1986 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race

Senior women's race at the 1986 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
Senior women's race at the 1986 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
Organisers	IAAF
Edition	14th
Date	March 23
Host city	Colombier, Neuchâtel, Switzerland
Venue
Events	1
Distances	4.65 km – Senior women
Participation	161 athletes from ; 36 nations
	← 1985 Lisbon 1987 Warszawa → ;

The Senior women's race at the 1986 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Colombier, Neuchâtel, Switzerland, at the on March 23, 1986. A report on the event was given in the Glasgow Herald^[1] and in the Evening Times.^[2]

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

Race results[]

Senior women's race (4.65 km)[]

Individual[]

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	Zola Budd	England	14:49.6
	Lynn Jennings	United States	15:07.8
	Annette Sergent	France	15:12.2
4	Martine Fays	France	15:14.3
5	Rosa Mota	Portugal	15:15.8
6	Nan Doak	United States	15:22.8
7	Christine McMiken	New Zealand	15:23.6
8	Albertina Machado	Portugal	15:24.4
9	Elena Fidatof	Romania	15:25.3
10	Carole Bradford	England	15:27.5
11	Liève Slegers	Belgium	15:28.3
12	Lyudmila Matveyeva	Soviet Union	15:28.6
13	Renata Kokowska	Poland	15:30.9
14	Cornelia Bürki	Switzerland	15:32
15	Grete Kirkeberg	Norway	15:32.4
16		Soviet Union	15:32.7
17		West Germany	15:33.1
18		New Zealand	15:33.3
19	Mary O'Connor	New Zealand	15:33.6
20	Ruth Partridge	England	15:34
21		Norway	15:34.7
22	Aurora Cunha	Portugal	15:35
23		New Zealand	15:35.4
24	Susi Riermeier	West Germany	15:35.8
25		Scotland	15:36.8
26		France	15:37.7
27	Dorthe Rasmussen	Denmark	15:38.1
28	Paula Ivan	Romania	15:38.5
29	Eva Ernström	Sweden	15:39.1
30	Anita Håkenstad	Norway	15:39.6
31	Mariana Stanescu	Romania	15:40.3
32	Sue Bruce	New Zealand	15:40.6
33		New Zealand	15:41.2
34	Jane Shields	England	15:43.4
35	Betty Springs	United States	15:45.5
36	Krishna Wood	Australia	15:46.7
37		Spain	15:48
38	Yvonne Murray	Scotland	15:48.7
39	Sabrina Dornhoefer	United States	15:50
40		England	15:50.8
41	Charlotte Teske	West Germany	15:51.9
42		Finland	15:52.3
43		France	15:52.7
44	Maria Lelut	France	15:53.2
45	Teresa Recio	Spain	15:53.5
46		Belgium	15:53.8
47	Christina Mai	West Germany	15:54
48	Agnese Possamai	Italy	15:54.6
49	Yelena Sipatova	Soviet Union	15:54.9
50		Canada	15:55.7
51	Sandra Gasser	Switzerland	15:56.6
52	Carmem de Oliveira	Brazil	15:57.1
53		Australia	15:57.3
54		United States	15:57.6
55		Spain	15:57.9
56	Hassania Darami	Morocco	15:58.2
57	Christine Price	Scotland	15:58.5
58		Spain	15:59.5
59	Tigist Moreda	Ethiopia	15:59.8
60		Belgium	16:00.4
61		Ireland	16:00.9
62	Martine Oppliger	Switzerland	16:01.2
63		Soviet Union	16:01.4
64	Debbie Bowker	Canada	16:03
65		Belgium	16:03.8
66	Jenny Lund	Australia	16:04.1
67		United States	16:04.5
68	Francine Peeters	Belgium	16:06
69		West Germany	16:06.3
70		France	16:06.5
71		Ethiopia	16:06.8
72		Romania	16:07.1
73	Viorica Ghican	Romania	16:07.4
74		Australia	16:07.6
75		Norway	16:07.9
76	Rita Marchisio	Italy	16:08.2
77	Susan Tooby	Wales	16:08.4
78	Kumi Araki	Japan	16:09.1
79	Carole Rouillard	Canada	16:09.7
80	Hassiba Boulmerka	Algeria	16:10.6
81		Spain	16:11.6
82		Netherlands	16:12.8
83	Fernanda Marques	Portugal	16:13.3
84		Ethiopia	16:13.6
85	Fantaye Sirak	Ethiopia	16:14.2
86		Poland	16:14.9
87		Poland	16:15.1
88	Rosanna Munerotto	Italy	16:16.1
89		Soviet Union	16:16.7
90		Sweden	16:17
91		Poland	16:17.4
92	Betty Molteni	Italy	16:17.9
93	Eriko Asai	Japan	16:18.2
94	Mébarka El Hadj Abdellah	Algeria	16:19.1
95		Belgium	16:19.5
96		Australia	16:19.8
97		Japan	16:20.1
98		Portugal	16:22.2
99		Portugal	16:22.3
100	Angélica de Almeida	Brazil	16:22.4
101	Karen MacLeod	Scotland	16:22.5
102	Sinikka Keskitalo	Finland	16:22.8
103		Japan	16:22.9
104		Canada	16:23
105		Australia	16:23.1
106	Małgorzata Birbach	Poland	16:23.4
107		Scotland	16:24.4
108	Maureen de St. Croix	Canada	16:27
109		Wales	16:27.2
110		Ireland	16:30.3
111		Switzerland	16:31.8
112	Estela Estévez	Spain	16:32.7
113	Danièle Kaber	Luxembourg	16:41.4
114	Alessandra Corti	Italy	16:41.9
115		Denmark	16:42.4
116	Genoveva Eichenmann	Switzerland	16:43
117		Wales	16:43.5
118		Denmark	16:44.1
119		Ireland	16:44.8
120	Angela Chalmers	Canada	16:45.8
121		Ireland	16:46.7
122		Wales	16:47.2
123		Poland	16:48
124	Daria Nauer	Switzerland	17:02.4
125	Gitte Karlshøj	Denmark	17:03.8
126	Fatima Maama	Morocco	17:04.8
127		Japan	17:09.1
128		Ireland	17:19.7
129		Wales	17:23.3
130		Ireland	17:24.4
131	Wilma Rusman	Netherlands	17:25.6
132	Suman Rawat	India	17:26.9
133		Denmark	17:27.9
134		Brazil	17:28.6
135		Wales	17:29
136	Maryse Justin	Mauritius	17:29.7
137		Brazil	17:30.5
138	Rakiya Maraoui	Morocco	17:32
139		Scotland	17:33
140		Netherlands	17:34.3
141		Netherlands	17:35.2
142		Morocco	17:35.7
143	Teresa Duffy	Northern Ireland	17:37
144	Surjit Kaur	India	17:38
145		Netherlands	17:40.1
146		Morocco	17:42.6
147		Puerto Rico	17:45.6
148		Northern Ireland	17:56.8
149		Puerto Rico	18:02.7
150		India	18:10.4
151		Czechoslovakia	18:13.2
152		Northern Ireland	18:15.9
153		Northern Ireland	18:24
154		Puerto Rico	18:28
155		Northern Ireland	18:30
156		India	18:37.5
157		Indonesia	18:53.7
158		Puerto Rico	18:59.7
159		India	19:04
160		India	19:18
161		U.S. Virgin Islands	21:23.3

Teams[]

Rank

Team

Points

England

Zola Budd	1
Carole Bradford	10
Ruth Partridge	20
Jane Shields	34
()	(40)

65

New Zealand

Christine McMiken	7
	18
Mary O'Connor	19
	23
(Sue Bruce)	(32)
()	(33)

67

France

Annette Sergent	3
Martine Fays	4
	26
	43
(Maria Lelut)	(44)
()	(70)

76

4

United States

Lynn Jennings	2
Nan Doak	6
Betty Springs	35
Sabrina Dornhoefer	39
()	(54)
()	(67)

82

5

Portugal

Rosa Mota	5
Albertina Machado	8
Aurora Cunha	22
Fernanda Marques	83
()	(98)
()	(99)

118

6

West Germany

	17
Susi Riermeier	24
Charlotte Teske	41
Christina Mai	47
()	(69)

129

7

Soviet Union

Lyudmila Matveyeva	12
	16
Yelena Sipatova	49
	63
()	(89)

140

8

Romania

Elena Fidatof	9
Paula Ivan	28
Mariana Stanescu	31
	72
(Viorica Ghican)	(73)

140

9

Norway

Grete Kirkeberg	15
	21
Anita Håkenstad	30
	75

141

10

Belgium

Liève Slegers	11
	46
	60
	65
(Francine Peeters)	(68)
()	(95)

182

11

Spain

	37
Teresa Recio	45
	55
	58
()	(81)
(Estela Estévez)	(112)

195

12

Scotland

	25
Yvonne Murray	38
Christine Price	57
Karen MacLeod	101
()	(107)
()	(139)

221

13

Australia

Krishna Wood	36
	53
Jenny Lund	66
	74
()	(96)
()	(105)

229

14

Switzerland

Cornelia Bürki	14
Sandra Gasser	51
Martine Oppliger	62
	111
(Genoveva Eichenmann)	(116)
(Daria Nauer)	(124)

238

15

Poland

Renata Kokowska	13
	86
	87
	91
(Małgorzata Birbach)	(106)
()	(123)

277

16

Canada

	50
Debbie Bowker	64
Carole Rouillard	79
	104
(Maureen de St. Croix)	(108)
(Angela Chalmers)	(120)

297

17

Ethiopia

Tigist Moreda	59
	71
	84
Fantaye Sirak	85

299

18

Italy

Agnese Possamai	48
Rita Marchisio	76
Rosanna Munerotto	88
Betty Molteni	92
(Alessandra Corti)	(114)

304

19

Japan

Kumi Araki	78
Eriko Asai	93
	97
	103
()	(127)

371

20

Denmark

Dorthe Rasmussen	27
	115
	118
Gitte Karlshøj	125
()	(133)

385

21

Ireland

	61
	110
	119
	121
()	(128)
()	(130)

411

22

Brazil

Carmem de Oliveira	52
Angélica de Almeida	100
	134
	137

423

23

Wales

Susan Tooby	77
	109
	117
	122
()	(129)
()	(135)

425

24

Morocco

Hassania Darami	56
Fatima Maama	126
Rakiya Maraoui	138
	142
()	(146)

462

25

Netherlands

	82
Wilma Rusman	131
	140
	141
()	(145)

494

26

India

Suman Rawat	132
Surjit Kaur	144
	150
	156
()	(159)
()	(160)

582

27

Northern Ireland

Teresa Duffy	143
	148
	152
	153
()	(155)

596

28

Puerto Rico

	147
	149
	154
	158

608

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

Participation[]

An unofficial count yields the participation of 161 athletes from 36 countries in the Senior women's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.^[5]

Algeria (2)
Australia (6)
Belgium (6)
Brazil (4)
Canada (6)
Czechoslovakia (1)
Denmark (5)
England (5)
Ethiopia (4)
Finland (2)
France (6)
India (6)

Indonesia (1)
Ireland (6)
Italy (5)
Japan (5)
Luxembourg (1)
Mauritius (1)
Morocco (5)
Netherlands (5)
New Zealand (6)
Northern Ireland (5)
Norway (4)
Poland (6)

Portugal (6)
Puerto Rico (4)
Romania (5)
Scotland (6)
Soviet Union (5)
Spain (6)
Sweden (2)
Switzerland (6)
United States (6)
U.S. Virgin Islands (1)
Wales (6)
West Germany (5)

References[]

^ Chaos as Zola leads England to victory - Zola Budd retained the individual title and led England to a controversial team victory at the world cross-country championships in Neuchatel, Switzerland yesterday..., Glasgow Herald, March 24, 1986, p. 12, retrieved October 22, 2013
^ Runaway Zola win - Zola Budd led from start to finish to retain her world cross country championship at Neuchatel, Switzerland..., Evening Times, March 24, 1986, p. 17, retrieved October 22, 2013
^ Magnusson, Tomas (February 8, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 4.7km CC Women - Neuchatel Planeyse Colombier Date: Saturday, March 22, 1986, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on October 16, 2007, retrieved October 22, 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] Chaos as Zola leads England to victory - Zola Budd retained the individual title and led England to a controversial team victory at the world cross-country championships in Neuchatel, Switzerland yesterday..., Glasgow Herald, March 24, 1986, p. 12, retrieved October 22, 2013

[evening_01-2] Runaway Zola win - Zola Budd led from start to finish to retain her world cross country championship at Neuchatel, Switzerland..., Evening Times, March 24, 1986, p. 17, retrieved October 22, 2013

[archive_03-3] Magnusson, Tomas (February 8, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 4.7km CC Women - Neuchatel Planeyse Colombier Date: Saturday, March 22, 1986, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on October 16, 2007, retrieved October 22, 2013

[gbr_01-4] IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved October 9, 2013

[iaaf_01-5] 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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