# 2001 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Women's short race

The Women's short race at the 2001 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held at the Hippodrome Wellington in Ostend (Oostende), Belgium, on 25 March 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
### Women's short race (4.1 km)
#### Individual

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
| | Gete Wami | Ethiopia | 14:46 |
| | Paula Radcliffe | United Kingdom | 14:47 |
| | Edith Masai | Kenya | 14:57 |
| 4 | Merima Denboba | Ethiopia | 15:04 |
| 5 | Worknesh Kidane | Ethiopia | 15:06 |
| 6 | Benita Willis | Australia | 15:06 |
| 7 | Carla Sacramento | Portugal | 15:07 |
| 8 | Rose Cheruiyot | Kenya | 15:07 |
| 9 | Asmae Leghzaoui | Morocco | 15:08 |
| 10 | Margaret Ngotho | Kenya | 15:20 |
| 11 | Naomi Mugo | Kenya | 15:24 |
| 12 | Kathy Butler | United Kingdom | 15:25 |
| 13 | Elena Fidatof | Romania | 15:25 |
| 14 | Anastasiya Zubova | Russia | 15:31 |
| 15 | Iulia Olteanu | Romania | 15:32 |
| 16 | Genet Gebregiorgis | Ethiopia | 15:33 |
| 17 | Sabina Fischer | Switzerland | 15:36 |
| 18 | Ayelech Worku | Ethiopia | 15:36 |
| 19 | Anna Ndege | Tanzania | 15:37 |
| 20 | Anne Keenan-Buckley | Ireland | 15:37 |
| 21 | Malika Asahssah | Morocco | 15:38 |
| 22 | Maria McCambridge | Ireland | 15:42 |
| 23 | Cristina Grosu | Romania | 15:42 |
| 24 | Restituta Joseph | Tanzania | 15:43 |
| 25 | Fatiha Baouf | Belgium | 15:44 |
| 26 | Olga Romanova | Russia | 15:45 |
| 27 | Mihaela Botezan | Romania | 15:50 |
| 28 | Tina Connelly | Canada | 15:53 |
| 29 | Zhor El Kamch | Morocco | 15:54 |
| 30 | René Kalmer | South Africa | 15:55 |
| 31 | Una English | Ireland | 15:55 |
| 32 | Amanda Parkinson | United Kingdom | 15:56 |
| 33 | Constantina Diţă | Romania | 15:58 |
| 34 | Salome Chepchumba | Kenya | 15:59 |
| 35 | Helen Pattinson | United Kingdom | 15:59 |
| 36 | Sonja Stolić | Yugoslavia | 16:01 |
| 37 | Cristina Casandra | Romania | 16:04 |
| 38 | Elva Dryer | United States | 16:05 |
| 39 | Sigrid van den Bempt | Belgium | 16:06 |
| 40 | María Paredes | Ecuador | 16:06 |
| 41 | Hana Chaouach | Tunisia | 16:08 |
| 42 | Marta Domínguez | Spain | 16:09 |
| 43 | Judit Plá | Spain | 16:10 |
| 44 | Pamela Anisumuk | Kenya | 16:11 |
| 45 | Adélia Elias | Portugal | 16:12 |
| 46 | Leah Pells | Canada | 16:12 |
| 47 | Lisa Karnopp Nye | United States | 16:13 |
| 48 | Sarah Schwald | United States | 16:13 |
| 49 | Ana Oliveira | Portugal | 16:16 |
| 50 | Seloua Ouaziz | Morocco | 16:18 |
| 51 | Robyn Meagher | Canada | 16:18 |
| 52 | Samukeliso Moyo | Zimbabwe | 16:19 |
| 53 | Tausi Juma | Tanzania | 16:20 |
| 54 | Rosa Morató | Spain | 16:20 |
| 55 | Kristin Ihle | United States | 16:21 |
| 56 | Fátima Cabral | Portugal | 16:24 |
| 57 | Jéssica Augusto | Portugal | 16:25 |
| 58 | Ednalva da Silva | Brazil | 16:26 |
| 59 | Cheri Kenah | United States | 16:26 |
| 60 | Jacqueline Martín | Spain | 16:28 |
| 61 | Hareg Sidelil | Ethiopia | 16:29 |
| 62 | Hawa Hamis Hussein | Tanzania | 16:31 |
| 63 | Banuelia Mrashani | Tanzania | 16:32 |
| 64 | Liliya Volkova | Russia | 16:33 |
| 65 | Stefanija Statkuvienė | Belgium | 16:34 |
| 66 | Collette Liss | United States | 16:37 |
| 67 | Maryna Dubrova | Ukraine | 16:38 |
| 68 | Mariya Pantyukhova | Russia | 16:40 |
| 69 | Carmen Douma | Canada | 16:41 |
| 70 | Anna Kotenkova | Belarus | 16:42 |
| 71 | Juliet Potter | United Kingdom | 16:43 |
| 72 | Yumiko Okamoto | Japan | 16:44 |
| 73 | Ouafa Frekech | Morocco | 16:47 |
| 74 | Kim Offergeld | Belgium | 16:49 |
| 75 | Lwiza John | Tanzania | 16:51 |
| 76 | Patricia Arribas | Spain | 16:53 |
| 77 | Fatma Lanouar | Tunisia | 16:58 |
| 78 | Jenny Brown | United Kingdom | 16:59 |
| 79 | Freda Davoren | Ireland | 17:01 |
| 80 | Silvia Paredes | Ecuador | 17:03 |
| 81 | Nathalie Deroubaix | Belgium | 17:03 |
| 82 | Marlene Acuña | Ecuador | 17:07 |
| 83 | Sara Palmas | Italy | 17:12 |
| 84 | Madhuri Saxena | India | 17:13 |
| 85 | Lurdes Vaz | Portugal | 17:16 |
| 86 | Célia dos Santos | Brazil | 17:20 |
| 87 | Corinne Debaets | Belgium | 17:20 |
| 88 | Yvonne van der Kolk | Netherlands | 17:21 |
| 89 | Tracy Robertson | Canada | 17:24 |
| 90 | Tania Poma | Bolivia | 17:26 |
| 91 | Ana de Souza | Brazil | 17:45 |
| 92 | Kary Tripp | Mexico | 17:46 |
| 93 | Narcisa Calderón | Ecuador | 17:52 |
| 94 | Guylsara Dadabayeva | Tajikistan | 17:54 |
| 95 | Madhuri Gurnule | India | 17:59 |
| 96 | Platima Bhandari | India | 18:08 |
| 97 | Krystina Kirova | Belarus | 18:10 |
| 98 | Tatyana Tratsyuk | Belarus | 18:13 |
| 99 | Natalya Ilyashuk | Belarus | 18:16 |
| 100 | Yuliya Arfipova | Uzbekistan | 18:18 |
| 101 | Renuka Hegde | India | 18:29 |
| 102 | Sindi Hlawe | Eswatini | 18:32 |
| 103 | Jocinalva Valentim | Brazil | 18:45 |
| 104 | Wilma Guerra | Ecuador | 19:01 |
| 105 | Zamira Amirova | Uzbekistan | 19:08 |
| 106 | Diala El-Chabi | Lebanon | 19:10 |
| 107 | Kamilla Ramazanova | Uzbekistan | 19:34 |
| 108 | Mirvette Hamze | Lebanon | 19:40 |
| 109 | Nargiza Tohtanazarova | Uzbekistan | 19:53 |
| 110 | Alena Petrova | Turkmenistan | 21:01 |
| 111 | Rozaliya Zilyayeva | Turkmenistan | 21:21 |
| 112 | Yevgeniya Balabkina | Turkmenistan | 21:54 |
| 113 | Lyudmila Polatova | Turkmenistan | 22:09 |
| — | Sonia O'Sullivan | Ireland | DNF |
| — | Sandra Baumann | Austria | DNS |
| — | Krestena Sullivan | Canada | DNS |
| — | María Cristina Petite | Spain | DNS |
| — | Olivera Jevtić | Yugoslavia | DNS |

#### Teams

| Rank | Team | Points |
| | Ethiopia Gete Wami1 Merima Denboba4 Worknesh Kidane5 Genet Gebregiorgis16 (Ayelech Worku)(18) (Hareg Sidelil)(61) | 26 |
| | Kenya Edith Masai3 Rose Cheruiyot8 Margaret Ngotho10 Naomi Mugo11 (Salome Chepchumba)(34) (Pamela Anisumuk)(44) | 32 |
| | Romania Elena Fidatof13 Iulia Olteanu15 Cristina Grosu23 Mihaela Botezan27 (Constantina Diţă)(33) (Cristina Casandra)(37) | 78 |
| 4 | United Kingdom Paula Radcliffe2 Kathy Butler12 Amanda Parkinson32 Helen Pattinson35 (Juliet Potter)(71) (Jenny Brown)(78) | 81 |
| 5 | Morocco Asmae Leghzaoui9 Malika Asahssah21 Zhor El Kamch29 Seloua Ouaziz50 (Ouafa Frekech)(73) | 109 |
| 6 | Ireland Anne Keenan-Buckley20 Maria McCambridge22 Una English31 Freda Davoren79 (Sonia O'Sullivan)(DNF) | 152 |
| 7 | Portugal Carla Sacramento7 Adélia Elias45 Ana Oliveira49 Fátima Cabral56 (Jéssica Augusto)(57) (Lurdes Vaz)(85) | 157 |
| 8 | Tanzania Anna Ndege19 Restituta Joseph24 Tausi Juma53 Hawa Hamis Hussein62 (Banuelia Mrashani)(63) (Lwiza John)(75) | 158 |
| 9 | Russia Anastasiya Zubova14 Olga Romanova26 Liliya Volkova64 Mariya Pantyukhova68 | 172 |
| 10 | United States Elva Dryer38 Lisa Karnopp Nye47 Sarah Schwald48 Kristin Ihle55 (Cheri Kenah)(59) (Collette Liss)(66) | 188 |
| 11 | Canada Tina Connelly28 Leah Pells46 Robyn Meagher51 Carmen Douma69 (Tracy Robertson)(89) | 194 |
| 12 | Spain Marta Domínguez42 Judit Plá43 Rosa Morató54 Jacqueline Martín60 (Patricia Arribas)(76) | 199 |
| 13 | Belgium Fatiha Baouf25 Sigrid van den Bempt39 Stefanija Statkuvienė65 Kim Offergeld74 (Nathalie Deroubaix)(81) (Corinne Debaets)(87) | 203 |
| 14 | Ecuador María Paredes40 Silvia Paredes80 Marlene Acuña82 Narcisa Calderón93 (Wilma Guerra)(104) | 295 |
| 15 | Brazil Ednalva da Silva58 Célia dos Santos86 Ana de Souza91 Jocinalva Valentim103 | 338 |
| 16 | Belarus Anna Kotenkova70 Krystina Kirova97 Tatyana Tratsyuk98 Natalya Ilyashuk99 | 364 |
| 17 | India Madhuri Saxena84 Madhuri Gurnule95 Platima Bhandari96 Renuka Hegde101 | 376 |
| 18 | Uzbekistan Yuliya Arfipova100 Zamira Amirova105 Kamilla Ramazanova107 Nargiza Tohtanazarova109 | 421 |
| 19 | Turkmenistan Alena Petrova110 Rozaliya Zilyayeva111 Yevgeniya Balabkina112 Lyudmila Polatova113 | 446 |
* Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

## Participation

An unofficial count yields the participation of 114 athletes from 34 countries in the Women's short race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published. The announced athlete from Austria did not show.
* Australia (1)
* Belarus (4)
* Belgium (6)
* Bolivia (1)
* Brazil (4)
* Canada (5)
* Ecuador (5)
* Ethiopia (6)
* India (4)
* Ireland (5)
* Italy (1)
* Japan (1)
* Kenya (6)
* Lebanon (2)
* Mexico (1)
* Morocco (5)
* Netherlands (1)
* Portugal (6)
* Romania (6)
* Russia (4)
* South Africa (1)
* Spain (5)
* Eswatini (1)
* Switzerland (1)
* Tajikistan (1)
* Tanzania (6)
* Tunisia (2)
* Turkmenistan (4)
* Ukraine (1)
* United Kingdom (6)
* United States (6)
* Uzbekistan (4)
* Yugoslavia (1)
* Zimbabwe (1)