1981 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race

Senior women's race at the 1981 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
Senior women's race at the 1981 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
Organisers	IAAF
Edition	9th
Date	March 28
Host city	Madrid, Spain
Venue	Hipódromo de la Zarzuela
Events	1
Distances	4.41 km – Senior women
Participation	118 athletes from ; 22 nations
	← 1980 Paris 1982 Rome → ;

The Senior women's race at the 1981 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Madrid, Spain, at the Hipódromo de la Zarzuela on March 28, 1981. A report on the event was given in the Glasgow Herald.^[1]

Complete results,^[2] medallists, ^[3] and the results of British athletes^[4] were published.

Race results[]

Senior women's race (4.41 km)[]

Individual[]

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	Grete Waitz	Norway	14:07
	Jan Merrill	United States	14:22
	Yelena Sipatova	Soviet Union	14:22
4	Agnese Possamai	Italy	14:25
5	Tatyana Sychova	Soviet Union	14:25
6	Betty Springs	United States	14:28
7	Svetlana Ulmasova	Soviet Union	14:28
8	Debbie Scott	Canada	14:31
9	Tatyana Pozdnyakova	Soviet Union	14:34
10		Spain	14:38
11	Dorthe Rasmussen	Denmark	14:39
12	Dianne Zorn	New Zealand	14:39
13	Julie Shea	United States	14:41
14	Christine Benning	England	14:41
15		United States	14:42
16	Ingrid Kristiansen	Norway	14:47
17	Lynn Kanuka	Canada	14:47
18	Rosa Mota	Portugal	14:49
19	Cornelia Bürki	Switzerland	14:50
20	Carla Beurskens	Netherlands	14:51
21	Irina Bondarchuk	Soviet Union	14:55
22	Jane Furniss	England	14:56
23	Cristina Tomasini	Italy	14:57
24	Joëlle De Brouwer	France	14:59
25	Mary O'Connor	New Zealand	15:00
26	Lorraine Moller	New Zealand	15:00
27	Anne Audain	New Zealand	15:02
28	Paula Fudge	England	15:02
29	Silvana Cruciata	Italy	15:02
30		United States	15:02
31		Canada	15:02
32	Giana Romanova	Soviet Union	15:02
33	Alba Milana	Italy	15:02
34		Ireland	15:02
35		New Zealand	15:02
36	Francie Larrieu	United States	15:02
37		France	15:08
38		Ireland	15:08
39		Ireland	15:08
40		Canada	15:08
41	Francine Peeters	Belgium	15:09
42		England	15:09
43		Spain	15:09
44		Finland	15:13
45	Carole Bradford	Wales	15:13
46	Nadia Dandolo	Italy	15:13
47		Norway	15:13
48	Martine Bouchonneau	France	15:13
49	Marina Loddo	Italy	15:13
50	Kath Binns	England	15:13
51		Australia	15:13
52	Marie-Christine Deurbroeck	Belgium	15:13
53	Annie van Stiphout	Netherlands	15:19
54		Belgium	15:19
55		Spain	15:19
56		Ireland	15:24
57		Switzerland	15:25
58	Tuija Toivonen	Finland	15:25
59		Norway	15:25
60		Wales	15:25
61	Alison Wiley	Canada	15:32
62		Australia	15:32
63	Barbara Moore	New Zealand	15:32
64		Portugal	15:32
65	Wendy Smith	England	15:35
66		Australia	15:35
67		Netherlands	15:35
68	Christine Price	Scotland	15:35
69	Randi Bjørn	Norway	15:35
70		Belgium	15:40
71		Spain	15:40
72		Belgium	15:40
73	Aurora Cunha	Portugal	15:40
74	Patricia Marchand	France	15:40
75	Lynne MacDougall	Scotland	15:40
76		Spain	15:40
77		Finland	15:40
78		Netherlands	15:40
79	Yvonne Murray	Scotland	15:40
80		France	15:40
81		Netherlands	15:50
82	Silvia Ruegger	Canada	15:50
83	Zehava Shmueli	Israel	15:50
84		Switzerland	15:50
85		Finland	15:50
86		Australia	15:50
87	Bronwen Cardy	Wales	15:50
88		Denmark	15:50
89		Australia	15:50
90		Ireland	15:50
91		Denmark	15:59
92		Denmark	15:59
93		Australia	15:59
94		Spain	15:59
95	Alison Wright	Scotland	16:01
96		Belgium	16:06
97	Wilma Rusman	Netherlands	16:06
98		Portugal	16:06
99	Albertina Machado	Portugal	16:06
100		France	16:07
101		Wales	16:13
102		Denmark	16:17
103		Scotland	16:17
104	Daniela Gassmann	Switzerland	16:22
105	Carey May	Ireland	16:28
106		Wales	16:30
107		Denmark	16:32
108		Wales	16:35
109	Hilde Stavik	Norway	16:40
110	Linsey Macdonald	Scotland	16:55
111		Angola	17:33
112		Angola	17:56
113		Angola	18:12
114		Angola	18:22
115		Angola	18:40
116		Angola	18:46
—	Rita Borralho	Portugal	DNF
—	Maricica Puică	Romania	DNF

Teams[]

Rank

Team

Points

Soviet Union

Yelena Sipatova	3
Tatyana Sychova	5
Svetlana Ulmasova	7
Tatyana Pozdnyakova	9
(Irina Bondarchuk)	(21)
(Giana Romanova)	(32)

24

United States

Jan Merrill	2
Betty Springs	6
Julie Shea	13
	15
()	(30)
(Francie Larrieu)	(36)

36

Italy

Agnese Possamai	4
Cristina Tomasini	23
Silvana Cruciata	29
Alba Milana	33
(Nadia Dandolo)	(46)
(Marina Loddo)	(49)

89

4

New Zealand

Dianne Zorn	12
Mary O'Connor	25
Lorraine Moller	26
Anne Audain	27
()	(35)
(Barbara Moore)	(63)

90

5

Canada

Debbie Scott	8
Lynn Kanuka	17
	31
	40
(Alison Wiley)	(61)
(Silvia Ruegger)	(82)

96

6

England

Christine Benning	14
Jane Furniss	22
Paula Fudge	28
	42
(Kath Binns)	(50)
(Wendy Smith)	(65)

106

7

Norway

Grete Waitz	1
Ingrid Kristiansen	16
	47
	59
(Randi Bjørn)	(69)
(Hilde Stavik)	(109)

123

8

Ireland

	34
	38
	39
	56
()	(90)
(Carey May)	(105)

167

9

Spain

	10
	43
	55
	71
()	(76)
()	(94)

179

10

France

Joëlle Debrouwer	24
	37
Martine Bouchonneau	48
Patricia Marchand	74
()	(80)
()	(100)

183

11

Belgium

Francine Peeters	41
Marie-Christine Deurbroeck	52
	54
	70
()	(72)
()	(96)

217

12

Netherlands

Carla Beurskens	20
Annie van Stiphout	53
	67
	78
()	(81)
(Wilma Rusman)	(97)

218

13

Portugal

Rosa Mota	18
	64
Aurora Cunha	73
	98
(Albertina Machado)	(99)
(Rita Borralho)	(DNF)

253

14

Finland

	44
Tuija Toivonen	58
	77
	85

264

15

Switzerland

Cornelia Bürki	19
	57
	84
Daniela Gassmann	104

264

16

Australia

	51
	62
	66
	86
()	(89)
()	(93)

265

17

Denmark

Dorthe Rasmussen	11
	88
	91
	92
()	(102)
()	(107)

282

18

Wales

Carole Bradford	45
	60
Bronwen Cardy	87
	101
()	(106)
()	(108)

293

19

Scotland

Christine Price	68
Lynne MacDougall	75
Yvonne Murray	79
Alison Wright	95
()	(103)
(Linsey Macdonald)	(110)

317

20

Angola

	111
	112
	113
	114
()	(115)
()	(116)

450

Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Participation[]

An unofficial count yields the participation of 118 athletes from 22 countries in the Senior women's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.^[4]

Angola (6)
Australia (6)
Belgium (6)
Canada (6)
Denmark (6)
England (6)
Finland (4)
France (6)

Ireland (6)
Israel (1)
Italy (6)
Netherlands (6)
New Zealand (6)
Norway (6)
Portugal (6)

Romania (1)
Scotland (6)
Soviet Union (6)
Spain (6)
Switzerland (4)
United States (6)
Wales (6)

References[]

^ Gillon, Doug (March 19, 1973), "Muir dream is shattered in Madrid – Nat Muir, who went to Madrid with dreams of becoming world cross-county champion, spent yesterday with his coach trying to work out why it became a nichtmare...", Glasgow Herald, p. 20, retrieved October 18, 2013
^ Magnusson, Tomas (February 8, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships – 4.4km CC Women – Madrid Hippodromo de la Zarzuela Date: Saturday, March 28, 1981, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on October 16, 2007, retrieved October 18, 2013
^ "IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS", Athletics Weekly, retrieved October 9, 2013
^ ^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

[herald_01-1] Gillon, Doug (March 19, 1973), "Muir dream is shattered in Madrid – Nat Muir, who went to Madrid with dreams of becoming world cross-county champion, spent yesterday with his coach trying to work out why it became a nichtmare...", Glasgow Herald, p. 20, retrieved October 18, 2013

[archive_03-2] Magnusson, Tomas (February 8, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships – 4.4km CC Women – Madrid Hippodromo de la Zarzuela Date: Saturday, March 28, 1981, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on October 16, 2007, retrieved October 18, 2013

[gbr_01-3] "IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS", Athletics Weekly, retrieved October 9, 2013

[iaaf_01-4] 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

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