# 2005 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Women's short race

The Women's short race at the 2005 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held at the Hippodrome Joseph Desjoyaux in Saint-Galmier near Saint-Étienne, France, on March 20, 2005. Reports of the event were given in The New York Times, in the Herald, 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 (4.196 km)
#### Individual

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
| | Tirunesh Dibaba | Ethiopia | 13:15 |
| | Worknesh Kidane | Ethiopia | 13:16 |
| | Isabella Ochichi | Kenya | 13:21 |
| 4 | Prisca Ngetich | Kenya | 13:25 |
| 5 | Lucy Wangui | Kenya | 13:25 |
| 6 | Meselech Melkamu | Ethiopia | 13:28 |
| 7 | Beatrice Chepchumba | Kenya | 13:31 |
| 8 | Nancy Jebet Lagat | Kenya | 13:31 |
| 9 | Deriba Alemu | Ethiopia | 13:41 |
| 10 | Alevtina Ivanova | Russia | 13:42 |
| 11 | Lauren Fleshman | United States | 13:44 |
| 12 | Bezunesh Bekele | Ethiopia | 13:44 |
| 13 | Sarah Jamieson | Australia | 13:44 |
| 14 | Ejagayehu Dibaba | Ethiopia | 13:51 |
| 15 | Blake Russell | United States | 13:57 |
| 16 | Bouchra Chaâbi | Morocco | 13:57 |
| 17 | Jolene Byrne | Ireland | 14:02 |
| 18 | Dorcus Inzikuru | Uganda | 14:03 |
| 19 | Anna Thompson | Australia | 14:04 |
| 20 | Shalane Flanagan | United States | 14:05 |
| 21 | Shayne Culpepper | United States | 14:06 |
| 22 | Mariem Alaoui Selsouli | Morocco | 14:09 |
| 23 | Viola Kibiwott | Kenya | 14:10 |
| 24 | Binnaz Uslu | Turkey | 14:11 |
| 25 | Carmen Douma-Hussar | Canada | 14:11 |
| 26 | Simret Sultan | Eritrea | 14:14 |
| 27 | Anália Rosa | Portugal | 14:14 |
| 28 | Viktoriya Klimina | Russia | 14:15 |
| 29 | Fatma Lanouar | Tunisia | 14:17 |
| 30 | Natalya Pavlovskaya | Russia | 14:19 |
| 31 | Jéssica Augusto | Portugal | 14:20 |
| 32 | Liliya Shobukhova | Russia | 14:22 |
| 33 | Maryam Jamal | Bahrain | 14:23 |
| 34 | Maria McCambridge | Ireland | 14:24 |
| 35 | Rodica Moroianu | France | 14:24 |
| 36 | Minori Hayakari | Japan | 14:25 |
| 37 | Mónica Rosa | Portugal | 14:26 |
| 38 | Poppy Mlambo | South Africa | 14:26 |
| 39 | Marina Bastos | Portugal | 14:26 |
| 40 | Kate Reed | United Kingdom | 14:26 |
| 41 | Malika Asahssah | Morocco | 14:29 |
| 42 | Julie Coulaud | France | 14:30 |
| 43 | Yoshiko Ichikawa | Japan | 14:31 |
| 44 | Marina Ivanova | Russia | 14:33 |
| 45 | Stéphanie Nonnotte | France | 14:33 |
| 46 | Georgie Clarke | Australia | 14:33 |
| 47 | Hattie Dean | United Kingdom | 14:34 |
| 48 | Habiba Ghribi | Tunisia | 14:35 |
| 49 | Lebogang Phalula | South Africa | 14:35 |
| 50 | Zulema Fuentes-Pila | Spain | 14:36 |
| 51 | Olga Minina | Belarus | 14:36 |
| 52 | Amy Mortimer | United States | 14:37 |
| 53 | Saïda El Mehdi | Morocco | 14:38 |
| 54 | Jessica Wright | New Zealand | 14:38 |
| 55 | Megan Metcalfe | Canada | 14:38 |
| 56 | Courtney Inman | Canada | 14:40 |
| 57 | Helen Clitheroe | United Kingdom | 14:42 |
| 58 | Kate McIlroy | New Zealand | 14:43 |
| 59 | Hilary Edmondson | Canada | 14:44 |
| 60 | Christine Bardelle | France | 14:46 |
| 61 | René Kalmer | South Africa | 14:47 |
| 62 | Olga Roseyeva | Russia | 14:48 |
| 63 | Hayley Yelling | United Kingdom | 14:48 |
| 64 | Justyna Lesman | Poland | 14:48 |
| 65 | Tiffany Levette | Australia | 14:49 |
| 66 | Emma Rilen | Australia | 14:49 |
| 67 | Elodie Olivares | France | 14:49 |
| 68 | Christelle Daunay | France | 14:50 |
| 69 | Sandra Amarillo | Argentina | 14:52 |
| 70 | Lisa Dobriskey | United Kingdom | 14:53 |
| 71 | Karina Córdoba | Argentina | 14:55 |
| 72 | Silvia Montane | Spain | 14:55 |
| 73 | Leonor Carneiro | Portugal | 14:56 |
| 74 | Rebecca Stallwood | Canada | 14:59 |
| 75 | Fionnuala Britton | Ireland | 14:59 |
| 76 | Iris Fuentes-Pila | Spain | 15:00 |
| 77 | Cláudia Pereira | Portugal | 15:02 |
| 78 | Lisa Labrecque | Canada | 15:04 |
| 79 | Dina Lebo Phalula | South Africa | 15:06 |
| 80 | Liesbeth van de Velde | Belgium | 15:07 |
| 81 | Diana Martín | Spain | 15:08 |
| 82 | Terumi Takahashi | Japan | 15:09 |
| 83 | Nadia Rodríguez | Argentina | 15:12 |
| 84 | Sultana Aït Hammou | Morocco | 15:14 |
| 85 | Safa Aissaoui | Tunisia | 15:14 |
| 86 | Beraki Yirgalem Gebrekidan | Eritrea | 15:15 |
| 87 | Sonia Bejarano | Spain | 15:15 |
| 88 | Sara Valderas | Spain | 15:17 |
| 89 | Gloria Mera | Mexico | 15:19 |
| 90 | Melissa Buttry | United States | 15:19 |
| 91 | Susana Rebolledo | Chile | 15:20 |
| 92 | Pauline Curley | Ireland | 15:21 |
| 93 | María Peralta | Argentina | 15:23 |
| 94 | Suzy Walsham | Australia | 15:29 |
| 95 | Ayumi Takada | Japan | 15:32 |
| 96 | Elke Offergeld | Belgium | 15:35 |
| 97 | Mercedita Manipol | Philippines | 15:38 |
| 98 | Niamh O'Sullivan | Ireland | 15:39 |
| 99 | Griet Terryn | Belgium | 16:14 |
| 100 | Sitora Hamidova | Uzbekistan | 16:15 |
| 101 | Sara Abou Hassan | Egypt | 16:18 |
| 102 | Desiree Kruger | South Africa | 16:24 |
| 103 | Amel Tlili | Tunisia | 17:00 |
| — | Seloua Ouaziz | Morocco | DNF |
| — | Kayo Sugihara | Japan | DNS |
| — | Kathy Butler | United Kingdom | DNS |

#### Teams

| Rank | Team | Points |
| | Ethiopia Tirunesh Dibaba1 Worknesh Kidane2 Meselech Melkamu6 Deriba Alemu9 (Bezunesh Bekele)(12) (Ejagayehu Dibaba)(14) | 18 |
| | Kenya Isabella Ochichi3 Prisca Ngetich4 Lucy Wangui5 Beatrice Chepchumba7 (Nancy Jebet Lagat)(8) (Viola Kibiwott)(23) | 19 |
| | United States Lauren Fleshman11 Blake Russell15 Shalane Flanagan20 Shayne Culpepper21 (Amy Mortimer)(52) (Melissa Buttry)(90) | 67 |
| 4 | Russia Alevtina Ivanova10 Viktoriya Klimina28 Natalya Pavlovskaya30 Liliya Shobukhova32 (Marina Ivanova)(44) (Olga Roseyeva)(62) | 100 |
| 5 | Morocco Bouchra Chaâbi16 Mariem Alaoui Selsouli22 Malika Asahssah41 Saïda El Mehdi53 (Sultana Aït Hammou)(84) (Seloua Ouaziz)(DNF) | 132 |
| 6 | Portugal Anália Rosa27 Jéssica Augusto31 Mónica Rosa37 Marina Bastos39 (Leonor Carneiro)(73) (Cláudia Pereira)(77) | 134 |
| 7 | Australia Sarah Jamieson13 Anna Thompson19 Georgie Clarke46 Tiffany Levette65 (Emma Rilen)(66) (Suzy Walsham)(94) | 143 |
| 8 | France Rodica Moroianu35 Julie Coulaud42 Stéphanie Nonnotte45 Christine Bardelle60 (Elodie Olivares)(67) (Christelle Daunay)(68) | 182 |
| 9 | Canada Carmen Douma-Hussar25 Megan Metcalfe55 Courtney Inman56 Hilary Edmondson59 (Rebecca Stallwood)(74) (Lisa Labrecque)(78) | 195 |
| 10 | United Kingdom Kate Reed40 Hattie Dean47 Helen Clitheroe57 Hayley Yelling63 (Lisa Dobriskey)(70) | 207 |
| 11 | Ireland Jolene Byrne17 Maria McCambridge34 Fionnuala Britton75 Pauline Curley92 (Niamh O'Sullivan)(98) | 218 |
| 12 | South Africa Poppy Mlambo38 Lebogang Phalula49 René Kalmer61 Dina Lebo Phalula79 (Desiree Kruger)(102) | 227 |
| 13 | Japan Minori Hayakari36 Yoshiko Ichikawa43 Terumi Takahashi82 Ayumi Takada95 | 256 |
| 14 | Tunisia Fatma Lanouar29 Habiba Ghribi48 Safa Aissaoui85 Amel Tlili103 | 265 |
| 15 | Spain Zulema Fuentes-Pila50 Silvia Montane72 Iris Fuentes-Pila76 Diana Martín81 (Sonia Bejarano)(87) (Sara Valderas)(88) | 279 |
| 16 | Argentina Sandra Amarillo69 Karina Córdoba71 Nadia Rodríguez83 María Peralta93 | 316 |
* Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result.

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 104 athletes from 29 countries participated in the Women's short race.
* Argentina (4)
* Australia (6)
* Bahrain (1)
* Belarus (1)
* Belgium (3)
* Canada (6)
* Chile (1)
* Egypt (1)
* Eritrea (2)
* Ethiopia (6)
* France (6)
* Ireland (5)
* Japan (4)
* Kenya (6)
* Mexico (1)
* Morocco (6)
* New Zealand (2)
* Philippines (1)
* Poland (1)
* Portugal (6)
* Russia (6)
* South Africa (5)
* Spain (6)
* Tunisia (4)
* Turkey (1)
* Uganda (1)
* United Kingdom (5)
* United States (6)
* Uzbekistan (1)