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

Senior women's race at the 1987 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
Organisers:	IAAF
Edition:	15th
Date:	March 22
Host City:	Warszawa, Poland
Location:	Służewiec Racecourse
Nations Participating:	34
Athletes Participating:	152
Races:	1
Distances:	5.05 km – Senior women
Previous:	1986 Colombier
Next:	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 and in the Evening Times.

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

Race results

Senior women's race (5.05 km)

Individual

width=5%	Rank	width=20%	Athlete	width=15%	Country	width=10%	Time
	align=left		align=left		16:46
	align=left		align=left		16:48
	align=left		align=left		16:51
4	align=left		align=left		16:55
5	align=left		align=left		16:57
6	align=left		align=left		17:04
7	align=left		align=left		17:08
8	align=left		align=left		17:11
9	align=left		align=left		17:12
10	align=left		align=left		17:13
11	align=left		align=left		17:14
12	align=left		align=left		17:19
13	align=left		align=left		17:20
14	align=left		align=left		17:20
15	align=left		align=left		17:23
16	align=left		align=left		17:24
17	align=left		align=left		17:25
18	align=left		align=left		17:25
19	align=left		align=left		17:30
20	align=left		align=left		17:30
21	align=left		align=left		17:31
22	align=left		align=left		17:31
23	align=left		align=left		17:32
24	align=left		align=left		17:32
25	align=left		align=left		17:34
26	align=left		align=left		17:36
27	align=left		align=left		17:36
28	align=left		align=left		17:36
29	align=left		align=left		17:37
30	align=left		align=left		17:38
31	align=left		align=left		17:41
32	align=left		align=left		17:42
33	align=left		align=left		17:43
34	align=left		align=left		17:45
35	align=left		align=left		17:45
36	align=left		align=left		17:45
37	align=left		align=left		17:47
38	align=left		align=left		17:47
39	align=left		align=left		17:49
40	align=left		align=left		17:49
41	align=left		align=left		17:51
42	align=left		align=left		17:52
43	align=left		align=left		17:52
44	align=left		align=left		17:53
45	align=left		align=left		17:54
46	align=left		align=left		17:55
47	align=left		align=left		17:55
48	align=left		align=left		17:56
49	align=left		align=left		17:56
50	align=left		align=left		17:56
51	align=left		align=left		17:57
52	align=left		align=left		18:00
53	align=left		align=left		18:00
54	align=left		align=left		18:01
55	align=left		align=left		18:01
56	align=left		align=left		18:01
57	align=left		align=left		18:02
58	align=left		align=left		18:02
59	align=left		align=left		18:03
60	align=left		align=left		18:03
61	align=left		align=left		18:03
62	align=left		align=left		18:04
63	align=left		align=left		18:04
64	align=left		align=left		18:04
65	align=left		align=left		18:05
66	align=left		align=left		18:05
67	align=left		align=left		18:06
68	align=left		align=left		18:06
69	align=left		align=left		18:06
70	align=left		align=left		18:07
71	align=left		align=left		18:07
72	align=left		align=left		18:08
73	align=left		align=left		18:09
74	align=left		align=left		18:09
75	align=left		align=left		18:10
76	align=left		align=left		18:11
77	align=left		align=left		18:12
78	align=left		align=left		18:12
79	align=left		align=left		18:12
80	align=left		align=left		18:13
81	align=left		align=left		18:13
82	align=left		align=left		18:13
83	align=left		align=left		18:14
84	align=left		align=left		18:14
85	align=left		align=left		18:16
86	align=left		align=left		18:17
87	align=left		align=left		18:18
88	align=left		align=left		18:18
89	align=left		align=left		18:18
90	align=left		align=left		18:19
91	align=left		align=left		18:22
92	align=left		align=left		18:23
93	align=left		align=left		18:23
94	align=left		align=left		18:25
95	align=left		align=left		18:25
96	align=left		align=left		18:26
97	align=left		align=left		18:27
98	align=left		align=left		18:29
99	align=left		align=left		18:29
100	align=left		align=left		18:30
101	align=left		align=left		18:31
102	align=left		align=left		18:32
103	align=left		align=left		18:34
104	align=left		align=left		18:35
105	align=left		align=left		18:35
106	align=left		align=left		18:36
107	align=left		align=left		18:36
108	align=left		align=left		18:37
109	align=left		align=left		18:38
110	align=left		align=left		18:39
111	align=left		align=left		18:43
112	align=left		align=left		18:43
113	align=left		align=left		18:46
114	align=left		align=left		18:47
115	align=left		align=left		18:49
116	align=left		align=left		18:51
117	align=left		align=left		18:55
118	align=left		align=left		18:55
119	align=left		align=left		18:56
120	align=left		align=left		18:58
121	align=left		align=left		18:58
122	align=left		align=left		19:01
123	align=left		align=left		19:02
124	align=left		align=left		19:03
125	align=left		align=left		19:04
126	align=left		align=left		19:07
127	align=left		align=left		19:07
128	align=left		align=left		19:12
129	align=left		align=left		19:13
130	align=left		align=left		19:14
131	align=left		align=left		19:15
132	align=left		align=left		19:20
133	align=left		align=left		19:22
134	align=left		align=left		19:26
135	align=left		align=left		19:31
136	align=left		align=left		19:31
137	align=left		align=left		19:35
138	align=left		align=left		19:39
139	align=left		align=left		19:42
140	align=left		align=left		19:54
141	align=left		align=left		20:00
142	align=left		align=left		20:01
143	align=left		align=left		20:16
144	align=left		align=left		20:20
145	align=left		align=left		20:30
146	align=left		align=left		20:36
147	align=left		align=left		20:45
148	align=left		align=left		20:45
149	align=left		align=left		21:15
150	align=left		align=left		21:24
—	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" 4 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 5 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 14 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 23 align=left style="border:0" (Suzanne Girard) align=right style="border:0" (44) align=left style="border:0" (Sabrina Dornhoefer) align=right style="border:0" (53)	46
	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 1 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 12 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 18 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 19 align=left style="border:0" (Patricia Demilly) align=right style="border:0" (25) align=left style="border:0" (Christine Loiseau) align=right style="border:0" (128)	50
	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 10 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" align=right style="border:0" 17 align=left style="border:0" (Svetlana Ulmasova) align=right style="border:0" (34) align=left style="border:0" (Natalya Lagunkova) align=right style="border:0" (62)	55
4	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 6 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 9 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 29 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 50 align=left style="border:0" (Iulia Besliu) align=right style="border:0" (84)	94
5	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 11 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 21 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" (Jane Ngotho) align=right style="border:0" (52) align=left style="border:0" (Susan Sirma) align=right style="border:0" (87)	117
6	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 3 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 35 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 42 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 63	143
7	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 20 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 30 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 31 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 71 align=left style="border:0" (Christina Cahill) align=right style="border:0" (75) align=left style="border:0" (Alison Wyeth) align=right style="border:0" (96)	152
8	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 24 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 27 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 51 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 57 align=left style="border:0" (Ana Correia) align=right style="border:0" (77) align=left style="border:0" (Ana Oliveira) align=right style="border:0" (85)	159
9	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 2 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 16 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 64 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 81 align=left style="border:0" (Penny Rother) align=right style="border:0" (131) align=left style="border:0" (Katie Fitzgibbon) align=right style="border:0" (138)	163
10	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 32 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 40 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 41 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 73 align=left style="border:0" (Cindy Grant) align=right style="border:0" (116)	186
11	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 33 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 36 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 54 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 82 align=left style="border:0" (Debbie Elsmore) align=right style="border:0" (86) align=left style="border:0" (Lesley Graham) align=right style="border:0" (123)	205
12	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 46 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 49 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 58 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 78 align=left style="border:0" (Astrid Schmidt) align=right style="border:0" (108)	231
13	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" 72 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 79 align=left style="border:0" (Sally James) align=right style="border:0" (107)	256
14	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 38 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 59 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 68 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 98 align=left style="border:0" (Dolores Rizo) align=right style="border:0" (104) align=left style="border:0" (Carmen Díaz) align=right style="border:0" (119)	263
15	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 22 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 47 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 97 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 106 align=left style="border:0" (Alessandra Olivari) align=right style="border:0" (110) align=left style="border:0" (Stefania Colombo) align=right style="border:0" (127)	272
16	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 26 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 67 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 91 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 99 align=left style="border:0" (Maria van Gestel) align=right style="border:0" (112) align=left style="border:0" (Marleen Renders) align=right style="border:0" (134)	283
17	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 8 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 70 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 101 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 113 align=left style="border:0" (Coral Farr) align=right style="border:0" (126)	292
18	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 55 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 65 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 93 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 94 align=left style="border:0" (Addis Gezagne) align=right style="border:0" (118)	307
19	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 43 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 69 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 95 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 114 align=left style="border:0" (Valerie O'Mahoney) align=right style="border:0" (120) align=left style="border:0" (Mary Friel) align=right style="border:0" (137)	321
20	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 61 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 80 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 92 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 103 align=left style="border:0" (Wanda Panfil) align=right style="border:0" (117)	336
21	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 56 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 66 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 100 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 121 align=left style="border:0" (Eva Ernström) align=right style="border:0" (DNF) align=left style="border:0" (Eva Svensson) align=right style="border:0" (DNF)	343
22	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 76 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 90 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 105 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 125 align=left style="border:0" (Junko Kabashima) align=right style="border:0" (135)	396
23	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 39 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 83 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 139 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 140 align=left style="border:0" (Katya Krasteva) align=right style="border:0" (146)	401
24	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 88 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 109 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 132 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 145	474
25	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 115 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 136 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 143 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 147	541
26	align=left	align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 133 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 142 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 144 align=left style="border:0" align=right style="border:0" 149 align=left style="border:0" (Bernadette McAllister) align=right style="border:0" (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)
• (6)
• (4)
• (5)
• (5)
• (3)
• (2)
• (1)
• (6)
• (5)
• (6)
• (1)
• (4)
• (6)
• (1)
• (6)
• (5)
• (6)
• (1)
• (1)
• (6)
• (5)
• (4)
• (5)
• (6)
• (5)
• (6)
• (6)
• (6)
• (6)
• (2)
• (6)
• (5)
• (5)

See also

• 1987 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race
• 1987 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race