The Senior women's race at the 2001 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held at the Hippodrome Wellington in Ostend (Oostende), Belgium, on March 24, 2001. Reports of 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 who took part were published.

Race results

Senior women's race (7.7 km)

Individual Rank Athlete Country Time Paula Radcliffe 27:49 Gete Wami 27:52 Lydia Cheromei 28:07 4 Susan Chepkemei 28:13 5 Pamela Chepchumba 28:20 6 Leah Malot 28:36 7 Yamna Belkacem 28:40 8 Merima Denboba 28:52 9 Olivera Jevtić 29:03 10 Anja Smolders 29:17 11 Rakiya Maraoui 29:24 12 Deena Drossin 29:28 13 Restituta Joseph 29:35 14 Hellen Kimaiyo 29:39 15 Anália Rosa 29:41 16 Analídia Torre 29:42 17 Liz Yelling 29:44 18 Sally Barsosio 29:50 19 Chiemi Takahashi 29:51 20 Rosita Rota Gelpi 29:53 21 Flavia Gaviglio 29:56 22 Teresa Recio 29:58 23 Eyerusalem Kuma 29:58 24 Rodica Moroianu 30:00 25 Yoshiko Fujinaga 30:01 26 Rosanna Martin 30:02 27 Jen Rhines 30:03 28 Marta Fernández 30:06 29 Elizabeth Miller 30:09 30 Mónica Rosa 30:13 31 Beatriz Santíago 30:16 32 Hayley Yelling 30:18 33 Tara Krzywicki 30:25 34 Ana Dias 30:25 35 Zahia Dahmani 30:28 36 Tausi Juma 30:29 37 Leila Aman 30:32 38 María Abel 30:33 39 Samukeliso Moyo 30:35 40 Natalie Harvey 30:38 41 Merima Hashim 30:41 42 Clare Taylor 30:45 43 Fatima Yvelain 30:48 44 Helena Sampaio 30:50 45 Cathérine Lallemand 30:56 46 Atalelech Ketema 30:58 47 Sandra Baumann 30:59 48 Alessandra Aguilar 30:59 49 Kristin Chisum 31:01 50 Agata Balsamo 31:03 51 Angela Newport 31:04 52 Miyuki Nishimura 31:05 53 Annette Peters 31:19 54 Nebiat Habtemariam 31:19 55 Hawa Hamis Hussein 31:22 56 Lisa Harvey 31:26 57 Sarah Dupré 31:29 58 Sherri Smith 31:36 59 Banuelia Mrashani 31:39 60 Dolores Pulido 31:45 61 María Paredes 31:50 62 Courtney Babcock 31:51 63 Lucilla Andreucci 31:54 64 Stephanie de Croock 31:57 65 Adriana de Souza 31:58 66 Elizabeth de Souza 31:58 67 Patrizia Tisi 32:05 68 Margareth Iro 32:20 69 Andrea Bertoia 32:23 70 Marina Bastos 32:26 71 Laura Baker 32:27 72 Isabelle Sluysmans 32:29 73 Chantal Dällenbach 32:33 74 Ellen Leggate 32:41 75 Anniek Beckers 32:43 76 Deborah Buhlers 32:46 77 Maribel Burgos 32:54 78 Monica Samila 32:54 79 Patricia van Damme 33:03 80 Marlene Acuña 33:13 81 Chanda Mwansa 33:17 82 Yukari Kawai 33:24 83 Luz Cruz 33:47 84 Lourdes Cruz 33:53 85 Silvia Paredes 33:56 86 Mable Chiwama 34:04 87 Bulelwa Ntshangi 34:07 88 Narcisa Calderón 34:13 89 Addeh Mwamba 34:33 90 Maria Moraes 34:46 91 Vijaya Sonwane 34:49 92 Natalya Kravets 34:54 93 Aruna Devi Waishram 35:10 94 Elizabete Cruz 35:19 95 Mariya Butakova 35:25 96 Bhagwati 35:41 97 Wilma Guerra 35:44 98 Yuliya Bubenka 35:50 99 Irina Ryzhkova 36:27 100 Hilda Sinkala 37:12 101 Sharda Gawande 37:35 102 Irina Matrosova 37:46 103 Yekaterina Dirova 39:16 104 Alfiya Mustayeva 39:35 105 Anna Baydzhanova 39:58 106 Raziya Nurmatova 41:51 107 Shemsat Saparova 58:13 — Tania Poma Gonzales DNS — Sindi Hlawe DNS — Sonja Stolić DNS

Teams Rank Team Points Lydia Cheromei 3 Susan Chepkemei 4 Pamela Chepchumba 5 Leah Malot 6 (Hellen Kimaiyo) (14) (Sally Barsosio) (18) 18 Gete Wami 2 Merima Denboba 8 Eyerusalem Kuma 23 Leila Aman 37 (Merima Hashim) (41) (Atalelech Ketema) (46) 70 Yamna Belkacem 7 Rakiya Maraoui 11 Rodica Moroianu 24 Zahia Dahmani 35 (Fatima Yvelain) (43) (Chantal Dällenbach) (73) 77 4 Paula Radcliffe 1 Liz Yelling 17 Hayley Yelling 32 Tara Krzywicki 33 (Angela Newport) (51) (Ellen Leggate) (74) 83 5 Anália Rosa 15 Analídia Torre 16 Mónica Rosa 30 Ana Dias 34 (Helena Sampaio) (44) (Marina Bastos) (70) 95 6 Rosita Rota Gelpi 20 Flavia Gaviglio 21 Rosanna Martin 26 Agata Balsamo 50 (Lucilla Andreucci) (63) (Patrizia Tisi) (67) 117 7 Teresa Recio 22 Marta Fernández 28 Beatriz Santíago 31 María Abel 38 (Alessandra Aguilar) (48) (Dolores Pulido) (60) 119 8 Deena Drossin 12 Jen Rhines 27 Clare Taylor 42 Kristin Chisum 49 (Annette Peters) (53) (Laura Baker) (71) 130 9 Restituta Joseph 13 Tausi Juma 36 Hawa Hamis Hussein 55 Banuelia Mrashani 59 (Margareth Iro) (68) (Monica Samila) (78) 163 10 Chiemi Takahashi 19 Yoshiko Fujinaga 25 Miyuki Nishimura 52 Yukari Kawai 82 178 11 Anja Smolders 10 Cathérine Lallemand 45 Stephanie de Croock 64 Isabelle Sluysmans 72 (Anniek Beckers) (75) (Patricia van Damme) (79) 191 12 Lisa Harvey 56 Sarah Dupré 57 Sherri Smith 58 Courtney Babcock 62 (Andrea Bertoia) (69) (Deborah Buhlers) (76) 233 13 María Paredes 61 Marlene Acuña 80 Silvia Paredes 85 Narcisa Calderón 88 (Wilma Guerra) (97) 314 14 Adriana de Souza 65 Elizabeth de Souza 66 Maria Moraes 90 Elizabete Cruz 94 315 15 Chanda Mwansa 81 Mable Chiwama 86 Addeh Mwamba 89 Hilda Sinkala 100 356 16 Vijaya Sonwane 91 Aruna Devi Waishram 93 Bhagwati 96 Sharda Gawande 101 381 17 Natalya Kravets 92 Mariya Butakova 95 Yuliya Bubenka 98 Irina Ryzhkova 99 384 18 Irina Matrosova 102 Yekaterina Dirova 103 Alfiya Mustayeva 104 Raziya Nurmatova 106 415 Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Participation An unofficial count yields the participation of 107 athletes from 26 countries in the Senior women's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published. The announced athletes from and did not show.

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See also 2001 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race 2001 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Men's short race 2001 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race 2001 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Women's short race 2001 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior women's race

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