italy | 20:55 |
| 79 | Cristina Agusti | Spain | 20:55 |
| 80 | Sheila Purves | Hong Kong | 20:55 |
| 81 | Li Xiuxia | China | 20:55 |
| 82 | Christine Pfitzinger | New Zealand | 21:00 |
| 83 | Eva Svensson | Sweden | 21:01 |
| 84 | Laura Wight | United Kingdom | 21:02 |
| 85 | Mary Donohoe | Ireland | 21:07 |
| 86 | Catherine Rooney | Ireland | 21:07 |
| 87 | Roberta Brunet | Italy | 21:08 |
| 88 | Satu Levelä | Finland | 21:08 |
| 89 | Silvana Pereira | Brazil | 21:10 |
| 90 | Genoveva Eichenmann | Switzerland | 21:10 |
| 91 | Leah Pells | Canada | 21:12 |
| 92 | Yuko Gordon | Hong Kong | 21:15 |
| 93 | Sue Malaxos | Australia | 21:17 |
| 94 | Gabriela Wolf | West Germany | 21:17 |
| 95 | Rita de Jesús | Brazil | 21:17 |
| 96 | Margaret Ngotho | Kenya | 21:18 |
| 97 | Anita Håkenstad | Norway | 21:18 |
| 98 | Anna Müller | Austria | 21:23 |
| 99 | Janet Mayal | Brazil | 21:27 |
| 100 | Grazyna Kowina | Poland | 21:28 |
| 101 | Tanja Merchiers | Belgium | 21:29 |
| 102 | Naomi Yoshida | Japan | 21:32 |
| 103 | Chie Katsura | Japan | 21:32 |
| 104 | Kerryn Hindmarsh | Australia | 21:33 |
| 105 | Maria van Gestel | Belgium | 21:36 |
| 106 | Daria Nauer | Switzerland | 21:36 |
| 107 | Roseanne Brisbane | Australia | 21:40 |
| 108 | Marinete Quintanilha | Brazil | 21:42 |
| 109 | Sabine Knetsch | West Germany | 21:44 |
| 110 | Maryse Justin | Mauritius | 21:47 |
| 111 | Sissel Grottenberg | Norway | 21:49 |
| 112 | Roisin Smyth | Ireland | 21:57 |
| 113 | Rita Malone | Ireland | 21:58 |
| 114 | Tove Lorentzen | Denmark | 22:00 |
| 115 | Stella Selles | Argentina | 22:02 |
| 116 | Griselda González | Argentina | 22:02 |
| 117 | Agnese Possamai | Italy | 22:09 |
| 118 | Martha Lungu | Zambia | 22:23 |
| 119 | Marvis Chiloshya | Zambia | 22:33 |
| 120 | Nanda Shaner Yadav | India | 22:34 |
| 121 | Suman Rawat | India | 22:39 |
| 122 | Vijay Nilman Khalko | India | 22:42 |
| 123 | Rizoneide Vanderley | Brazil | 22:47 |
| 124 | Maria Ritter | Liechtenstein | 22:59 |
| 125 | Elisa Cobañea | Argentina | 23:00 |
| 126 | Esther Nambela | Zambia | 23:13 |
| 127 | Adriano Calvo | Argentina | 23:16 |
| 128 | Surjit Kaur | India | 23:43 |
| 129 | Raj Kumari Pandey | Nepal | 23:45 |
| 130 | Mercy Kaluinga | Zambia | 24:40 |
| 131 | Alison Robinson | Hong Kong | 24:40 |
| 132 | Donna Cauvuilati | Fiji | 24:44 |
| 133 | Chiu Pik Kwan | Hong Kong | 24:58 |
| 134 | Bimala Joshi | Nepal | 25:41 |
| 135 | Menuka Ravat | Nepal | 25:49 |
| 136 | Onorina Rokowati | Fiji | 25:53 |
| 137 | Nir Maya Karki | Nepal | 26:46 |
| 138 | Amelia Likusaileka | Fiji | 27:08 |
| 139 | Reena Devi | Fiji | 28:59 |
| — | Albertina Dias | Portugal | DNF |
| — | Montserrat Abello | Spain | DNF |

#### Teams

| Rank | Team | Points |
| | Soviet Union Yelena Romanova6 Regina Chistyakova7 Marina Rodchenkova18 Olga Bondarenko20 (Natalya Lagunkova)(39) (Lyudmila Matveyeva)(59) | 51 |
| | United Kingdom Angela Tooby2 Jill Hunter9 Susan Tooby16 Fiona Truman34 (Sonia Vinall)(48) (Laura Wight)(84) | 61 |
| | France Annette Sergent3 Marie-Pierre Duros11 Patricia Demilly28 Rosario Murcia30 (Maria Lelut)(35) (Christine Loiseau)(75) | 72 |
| 4 | United States Lynn Jennings4 Leslie Seymour24 Nan Davis29 Sabrina Dornhoefer31 (Annie Schweitzer)(36) (Judy Chamberlin)(42) | 88 |
| 5 | Canada Nancy Tinari19 Brenda Shackleton21 Ulla Marquette25 Lizanne Bussières26 (Leah Pells)(91) | 91 |
| 6 | Kenya Susan Sirma12 Jane Ngotho22 Purity Samuel41 Esther Saina47 (Delilah Asiago)(57) (Margaret Ngotho)(96) | 122 |
| 7 | Portugal Albertina Machado5 Conceição Ferreira23 Mónica Gama37 Ana Oliveira61 (Albertina Dias)(DNF) | 126 |
| 8 | China Wang Huabi13 Wang Xiuting14 Zhong Huandi44 Li Xiuxia81 | 152 |
| 9 | New Zealand Christine McMiken27 Jackie Goodman33 Barbara Moore45 Lesley Graham56 (Mary O'Connor)(72) (Christine Pfitzinger)(82) | 161 |
| 10 | Japan Yuki Tamura17 Akemi Matsuno40 Kazue Kojima64 Masako Matsumoto67 (Naomi Yoshida)(102) (Chie Katsura)(103) | 188 |
| 11 | Norway Ingrid Kristiansen1 Christine Sørum63 Grete Kirkeberg71 Bente Moe76 (Anita Håkenstad)(97) (Sissel Grottenberg)(111) | 211 |
| 12 | Italy Maria Curatolo10 Rosanna Munerotto60 Maria Guida73 Fulvia Furlan78 (Roberta Brunet)(87) (Agnese Possamai)(117) | 221 |
| 13 | Australia Jackie Perkins32 Maree McDonagh58 Anette Dwyer65 Sue Malaxos93 (Kerryn Hindmarsh)(104) (Roseanne Brisbane)(107) | 248 |
| 14 | Spain Ana Isabel Alonso54 Estela Estévez62 Angelines Rodriguez66 Dolores Rizo68 (Cristina Agusti)(79) (Montserrat Abello)(DNF) | 250 |
| 15 | Belgium Liève Slegers8 Ingrid Delagrange50 Tanja Merchiers101 Maria van Gestel105 | 264 |
| 16 | Finland Sinikka Keskitalo49 Sirkku Kumpulainen74 Päivi Tikkanen77 Satu Levelä88 | 288 |
| 17 | Ireland Anne Keenan53 Rose Lambe69 Mary Donohoe85 Catherine Rooney86 (Roisin Smyth)(112) (Rita Malone)(113) | 293 |
| 18 | Switzerland Martine Oppliger46 Isabella Moretti51 Genoveva Eichenmann90 Daria Nauer106 | 293 |
| 19 | West Germany Kerstin Pressler38 Antje Winkelmann52 Gabriela Wolf94 Sabine Knetsch109 | 293 |
| 20 | Brazil Silvana Pereira89 Rita de Jesús95 Janet Mayal99 Marinete Quintanilha108 (Rizoneide Vanderley)(123) | 391 |
| 21 | Hong Kong Sheila Purves80 Yuko Gordon92 Alison Robinson131 Chiu Pik Kwan133 | 436 |
| 22 | Argentina Stella Selles115 Griselda González116 Elisa Cobañea125 Adriano Calvo127 | 483 |
| 23 | India Nanda Shaner Yadav120 Suman Rawat121 Vijay Nilman Khalko122 Surjit Kaur128 | 491 |
| 24 | Zambia Martha Lungu118 Marvis Chiloshya119 Esther Nambela126 Mercy Kaluinga130 | 493 |
| 25 | Nepal Raj Kumari Pandey129 Bimala Joshi134 Menuka Ravat135 Nir Maya Karki137 | 535 |
| 26 | Fiji Donna Cauvuilati132 Onorina Rokowati136 Amelia Likusaileka138 Reena Devi139 | 545 |
* Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

## Participation

An unofficial count yields the participation of 141 athletes from 32 countries in the Senior women's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.
* Argentina (4)
* Australia (6)
* Austria (1)
* Belgium (4)
* Brazil (5)
* Canada (5)
* China (4)
* Denmark (3)
* Fiji (4)
* Finland (4)
* France (6)
* Hong Kong (4)
* India (4)
* Ireland (6)
* Italy (6)
* Japan (6)
* Kenya (6)
* Liechtenstein (1)
* Mauritius (1)
* Nepal (4)
* New Zealand (6)
* Norway (6)
* Poland (2)
* Portugal (5)
* Soviet Union (6)
* Spain (6)
* Sweden (2)
* Switzerland (4)
* United Kingdom (6)
* United States (6)
* West Germany (4)
* Zambia (4)