# 1982 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race

The Senior women's race at the 1982 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Rome, Italy, at the Ippodromo delle Capannelle on March 21, 1982. A report on the event was given in the Glasgow Herald.
Complete results, medallists, and the results of British athletes were published.

## Race results
### Senior women's race (4.663 km)
#### Individual

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
| | Maricica Puică | Romania | 14:38.9 |
| | Fiţa Lovin | Romania | 14:40.5 |
| | Grete Waitz | Norway | 14:43.9 |
| 4 | Agnese Possamai | Italy | 14:46.9 |
| 5 | Dianne Rodger | New Zealand | 14:49.2 |
| 6 | Ingrid Kristiansen | Norway | 14:50.9 |
| 7 | Yelena Sipatova | Soviet Union | 14:51.9 |
| 8 | Raisa Smekhnova | Soviet Union | 14:55.5 |
| 9 | Nadia Dandolo | Italy | 14:57.9 |
| 10 | Jan Merrill | United States | 14:59.5 |
| 11 | Tatyana Pozdnyakova | Soviet Union | 15:00.1 |
| 12 | Kate Wiley | Canada | 15:01 |
| 13 | Ann Ford | England | 15:02.2 |
| 14 | Paula Fudge | England | 15:03.8 |
| 15 | Lynn Kanuka | Canada | 15:04.5 |
| 16 | Jane Furniss | England | 15:06.3 |
| 17 | Marty Cooksey | United States | 15:07.9 |
| 18 | Galina Zakharova | Soviet Union | 15:08.8 |
| 19 | Cristina Tomasini | Italy | 15:09.6 |
| 20 | Aileen O'Connor | United States | 15:10.4 |
| 21 | Rosa Mota | Portugal | 15:10.7 |
| 22 | Pilar Fernandez | Spain | 15:13.2 |
| 23 | Brenda Webb | United States | 15:18 |
| 24 | Ruth Smeeth | England | 15:18.3 |
| 25 | Rita Marchisio | Italy | 15:21.8 |
| 26 | Mary O'Connor | New Zealand | 15:22.8 |
| 27 | Joan Hansen | United States | 15:23.7 |
| 28 | Alice Silva | Portugal | 15:23.9 |
| 29 | Alla Yushina | Soviet Union | 15:24.2 |
| 30 | Amelia Lorza Lopez | Spain | 15:24.6 |
| 31 | Jacqueline Lefeuvre | France | 15:24.8 |
| 32 | Annick Lebreton | France | 15:25.2 |
| 33 | Maria Bak | Poland | 15:25.8 |
| 34 | Asuncion Sinobas | Spain | 15:26.1 |
| 35 | Margherita Gargano | Italy | 15:26.3 |
| 36 | Christine Price | Scotland | 15:26.6 |
| 37 | Beate Liebich | East Germany | 15:31 |
| 38 | Nancy Rooks | Canada | 15:31.4 |
| 39 | Anne-Marie Malone | Canada | 15:32.8 |
| 40 | Renata Kokowska | Poland | 15:34.2 |
| 41 | Christina Boxer | England | 15:34.5 |
| 42 | Yvonne Murray | Scotland | 15:35.2 |
| 43 | Patricia Appleby | Ireland | 15:35.4 |
| 44 | Joëlle Debrouwer | France | 15:36.1 |
| 45 | Wanda Panfil | Poland | 15:37.1 |
| 46 | Montserrat Abello | Spain | 15:37.9 |
| 47 | Aurora Cunha | Portugal | 15:38.4 |
| 48 | Sandra Arthurton | England | 15:39.3 |
| 49 | Mercedes Calleja | Spain | 15:40.1 |
| 50 | Carla Beurskens | Netherlands | 15:40.4 |
| 51 | Martine Fays | France | 15:41.3 |
| 52 | Hilary Hollick | Wales | 15:43.1 |
| 53 | Kim Lock | Wales | 15:43.2 |
| 54 | Maria Andersson | Sweden | 15:44.2 |
| 55 | Mona Kleppe | Norway | 15:45.5 |
| 56 | Anita Andersson | Sweden | 15:46.9 |
| 57 | Jeanette Nordgren | Sweden | 15:47.2 |
| 58 | Isabelle Matthys | France | 15:47.5 |
| 59 | Betty van Steenbroeck | Belgium | 15:47.8 |
| 60 | Marie-Christine Deurbroeck | Belgium | 15:49.1 |
| 61 | Stanislawa Fedyk | Poland | 15:50.8 |
| 62 | Marianne Østbye | Norway | 15:51.5 |
| 63 | Francine Peeters | Belgium | 15:52.4 |
| 64 | Katarina Wåhlin | Sweden | 15:52.6 |
| 65 | Kathy Mearns | Scotland | 15:52.8 |
| 66 | Jean Lorden | Scotland | 15:56.2 |
| 67 | Birgitta Wåhlin | Sweden | 15:56.5 |
| 68 | Charlotte Kaagh | Denmark | 15:57.7 |
| 69 | Magda Ilands | Belgium | 16:00.4 |
| 70 | Monica O'Reilly | Ireland | 16:03.2 |
| 71 | Liz Lynch | Scotland | 16:03.7 |
| 72 | Zehava Shmueli | Israel | 16:04.9 |
| 73 | Ana Isabel Alonso | Spain | 16:06.7 |
| 74 | Thelwyn Bateman | Wales | 16:07.2 |
| 75 | Lesley Welch | United States | 16:09.4 |
| 76 | Sara Neil | Canada | 16:09.9 |
| 77 | Dalila Mehira | Algeria | 16:11 |
| 78 | Albertina Machado | Portugal | 16:11.6 |
| 79 | Annie van Stiphout | Netherlands | 16:12.4 |
| 80 | Bronwen Cardy | Wales | 16:15.5 |
| 81 | Lynne MacDougall | Scotland | 16:16.8 |
| 82 | Lucilia Soares | Portugal | 16:17.5 |
| 83 | Ewa Wrzosek | Poland | 16:18.3 |
| 84 | Mie Poulsen Jensen | Denmark | 16:19.7 |
| 85 | Louise McGrillen | Ireland | 16:21.2 |
| 86 | Linda Milo | Belgium | 16:22.2 |
| 87 | Elly van Hulst | Netherlands | 16:24.6 |
| 88 | Conceição Ferreira | Portugal | 16:29.2 |
| 89 | Eithne Kenny | Ireland | 16:30.9 |
| 90 | Emily Dowling | Ireland | 16:32.6 |
| 91 | Valentine Bakker | Netherlands | 16:39.5 |
| 92 | Patricia Deneuville | France | 16:43.2 |
| 93 | Susanne Nörgaard | Sweden | 16:43.4 |
| 94 | Mette Holm Hansen | Denmark | 16:52.4 |
| 95 | Fionnuala Morrish | Ireland | 16:57.6 |
| 96 | Leila Bendahmane | Algeria | 17:00.7 |
| 97 | Tracy Long | Wales | 17:02.8 |
| 98 | Aichia Bouziane | Algeria | 17:04.9 |
| 99 | Tineke Kluft | Netherlands | 17:06.3 |
| 100 | Malika Bellounis | Algeria | 17:08.1 |
| 101 | Kathy Williams | Wales | 17:10.1 |
| 102 | Mébarka El Hadj Abdellah | Algeria | 17:19 |
| 103 | Jacky Winkelman | Netherlands | 17:34.7 |
| 104 | Tracie Kelly | Canada | 17:50.1 |
| 105 | Dalila Baouche | Algeria | 18:04.6 |
| — | Gabriella Dorio | Italy | DNF |
| — | Celina Sokolowska | Poland | DNF |
| — | Susan Olsen | Denmark | DNF |
| — | Ulla Nielsen | Denmark | DNF |

#### Teams

| Rank | Team | Points |
| | Soviet Union Yelena Sipatova7 Raisa Smekhnova8 Tatyana Pozdnyakova11 Galina Zakharova18 (Alla Yushina)(29) | 44 |
| | Italy Agnese Possamai4 Nadia Dandolo9 Cristina Tomasini19 Rita Marchisio25 (Margherita Gargano)(35) (Gabriella Dorio)(DNF) | 57 |
| | England Ann Ford13 Paula Fudge14 Jane Furniss16 Ruth Smeeth24 (Christina Boxer)(41) (Sandra Arthurton)(48) | 67 |
| 4 | United States Jan Merrill10 Marty Cooksey17 Aileen O'Connor20 Brenda Webb23 (Joan Hansen)(27) (Lesley Welch)(75) | 70 |
| 5 | Canada Kate Wiley12 Lynn Kanuka15 Nancy Rooks38 Anne-Marie Malone39 (Sara Neil)(76) (Tracie Kelly)(104) | 104 |
| 6 | Norway Grete Waitz3 Ingrid Kristiansen6 Mona Kleppe55 Marianne Østbye62 | 126 |
| 7 | Spain Pilar Fernandez22 Amelia Lorza Lopez30 Asuncion Sinobas34 Montserrat Abello46 (Mercedes Calleja)(49) (Ana Isabel Alonso)(73) | 132 |
| 8 | France Jacqueline Lefeuvre31 Annick Lebreton32 Joëlle Debrouwer44 Martine Fays51 (Isabelle Matthys)(58) (Patricia Deneuville)(92) | 158 |
| 9 | Portugal Rosa Mota21 Alice Silva28 Aurora Cunha47 Albertina Machado78 (Lucilia Soares)(82) (Conceição Ferreira)(88) | 174 |
| 10 | Poland Maria Bak33 Renata Kokowska40 Wanda Panfil45 Stanislawa Fedyk61 (Ewa Wrzosek)(83) (Celina Sokolowska)(DNF) | 179 |
| 11 | Scotland Christine Price36 Yvonne Murray42 Kathy Mearns65 Jean Lorden66 (Liz Lynch)(71) (Lynne MacDougall)(81) | 209 |
| 12 | Sweden Maria Andersson54 Anita Andersson56 Jeanette Nordgren57 Katarina Wåhlin64 (Birgitta Wåhlin)(67) (Susanne Nörgaard)(93) | 231 |
| 13 | Belgium Betty van Steenbroeck59 Marie-Christine Deurbroeck60 Francine Peeters63 Magda Ilands69 (Linda Milo)(86) | 251 |
| 14 | Wales Hilary Hollick52 Kim Lock53 Thelwyn Bateman74 Bronwen Cardy80 (Tracy Long)(97) (Kathy Williams)(101) | 259 |
| 15 | Ireland Patricia Appleby43 Monica O'Reilly70 Louise McGrillen85 Eithne Kenny89 (Emily Dowling)(90) (Fionnuala Morrish)(95) | 287 |
| 16 | Netherlands Carla Beurskens50 Annie van Stiphout79 Elly van Hulst87 Valentine Bakker91 (Tineke Kluft)(99) (Jacky Winkelman)(103) | 307 |
| 17 | Algeria Dalila Mehira77 Leila Bendahmane96 Aichia Bouziane98 Malika Bellounis100 (Mébarka El Hadj Abdellah)(102) (Dalila Baouche)(105) | 371 |
| DNF | Denmark (Charlotte Kaagh)(68) (Mie Poulsen Jensen)(84) (Mette Holm Hansen)(94) (Susan Olsen)(DNF) (Ulla Nielsen)(DNF) | DNF |
* Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

## Participation

An unofficial count yields the participation of 109 athletes from 22 countries in the Senior women's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.
* Algeria (6)
* Belgium (5)
* Canada (6)
* Denmark (5)
* East Germany (1)
* England (6)
* France (6)
* Ireland (6)
* Israel (1)
* Italy (6)
* Netherlands (6)
* New Zealand (2)
* Norway (4)
* Poland (6)
* Portugal (6)
* Romania (2)
* Scotland (6)
* Soviet Union (5)
* Spain (6)
* Sweden (6)
* United States (6)
* Wales (6)