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

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

Senior women's race at the 1986 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
OrganisersIAAF
Edition14th
DateMarch 23
Host cityColombier, Neuchâtel, Switzerland Switzerland
VenuePlaneyse Colombier
Events1
Distances4.65 km – Senior women
Participation161 athletes from
36 nations

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

Race results

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Senior women's race (4.65 km)

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Individual

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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 15:18.5
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 Marina Rodchenkova   Soviet Union 15:32.7
17 Elizabeth Franzis   West Germany 15:33.1
18 Gail Rear   New Zealand 15:33.3
19 Mary O'Connor   New Zealand 15:33.6
20 Ruth Partridge   England 15:34
21 Christine Sørum   Norway 15:34.7
22 Aurora Cunha   Portugal 15:35
23 Wendy Renner   New Zealand 15:35.4
24 Susi Riermeier   West Germany 15:35.8
25 Marcella Robertson   Scotland 15:36.8
26 Anne Viallix   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 Debbie Elsmore   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 Mercedes Calleja   Spain 15:48
38 Yvonne Murray   Scotland 15:48.7
39 Sabrina Dornhoefer   United States 15:50
40 Julie Laughton   England 15:50.8
41 Charlotte Teske   West Germany 15:51.9
42 Sirkku Kumpulainen   Finland 15:52.3
43 Jacqueline Lefeuvre   France 15:52.7
44 Maria Lelut   France 15:53.2
45 Teresa Recio   Spain 15:53.5
46 Betty van Steenbroeck   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 Susan Berenda   Canada 15:55.7
51 Sandra Gasser    Switzerland 15:56.6
52 Carmem de Oliveira   Brazil 15:57.1
53 Anne Lord   Australia 15:57.3
54 Leslie Seymour   United States 15:57.6
55 Montserrat Abello   Spain 15:57.9
56 Hassania Darami   Morocco 15:58.2
57 Christine Price   Scotland 15:58.5
58 Asuncion Sinobas   Spain 15:59.5
59 Tigist Moreda   Ethiopia 15:59.8
60 Maria van Gestel   Belgium 16:00.4
61 Mary Donohoe   Ireland 16:00.9
62 Martine Oppliger    Switzerland 16:01.2
63 Irina Mozharova   Soviet Union 16:01.4
64 Debbie Bowker   Canada 16:03
65 Ingrid Delagrange   Belgium 16:03.8
66 Jenny Lund   Australia 16:04.1
67 Brenda Webb   United States 16:04.5
68 Francine Peeters   Belgium 16:06
69 Astrid Schmidt   West Germany 16:06.3
70 Isabelle Matthys   France 16:06.5
71 Adanech Workula   Ethiopia 16:06.8
72 Ilinca Mitrea   Romania 16:07.1
73 Viorica Ghican   Romania 16:07.4
74 Tania Turney   Australia 16:07.6
75 Anne Jorun Flaten   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 Fatima Paz   Spain 16:11.6
82 Margreet Verbeek   Netherlands 16:12.8
83 Fernanda Marques   Portugal 16:13.3
84 Asselefech Adera   Ethiopia 16:13.6
85 Fantaye Sirak   Ethiopia 16:14.2
86 Lidia Camberg   Poland 16:14.9
87 Anna Rybicka   Poland 16:15.1
88 Rosanna Munerotto   Italy 16:16.1
89 Marina Vasilyuk   Soviet Union 16:16.7
90 Marie Granberg   Sweden 16:17
91 Anna Busko   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 Linda Milo   Belgium 16:19.5
96 Penny Just   Australia 16:19.8
97 Mami Fukao   Japan 16:20.1
98 Leanor Costa   Portugal 16:22.2
99 Lucilia Soares   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 Yuki Tamura   Japan 16:22.9
104 Brenda Shackleton   Canada 16:23
105 Gaylene Clews   Australia 16:23.1
106 Małgorzata Birbach   Poland 16:23.4
107 Jean Lorden   Scotland 16:24.4
108 Maureen de St. Croix   Canada 16:27
109 Melissa Watson   Wales 16:27.2
110 Ann Hilliard   Ireland 16:30.3
111 Helen Comsa    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 Kersti Jakobsen   Denmark 16:42.4
116 Genoveva Eichenmann    Switzerland 16:43
117 Ann Roblin   Wales 16:43.5
118 Mette Holm Hansen   Denmark 16:44.1
119 Valerie O'Mahoney   Ireland 16:44.8
120 Angela Chalmers   Canada 16:45.8
121 Mary Friel   Ireland 16:46.7
122 Ann-Marie Fox   Wales 16:47.2
123 Izabella Zatorska   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 Yoshiko Hidaka   Japan 17:09.1
128 Greta Hickey   Ireland 17:19.7
129 Lynne Maddison   Wales 17:23.3
130 Patricia Griffin   Ireland 17:24.4
131 Wilma Rusman   Netherlands 17:25.6
132 Suman Rawat   India 17:26.9
133 Hanne Kjärsgaard   Denmark 17:27.9
134 Cássia Pegado   Brazil 17:28.6
135 Sally James   Wales 17:29
136 Maryse Justin   Mauritius 17:29.7
137 Dalvirene de Paiva   Brazil 17:30.5
138 Rakiya Maraoui   Morocco 17:32
139 June Standing   Scotland 17:33
140 Marjan Freriks   Netherlands 17:34.3
141 Ilse Riedeman   Netherlands 17:35.2
142 Saadia Bendenoune   Morocco 17:35.7
143 Teresa Duffy   Northern Ireland 17:37
144 Surjit Kaur   India 17:38
145 Krista Aukema   Netherlands 17:40.1
146 Saida Hamama   Morocco 17:42.6
147 Ileana Arroyo   Puerto Rico 17:45.6
148 Barbara Harkness   Northern Ireland 17:56.8
149 Carmen Martinez   Puerto Rico 18:02.7
150 Vijay Nilman Khalko   India 18:10.4
151 Jana Kuceriková   Czechoslovakia 18:13.2
152 Paula Hawtin   Northern Ireland 18:15.9
153 Noelle Harron   Northern Ireland 18:24
154 Carmen Vega   Puerto Rico 18:28
155 Ita Speight   Northern Ireland 18:30
156 M. Permanik   India 18:37.5
157 Betty Sarmiyati   Indonesia 18:53.7
158 Rosita Ocasio   Puerto Rico 18:59.7
159 Nirmala Nair   India 19:04
160 Purabi Daas   India 19:18
161 Elizabeth Gladfelter   U.S. Virgin Islands 21:23.3

Teams

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Rank Team Points
    England
Zola Budd 1
Carole Bradford 10
Ruth Partridge 20
Jane Shields 34
(Julie Laughton) (40)
65
    New Zealand
Christine McMiken 7
Gail Rear 18
Mary O'Connor 19
Wendy Renner 23
(Sue Bruce) (32)
(Debbie Elsmore) (33)
67
    France
Annette Sergent 3
Martine Fays 4
Anne Viallix 26
Jacqueline Lefeuvre 43
(Maria Lelut) (44)
(Isabelle Matthys) (70)
76
4   United States
Lynn Jennings 2
Nan Doak 6
Betty Springs 35
Sabrina Dornhoefer 39
(Leslie Seymour) (54)
(Brenda Webb) (67)
82
5   Portugal
Rosa Mota 5
Albertina Machado 8
Aurora Cunha 22
Fernanda Marques 83
(Leanor Costa) (98)
(Lucilia Soares) (99)
118
6   West Germany
Elizabeth Franzis 17
Susi Riermeier 24
Charlotte Teske 41
Christina Mai 47
(Astrid Schmidt) (69)
129
7   Soviet Union
Lyudmila Matveyeva 12
Marina Rodchenkova 16
Yelena Sipatova 49
Irina Mozharova 63
(Marina Vasilyuk) (89)
140
8   Romania
Elena Fidatof 9
Paula Ivan 28
Mariana Stanescu 31
Ilinca Mitrea 72
(Viorica Ghican) (73)
140
9   Norway
Grete Kirkeberg 15
Christine Sørum 21
Anita Håkenstad 30
Anne Jorun Flaten 75
141
10   Belgium
Liève Slegers 11
Betty van Steenbroeck 46
Maria van Gestel 60
Ingrid Delagrange 65
(Francine Peeters) (68)
(Linda Milo) (95)
182
11   Spain
Mercedes Calleja 37
Teresa Recio 45
Montserrat Abello 55
Asuncion Sinobas 58
(Fatima Paz) (81)
(Estela Estévez) (112)
195
12   Scotland
Marcella Robertson 25
Yvonne Murray 38
Christine Price 57
Karen MacLeod 101
(Jean Lorden) (107)
(June Standing) (139)
221
13   Australia
Krishna Wood 36
Anne Lord 53
Jenny Lund 66
Tania Turney 74
(Penny Just) (96)
(Gaylene Clews) (105)
229
14    Switzerland
Cornelia Bürki 14
Sandra Gasser 51
Martine Oppliger 62
Helen Comsa 111
(Genoveva Eichenmann) (116)
(Daria Nauer) (124)
238
15   Poland
Renata Kokowska 13
Lidia Camberg 86
Anna Rybicka 87
Anna Busko 91
(Małgorzata Birbach) (106)
(Izabella Zatorska) (123)
277
16   Canada
Susan Berenda 50
Debbie Bowker 64
Carole Rouillard 79
Brenda Shackleton 104
(Maureen de St. Croix) (108)
(Angela Chalmers) (120)
297
17   Ethiopia
Tigist Moreda 59
Adanech Workula 71
Asselefech Adera 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
Mami Fukao 97
Yuki Tamura 103
(Yoshiko Hidaka) (127)
371
20   Denmark
Dorthe Rasmussen 27
Kersti Jakobsen 115
Mette Holm Hansen 118
Gitte Karlshøj 125
(Hanne Kjärsgaard) (133)
385
21   Ireland
Mary Donohoe 61
Ann Hilliard 110
Valerie O'Mahoney 119
Mary Friel 121
(Greta Hickey) (128)
(Patricia Griffin) (130)
411
22   Brazil
Carmem de Oliveira 52
Angélica de Almeida 100
Cássia Pegado 134
Dalvirene de Paiva 137
423
23   Wales
Susan Tooby 77
Melissa Watson 109
Ann Roblin 117
Ann-Marie Fox 122
(Lynne Maddison) (129)
(Sally James) (135)
425
24   Morocco
Hassania Darami 56
Fatima Maama 126
Rakiya Maraoui 138
Saadia Bendenoune 142
(Saida Hamama) (146)
462
25   Netherlands
Margreet Verbeek 82
Wilma Rusman 131
Marjan Freriks 140
Ilse Riedeman 141
(Krista Aukema) (145)
494
26   India
Suman Rawat 132
Surjit Kaur 144
Vijay Nilman Khalko 150
M. Permanik 156
(Nirmala Nair) (159)
(Purabi Daas) (160)
582
27   Northern Ireland
Teresa Duffy 143
Barbara Harkness 148
Paula Hawtin 152
Noelle Harron 153
(Ita Speight) (155)
596
28   Puerto Rico
Ileana Arroyo 147
Carmen Martinez 149
Carmen Vega 154
Rosita Ocasio 158
608
  • Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Participation

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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]

See also

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References

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  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
  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
  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
  4. ^ IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved October 9, 2013
  5. ^ 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