# 2004 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Women's short race

The Women's short race at the 2004 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held at the Ossegem Park in Brussels, Belgium, on March 21, 2004. Reports of the event were given in The New York Times, and for the IAAF.
Complete results for individuals, for teams, medallists, and the results of British athletes who took part were published.

## Race results
### Women's short race (4 km)
#### Individual

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
| | Edith Masai | Kenya | 13:07 |
| | Tirunesh Dibaba | Ethiopia | 13:09 |
| | Teyiba Erkesso | Ethiopia | 13:11 |
| 4 | Worknesh Kidane | Ethiopia | 13:14 |
| 5 | Isabella Ochichi | Kenya | 13:18 |
| 6 | Olga Romanova | Russia | 13:19 |
| 7 | Peninah Chepchumba | Kenya | 13:22 |
| 8 | Vivian Cheruiyot | Kenya | 13:23 |
| 9 | Jane Wanjiku | Kenya | 13:23 |
| 10 | Ejagayehu Dibaba | Ethiopia | 13:23 |
| 11 | Amane Godana | Ethiopia | 13:27 |
| 12 | Zahra Ouaziz | Morocco | 13:33 |
| 13 | Émilie Mondor | Canada | 13:33 |
| 14 | Shalane Flanagan | United States | 13:34 |
| 15 | Sarah Jamieson | Australia | 13:40 |
| 16 | Bouchra Chaâbi | Morocco | 13:40 |
| 17 | Carmen Douma-Hussar | Canada | 13:41 |
| 18 | Bezunesh Bekele | Ethiopia | 13:42 |
| 19 | Helen Clitheroe | United Kingdom | 13:45 |
| 20 | Kathy Butler | United Kingdom | 13:47 |
| 21 | Beatrice Chepchumba | Kenya | 13:49 |
| 22 | Malindi Elmore | Canada | 13:49 |
| 23 | Valentina Belotti | Italy | 13:51 |
| 24 | Lauren Fleshman | United States | 13:56 |
| 25 | Kazue Ogoshi | Japan | 13:57 |
| 26 | Anália Rosa | Portugal | 13:58 |
| 27 | Hayley McGregor | Australia | 13:58 |
| 28 | Seloua Ouaziz | Morocco | 13:58 |
| 29 | Justyna Bąk | Poland | 14:01 |
| 30 | Helena Sampaio | Portugal | 14:04 |
| 31 | Ana Dias | Portugal | 14:06 |
| 32 | Elodie Olivares | France | 14:07 |
| 33 | Anna Thompson | Australia | 14:07 |
| 34 | Kate Reed | United Kingdom | 14:08 |
| 35 | Tina Connelly | Canada | 14:10 |
| 36 | Iris Fuentes-Pila | Spain | 14:12 |
| 37 | Courtney Inman | Canada | 14:14 |
| 38 | Dorcus Inzikuru | Uganda | 14:16 |
| 39 | Fatiha Baouf | Belgium | 14:17 |
| 40 | Marina Bastos | Portugal | 14:17 |
| 41 | Simret Sultan | Eritrea | 14:18 |
| 42 | Mirja Jenni-Moser | Switzerland | 14:19 |
| 43 | Christin Wurth | United States | 14:21 |
| 44 | Rachel Penney | New Zealand | 14:21 |
| 45 | Mariem Alaoui Selsouli | Morocco | 14:24 |
| 46 | Fatma Lanouar | Tunisia | 14:25 |
| 47 | Cristina Casandra | Romania | 14:25 |
| 48 | Rocío Martínez | Spain | 14:26 |
| 49 | Sonia Bejarano | Spain | 14:26 |
| 50 | Eliane Murer | Switzerland | 14:26 |
| 51 | Veerle van Linden | Belgium | 14:26 |
| 52 | Freya Murray | United Kingdom | 14:27 |
| 53 | Mary Davies | New Zealand | 14:27 |
| 54 | Saori Makishima | Japan | 14:27 |
| 55 | Yamna Oubouhou | France | 14:29 |
| 56 | Véronique Collard | Belgium | 14:29 |
| 57 | Leah Pells | Canada | 14:29 |
| 58 | Jacqueline Martín | Spain | 14:30 |
| 59 | Yamina Bouchaouante | France | 14:31 |
| 60 | Melissa Buttry | United States | 14:33 |
| 61 | Jéssica Augusto | Portugal | 14:33 |
| 62 | Susana Rebolledo | Chile | 14:34 |
| 63 | Christine Bardelle | France | 14:37 |
| 64 | Sarah Hann | United States | 14:38 |
| 65 | Zulema Fuentes-Pila | Spain | 14:39 |
| 66 | Faye Fullerton | United Kingdom | 14:40 |
| 67 | Christina Carruzzo | Switzerland | 14:40 |
| 68 | Habiba Ghribi | Tunisia | 14:43 |
| 69 | Monique Zimmer | Switzerland | 14:45 |
| 70 | Andrea Etter | Switzerland | 14:45 |
| 71 | Mieke Geens | Belgium | 14:47 |
| 72 | Jessica Wright | New Zealand | 14:48 |
| 73 | Cláudia Pereira | Portugal | 14:50 |
| 74 | Liesbeth van de Velde | Belgium | 14:52 |
| 75 | Natsumi Fujita | Japan | 14:53 |
| 76 | Marzena Michalska | Italy | 14:55 |
| 77 | Janet Trujillo | United States | 14:57 |
| 78 | Julie Coulaud | France | 14:59 |
| 79 | Sigrid van den Bempt | Belgium | 15:04 |
| 80 | Fiona Crombie | New Zealand | 15:05 |
| 81 | Michela Zanatta | Italy | 15:11 |
| 82 | Elsa Monterroso | Guatemala | 15:53 |
| 83 | Ziyodahon Abdullaeva | Uzbekistan | 15:58 |
| 84 | Nigiste Neguse | Eritrea | 16:12 |
| 85 | Zubeda Gussi | Tanzania | 16:16 |
| 86 | Francine Nzilampa | DR Congo | 16:25 |
| 87 | Tania Poma | Bolivia | 16:57 |
| 88 | Tika Kumari Choudhari | Nepal | 17:53 |
| 89 | Yekaterina Ilyazova | Turkmenistan | 17:57 |
| — | Rosa Morató | Spain | DNF |
| — | Ouafa Frekech | Morocco | DNF |
| — | Georgie Clarke | Australia | DNS |
| — | Benita Willis | Australia | DNS |
| — | Maiama Baïlo Souare | Guinea | DNS |
| — | Patrizia Tisi | Italy | DNS |
| — | Lornah Kiplagat | Netherlands | DNS |
| — | Hawa Hussein | Tanzania | DNS |

#### Teams

| Rank | Team | Points |
| | Ethiopia Tirunesh Dibaba2 Teyiba Erkesso3 Worknesh Kidane4 Ejagayehu Dibaba10 (Amane Godana)(11) (Bezunesh Bekele)(18) | 19 |
| | Kenya Edith Masai1 Isabella Ochichi5 Peninah Chepchumba7 Vivian Cheruiyot8 (Jane Wanjiku)(9) (Beatrice Chepchumba)(21) | 21 |
| | Canada Émilie Mondor13 Carmen Douma-Hussar17 Malindi Elmore22 Tina Connelly35 (Courtney Inman)(37) (Leah Pells)(57) | 87 |
| 4 | Morocco Zahra Ouaziz12 Bouchra Chaâbi16 Seloua Ouaziz28 Mariem Alaoui Selsouli45 (Ouafa Frekech)(DNF) | 101 |
| 5 | United Kingdom Helen Clitheroe19 Kathy Butler20 Kate Reed34 Freya Murray52 (Faye Fullerton)(66) | 125 |
| 6 | Portugal Anália Rosa26 Helena Sampaio30 Ana Dias31 Marina Bastos40 (Jéssica Augusto)(61) (Cláudia Pereira)(73) | 127 |
| 7 | United States Shalane Flanagan14 Lauren Fleshman24 Christin Wurth43 Melissa Buttry60 (Sarah Hann)(64) (Janet Trujillo)(77) | 141 |
| 8 | Spain Iris Fuentes-Pila36 Rocío Martínez48 Sonia Bejarano49 Jacqueline Martín58 (Zulema Fuentes-Pila)(65) (Rosa Morató)(DNF) | 191 |
| 9 | France Elodie Olivares32 Yamna Oubouhou55 Yamina Bouchaouante59 Christine Bardelle63 (Julie Coulaud)(78) | 209 |
| 10 | Belgium Fatiha Baouf39 Veerle van Linden51 Véronique Collard56 Mieke Geens71 (Liesbeth van de Velde)(74) (Sigrid van den Bempt)(79) | 217 |
| 11 | Switzerland Mirja Jenni-Moser42 Eliane Murer50 Christina Carruzzo67 Monique Zimmer69 (Andrea Etter)(70) | 228 |
| 12 | New Zealand Rachel Penney44 Mary Davies53 Jessica Wright72 Fiona Crombie80 | 249 |
* Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 91 athletes from 29 countries participated in the Women's short race. The announced athletes from Guinea and the Netherlands did not show.
* Australia (3)
* Belgium (6)
* Bolivia (1)
* Canada (6)
* Chile (1)
* DR Congo (1)
* Eritrea (2)
* Ethiopia (6)
* France (5)
* Guatemala (1)
* Italy (3)
* Japan (3)
* Kenya (6)
* Morocco (5)
* Nepal (1)
* New Zealand (4)
* Poland (1)
* Portugal (6)
* Romania (1)
* Russia (1)
* Spain (6)
* Switzerland (5)
* Tanzania (1)
* Tunisia (2)
* Turkmenistan (1)
* Uganda (1)
* United Kingdom (5)
* United States (6)
* Uzbekistan (1)