1997 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race

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Senior women's race at the 1997 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
OrganisersIAAF
Edition25th
DateMarch 23
Host cityTorino, Piemonte, Italy Italy
VenueParco del Valentino
Events1
Distances6.6 km – Senior women
Participation147 athletes from
42 nations

The Senior women's race at the 1997 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Torino, Italy, at the Parco del Valentino on March 23, 1997. A report on the event was given in The New York Times,[1] in the Herald,[2] and for the IAAF.[3]

Complete results,[4][5] medallists,[6] and the results of British athletes[7] were published.

Race results[]

Senior women's race (6.6 km)[]

Individual[]

Rank Athlete Country Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Derartu Tulu  Ethiopia 20:53
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Paula Radcliffe  United Kingdom 20:55
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Gete Wami  Ethiopia 21:00
4 Julia Vaquero  Spain 21:01
5 Sally Barsosio  Kenya 21:05
6 Merima Denboba  Ethiopia 21:18
7 Catherina McKiernan  Ireland 21:20
8 Naomi Mugo  Kenya 21:23
9 Sonia O'Sullivan  Ireland 21:25
10 Jane Omoro  Kenya 21:29
11 Lydia Cheromei  Kenya 21:34
12 Elena Fidatof  Romania 21:35
13 Florence Barsosio  Kenya 21:36
14 Berhane Adere  Ethiopia 21:37
15 Annemari Sandell  Finland 21:38
16  Japan 21:43
17 Chiemi Takahashi  Japan 21:45
18  United Kingdom 21:45
19 Susan Chepkemei  Kenya 21:46
20 Nadia Dandolo  Italy 21:48
21 Kylie Risk  Australia 21:52
22 Hayley Haining  United Kingdom 21:53
23  Ireland 21:55
24  France 21:55
25  Ireland 21:59
26 Amy Rudolph  United States 22:00
27 Getenesh Urge  Ethiopia 22:01
28  France 22:01
29 Deena Drossin  United States 22:02
30  Japan 22:02
31 Maria Curatolo  Italy 22:03
32 Lyudmila Petrova  Russia 22:04
33 Kathy Butler  Canada 22:07
34 Farida Fatès  France 22:07
35 Elva Dryer  United States 22:09
36 Marina Bastos  Portugal 22:09
37  Japan 22:10
38  United States 22:10
39 Conceição Ferreira  Portugal 22:10
40  Russia 22:11
41 Wei Li  China 22:11
42  Russia 22:12
43 Nora Rocha  Mexico 22:12
44  United States 22:12
45  Japan 22:13
46 Valentina Tauceri  Italy 22:14
47  Portugal 22:16
48 Stela Olteanu  Romania 22:17
49 Rocío Ríos  Spain 22:18
50 Nnenna Lynch  United States 22:19
51 Olivera Jevtić  FR Yugoslavia 22:19
52  Russia 22:20
53  Belgium 22:21
54  Ethiopia 22:21
55 Anne Hare  New Zealand 22:22
56  United Kingdom 22:23
57 Melissa Moon  New Zealand 22:25
58 Mariana Chirila  Romania 22:25
59  China 22:26
60  Portugal 22:28
61  Netherlands 22:29
62 Yamna Oubouhou  France 22:30
63 Patrizia di Napoli  Italy 22:31
64  Russia 22:31
65  France 22:36
66 Ana Elias  Angola 22:38
67  South Africa 22:39
68 Helena Javornik  Slovenia 22:40
69 Sabrina Varrone  Italy 22:40
70  Belgium 22:40
71 Cristina Iloc  Romania 22:41
72  New Zealand 22:41
73 Chantal Dällenbach  France 22:42
74 Samukeliso Moyo  Zimbabwe 22:42
75 Liu Shixiang  China 22:42
76  Spain 22:43
77 Tina Connelly  Canada 22:44
78  Portugal 22:45
79  Australia 22:46
80  Spain 22:46
81 Takami Ominami  Japan 22:48
82  Hungary 22:48
83  Portugal 22:49
84 Viorica Ghican  Romania 22:50
85 Yelena Kopytova  Russia 22:51
86 Zola Pieterse  South Africa 22:53
87 Amaia Piedra  Spain 22:55
88  Netherlands 22:58
89  China 22:58
90  Australia 23:00
91 Nelly Glauser   Switzerland 23:01
92  Belgium 23:04
93  Canada 23:04
94  Romania 23:05
95  Spain 23:06
96 Suzanne Rigg  United Kingdom 23:07
97  Brazil 23:08
98  Netherlands 23:11
99 Lesley Morton  New Zealand 23:12
100  Bulgaria 23:14
101  Sweden 23:14
102 Nasria Baghdad  Algeria 23:19
103 Anikó Kálovics  Hungary 23:20
104 Andrea Whitcombe  United Kingdom 23:23
105  South Africa 23:26
106  Hungary 23:27
107  Netherlands 23:28
108  Ireland 23:36
109  South Africa 23:42
110  Chile 23:42
111  New Zealand 23:45
112 Lale Öztürk  Turkey 23:46
113  Brazil 23:48
114  India 23:51
115 Sue Malaxos  Australia 23:53
116  Algeria 23:54
117 Pauline Curley  Ireland 23:55
118  Ukraine 23:56
119 Veerle Dejaeghere  Belgium 24:00
120 Mardrea Hyman  Jamaica 24:03
121  Turkey 24:07
122  South Africa 24:07
123  Mexico 24:09
124 Maria Santana  Brazil 24:10
125  Mexico 24:17
126  Mexico 24:19
127  India 24:19
128  Hungary 24:21
129  Chile 24:26
130  New Zealand 24:28
131  India 24:36
132  Turkey 24:37
133  Brazil 24:37
134 Nili Avramski  Israel 24:41
135  Chile 24:47
136  India 24:52
137  Turkey 24:56
138  Chile 25:05
139  Jamaica 25:12
140  South Africa 25:21
141  San Marino 25:32
142  Croatia 25:36
143  Congo 25:39
144  Tajikistan 26:24
145  Mauritius 28:22
— Anita Weyermann   Switzerland DNF
— Agata Balsamo  Italy DNF
— Virginie Gloum  Central African Republic DNS

Teams[]

Rank Team Points
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Ethiopia
Derartu Tulu 1
Gete Wami 3
Merima Denboba 6
Berhane Adere 14
(Getenesh Urge) (27)
() (54)
24
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Kenya
Sally Barsosio 5
Naomi Mugo 8
Jane Omoro 10
Lydia Cheromei 11
(Florence Barsosio) (13)
(Susan Chepkemei) (19)
34
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Ireland
Catherina McKiernan 7
Sonia O'Sullivan 9
23
25
() (108)
(Pauline Curley) (117)
64
4  United Kingdom
Paula Radcliffe 2
18
Hayley Haining 22
56
(Suzanne Rigg) (96)
(Andrea Whitcombe) (104)
98
5  Japan
16
Chiemi Takahashi 17
30
37
() (45)
(Takami Ominami) (81)
100
6  United States
Amy Rudolph 26
Deena Drossin 29
Elva Dryer 35
38
() (44)
(Nnenna Lynch) (50)
128
7  France
24
28
Farida Fatès 34
Yamna Oubouhou 62
() (65)
(Chantal Dällenbach) (73)
148
8  Italy
Nadia Dandolo 20
Maria Curatolo 31
Valentina Tauceri 46
Patrizia di Napoli 63
(Sabrina Varrone) (69)
(Agata Balsamo) (DNF)
160
9  Russia
Lyudmila Petrova 32
40
42
52
() (64)
(Yelena Kopytova) (85)
166
10  Portugal
Marina Bastos 36
Conceição Ferreira 39
47
60
() (78)
() (83)
182
11  Romania
Elena Fidatof 12
Stela Olteanu 48
Mariana Chirila 58
Cristina Iloc 71
(Viorica Ghican) (84)
() (94)
189
12  Spain
Julia Vaquero 4
Rocío Ríos 49
76
80
(Amaia Piedra) (87)
() (95)
209
13  China
Wei Li 41
59
Liu Shixiang 75
89
264
14  New Zealand
Anne Hare 55
Melissa Moon 57
72
Lesley Morton 99
() (111)
() (130)
283
15  Australia
Kylie Risk 21
79
90
Sue Malaxos 115
305
16  Belgium
53
70
92
Veerle Dejaeghere 119
334
17  Netherlands
61
88
98
107
354
18  South Africa
67
Zola Pieterse 86
105
109
() (122)
() (140)
367
19  Mexico
Nora Rocha 43
123
125
126
417
20  Hungary
82
Anikó Kálovics 103
106
128
419
21  Brazil
97
113
Maria Santana 124
133
467
22  Turkey
Lale Öztürk 112
121
132
137
502
23  India
114
127
131
136
508
24  Chile
110
129
135
138
512
  • Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Participation[]

An unofficial count yields the participation of 147 athletes from 42 countries in the Senior women's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.[7] Although announced, the athlete from the  Central African Republic did not show.[5]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Tergat Leads Kenyans With Dramatic Victory", The New York Times, March 24, 1997, retrieved October 27, 2013
  2. ^ Gillon, Doug (March 24, 1997), Tulu swoops late to take title but British runner still happy Radcliffe joy as she runs into medal place, Herald, retrieved October 27, 2013
  3. ^ Reineri, Giorgio, Report for Senior races - Women's race - Derarta Tulu of Ethiopia, former 10 000m Olympic Champion in Barcelona 1982 won the World Cross Country Championship title after a terrible battle with Paula Radcliffe of Great Britain, IAAF, archived from the original on 2013-10-29, retrieved October 27, 2013
  4. ^ Magnusson, Tomas (September 8, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 6.6km CC Women - Torino Parco del Valentino Date: Sunday, March 23, 1997, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on October 16, 2007, retrieved October 27, 2013
  5. ^ a b Cross Senior Women - 23-03-97 - Results, IAAF, March 23, 1997, archived from the original on October 29, 2013, retrieved October 27, 2013
  6. ^ IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved October 9, 2013
  7. ^ 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
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