The Senior women's race at the 2005 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held at the Hippodrome Joseph Desjoyaux in Saint-Galmier near Saint-Étienne, France, on March 19, 2005. 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 (8.108 km)

Individual Rank Athlete Country Time Tirunesh Dibaba 26:34 Alice Timbilil 26:37 Worknesh Kidane 26:37 4 Meselech Melkamu 26:39 5 Isabella Ochichi 26:43 6 Catherine Kirui 26:49 7 Benita Johnson 26:55 8 Gete Wami 27:20 9 Rose Jepchumba 27:25 10 Bezunesh Bekele 27:27 11 Irene Kipchumba 27:29 12 Kim Smith 27:37 13 Colleen de Reuck 27:51 14 Merima Hashim 28:02 15 Anália Rosa 28:05 16 Anna Thompson 28:12 17 Viktoriya Klimina 28:18 18 Irene Limika 28:25 19 Zhang Chong 28:32 20 Zakia Mohamed 28:37 21 Ana Dias 28:39 22 Suzanne Ritter 28:43 23 Fatiha Klilech-Fauvel 28:43 24 Mónica Rosa 28:45 25 Kazue Ogoshi 28:47 26 Inês Monteiro 28:54 27 Mara Yamauchi 28:55 28 Kayo Sugihara 28:55 29 Katie McGregor 28:57 30 Noriko Takayama 28:57 31 Maria Martins 29:00 32 Natalie Harvey 29:01 33 Hayley Yelling 29:05 34 Margaret Maury 29:05 35 Teresa Recio 29:08 36 Zaituni Jumanne 29:08 37 Liz Yelling 29:14 38 Kathy Newberry 29:14 39 Yoshiko Ichikawa 29:19 40 Vincenza Sicari 29:22 41 Fatima Yvelain 29:23 42 Renee Metivier 29:24 43 Angela Rinicella 29:25 44 Tara Quinn 29:26 45 Rosa Morató 29:31 46 Laura Turner 29:37 47 Alessandra Aguilar 29:39 48 Miwako Yamanaka 29:40 49 Rkia Chébili 29:42 50 Samukeliso Moyo 29:46 51 Olga Minina 29:47 52 Hayley McGregor 29:48 53 Federica Dal Ri 29:51 54 Judit Plá 29:57 55 Poppy Mlambo 30:02 56 Latifa Essarokh 30:05 57 Silvia La Barbera 30:07 58 Nathalie De Vos 30:08 59 Tiffany Levette 30:18 60 Flavia Gaviglio 30:21 61 Adélia Elias 30:22 62 Lucélia Peres 30:28 63 Maria Protopappa 30:30 64 Chelsea Smith 30:32 65 Dolores Pulido 30:35 66 Michela Zanatta 30:38 67 Eloise Wellings 30:47 68 Xi Qiuhong 30:54 69 Eliza Cuellar 30:56 70 Marina Gurbina 30:59 71 Elizabeth Wightman 31:08 72 Chichi Jermayano Guly 31:08 73 Maria Moraes 31:15 74 Fernanda Miranda 31:17 75 Julia Viellehner 31:20 76 Ruhama Shauri 31:27 77 Sharon Tavengwa 31:37 78 Rosalind Mullins 31:44 79 Lida Hernández 31:44 80 Hilaria Johannes 32:04 81 Shari Boyle 32:10 82 Eden Tesfalem 32:18 83 Elena Guerra 32:36 84 Elizabete Cruz 32:50 85 Magda de Lazari 34:51 86 Ziyodahon Abdullaeva 36:47 — Kathy Butler DNF — Elisabeth Mongudhi DNF — Jacqueline Martín DNF — Susana Rebolledo DNF — Kenza Wahbi DNF — Maryam Yusuf Jamal DNS — Lourdes Cruz DNS — Charlotte Dale DNS

Teams Rank Team Points Tirunesh Dibaba 1 Worknesh Kidane 3 Meselech Melkamu 4 Gete Wami 8 (Bezunesh Bekele) (10) (Merima Hashim) (14) 16 Alice Timbilil 2 Isabella Ochichi 5 Catherine Kirui 6 Rose Jepchumba 9 (Irene Kipchumba) (11) (Irene Limika) (18) 22 Anália Rosa 15 Ana Dias 21 Mónica Rosa 24 Inês Monteiro 26 (Adélia Elias) (61) (Fernanda Miranda) (74) 86 4 Kazue Ogoshi 25 Kayo Sugihara 28 Noriko Takayama 30 Yoshiko Ichikawa 39 (Miwako Yamanaka) (48) 122 5 Colleen de Reuck 13 Katie McGregor 29 Kathy Newberry 38 Renee Metivier 42 (Laura Turner) (46) 122 6 Mara Yamauchi 27 Natalie Harvey 32 Hayley Yelling 33 Liz Yelling 37 (Kathy Butler) (DNF) 129 7 Fatiha Klilech-Fauvel 23 Maria Martins 31 Margaret Maury 34 Fatima Yvelain 41 (Rkia Chébili) (49) (Latifa Essarokh) (56) 129 8 Benita Johnson 7 Anna Thompson 16 Hayley McGregor 52 Tiffany Levette 59 (Eloise Wellings) (67) 134 9 Teresa Recio 35 Rosa Morató 45 Alessandra Aguilar 47 Judit Plá 54 (Dolores Pulido) (65) (Jacqueline Martín) (DNF) 181 10 Vincenza Sicari 40 Angela Rinicella 43 Federica Dal Ri 53 Silvia La Barbera 57 (Flavia Gaviglio) (60) (Michela Zanatta) (66) 193 11 Tara Quinn 44 Elizabeth Wightman 71 Rosalind Mullins 78 Shari Boyle 81 274 12 Lucélia Peres 62 Maria Moraes 73 Elizabete Cruz 84 Magda de Lazari 85 304 Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result.

Participation According to an unofficial count, 91 athletes from 31 countries participated in the Senior women's race. The announced athletes from and did not show.

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See also 2005 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race 2005 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Men's short race 2005 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race 2005 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Women's short race 2005 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior women's race

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