The Women's short race at the 2002 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held at the Leopardstown Racecourse near Dublin, Ireland, on March 24, 2002. 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

Women's short race (4.208 km)

Individual Rank Athlete Country Time Edith Masai 13:30 Worknesh Kidane 13:36 Isabella Ochichi 13:39 4 Benita Johnson 13:42 5 Suzy Favor Hamilton 13:47 6 Abebech Nigussie 13:53 7 Sonia O'Sullivan 13:55 8 Amane Godana 14:00 9 Rosanna Martin 14:01 10 Anne Keenan-Buckley 14:03 11 Carrie Tollefson 14:05 12 Bouchra Chaâbi 14:06 13 Nancy Wambui 14:06 14 Olga Romanova 14:06 15 Anna Thompson 14:07 16 Genet Gebregiorgis 14:08 17 Jane Kiptoo 14:11 18 Prisca Ngetich 14:13 19 Rosemary Ryan 14:14 20 Helena Sampaio 14:15 21 Hawa Hamis Hussein 14:17 22 Helen Pattinson 14:18 23 Liliya Volkova 14:19 24 Anastasiya Zubova 14:20 25 Carla Sacramento 14:20 26 Meryem Karouani 14:22 27 Hana Chaouach 14:22 28 Albina Ivanova 14:23 29 Denisa Costescu 14:25 30 Hayley McGregor 14:25 31 Olga Machado 14:26 32 Sarah Toland 14:27 33 Nasria Azaïdj 14:27 34 Merima Hashim 14:28 35 Lucy Elliott 14:28 36 Jacqueline Martín 14:28 37 Fatiha Baouf 14:29 38 Sinkinesh Gudeta 14:30 39 Adélia Elias 14:31 40 Judit Plá 14:32 41 Elena Fidatof 14:33 42 Natalie Harvey 14:34 43 Ronel Thomas 14:35 44 Anesie Kwizera 14:36 45 Hiromi Koga 14:37 46 Sandra Baumann 14:38 47 Daniela Petrescu 14:40 48 Zubeda Gussi 14:41 49 Émilie Mondor 14:42 50 Farida Gusi 14:42 51 Minori Hayakari 14:42 52 Janet Trujillo 14:42 53 Carmen Douma 14:44 54 Tatyana Borisova 14:44 55 Seloua Ouaziz 14:44 56 Clarisse Cruz 14:44 57 Rocío Martínez 14:45 58 Amaia Piedra 14:47 59 Sabrina Varrone 14:48 60 Amanda Wright-Allen 14:48 61 Leonora Joy 14:49 62 Maria McCambridge 14:49 63 Mary Jayne Harrelson 14:50 64 Valerie Vaughan 14:50 65 Ouafa Frekech 14:50 66 Sarah Hann 14:52 67 Sonia Boubaker 14:53 68 Maiko Yamaguchi 14:54 69 Sara Valderas 14:55 70 Margaret Butler 14:57 71 Christina Carruzzo 14:58 72 Luminita Gogîrlea 14:59 73 Heather Lee 15:00 74 Anna Ndege 15:00 75 Sonia Thomas 15:01 76 Habiba Ghribi 15:01 77 Cristina Casandra 15:04 78 Emma Ward 15:04 79 Dalila Tahi 15:05 80 Jane Potter 15:10 81 Tatyana Chulakh 15:10 82 Valentina Belotti 15:11 83 Soulef Bouguerra 15:12 84 Fouzia Zoutat 15:14 85 Tamara Salomon 15:15 86 Federica Dal Ri 15:18 87 Cristiana Artuso 15:20 88 Mieke Geens 15:21 89 Tracy Robertson 15:22 90 Souad Aït Salem 15:23 91 Vanessa Veiga 15:29 92 Maureen Harrington 15:30 93 Suzanne Wiertsema 15:33 94 Amel Tlili 15:36 95 Madalena Carriço 15:37 96 Fiona Crombie 15:38 97 Hakima Takeznount 15:41 98 Helen van Lysebetten 15:45 99 Mebarka Zellit 15:55 100 Yuliya Arfipova 15:56 101 Irina Matrosova 16:00 102 Amira Benamor 16:10 103 Eva Iglesias 16:21 104 Zamira Amirova 16:42 105 Priscilla Mamba 16:46 106 Yekaterina Dirova 17:21 107 Simone Zapha 18:11 — Sharon Soussi DNS — Patrizia Tisi DNS — Caroline Kwambai DNS — Christiana Augustine DNS — Hannah Lawrence DNS — Kim Smith DNS — Kadie Koroma DNS

Teams Rank Team Points Worknesh Kidane 2 Abebech Nigussie 6 Amane Godana 8 Genet Gebregiorgis 16 (Merima Hashim) (n/s) (Sinkinesh Gudeta) (n/s) 32 Edith Masai 1 Isabella Ochichi 3 Nancy Wambui 13 Jane Kiptoo 17 (Prisca Ngetich) (n/s) 34 Sonia O'Sullivan 7 Anne Keenan-Buckley 10 Rosemary Ryan 18 Maria McCambridge 50 (Valerie Vaughan) (n/s) (Maureen Harrington) (n/s) 85 4 Olga Romanova 14 Liliya Volkova 22 Anastasiya Zubova 23 Albina Ivanova 27 (Tatyana Chulakh) (n/s) 86 5 Benita Johnson 4 Anna Thompson 15 Hayley McGregor 29 Natalie Harvey 38 86 6 Suzy Favor Hamilton 5 Carrie Tollefson 11 Sarah Toland 31 Janet Trujillo 43 (Mary Jayne Harrelson) (n/s) (Sarah Hann) (n/s) 90 7 Helena Sampaio 19 Carla Sacramento 24 Olga Machado 30 Adélia Elias 35 (Clarisse Cruz) (n/s) (Madalena Carriço) (n/s) 108 8 Bouchra Chaâbi 12 Meryem Karouani 25 Seloua Ouaziz 45 Ouafa Frekech 51 133 9 Denisa Costescu 28 Elena Fidatof 37 Daniela Petrescu 39 Luminita Gogîrlea 54 (Cristina Casandra) (n/s) 158 10 Hawa Hamis Hussein 20 Zubeda Gussi 40 Farida Gusi 42 Anna Ndege 56 158 11 Helen Pattinson 21 Lucy Elliott 33 Amanda Wright-Allen 49 Sonia Thomas 57 (Emma Ward) (n/s) (Jane Potter) (n/s) 160 12 Jacqueline Martín 34 Judit Plá 36 Rocío Martínez 46 Amaia Piedra 47 (Sara Valderas) (n/s) (Vanessa Veiga) (n/s) 163 13 Rosanna Martin 9 Sabrina Varrone 48 Valentina Belotti 60 Federica Dal Ri 63 (Cristiana Artuso) (n/s) 180 14 Émilie Mondor 41 Carmen Douma 44 Margaret Butler 53 Heather Lee 55 (Tamara Salomon) (n/s) (Tracy Robertson) (n/s) 193 15 Hana Chaouach 26 Sonia Boubaker 52 Habiba Ghribi 58 Soulef Bouguerra 61 (Amel Tlili) (n/s) (Amira Benamor) (n/s) 197 16 Nasria Azaïdj 32 Dalila Tahi 59 Fouzia Zoutat 62 Souad Aït Salem 64 (Hakima Takeznount) (n/s) (Mebarka Zellit) (n/s) 217 17 Yuliya Arfipova 65 Irina Matrosova 66 Zamira Amirova 67 Yekaterina Dirova 68 266 Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result (n/s: nonscorer)

Participation According to an unofficial count, 107 athletes from 29 countries participated in the Women's short race. The announced athletes from , , and did not show.

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See also 2002 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race 2002 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Men's short race 2002 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race 2002 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race 2002 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior women's race

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