# 2002 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Women's short race

The Women's short race at the 2002 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held at the Leopardstown Racecourse near Dublin, Ireland, on March 24, 2002. Reports of the event were given in The New York Times, in the 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
### Women's short race (4.208 km)
#### Individual

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
| | Edith Masai | Kenya | 13:30 |
| | Worknesh Kidane | Ethiopia | 13:36 |
| | Isabella Ochichi | Kenya | 13:39 |
| 4 | Benita Johnson | Australia | 13:42 |
| 5 | Suzy Favor Hamilton | United States | 13:47 |
| 6 | Abebech Nigussie | Ethiopia | 13:53 |
| 7 | Sonia O'Sullivan | Ireland | 13:55 |
| 8 | Amane Godana | Ethiopia | 14:00 |
| 9 | Rosanna Martin | Italy | 14:01 |
| 10 | Anne Keenan-Buckley | Ireland | 14:03 |
| 11 | Carrie Tollefson | United States | 14:05 |
| 12 | Bouchra Chaâbi | Morocco | 14:06 |
| 13 | Nancy Wambui | Kenya | 14:06 |
| 14 | Olga Romanova | Russia | 14:06 |
| 15 | Anna Thompson | Australia | 14:07 |
| 16 | Genet Gebregiorgis | Ethiopia | 14:08 |
| 17 | Jane Kiptoo | Kenya | 14:11 |
| 18 | Prisca Ngetich | Kenya | 14:13 |
| 19 | Rosemary Ryan | Ireland | 14:14 |
| 20 | Helena Sampaio | Portugal | 14:15 |
| 21 | Hawa Hamis Hussein | Tanzania | 14:17 |
| 22 | Helen Pattinson | United Kingdom | 14:18 |
| 23 | Liliya Volkova | Russia | 14:19 |
| 24 | Anastasiya Zubova | Russia | 14:20 |
| 25 | Carla Sacramento | Portugal | 14:20 |
| 26 | Meryem Karouani | Morocco | 14:22 |
| 27 | Hana Chaouach | Tunisia | 14:22 |
| 28 | Albina Ivanova | Russia | 14:23 |
| 29 | Denisa Costescu | Romania | 14:25 |
| 30 | Hayley McGregor | Australia | 14:25 |
| 31 | Olga Machado | Portugal | 14:26 |
| 32 | Sarah Toland | United States | 14:27 |
| 33 | Nasria Azaïdj | Algeria | 14:27 |
| 34 | Merima Hashim | Ethiopia | 14:28 |
| 35 | Lucy Elliott | United Kingdom | 14:28 |
| 36 | Jacqueline Martín | Spain | 14:28 |
| 37 | Fatiha Baouf | Belgium | 14:29 |
| 38 | Sinkinesh Gudeta | Ethiopia | 14:30 |
| 39 | Adélia Elias | Portugal | 14:31 |
| 40 | Judit Plá | Spain | 14:32 |
| 41 | Elena Fidatof | Romania | 14:33 |
| 42 | Natalie Harvey | Australia | 14:34 |
| 43 | Ronel Thomas | South Africa | 14:35 |
| 44 | Anesie Kwizera | Burundi | 14:36 |
| 45 | Hiromi Koga | Japan | 14:37 |
| 46 | Sandra Baumann | Austria | 14:38 |
| 47 | Daniela Petrescu | Romania | 14:40 |
| 48 | Zubeda Gussi | Tanzania | 14:41 |
| 49 | Émilie Mondor | Canada | 14:42 |
| 50 | Farida Gusi | Tanzania | 14:42 |
| 51 | Minori Hayakari | Japan | 14:42 |
| 52 | Janet Trujillo | United States | 14:42 |
| 53 | Carmen Douma | Canada | 14:44 |
| 54 | Tatyana Borisova | Kyrgyzstan | 14:44 |
| 55 | Seloua Ouaziz | Morocco | 14:44 |
| 56 | Clarisse Cruz | Portugal | 14:44 |
| 57 | Rocío Martínez | Spain | 14:45 |
| 58 | Amaia Piedra | Spain | 14:47 |
| 59 | Sabrina Varrone | Italy | 14:48 |
| 60 | Amanda Wright-Allen | United Kingdom | 14:48 |
| 61 | Leonora Joy | New Zealand | 14:49 |
| 62 | Maria McCambridge | Ireland | 14:49 |
| 63 | Mary Jayne Harrelson | United States | 14:50 |
| 64 | Valerie Vaughan | Ireland | 14:50 |
| 65 | Ouafa Frekech | Morocco | 14:50 |
| 66 | Sarah Hann | United States | 14:52 |
| 67 | Sonia Boubaker | Tunisia | 14:53 |
| 68 | Maiko Yamaguchi | Japan | 14:54 |
| 69 | Sara Valderas | Spain | 14:55 |
| 70 | Margaret Butler | Canada | 14:57 |
| 71 | Christina Carruzzo | Switzerland | 14:58 |
| 72 | Luminita Gogîrlea | Romania | 14:59 |
| 73 | Heather Lee | Canada | 15:00 |
| 74 | Anna Ndege | Tanzania | 15:00 |
| 75 | Sonia Thomas | United Kingdom | 15:01 |
| 76 | Habiba Ghribi | Tunisia | 15:01 |
| 77 | Cristina Casandra | Romania | 15:04 |
| 78 | Emma Ward | United Kingdom | 15:04 |
| 79 | Dalila Tahi | Algeria | 15:05 |
| 80 | Jane Potter | United Kingdom | 15:10 |
| 81 | Tatyana Chulakh | Russia | 15:10 |
| 82 | Valentina Belotti | Italy | 15:11 |
| 83 | Soulef Bouguerra | Tunisia | 15:12 |
| 84 | Fouzia Zoutat | Algeria | 15:14 |
| 85 | Tamara Salomon | Canada | 15:15 |
| 86 | Federica Dal Ri | Italy | 15:18 |
| 87 | Cristiana Artuso | Italy | 15:20 |
| 88 | Mieke Geens | Belgium | 15:21 |
| 89 | Tracy Robertson | Canada | 15:22 |
| 90 | Souad Aït Salem | Algeria | 15:23 |
| 91 | Vanessa Veiga | Spain | 15:29 |
| 92 | Maureen Harrington | Ireland | 15:30 |
| 93 | Suzanne Wiertsema | Netherlands | 15:33 |
| 94 | Amel Tlili | Tunisia | 15:36 |
| 95 | Madalena Carriço | Portugal | 15:37 |
| 96 | Fiona Crombie | New Zealand | 15:38 |
| 97 | Hakima Takeznount | Algeria | 15:41 |
| 98 | Helen van Lysebetten | Belgium | 15:45 |
| 99 | Mebarka Zellit | Algeria | 15:55 |
| 100 | Yuliya Arfipova | Uzbekistan | 15:56 |
| 101 | Irina Matrosova | Uzbekistan | 16:00 |
| 102 | Amira Benamor | Tunisia | 16:10 |
| 103 | Eva Iglesias | Andorra | 16:21 |
| 104 | Zamira Amirova | Uzbekistan | 16:42 |
| 105 | Priscilla Mamba | Eswatini | 16:46 |
| 106 | Yekaterina Dirova | Uzbekistan | 17:21 |
| 107 | Simone Zapha | Seychelles | 18:11 |
| — | Sharon Soussi | Gibraltar | DNS |
| — | Patrizia Tisi | Italy | DNS |
| — | Caroline Kwambai | Kenya | DNS |
| — | Christiana Augustine | Nigeria | DNS |
| — | Hannah Lawrence | New Zealand | DNS |
| — | Kim Smith | New Zealand | DNS |
| — | Kadie Koroma | Sierra Leone | DNS |

#### Teams

| Rank | Team | Points |
| | Ethiopia Worknesh Kidane2 Abebech Nigussie6 Amane Godana8 Genet Gebregiorgis16 (Merima Hashim)(n/s) (Sinkinesh Gudeta)(n/s) | 32 |
| | Kenya Edith Masai1 Isabella Ochichi3 Nancy Wambui13 Jane Kiptoo17 (Prisca Ngetich)(n/s) | 34 |
| | Ireland Sonia O'Sullivan7 Anne Keenan-Buckley10 Rosemary Ryan18 Maria McCambridge50 (Valerie Vaughan)(n/s) (Maureen Harrington)(n/s) | 85 |
| 4 | Russia Olga Romanova14 Liliya Volkova22 Anastasiya Zubova23 Albina Ivanova27 (Tatyana Chulakh)(n/s) | 86 |
| 5 | Australia Benita Johnson4 Anna Thompson15 Hayley McGregor29 Natalie Harvey38 | 86 |
| 6 | United States Suzy Favor Hamilton5 Carrie Tollefson11 Sarah Toland31 Janet Trujillo43 (Mary Jayne Harrelson)(n/s) (Sarah Hann)(n/s) | 90 |
| 7 | Portugal Helena Sampaio19 Carla Sacramento24 Olga Machado30 Adélia Elias35 (Clarisse Cruz)(n/s) (Madalena Carriço)(n/s) | 108 |
| 8 | Morocco Bouchra Chaâbi12 Meryem Karouani25 Seloua Ouaziz45 Ouafa Frekech51 | 133 |
| 9 | Romania Denisa Costescu28 Elena Fidatof37 Daniela Petrescu39 Luminita Gogîrlea54 (Cristina Casandra)(n/s) | 158 |
| 10 | Tanzania Hawa Hamis Hussein20 Zubeda Gussi40 Farida Gusi42 Anna Ndege56 | 158 |
| 11 | United Kingdom Helen Pattinson21 Lucy Elliott33 Amanda Wright-Allen49 Sonia Thomas57 (Emma Ward)(n/s) (Jane Potter)(n/s) | 160 |
| 12 | Spain Jacqueline Martín34 Judit Plá36 Rocío Martínez46 Amaia Piedra47 (Sara Valderas)(n/s) (Vanessa Veiga)(n/s) | 163 |
| 13 | Italy Rosanna Martin9 Sabrina Varrone48 Valentina Belotti60 Federica Dal Ri63 (Cristiana Artuso)(n/s) | 180 |
| 14 | Canada Émilie Mondor41 Carmen Douma44 Margaret Butler53 Heather Lee55 (Tamara Salomon)(n/s) (Tracy Robertson)(n/s) | 193 |
| 15 | Tunisia Hana Chaouach26 Sonia Boubaker52 Habiba Ghribi58 Soulef Bouguerra61 (Amel Tlili)(n/s) (Amira Benamor)(n/s) | 197 |
| 16 | Algeria Nasria Azaïdj32 Dalila Tahi59 Fouzia Zoutat62 Souad Aït Salem64 (Hakima Takeznount)(n/s) (Mebarka Zellit)(n/s) | 217 |
| 17 | Uzbekistan Yuliya Arfipova65 Irina Matrosova66 Zamira Amirova67 Yekaterina Dirova68 | 266 |
* Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result (n/s: nonscorer)

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 107 athletes from 29 countries participated in the Women's short race. The announced athletes from Gibraltar, Nigeria, and Sierra Leone did not show.
* Algeria (6)
* Andorra (1)
* Australia (4)
* Austria (1)
* Belgium (3)
* Burundi (1)
* Canada (6)
* Ethiopia (6)
* Ireland (6)
* Italy (5)
* Japan (3)
* Kenya (5)
* Kyrgyzstan (1)
* Morocco (4)
* Netherlands (1)
* New Zealand (2)
* Portugal (6)
* Romania (5)
* Russia (5)
* Seychelles (1)
* South Africa (1)
* Spain (6)
* Eswatini (1)
* Switzerland (1)
* Tanzania (4)
* Tunisia (6)
* United Kingdom (6)
* United States (6)
* Uzbekistan (4)