1996 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race

Senior women's race at the 1996 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
OrganisersIAAF
Edition24th
DateMarch 23
Host cityStellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa South Africa
VenueDanie Craven Stadium
Events1
Distances6.3 km – Senior women
Participation133 athletes from
37 nations

The Senior women's race at the 1996 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Stellenbosch, South Africa, at the Danie Craven Stadium on March 23, 1996. A preview on the event was given in the Herald,[1] and a report in The New York Times.[2]

Complete results,[3][4][5] medallists,[6] and the results of British athletes[7] were published.

Race results

Senior women's race (6.3 km)

Individual

Rank Athlete Country Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Gete Wami  Ethiopia 20:12
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Rose Cheruiyot  Kenya 20:18
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Naomi Mugo  Kenya 20:21
4 Derartu Tulu  Ethiopia 20:21
5 Colleen de Reuck  South Africa 20:21
6 Fernanda Ribeiro  Portugal 20:23
7 Julia Vaquero  Spain 20:28
8 Jane Ngotho  Kenya 20:31
9 Gabriela Szabo  Romania 20:37
10 Berhane Adere  Ethiopia 20:37
11 Sally Barsosio  Kenya 20:43
12 Iulia Negura  Romania 20:55
13 Catherina McKiernan  Ireland 20:57
14 Farida Fatès  France 21:02
15 Florence Barsosio  Kenya 21:04
16 Kate Anderson  Australia 21:08
17 Elena Fidatof  Romania 21:08
18 Chiemi Takahashi  Japan 21:12
19 Paula Radcliffe  United Kingdom 21:13
20 Odile Ohier  France 21:14
21 Kylie Risk  Australia 21:17
22 Hiromi Masuda  Japan 21:17
23 Marie McMahon  Ireland 21:18
24 Annette Sergent  France 21:18
25 Joan Nesbit  United States 21:19
26 Carmen Fuentes  Spain 21:21
27 Margaret Crowley  Australia 21:21
28 Carolyn Schuwalov  Australia 21:22
29 Getenesh Urge  Ethiopia 21:22
30 Stefanija Statkuvienė  Lithuania 21:23
31 Albertina Dias  Portugal 21:23
32 Mariana Chirila  Romania 21:26
33 Ana Dias  Portugal 21:30
34 Conceição Ferreira  Portugal 21:32
35 Annemarie Danneels  Belgium 21:34
36 Silvia Skvortsova  Russia 21:35
37 Beatriz Santíago  Spain 21:36
38 Viorica Ghican  Romania 21:37
39 Miki Kitashima  Japan 21:40
40 Melissa Moon  New Zealand 21:41
41 Lelia Deselnicu  Romania 21:41
42 Gwen Griffiths  South Africa 21:43
43 Asha Gigi  Ethiopia 21:43
44 Natalie Harvey  Australia 21:43
45 Yoshiko Imura  Japan 21:46
46 Teresa Recio  Spain 21:47
47 Ana Correia  Portugal 21:48
48 Liz Wilson  United States 21:49
49 Vikki McPherson  United Kingdom 21:49
50 Nadezhda Tatarenkova  Russia 21:50
51 Anne Hare  New Zealand 21:50
52 Carole Zajac  United States 21:53
53 Laurence Duquénoy  France 21:53
54 Gabrielle Vijverberg  Netherlands 21:54
55 Miwa Sugawara  Japan 21:57
56 Maree Bunce  New Zealand 21:57
57 Kore Alemu  Ethiopia 21:57
58 Angie Hulley  United Kingdom 21:58
59 Zola Pieterse  South Africa 21:59
60 Carlien Cornelissen  South Africa 22:00
61 Sonia Barry  New Zealand 22:04
62 Zahra Ouaziz  Morocco 22:08
63 Alison Wyeth  United Kingdom 22:10
64 Andrea Whitcombe  United Kingdom 22:14
65 Anja Smolders  Belgium 22:15
66 Nuria Pastor  Spain 22:16
67 Joalsiae Llado  France 22:18
68 Mieke Aanen  Netherlands 22:20
69 Teresa Duffy  Ireland 22:22
70 Patrizia Di Napoli  Italy 22:23
71 Nadezhda Galyamova  Russia 22:24
72 Jana Klimesová  Czech Republic 22:25
73 Christine Mallo  France 22:30
74 Agata Balsamo  Italy 22:32
75 Lukose Leelamma  India 22:32
76 Paulina Phaho  South Africa 22:32
77 Clair Fearnley  Australia 22:33
78 Kristijna Loonen  Netherlands 22:35
79 Anne Keenan-Buckley  Ireland 22:37
80 Lornah Kiplagat  Kenya 22:40
81 Rosanna Martin  Italy 22:42
82 Nelly Glauser   Switzerland 22:43
83 Patrizia Ragno  Italy 22:45
84 Kristen Hall  United States 22:45
85 Isabel Carreno  Mexico 22:48
86 Elisabeth Mongudhi  Namibia 22:48
87 Taeko Terauchi  Japan 22:50
88 Erica van der Bilt  Netherlands 22:51
89 Elisa Rea  Italy 22:51
90 Samukeliso Moyo  Zimbabwe 22:54
91 Restituta Joseph  Tanzania 23:04
92 Grethe Koens  Netherlands 23:08
93 Nadir de Siqueira  Brazil 23:08
94 Ana Elias  Angola 23:10
95 Maureen Harrington  Ireland 23:14
96 Liz Talbot  United Kingdom 23:14
97 Lyudmila Derevyankina  Russia 23:16
98 Verónica Páez  Argentina 23:19
99 Charné Rademeyer  South Africa 23:22
100 Maimuna Margwe  Tanzania 23:23
101 Sibelia Vasconcelos  Brazil 23:24
102 Vally Satayabhama  India 23:25
103 Marvelous Kativhu  Zimbabwe 23:30
104 Sicalile Moyo  Zimbabwe 23:31
105 Paola Testa  Italy 23:31
106 Maria Fernández  Argentina 23:33
107 Monica Samila  Tanzania 23:34
108 Rani Saini  India 23:34
109 Mardrea Hyman  Jamaica 23:42
110 Luciene de Deus  Brazil 23:50
111 Madhuri Saxena  India 23:53
112 Jorilda Sabino  Brazil 24:01
113 Tuelo Setswamorago  Botswana 24:04
114 Zulma Ortíz  Argentina 24:05
115 Esther Nherera  Zimbabwe 24:15
116 Lucy Nusrala  United States 24:31
117 Sandra Torres  Argentina 24:38
118 Angelina Pitso  Lesotho 24:48
119 Neelo Phutegelo  Botswana 24:49
120 Evette Turner  Jamaica 24:52
121 Tijana Pavicic  Yugoslavia 25:42
122 Rasheda Amer  Egypt 25:50
123 Sarah Changati  Botswana 26:09
124 Nicole Carty  Jamaica 26:22
125 Hsu Yu-Fang  Chinese Taipei 26:30
126 Guylene Duval  Mauritius 26:33
127 Karen Smith  Jamaica 27:23
128 Onkemetse Solotate  Botswana 27:39
129 Hussein Hawa  Tanzania 27:51
— Kathy Butler  Canada DNF
— María Isabel Martinez  Spain DNF
— Manuela Dias  Portugal DNF
— Geraldine Macdonald  New Zealand DNF

Teams

Rank Team Points
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Kenya
Rose Cheruiyot 2
Naomi Mugo 3
Jane Ngotho 8
Sally Barsosio 11
(Florence Barsosio) (15)
(Lornah Kiplagat) (80)
24
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Ethiopia
Gete Wami 1
Derartu Tulu 4
Berhane Adere 10
Getenesh Urge 29
(Asha Gigi) (43)
(Kore Alemu) (57)
44
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Romania
Gabriela Szabo 9
Iulia Negura 12
Elena Fidatof 17
Mariana Chirila 32
(Viorica Ghican) (38)
(Lelia Deselnicu) (41)
70
4  Australia
Kate Anderson 16
Kylie Risk 21
Margaret Crowley 27
Carolyn Schuwalov 28
(Natalie Harvey) (44)
(Clair Fearnley) (77)
92
5  Portugal
Fernanda Ribeiro 6
Albertina Dias 31
Ana Dias 33
Conceição Ferreira 34
(Ana Correia) (47)
(Manuela Dias) (DNF)
104
6  France
Farida Fatès 14
Odile Ohier 20
Annette Sergent 24
Laurence Duquénoy 53
(Joalsiae Llado) (67)
(Christine Mallo) (73)
111
7  Spain
Julia Vaquero 7
Carmen Fuentes 26
Beatriz Santíago 37
Teresa Recio 46
(Nuria Pastor) (66)
(María Isabel Martinez) (DNF)
116
8  Japan
Chiemi Takahashi 18
Hiromi Masuda 22
Miki Kitashima 39
Yoshiko Imura 45
(Miwa Sugawara) (55)
(Taeko Terauchi) (87)
124
9  South Africa
Colleen de Reuck 5
Gwen Griffiths 42
Zola Pieterse 59
Carlien Cornelissen 60
(Paulina Phaho) (76)
(Charné Rademeyer) (99)
166
10  Ireland
Catherina McKiernan 13
Marie McMahon 23
Teresa Duffy 69
Anne Keenan-Buckley 79
(Maureen Harrington) (95)
184
11  United Kingdom
Paula Radcliffe 19
Vikki McPherson 49
Angie Hulley 58
Alison Wyeth 63
(Andrea Whitcombe) (64)
(Liz Talbot) (96)
189
12  New Zealand
Melissa Moon 40
Anne Hare 51
Maree Bunce 56
Sonia Barry 61
(Geraldine Macdonald) (DNF)
208
13  United States
Joan Nesbit 25
Liz Wilson 48
Carole Zajac 52
Kristen Hall 84
(Lucy Nusrala) (116)
209
14  Russia
Silvia Skvortsova 36
Nadezhda Tatarenkova 50
Nadezhda Galyamova 71
Lyudmila Derevyankina 97
254
15  Netherlands
Gabrielle Vijverberg 54
Mieke Aanen 68
Kristijna Loonen 78
Erica van der Bilt 88
(Grethe Koens) (92)
288
16  Italy
Patrizia Di Napoli 70
Agata Balsamo 74
Rosanna Martin 81
Patrizia Ragno 83
(Elisa Rea) (89)
(Paola Testa) (105)
308
17  India
Lukose Leelamma 75
Vally Satayabhama 102
Rani Saini 108
Madhuri Saxena 111
396
18  Zimbabwe
Samukeliso Moyo 90
Marvelous Kativhu 103
Sicalile Moyo 104
Esther Nherera 115
412
19  Brazil
Nadir de Siqueira 93
Sibelia Vasconcelos 101
Luciene de Deus 110
Jorilda Sabino 112
416
20  Tanzania
Restituta Joseph 91
Maimuna Margwe 100
Monica Samila 107
Hussein Hawa 129
427
21  Argentina
Verónica Páez 98
Maria Fernández 106
Zulma Ortíz 114
Sandra Torres 117
435
22  Jamaica
Mardrea Hyman 109
Evette Turner 120
Nicole Carty 124
Karen Smith 127
480
23  Botswana
Tuelo Setswamorago 113
Neelo Phutegelo 119
Sarah Changati 123
Onkemetse Solotate 128
483
  • Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Participation

An unofficial count yields the participation of 133 athletes from 37 countries in the Senior women's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.[7]

See also

References

  1. ^ Gillon, Doug (March 23, 1996), Zola admits she's an also-ran, Herald, retrieved October 26, 2013
  2. ^ "RESULTS PLUS - CROSS-COUNTRY - Kenyans Dominate", The New York Times, March 24, 1996, retrieved October 26, 2013
  3. ^ Magnusson, Tomas (February 15, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 6.4km CC Women - Cape Town Danie Craven Stadium Date: Saturday, March 23, 1996, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on October 16, 2007, retrieved October 26, 2013
  4. ^ The World Cross Country Championships 1996, Cape Town, South Africa - Individual Results - Senior - Women, IAAF (archived), archived from the original on February 23, 1997, retrieved October 26, 2013
  5. ^ The World Cross Country Championships 1996, Cape Town, South Africa - Team Results - Senior - Women, IAAF (archived), archived from the original on February 23, 1997, retrieved October 26, 2013
  6. ^ IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved October 9, 2013
  7. ^ a b 36th IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS - EDINBURGH 2008 - FACTS & FIGURES - GREAT BRITAIN & NORTHERN IRELAND AT THE INTERNATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY & WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS (PDF), IAAF, p. 2ff, archived from the original (PDF) on September 27, 2013, retrieved October 9, 2013