# 1990 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race

The Senior women's race at the 1990 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Aix-les-Bains, France, at the Hippodrome de Marlioz on March 25, 1990. 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 (6 km)
#### Individual

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
| | Lynn Jennings | United States | 19:21 |
| | Albertina Dias | Portugal | 19:33 |
| | Yelena Romanova | Soviet Union | 19:33 |
| 4 | Luchia Yeshak | Ethiopia | 19:33 |
| 5 | Nadia Dandolo | Italy | 19:39 |
| 6 | Jane Ngotho | Kenya | 19:41 |
| 7 | Conceição Ferreira | Portugal | 19:45 |
| 8 | Viorica Ghican | Romania | 19:47 |
| 9 | Margaret Wairimu | Kenya | 19:49 |
| 10 | Nadezhda Galyamova | Soviet Union | 19:50 |
| 11 | Olga Nazarkina | Soviet Union | 19:51 |
| 12 | Iulia Negura | Romania | 19:51 |
| 13 | Regina Chistyakova | Soviet Union | 19:52 |
| 14 | Jeanne-Marie Pipoz | Switzerland | 19:52 |
| 15 | Derartu Tulu | Ethiopia | 19:53 |
| 16 | Estela Estévez | Spain | 19:53 |
| 17 | Annette Sergent | France | 19:55 |
| 18 | Susan Hobson | Australia | 19:56 |
| 19 | Marcianne Mukamurenzi | Rwanda | 19:59 |
| 20 | Martine Fays | France | 20:00 |
| 21 | Aurora Cunha | Portugal | 20:01 |
| 22 | Anuța Cătună | Romania | 20:01 |
| 23 | Véronique Collard | Belgium | 20:02 |
| 24 | Jenny Lund | Australia | 20:03 |
| 25 | Adanech Erkulo | Ethiopia | 20:03 |
| 26 | Carolyn Schuwalov | Australia | 20:03 |
| 27 | Julia Vaquero | Spain | 20:04 |
| 28 | Natalya Sorokivskaya | Soviet Union | 20:05 |
| 29 | Odile Ohier | France | 20:05 |
| 30 | Angela Chalmers | Canada | 20:06 |
| 31 | Getenesh Urge | Ethiopia | 20:06 |
| 32 | Gitte Karlshøj | Denmark | 20:06 |
| 33 | Sabrina Dornhoefer | United States | 20:07 |
| 34 | Elaine van Blunk | United States | 20:07 |
| 35 | Sonia McGeorge | United Kingdom | 20:08 |
| 36 | Kumi Araki | Japan | 20:08 |
| 37 | Marjan Freriks | Netherlands | 20:09 |
| 38 | Kathrin Ullrich | East Germany | 20:14 |
| 39 | Liève Slegers | Belgium | 20:15 |
| 40 | Catherina McKiernan | Ireland | 20:16 |
| 41 | Kaori Kumura | Japan | 20:17 |
| 42 | Naomi Yoshida | Japan | 20:17 |
| 43 | Maria Curatolo | Italy | 20:18 |
| 44 | Shelly Steely | United States | 20:20 |
| 45 | María Luisa Servín | Mexico | 20:21 |
| 46 | Martine Oppliger | Switzerland | 20:23 |
| 47 | Laura Adam | United Kingdom | 20:23 |
| 48 | Annette Hüls | West Germany | 20:24 |
| 49 | Lucy Smith | Canada | 20:24 |
| 50 | Mónica Gama | Portugal | 20:27 |
| 51 | Tatyana Pozdnyakova | Soviet Union | 20:27 |
| 52 | Leah Pells | Canada | 20:27 |
| 53 | Yoshie Terazawa | Japan | 20:27 |
| 54 | Anke Schäning | East Germany | 20:28 |
| 55 | Lisa Harvey | Canada | 20:28 |
| 56 | Dolores Rizo | Spain | 20:29 |
| 57 | Nancy Patteet | Belgium | 20:30 |
| 58 | Anette Dwyer | Australia | 20:32 |
| 59 | Farida Fatès | France | 20:33 |
| 60 | Elena Fidatof | Romania | 20:33 |
| 61 | Sachiko Yamashita | Japan | 20:35 |
| 62 | Corinne Debaets | Belgium | 20:37 |
| 63 | Maria Starovská | Czechoslovakia | 20:38 |
| 64 | Carlien Harms | Netherlands | 20:38 |
| 65 | Birgit Jerschabek | East Germany | 20:39 |
| 66 | Tigist Moreda | Ethiopia | 20:39 |
| 67 | Anja de Brabant | Belgium | 20:40 |
| 68 | Roisin Smyth | Ireland | 20:40 |
| 69 | Fatima Maama | Morocco | 20:40 |
| 70 | Marian Sutton | United Kingdom | 20:41 |
| 71 | Robyn Meagher | Canada | 20:41 |
| 72 | Lucilia Soares | Portugal | 20:42 |
| 73 | Zahra Ouaziz | Morocco | 20:43 |
| 74 | Ana Isabel Alonso | Spain | 20:44 |
| 75 | María del Carmen Díaz | Mexico | 20:45 |
| 76 | Silvana Pereira | Brazil | 20:46 |
| 77 | Carmen Fuentes | Spain | 20:48 |
| 78 | Addis Gezagne | Ethiopia | 20:49 |
| 79 | Annette Fincke | East Germany | 20:49 |
| 80 | Mariana Stanescu | Romania | 20:50 |
| 81 | Nives Curti | Italy | 20:50 |
| 82 | Christien Toonstra | Netherlands | 20:54 |
| 83 | Christine Kennedy | Ireland | 20:55 |
| 84 | Margaret Kagiri | Kenya | 20:57 |
| 85 | Mary O'Connor | New Zealand | 20:59 |
| 86 | Tanja Kalinowski | West Germany | 20:59 |
| 87 | Lucinda Martin | United Kingdom | 21:00 |
| 88 | Isabella Moretti | Switzerland | 21:01 |
| 89 | Valentina Tauceri | Italy | 21:02 |
| 90 | Florence Wangechi | Kenya | 21:02 |
| 91 | Martha Ernstdóttir | Iceland | 21:04 |
| 92 | Carmen Brunet | Spain | 21:05 |
| 93 | Carole Connolly | Australia | 21:05 |
| 94 | Izumi Maki | Japan | 21:06 |
| 95 | Anne Viallix | France | 21:06 |
| 96 | Niamh Murphy | Ireland | 21:06 |
| 97 | Pavlina Evro | Albania | 21:07 |
| 98 | Mébarka El Hadj Abdellah | Algeria | 21:07 |
| 99 | Alison Wyeth | United Kingdom | 21:09 |
| 100 | Liri Brahja | Albania | 21:09 |
| 101 | Rizoneide Vanderley | Brazil | 21:10 |
| 102 | Betty Molteni | Italy | 21:10 |
| 103 | Leanne Martin | United States | 21:11 |
| 104 | Daria Nauer | Switzerland | 21:11 |
| 105 | Lotta Legernes | Sweden | 21:13 |
| 106 | Benita Perez | Mexico | 21:13 |
| 107 | Blanca Jaime | Mexico | 21:14 |
| 108 | Luz Fabiola Rueda | Colombia | 21:15 |
| 109 | Christine Feuillet | France | 21:15 |
| 110 | Ulla Marquette | Canada | 21:16 |
| 111 | Laura Faccio | Italy | 21:18 |
| 112 | Teresa Duffy | Ireland | 21:19 |
| 113 | Claudia Metzner | West Germany | 21:21 |
| 114 | Ursula Noctor | Ireland | 21:22 |
| 115 | Joy Terry | Australia | 21:23 |
| 116 | Andrea Fleischer | East Germany | 21:24 |
| 117 | Janet Smith | United States | 21:24 |
| 118 | Rita de Jesús | Brazil | 21:29 |
| 119 | Donika Hanxhara | Albania | 21:30 |
| 120 | Nanda Shaner Yadav | India | 21:32 |
| 121 | Manushaqe Taku | Albania | 21:35 |
| 122 | Solange de Souza | Brazil | 21:41 |
| 123 | Annet Bezemer | Netherlands | 21:43 |
| 124 | Nelly Glauser | Switzerland | 21:44 |
| 125 | Pauline Konga | Kenya | 21:47 |
| 126 | Anila Mekshi | Albania | 21:48 |
| 127 | Kerstin Streck | West Germany | 21:48 |
| 128 | Nelly Aerts | Belgium | 21:49 |
| 129 | Vijay Nilman Khalko | India | 21:52 |
| 130 | Charulatha Naigaonkar | India | 22:06 |
| 131 | Brenda Sleeuwenhoek | Netherlands | 22:09 |
| 132 | Karla Guerrero | Mexico | 22:13 |
| 133 | Lee Hsiao-Chuan | Chinese Taipei | 22:15 |
| 134 | Lukose Leelamma | India | 22:30 |
| 135 | Zehava Shmueli | Israel | 22:46 |
| 136 | Lisbeth Crafach | Denmark | 22:47 |
| 137 | Olga Avalos | Mexico | 22:49 |
| 138 | Marie-Cecile Rivetta | Monaco | 22:55 |
| — | Fernanda Marques | Portugal | DNF |

#### Teams

| Rank | Team | Points |
| | Soviet Union Yelena Romanova3 Nadezhda Galyamova10 Olga Nazarkina11 Regina Chistyakova13 (Natalya Sorokivskaya)(28) (Tatyana Pozdnyakova)(51) | 37 |
| | Ethiopia Luchia Yeshak4 Derartu Tulu15 Adanech Erkulo25 Getenesh Urge31 (Tigist Moreda)(66) (Addis Gezagne)(78) | 75 |
| | Portugal Albertina Dias2 Conceição Ferreira7 Aurora Cunha21 Mónica Gama50 (Lucilia Soares)(72) (Fernanda Marques)(DNF) | 80 |
| 4 | Romania Viorica Ghican8 Iulia Negura12 Anuța Cătună22 Elena Fidatof60 (Mariana Stanescu)(80) | 102 |
| 5 | United States Lynn Jennings1 Sabrina Dornhoefer33 Elaine van Blunk34 Shelly Steely44 (Leanne Martin)(103) (Janet Smith)(117) | 112 |
| 6 | France Annette Sergent17 Martine Fays20 Odile Ohier29 Farida Fatès59 (Anne Viallix)(95) (Christine Feuillet)(109) | 125 |
| 7 | Australia Susan Hobson18 Jenny Lund24 Carolyn Schuwalov26 Anette Dwyer58 (Carole Connolly)(93) (Joy Terry)(115) | 126 |
| 8 | Japan Kumi Araki36 Kaori Kumura41 Naomi Yoshida42 Yoshie Terazawa53 (Sachiko Yamashita)(61) (Izumi Maki)(94) | 172 |
| 9 | Spain Estela Estévez16 Julia Vaquero27 Dolores Rizo56 Ana Isabel Alonso74 (Carmen Fuentes)(77) (Carmen Brunet)(92) | 173 |
| 10 | Belgium Véronique Collard23 Liève Slegers39 Nancy Patteet57 Corinne Debaets62 (Anja de Brabant)(67) (Nelly Aerts)(128) | 181 |
| 11 | Canada Angela Chalmers30 Lucy Smith49 Leah Pells52 Lisa Harvey55 (Robyn Meagher)(71) (Ulla Marquette)(110) | 186 |
| 12 | Kenya Jane Ngotho6 Margaret Wairimu9 Margaret Kagiri84 Florence Wangechi90 (Pauline Konga)(125) | 189 |
| 13 | Italy Nadia Dandolo5 Maria Curatolo43 Nives Curti81 Valentina Tauceri89 (Betty Molteni)(102) (Laura Faccio)(111) | 218 |
| 14 | East Germany Kathrin Ullrich38 Anke Schäning54 Birgit Jerschabek65 Annette Fincke79 (Andrea Fleischer)(116) | 236 |
| 15 | United Kingdom Sonia McGeorge35 Laura Adam47 Marian Sutton70 Lucinda Martin87 (Alison Wyeth)(99) | 239 |
| 16 | Switzerland Jeanne-Marie Pipoz14 Martine Oppliger46 Isabella Moretti88 Daria Nauer104 (Nelly Glauser)(124) | 252 |
| 17 | Ireland Catherina McKiernan40 Roisin Smyth68 Christine Kennedy83 Niamh Murphy96 (Teresa Duffy)(112) (Ursula Noctor)(114) | 287 |
| 18 | Netherlands Marjan Freriks37 Carlien Harms64 Christien Toonstra82 Annet Bezemer123 (Brenda Sleeuwenhoek)(131) | 306 |
| 19 | Mexico María Luisa Servín45 María del Carmen Díaz75 Benita Perez106 Blanca Jaime107 (Karla Guerrero)(132) (Olga Avalos)(137) | 333 |
| 20 | West Germany Annette Hüls48 Tanja Kalinowski86 Claudia Metzner113 Kerstin Streck127 | 374 |
| 21 | Brazil Silvana Pereira76 Rizoneide Vanderley101 Rita de Jesús118 Solange de Souza122 | 417 |
| 22 | Albania Pavlina Evro97 Liri Brahja100 Donika Hanxhara119 Manushaqe Taku121 (Anila Mekshi)(126) | 437 |
| 23 | India Nanda Shaner Yadav120 Vijay Nilman Khalko129 Charulatha Naigaonkar130 Lukose Leelamma134 | 513 |
* Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

## Participation

An unofficial count yields the participation of 139 athletes from 35 countries in the Senior women's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.
* Albania (5)
* Algeria (1)
* Australia (6)
* Belgium (6)
* Brazil (4)
* Canada (6)
* Chinese Taipei (1)
* Colombia (1)
* Czechoslovakia (1)
* Denmark (2)
* East Germany (5)
* Ethiopia (6)
* France (6)
* Iceland (1)
* India (4)
* Ireland (6)
* Israel (1)
* Italy (6)
* Japan (6)
* Kenya (5)
* Mexico (6)
* Monaco (1)
* Morocco (2)
* Netherlands (5)
* New Zealand (1)
* Portugal (6)
* Romania (5)
* Rwanda (1)
* Soviet Union (6)
* Spain (6)
* Sweden (1)
* Switzerland (5)
* United Kingdom (5)
* United States (6)
* West Germany (4)