# 1999 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Women's short race

The Women's short race at the 1999 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held at the Barnett Demesne/Queen’s University Playing Fields in Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, on March 28, 1999. Reports of the event were given in The New York Times, in the Glasgow 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 (4.236 km)
#### Individual

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
| | Jackline Maranga | Kenya | 15:09 |
| | Yamna Belkacem | France | 15:16 |
| | Annemari Sandell | Finland | 15:17 |
| 4 | Kathy Butler | Canada | 15:30 |
| 5 | Restituta Joseph | Tanzania | 15:31 |
| 6 | Alemitu Bekele | Ethiopia | 15:37 |
| 7 | Asmae Leghzaoui | Morocco | 15:40 |
| 8 | Teresa Wanjiku | Kenya | 15:41 |
| 9 | Fatima Yvelain | France | 15:44 |
| 10 | Blandine Bitzner-Ducret | France | 15:47 |
| 11 | Constantina Diţă | Romania | 15:49 |
| 12 | Kutre Dulecha | Ethiopia | 15:50 |
| 13 | Seloua Ouaziz | Morocco | 15:53 |
| 14 | Lulit Legesse | Ethiopia | 15:56 |
| 15 | Amy Waterlow | United Kingdom | 15:56 |
| 16 | Genet Gebregiorgis | Ethiopia | 15:57 |
| 17 | Yimenashu Taye | Ethiopia | 15:58 |
| 18 | Elva Dryer | United States | 15:58 |
| 19 | Celine Rajot | France | 15:58 |
| 20 | Samukeliso Moyo | Zimbabwe | 15:59 |
| 21 | Jeruto Kiptum | Kenya | 16:01 |
| 22 | Anne Keenan-Buckley | Ireland | 16:02 |
| 23 | Luminita Gogîrlea | Romania | 16:05 |
| 24 | Zhor El Kamch | Morocco | 16:07 |
| 25 | Saliha Khaldoun | Morocco | 16:08 |
| 26 | Justyna Bąk | Poland | 16:08 |
| 27 | Michaela Möller | Germany | 16:09 |
| 28 | Breda Dennehy | Ireland | 16:09 |
| 29 | Cristina Iloc | Romania | 16:11 |
| 30 | Olimpia Pop | Romania | 16:13 |
| 31 | Angela Newport | United Kingdom | 16:16 |
| 32 | Galina Bogomolova | Russia | 16:19 |
| 33 | Getenesh Urge | Ethiopia | 16:19 |
| 34 | Anita Weyermann | Switzerland | 16:23 |
| 35 | Amaia Piedra | Spain | 16:24 |
| 36 | Elisabeth Mongudhi | Namibia | 16:25 |
| 37 | Tatyana Tomashova | Russia | 16:26 |
| 38 | Bouchra Benthami | Morocco | 16:28 |
| 39 | Helen Pattinson | United Kingdom | 16:29 |
| 40 | Hayley Parry | United Kingdom | 16:30 |
| 41 | Jacqueline Martín | Spain | 16:33 |
| 42 | Elizabeth Chemweno | Kenya | 16:34 |
| 43 | Maria Rodrigues | Brazil | 16:36 |
| 44 | Yolandi Buitendag | South Africa | 16:37 |
| 45 | Andrea Whitcombe | United Kingdom | 16:37 |
| 46 | Rodica Nagel | France | 16:38 |
| 47 | Heather DeGeest | Canada | 16:39 |
| 48 | Amy Rudolph | United States | 16:39 |
| 49 | Catherine Palacios | United States | 16:42 |
| 50 | Cristina Petite | Spain | 16:42 |
| 51 | Truzanne Swanepoel | South Africa | 16:43 |
| 52 | Sarah Howell | Canada | 16:43 |
| 53 | Yelena Motalova | Russia | 16:43 |
| 54 | Una English | Ireland | 16:44 |
| 55 | Niamh Beirne | Ireland | 16:45 |
| 56 | Denisa Costescu | Romania | 16:46 |
| 57 | Sunita Rani | India | 16:46 |
| 58 | Rosângela Faria | Brazil | 16:46 |
| 59 | Klara Kashapova | Russia | 16:48 |
| 60 | Tausi Saidi | Tanzania | 16:48 |
| 61 | Amanda Crowe | United Kingdom | 16:51 |
| 62 | Karen Harvey | Canada | 16:51 |
| 63 | Rita de Jesús | Brazil | 16:53 |
| 64 | Charné Rademeyer | South Africa | 16:54 |
| 65 | Rebecca Spies | United States | 17:00 |
| 66 | Elaine Fitzgerald | Ireland | 17:04 |
| 67 | Zena Wilsnach | South Africa | 17:06 |
| 68 | Sara Valderas | Spain | 17:07 |
| 69 | Joalsiae Llado | France | 17:07 |
| 70 | Natalia Azpiazu | Spain | 17:09 |
| 71 | Sarah Dupré | Canada | 17:10 |
| 72 | Anzhelika Averkova | Ukraine | 17:12 |
| 73 | Message Mapfumo | Zimbabwe | 17:12 |
| 74 | Molly Watcke | United States | 17:16 |
| 75 | Svetlana Baygulova | Russia | 17:20 |
| 76 | Mairead Murphy | Ireland | 17:24 |
| 77 | Ryoko Yamane | Japan | 17:28 |
| 78 | Shayne Culpepper | United States | 17:32 |
| 79 | Krestena Sullivan | Canada | 17:32 |
| 80 | Olena Gorodnychova | Ukraine | 17:33 |
| 81 | Tatyana Glazyr | Ukraine | 17:34 |
| 82 | Niusha Mansilla | Bolivia | 17:37 |
| 83 | Luminița Talpoș | Romania | 17:39 |
| 84 | Tatyana Buloichyk | Belarus | 17:39 |
| 85 | Natalya Kravets | Belarus | 17:45 |
| 86 | Rocío Rodriguez | Spain | 17:48 |
| 87 | Clara Morales | Chile | 17:49 |
| 88 | Susana Rebolledo | Chile | 17:54 |
| 89 | Mukti Roy | India | 17:54 |
| 90 | Tarath Tsatsa | Zimbabwe | 17:56 |
| 91 | Marina Nascimento | Brazil | 18:07 |
| 92 | Nataliya Romanchuk | Ukraine | 18:10 |
| 93 | Siphuluwazi Sibindi | Zimbabwe | 18:12 |
| 94 | Lucy Siwela | Zimbabwe | 18:13 |
| 95 | Singasi Dube | Zimbabwe | 18:21 |
| 96 | Olga Moroz | Belarus | 18:22 |
| 97 | Kunnam Parakkal Suma | India | 18:26 |
| 98 | Anahi Soto | Chile | 18:33 |
| 99 | Ana de Souza | Brazil | 18:58 |
| 100 | Yelena Bychkovskaya | Belarus | 19:02 |
| 101 | Flor Venegas | Chile | 19:03 |
| 102 | Madhuri Gurnule | India | 19:17 |
| 103 | Rezeda Yusupova | Uzbekistan | 19:18 |
| 104 | Alena Petrova | Turkmenistan | 19:58 |
| 105 | Antoinette Edouard | Mauritius | 20:17 |
| 106 | Svetlana Kasymskya | Turkmenistan | 23:07 |
| 107 | Violet Dudeleva | Turkmenistan | 26:51 |
| — | Naomi Mugo | Kenya | DNF |
| — | Dione D'Agostini | Brazil | DNF |
| — | Mandy Giblin | Australia | DNS |
| — | Natalie Harvey | Australia | DNS |
| — | Kerryn McCann | Australia | DNS |
| — | Kylie Risk | Australia | DNS |
| — | Susie Power | Australia | DNS |
| — | Clair Fearnley | Australia | DNS |
| — | Zahra Ouaziz | Morocco | DNS |

#### Teams

| Rank | Team | Points |
| | France Yamna Belkacem2 Fatima Yvelain9 Blandine Bitzner-Ducret10 Celine Rajot19 (Rodica Nagel)(46) (Joalsiae Llado)(69) | 40 |
| | Ethiopia Alemitu Bekele6 Kutre Dulecha12 Lulit Legesse14 Genet Gebregiorgis16 (Yimenashu Taye)(17) (Getenesh Urge)(33) | 48 |
| | Morocco Asmae Leghzaoui7 Seloua Ouaziz13 Zhor El Kamch24 Saliha Khaldoun25 (Bouchra Benthami)(38) | 69 |
| 4 | Kenya Jackline Maranga1 Teresa Wanjiku8 Jeruto Kiptum21 Elizabeth Chemweno42 (Naomi Mugo)(DNF) | 72 |
| 5 | Romania Constantina Diţă11 Luminita Gogîrlea23 Cristina Iloc29 Olimpia Pop30 (Denisa Costescu)(56) (Luminița Talpoș)(83) | 93 |
| 6 | United Kingdom Amy Waterlow15 Angela Newport31 Helen Pattinson39 Hayley Parry40 (Andrea Whitcombe)(45) (Amanda Crowe)(61) | 125 |
| 7 | Ireland Anne Keenan-Buckley22 Breda Dennehy28 Una English54 Niamh Beirne55 (Elaine Fitzgerald)(66) (Mairead Murphy)(76) | 159 |
| 8 | Canada Kathy Butler4 Heather DeGeest47 Sarah Howell52 Karen Harvey62 (Sarah Dupré)(71) (Krestena Sullivan)(79) | 165 |
| 9 | United States Elva Dryer18 Amy Rudolph48 Catherine Palacios49 Rebecca Spies65 (Molly Watcke)(74) (Shayne Culpepper)(78) | 180 |
| 10 | Russia Galina Bogomolova32 Tatyana Tomashova37 Yelena Motalova53 Klara Kashapova59 (Svetlana Baygulova)(75) | 181 |
| 11 | Spain Amaia Piedra35 Jacqueline Martín41 Cristina Petite50 Sara Valderas68 (Natalia Azpiazu)(70) (Rocío Rodriguez)(86) | 194 |
| 12 | South Africa Yolandi Buitendag44 Truzanne Swanepoel51 Charné Rademeyer64 Zena Wilsnach67 | 226 |
| 13 | Brazil Maria Rodrigues43 Rosângela Faria58 Rita de Jesús63 Marina Nascimento91 (Ana de Souza)(99) (Dione D'Agostini)(DNF) | 255 |
| 14 | Zimbabwe Samukeliso Moyo20 Message Mapfumo73 Tarath Tsatsa90 Siphuluwazi Sibindi93 (Lucy Siwela)(94) (Singasi Dube)(95) | 276 |
| 15 | Ukraine Anzhelika Averkova72 Olena Gorodnychova80 Tatyana Glazyr81 Nataliya Romanchuk92 | 325 |
| 16 | India Sunita Rani57 Mukti Roy89 Kunnam Parakkal Suma97 Madhuri Gurnule102 | 345 |
| 17 | Belarus Tatyana Buloichyk84 Natalya Kravets85 Olga Moroz96 Yelena Bychkovskaya100 | 365 |
| 18 | Chile Clara Morales87 Susana Rebolledo88 Anahi Soto98 Flor Venegas101 | 374 |
* Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

## Participation

An unofficial count yields the participation of 109 athletes from 29 countries in the Women's short race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published. The announced team from Australia did not show.
* Belarus (4)
* Bolivia (1)
* Brazil (6)
* Canada (6)
* Chile (4)
* Ethiopia (6)
* Finland (1)
* France (6)
* Germany (1)
* India (4)
* Ireland (6)
* Japan (1)
* Kenya (5)
* Mauritius (1)
* Morocco (5)
* Namibia (1)
* Poland (1)
* Romania (6)
* Russia (5)
* South Africa (4)
* Spain (6)
* Switzerland (1)
* Tanzania (2)
* Turkmenistan (3)
* Ukraine (4)
* United Kingdom (6)
* United States (6)
* Uzbekistan (1)
* Zimbabwe (6)