# 1993 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race

The Senior women's race at the 1993 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Amorebieta, Spain, at the Jaureguibarría Course on March 28, 1993. A report on the event was given in The New York Times and in the Glasgow Herald.
Complete results, medallists, and the results of British athletes were published.

## Race results
### Senior women's race (6.35 km)
#### Individual

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
| | Albertina Dias | Portugal | 20:00 |
| | Catherina McKiernan | Ireland | 20:09 |
| | Lynn Jennings | United States | 20:09 |
| 4 | Zola Pieterse | South Africa | 20:10 |
| 5 | Liz McColgan | United Kingdom | 20:17 |
| 6 | Elana Meyer | South Africa | 20:18 |
| 7 | Pauline Konga | Kenya | 20:19 |
| 8 | Farida Fatès | France | 20:20 |
| 9 | Iulia Negura | Romania | 20:20 |
| 10 | Kazumi Kanbayashi | Japan | 20:23 |
| 11 | Olga Shurbanova | Russia | 20:23 |
| 12 | Hellen Kimaiyo | Kenya | 20:24 |
| 13 | Olga Bondarenko | Russia | 20:24 |
| 14 | Odile Ohier | France | 20:24 |
| 15 | Julia Vaquero | Spain | 20:28 |
| 16 | Esther Kiplagat | Kenya | 20:30 |
| 17 | Jane Ngotho | Kenya | 20:33 |
| 18 | Paula Radcliffe | United Kingdom | 20:34 |
| 19 | Merima Denboba | Ethiopia | 20:36 |
| 20 | Tsugumi Fukuyama | Japan | 20:37 |
| 21 | Annette Peters | United States | 20:37 |
| 22 | Getenesh Urge | Ethiopia | 20:39 |
| 23 | Colleen de Reuck | South Africa | 20:39 |
| 24 | Daria Nauer | Switzerland | 20:40 |
| 25 | Zahra Ouaziz | Morocco | 20:42 |
| 26 | Elena Fidatof | Romania | 20:42 |
| 27 | Yumi Osaki | Japan | 20:43 |
| 28 | Estela Estévez | Spain | 20:45 |
| 29 | Rosanna Munerotto | Italy | 20:48 |
| 30 | Yelena Kopytova | Russia | 20:50 |
| 31 | Natalya Sorokivskaya | Kazakhstan | 20:50 |
| 32 | Lydia Cheromei | Kenya | 20:57 |
| 33 | Asha Gigi | Ethiopia | 20:57 |
| 34 | Annette Palluy | France | 20:59 |
| 35 | Susan Hobson | Australia | 20:59 |
| 36 | Kumi Araki | Japan | 21:00 |
| 37 | Aki Tasaka | Japan | 21:00 |
| 38 | Vikki McPherson | United Kingdom | 21:01 |
| 39 | Conceição Ferreira | Portugal | 21:01 |
| 40 | Manuela Machado | Portugal | 21:02 |
| 41 | Cristina Misaros | Romania | 21:03 |
| 42 | Anita Håkenstad | Norway | 21:03 |
| 43 | Martha Tenorio | Ecuador | 21:05 |
| 44 | Annick Clouvel | France | 21:06 |
| 45 | Lisa Harvey | Canada | 21:09 |
| 46 | Maria Rébélo | France | 21:09 |
| 47 | Rocío Ríos | Spain | 21:11 |
| 48 | Berhane Adere | Ethiopia | 21:12 |
| 49 | Monica O'Reilly | Ireland | 21:13 |
| 50 | Helána Barócsi | Hungary | 21:13 |
| 51 | Martha Ernstdóttir | Iceland | 21:14 |
| 52 | Tatyana Pentukova | Russia | 21:14 |
| 53 | Irma Heeren | Netherlands | 21:15 |
| 54 | Véronique Collard | Belgium | 21:16 |
| 55 | Maria Guida | Italy | 21:17 |
| 56 | Anne Keenan-Buckley | Ireland | 21:18 |
| 57 | Carla Sacramento | Portugal | 21:19 |
| 58 | Carita Sunell | Finland | 21:19 |
| 59 | Marie-Hélène Reix | France | 21:19 |
| 60 | Grethe Koens | Netherlands | 21:20 |
| 61 | Harumi Suzuki | Japan | 21:20 |
| 62 | Jackie Gallagher | Australia | 21:21 |
| 63 | Suzanne Rigg | United Kingdom | 21:21 |
| 64 | Maiken Sørum | Norway | 21:22 |
| 65 | Lesley Morton | New Zealand | 21:23 |
| 66 | Nadezhda Tatarenkova | Russia | 21:24 |
| 67 | Mary O'Connor | New Zealand | 21:24 |
| 68 | Kathy Franey | United States | 21:25 |
| 69 | Roberta Brunet | Italy | 21:25 |
| 70 | Teresa Duffy | Ireland | 21:26 |
| 71 | Silvana Pereira | Brazil | 21:26 |
| 72 | Gwen Griffiths | South Africa | 21:27 |
| 73 | Valentina Tauceri | Italy | 21:27 |
| 74 | Grete Kirkeberg | Norway | 21:28 |
| 75 | Anne Marie Letko | United States | 21:28 |
| 76 | Stella Castro | Colombia | 21:29 |
| 77 | Irina Volynskaya | Kazakhstan | 21:30 |
| 78 | Raewyn O'Donnell | New Zealand | 21:30 |
| 79 | Brynhild Synstnes | Norway | 21:32 |
| 80 | Tegla Loroupe | Kenya | 21:33 |
| 81 | Rodica Moroianu | Romania | 21:34 |
| 82 | Carmen Fuentes | Spain | 21:36 |
| 83 | Carmen Brunet | Spain | 21:36 |
| 84 | Garifa Kuku | Kazakhstan | 21:37 |
| 85 | Manuela Dias | Portugal | 21:38 |
| 86 | Adanech Erkulo | Ethiopia | 21:38 |
| 87 | Breda Dennehy | Ireland | 21:39 |
| 88 | Els Peiren | Belgium | 21:39 |
| 89 | Elaine van Blunk | United States | 21:40 |
| 90 | Marjan Freriks | Netherlands | 21:40 |
| 91 | Maria Curatolo | Italy | 21:41 |
| 92 | Alison Wyeth | United Kingdom | 21:44 |
| 93 | Albertina Machado | Portugal | 21:47 |
| 94 | Lucy Smith | Canada | 21:47 |
| 95 | Isabella Moretti | Switzerland | 21:48 |
| 96 | Myriam Dumont | Belgium | 21:48 |
| 97 | Patty Blanchard | Canada | 21:49 |
| 98 | Viviany de Oliveira | Brazil | 21:51 |
| 99 | Solange de Souza | Brazil | 21:52 |
| 100 | Kathy Butler | Canada | 21:52 |
| 101 | Gwynn Coogan | United States | 21:54 |
| 102 | Éva Dóczi | Hungary | 21:56 |
| 103 | Bettina Andersen | Denmark | 21:56 |
| 104 | Hennie Zantinga | Netherlands | 21:57 |
| 105 | Anuța Cătună | Romania | 21:57 |
| 106 | Ana Isabel Alonso | Spain | 21:58 |
| 107 | Anne Hare | New Zealand | 21:59 |
| 108 | Julia Sakara | Zimbabwe | 22:01 |
| 109 | Natalya Galushko | Belarus | 22:02 |
| 110 | Andrea Whitcombe | United Kingdom | 22:05 |
| 111 | Ingrid van Giel | Belgium | 22:09 |
| 112 | Camilla Spires | South Africa | 22:11 |
| 113 | Jacqueline Mota | Canada | 22:13 |
| 114 | Rita de Jesús | Brazil | 22:18 |
| 115 | Ursula Jeitzinger | Switzerland | 22:20 |
| 116 | Sue Malaxos | Australia | 22:26 |
| 117 | Mabel Arrua | Argentina | 22:31 |
| 118 | Mónika Tóth | Hungary | 22:32 |
| 119 | Isabel Juárez | Mexico | 22:42 |
| 120 | Aparna Bhoyar | India | 22:44 |
| 121 | Susan Mahony | Australia | 22:45 |
| 122 | Lukose Leelamma | India | 22:49 |
| 123 | Márta Visnyei | Hungary | 22:52 |
| 124 | Danuta Marczyk | Poland | 22:52 |
| 125 | Wilma Rusman | Netherlands | 22:55 |
| 126 | Delight Nyambe | Zambia | 23:02 |
| 127 | Dessy Muchimba | Zambia | 23:05 |
| 128 | Eucharia Mweemba | Zambia | 23:06 |
| 129 | Linda Thyer | Canada | 23:08 |
| 130 | Anja Smolders | Belgium | 23:11 |
| 131 | Addeh Mwamba | Zambia | 23:15 |
| 132 | Celinamma Joseph | India | 23:16 |
| 133 | Lydia Mafula | South Africa | 23:16 |
| 134 | Nelly Glauser | Switzerland | 23:25 |
| 135 | Vally Satayabhama | India | 23:28 |
| 136 | Iglandini González | Colombia | 23:29 |
| 137 | Réka Csizi | Hungary | 23:32 |
| 138 | Yelena Mostovaya | Kazakhstan | 23:36 |
| 139 | Esneda Londono | Colombia | 23:53 |
| 140 | Ilona Lubane | Latvia | 24:03 |
| 141 | Alexandra Olarte | Colombia | 24:04 |
| 142 | Chiu Pik Kwan | Hong Kong | 24:06 |
| 143 | Andrea Hayoz | Switzerland | 24:07 |
| 144 | Ilona Freimane | Latvia | 24:13 |
| — | Derartu Tulu | Ethiopia | DNF |
| — | Nadia Dandolo | Italy | DNF |
| — | Ingrid Delagrange | Belgium | DNF |
| — | Maureen Harrington | Ireland | DNF |

#### Teams

| Rank | Team | Points |
| | Kenya Pauline Konga7 Hellen Kimaiyo12 Esther Kiplagat16 Jane Ngotho17 (Lydia Cheromei)(32) (Tegla Loroupe)(80) | 52 |
| | Japan Kazumi Kanbayashi10 Tsugumi Fukuyama20 Yumi Osaki27 Kumi Araki36 (Aki Tasaka)(37) (Harumi Suzuki)(61) | 93 |
| | France Farida Fatès8 Odile Ohier14 Annette Palluy34 Annick Clouvel44 (Maria Rébélo)(46) (Marie-Hélène Reix)(59) | 100 |
| 4 | South Africa Zola Pieterse4 Elana Meyer6 Colleen de Reuck23 Gwen Griffiths72 (Camilla Spires)(112) (Lydia Mafula)(133) | 105 |
| 5 | Russia Olga Shurbanova11 Olga Bondarenko13 Yelena Kopytova30 Tatyana Pentukova52 (Nadezhda Tatarenkova)(66) | 106 |
| 6 | Ethiopia Merima Denboba19 Getenesh Urge22 Asha Gigi33 Berhane Adere48 (Adanech Erkulo)(86) (Derartu Tulu)(DNF) | 122 |
| 7 | United Kingdom Liz McColgan5 Paula Radcliffe18 Vikki McPherson38 Suzanne Rigg63 (Alison Wyeth)(92) (Andrea Whitcombe)(110) | 124 |
| 8 | Portugal Albertina Dias1 Conceição Ferreira39 Manuela Machado40 Carla Sacramento57 (Manuela Dias)(85) (Albertina Machado)(93) | 137 |
| 9 | Romania Iulia Negura9 Elena Fidatof26 Cristina Misaros41 Rodica Moroianu81 (Anuța Cătună)(105) | 157 |
| 10 | United States Lynn Jennings3 Annette Peters21 Kathy Franey68 Anne Marie Letko75 (Elaine van Blunk)(89) (Gwynn Coogan)(101) | 167 |
| 11 | Spain Julia Vaquero15 Estela Estévez28 Rocío Ríos47 Carmen Fuentes82 (Carmen Brunet)(83) (Ana Isabel Alonso)(106) | 172 |
| 12 | Ireland Catherina McKiernan2 Monica O'Reilly49 Anne Keenan-Buckley56 Teresa Duffy70 (Breda Dennehy)(87) (Maureen Harrington)(DNF) | 177 |
| 13 | Italy Rosanna Munerotto29 Maria Guida55 Roberta Brunet69 Valentina Tauceri73 (Maria Curatolo)(91) (Nadia Dandolo)(DNF) | 226 |
| 14 | Norway Anita Håkenstad42 Maiken Sørum64 Grete Kirkeberg74 Brynhild Synstnes79 | 259 |
| 15 | Netherlands Irma Heeren53 Grethe Koens60 Marjan Freriks90 Hennie Zantinga104 (Wilma Rusman)(125) | 307 |
| 16 | New Zealand Lesley Morton65 Mary O'Connor67 Raewyn O'Donnell78 Anne Hare107 | 317 |
| 17 | Kazakhstan Natalya Sorokivskaya31 Irina Volynskaya77 Garifa Kuku84 Yelena Mostovaya138 | 330 |
| 18 | Australia Susan Hobson35 Jackie Gallagher62 Sue Malaxos116 Susan Mahony121 | 334 |
| 19 | Canada Lisa Harvey45 Lucy Smith94 Patty Blanchard97 Kathy Butler100 (Jacqueline Mota)(113) (Linda Thyer)(129) | 336 |
| 20 | Belgium Véronique Collard54 Els Peiren88 Myriam Dumont96 Ingrid van Giel111 (Anja Smolders)(130) (Ingrid Delagrange)(DNF) | 349 |
| 21 | Switzerland Daria Nauer24 Isabella Moretti95 Ursula Jeitzinger115 Nelly Glauser134 (Andrea Hayoz)(143) | 368 |
| 22 | Brazil Silvana Pereira71 Viviany de Oliveira98 Solange de Souza99 Rita de Jesús114 | 382 |
| 23 | Hungary Helána Barócsi50 Éva Dóczi102 Mónika Tóth118 Márta Visnyei123 (Réka Csizi)(137) | 393 |
| 24 | Colombia Stella Castro76 Iglandini González136 Esneda Londono139 Alexandra Olarte141 | 492 |
| 25 | India Aparna Bhoyar120 Lukose Leelamma122 Celinamma Joseph132 Vally Satayabhama135 | 509 |
| 26 | Zambia Delight Nyambe126 Dessy Muchimba127 Eucharia Mweemba128 Addeh Mwamba131 | 512 |
* Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

## Participation

An unofficial count yields the participation of 148 athletes from 38 countries in the Senior women's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.
* Argentina (1)
* Australia (4)
* Belarus (1)
* Belgium (6)
* Brazil (4)
* Canada (6)
* Colombia (4)
* Denmark (1)
* Ecuador (1)
* Ethiopia (6)
* Finland (1)
* France (6)
* Hong Kong (1)
* Hungary (5)
* Iceland (1)
* India (4)
* Ireland (6)
* Italy (6)
* Japan (6)
* Kazakhstan (4)
* Kenya (6)
* Latvia (2)
* Mexico (1)
* Morocco (1)
* Netherlands (5)
* New Zealand (4)
* Norway (4)
* Poland (1)
* Portugal (6)
* Romania (5)
* Russia (5)
* South Africa (6)
* Spain (6)
* Switzerland (5)
* United Kingdom (6)
* United States (6)
* Zambia (4)
* Zimbabwe (1)