# 1992 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race

The Senior women's race at the 1992 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Boston, Massachusetts, United States, at Franklin Park on March 21, 1992. Conditions were cool with snow on the ground. Lynn Jennings won her third consecutive World Cross Country title.
Complete results, medallists, and the results of British athletes were published.

## Race results
### Senior women's race (6.37 km)
#### Individual

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
| | Lynn Jennings | United States | 21:16 |
| | Catherina McKiernan | Ireland | 21:18 |
| | Albertina Dias | Portugal | 21:19 |
| 4 | Vicki Huber | United States | 21:34 |
| 5 | Nadia Dandolo | Italy | 21:35 |
| 6 | Qu Yunxia | China | 21:36 |
| 7 | Sonia O'Sullivan | Ireland | 21:37 |
| 8 | Jill Hunter | United Kingdom | 21:39 |
| 9 | Susan Sirma | Kenya | 21:40 |
| 10 | Luchia Yeshak | Ethiopia | 21:42 |
| 11 | Hellen Kimaiyo | Kenya | 21:45 |
| 12 | Jane Ngotho | Kenya | 21:47 |
| 13 | Estela Estévez | Spain | 21:48 |
| 14 | Liève Slegers | Belgium | 21:49 |
| 15 | Hellen Chepngeno | Kenya | 21:50 |
| 16 | Susan Hobson | Australia | 21:51 |
| 17 | Véronique Collard | Belgium | 21:51 |
| 18 | Conceição Ferreira | Portugal | 21:52 |
| 19 | Iulia Negura | Romania | 21:54 |
| 20 | Merima Denboba | Ethiopia | 22:02 |
| 21 | Daria Nauer | Switzerland | 22:03 |
| 22 | Angela Chalmers | Canada | 22:03 |
| 23 | Natalya Sorokivskaya | Commonwealth of Independent States | 22:04 |
| 24 | Zhora Koullou | France | 22:05 |
| 25 | Elena Fidatof | Romania | 22:05 |
| 26 | Christien Toonstra | Netherlands | 22:06 |
| 27 | Annette Palluy | France | 22:08 |
| 28 | Getenesh Urge | Ethiopia | 22:09 |
| 29 | Marie-Pierre Duros | France | 22:11 |
| 30 | Annette Peters | United States | 22:13 |
| 31 | Geraldine Hendricken | Ireland | 22:15 |
| 32 | Wilma van Onna | Netherlands | 22:16 |
| 33 | Lisa Harvey | Canada | 22:17 |
| 34 | Lisa York | United Kingdom | 22:17 |
| 35 | Maria Guida | Italy | 22:18 |
| 36 | Julia Vaquero | Spain | 22:18 |
| 37 | Nelly Glauser | Switzerland | 22:19 |
| 38 | Berhane Adere | Ethiopia | 22:19 |
| 39 | Maria Luisa Lárraga | Spain | 22:20 |
| 40 | Iulia Ionescu | Romania | 22:21 |
| 41 | Liz McColgan | United Kingdom | 22:21 |
| 42 | Sylvia Mosqueda | United States | 22:22 |
| 43 | Fernanda Marques | Portugal | 22:23 |
| 44 | Martha Ernstdóttir | Iceland | 22:23 |
| 45 | Anuța Cătună | Romania | 22:24 |
| 46 | Angie Hulley | United Kingdom | 22:26 |
| 47 | Melinda Schmidt | United States | 22:28 |
| 48 | Mikiko Oguni | Japan | 22:31 |
| 49 | Liu Li | China | 22:32 |
| 50 | Carmen Fuentes | Spain | 22:32 |
| 51 | Mónica Gama | Portugal | 22:32 |
| 52 | Nadezhda Ilyina | Commonwealth of Independent States | 22:33 |
| 53 | Lesley Morton | New Zealand | 22:33 |
| 54 | Lucy Smith | Canada | 22:34 |
| 55 | Orietta Mancia | Italy | 22:34 |
| 56 | Danuta Marczyk | Poland | 22:35 |
| 57 | Marjan Freriks | Netherlands | 22:35 |
| 58 | Manuela Machado | Portugal | 22:36 |
| 59 | Valentina Tauceri | Italy | 22:37 |
| 60 | Izumi Maki | Japan | 22:38 |
| 61 | Rita de Jesús | Brazil | 22:38 |
| 62 | Vikki McPherson | United Kingdom | 22:39 |
| 63 | Monica O'Reilly | Ireland | 22:39 |
| 64 | Laura Adam | United Kingdom | 22:40 |
| 65 | Teresa Duffy | Ireland | 22:41 |
| 66 | Naomi Yoshida | Japan | 22:41 |
| 67 | Elizabeth Miller | Australia | 22:41 |
| 68 | Jacqueline Etiemble | France | 22:42 |
| 69 | Fumiko Tsutsumi | Japan | 22:42 |
| 70 | Ulla Marquette | Canada | 22:42 |
| 71 | Kaori Kumura | Japan | 22:43 |
| 72 | Felicidade Sena | Portugal | 22:43 |
| 73 | Olga Nazarkina | Commonwealth of Independent States | 22:43 |
| 74 | Carlien Harms | Netherlands | 22:44 |
| 75 | Dolores Rizo | Spain | 22:47 |
| 76 | Valerie Chauvel | France | 22:49 |
| 77 | Krishna Stanton | Australia | 22:50 |
| 78 | Tina Jensen | Denmark | 22:51 |
| 79 | Ria van Landeghem | Belgium | 22:52 |
| 80 | Rosario Murcia | France | 22:53 |
| 81 | Benita Perez | Mexico | 22:54 |
| 82 | Sonia Betancourt | Mexico | 22:55 |
| 83 | Kristijna Loonen | Netherlands | 22:57 |
| 84 | Cristina Misaros | Romania | 22:59 |
| 85 | Tamara Salomon | Canada | 23:03 |
| 86 | Carmem de Oliveira | Brazil | 23:07 |
| 87 | Begoña Herraez | Spain | 23:08 |
| 88 | Ena Weinstein | Peru | 23:09 |
| 89 | Lisa Karnopp | United States | 23:10 |
| 90 | Pauline Konga | Kenya | 23:11 |
| 91 | Els Peiren | Belgium | 23:11 |
| 92 | Breda Dennehy | Ireland | 23:12 |
| 93 | Hatsumi Matsumoto | Japan | 23:17 |
| 94 | Sharon Clode | New Zealand | 23:23 |
| 95 | Rizoneide Vanderley | Brazil | 23:26 |
| 96 | Grethe Koens | Netherlands | 23:28 |
| 97 | Edna Lankry | Israel | 23:31 |
| 98 | Leticia Martinez | Mexico | 23:34 |
| 99 | Martha Tenorio | Ecuador | 23:36 |
| 100 | Najat Ouali | Morocco | 23:50 |
| 101 | Lynn Clayton | Australia | 23:52 |
| 102 | Stella Castro | Colombia | 23:53 |
| 103 | Solange de Souza | Brazil | 23:57 |
| 104 | Norma Fernández | Argentina | 24:02 |
| 105 | Mabel Arrua | Argentina | 24:15 |
| 106 | Vilija Birbalaite | Lithuania | 24:17 |
| 107 | Frida Run Thordardóttir | Iceland | 24:18 |
| 108 | Marina Rodchenkova | Commonwealth of Independent States | 24:28 |
| 109 | Kelly dos Santos | Brazil | 24:36 |
| 110 | Vilma Peña | Costa Rica | 24:38 |
| 111 | Shirley Torres | Costa Rica | 24:51 |
| 112 | Lidiette Valer | Costa Rica | 24:53 |
| 113 | Zulma Ortíz | Argentina | 25:00 |
| 114 | Nadezhda Tatarenkova | Commonwealth of Independent States | 25:33 |
| 115 | Andri Avraam | Cyprus | 25:38 |
| 116 | Margret Brynjolfsdóttir | Iceland | 25:57 |
| 117 | Inés Rodríguez | Argentina | 26:21 |
| 118 | Aparna Bhoyar | India | 26:28 |
| 119 | Mandy Lo | Hong Kong | 26:57 |
| 120 | Sunita Kumari | India | 28:54 |
| 121 | Isabel Cabeza | Costa Rica | 29:38 |
| — | Jenny Lund | Australia | DNF |
| — | Tigist Moreda | Ethiopia | DNF |
| — | Derartu Tulu | Ethiopia | DNF |
| — | Vally Satayabhama | India | DNF |
| — | Bryndis Ernstdóttir | Iceland | DNF |
| — | Leelanuna Aparna | India | DNF |

#### Teams

| Rank | Team | Points |
| | Kenya Susan Sirma9 Hellen Kimaiyo11 Jane Ngotho12 Hellen Chepngeno15 (Pauline Konga)(90) | 47 |
| | United States Lynn Jennings1 Vicki Huber4 Annette Peters30 Sylvia Mosqueda42 (Melinda Schmidt)(47) (Lisa Karnopp)(89) | 77 |
| | Ethiopia Luchia Yeshak10 Merima Denboba20 Getenesh Urge28 Berhane Adere38 (Tigist Moreda)(DNF) (Derartu Tulu)(DNF) | 96 |
| 4 | Ireland Catherina McKiernan2 Sonia O'Sullivan7 Geraldine Hendricken31 Monica O'Reilly63 (Teresa Duffy)(65) (Breda Dennehy)(92) | 103 |
| 5 | Portugal Albertina Dias3 Conceição Ferreira18 Fernanda Marques43 Mónica Gama51 (Manuela Machado)(58) (Felicidade Sena)(72) | 115 |
| 6 | Romania Iulia Negura19 Elena Fidatof25 Iulia Ionescu40 Anuța Cătună45 (Cristina Misaros)(84) | 129 |
| 7 | United Kingdom Jill Hunter8 Lisa York34 Liz McColgan41 Angie Hulley46 (Vikki McPherson)(62) (Laura Adam)(64) | 129 |
| 8 | Spain Estela Estévez13 Julia Vaquero36 Maria Luisa Lárraga39 Carmen Fuentes50 (Dolores Rizo)(75) (Begoña Herraez)(87) | 138 |
| 9 | France Zhora Koullou24 Annette Palluy27 Marie-Pierre Duros29 Jacqueline Etiemble68 (Valerie Chauvel)(76) (Rosario Murcia)(80) | 148 |
| 10 | Italy Nadia Dandolo5 Maria Guida35 Orietta Mancia55 Valentina Tauceri59 | 154 |
| 11 | Canada Angela Chalmers22 Lisa Harvey33 Lucy Smith54 Ulla Marquette70 (Tamara Salomon)(85) | 179 |
| 12 | Netherlands Christien Toonstra26 Wilma van Onna32 Marjan Freriks57 Carlien Harms74 (Kristijna Loonen)(83) (Grethe Koens)(96) | 189 |
| 13 | Belgium Liève Slegers14 Véronique Collard17 Ria van Landeghem79 Els Peiren91 | 201 |
| 14 | Japan Mikiko Oguni48 Izumi Maki60 Naomi Yoshida66 Fumiko Tsutsumi69 (Kaori Kumura)(71) (Hatsumi Matsumoto)(93) | 243 |
| 15 | Commonwealth of Independent States Natalya Sorokivskaya23 Nadezhda Ilyina52 Olga Nazarkina73 Marina Rodchenkova108 (Nadezhda Tatarenkova)(114) | 256 |
| 16 | Australia Susan Hobson16 Elizabeth Miller67 Krishna Stanton77 Lynn Clayton101 (Jenny Lund)(DNF) | 261 |
| 17 | Brazil Rita de Jesús61 Carmem de Oliveira86 Rizoneide Vanderley95 Solange de Souza103 (Kelly dos Santos)(109) | 345 |
| 18 | Argentina Norma Fernández104 Mabel Arrua105 Zulma Ortíz113 Inés Rodríguez117 | 439 |
| 19 | Costa Rica Vilma Peña110 Shirley Torres111 Lidiette Valer112 Isabel Cabeza121 | 454 |
| DNF | Iceland Martha Ernstdóttir(44) Frida Run Thordardóttir(107) Margret Brynjolfsdóttir(116) Bryndis Ernstdóttir(DNF) | DNF |
| DNF | India Aparna Bhoyar(118) Sunita Kumari(120) Vally Satayabhama(DNF) Leelanuna Aparna(DNF) | DNF |
* Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

## Participation

An unofficial count yields the participation of 127 athletes from 35 countries in the Senior women's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.
* Argentina (4)
* Australia (5)
* Belgium (4)
* Brazil (5)
* Canada (5)
* China (2)
* Colombia (1)
* Commonwealth of Independent States (5)
* Costa Rica (4)
* Cyprus (1)
* Denmark (1)
* Ecuador (1)
* Ethiopia (6)
* France (6)
* Hong Kong (1)
* Iceland (4)
* India (4)
* Ireland (6)
* Israel (1)
* Italy (4)
* Japan (6)
* Kenya (5)
* Lithuania (1)
* Mexico (3)
* Morocco (1)
* Netherlands (6)
* New Zealand (2)
* Peru (1)
* Poland (1)
* Portugal (6)
* Romania (5)
* Spain (6)
* Switzerland (2)
* United Kingdom (6)
* United States (6)