# 1999 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race

The Senior women's race at the 1999 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held at the Barnett Demesne/Queen’s University Playing Fields in Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, on March 27, 1999. Reports of the event were given in The New York Times, in the Glasgow 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
### Senior women's race (8.012 km)
#### Individual

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
| | Gete Wami | Ethiopia | 28:00 |
| | Merima Denboba | Ethiopia | 28:12 |
| | Paula Radcliffe | United Kingdom | 28:12 |
| 4 | Ayelech Worku | Ethiopia | 28:15 |
| 5 | Susan Chepkemei | Kenya | 28:21 |
| 6 | Jane Ngotho | Kenya | 28:29 |
| 7 | Jane Omoro | Kenya | 28:40 |
| 8 | Helena Sampaio | Portugal | 28:42 |
| 9 | Leah Malot | Kenya | 28:49 |
| 10 | Deena Drossin | United States | 28:53 |
| 11 | Leila Aman | Ethiopia | 28:55 |
| 12 | Restituta Joseph | Tanzania | 29:07 |
| 13 | Ana Dias | Portugal | 29:14 |
| 14 | Constantina Diţă | Romania | 29:17 |
| 15 | Samukeliso Moyo | Zimbabwe | 29:20 |
| 16 | Agnes Kiprop | Kenya | 29:23 |
| 17 | Tina Connelly | Canada | 29:24 |
| 18 | Kerryn McCann | Australia | 29:26 |
| 19 | Anja Smolders | Belgium | 29:28 |
| 20 | Sabrina Varrone | Italy | 29:29 |
| 21 | Chiemi Takahashi | Japan | 29:30 |
| 22 | Annemari Sandell | Finland | 29:31 |
| 23 | Jen Rhines | United States | 29:31 |
| 24 | Melissa Moon | New Zealand | 29:31 |
| 25 | Natalie Harvey | Australia | 29:32 |
| 26 | Rosanna Martin | Italy | 29:33 |
| 27 | Kumiko Takemoto | Japan | 29:37 |
| 28 | Kylie Risk | Australia | 29:37 |
| 29 | Maria Luisa Lárraga | Spain | 29:38 |
| 30 | Conceição Ferreira | Portugal | 29:38 |
| 31 | Naoko Tanaka | Japan | 29:40 |
| 32 | Asha Gigi | Ethiopia | 29:44 |
| 33 | Luminita Gogîrlea | Romania | 29:47 |
| 34 | Beatriz Santíago | Spain | 29:47 |
| 35 | Luminița Talpoș | Romania | 29:49 |
| 36 | Nora Rocha | Mexico | 29:50 |
| 37 | María Abel | Spain | 29:55 |
| 38 | Rosemary Ryan | Ireland | 29:58 |
| 39 | Cristina Iloc | Romania | 30:04 |
| 40 | Susie Power | Australia | 30:09 |
| 41 | Ana Isabel Alonso | Spain | 30:11 |
| 42 | Liz Talbot | United Kingdom | 30:12 |
| 43 | Mónica Rosa | Portugal | 30:16 |
| 44 | Tara Krzywicki | United Kingdom | 30:16 |
| 45 | Angela Mudge | United Kingdom | 30:19 |
| 46 | Chantal Dällenbach | France | 30:25 |
| 47 | Liève Slegers | Belgium | 30:26 |
| 48 | Carmen Troncoso | United States | 30:29 |
| 49 | Teresa Recio | Spain | 30:31 |
| 50 | Elisabeth Mongudhi | Namibia | 30:37 |
| 51 | Lee-Ann McPhillips | New Zealand | 30:38 |
| 52 | Mandy Giblin | Australia | 30:40 |
| 53 | Yasuko Hashimoto | Japan | 30:41 |
| 54 | Cari Rampersad | Canada | 30:42 |
| 55 | Joan Nesbit | United States | 30:44 |
| 56 | Milka Mikhailova | Bulgaria | 30:45 |
| 57 | Donna Garcia | United States | 30:47 |
| 58 | María Paredes | Ecuador | 30:48 |
| 59 | Manuela Dominguez | Spain | 30:52 |
| 60 | Olimpia Pop | Romania | 30:53 |
| 61 | Birhan Dagne | United Kingdom | 30:55 |
| 62 | Message Mapfumo | Zimbabwe | 30:55 |
| 63 | Margarita Cabello | Mexico | 30:57 |
| 64 | Meseret Kotu | Ethiopia | 30:58 |
| 65 | Matilde Ravizza | Italy | 31:00 |
| 66 | Lucilla Andreucci | Italy | 31:02 |
| 67 | Lucy Wright | United Kingdom | 31:03 |
| 68 | Stefanija Statkuvienė | Belgium | 31:06 |
| 69 | Michelle King | Canada | 31:06 |
| 70 | Laura Baker | United States | 31:07 |
| 71 | Wilma Guerra | Ecuador | 31:07 |
| 72 | Teresa Duffy | Ireland | 31:07 |
| 73 | Rosângela Faria | Brazil | 31:11 |
| 74 | Clair Fearnley | Australia | 31:16 |
| 75 | Sarah Horan | New Zealand | 31:26 |
| 76 | Rita de Jesús | Brazil | 31:32 |
| 77 | Marie McMahon | Ireland | 31:34 |
| 78 | Simona Viola | Italy | 31:42 |
| 79 | Maria Rodrigues | Brazil | 31:55 |
| 80 | Nili Avramski | Israel | 32:02 |
| 81 | Selma dos Reis | Brazil | 32:10 |
| 82 | Courtney Babcock | Canada | 32:11 |
| 83 | Maureen Harrington | Ireland | 32:13 |
| 84 | Dione D'Agostini | Brazil | 32:20 |
| 85 | Irina Matrosova | Uzbekistan | 32:21 |
| 86 | Tarath Tsatsa | Zimbabwe | 32:33 |
| 87 | Louise Cavanagh | Ireland | 32:37 |
| 88 | Mundan Anickal Molly | India | 32:40 |
| 89 | Singasi Dube | Zimbabwe | 32:49 |
| 90 | Barbara Brych | Canada | 32:53 |
| 91 | Natallia Kvachuk | Belarus | 33:02 |
| 92 | Gabriela Cevallos | Ecuador | 33:09 |
| 93 | Rina Das | India | 33:12 |
| 94 | Alena Skabelskaya | Belarus | 33:34 |
| 95 | Tatyana Tratsyuk | Belarus | 33:45 |
| 96 | Monica Amboya | Ecuador | 33:45 |
| 97 | Helena Crossan | Ireland | 34:05 |
| 98 | Pushpa Devi | India | 34:06 |
| 99 | Irina Kunakhavets | Belarus | 34:57 |
| 100 | Aruna Devi Waishram | India | 37:31 |
| — | Marina Bastos | Portugal | DNF |
| — | Stela Olteanu | Romania | DNF |
| — | Teresa Nunes | Portugal | DNF |

#### Teams

| Rank | Team | Points |
| | Ethiopia Gete Wami1 Merima Denboba2 Ayelech Worku4 Leila Aman11 (Asha Gigi)(32) (Meseret Kotu)(64) | 18 |
| | Kenya Susan Chepkemei5 Jane Ngotho6 Jane Omoro7 Leah Malot9 (Agnes Kiprop)(16) | 27 |
| | Portugal Helena Sampaio8 Ana Dias13 Conceição Ferreira30 Mónica Rosa43 (Marina Bastos)(DNF) (Teresa Nunes)(DNF) | 94 |
| 4 | Australia Kerryn McCann18 Natalie Harvey25 Kylie Risk28 Susie Power40 (Mandy Giblin)(52) (Clair Fearnley)(74) | 111 |
| 5 | Romania Constantina Diţă14 Luminita Gogîrlea33 Luminița Talpoș35 Cristina Iloc39 (Olimpia Pop)(60) (Stela Olteanu)(DNF) | 121 |
| 6 | Japan Chiemi Takahashi21 Kumiko Takemoto27 Naoko Tanaka31 Yasuko Hashimoto53 | 132 |
| 7 | United Kingdom Paula Radcliffe3 Liz Talbot42 Tara Krzywicki44 Angela Mudge45 (Birhan Dagne)(61) (Lucy Wright)(67) | 134 |
| 8 | United States Deena Drossin10 Jen Rhines23 Carmen Troncoso48 Joan Nesbit55 (Donna Garcia)(57) (Laura Baker)(70) | 136 |
| 9 | Spain Maria Luisa Lárraga29 Beatriz Santíago34 María Abel37 Ana Isabel Alonso41 (Teresa Recio)(49) (Manuela Dominguez)(59) | 141 |
| 10 | Italy Sabrina Varrone20 Rosanna Martin26 Mathilde Ravizza65 Lucilla Andreucci66 (Simona Viola)(78) | 177 |
| 11 | Canada Tina Connelly17 Cari Rampersad54 Michelle King69 Courtney Babcock82 (Barbara Brych)(90) | 222 |
| 12 | Zimbabwe Samukeliso Moyo15 Message Mapfumo62 Tarath Tsatsa86 Singasi Dube89 | 252 |
| 13 | Ireland Rosemary Ryan38 Teresa Duffy72 Marie McMahon77 Maureen Harrington83 (Louise Cavanagh)(87) (Helena Crossan)(97) | 270 |
| 14 | Brazil Rosângela Faria73 Rita de Jesús76 Maria Rodrigues79 Selma dos Reis81 (Dione D'Agostini)(84) | 309 |
| 15 | Ecuador María Paredes58 Wilma Guerra71 Gabriela Cevallos92 Monica Amboya96 | 317 |
| 16 | Belarus Natallia Kvachuk91 Alena Skabelskaya94 Tatyana Tratsyuk95 Irina Kunakhavets99 | 379 |
| 17 | India Mundan Anickal Molly88 Rina Das93 Pushpa Devi98 Aruna Devi Waishram100 | 379 |
* Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

## Participation

An unofficial count yields the participation of 103 athletes from 27 countries in the Senior women's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.
* Australia (6)
* Belarus (4)
* Belgium (3)
* Brazil (5)
* Bulgaria (1)
* Canada (5)
* Ecuador (4)
* Ethiopia (6)
* Finland (1)
* France (1)
* India (4)
* Ireland (6)
* Israel (1)
* Italy (5)
* Japan (4)
* Kenya (5)
* Mexico (2)
* Namibia (1)
* New Zealand (3)
* Portugal (6)
* Romania (6)
* Spain (6)
* Tanzania (1)
* United Kingdom (6)
* United States (6)
* Uzbekistan (1)
* Zimbabwe (4)