# 1987 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race

The Senior women's race at the 1987 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Warsaw, Poland, at the Służewiec Racecourse on March 22, 1987. A report on the event was given in the Glasgow Herald and in the Evening Times.
Complete results, medallists, and the results of British athletes were published.

## Race results
### Senior women's race (5.05 km)
#### Individual

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
| | Annette Sergent | France | 16:46 |
| | Liz Lynch | Scotland | 16:48 |
| | Ingrid Kristiansen | Norway | 16:51 |
| 4 | Lynn Jennings | United States | 16:55 |
| 5 | Lesley Lehane | United States | 16:57 |
| 6 | Mariana Stanescu | Romania | 17:04 |
| 7 | Cornelia Bürki | Switzerland | 17:08 |
| 8 | Krishna Wood | Australia | 17:11 |
| 9 | Paula Ivan | Romania | 17:12 |
| 10 | Natalya Sorokivskaya | Soviet Union | 17:13 |
| 11 | Margaret Wairimu | Kenya | 17:14 |
| 12 | Martine Fays | France | 17:19 |
| 13 | Olga Bondarenko | Soviet Union | 17:20 |
| 14 | Mary Knisely | United States | 17:20 |
| 15 | Yelena Romanova | Soviet Union | 17:23 |
| 16 | Yvonne Murray | Scotland | 17:24 |
| 17 | Marina Rodchenkova | Soviet Union | 17:25 |
| 18 | Anne Viallix | France | 17:25 |
| 19 | Maria Lelut | France | 17:30 |
| 20 | Christine Benning | England | 17:30 |
| 21 | Delilah Asiago | Kenya | 17:31 |
| 22 | Maria Curatolo | Italy | 17:31 |
| 23 | Janet Smith | United States | 17:32 |
| 24 | Rosa Mota | Portugal | 17:32 |
| 25 | Patricia Demilly | France | 17:34 |
| 26 | Liève Slegers | Belgium | 17:36 |
| 27 | Albertina Machado | Portugal | 17:36 |
| 28 | Wang Xiuting | China | 17:36 |
| 29 | Elena Murgoci | Romania | 17:37 |
| 30 | Sally Ellis | England | 17:38 |
| 31 | Jane Shields | England | 17:41 |
| 32 | Nancy Tinari-Rooks | Canada | 17:42 |
| 33 | Gail Rear | New Zealand | 17:43 |
| 34 | Svetlana Ulmasova | Soviet Union | 17:45 |
| 35 | Maiken Sørum | Norway | 17:45 |
| 36 | Mary O'Connor | New Zealand | 17:45 |
| 37 | Monica Wambui | Kenya | 17:47 |
| 38 | Ana Isabel Alonso | Spain | 17:47 |
| 39 | Radka Naplatanova | Bulgaria | 17:49 |
| 40 | Ulla Marquette | Canada | 17:49 |
| 41 | Carole Rouillard | Canada | 17:51 |
| 42 | Anita Håkenstad | Norway | 17:52 |
| 43 | Mary Donohoe | Ireland | 17:52 |
| 44 | Suzanne Girard | United States | 17:53 |
| 45 | Susan Tooby | Wales | 17:54 |
| 46 | Iris Biba | West Germany | 17:55 |
| 47 | Roberta Brunet | Italy | 17:55 |
| 48 | Leah Malot | Kenya | 17:56 |
| 49 | Sabine Knetsch | West Germany | 17:56 |
| 50 | Iulia Negura | Romania | 17:56 |
| 51 | Conceição Ferreira | Portugal | 17:57 |
| 52 | Jane Ngotho | Kenya | 18:00 |
| 53 | Sabrina Dornhoefer | United States | 18:00 |
| 54 | Glenys Kroon | New Zealand | 18:01 |
| 55 | Tigist Moreda | Ethiopia | 18:01 |
| 56 | Anette Westerberg | Sweden | 18:01 |
| 57 | Aurora Cunha | Portugal | 18:02 |
| 58 | Christina Mai | West Germany | 18:02 |
| 59 | Montserrat Abello | Spain | 18:03 |
| 60 | Lynne Maddison | Wales | 18:03 |
| 61 | Renata Kokowska | Poland | 18:03 |
| 62 | Natalya Lagunkova | Soviet Union | 18:04 |
| 63 | Grete Kirkeberg | Norway | 18:04 |
| 64 | Karen MacLeod | Scotland | 18:04 |
| 65 | Asselefech Adera | Ethiopia | 18:05 |
| 66 | Marie Granberg | Sweden | 18:05 |
| 67 | Agnes Pardaens | Belgium | 18:06 |
| 68 | Teresa Recio | Spain | 18:06 |
| 69 | Caroline Mullen | Ireland | 18:06 |
| 70 | Maree McDonagh | Australia | 18:07 |
| 71 | Fiona Truman | England | 18:07 |
| 72 | Ann Middle | Wales | 18:08 |
| 73 | Susan Berenda | Canada | 18:09 |
| 74 | Danièle Kaber | Luxembourg | 18:09 |
| 75 | Christina Cahill | England | 18:10 |
| 76 | Saori Terakoshi | Japan | 18:11 |
| 77 | Ana Correia | Portugal | 18:12 |
| 78 | Antje Winkelmann | West Germany | 18:12 |
| 79 | Wendy Ore | Wales | 18:12 |
| 80 | Grazyna Kowina | Poland | 18:13 |
| 81 | Christine Price | Scotland | 18:13 |
| 82 | Sue Bruce | New Zealand | 18:13 |
| 83 | Vanya Gospodinova | Bulgaria | 18:14 |
| 84 | Iulia Besliu | Romania | 18:14 |
| 85 | Ana Oliveira | Portugal | 18:16 |
| 86 | Debbie Elsmore | New Zealand | 18:17 |
| 87 | Susan Sirma | Kenya | 18:18 |
| 88 | Carmem de Oliveira | Brazil | 18:18 |
| 89 | Isabella Moretti | Switzerland | 18:18 |
| 90 | Sachiko Yamashita | Japan | 18:19 |
| 91 | Corinne Debaets | Belgium | 18:22 |
| 92 | Anna Busko | Poland | 18:23 |
| 93 | Fantaye Sirak | Ethiopia | 18:23 |
| 94 | Adanech Erkulo | Ethiopia | 18:25 |
| 95 | Anne Keenan | Ireland | 18:25 |
| 96 | Alison Wyeth | England | 18:26 |
| 97 | Laura Faccio | Italy | 18:27 |
| 98 | Amelia Lorza Lopez | Spain | 18:29 |
| 99 | Véronique Collard | Belgium | 18:29 |
| 100 | Anna-Carin Widmark | Sweden | 18:30 |
| 101 | Anne Lord | Australia | 18:31 |
| 102 | Zhang Yanfeng | China | 18:32 |
| 103 | Izabella Zatorska | Poland | 18:34 |
| 104 | Dolores Rizo | Spain | 18:35 |
| 105 | Mizuyo Fukumoto | Japan | 18:35 |
| 106 | Rosanna Munerotto | Italy | 18:36 |
| 107 | Sally James | Wales | 18:36 |
| 108 | Astrid Schmidt | West Germany | 18:37 |
| 109 | Rita de Jesús | Brazil | 18:38 |
| 110 | Alessandra Olivari | Italy | 18:39 |
| 111 | Alena Mocariová | Czechoslovakia | 18:43 |
| 112 | Maria van Gestel | Belgium | 18:43 |
| 113 | Jenny Lund | Australia | 18:46 |
| 114 | Christine Kennedy | Ireland | 18:47 |
| 115 | Suman Rawat | India | 18:49 |
| 116 | Cindy Grant | Canada | 18:51 |
| 117 | Wanda Panfil | Poland | 18:55 |
| 118 | Addis Gezagne | Ethiopia | 18:55 |
| 119 | Carmen Díaz | Spain | 18:56 |
| 120 | Valerie O'Mahoney | Ireland | 18:58 |
| 121 | Ewy Palm | Sweden | 18:58 |
| 122 | Zheng Liyuan | China | 19:01 |
| 123 | Lesley Graham | New Zealand | 19:02 |
| 124 | Irina Theodoridou | Greece | 19:03 |
| 125 | Mahomi Muranaka | Japan | 19:04 |
| 126 | Coral Farr | Australia | 19:07 |
| 127 | Stefania Colombo | Italy | 19:07 |
| 128 | Christine Loiseau | France | 19:12 |
| 129 | Fatima Maama | Morocco | 19:13 |
| 130 | Mazal Shalom | Israel | 19:14 |
| 131 | Penny Rother | Scotland | 19:15 |
| 132 | Silvana Pereira | Brazil | 19:20 |
| 133 | Teresa Duffy | Northern Ireland | 19:22 |
| 134 | Marleen Renders | Belgium | 19:26 |
| 135 | Junko Kabashima | Japan | 19:31 |
| 136 | Nanda Shaner Yadav | India | 19:31 |
| 137 | Mary Friel | Ireland | 19:35 |
| 138 | Katie Fitzgibbon | Scotland | 19:39 |
| 139 | Rumyana Chavdarova | Bulgaria | 19:42 |
| 140 | Rossitza Ekova | Bulgaria | 19:54 |
| 141 | Milagro Rodriguez | Cuba | 20:00 |
| 142 | Paula Hawtin | Northern Ireland | 20:01 |
| 143 | Vijay Nilman Khalko | India | 20:16 |
| 144 | Ursula McKee | Northern Ireland | 20:20 |
| 145 | Maria Belarmino | Brazil | 20:30 |
| 146 | Katya Krasteva | Bulgaria | 20:36 |
| 147 | Purabi Daas | India | 20:45 |
| 148 | Emperatriz Wilson | Cuba | 20:45 |
| 149 | Una Barry | Northern Ireland | 21:15 |
| 150 | Bernadette McAllister | Northern Ireland | 21:24 |
| — | Eva Ernström | Sweden | DNF |
| — | Eva Svensson | Sweden | DNF |

#### Teams

| Rank | Team | Points |
| | United States Lynn Jennings4 Lesley Lehane5 Mary Knisely14 Janet Smith23 (Suzanne Girard)(44) (Sabrina Dornhoefer)(53) | 46 |
| | France Annette Sergent1 Martine Fays12 Anne Viallix18 Maria Lelut19 (Patricia Demilly)(25) (Christine Loiseau)(128) | 50 |
| | Soviet Union Natalya Sorokivskaya10 Olga Bondarenko13 Yelena Romanova15 Marina Rodchenkova17 (Svetlana Ulmasova)(34) (Natalya Lagunkova)(62) | 55 |
| 4 | Romania Mariana Stanescu6 Paula Ivan9 Elena Murgoci29 Iulia Negura50 (Iulia Besliu)(84) | 94 |
| 5 | Kenya Margaret Wairimu11 Delilah Asiago21 Monica Wambui37 Leah Malot48 (Jane Ngotho)(52) (Susan Sirma)(87) | 117 |
| 6 | Norway Ingrid Kristiansen3 Maiken Sørum35 Anita Håkenstad42 Grete Kirkeberg63 | 143 |
| 7 | England Christine Benning20 Sally Ellis30 Jane Shields31 Fiona Truman71 (Christina Cahill)(75) (Alison Wyeth)(96) | 152 |
| 8 | Portugal Rosa Mota24 Albertina Machado27 Conceição Ferreira51 Aurora Cunha57 (Ana Correia)(77) (Ana Oliveira)(85) | 159 |
| 9 | Scotland Liz Lynch2 Yvonne Murray16 Karen MacLeod64 Christine Price81 (Penny Rother)(131) (Katie Fitzgibbon)(138) | 163 |
| 10 | Canada Nancy Tinari-Rooks32 Ulla Marquette40 Carole Rouillard41 Susan Berenda73 (Cindy Grant)(116) | 186 |
| 11 | New Zealand Gail Rear33 Mary O'Connor36 Glenys Kroon54 Sue Bruce82 (Debbie Elsmore)(86) (Lesley Graham)(123) | 205 |
| 12 | West Germany Iris Biba46 Sabine Knetsch49 Christina Mai58 Antje Winkelmann78 (Astrid Schmidt)(108) | 231 |
| 13 | Wales Susan Tooby45 Lynne Maddison60 Ann Middle72 Wendy Ore79 (Sally James)(107) | 256 |
| 14 | Spain Ana Isabel Alonso38 Montserrat Abello59 Teresa Recio68 Amelia Lorza Lopez98 (Dolores Rizo)(104) (Carmen Díaz)(119) | 263 |
| 15 | Italy Maria Curatolo22 Roberta Brunet47 Laura Faccio97 Rosanna Munerotto106 (Alessandra Olivari)(110) (Stefania Colombo)(127) | 272 |
| 16 | Belgium Liève Slegers26 Agnes Pardaens67 Corinne Debaets91 Véronique Collard99 (Maria van Gestel)(112) (Marleen Renders)(134) | 283 |
| 17 | Australia Krishna Wood8 Maree McDonagh70 Anne Lord101 Jenny Lund113 (Coral Farr)(126) | 292 |
| 18 | Ethiopia Tigist Moreda55 Asselefech Adera65 Fantaye Sirak93 Adanech Erkulo94 (Addis Gezagne)(118) | 307 |
| 19 | Ireland Mary Donohoe43 Caroline Mullen69 Anne Keenan95 Christine Kennedy114 (Valerie O'Mahoney)(120) (Mary Friel)(137) | 321 |
| 20 | Poland Renata Kokowska61 Grazyna Kowina80 Anna Busko92 Izabella Zatorska103 (Wanda Panfil)(117) | 336 |
| 21 | Sweden Anette Westerberg56 Marie Granberg66 Anna-Carin Widmark100 Ewy Palm121 (Eva Ernström)(DNF) (Eva Svensson)(DNF) | 343 |
| 22 | Japan Saori Terakoshi76 Sachiko Yamashita90 Mizuyo Fukumoto105 Mahomi Muranaka125 (Junko Kabashima)(135) | 396 |
| 23 | Bulgaria Radka Naplatanova39 Vanya Gospodinova83 Rumyana Chavdarova139 Rossitza Ekova140 (Katya Krasteva)(146) | 401 |
| 24 | Brazil Carmem de Oliveira88 Rita de Jesús109 Silvana Pereira132 Maria Belarmino145 | 474 |
| 25 | India Suman Rawat115 Nanda Shaner Yadav136 Vijay Nilman Khalko143 Purabi Daas147 | 541 |
| 26 | Northern Ireland Teresa Duffy133 Paula Hawtin142 Ursula McKee144 Una Barry149 (Bernadette McAllister)(150) | 568 |
* Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

## Participation

An unofficial count yields the participation of 152 athletes from 34 countries in the Senior women's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.
* Australia (5)
* Belgium (6)
* Brazil (4)
* Bulgaria (5)
* Canada (5)
* China (3)
* Cuba (2)
* Czechoslovakia (1)
* England (6)
* Ethiopia (5)
* France (6)
* Greece (1)
* India (4)
* Ireland (6)
* Israel (1)
* Italy (6)
* Japan (5)
* Kenya (6)
* Luxembourg (1)
* Morocco (1)
* New Zealand (6)
* Northern Ireland (5)
* Norway (4)
* Poland (5)
* Portugal (6)
* Romania (5)
* Scotland (6)
* Soviet Union (6)
* Spain (6)
* Sweden (6)
* Switzerland (2)
* United States (6)
* Wales (5)
* West Germany (5)