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

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.[1]

Senior women's race at the 1981 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
OrganisersIAAF
Edition9th
DateMarch 28
Host cityMadrid, Spain Spain
VenueHipódromo de la Zarzuela
Events1
Distances4.41 km – Senior women
Participation118 athletes from
22 nations

Complete results,[2] medallists, [3] and the results of British athletes[4] were published.

Race results edit

Senior women's race (4.41 km) edit

Individual edit

Rank Athlete Country Time
  Grete Waitz   Norway 14:07
  Jan Merrill   United States 14:22
  Yelena Sipatova   Soviet Union 14:22
4 Agnese Possamai   Italy 14:25
5 Tatyana Sychova   Soviet Union 14:25
6 Betty Springs   United States 14:28
7 Svetlana Ulmasova   Soviet Union 14:28
8 Debbie Scott   Canada 14:31
9 Tatyana Pozdnyakova   Soviet Union 14:34
10 Asunción Sinobas   Spain 14:38
11 Dorthe Rasmussen   Denmark 14:39
12 Dianne Zorn   New Zealand 14:39
13 Julie Shea   United States 14:41
14 Christine Benning   England 14:41
15 Mary Shea   United States 14:42
16 Ingrid Kristiansen   Norway 14:47
17 Lynn Kanuka   Canada 14:47
18 Rosa Mota   Portugal 14:49
19 Cornelia Bürki    Switzerland 14:50
20 Carla Beurskens   Netherlands 14:51
21 Irina Bondarchuk   Soviet Union 14:55
22 Jane Furniss   England 14:56
23 Cristina Tomasini   Italy 14:57
24 Joëlle De Brouwer   France 14:59
25 Mary O'Connor   New Zealand 15:00
26 Lorraine Moller   New Zealand 15:00
27 Anne Audain   New Zealand 15:02
28 Paula Fudge   England 15:02
29 Silvana Cruciata   Italy 15:02
30 Brenda Webb   United States 15:02
31 Sheila Currie   Canada 15:02
32 Giana Romanova   Soviet Union 15:02
33 Alba Milana   Italy 15:02
34 Deirdre Nagle   Ireland 15:02
35 Gail Rear   New Zealand 15:02
36 Francie Larrieu   United States 15:02
37 Annick Lebreton   France 15:08
38 Fionnuala Morrish   Ireland 15:08
39 Patricia Appleby   Ireland 15:08
40 Veronica Poryckyj   Canada 15:08
41 Francine Peeters   Belgium 15:09
42 Sandra Arthurton   England 15:09
43 Amelia Lorza Lopez   Spain 15:09
44 Helena Heikkinen   Finland 15:13
45 Carole Bradford   Wales 15:13
46 Nadia Dandolo   Italy 15:13
47 Gunvor Hilde   Norway 15:13
48 Martine Bouchonneau   France 15:13
49 Marina Loddo   Italy 15:13
50 Kath Binns   England 15:13
51 Anne Lord   Australia 15:13
52 Marie-Christine Deurbroeck   Belgium 15:13
53 Annie van Stiphout   Netherlands 15:19
54 Monique Seys   Belgium 15:19
55 Mercedes Calleja   Spain 15:19
56 Carol Meagan   Ireland 15:24
57 Elise Wattendorf    Switzerland 15:25
58 Tuija Toivonen   Finland 15:25
59 Mona Kleppe   Norway 15:25
60 Hilary Hollick   Wales 15:25
61 Alison Wiley   Canada 15:32
62 Desiree Leatherby   Australia 15:32
63 Barbara Moore   New Zealand 15:32
64 Alice Silva   Portugal 15:32
65 Wendy Smith   England 15:35
66 Mehan Sloane   Australia 15:35
67 Saskia Brouwer   Netherlands 15:35
68 Christine Price   Scotland 15:35
69 Randi Bjørn   Norway 15:35
70 Denise Verhaert   Belgium 15:40
71 Pilar Fernandez   Spain 15:40
72 Marleen Meuris   Belgium 15:40
73 Aurora Cunha   Portugal 15:40
74 Patricia Marchand   France 15:40
75 Lynne MacDougall   Scotland 15:40
76 Mercedes Buceta   Spain 15:40
77 Tuula Konttinen   Finland 15:40
78 Joke Bruggen   Netherlands 15:40
79 Yvonne Murray   Scotland 15:40
80 Isabelle Matthys   France 15:40
81 Marga Wiegman   Netherlands 15:50
82 Silvia Ruegger   Canada 15:50
83 Zehava Shmueli   Israel 15:50
84 Vreni Forster    Switzerland 15:50
85 Päivi Pihlajamäki   Finland 15:50
86 Rosemary Longstaff   Australia 15:50
87 Bronwen Cardy   Wales 15:50
88 Charlotte Kaagh   Denmark 15:50
89 Gaylene Clews   Australia 15:50
90 Siobhan Treacy   Ireland 15:50
91 Mie Poulsen Jensen   Denmark 15:59
92 Tina Krebs   Denmark 15:59
93 Rhonda Mallinder   Australia 15:59
94 Susana Irazusta   Spain 15:59
95 Alison Wright   Scotland 16:01
96 Maria Steels   Belgium 16:06
97 Wilma Rusman   Netherlands 16:06
98 Regina Gonçalves   Portugal 16:06
99 Albertina Machado   Portugal 16:06
100 Patricia Deneuville   France 16:07
101 Jean Lochhead   Wales 16:13
102 Ulla Nielsen   Denmark 16:17
103 Barbara Harvie   Scotland 16:17
104 Daniela Gassmann    Switzerland 16:22
105 Carey May   Ireland 16:28
106 Yana Jones   Wales 16:30
107 Mette Holm Hansen   Denmark 16:32
108 Kathy Williams   Wales 16:35
109 Hilde Stavik   Norway 16:40
110 Linsey Macdonald   Scotland 16:55
111 Francisca Xavier   Angola 17:33
112 Rosa Neves   Angola 17:56
113 Sara Tavares   Angola 18:12
114 Maria Silva   Angola 18:22
115 Gertimulda Sepulveda   Angola 18:40
116 Isabel Andre   Angola 18:46
Rita Borralho   Portugal DNF
Maricica Puică   Romania DNF

Teams edit

Rank Team Points
    Soviet Union
Yelena Sipatova 3
Tatyana Sychova 5
Svetlana Ulmasova 7
Tatyana Pozdnyakova 9
(Irina Bondarchuk) (21)
(Giana Romanova) (32)
24
    United States
Jan Merrill 2
Betty Springs 6
Julie Shea 13
Mary Shea 15
(Brenda Webb) (30)
(Francie Larrieu) (36)
36
    Italy
Agnese Possamai 4
Cristina Tomasini 23
Silvana Cruciata 29
Alba Milana 33
(Nadia Dandolo) (46)
(Marina Loddo) (49)
89
4   New Zealand
Dianne Zorn 12
Mary O'Connor 25
Lorraine Moller 26
Anne Audain 27
(Gail Rear) (35)
(Barbara Moore) (63)
90
5   Canada
Debbie Scott 8
Lynn Kanuka 17
Sheila Currie 31
Veronica Poryckyj 40
(Alison Wiley) (61)
(Silvia Ruegger) (82)
96
6   England
Christine Benning 14
Jane Furniss 22
Paula Fudge 28
Sandra Arthurton 42
(Kath Binns) (50)
(Wendy Smith) (65)
106
7   Norway
Grete Waitz 1
Ingrid Kristiansen 16
Gunvor Hilde 47
Mona Kleppe 59
(Randi Bjørn) (69)
(Hilde Stavik) (109)
123
8   Ireland
Deirdre Nagle 34
Fionnuala Morrish 38
Patricia Appleby 39
Carol Meagan 56
(Siobhan Treacy) (90)
(Carey May) (105)
167
9   Spain
Asunción Sinobas 10
Amelia Lorza Lopez 43
Mercedes Calleja 55
Pilar Fernandez 71
(Mercedes Buceta) (76)
(Susana Irazusta) (94)
179
10   France
Joëlle Debrouwer 24
Annick Lebreton 37
Martine Bouchonneau 48
Patricia Marchand 74
(Isabelle Matthys) (80)
(Patricia Deneuville) (100)
183
11   Belgium
Francine Peeters 41
Marie-Christine Deurbroeck 52
Monique Seys 54
Denise Verhaert 70
(Marleen Meuris) (72)
(Maria Steels) (96)
217
12   Netherlands
Carla Beurskens 20
Annie van Stiphout 53
Saskia Brouwer 67
Joke Bruggen 78
(Marga Wiegman) (81)
(Wilma Rusman) (97)
218
13   Portugal
Rosa Mota 18
Alice Silva 64
Aurora Cunha 73
Regina Gonçalves 98
(Albertina Machado) (99)
(Rita Borralho) (DNF)
253
14   Finland
Helena Heikkinen 44
Tuija Toivonen 58
Tuula Konttinen 77
Päivi Pihlajamäki 85
264
15    Switzerland
Cornelia Bürki 19
Elise Wattendorf 57
Vreni Forster 84
Daniela Gassmann 104
264
16   Australia
Anne Lord 51
Desiree Leatherby 62
Mehan Sloane 66
Rosemary Longstaff 86
(Gaylene Clews) (89)
(Rhonda Mallinder) (93)
265
17   Denmark
Dorthe Rasmussen 11
Charlotte Kaagh 88
Mie Poulsen Jensen 91
Tina Krebs 92
(Ulla Nielsen) (102)
(Mette Holm Hansen) (107)
282
18   Wales
Carole Bradford 45
Hilary Hollick 60
Bronwen Cardy 87
Jean Lochhead 101
(Yana Jones) (106)
(Kathy Williams) (108)
293
19   Scotland
Christine Price 68
Lynne MacDougall 75
Yvonne Murray 79
Alison Wright 95
(Barbara Harvie) (103)
(Linsey Macdonald) (110)
317
20   Angola
Francisca Xavier 111
Rosa Neves 112
Sara Tavares 113
Maria Silva 114
(Gertimulda Sepulveda) (115)
(Isabel Andre) (116)
450
  • Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Participation edit

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.[4]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Gillon, Doug (March 19, 1973), "Muir dream is shattered in Madrid – Nat Muir, who went to Madrid with dreams of becoming world cross-county champion, spent yesterday with his coach trying to work out why it became a nichtmare...", Glasgow Herald, p. 20, retrieved October 18, 2013
  2. ^ Magnusson, Tomas (February 8, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships – 4.4km CC Women – Madrid Hippodromo de la Zarzuela Date: Saturday, March 28, 1981, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on October 16, 2007, retrieved October 18, 2013
  3. ^ "IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS", Athletics Weekly, retrieved October 9, 2013
  4. ^ 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