1981 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race explained

Senior women's race at the 1981 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
Organisers:	IAAF
Edition:	9th
Date:	March 28
Host City:	Madrid, Spain
Location:	Hipódromo de la Zarzuela
Nations Participating:	22
Athletes Participating:	118
Races:	1
Distances:	4.41 km – Senior women
Previous:	1980 Paris
Next:	1982 Rome

The Senior women's race at the 1981 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Madrid, Spain, at the Hipódromo de la Zarzuela on March 28, 1981. A report on the event was given in the Glasgow Herald.

Complete results, medallists, and the results of British athletes were published.

Race results

Senior women's race (4.41 km)

Individual

width=5%	Rank	width=20%	Athlete	width=15%	Country	width=10%	Time
	align=left		align=left		14:07
	align=left		align=left		14:22
	align=left		align=left		14:22
4	align=left		align=left		14:25
5	align=left		align=left		14:25
6	align=left		align=left		14:28
7	align=left		align=left		14:28
8	align=left		align=left		14:31
9	align=left		align=left		14:34
10	align=left		align=left		14:38
11	align=left		align=left		14:39
12	align=left		align=left		14:39
13	align=left		align=left		14:41
14	align=left		align=left		14:41
15	align=left		align=left		14:42
16	align=left		align=left		14:47
17	align=left		align=left		14:47
18	align=left		align=left		14:49
19	align=left		align=left		14:50
20	align=left		align=left		14:51
21	align=left		align=left		14:55
22	align=left		align=left		14:56
23	align=left		align=left		14:57
24	align=left		align=left		14:59
25	align=left		align=left		15:00
26	align=left		align=left		15:00
27	align=left		align=left		15:02
28	align=left		align=left		15:02
29	align=left		align=left		15:02
30	align=left		align=left		15:02
31	align=left		align=left		15:02
32	align=left		align=left		15:02
33	align=left		align=left		15:02
34	align=left		align=left		15:02
35	align=left		align=left		15:02
36	align=left		align=left		15:02
37	align=left		align=left		15:08
38	align=left		align=left		15:08
39	align=left		align=left		15:08
40	align=left		align=left		15:08
41	align=left		align=left		15:09
42	align=left		align=left		15:09
43	align=left		align=left		15:09
44	align=left		align=left		15:13
45	align=left		align=left		15:13
46	align=left		align=left		15:13
47	align=left		align=left		15:13
48	align=left		align=left		15:13
49	align=left		align=left		15:13
50	align=left		align=left		15:13
51	align=left		align=left		15:13
52	align=left		align=left		15:13
53	align=left		align=left		15:19
54	align=left		align=left		15:19
55	align=left		align=left		15:19
56	align=left		align=left		15:24
57	align=left		align=left		15:25
58	align=left		align=left		15:25
59	align=left		align=left		15:25
60	align=left		align=left		15:25
61	align=left		align=left		15:32
62	align=left		align=left		15:32
63	align=left		align=left		15:32
64	align=left		align=left		15:32
65	align=left		align=left		15:35
66	align=left		align=left		15:35
67	align=left		align=left		15:35
68	align=left		align=left		15:35
69	align=left		align=left		15:35
70	align=left		align=left		15:40
71	align=left		align=left		15:40
72	align=left		align=left		15:40
73	align=left		align=left		15:40
74	align=left		align=left		15:40
75	align=left		align=left		15:40
76	align=left		align=left		15:40
77	align=left		align=left		15:40
78	align=left		align=left		15:40
79	align=left		align=left		15:40
80	align=left		align=left		15:40
81	align=left		align=left		15:50
82	align=left		align=left		15:50
83	align=left		align=left		15:50
84	align=left		align=left		15:50
85	align=left		align=left		15:50
86	align=left		align=left		15:50
87	align=left		align=left		15:50
88	align=left		align=left		15:50
89	align=left		align=left		15:50
90	align=left		align=left		15:50
91	align=left		align=left		15:59
92	align=left		align=left		15:59
93	align=left		align=left		15:59
94	align=left		align=left		15:59
95	align=left		align=left		16:01
96	align=left		align=left		16:06
97	align=left		align=left		16:06
98	align=left		align=left		16:06
99	align=left		align=left		16:06
100	align=left		align=left		16:07
101	align=left		align=left		16:13
102	align=left		align=left		16:17
103	align=left		align=left		16:17
104	align=left		align=left		16:22
105	align=left		align=left		16:28
106	align=left		align=left		16:30
107	align=left		align=left		16:32
108	align=left		align=left		16:35
109	align=left		align=left		16:40
110	align=left		align=left		16:55
111	align=left		align=left		17:33
112	align=left		align=left		17:56
113	align=left		align=left		18:12
114	align=left		align=left		18:22
115	align=left		align=left		18:40
116	align=left		align=left		18:46
—	align=left		align=left		DNF
—	align=left		align=left		DNF

Teams

width=10%	Rank	width=30%	Team	width=10%	Points
	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 3 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 5 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 7 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 9 align=left style="border:0" (Irina Bondarchuk) align=right style="border:0" (21) align=left style="border:0" (Giana Romanova) align=right style="border:0" (32)	24
	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 2 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 6 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 13 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 15 align=left style="border:0" (Brenda Webb) align=right style="border:0" (30) align=left style="border:0" (Francie Larrieu) align=right style="border:0" (36)	36
	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 4 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 23 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 29 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 33 align=left style="border:0" (Nadia Dandolo) align=right style="border:0" (46) align=left style="border:0" (Marina Loddo) align=right style="border:0" (49)	89
4	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 12 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 25 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 26 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 27 align=left style="border:0" (Gail Rear) align=right style="border:0" (35) align=left style="border:0" (Barbara Moore) align=right style="border:0" (63)	90
5	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 8 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 17 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 31 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 40 align=left style="border:0" (Alison Wiley) align=right style="border:0" (61) align=left style="border:0" (Silvia Ruegger) align=right style="border:0" (82)	96
6	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 14 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 22 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 28 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 42 align=left style="border:0" (Kath Binns) align=right style="border:0" (50) align=left style="border:0" (Wendy Smith) align=right style="border:0" (65)	106
7	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 1 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 16 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 47 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 59 align=left style="border:0" (Randi Bjørn) align=right style="border:0" (69) align=left style="border:0" (Hilde Stavik) align=right style="border:0" (109)	123
8	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 34 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 38 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 39 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 56 align=left style="border:0" (Siobhan Treacy) align=right style="border:0" (90) align=left style="border:0" (Carey May) align=right style="border:0" (105)	167
9	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 10 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 43 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 55 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 71 align=left style="border:0" (Mercedes Buceta) align=right style="border:0" (76) align=left style="border:0" (Susana Irazusta) align=right style="border:0" (94)	179
10	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 24 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 37 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 48 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 74 align=left style="border:0" (Isabelle Matthys) align=right style="border:0" (80) align=left style="border:0" (Patricia Deneuville) align=right style="border:0" (100)	183
11	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 41 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 52 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 54 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 70 align=left style="border:0" (Marleen Meuris) align=right style="border:0" (72) align=left style="border:0" (Maria Steels) align=right style="border:0" (96)	217
12	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 20 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 53 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 67 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 78 align=left style="border:0" (Marga Wiegman) align=right style="border:0" (81) align=left style="border:0" (Wilma Rusman) align=right style="border:0" (97)	218
13	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 18 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 64 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 73 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 98 align=left style="border:0" (Albertina Machado) align=right style="border:0" (99) align=left style="border:0" (Rita Borralho) align=right style="border:0" (DNF)	253
14	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 44 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 58 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 77 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 85	264
15	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 19 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 57 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 84 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 104	264
16	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 51 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 62 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 66 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 86 align=left style="border:0" (Gaylene Clews) align=right style="border:0" (89) align=left style="border:0" (Rhonda Mallinder) align=right style="border:0" (93)	265
17	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 11 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 88 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 91 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 92 align=left style="border:0" (Ulla Nielsen) align=right style="border:0" (102) align=left style="border:0" (Mette Holm Hansen) align=right style="border:0" (107)	282
18	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 45 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 60 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 87 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 101 align=left style="border:0" (Yana Jones) align=right style="border:0" (106) align=left style="border:0" (Kathy Williams) align=right style="border:0" (108)	293
19	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 68 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 75 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 79 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 95 align=left style="border:0" (Barbara Harvie) align=right style="border:0" (103) align=left style="border:0" (Linsey Macdonald) align=right style="border:0" (110)	317
20	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 111 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 112 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 113 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 114 align=left style="border:0" (Gertimulda Sepulveda) align=right style="border:0" (115) align=left style="border:0" (Isabel Andre) align=right style="border:0" (116)	450

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

Participation

An unofficial count yields the participation of 118 athletes from 22 countries in the Senior women's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.

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• (6)
• (6)
• (6)
• (6)
• (6)
• (4)
• (6)
• (6)
• (1)
• (6)
• (6)
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• (6)
• (1)
• (6)
• (6)
• (6)
• (4)
• (6)
• (6)

See also

• 1981 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race
• 1981 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race