2009 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race

Senior women's race at the 2009 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
Senior women's race at the 2009 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
Organisers	IAAF
Edition	37th
Date	March 28
Host city	Amman, Jordan
Venue	Al Bisharat Golf Course
Events	1
Distances	8 km – Senior women
Participation	96 athletes from ; 34 nations
	← 2008 Edinburgh 2010 Bydgoszcz →

The Senior Women Race at the 2009 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held at the Al Bisharat Golf Course in Amman, Jordan, on March 28, 2009.^[1] Reports of the event were given in The New York Times^[2]^[3] and for the IAAF.^[4]

Complete results for individuals,^[5]^[6]^[7] and for teams^[8]^[9]^[10] were published.

Race results

Senior women's race (8 km)

Individual

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	Florence Jebet Kiplagat	Kenya	26:13
	Linet Chepkwemoi Masai	Kenya	26:16
	Meselech Melkamu	Ethiopia	26:19
4	Lineth Chepkurui	Kenya	26:23
5	Wude Ayalew	Ethiopia	26:23
6	Hilda Kibet	Netherlands	26:43
7	Ann Karindi Mwangi	Kenya	26:49
8	Gelete Burka	Ethiopia	26:58
9	Maryam Yusuf Jamal	Bahrain	27:00
10	Iness Chepkesis Chenonge	Kenya	27:00
11	Pauline Chemning Korikwiang	Kenya	27:03
12	Mamitu Deska	Ethiopia	27:04
13	Kim Smith	New Zealand	27:05
14	Sentayehu Ejigu	Ethiopia	27:40
15	Ana Dulce Félix	Portugal	27:42
16	Sara Moreira	Portugal	27:54
17	Lisa Jane Weightman	Australia	27:59
18	Yuko Shimizu	Japan	28:02
19	Ana Dias	Portugal	28:05
20	Judith Plá	Spain	28:08
21	Julie Culley	United States	28:08
22	Anália Rosa	Portugal	28:10
23	Siham Hilali	Morocco	28:14
24	Alessandra Aguilar	Spain	28:18
25	Sarah Ramadhan	Tanzania	28:18
26	Lara Tamsett	Australia	28:19
27	Bouchra Chaâbi	Morocco	28:19
28	Mimi Belete	Bahrain	28:21
29	Lebogang Phalula	South Africa	28:23
30	Koren Jelela	Ethiopia	28:29
31	Diana Martín	Spain	28:31
32	Kenza Dahmani	Algeria	28:33
33	Delilah DiCrescenzo	United States	28:34
34	Salima El Ouali Alami	Morocco	28:35
35	Élodie Olivarès	France	28:37
36	Rebecca Donaghue	United States	28:37
37	Catherine Cormier	Canada	28:41
38	Stephanie Twell	United Kingdom	28:46
39	Dina Lebo Phalula	South Africa	28:46
40	Kathy Newberry	United States	28:50
41	Habiba Ghribi	Tunisia	28:50
42	Jacqueline Martín	Spain	28:51
43	Yeisy Álvarez	Venezuela	28:51
44	Zhu Yingying	China	28:53
45	Kazuka Wakatsuki	Japan	28:54
46	Maria Laghrissi	Morocco	28:55
47	Federica Dal Ri	Italy	28:55
48	Korei Omata	Japan	28:56
49	Hatti Dean	United Kingdom	29:00
50	Agnes Chikwakwa	Malawi	29:03
51	Jane Potter	United Kingdom	29:04
52	Melinda Vernon	Australia	29:04
53	Claudette Mukasakindi	Rwanda	29:05
54	Chisa Nishio	Japan	29:05
55	Sarah Tunstall	United Kingdom	29:07
56	Johanna Hermiena Van Schalkwyk	South Africa	29:07
57	Victoria Poludina	Kyrgyzstan	29:16
58	Hannah Whitmore	United Kingdom	29:19
59	Erin Densham	Australia	29:23
60	Dong Xiaoqin	China	29:23
61	Konstadína Kefalá	Greece	29:29
62	Elsa Medhane	Eritrea	29:30
63	Letekidan Gebreyohannes	Eritrea	29:33
64	Elisabete Lopes	Portugal	29:36
65	Linda Byrne	Ireland	29:36
66	Sueli Silva	Brazil	29:38
67	Chantell Widney	Canada	29:45
68	Yuki Numata	Japan	29:48
69	Samia Akbar	United States	29:51
70	Eden Tesfalem	Eritrea	29:55
71	Ezgamen Kahsay	Eritrea	30:04
72	Tomoka Inadomi	Japan	30:07
73	Rosângela Faria	Brazil	30:18
74	Tebogo Masehla	South Africa	30:24
75	Lindsey Scherf	United States	30:27
76	Chantelle Wilder	Canada	30:42
77	Jackline Sakilu	Tanzania	30:44
78	Myrette Filmalter	South Africa	30:57
79	Yirgalem Gebrekidan Beraki	Eritrea	31:10
80	Tara Palm	Australia	31:23
81	Marilyn Arsenault	Canada	31:37
82	Adriana Aparecida da Silva	Brazil	31:40
83	Mariola Konowalska	Poland	32:00
84	Asha Abdalla Khatib	Tanzania	33:17
85	Giuli Dekanadze	Georgia	33:18
86	Rehab Mohammad Ahmad	Egypt	36:14
87	Nadima Mirzoeva	Tajikistan	38:00
88	Nagah Zenatni	Libya	38:50
—	Sonia Thomas	United Kingdom	DNF
—	Cristina Jordán	Spain	DNF
—	Annemari Sandell-Hyvärinen	Finland	DNF
—	Safa Aissaoui	Tunisia	DNF
—	Laila Hmatou	Morocco	DNF
—	Hanane Ouhaddou	Morocco	DNF
—	Inês Monteiro	Portugal	DNF
—	Rachelle Malette	Canada	DNF
—	Zakia Mrisho Mohamed	Tanzania	DNS

Teams

Rank

Team

Points

Kenya

Florence Jebet Kiplagat	1
Linet Chepkwemoi Masai	2
Lineth Chepkurui	4
Ann Karindi Mwangi	7
(Iness Chepkesis Chenonge)	(10)
(Pauline Chemning Korikwiang)	(11)

14

Ethiopia

Meselech Melkamu	3
Wude Ayalew	5
Gelete Burka	8
Mamitu Deska	12
(Sentayehu Ejigu)	(14)
(Koren Jelela)	(30)

28

Portugal

Ana Dulce Félix	15
Sara Moreira	16
Ana Dias	19
Anália Rosa	22
(Elisabete Lopes)	(64)
(Inês Monteiro)	(DNF)

72

4

Spain

Judith Plá	20
Alessandra Aguilar	24
Diana Martín	31
Jacqueline Martín	42
(Cristina Jordán)	(DNF)

117

5

United States

Julie Culley	21
Delilah DiCrescenzo	33
Rebecca Donaghue	36
Kathy Newberry	40
(Samia Akbar)	(69)
(Lindsey Scherf)	(75)

130

6

Morocco

Siham Hilali	23
Bouchra Chaâbi	27
Salima El Ouali Alami	34
Maria Laghrissi	46
(Hanane Ouhaddou)	(DNF)
(Laila Hmatou)	(DNF)

130

7

Australia

Lisa Jane Weightman	17
Lara Tamsett	26
Melinda Vernon	52
Erin Densham	59
(Tara Palm)	(80)

154

8

Japan

Yuko Shimizu	18
Kazuka Wakatsuki	45
Korei Omata	48
Chisa Nishio	54
(Yuki Numata)	(68)
(Tomoka Inadomi)	(72)

165

9

United Kingdom

Stephanie Twell	38
Hatti Dean	49
Jane Potter	51
Sarah Tunstall	55
(Hannah Whitmore)	(58)
(Sonia Thomas)	(DNF)

193

10

South Africa

Lebogang Phalula	29
Dina Lebo Phalula	39
Johanna Hermiena Van Schalkwyk	56
Tebogo Masehla	74
(Myrette Filmalter)	(78)

198

11

Canada

Catherine Cormier	37
Chantell Widney	67
Chantelle Wilder	76
Marilyn Arsenault	81
(Rachelle Malette)	(DNF)

261

12

Eritrea

Elsa Medhane	62
Letekidan Gebreyohannes	63
Eden Tesfalem	70
Ezgamen Kahsay	71
(Yirgalem Gebrekidan Beraki)	(79)

266

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

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 96 athletes from 34 countries participated in the Senior women's race, two athletes less than the official number published.^[1]