1984 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race

Senior women's race at the 1984 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
Senior women's race at the 1984 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
Organisers	IAAF
Edition	12th
Date	March 25
Host city	East Rutherford, New Jersey, United States
Venue	Meadowlands Racetrack
Events	1
Distances	5 km – Senior women
Participation	109 athletes from ; 24 nations
	← 1983 Gateshead 1985 Lisbon → ;

The Senior women's race at the 1984 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in East Rutherford, New Jersey, United States, at the Meadowlands Racetrack on March 25, 1984. 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 (5 km)[]

Individual[]

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	Maricica Puică	Romania	15:56
	Galina Zakharova	Soviet Union	15:58
	Grete Waitz	Norway	15:58
4	Ingrid Kristiansen	Norway	16:04
5	Jane Furniss	England	16:10
6	Christine Benning	England	16:15
7	Midde Hamrin	Sweden	16:16
8	Angela Tooby	Wales	16:18
9	Betty Springs	United States	16:20
10	Cathy Branta	United States	16:21
11	Eva Ernström	Sweden	16:21
12	Francine Peeters	Belgium	16:26
13		Soviet Union	16:26
14	Dianne Rodger	New Zealand	16:27
15	Ruth Smeeth	England	16:28
16	Sabrina Dornhoefer	United States	16:30
17		United States	16:31
18	Lynn Williams	Canada	16:31
19	Mary O'Connor	New Zealand	16:33
20		Denmark	16:35
21	Regina Joyce	Ireland	16:35
22	Roisin Smyth	Ireland	16:36
23	Aurora Cunha	Portugal	16:37
24	Rosa Mota	Portugal	16:38
25		United States	16:38
26	Monica Joyce	Ireland	16:41
27	Christine Hughes	New Zealand	16:41
28	Alba Milana	Italy	16:41
29		Soviet Union	16:43
30		France	16:44
31	Sue Bruce	New Zealand	16:45
32	Nan Doak	United States	16:48
33	Nancy Rooks	Canada	16:50
34	Paula Ilie	Romania	16:50
35		Belgium	16:51
36		Ireland	16:51
37		Spain	16:52
38		Northern Ireland	16:52
39	Carole Bradford	England	16:52
40	Elena Fidatof	Romania	16:53
41	Fiona McQueen	Scotland	16:53
42	Albertina Machado	Portugal	16:54
43		Sweden	16:55
44		Belgium	16:55
45		Belgium	16:56
46		Wales	16:56
47	Tuija Toivonen	Finland	16:56
48		Spain	16:57
49	Agnese Possamai	Italy	16:58
50		New Zealand	17:00
51		France	17:00
52	Margareta Keszeg	Romania	17:02
53	Ellen Wessinghage	West Germany	17:05
54	Carol Haigh	England	17:06
55		England	17:07
56		Denmark	17:09
57		France	17:10
58		Ireland	17:10
59	Maria Lelut	France	17:11
60	Rita Marchisio	Italy	17:11
61		Sweden	17:11
62		Canada	17:12
63	Marie-Christine Deurbroeck	Belgium	17:12
64	Debbie Scott	Canada	17:13
65	Sinikka Keskitalo	Finland	17:16
66		Spain	17:16
67	Conceição Ferreira	Portugal	17:17
68	Magda Ilands	Belgium	17:17
69	Martine Fays	France	17:17
70		Canada	17:18
71	Rosanna Munerotto	Italy	17:21
72		Norway	17:23
73		Canada	17:23
74		Spain	17:24
75	Kirsti Voldnes	Norway	17:26
76		Mexico	17:26
77		Scotland	17:28
78	Roberta Brunet	Italy	17:29
79		Norway	17:33
80		Portugal	17:34
81		Scotland	17:34
82		New Zealand	17:34
83		Denmark	17:35
84		Scotland	17:43
85		Sweden	17:45
86		Denmark	17:46
87		Scotland	17:50
88		Spain	17:52
89	Mitica Junghiatu	Romania	17:55
90	Maria Curatolo	Italy	17:55
91	Ana Isabel Alonso	Spain	17:56
92	Marit Holtklimpen	Norway	18:07
93		Denmark	18:12
94		Denmark	18:12
95		Wales	18:12
96		Wales	18:13
97		Wales	18:15
98		Wales	18:18
99		Northern Ireland	18:22
100		Scotland	18:36
101		Venezuela	18:42
102		Northern Ireland	19:02
103		Northern Ireland	19:06
104		Northern Ireland	19:29
105		Mexico	20:06
106		Dominican Republic	20:56
107		Dominican Republic	20:58
108		U.S. Virgin Islands	21:39
—	Joëlle De Brouwer	France	DNF

Teams[]

Rank

Team

Points

United States

Betty Springs	9
Cathy Branta	10
Sabrina Dornhoefer	16
	17
()	(25)
(Nan Doak)	(32)

52

England

Jane Furniss	5
Christine Benning	6
Ruth Smeeth	15
Carole Bradford	39
(Carol Haigh)	(54)
()	(55)

65

New Zealand

Dianne Rodger	14
Mary O'Connor	19
Christine Hughes	27
Sue Bruce	31
()	(50)
()	(82)

91

4

Ireland

Regina Joyce	21
Roisin Smyth	22
Monica Joyce	26
	36
()	(58)

105

5

Sweden

Midde Hamrin	7
Eva Ernström	11
	43
	61
()	(85)

122

6

Romania

Maricica Puică	1
Paula Ilie	34
Elena Fidatof	40
Margareta Keszeg	52
(Mitica Junghiatu)	(89)

127

7

Belgium

Francine Peeters	12
	35
	44
	45
(Marie-Christine Deurbroeck)	(63)
(Magda Ilands)	(68)

136

8

Norway

Grete Waitz	3
Ingrid Kristiansen	4
	72
Kirsti Voldnes	75
()	(79)
(Marit Holtklimpen)	(92)

154

9

Portugal

Aurora Cunha	23
Rosa Mota	24
Albertina Machado	42
Conceição Ferreira	67
()	(80)

156

10

Canada

Lynn Williams	18
Nancy Rooks	33
	62
Debbie Scott	64
()	(70)
()	(73)

177

11

France

	30
	51
	57
Maria Lelut	59
(Martine Fays)	(69)
(Joëlle Debrouwer)	(DNF)

197

12

Italy

Alba Milana	28
Agnese Possamai	49
Rita Marchisio	60
Rosanna Munerotto	71
(Roberta Brunet)	(78)
(Maria Curatolo)	(90)

208

13

Spain

	37
	48
	66
	74
()	(88)
(Ana Isabel Alonso)	(91)

225

14

Denmark

	20
	56
	83
	86
()	(93)
()	(94)

245

15

Wales

Angela Tooby	8
	46
	95
	96
()	(97)
()	(98)

245

16

Scotland

Fiona McQueen	41
	77
	81
	84
()	(87)
()	(100)

283

17

Northern Ireland

	38
	99
	102
	103
()	(104)

342

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

Participation[]

An unofficial count yields the participation of 109 athletes from 24 countries in the Senior women's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.^[4]

Belgium (6)
Canada (6)
Denmark (6)
Dominican Republic (2)
England (6)
Finland (2)
France (6)
Ireland (5)

Italy (6)
Mexico (2)
New Zealand (6)
Northern Ireland (5)
Norway (6)
Portugal (5)
Romania (5)
Scotland (6)

Soviet Union (3)
Spain (6)
Sweden (5)
United States (6)
U.S. Virgin Islands (1)
Venezuela (1)
Wales (6)
West Germany (1)

References[]

^ Athletics - Carlos Lopes of Portugal won the world cross-country title over seven-and-a-half miles of Meadowlands Racecourse in New York yesterday in a time of 33 minutes 25 seconds, but Scotland's best medal hope Shettleston Harrier Nat Muir, was forced to watch the race on television, confined to bed with a bronchial virus and a temperature of 103..., Glasgow Herald, March 26, 1984, p. 15, retrieved October 21, 2013
^ Magnusson, Tomas (September 8, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 5.0km CC Women - New York The Meadowlands Date: Sunday, March 25, 1984, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on October 16, 2007, retrieved October 21, 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] Athletics - Carlos Lopes of Portugal won the world cross-country title over seven-and-a-half miles of Meadowlands Racecourse in New York yesterday in a time of 33 minutes 25 seconds, but Scotland's best medal hope Shettleston Harrier Nat Muir, was forced to watch the race on television, confined to bed with a bronchial virus and a temperature of 103..., Glasgow Herald, March 26, 1984, p. 15, retrieved October 21, 2013

[archive_03-2] Magnusson, Tomas (September 8, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 5.0km CC Women - New York The Meadowlands Date: Sunday, March 25, 1984, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on October 16, 2007, retrieved October 21, 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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