1982 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race

Senior women's race at the 1982 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
Senior women's race at the 1982 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
Organisers	IAAF
Edition	10th
Date	March 21
Host city	Rome, Italy
Venue	Ippodromo delle Capannelle
Events	1
Distances	4.663 km – Senior women
Participation	109 athletes from ; 22 nations
	← 1981 Madrid 1983 Gateshead → ;

The Senior women's race at the 1982 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Rome, Italy, at the Ippodromo delle Capannelle on March 21, 1982. 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 (4.663 km)[]

Individual[]

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	Maricica Puică	Romania	14:38.9
	Fiţa Lovin	Romania	14:40.5
	Grete Waitz	Norway	14:43.9
4	Agnese Possamai	Italy	14:46.9
5	Dianne Rodger	New Zealand	14:49.2
6	Ingrid Kristiansen	Norway	14:50.9
7	Yelena Sipatova	Soviet Union	14:51.9
8	Raisa Smekhnova	Soviet Union	14:55.5
9	Nadia Dandolo	Italy	14:57.9
10	Jan Merrill	United States	14:59.5
11	Tatyana Pozdnyakova	Soviet Union	15:00.1
12		Canada	15:01
13	Ann Ford	England	15:02.2
14	Paula Fudge	England	15:03.8
15	Lynn Kanuka	Canada	15:04.5
16	Jane Furniss	England	15:06.3
17	Marty Cooksey	United States	15:07.9
18	Galina Zakharova	Soviet Union	15:08.8
19	Cristina Tomasini	Italy	15:09.6
20		United States	15:10.4
21	Rosa Mota	Portugal	15:10.7
22		Spain	15:13.2
23		United States	15:18
24	Ruth Smeeth	England	15:18.3
25	Rita Marchisio	Italy	15:21.8
26	Mary O'Connor	New Zealand	15:22.8
27	Joan Hansen	United States	15:23.7
28		Portugal	15:23.9
29		Soviet Union	15:24.2
30		Spain	15:24.6
31		France	15:24.8
32		France	15:25.2
33		Poland	15:25.8
34		Spain	15:26.1
35	Margherita Gargano	Italy	15:26.3
36	Christine Price	Scotland	15:26.6
37	Beate Liebich	East Germany	15:31
38	Nancy Rooks	Canada	15:31.4
39	Anne-Marie Malone	Canada	15:32.8
40	Renata Kokowska	Poland	15:34.2
41	Christina Boxer	England	15:34.5
42	Yvonne Murray	Scotland	15:35.2
43		Ireland	15:35.4
44	Joëlle Debrouwer	France	15:36.1
45	Wanda Panfil	Poland	15:37.1
46		Spain	15:37.9
47	Aurora Cunha	Portugal	15:38.4
48		England	15:39.3
49		Spain	15:40.1
50	Carla Beurskens	Netherlands	15:40.4
51	Martine Fays	France	15:41.3
52		Wales	15:43.1
53		Wales	15:43.2
54		Sweden	15:44.2
55		Norway	15:45.5
56		Sweden	15:46.9
57		Sweden	15:47.2
58		France	15:47.5
59		Belgium	15:47.8
60	Marie-Christine Deurbroeck	Belgium	15:49.1
61		Poland	15:50.8
62		Norway	15:51.5
63	Francine Peeters	Belgium	15:52.4
64		Sweden	15:52.6
65		Scotland	15:52.8
66		Scotland	15:56.2
67		Sweden	15:56.5
68		Denmark	15:57.7
69	Magda Ilands	Belgium	16:00.4
70		Ireland	16:03.2
71	Liz Lynch	Scotland	16:03.7
72	Zehava Shmueli	Israel	16:04.9
73	Ana Isabel Alonso	Spain	16:06.7
74		Wales	16:07.2
75	Lesley Welch	United States	16:09.4
76		Canada	16:09.9
77	Dalila Mehira	Algeria	16:11
78	Albertina Machado	Portugal	16:11.6
79	Annie van Stiphout	Netherlands	16:12.4
80	Bronwen Cardy	Wales	16:15.5
81	Lynne MacDougall	Scotland	16:16.8
82		Portugal	16:17.5
83		Poland	16:18.3
84		Denmark	16:19.7
85		Ireland	16:21.2
86		Belgium	16:22.2
87	Elly van Hulst	Netherlands	16:24.6
88	Conceição Ferreira	Portugal	16:29.2
89		Ireland	16:30.9
90		Ireland	16:32.6
91		Netherlands	16:39.5
92		France	16:43.2
93		Sweden	16:43.4
94		Denmark	16:52.4
95		Ireland	16:57.6
96		Algeria	17:00.7
97	Tracy Long	Wales	17:02.8
98		Algeria	17:04.9
99		Netherlands	17:06.3
100		Algeria	17:08.1
101		Wales	17:10.1
102	Mébarka El Hadj Abdellah	Algeria	17:19
103		Netherlands	17:34.7
104		Canada	17:50.1
105		Algeria	18:04.6
—	Gabriella Dorio	Italy	DNF
—		Poland	DNF
—		Denmark	DNF
—		Denmark	DNF

Teams[]

Rank

Team

Points

Soviet Union

Yelena Sipatova	7
Raisa Smekhnova	8
Tatyana Pozdnyakova	11
Galina Zakharova	18
()	(29)

44

Italy

Agnese Possamai	4
Nadia Dandolo	9
Cristina Tomasini	19
Rita Marchisio	25
(Margherita Gargano)	(35)
(Gabriella Dorio)	(DNF)

57

England

Ann Ford	13
Paula Fudge	14
Jane Furniss	16
Ruth Smeeth	24
(Christina Boxer)	(41)
()	(48)

67

4

United States

Jan Merrill	10
Marty Cooksey	17
	20
	23
(Joan Hansen)	(27)
(Lesley Welch)	(75)

70

5

Canada

	12
Lynn Kanuka	15
Nancy Rooks	38
Anne-Marie Malone	39
()	(76)
()	(104)

104

6

Norway

Grete Waitz	3
Ingrid Kristiansen	6
	55
	62

126

7

Spain

	22
	30
	34
	46
()	(49)
(Ana Isabel Alonso)	(73)

132

8

France

	31
	32
Joëlle Debrouwer	44
Martine Fays	51
()	(58)
()	(92)

158

9

Portugal

Rosa Mota	21
	28
Aurora Cunha	47
Albertina Machado	78
()	(82)
(Conceição Ferreira)	(88)

174

10

Poland

	33
Renata Kokowska	40
Wanda Panfil	45
	61
()	(83)
()	(DNF)

179

11

Scotland

Christine Price	36
Yvonne Murray	42
	65
	66
(Liz Lynch)	(71)
(Lynne MacDougall)	(81)

209

12

Sweden

	54
	56
	57
	64
()	(67)
()	(93)

231

13

Belgium

	59
Marie-Christine Deurbroeck	60
Francine Peeters	63
Magda Ilands	69
()	(86)

251

14

Wales

	52
	53
	74
Bronwen Cardy	80
(Tracy Long)	(97)
()	(101)

259

15

Ireland

	43
	70
	85
	89
()	(90)
()	(95)

287

16

Netherlands

Carla Beurskens	50
Annie van Stiphout	79
Elly van Hulst	87
	91
()	(99)
()	(103)

307

17

Algeria

Dalila Mehira	77
	96
	98
	100
(Mébarka El Hadj Abdellah)	(102)
()	(105)

371

DNF

Denmark

()	(68)
()	(84)
()	(94)
()	(DNF)
()	(DNF)

DNF

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

Participation[]

An unofficial count yields the participation of 109 athletes from 22 countries in the Senior women's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.^[4]

Algeria (6)
Belgium (5)
Canada (6)
Denmark (5)
East Germany (1)
England (6)
France (6)
Ireland (6)

Israel (1)
Italy (6)
Netherlands (6)
New Zealand (2)
Norway (4)
Poland (6)
Portugal (6)

Romania (2)
Scotland (6)
Soviet Union (5)
Spain (6)
Sweden (6)
United States (6)
Wales (6)

References[]

^ Cross-country - Ethiopians won both men's titles in the world cross-country championships in Rome yesterday when Mohamed Kedir led the seniors and Zurubachew Gelawa the juniors..., Glasgow Herald, March 22, 1982, p. 15, retrieved October 20, 2013
^ Magnusson, Tomas (February 8, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 4.7km CC Women - Roma Hippodromo della Campanelle Date: Sunday, March 21, 1982, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on October 16, 2007, retrieved October 20, 2013CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^ 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] Cross-country - Ethiopians won both men's titles in the world cross-country championships in Rome yesterday when Mohamed Kedir led the seniors and Zurubachew Gelawa the juniors..., Glasgow Herald, March 22, 1982, p. 15, retrieved October 20, 2013

[archive_03-2] Magnusson, Tomas (February 8, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 4.7km CC Women - Roma Hippodromo della Campanelle Date: Sunday, March 21, 1982, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on October 16, 2007, retrieved October 20, 2013CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

[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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