# 2000 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – women's short race

The Women's short race at the 2000 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held at the Sporting Complex in Vilamoura, Portugal, on March 19, 2000. 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 (4.18 km)
#### Individual

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
| | Kutre Dulecha | Ethiopia | 13:00 |
| | Zahra Ouaziz | Morocco | 13:00 |
| | Margaret Ngotho | Kenya | 13:00 |
| 4 | Paula Radcliffe | United Kingdom | 13:01 |
| 5 | Fatima Yvelain | France | 13:06 |
| 6 | Yimenashu Taye | Ethiopia | 13:07 |
| 7 | Carla Sacramento | Portugal | 13:12 |
| 8 | Sally Barsosio | Kenya | 13:16 |
| 9 | Zhor El Kamch | Morocco | 13:17 |
| 10 | Fernanda Ribeiro | Portugal | 13:17 |
| 11 | Yamna Belkacem | France | 13:21 |
| 12 | Rose Cheruiyot | Kenya | 13:22 |
| 13 | Helena Sampaio | Portugal | 13:22 |
| 14 | Marta Domínguez | Spain | 13:23 |
| 15 | Sonia O'Sullivan | Ireland | 13:23 |
| 16 | Marina Bastos | Portugal | 13:27 |
| 17 | Getenesh Urge | Ethiopia | 13:30 |
| 18 | Blandine Bitzner-Ducret | France | 13:31 |
| 19 | Irina Mikitenko | Germany | 13:31 |
| 20 | Collette Liss | United States | 13:32 |
| 21 | Iulia Olteanu | Romania | 13:32 |
| 22 | Constantina Diţă | Romania | 13:32 |
| 23 | Rakiya Maraoui | France | 13:33 |
| 24 | Restituta Joseph | Tanzania | 13:34 |
| 25 | Galina Bogomolova | Russia | 13:34 |
| 26 | Samukeliso Moyo | Zimbabwe | 13:35 |
| 27 | Asmae Leghzaoui | Morocco | 13:35 |
| 28 | Rosemary Ryan | Ireland | 13:36 |
| 29 | Inês Monteiro | Portugal | 13:36 |
| 30 | Laurence Duquénoy | France | 13:36 |
| 31 | Genet Gebregiorgis | Ethiopia | 13:37 |
| 32 | Kristina da Fonseca-Wollheim | Germany | 13:37 |
| 33 | Denisa Costescu | Romania | 13:38 |
| 34 | Helen Pattinson | United Kingdom | 13:38 |
| 35 | Luminita Zaituc | Germany | 13:38 |
| 36 | Jane Ekimat | Kenya | 13:39 |
| 37 | Zenebech Tadese | Ethiopia | 13:39 |
| 38 | Lulit Legesse | Ethiopia | 13:40 |
| 39 | Hayley Tullett | United Kingdom | 13:40 |
| 40 | Gunhild Haugen | Norway | 13:41 |
| 41 | Leah Pells | Canada | 13:44 |
| 42 | Ronel Thomas | South Africa | 13:44 |
| 43 | Seloua Ouaziz | Morocco | 13:44 |
| 44 | Jeruto Kiptum | Kenya | 13:45 |
| 45 | Anália Rosa | Portugal | 13:47 |
| 46 | Elena Fidatof | Romania | 13:47 |
| 47 | Bouchra Chaâbi | Morocco | 13:47 |
| 48 | Lene Hove | Norway | 13:48 |
| 49 | Stine Larsen | Norway | 13:48 |
| 50 | Mizuho Nasukawa | Japan | 13:49 |
| 51 | Bente Landøy | Norway | 13:49 |
| 52 | Fabiane Cristine da Silva | Brazil | 13:49 |
| 53 | Amy Rudolph | United States | 13:49 |
| 54 | Fatima Hajjami | France | 13:50 |
| 55 | Tausi Juma | Tanzania | 13:50 |
| 56 | Sarah Dillabaugh | Canada | 13:51 |
| 57 | Miho Kakehata | Japan | 13:51 |
| 58 | Almita Colakoglu | Turkey | 13:52 |
| 59 | Mizuki Noguchi | Japan | 13:52 |
| 60 | Maria Luisa Lárraga | Spain | 13:53 |
| 61 | Angela Newport | United Kingdom | 13:54 |
| 62 | Cristina Grosu | Romania | 13:54 |
| 63 | Melanie Kraus | Germany | 13:55 |
| 64 | Karen Harvey | Canada | 13:55 |
| 65 | Heather DeGeest | Canada | 13:55 |
| 66 | Cristina Casandra | Romania | 13:56 |
| 67 | Anne Keenan-Buckley | Ireland | 13:56 |
| 68 | Justyna Bąk | Poland | 13:56 |
| 69 | Anne Cross | Australia | 13:58 |
| 70 | Amaia Piedra | Spain | 13:58 |
| 71 | Tarath Tsatsa | Zimbabwe | 13:59 |
| 72 | Suzanne Ritter | Germany | 14:05 |
| 73 | Cristina Petite | Spain | 14:06 |
| 74 | Sarah Dupré | Canada | 14:08 |
| 75 | Jane Makombe | Zimbabwe | 14:08 |
| 76 | Lucy Wright | United Kingdom | 14:09 |
| 77 | Tezeta Sürekli | Turkey | 14:10 |
| 78 | Prisca Ngetich | Kenya | 14:11 |
| 79 | Bertha Sánchez | Colombia | 14:12 |
| 80 | Larissa Kleinmann | Germany | 14:13 |
| 81 | Meritxell Calduch | Spain | 14:14 |
| 82 | Mary Jayne Harrelson | United States | 14:16 |
| 83 | Margareth Iro | Tanzania | 14:18 |
| 84 | Nathalie Côté | Canada | 14:19 |
| 85 | Taeko Matsubayashi | Japan | 14:20 |
| 86 | Susanne Wigene | Norway | 14:21 |
| 87 | Grethe Koens | Netherlands | 14:24 |
| 88 | Vanessa Veiga | Spain | 14:25 |
| 89 | Jenelle Deatherage | United States | 14:27 |
| 90 | Elvan Can | Turkey | 14:30 |
| 91 | Hawa Hamis Hussein | Tanzania | 14:33 |
| 92 | Siphuluwazi Sibindi | Zimbabwe | 14:34 |
| 93 | Yelena Tolstygina | Belarus | 14:34 |
| 94 | Caroline Walsh | United Kingdom | 14:34 |
| 95 | Sandra Baumann | Austria | 14:35 |
| 96 | Sviatlana Klimkovich | Belarus | 14:36 |
| 97 | Carmen Troncoso | United States | 14:38 |
| 98 | Selma dos Reis | Brazil | 14:38 |
| 99 | Mundan Anickal Molly | India | 14:39 |
| 100 | Anita Weyermann | Switzerland | 14:41 |
| 101 | Ouafa Frekech | Morocco | 14:44 |
| 102 | Veslemøy Hausken | Norway | 14:44 |
| 103 | Ana Ferreira | Brazil | 14:56 |
| 104 | Anna Kotenkova | Belarus | 15:00 |
| 105 | Rukia Mkanda | Tanzania | 15:01 |
| 106 | Sibel Özyurt | Turkey | 15:02 |
| 107 | Chris Udovich | United States | 15:12 |
| 108 | Elizabeth de Souza | Brazil | 15:13 |
| 109 | Kunnam Parakkal Suma | India | 15:22 |
| 110 | Natalya Alekseyeva | Belarus | 15:26 |
| 111 | Madhuri Gurnule | India | 15:28 |
| 112 | Irina Matrosova | Uzbekistan | 15:30 |
| 113 | Mukti Roy | India | 15:49 |
| 114 | Zamira Amirova | Uzbekistan | 16:05 |
| 115 | Diala El-Chabi | Lebanon | 16:57 |
| 116 | Alena Petrova | Turkmenistan | 17:24 |
| 117 | Natalya Kobina | Uzbekistan | 17:45 |
| 118 | Sonia Lopes | Cape Verde | 18:33 |
| 119 | Mirvette Hamze | Lebanon | 18:35 |
| 120 | Olesy Jovnir | Turkmenistan | 19:38 |
| — | Guylsara Dadabayeva | Tajikistan | DNF |
| — | Carmen Arrúa | Argentina | DNS |
| — | Diane Nukuri | Burundi | DNS |
| — | Florence Djepé | Cameroon | DNS |
| — | Annemari Sandell | Finland | DNS |
| — | Dina Cruz | Guatemala | DNS |
| — | Elsa Monterroso | Guatemala | DNS |
| — | Breeda Dennehy-Willis | Ireland | DNS |
| — | Maria McCambridge | Ireland | DNS |
| — | Valerie Vaughan | Ireland | DNS |
| — | Olivera Jevtić | Yugoslavia | DNS |

#### Teams

| Rank | Team | Points |
| | Portugal Carla Sacramento7 Fernanda Ribeiro10 Helena Sampaio13 Marina Bastos16 (Inês Monteiro)(29) (Anália Rosa)(45) | 46 |
| | Ethiopia Kutre Dulecha1 Yimenashu Taye6 Getenesh Urge17 Genet Gebregiorgis31 (Zenebech Tadese)(37) (Lulit Legesse)(38) | 55 |
| | France Fatima Yvelain5 Yamna Belkacem11 Blandine Bitzner-Ducret18 Rakiya Maraoui23 (Laurence Duquénoy)(30) (Fatima Hajjami)(54) | 57 |
| 4 | Kenya Margaret Ngotho3 Sally Barsosio8 Rose Cheruiyot12 Jane Ekimat36 (Jeruto Kiptum)(44) (Prisca Ngetich)(78) | 59 |
| 5 | Morocco Zahra Ouaziz2 Zhor El Kamch9 Asmae Leghzaoui27 Seloua Ouaziz43 (Bouchra Chaâbi)(47) (Ouafa Frekech)(101) | 81 |
| 6 | Romania Iulia Olteanu21 Constantina Diţă22 Denisa Costescu33 Elena Fidatof46 (Cristina Grosu)(62) (Cristina Casandra)(66) | 122 |
| 7 | United Kingdom Paula Radcliffe4 Helen Pattinson34 Hayley Tullett39 Angela Newport61 (Lucy Wright)(76) (Caroline Walsh)(94) | 138 |
| 8 | Germany Irina Mikitenko19 Kristina da Fonseca-Wollheim32 Luminita Zaituc35 Melanie Kraus63 (Suzanne Ritter)(72) (Larissa Kleinmann)(80) | 149 |
| 9 | Norway Gunhild Haugen40 Lene Hove48 Stine Larsen49 Bente Landøy51 (Susanne Wigene)(86) (Veslemøy Hausken)(102) | 188 |
| 10 | Spain Marta Domínguez14 Maria Luisa Lárraga60 Amaia Piedra70 Cristina Petite73 (Meritxell Calduch)(81) (Vanessa Veiga)(88) | 217 |
| 11 | Canada Leah Pells41 Sarah Dillabaugh56 Karen Harvey64 Heather DeGeest65 (Sarah Dupré)(74) (Nathalie Côté)(84) | 226 |
| 12 | United States Collette Liss20 Amy Rudolph53 Mary Jayne Harrelson82 Jenelle Deatherage89 (Carmen Troncoso)(97) (Chris Udovich)(107) | 244 |
| 13 | Japan Mizuho Nasukawa50 Miho Kakehata57 Mizuki Noguchi59 Taeko Matsubayashi85 | 251 |
| 14 | Tanzania Restituta Joseph24 Tausi Juma55 Margareth Iro83 Hawa Hamis Hussein91 (Rukia Mkanda)(105) | 253 |
| 15 | Zimbabwe Samukeliso Moyo26 Tarath Tsatsa71 Jane Makombe75 Siphuluwazi Sibindi92 | 264 |
| 16 | Turkey Almita Colakoglu58 Tezeta Sürekli77 Elvan Can90 Sibel Özyurt106 | 331 |
| 17 | Brazil Fabiane Cristine da Silva52 Selma dos Reis98 Ana Ferreira103 Elizabeth de Souza108 | 361 |
| 18 | Belarus Yelena Tolstygina93 Svetlana Klimkovich96 Anna Kotenkova104 Natalya Alekseyeva110 | 403 |
| 19 | India Mundan Anickal Molly99 Kunnam Parakkal Suma109 Madhuri Gurnule111 Mukti Roy113 | 432 |
* Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

## Participation

An unofficial count yields the participation of 121 athletes from 33 countries in the Women's short race. The announced athletes from Argentina, Burundi, Cameroon, Finland, Guatemala, and Yugoslavia did not show.
* Australia (1)
* Austria (1)
* Belarus (4)
* Brazil (4)
* Canada (6)
* Cape Verde (1)
* Colombia (1)
* Ethiopia (6)
* France (6)
* Germany (6)
* India (4)
* Ireland (3)
* Japan (4)
* Kenya (6)
* Lebanon (2)
* Morocco (6)
* Netherlands (1)
* Norway (6)
* Poland (1)
* Portugal (6)
* Romania (6)
* Russia (1)
* South Africa (1)
* Spain (6)
* Switzerland (1)
* Tajikistan (1)
* Tanzania (5)
* Turkey (4)
* Turkmenistan (2)
* United Kingdom (6)
* United States (6)
* Uzbekistan (3)
* Zimbabwe (4)