The Women's short race at the 1998 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Marrakesh, Morocco, at the Menara district on March 22, 1998. Reports on the event were given in The New York Times, in the Herald, and for the IAAF.
Complete results for individuals, for teams, medallists, and the results of British athletes were published.
Race results
Women's short race (4 km)
Individual Rank Athlete Country Time Sonia O'Sullivan 12:20 Zahra Ouaziz 12:34 Kutre Dulecha 12:37 4 Anita Weyermann 12:45 5 Restituta Joseph 12:46 6 Beatrice Omwanza 12:47 7 Rodica Nagel 12:48 8 Elva Dryer 12:51 9 Amy Rudolph 12:51 10 Samukeliso Moyo 12:51 11 Genet Gebregiorgis 12:52 12 Grethe Koens 12:56 13 Zhor El Kamch 12:59 14 Nyla Carroll 13:00 15 Hannah Njeri 13:01 16 Constantina Diţă 13:03 17 Alemitu Bekele 13:05 18 Saliha Khaldoun 13:06 19 Carla Sacramento 13:06 20 Hussein Hawa 13:07 21 Marta Domínguez 13:08 22 Amaia Piedra 13:09 23 Stela Olteanu 13:10 24 Seloua Ouaziz 13:10 25 Molly Watcke 13:11 26 Kathy Franey 13:13 27 Yihunelesh Bekele 13:14 28 Margareta Keszeg 13:15 29 Samra Raif 13:17 30 Natalia Azpiazu 13:18 31 Olena Gorodnychova 13:18 32 Etaferahu Yimer 13:19 33 Karen Candaele 13:20 34 Heather DeGeest 13:20 35 Stéphanie Berthevas 13:22 36 Janeth Caizalitín 13:22 37 Cristina Iloc 13:23 38 Jebet Langat 13:26 39 Gladys Agui 13:26 40 Cristina Petite 13:27 41 Sabrina Varrone 13:28 42 Jacqueline Martín 13:29 43 Tambra Dunn 13:30 44 Flavia Gaviglio 13:30 45 Nataliya Romanchuk 13:34 46 Helen Pattinson 13:35 47 Elisa Rea 13:35 48 Olimpia Pop 13:35 49 Margaret Mahohoma 13:38 50 Elsabet Truneh 13:39 51 Elizabeth Chemweno 13:39 52 Célia dos Santos 13:41 53 Estíbaliz Urrutia 13:42 54 Dalila Tahi 13:43 55 Sarah Dupré 13:44 56 Rose Kosgei 13:45 57 Sonia Barry 13:45 58 Singasi Dube 13:46 59 Nouria Mérah-Benida 13:46 60 Lucilla Andreucci 13:47 61 Nicola Slater 13:47 62 María Paredes 13:49 63 Tatyana Kryvobok 13:49 64 Amanda Crowe 13:52 65 Ilaria Di Santo 13:53 66 Fran ten Bensel 13:53 67 Tatyana Glazyr 13:53 68 Serenella Sbrissa 13:53 69 Sarah Bentley 13:54 70 Wilma Guerra 13:54 71 Marina Nascimento 13:55 72 Kheira Arfa 13:56 73 Hasna Benhassi 13:57 74 Selma dos Reis 13:59 75 Meegan Larsen 14:06 76 Amanda Parkinson 14:10 77 Denisa Costescu 14:11 78 Fatiha Hanika 14:15 79 Ana de Souza 14:17 80 Saliha Kacemi 14:39 81 Yolanda Quinbita 14:57 82 Hamida Mazouzi 15:11 83 Shylet Siziba 15:29 84 Marie Sylvie Duval 16:20 85 Hoda El-Awadi 16:21 86 Rosemary Omundsen 16:57
Teams Rank Team Points Zahra Ouaziz 2 Zhor El Kamch 13 Saliha Khaldoun 18 Seloua Ouaziz 24 (Samra Raif) (29) (Hasna Benhassi) (73) 57 Kutre Dulecha 3 Genet Gebregiorgis 11 Alemitu Bekele 17 Yihunelesh Bekele 27 (Etaferahu Yimer) (32) (Elsabet Truneh) (50) 58 Elva Dryer 8 Amy Rudolph 9 Molly Watcke 25 Kathy Franey 26 (Karen Candaele) (33) (Fran ten Bensel) (66) 68 4 Beatrice Omwanza 6 Hannah Njeri 15 Jebet Langat 38 Gladys Agui 39 (Elizabeth Chemweno) (51) (Rose Kosgei) (56) 98 5 Constantina Diţă 16 Stela Olteanu 23 Margareta Keszeg 28 Cristina Iloc 37 (Olimpia Pop) (48) (Denisa Costescu) (77) 104 6 Marta Domínguez 21 Amaia Piedra 22 Natalia Azpiazu 30 Cristina Petite 40 (Jacqueline Martín) (42) (Estíbaliz Urrutia) (53) 113 7 Sabrina Varrone 41 Flavia Gaviglio 44 Elisa Rea 47 Lucilla Andreucci 60 (Ilaria Di Santo) (65) (Serenella Sbrissa) (68) 192 8 Samukeliso Moyo 10 Margaret Mahohoma 49 Singasi Dube 58 Shylet Siziba 83 200 9 Olena Gorodnychova 31 Nataliya Romanchuk 45 Tatyana Kryvobok 63 Tatyana Glazyr 67 206 10 Heather DeGeest 34 Tambra Dunn 43 Sarah Dupré 55 Meegan Larsen 75 207 11 Helen Pattinson 46 Nicola Slater 61 Amanda Crowe 64 Sarah Bentley 69 (Amanda Parkinson) (76) 240 12 Janeth Caizalitín 36 María Paredes 62 Wilma Guerra 70 Yolanda Quinbita 81 249 13 Dalila Tahi 54 Nouria Mérah-Benida 59 Kheira Arfa 72 Fatiha Hanika 78 (Saliha Kacemi) (80) (Hamida Mazouzi) (82) 263 14 Célia dos Santos 52 Marina Nascimento 71 Selma dos Reis 74 Ana de Souza 79 276 Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result
Participation An unofficial count yields the participation of 86 athletes from 24 countries in the Women's short race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.
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See also 1998 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race 1998 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Men's short race 1998 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race 1998 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race 1998 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior women's race
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