1987 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race

Senior women's race at the 1987 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
Senior women's race at the 1987 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
Organisers	IAAF
Edition	15th
Date	March 22
Host city	Warszawa, Poland
Venue	Służewiec Racecourse
Events	1
Distances	5.05 km – Senior women
Participation	152 athletes from ; 34 nations
	← 1986 Colombier 1988 Auckland → ;

The Senior women's race at the 1987 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Warszawa, Poland, at the Służewiec Racecourse on March 22, 1987. 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 (5.05 km)[]

Individual[]

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	Annette Sergent	France	16:46
	Liz Lynch	Scotland	16:48
	Ingrid Kristiansen	Norway	16:51
4	Lynn Jennings	United States	16:55
5	Lesley Lehane	United States	16:57
6	Mariana Stanescu	Romania	17:04
7	Cornelia Bürki	Switzerland	17:08
8	Krishna Wood	Australia	17:11
9	Paula Ivan	Romania	17:12
10	Natalya Sorokivskaya	Soviet Union	17:13
11		Kenya	17:14
12	Martine Fays	France	17:19
13	Olga Bondarenko	Soviet Union	17:20
14	Mary Knisely	United States	17:20
15	Yelena Romanova	Soviet Union	17:23
16	Yvonne Murray	Scotland	17:24
17		Soviet Union	17:25
18		France	17:25
19	Maria Lelut	France	17:30
20	Christine Benning	England	17:30
21	Delilah Asiago	Kenya	17:31
22	Maria Curatolo	Italy	17:31
23	Janet Smith	United States	17:32
24	Rosa Mota	Portugal	17:32
25	Patricia Demilly	France	17:34
26	Liève Slegers	Belgium	17:36
27	Albertina Machado	Portugal	17:36
28	Wang Xiuting	China	17:36
29	Elena Murgoci	Romania	17:37
30	Sally Ellis	England	17:38
31	Jane Shields	England	17:41
32		Canada	17:42
33		New Zealand	17:43
34	Svetlana Ulmasova	Soviet Union	17:45
35		Norway	17:45
36	Mary O'Connor	New Zealand	17:45
37		Kenya	17:47
38	Ana Isabel Alonso	Spain	17:47
39	Radka Naplatanova	Bulgaria	17:49
40		Canada	17:49
41	Carole Rouillard	Canada	17:51
42	Anita Håkenstad	Norway	17:52
43		Ireland	17:52
44		United States	17:53
45	Susan Tooby	Wales	17:54
46	Iris Biba	West Germany	17:55
47	Roberta Brunet	Italy	17:55
48	Leah Malot	Kenya	17:56
49		West Germany	17:56
50	Iulia Negura	Romania	17:56
51	Conceição Ferreira	Portugal	17:57
52	Jane Ngotho	Kenya	18:00
53	Sabrina Dornhoefer	United States	18:00
54		New Zealand	18:01
55	Tigist Moreda	Ethiopia	18:01
56		Sweden	18:01
57	Aurora Cunha	Portugal	18:02
58	Christina Mai	West Germany	18:02
59		Spain	18:03
60		Wales	18:03
61	Renata Kokowska	Poland	18:03
62		Soviet Union	18:04
63	Grete Kirkeberg	Norway	18:04
64	Karen MacLeod	Scotland	18:04
65		Ethiopia	18:05
66		Sweden	18:05
67	Agnes Pardaens	Belgium	18:06
68	Teresa Recio	Spain	18:06
69		Ireland	18:06
70		Australia	18:07
71		England	18:07
72		Wales	18:08
73		Canada	18:09
74	Danièle Kaber	Luxembourg	18:09
75	Christina Cahill	England	18:10
76		Japan	18:11
77		Portugal	18:12
78		West Germany	18:12
79		Wales	18:12
80		Poland	18:13
81	Christine Price	Scotland	18:13
82	Sue Bruce	New Zealand	18:13
83	Vanya Gospodinova	Bulgaria	18:14
84		Romania	18:14
85		Portugal	18:16
86		New Zealand	18:17
87	Susan Sirma	Kenya	18:18
88	Carmem de Oliveira	Brazil	18:18
89	Isabella Moretti	Switzerland	18:18
90	Sachiko Yamashita	Japan	18:19
91		Belgium	18:22
92		Poland	18:23
93	Fantaye Sirak	Ethiopia	18:23
94		Ethiopia	18:25
95		Ireland	18:25
96	Alison Wyeth	England	18:26
97	Laura Faccio	Italy	18:27
98		Spain	18:29
99	Véronique Collard	Belgium	18:29
100		Sweden	18:30
101		Australia	18:31
102		China	18:32
103		Poland	18:34
104		Spain	18:35
105		Japan	18:35
106	Rosanna Munerotto	Italy	18:36
107		Wales	18:36
108		West Germany	18:37
109		Brazil	18:38
110	Alessandra Olivari	Italy	18:39
111		Czechoslovakia	18:43
112		Belgium	18:43
113	Jenny Lund	Australia	18:46
114		Ireland	18:47
115	Suman Rawat	India	18:49
116		Canada	18:51
117	Wanda Panfil	Poland	18:55
118		Ethiopia	18:55
119		Spain	18:56
120		Ireland	18:58
121		Sweden	18:58
122		China	19:01
123		New Zealand	19:02
124		Greece	19:03
125		Japan	19:04
126		Australia	19:07
127	Stefania Colombo	Italy	19:07
128		France	19:12
129	Fatima Maama	Morocco	19:13
130		Israel	19:14
131		Scotland	19:15
132	Silvana Pereira	Brazil	19:20
133	Teresa Duffy	Northern Ireland	19:22
134	Marleen Renders	Belgium	19:26
135		Japan	19:31
136		India	19:31
137		Ireland	19:35
138		Scotland	19:39
139	Rumyana Chavdarova	Bulgaria	19:42
140		Bulgaria	19:54
141		Cuba	20:00
142		Northern Ireland	20:01
143		India	20:16
144		Northern Ireland	20:20
145		Brazil	20:30
146		Bulgaria	20:36
147		India	20:45
148	Emperatriz Wilson	Cuba	20:45
149		Northern Ireland	21:15
150		Northern Ireland	21:24
—	Eva Ernström	Sweden	DNF
—	Eva Svensson	Sweden	DNF

Teams[]

Rank

Team

Points

United States

Lynn Jennings	4
Lesley Lehane	5
Mary Knisely	14
Janet Smith	23
()	(44)
(Sabrina Dornhoefer)	(53)

46

France

Annette Sergent	1
Martine Fays	12
	18
Maria Lelut	19
(Patricia Demilly)	(25)
()	(128)

50

Soviet Union

Natalya Sorokivskaya	10
Olga Bondarenko	13
Yelena Romanova	15
	17
(Svetlana Ulmasova)	(34)
()	(62)

55

4

Romania

Mariana Stanescu	6
Paula Ivan	9
Elena Murgoci	29
Iulia Negura	50
()	(84)

94

5

Kenya

	11
Delilah Asiago	21
	37
Leah Malot	48
(Jane Ngotho)	(52)
(Susan Sirma)	(87)

117

6

Norway

Ingrid Kristiansen	3
	35
Anita Håkenstad	42
Grete Kirkeberg	63

143

7

England

Christine Benning	20
Sally Ellis	30
Jane Shields	31
	71
(Christina Cahill)	(75)
(Alison Wyeth)	(96)

152

8

Portugal

Rosa Mota	24
Albertina Machado	27
Conceição Ferreira	51
Aurora Cunha	57
()	(77)
()	(85)

159

9

Scotland

Liz Lynch	2
Yvonne Murray	16
Karen MacLeod	64
Christine Price	81
()	(131)
()	(138)

163

10

Canada

	32
	40
Carole Rouillard	41
	73
()	(116)

186

11

New Zealand

	33
Mary O'Connor	36
	54
Sue Bruce	82
()	(86)
()	(123)

205

12

West Germany

Iris Biba	46
	49
Christina Mai	58
	78
()	(108)

231

13

Wales

Susan Tooby	45
	60
	72
	79
()	(107)

256

14

Spain

Ana Isabel Alonso	38
	59
Teresa Recio	68
	98
()	(104)
()	(119)

263

15

Italy

Maria Curatolo	22
Roberta Brunet	47
Laura Faccio	97
Rosanna Munerotto	106
(Alessandra Olivari)	(110)
(Stefania Colombo)	(127)

272

16

Belgium

Liève Slegers	26
Agnes Pardaens	67
	91
Véronique Collard	99
()	(112)
(Marleen Renders)	(134)

283

17

Australia

Krishna Wood	8
	70
	101
Jenny Lund	113
()	(126)

292

18

Ethiopia

Tigist Moreda	55
	65
Fantaye Sirak	93
	94
()	(118)

307

19

Ireland

	43
	69
	95
	114
()	(120)
()	(137)

321

20

Poland

Renata Kokowska	61
	80
	92
	103
(Wanda Panfil)	(117)

336

21

Sweden

	56
	66
	100
	121
(Eva Ernström)	(DNF)
(Eva Svensson)	(DNF)

343

22

Japan

	76
Sachiko Yamashita	90
	105
	125
()	(135)

396

23

Bulgaria

Radka Naplatanova	39
Vanya Gospodinova	83
Rumyana Chavdarova	139
	140
()	(146)

401

24

Brazil

Carmem de Oliveira	88
	109
Silvana Pereira	132
	145

474

25

India

Suman Rawat	115
	136
	143
	147

541

26

Northern Ireland

Teresa Duffy	133
	142
	144
	149
()	(150)

568

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

Participation[]

An unofficial count yields the participation of 152 athletes from 34 countries in the Senior women's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.^[5]

Australia (5)
Belgium (6)
Brazil (4)
Bulgaria (5)
Canada (5)
China (3)
Cuba (2)
Czechoslovakia (1)
England (6)
Ethiopia (5)
France (6)
Greece (1)

India (4)
Ireland (6)
Israel (1)
Italy (6)
Japan (5)
Kenya (6)
Luxembourg (1)
Morocco (1)
New Zealand (6)
Northern Ireland (5)
Norway (4)

Poland (5)
Portugal (6)
Romania (5)
Scotland (6)
Soviet Union (6)
Spain (6)
Sweden (6)
Switzerland (2)
United States (6)
Wales (5)
West Germany (5)

References[]

^ Gillon, Doug (March 23, 1987), Lynch's supreme effort just fails in Polish mud - Liz Lynch gave everything she had, and then found a little more, but it was not quite enough to capture the world cross-country title on the freezing muddy wastes of Sluzewiac racecourse this afternoon..., Glasgow Herald, p. 10, retrieved October 22, 2013
^ Sad Lynch comes out second best - Not even the consolidation of the silver medal could bring a smile to the face of Scotland's Liz Lynch after the World Cross Cross Country Championships in Warsaw.., Evening Times, March 23, 1987, p. 17, retrieved October 22, 2013
^ Magnusson, Tomas (September 8, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 5.1km CC Women - Warszawa Sluzewiec Date: Sunday, March 22, 1987, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on October 16, 2007, retrieved October 22, 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] Gillon, Doug (March 23, 1987), Lynch's supreme effort just fails in Polish mud - Liz Lynch gave everything she had, and then found a little more, but it was not quite enough to capture the world cross-country title on the freezing muddy wastes of Sluzewiac racecourse this afternoon..., Glasgow Herald, p. 10, retrieved October 22, 2013

[evening_01-2] Sad Lynch comes out second best - Not even the consolidation of the silver medal could bring a smile to the face of Scotland's Liz Lynch after the World Cross Cross Country Championships in Warsaw.., Evening Times, March 23, 1987, p. 17, retrieved October 22, 2013

[archive_03-3] Magnusson, Tomas (September 8, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 5.1km CC Women - Warszawa Sluzewiec Date: Sunday, March 22, 1987, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on October 16, 2007, retrieved October 22, 2013CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

[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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