# 1994 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race

The Senior women's race at the 1994 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Budapest, Hungary, at the Kincsem Park on March 26, 1994. A preview on the event was given in The Herald, and a report in The New York Times.
Complete results, medallists, and the results of British athletes were published.

## Race results
### Senior women's race (6.22 km)
#### Individual

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
| | Hellen Chepngeno | Kenya | 20:45 |
| | Catherina McKiernan | Ireland | 20:52 |
| | Conceição Ferreira | Portugal | 20:52 |
| 4 | Merima Denboba | Ethiopia | 20:57 |
| 5 | Albertina Dias | Portugal | 20:59 |
| 6 | Elana Meyer | South Africa | 21:00 |
| 7 | Zola Pieterse | South Africa | 21:01 |
| 8 | Farida Fatès | France | 21:01 |
| 9 | Olga Shurbanova | Russia | 21:05 |
| 10 | Fernanda Ribeiro | Portugal | 21:05 |
| 11 | Margareta Keszeg | Romania | 21:06 |
| 12 | Daria Nauer | Switzerland | 21:10 |
| 13 | Silvia Sommaggio | Italy | 21:12 |
| 14 | Getenesh Urge | Ethiopia | 21:13 |
| 15 | Claudia Stalder | Switzerland | 21:17 |
| 16 | Julia Vaquero | Spain | 21:18 |
| 17 | Sumie Yamaguchi | Japan | 21:20 |
| 18 | Joyce Chepchumba | Kenya | 21:22 |
| 19 | Asha Gigi | Ethiopia | 21:24 |
| 20 | Estela Estévez | Spain | 21:26 |
| 21 | Carmen Fuentes | Spain | 21:27 |
| 22 | Nina Belikova | Russia | 21:28 |
| 23 | Nadezhda Galyamova | Russia | 21:30 |
| 24 | Maria Guida | Italy | 21:32 |
| 25 | Jane Omoro | Kenya | 21:32 |
| 26 | Roseli Machado | Brazil | 21:32 |
| 27 | Gwynn Coogan | United States | 21:33 |
| 28 | Berhane Adere | Ethiopia | 21:33 |
| 29 | Iulia Negura | Romania | 21:34 |
| 30 | Yelena Kopytova | Russia | 21:35 |
| 31 | Hellen Kimaiyo | Kenya | 21:35 |
| 32 | Carole Montgomery | Canada | 21:35 |
| 33 | Yuko Kubota | Japan | 21:37 |
| 34 | Gete Wami | Ethiopia | 21:38 |
| 35 | Nathalie Téjéra | France | 21:38 |
| 36 | Pacifica Monda | Kenya | 21:39 |
| 37 | Mónica Gama | Portugal | 21:39 |
| 38 | Zahra Ouaziz | Morocco | 21:39 |
| 39 | Lucy Nusrala | United States | 21:40 |
| 40 | Maria Curatolo | Italy | 21:41 |
| 41 | Mitsuyo Yoshida | Japan | 21:42 |
| 42 | Tamara Koba | Ukraine | 21:42 |
| 43 | Chikako Suzuki | Japan | 21:42 |
| 44 | Carmen Troncoso | United States | 21:43 |
| 45 | Laura Adam | United Kingdom | 21:44 |
| 46 | Blandine Bitzner | France | 21:44 |
| 47 | Helána Barócsi | Hungary | 21:45 |
| 48 | Paula Schnurr | Canada | 21:45 |
| 49 | Maria Rébélo | France | 21:46 |
| 50 | Flavia Gaviglio | Italy | 21:46 |
| 51 | Aniela Nikiel | Poland | 21:46 |
| 52 | Nicole Whiteford | South Africa | 21:47 |
| 53 | Tatyana Belovol | Ukraine | 21:47 |
| 54 | Mónica Pont | Spain | 21:47 |
| 55 | Liz Wilson | United States | 21:48 |
| 56 | Leah Pells | Canada | 21:50 |
| 57 | Isabel Juárez | Mexico | 21:52 |
| 58 | Svetlana Miroshnik | Ukraine | 21:54 |
| 59 | Anchen Rose | South Africa | 21:54 |
| 60 | Li Dong | China | 21:55 |
| 61 | Tatyana Pozdnyakova | Ukraine | 21:56 |
| 62 | Olga Bondarenko | Russia | 21:56 |
| 63 | Grethe Koens | Netherlands | 21:56 |
| 64 | Julia Sakara | Zimbabwe | 21:58 |
| 65 | Alta Lohann | South Africa | 21:58 |
| 66 | Tian Mei | China | 21:58 |
| 67 | Daniela Bran | Romania | 21:59 |
| 68 | Emma Carney | Australia | 21:59 |
| 69 | Laura Cattivera | United States | 21:59 |
| 70 | Silvana Pereira | Brazil | 22:00 |
| 71 | Teresa Recio | Spain | 22:00 |
| 72 | Natalya Sorokivskaya | Kazakhstan | 22:01 |
| 73 | Carla Sacramento | Portugal | 22:02 |
| 74 | Teresa Duffy | Ireland | 22:04 |
| 75 | Yulia Kovalyova | Ukraine | 22:05 |
| 76 | Saida El Kouhail | Morocco | 22:05 |
| 77 | Tanya Blake | United Kingdom | 22:06 |
| 78 | Wendy Ore | United Kingdom | 22:07 |
| 79 | Paola Cabrera | Mexico | 22:08 |
| 80 | Vikki McPherson | United Kingdom | 22:11 |
| 81 | Leah Malot | Kenya | 22:12 |
| 82 | Anja Smolders | Belgium | 22:12 |
| 83 | Lucia Mendiola | Mexico | 22:13 |
| 84 | Roberta Brunet | Italy | 22:14 |
| 85 | Ana Oliveira | Portugal | 22:15 |
| 86 | Garifa Kuku | Kazakhstan | 22:16 |
| 87 | Wang Chunmei | China | 22:17 |
| 88 | Odile Ohier | France | 22:18 |
| 89 | Annette Palluy | France | 22:19 |
| 90 | Stella Castro | Colombia | 22:20 |
| 91 | Martha Tenorio | Ecuador | 22:21 |
| 92 | Anikó Javos | Hungary | 22:21 |
| 93 | Galina Baruk | Belarus | 22:22 |
| 94 | Nobuko Fujimura | Japan | 22:24 |
| 95 | Lisa Harvey | Canada | 22:25 |
| 96 | Mama Amele | Ethiopia | 22:25 |
| 97 | Judit Földing | Hungary | 22:26 |
| 98 | Kerryn McCann | Australia | 22:26 |
| 99 | Rose Lambe | Ireland | 22:26 |
| 100 | Tatyana Pentukova | Russia | 22:27 |
| 101 | Mónika Tóth | Hungary | 22:27 |
| 102 | Bouchra Moustaid | Morocco | 22:29 |
| 103 | Junko Asari | Japan | 22:29 |
| 104 | Desana Sourková | Czech Republic | 22:30 |
| 105 | Alina Gherasim | Romania | 22:32 |
| 106 | Amina Maanaoui | Morocco | 22:33 |
| 107 | Yelena Mostovaya | Kazakhstan | 22:33 |
| 108 | Kate Anderson | Australia | 22:34 |
| 109 | Beatriz Santíago | Spain | 22:36 |
| 110 | Soraya Telles | Brazil | 22:37 |
| 111 | Márta Visnyei | Hungary | 22:38 |
| 112 | Maureen Harrington | Ireland | 22:40 |
| 113 | Janina Malska | Poland | 22:40 |
| 114 | Ronell Scheepers | South Africa | 22:42 |
| 115 | Yelena Mazovka | Belarus | 22:43 |
| 116 | Simona Viola | Italy | 22:44 |
| 117 | Esmeraldo Guillen | Mexico | 22:47 |
| 118 | Yelena Makolova | Belarus | 22:48 |
| 119 | Carol Greenwood | United Kingdom | 22:49 |
| 120 | Luminita Gogîrlea | Romania | 22:51 |
| 121 | Jayne Spark | United Kingdom | 22:53 |
| 122 | Najat Ouali | Morocco | 22:53 |
| 123 | Viviany de Oliveira | Brazil | 23:00 |
| 124 | Isabel Carreno | Mexico | 23:02 |
| 125 | Maryann Murray | Australia | 23:05 |
| 126 | Iulia Ionescu | Romania | 23:05 |
| 127 | Yelena Tsukhlo | Belarus | 23:09 |
| 128 | Benita Perez | Mexico | 23:15 |
| 129 | Wei Yan | China | 23:16 |
| 130 | Fatiha Klilech | Morocco | 23:21 |
| 131 | Helena Javornik | Slovenia | 23:23 |
| 132 | Laura Coll | United States | 23:26 |
| 133 | Anna Baloghová | Slovakia | 23:35 |
| 134 | Natalya Dimitriyeva | Kazakhstan | 23:41 |
| 135 | Monica O'Reilly | Ireland | 23:42 |
| 136 | Andrea Hayoz | Switzerland | 23:46 |
| 137 | Zulma Ortíz | Argentina | 23:55 |
| 138 | Lukose Leelamma | India | 24:15 |
| 139 | Viktória Barta | Hungary | 24:24 |
| 140 | Kay Byrne | Ireland | 24:26 |
| 141 | Usha Verma | India | 24:33 |
| 142 | Roxana Coronati | Argentina | 24:58 |
| 143 | Inés Rodríguez | Argentina | 24:59 |
| 144 | Senka Golik | Croatia | 25:01 |
| 145 | Nancy Romero | Argentina | 25:23 |
| 146 | Vidya Deoghare | India | 26:58 |
| 147 | Bhageerathi Bille | India | 27:32 |
| — | Kathy Butler | Canada | DNF |

#### Teams

| Rank | Team | Points |
| | Portugal Conceição Ferreira3 Albertina Dias5 Fernanda Ribeiro10 Mónica Gama37 (Carla Sacramento)(73) (Ana Oliveira)(85) | 55 |
| | Ethiopia Merima Denboba4 Getenesh Urge14 Asha Gigi19 Berhane Adere28 (Gete Wami)(34) (Mama Amele)(96) | 65 |
| | Kenya Hellen Chepngeno1 Joyce Chepchumba18 Jane Omoro25 Hellen Kimaiyo31 (Pacifica Monda)(36) (Leah Malot)(81) | 75 |
| 4 | Russia Olga Shurbanova9 Nina Belikova22 Nadezhda Galyamova23 Yelena Kopytova30 (Olga Bondarenko)(62) (Tatyana Pentukova)(100) | 84 |
| 5 | Spain Julia Vaquero16 Estela Estévez20 Carmen Fuentes21 Mónica Pont54 (Teresa Recio)(71) (Beatriz Santíago)(109) | 111 |
| 6 | South Africa Elana Meyer6 Zola Pieterse7 Nicole Whiteford52 Anchen Rose59 (Alta Lohann)(65) (Ronell Scheepers)(114) | 124 |
| 7 | Italy Silvia Sommaggio13 Maria Guida24 Maria Curatolo40 Flavia Gaviglio50 (Roberta Brunet)(84) (Simona Viola)(116) | 127 |
| 8 | Japan Sumie Yamaguchi17 Yuko Kubota33 Mitsuyo Yoshida41 Chikako Suzuki43 (Nobuko Fujimura)(94) (Junko Asari)(103) | 134 |
| 9 | France Farida Fatès8 Nathalie Téjéra35 Blandine Bitzner46 Maria Rébélo49 (Odile Ohier)(88) (Annette Palluy)(89) | 138 |
| 10 | United States Gwynn Coogan27 Lucy Nusrala39 Carmen Troncoso44 Liz Wilson55 (Laura Cattivera)(69) (Laura Coll)(132) | 165 |
| 11 | Romania Margareta Keszeg11 Iulia Negura29 Daniela Bran67 Alina Gherasim105 (Luminita Gogîrlea)(120) (Iulia Ionescu)(126) | 212 |
| 12 | Ukraine Tamara Koba42 Tatyana Belovol53 Svetlana Miroshnik58 Tatyana Pozdnyakova61 (Yulia Kovalyova)(75) | 214 |
| 13 | Canada Carole Montgomery32 Paula Schnurr48 Leah Pells56 Lisa Harvey95 (Kathy Butler)(DNF) | 231 |
| 14 | United Kingdom Laura Adam45 Tanya Blake77 Wendy Ore78 Vikki McPherson80 (Carol Greenwood)(119) (Jayne Spark)(121) | 280 |
| 15 | Ireland Catherina McKiernan2 Teresa Duffy74 Rose Lambe99 Maureen Harrington112 (Monica O'Reilly)(135) (Kay Byrne)(140) | 287 |
| 16 | Morocco Zahra Ouaziz38 Saida El Kouhail76 Bouchra Moustaid102 Amina Maanaoui106 (Najat Ouali)(122) (Fatiha Klilech)(130) | 322 |
| 17 | Brazil Roseli Machado26 Silvana Pereira70 Soraya Telles110 Viviany de Oliveira123 | 329 |
| 18 | Mexico Isabel Juárez57 Paola Cabrera79 Lucia Mendiola83 Esmeraldo Guillen117 (Isabel Carreno)(124) (Benita Perez)(128) | 336 |
| 19 | Hungary Helána Barócsi47 Anikó Javos92 Judit Földing97 Mónika Tóth101 (Márta Visnyei)(111) (Viktória Barta)(139) | 337 |
| 20 | China Li Dong60 Tian Mei66 Wang Chunmei87 Wei Yan129 | 342 |
| 21 | Australia Emma Carney68 Kerryn McCann98 Kate Anderson108 Maryann Murray125 | 399 |
| 22 | Kazakhstan Natalya Sorokivskaya72 Garifa Kuku86 Yelena Mostovaya107 Natalya Dimitriyeva134 | 399 |
| 23 | Belarus Galina Baruk93 Yelena Mazovka115 Yelena Makolova118 Yelena Tsukhlo127 | 453 |
| 24 | Argentina Zulma Ortíz137 Roxana Coronati142 Inés Rodríguez143 Nancy Romero145 | 567 |
| 25 | India Lukose Leelamma138 Usha Verma141 Vidya Deoghare146 Bhageerathi Bille147 | 572 |
* Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

## Participation

An unofficial count yields the participation of 148 athletes from 36 countries in the Senior women's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.
* Argentina (4)
* Australia (4)
* Belarus (4)
* Belgium (1)
* Brazil (4)
* Canada (5)
* China (4)
* Colombia (1)
* Croatia (1)
* Czech Republic (1)
* Ecuador (1)
* Ethiopia (6)
* France (6)
* Hungary (6)
* India (4)
* Ireland (6)
* Italy (6)
* Japan (6)
* Kazakhstan (4)
* Kenya (6)
* Mexico (6)
* Morocco (6)
* Netherlands (1)
* Poland (2)
* Portugal (6)
* Romania (6)
* Russia (6)
* Slovakia (1)
* Slovenia (1)
* South Africa (6)
* Spain (6)
* Switzerland (3)
* Ukraine (5)
* United Kingdom (6)
* United States (6)
* Zimbabwe (1)