# 2006 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race

The Senior women's race at the 2006 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held at the Umi-no-nakamichi Seaside Park in Fukuoka, Japan, on April 1, 2006. 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
### Senior women's race (8 km)
#### Individual

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
| | Tirunesh Dibaba | Ethiopia | 25:21 |
| | Lornah Kiplagat | Netherlands | 25:26 |
| | Meselech Melkamu | Ethiopia | 25:38 |
| 4 | Benita Johnson | Australia | 25:43 |
| 5 | Wude Ayalew | Ethiopia | 25:47 |
| 6 | Kayoko Fukushi | Japan | 25:51 |
| 7 | Mestawat Tufa | Ethiopia | 25:59 |
| 8 | Evelyne Wambui | Kenya | 26:11 |
| 9 | Faith Jemutai | Kenya | 26:12 |
| 10 | Alice Chelangat | Kenya | 26:13 |
| 11 | Blake Russell | United States | 26:23 |
| 12 | Mercy Njoroge | Kenya | 26:26 |
| 13 | Edna Kiplagat | Kenya | 26:32 |
| 14 | Ejagayehu Dibaba | Ethiopia | 26:37 |
| 15 | Nina Rillstone | New Zealand | 26:39 |
| 16 | Kate McIlroy | New Zealand | 26:42 |
| 17 | Simret Sultan | Eritrea | 26:43 |
| 18 | Bao Guiying | China | 26:43 |
| 19 | Yoshimi Ozaki | Japan | 26:45 |
| 20 | Christine Bardelle | France | 26:45 |
| 21 | Katie McGregor | United States | 26:46 |
| 22 | Eloise Wellings | Australia | 26:46 |
| 23 | Mara Yamauchi | United Kingdom | 26:47 |
| 24 | Jessica Ruthe | New Zealand | 26:47 |
| 25 | Megumi Oshima | Japan | 26:51 |
| 26 | Sara Slattery | United States | 26:51 |
| 27 | Anna Thompson | Australia | 26:54 |
| 28 | Ruhama Shauri | Tanzania | 26:54 |
| 29 | Julie Coulaud | France | 26:59 |
| 30 | Yumi Sato | Japan | 27:00 |
| 31 | María Elena Valencia | Mexico | 27:04 |
| 32 | Kathy Butler | United Kingdom | 27:06 |
| 33 | Colleen de Reuck | United States | 27:07 |
| 34 | Victoria Mitchell | Australia | 27:12 |
| 35 | Pascalina Bombo | Tanzania | 27:12 |
| 36 | Rosa Morató | Spain | 27:13 |
| 37 | Suzanne Ritter | Germany | 27:14 |
| 38 | Dong Xiaoqin | China | 27:15 |
| 39 | Kate Reed | United Kingdom | 27:16 |
| 40 | Natalie Harvey | United Kingdom | 27:22 |
| 41 | Sun Wenqin | China | 27:24 |
| 42 | Anália Rosa | Portugal | 27:25 |
| 43 | Ana Dias | Portugal | 27:32 |
| 44 | Xi Qiuhong | China | 27:32 |
| 45 | Judit Plá | Spain | 27:33 |
| 46 | Teyiba Erkesso | Ethiopia | 27:35 |
| 47 | Rosemary Ryan | Ireland | 27:35 |
| 48 | Jiang Chengcheng | China | 27:37 |
| 49 | Renee Metivier | United States | 27:37 |
| 50 | Kayo Sugihara | Japan | 27:37 |
| 51 | Angeline Nyiransabimana | Rwanda | 27:39 |
| 52 | Teresa Recio | Spain | 27:45 |
| 53 | Hanan Collette | France | 27:46 |
| 54 | Emma Rilen | Australia | 27:49 |
| 55 | Yesenia Centeno | Spain | 27:49 |
| 56 | Zaituni Jumanne | Tanzania | 27:50 |
| 57 | Melissa Moon | New Zealand | 27:52 |
| 58 | Consalater Chemtai Yadaa | Kenya | 27:52 |
| 59 | Sharon Dickie-Thompson | United States | 27:54 |
| 60 | Poppy Mlambo | South Africa | 28:01 |
| 61 | Leonor Carneiro | Portugal | 28:03 |
| 62 | Zhang Chong | China | 28:07 |
| 63 | Alessandra Aguilar | Spain | 28:11 |
| 64 | Inês Monteiro | Portugal | 28:17 |
| 65 | Michiko Ogawa | Japan | 28:21 |
| 66 | Hattie Dean | United Kingdom | 28:24 |
| 67 | Olga Minina | Belarus | 28:33 |
| 68 | Anesie Kwizera | Burundi | 28:36 |
| 69 | Cláudia Pereira | Portugal | 28:41 |
| 70 | María Elena Moreno | Spain | 28:42 |
| 71 | Park Ho-Sun | South Korea | 28:45 |
| 72 | Inés Melchor | Peru | 28:49 |
| 73 | Rkia Chébili | France | 28:56 |
| 74 | Kim Hee-Yeon | South Korea | 28:58 |
| 75 | Susan Michelsson | Australia | 29:01 |
| 76 | Lamberte Nyabamikazi | Rwanda | 29:02 |
| 77 | Cari Kuzyk | Canada | 29:10 |
| 78 | Rosa Apaza | Bolivia | 29:14 |
| 79 | Yeisy Alvarez | Venezuela | 29:19 |
| 80 | Clemantine Nyiraguhirwa | Rwanda | 29:24 |
| 81 | Gemma Phillips | United Kingdom | 29:29 |
| 82 | Genessi Nyirahabimana | Rwanda | 29:49 |
| 83 | Esperance Mukarugwiza | Rwanda | 29:58 |
| 84 | Suh Hyun-Jin | South Korea | 30:12 |
| 85 | Norelys Lugo | Venezuela | 30:12 |
| 86 | Yolimar Pineda | Venezuela | 30:13 |
| 87 | Lakmini Bogahawatte | Sri Lanka | 30:15 |
| 88 | Emeliana Joseph | Tanzania | 30:26 |
| 89 | Rosa America Rodríguez | Venezuela | 30:34 |
| 90 | Tanice Barnett | Jamaica | 30:38 |
| 91 | Alda Maurício | Angola | 30:43 |
| 92 | Rini Budiarti | Indonesia | 30:45 |
| 93 | Kirsty Smith | Canada | 30:53 |
| 94 | Yohamna Luisa | Dominican Republic | 31:53 |
| 95 | Merrecia James | Jamaica | 32:08 |
| 96 | Tanica Thomas | Jamaica | 32:14 |
| 97 | Yekaterina Tunguskova | Uzbekistan | 32:16 |
| 98 | Nadine Henry | Jamaica | 34:06 |
| — | Jéssica Augusto | Portugal | DNF |

#### Teams

| Rank | Team | Points |
| | Ethiopia Tirunesh Dibaba1 Meselech Melkamu3 Wude Ayalew5 Mestawat Tufa7 (Ejagayehu Dibaba)(14) (Teyiba Erkesso)(46) | 16 |
| | Kenya Evelyne Wambui8 Faith Jemutai9 Alice Chelangat10 Mercy Njoroge12 (Edna Kiplagat)(13) (Consalater Chemtai Yadaa)(58) | 39 |
| | Japan Kayoko Fukushi6 Yoshimi Ozaki19 Megumi Oshima25 Yumi Sato30 (Kayo Sugihara)(50) (Michiko Ogawa)(65) | 80 |
| 4 | Australia Benita Johnson4 Eloise Wellings22 Anna Thompson27 Victoria Mitchell34 (Emma Rilen)(54) (Susan Michelsson)(75) | 87 |
| 5 | United States Blake Russell11 Katie McGregor21 Sara Slattery26 Colleen de Reuck33 (Renee Metivier)(49) (Sharon Dickie-Thompson)(59) | 91 |
| 6 | New Zealand Nina Rillstone15 Kate McIlroy16 Jessica Ruthe24 Melissa Moon57 | 112 |
| 7 | United Kingdom Mara Yamauchi23 Kathy Butler32 Kate Reed39 Natalie Harvey40 (Hattie Dean)(66) (Gemma Phillips)(81) | 134 |
| 8 | China Bao Guiying18 Dong Xiaoqin38 Sun Wenqin41 Xi Qiuhong44 (Jiang Chengcheng)(48) (Zhang Chong)(62) | 141 |
| 9 | France Christine Bardelle20 Julie Coulaud29 Hanan Collette53 Rkia Chébili73 | 175 |
| 10 | Spain Rosa Morató36 Judit Plá45 Teresa Recio52 Yesenia Centeno55 (Alessandra Aguilar)(63) (María Elena Moreno)(70) | 188 |
| 11 | Tanzania Ruhama Shauri28 Pascalina Bombo35 Zaituni Jumanne56 Emeliana Joseph88 | 207 |
| 12 | Portugal Anália Rosa42 Ana Dias43 Leonor Carneiro61 Inês Monteiro64 (Cláudia Pereira)(69) (Jessica Augusto)(DNF) | 210 |
| 13 | Rwanda Angeline Nyiransabimana51 Lamberte Nyabamikazi76 Clemantine Nyiraguhirwa80 Genessi Nyirahabimana82 (Esperance Mukarugwiza)(83) | 289 |
| 14 | Venezuela Yeisy Alvarez79 Norelys Lugo85 Yolimar Pineda86 Rosa America Rodríguez89 | 339 |
| 15 | Jamaica Tanice Barnett90 Merrecia James95 Tanica Thomas96 Nadine Henry98 | 379 |
* Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result.

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 99 athletes from 32 countries participated in the Senior women's race.
* Angola (1)
* Australia (6)
* Belarus (1)
* Bolivia (1)
* Burundi (1)
* Canada (2)
* China (6)
* Dominican Republic (1)
* Eritrea (1)
* Ethiopia (6)
* France (4)
* Germany (1)
* Indonesia (1)
* Ireland (1)
* Jamaica (4)
* Japan (6)
* Kenya (6)
* Mexico (1)
* Netherlands (1)
* New Zealand (4)
* Peru (1)
* Portugal (6)
* Rwanda (5)
* South Africa (1)
* South Korea (3)
* Spain (6)
* Sri Lanka (1)
* Tanzania (4)
* United Kingdom (6)
* United States (6)
* Uzbekistan (1)
* Venezuela (4)