# 2009 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race

The Senior Women Race at the 2009 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held at the Al Bisharat Golf Course in Amman, Jordan, on March 28, 2009. Reports of the event were given in The New York Times and for the IAAF.
Complete results for individuals, and for teams were published.

## Race results
### Senior women's race (8 km)
#### Individual

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
| | Florence Jebet Kiplagat | Kenya | 26:13 |
| | Linet Chepkwemoi Masai | Kenya | 26:16 |
| | Meselech Melkamu | Ethiopia | 26:19 |
| 4 | Lineth Chepkurui | Kenya | 26:23 |
| 5 | Wude Ayalew | Ethiopia | 26:23 |
| 6 | Hilda Kibet | Netherlands | 26:43 |
| 7 | Ann Karindi Mwangi | Kenya | 26:49 |
| 8 | Gelete Burka | Ethiopia | 26:58 |
| 9 | Maryam Yusuf Jamal | Bahrain | 27:00 |
| 10 | Iness Chepkesis Chenonge | Kenya | 27:00 |
| 11 | Pauline Chemning Korikwiang | Kenya | 27:03 |
| 12 | Mamitu Deska | Ethiopia | 27:04 |
| 13 | Kim Smith | New Zealand | 27:05 |
| 14 | Sentayehu Ejigu | Ethiopia | 27:40 |
| 15 | Ana Dulce Félix | Portugal | 27:42 |
| 16 | Sara Moreira | Portugal | 27:54 |
| 17 | Lisa Jane Weightman | Australia | 27:59 |
| 18 | Yuko Shimizu | Japan | 28:02 |
| 19 | Ana Dias | Portugal | 28:05 |
| 20 | Judith Plá | Spain | 28:08 |
| 21 | Julie Culley | United States | 28:08 |
| 22 | Anália Rosa | Portugal | 28:10 |
| 23 | Siham Hilali | Morocco | 28:14 |
| 24 | Alessandra Aguilar | Spain | 28:18 |
| 25 | Sarah Ramadhan | Tanzania | 28:18 |
| 26 | Lara Tamsett | Australia | 28:19 |
| 27 | Bouchra Chaâbi | Morocco | 28:19 |
| 28 | Mimi Belete | Bahrain | 28:21 |
| 29 | Lebogang Phalula | South Africa | 28:23 |
| 30 | Koren Jelela | Ethiopia | 28:29 |
| 31 | Diana Martín | Spain | 28:31 |
| 32 | Kenza Dahmani | Algeria | 28:33 |
| 33 | Delilah DiCrescenzo | United States | 28:34 |
| 34 | Salima El Ouali Alami | Morocco | 28:35 |
| 35 | Élodie Olivarès | France | 28:37 |
| 36 | Rebecca Donaghue | United States | 28:37 |
| 37 | Catherine Cormier | Canada | 28:41 |
| 38 | Stephanie Twell | United Kingdom | 28:46 |
| 39 | Dina Lebo Phalula | South Africa | 28:46 |
| 40 | Kathy Newberry | United States | 28:50 |
| 41 | Habiba Ghribi | Tunisia | 28:50 |
| 42 | Jacqueline Martín | Spain | 28:51 |
| 43 | Yeisy Álvarez | Venezuela | 28:51 |
| 44 | Zhu Yingying | China | 28:53 |
| 45 | Kazuka Wakatsuki | Japan | 28:54 |
| 46 | Maria Laghrissi | Morocco | 28:55 |
| 47 | Federica Dal Ri | Italy | 28:55 |
| 48 | Korei Omata | Japan | 28:56 |
| 49 | Hatti Dean | United Kingdom | 29:00 |
| 50 | Agnes Chikwakwa | Malawi | 29:03 |
| 51 | Jane Potter | United Kingdom | 29:04 |
| 52 | Melinda Vernon | Australia | 29:04 |
| 53 | Claudette Mukasakindi | Rwanda | 29:05 |
| 54 | Chisa Nishio | Japan | 29:05 |
| 55 | Sarah Tunstall | United Kingdom | 29:07 |
| 56 | Johanna Hermiena Van Schalkwyk | South Africa | 29:07 |
| 57 | Victoria Poludina | Kyrgyzstan | 29:16 |
| 58 | Hannah Whitmore | United Kingdom | 29:19 |
| 59 | Erin Densham | Australia | 29:23 |
| 60 | Dong Xiaoqin | China | 29:23 |
| 61 | Konstadína Kefalá | Greece | 29:29 |
| 62 | Elsa Medhane | Eritrea | 29:30 |
| 63 | Letekidan Gebreyohannes | Eritrea | 29:33 |
| 64 | Elisabete Lopes | Portugal | 29:36 |
| 65 | Linda Byrne | Ireland | 29:36 |
| 66 | Sueli Silva | Brazil | 29:38 |
| 67 | Chantell Widney | Canada | 29:45 |
| 68 | Yuki Numata | Japan | 29:48 |
| 69 | Samia Akbar | United States | 29:51 |
| 70 | Eden Tesfalem | Eritrea | 29:55 |
| 71 | Ezgamen Kahsay | Eritrea | 30:04 |
| 72 | Tomoka Inadomi | Japan | 30:07 |
| 73 | Rosângela Faria | Brazil | 30:18 |
| 74 | Tebogo Masehla | South Africa | 30:24 |
| 75 | Lindsey Scherf | United States | 30:27 |
| 76 | Chantelle Wilder | Canada | 30:42 |
| 77 | Jackline Sakilu | Tanzania | 30:44 |
| 78 | Myrette Filmalter | South Africa | 30:57 |
| 79 | Yirgalem Gebrekidan Beraki | Eritrea | 31:10 |
| 80 | Tara Palm | Australia | 31:23 |
| 81 | Marilyn Arsenault | Canada | 31:37 |
| 82 | Adriana Aparecida da Silva | Brazil | 31:40 |
| 83 | Mariola Konowalska | Poland | 32:00 |
| 84 | Asha Abdalla Khatib | Tanzania | 33:17 |
| 85 | Giuli Dekanadze | Georgia | 33:18 |
| 86 | Rehab Mohammad Ahmad | Egypt | 36:14 |
| 87 | Nadima Mirzoeva | Tajikistan | 38:00 |
| 88 | Nagah Zenatni | Libya | 38:50 |
| — | Sonia Thomas | United Kingdom | DNF |
| — | Cristina Jordán | Spain | DNF |
| — | Annemari Sandell-Hyvärinen | Finland | DNF |
| — | Safa Aissaoui | Tunisia | DNF |
| — | Laila Hmatou | Morocco | DNF |
| — | Hanane Ouhaddou | Morocco | DNF |
| — | Inês Monteiro | Portugal | DNF |
| — | Rachelle Malette | Canada | DNF |
| — | Zakia Mrisho Mohamed | Tanzania | DNS |

#### Teams

| Rank | Team | Points |
| | Kenya Florence Jebet Kiplagat1 Linet Chepkwemoi Masai2 Lineth Chepkurui4 Ann Karindi Mwangi7 (Iness Chepkesis Chenonge)(10) (Pauline Chemning Korikwiang)(11) | 14 |
| | Ethiopia Meselech Melkamu3 Wude Ayalew5 Gelete Burka8 Mamitu Deska12 (Sentayehu Ejigu)(14) (Koren Jelela)(30) | 28 |
| | Portugal Ana Dulce Félix15 Sara Moreira16 Ana Dias19 Anália Rosa22 (Elisabete Lopes)(64) (Inês Monteiro)(DNF) | 72 |
| 4 | Spain Judith Plá20 Alessandra Aguilar24 Diana Martín31 Jacqueline Martín42 (Cristina Jordán)(DNF) | 117 |
| 5 | United States Julie Culley21 Delilah DiCrescenzo33 Rebecca Donaghue36 Kathy Newberry40 (Samia Akbar)(69) (Lindsey Scherf)(75) | 130 |
| 6 | Morocco Siham Hilali23 Bouchra Chaâbi27 Salima El Ouali Alami34 Maria Laghrissi46 (Hanane Ouhaddou)(DNF) (Laila Hmatou)(DNF) | 130 |
| 7 | Australia Lisa Jane Weightman17 Lara Tamsett26 Melinda Vernon52 Erin Densham59 (Tara Palm)(80) | 154 |
| 8 | Japan Yuko Shimizu18 Kazuka Wakatsuki45 Korei Omata48 Chisa Nishio54 (Yuki Numata)(68) (Tomoka Inadomi)(72) | 165 |
| 9 | United Kingdom Stephanie Twell38 Hatti Dean49 Jane Potter51 Sarah Tunstall55 (Hannah Whitmore)(58) (Sonia Thomas)(DNF) | 193 |
| 10 | South Africa Lebogang Phalula29 Dina Lebo Phalula39 Johanna Hermiena Van Schalkwyk56 Tebogo Masehla74 (Myrette Filmalter)(78) | 198 |
| 11 | Canada Catherine Cormier37 Chantell Widney67 Chantelle Wilder76 Marilyn Arsenault81 (Rachelle Malette)(DNF) | 261 |
| 12 | Eritrea Elsa Medhane62 Letekidan Gebreyohannes63 Eden Tesfalem70 Ezgamen Kahsay71 (Yirgalem Gebrekidan Beraki)(79) | 266 |
* Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result.

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 96 athletes from 34 countries participated in the Senior women's race, two athletes less than the official number published.
* Algeria (1)
* Australia (5)
* Bahrain (2)
* Brazil (3)
* Canada (5)
* China (2)
* Egypt (1)
* Eritrea (5)
* Ethiopia (6)
* Finland (1)
* France (1)
* Georgia (1)
* Greece (1)
* Ireland (1)
* Italy (1)
* Japan (6)
* Kenya (6)
* Kyrgyzstan (1)
* Libya (1)
* Malawi (1)
* Morocco (6)
* Netherlands (1)
* New Zealand (1)
* Poland (1)
* Portugal (6)
* Rwanda (1)
* South Africa (5)
* Spain (5)
* Tajikistan (1)
* Tanzania (3)
* Tunisia (2)
* United Kingdom (6)
* United States (6)
* Venezuela (1)