# 2001 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race

The Senior women's race at the 2001 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held at the Hippodrome Wellington in Ostend (Oostende), Belgium, on March 24, 2001. 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
### Senior women's race (7.7 km)
#### Individual

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
| | Paula Radcliffe | Great Britain | 27:49 |
| | Gete Wami | Ethiopia | 27:52 |
| | Lydia Cheromei | Kenya | 28:07 |
| 4 | Susan Chepkemei | Kenya | 28:13 |
| 5 | Pamela Chepchumba | Kenya | 28:20 |
| 6 | Leah Malot | Kenya | 28:36 |
| 7 | Yamna Belkacem | France | 28:40 |
| 8 | Merima Denboba | Ethiopia | 28:52 |
| 9 | Olivera Jevtić | Yugoslavia | 29:03 |
| 10 | Anja Smolders | Belgium | 29:17 |
| 11 | Rakiya Maraoui | France | 29:24 |
| 12 | Deena Drossin | United States | 29:28 |
| 13 | Restituta Joseph | Tanzania | 29:35 |
| 14 | Hellen Kimaiyo | Kenya | 29:39 |
| 15 | Anália Rosa | Portugal | 29:41 |
| 16 | Analídia Torre | Portugal | 29:42 |
| 17 | Liz Yelling | Great Britain | 29:44 |
| 18 | Sally Barsosio | Kenya | 29:50 |
| 19 | Chiemi Takahashi | Japan | 29:51 |
| 20 | Rosita Rota Gelpi | Italy | 29:53 |
| 21 | Flavia Gaviglio | Italy | 29:56 |
| 22 | Teresa Recio | Spain | 29:58 |
| 23 | Eyerusalem Kuma | Ethiopia | 29:58 |
| 24 | Rodica Moroianu | France | 30:00 |
| 25 | Yoshiko Fujinaga | Japan | 30:01 |
| 26 | Rosanna Martin | Italy | 30:02 |
| 27 | Jen Rhines | United States | 30:03 |
| 28 | Marta Fernández | Spain | 30:06 |
| 29 | Elizabeth Miller | Australia | 30:09 |
| 30 | Mónica Rosa | Portugal | 30:13 |
| 31 | Beatriz Santíago | Spain | 30:16 |
| 32 | Hayley Yelling | Great Britain | 30:18 |
| 33 | Tara Krzywicki | Great Britain | 30:25 |
| 34 | Ana Dias | Portugal | 30:25 |
| 35 | Zahia Dahmani | France | 30:28 |
| 36 | Tausi Juma | Tanzania | 30:29 |
| 37 | Leila Aman | Ethiopia | 30:32 |
| 38 | María Abel | Spain | 30:33 |
| 39 | Samukeliso Moyo | Zimbabwe | 30:35 |
| 40 | Natalie Harvey | Australia | 30:38 |
| 41 | Merima Hashim | Ethiopia | 30:41 |
| 42 | Clare Taylor | United States | 30:45 |
| 43 | Fatima Yvelain | France | 30:48 |
| 44 | Helena Sampaio | Portugal | 30:50 |
| 45 | Cathérine Lallemand | Belgium | 30:56 |
| 46 | Atalelech Ketema | Ethiopia | 30:58 |
| 47 | Sandra Baumann | Austria | 30:59 |
| 48 | Alessandra Aguilar | Spain | 30:59 |
| 49 | Kristin Chisum | United States | 31:01 |
| 50 | Agata Balsamo | Italy | 31:03 |
| 51 | Angela Newport | Great Britain | 31:04 |
| 52 | Miyuki Nishimura | Japan | 31:05 |
| 53 | Annette Peters | United States | 31:19 |
| 54 | Nebiat Habtemariam | Eritrea | 31:19 |
| 55 | Hawa Hamis Hussein | Tanzania | 31:22 |
| 56 | Lisa Harvey | Canada | 31:26 |
| 57 | Sarah Dupré | Canada | 31:29 |
| 58 | Sherri Smith | Canada | 31:36 |
| 59 | Banuelia Mrashani | Tanzania | 31:39 |
| 60 | Dolores Pulido | Spain | 31:45 |
| 61 | María Paredes | Ecuador | 31:50 |
| 62 | Courtney Babcock | Canada | 31:51 |
| 63 | Lucilla Andreucci | Italy | 31:54 |
| 64 | Stephanie de Croock | Belgium | 31:57 |
| 65 | Adriana de Souza | Brazil | 31:58 |
| 66 | Elizabeth de Souza | Brazil | 31:58 |
| 67 | Patrizia Tisi | Italy | 32:05 |
| 68 | Margareth Iro | Tanzania | 32:20 |
| 69 | Andrea Bertoia | Canada | 32:23 |
| 70 | Marina Bastos | Portugal | 32:26 |
| 71 | Laura Baker | United States | 32:27 |
| 72 | Isabelle Sluysmans | Belgium | 32:29 |
| 73 | Chantal Dällenbach | France | 32:33 |
| 74 | Ellen Leggate | Great Britain | 32:41 |
| 75 | Anniek Beckers | Belgium | 32:43 |
| 76 | Deborah Buhlers | Canada | 32:46 |
| 77 | Maribel Burgos | Puerto Rico | 32:54 |
| 78 | Monica Samila | Tanzania | 32:54 |
| 79 | Patricia van Damme | Belgium | 33:03 |
| 80 | Marlene Acuña | Ecuador | 33:13 |
| 81 | Chanda Mwansa | Zambia | 33:17 |
| 82 | Yukari Kawai | Japan | 33:24 |
| 83 | Luz Cruz | Puerto Rico | 33:47 |
| 84 | Lourdes Cruz | Puerto Rico | 33:53 |
| 85 | Silvia Paredes | Ecuador | 33:56 |
| 86 | Mable Chiwama | Zambia | 34:04 |
| 87 | Bulelwa Ntshangi | South Africa | 34:07 |
| 88 | Narcisa Calderón | Ecuador | 34:13 |
| 89 | Addeh Mwamba | Zambia | 34:33 |
| 90 | Maria Moraes | Brazil | 34:46 |
| 91 | Vijaya Sonwane | India | 34:49 |
| 92 | Natalya Kravets | Belarus | 34:54 |
| 93 | Aruna Devi Waishram | India | 35:10 |
| 94 | Elizabete Cruz | Brazil | 35:19 |
| 95 | Mariya Butakova | Belarus | 35:25 |
| 96 | Bhagwati | India | 35:41 |
| 97 | Wilma Guerra | Ecuador | 35:44 |
| 98 | Yuliya Bubenka | Belarus | 35:50 |
| 99 | Irina Ryzhkova | Belarus | 36:27 |
| 100 | Hilda Sinkala | Zambia | 37:12 |
| 101 | Sharda Gawande | India | 37:35 |
| 102 | Irina Matrosova | Uzbekistan | 37:46 |
| 103 | Yekaterina Dirova | Uzbekistan | 39:16 |
| 104 | Alfiya Mustayeva | Uzbekistan | 39:35 |
| 105 | Anna Baydzhanova | Turkmenistan | 39:58 |
| 106 | Raziya Nurmatova | Uzbekistan | 41:51 |
| 107 | Shemsat Saparova | Turkmenistan | 58:13 |
| — | Tania Poma Gonzales | Bolivia | DNS |
| — | Sindi Hlawe | Swaziland | DNS |
| — | Sonja Stolić | Yugoslavia | DNS |

#### Teams

| Rank | Team | Points |
| | Kenya Lydia Cheromei3 Susan Chepkemei4 Pamela Chepchumba5 Leah Malot6 (Hellen Kimaiyo)(14) (Sally Barsosio)(18) | 18 |
| | Ethiopia Gete Wami2 Merima Denboba8 Eyerusalem Kuma23 Leila Aman37 (Merima Hashim)(41) (Atalelech Ketema)(46) | 70 |
| | France Yamna Belkacem7 Rakiya Maraoui11 Rodica Moroianu24 Zahia Dahmani35 (Fatima Yvelain)(43) (Chantal Dällenbach)(73) | 77 |
| 4 | Great Britain Paula Radcliffe1 Liz Yelling17 Hayley Yelling32 Tara Krzywicki33 (Angela Newport)(51) (Ellen Leggate)(74) | 83 |
| 5 | Portugal Anália Rosa15 Analídia Torre16 Mónica Rosa30 Ana Dias34 (Helena Sampaio)(44) (Marina Bastos)(70) | 95 |
| 6 | Italy Rosita Rota Gelpi20 Flavia Gaviglio21 Rosanna Martin26 Agata Balsamo50 (Lucilla Andreucci)(63) (Patrizia Tisi)(67) | 117 |
| 7 | Spain Teresa Recio22 Marta Fernández28 Beatriz Santíago31 María Abel38 (Alessandra Aguilar)(48) (Dolores Pulido)(60) | 119 |
| 8 | United States Deena Drossin12 Jen Rhines27 Clare Taylor42 Kristin Chisum49 (Annette Peters)(53) (Laura Baker)(71) | 130 |
| 9 | Tanzania Restituta Joseph13 Tausi Juma36 Hawa Hamis Hussein55 Banuelia Mrashani59 (Margareth Iro)(68) (Monica Samila)(78) | 163 |
| 10 | Japan Chiemi Takahashi19 Yoshiko Fujinaga25 Miyuki Nishimura52 Yukari Kawai82 | 178 |
| 11 | Belgium Anja Smolders10 Cathérine Lallemand45 Stephanie de Croock64 Isabelle Sluysmans72 (Anniek Beckers)(75) (Patricia van Damme)(79) | 191 |
| 12 | Canada Lisa Harvey56 Sarah Dupré57 Sherri Smith58 Courtney Babcock62 (Andrea Bertoia)(69) (Deborah Buhlers)(76) | 233 |
| 13 | Ecuador María Paredes61 Marlene Acuña80 Silvia Paredes85 Narcisa Calderón88 (Wilma Guerra)(97) | 314 |
| 14 | Brazil Adriana de Souza65 Elizabeth de Souza66 Maria Moraes90 Elizabete Cruz94 | 315 |
| 15 | Zambia Chanda Mwansa81 Mable Chiwama86 Addeh Mwamba89 Hilda Sinkala100 | 356 |
| 16 | India Vijaya Sonwane91 Aruna Devi Waishram93 Bhagwati96 Sharda Gawande101 | 381 |
| 17 | Belarus Natalya Kravets92 Mariya Butakova95 Yuliya Bubenka98 Irina Ryzhkova99 | 384 |
| 18 | Uzbekistan Irina Matrosova102 Yekaterina Dirova103 Alfiya Mustayeva104 Raziya Nurmatova106 | 415 |
* Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

## Participation

An unofficial count yields the participation of 107 athletes from 26 countries in the Senior women's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published. The announced athletes from Bolivia and Swaziland did not show.
* Australia (2)
* Austria (1)
* Belarus (4)
* Belgium (6)
* Brazil (4)
* Canada (6)
* Ecuador (5)
* Eritrea (1)
* Ethiopia (6)
* France (6)
* Great Britain (6)
* India (4)
* Italy (6)
* Japan (4)
* Kenya (6)
* Portugal (6)
* Puerto Rico (3)
* South Africa (1)
* Spain (6)
* Tanzania (6)
* Turkmenistan (2)
* United States (6)
* Uzbekistan (4)
* Yugoslavia (1)
* Zambia (4)
* Zimbabwe (1)