# 2005 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race

The Senior women's race at the 2005 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held at the Hippodrome Joseph Desjoyaux in Saint-Galmier near Saint-Étienne, France, on March 19, 2005. 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 (8.108 km)
#### Individual

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
| | Tirunesh Dibaba | Ethiopia | 26:34 |
| | Alice Timbilil | Kenya | 26:37 |
| | Worknesh Kidane | Ethiopia | 26:37 |
| 4 | Meselech Melkamu | Ethiopia | 26:39 |
| 5 | Isabella Ochichi | Kenya | 26:43 |
| 6 | Catherine Kirui | Kenya | 26:49 |
| 7 | Benita Johnson | Australia | 26:55 |
| 8 | Gete Wami | Ethiopia | 27:20 |
| 9 | Rose Jepchumba | Kenya | 27:25 |
| 10 | Bezunesh Bekele | Ethiopia | 27:27 |
| 11 | Irene Kipchumba | Kenya | 27:29 |
| 12 | Kim Smith | New Zealand | 27:37 |
| 13 | Colleen de Reuck | United States | 27:51 |
| 14 | Merima Hashim | Ethiopia | 28:02 |
| 15 | Anália Rosa | Portugal | 28:05 |
| 16 | Anna Thompson | Australia | 28:12 |
| 17 | Viktoriya Klimina | Russia | 28:18 |
| 18 | Irene Limika | Kenya | 28:25 |
| 19 | Zhang Chong | China | 28:32 |
| 20 | Zakia Mohamed | Tanzania | 28:37 |
| 21 | Ana Dias | Portugal | 28:39 |
| 22 | Suzanne Ritter | Germany | 28:43 |
| 23 | Fatiha Klilech-Fauvel | France | 28:43 |
| 24 | Mónica Rosa | Portugal | 28:45 |
| 25 | Kazue Ogoshi | Japan | 28:47 |
| 26 | Inês Monteiro | Portugal | 28:54 |
| 27 | Mara Yamauchi | United Kingdom | 28:55 |
| 28 | Kayo Sugihara | Japan | 28:55 |
| 29 | Katie McGregor | United States | 28:57 |
| 30 | Noriko Takayama | Japan | 28:57 |
| 31 | Maria Martins | France | 29:00 |
| 32 | Natalie Harvey | United Kingdom | 29:01 |
| 33 | Hayley Yelling | United Kingdom | 29:05 |
| 34 | Margaret Maury | France | 29:05 |
| 35 | Teresa Recio | Spain | 29:08 |
| 36 | Zaituni Jumanne | Tanzania | 29:08 |
| 37 | Liz Yelling | United Kingdom | 29:14 |
| 38 | Kathy Newberry | United States | 29:14 |
| 39 | Yoshiko Ichikawa | Japan | 29:19 |
| 40 | Vincenza Sicari | Italy | 29:22 |
| 41 | Fatima Yvelain | France | 29:23 |
| 42 | Renee Metivier | United States | 29:24 |
| 43 | Angela Rinicella | Italy | 29:25 |
| 44 | Tara Quinn | Canada | 29:26 |
| 45 | Rosa Morató | Spain | 29:31 |
| 46 | Laura Turner | United States | 29:37 |
| 47 | Alessandra Aguilar | Spain | 29:39 |
| 48 | Miwako Yamanaka | Japan | 29:40 |
| 49 | Rkia Chébili | France | 29:42 |
| 50 | Samukeliso Moyo | Zimbabwe | 29:46 |
| 51 | Olga Minina | Belarus | 29:47 |
| 52 | Hayley McGregor | Australia | 29:48 |
| 53 | Federica Dal Ri | Italy | 29:51 |
| 54 | Judit Plá | Spain | 29:57 |
| 55 | Poppy Mlambo | South Africa | 30:02 |
| 56 | Latifa Essarokh | France | 30:05 |
| 57 | Silvia La Barbera | Italy | 30:07 |
| 58 | Nathalie De Vos | Belgium | 30:08 |
| 59 | Tiffany Levette | Australia | 30:18 |
| 60 | Flavia Gaviglio | Italy | 30:21 |
| 61 | Adélia Elias | Portugal | 30:22 |
| 62 | Lucélia Peres | Brazil | 30:28 |
| 63 | Maria Protopappa | Greece | 30:30 |
| 64 | Chelsea Smith | United States | 30:32 |
| 65 | Dolores Pulido | Spain | 30:35 |
| 66 | Michela Zanatta | Italy | 30:38 |
| 67 | Eloise Wellings | Australia | 30:47 |
| 68 | Xi Qiuhong | China | 30:54 |
| 69 | Eliza Cuellar | Mexico | 30:56 |
| 70 | Marina Gurbina | Kazakhstan | 30:59 |
| 71 | Elizabeth Wightman | Canada | 31:08 |
| 72 | Chichi Jermayano Guly | Eritrea | 31:08 |
| 73 | Maria Moraes | Brazil | 31:15 |
| 74 | Fernanda Miranda | Portugal | 31:17 |
| 75 | Julia Viellehner | Germany | 31:20 |
| 76 | Ruhama Shauri | Tanzania | 31:27 |
| 77 | Sharon Tavengwa | Zimbabwe | 31:37 |
| 78 | Rosalind Mullins | Canada | 31:44 |
| 79 | Lida Hernández | Guatemala | 31:44 |
| 80 | Hilaria Johannes | Namibia | 32:04 |
| 81 | Shari Boyle | Canada | 32:10 |
| 82 | Eden Tesfalem | Eritrea | 32:18 |
| 83 | Elena Guerra | Uruguay | 32:36 |
| 84 | Elizabete Cruz | Brazil | 32:50 |
| 85 | Magda de Lazari | Brazil | 34:51 |
| 86 | Ziyodahon Abdullaeva | Uzbekistan | 36:47 |
| — | Kathy Butler | United Kingdom | DNF |
| — | Elisabeth Mongudhi | Namibia | DNF |
| — | Jacqueline Martín | Spain | DNF |
| — | Susana Rebolledo | Chile | DNF |
| — | Kenza Wahbi | Morocco | DNF |
| — | Maryam Yusuf Jamal | Bahrain | DNS |
| — | Lourdes Cruz | Puerto Rico | DNS |
| — | Charlotte Dale | United Kingdom | DNS |

#### Teams

| Rank | Team | Points |
| | Ethiopia Tirunesh Dibaba1 Worknesh Kidane3 Meselech Melkamu4 Gete Wami8 (Bezunesh Bekele)(10) (Merima Hashim)(14) | 16 |
| | Kenya Alice Timbilil2 Isabella Ochichi5 Catherine Kirui6 Rose Jepchumba9 (Irene Kipchumba)(11) (Irene Limika)(18) | 22 |
| | Portugal Anália Rosa15 Ana Dias21 Mónica Rosa24 Inês Monteiro26 (Adélia Elias)(61) (Fernanda Miranda)(74) | 86 |
| 4 | Japan Kazue Ogoshi25 Kayo Sugihara28 Noriko Takayama30 Yoshiko Ichikawa39 (Miwako Yamanaka)(48) | 122 |
| 5 | United States Colleen de Reuck13 Katie McGregor29 Kathy Newberry38 Renee Metivier42 (Laura Turner)(46) | 122 |
| 6 | United Kingdom Mara Yamauchi27 Natalie Harvey32 Hayley Yelling33 Liz Yelling37 (Kathy Butler)(DNF) | 129 |
| 7 | France Fatiha Klilech-Fauvel23 Maria Martins31 Margaret Maury34 Fatima Yvelain41 (Rkia Chébili)(49) (Latifa Essarokh)(56) | 129 |
| 8 | Australia Benita Johnson7 Anna Thompson16 Hayley McGregor52 Tiffany Levette59 (Eloise Wellings)(67) | 134 |
| 9 | Spain Teresa Recio35 Rosa Morató45 Alessandra Aguilar47 Judit Plá54 (Dolores Pulido)(65) (Jacqueline Martín)(DNF) | 181 |
| 10 | Italy Vincenza Sicari40 Angela Rinicella43 Federica Dal Ri53 Silvia La Barbera57 (Flavia Gaviglio)(60) (Michela Zanatta)(66) | 193 |
| 11 | Canada Tara Quinn44 Elizabeth Wightman71 Rosalind Mullins78 Shari Boyle81 | 274 |
| 12 | Brazil Lucélia Peres62 Maria Moraes73 Elizabete Cruz84 Magda de Lazari85 | 304 |
* Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result.

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 91 athletes from 31 countries participated in the Senior women's race. The announced athletes from Bahrain and Puerto Rico did not show.
* Australia (5)
* Belarus (1)
* Belgium (1)
* Brazil (4)
* Canada (4)
* Chile (1)
* China (2)
* Eritrea (2)
* Ethiopia (6)
* France (6)
* Germany (2)
* Greece (1)
* Guatemala (1)
* Italy (6)
* Japan (5)
* Kazakhstan (1)
* Kenya (6)
* Mexico (1)
* Morocco (1)
* Namibia (2)
* New Zealand (1)
* Portugal (6)
* Russia (1)
* South Africa (1)
* Spain (6)
* Tanzania (3)
* United Kingdom (5)
* United States (6)
* Uruguay (1)
* Uzbekistan (1)
* Zimbabwe (2)