The Women's short 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 20, 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

Women's short race (4.196 km)

Individual Rank Athlete Country Time Tirunesh Dibaba 13:15 Worknesh Kidane 13:16 Isabella Ochichi 13:21 4 Prisca Ngetich 13:25 5 Lucy Wangui 13:25 6 Meselech Melkamu 13:28 7 Beatrice Chepchumba 13:31 8 Nancy Jebet Lagat 13:31 9 Deriba Alemu 13:41 10 Alevtina Ivanova 13:42 11 Lauren Fleshman 13:44 12 Bezunesh Bekele 13:44 13 Sarah Jamieson 13:44 14 Ejagayehu Dibaba 13:51 15 Blake Russell 13:57 16 Bouchra Chaâbi 13:57 17 Jolene Byrne 14:02 18 Dorcus Inzikuru 14:03 19 Anna Thompson 14:04 20 Shalane Flanagan 14:05 21 Shayne Culpepper 14:06 22 Mariem Alaoui Selsouli 14:09 23 Viola Kibiwott 14:10 24 Binnaz Uslu 14:11 25 Carmen Douma-Hussar 14:11 26 Simret Sultan 14:14 27 Anália Rosa 14:14 28 Viktoriya Klimina 14:15 29 Fatma Lanouar 14:17 30 Natalya Pavlovskaya 14:19 31 Jéssica Augusto 14:20 32 Liliya Shobukhova 14:22 33 Maryam Jamal 14:23 34 Maria McCambridge 14:24 35 Rodica Moroianu 14:24 36 Minori Hayakari 14:25 37 Mónica Rosa 14:26 38 Poppy Mlambo 14:26 39 Marina Bastos 14:26 40 Kate Reed 14:26 41 Malika Asahssah 14:29 42 Julie Coulaud 14:30 43 Yoshiko Ichikawa 14:31 44 Marina Ivanova 14:33 45 Stéphanie Nonnotte 14:33 46 Georgie Clarke 14:33 47 Hattie Dean 14:34 48 Habiba Ghribi 14:35 49 Lebogang Phalula 14:35 50 Zulema Fuentes-Pila 14:36 51 Olga Minina 14:36 52 Amy Mortimer 14:37 53 Saïda El Mehdi 14:38 54 Jessica Wright 14:38 55 Megan Metcalfe 14:38 56 Courtney Inman 14:40 57 Helen Clitheroe 14:42 58 Kate McIlroy 14:43 59 Hilary Edmondson 14:44 60 Christine Bardelle 14:46 61 René Kalmer 14:47 62 Olga Roseyeva 14:48 63 Hayley Yelling 14:48 64 Justyna Lesman 14:48 65 Tiffany Levette 14:49 66 Emma Rilen 14:49 67 Elodie Olivares 14:49 68 Christelle Daunay 14:50 69 Sandra Amarillo 14:52 70 Lisa Dobriskey 14:53 71 Karina Córdoba 14:55 72 Silvia Montane 14:55 73 Leonor Carneiro 14:56 74 Rebecca Stallwood 14:59 75 Fionnuala Britton 14:59 76 Iris Fuentes-Pila 15:00 77 Cláudia Pereira 15:02 78 Lisa Labrecque 15:04 79 Dina Lebo Phalula 15:06 80 Liesbeth van de Velde 15:07 81 Diana Martín 15:08 82 Terumi Takahashi 15:09 83 Nadia Rodríguez 15:12 84 Sultana Aït Hammou 15:14 85 Safa Aissaoui 15:14 86 Beraki Yirgalem Gebrekidan 15:15 87 Sonia Bejarano 15:15 88 Sara Valderas 15:17 89 Gloria Mera 15:19 90 Melissa Buttry 15:19 91 Susana Rebolledo 15:20 92 Pauline Curley 15:21 93 María Peralta 15:23 94 Suzy Walsham 15:29 95 Ayumi Takada 15:32 96 Elke Offergeld 15:35 97 Mercedita Manipol 15:38 98 Niamh O'Sullivan 15:39 99 Griet Terryn 16:14 100 Sitora Hamidova 16:15 101 Sara Abou Hassan 16:18 102 Desiree Kruger 16:24 103 Amel Tlili 17:00 — Seloua Ouaziz DNF — Kayo Sugihara DNS — Kathy Butler DNS

Teams Rank Team Points Tirunesh Dibaba 1 Worknesh Kidane 2 Meselech Melkamu 6 Deriba Alemu 9 (Bezunesh Bekele) (12) (Ejagayehu Dibaba) (14) 18 Isabella Ochichi 3 Prisca Ngetich 4 Lucy Wangui 5 Beatrice Chepchumba 7 (Nancy Jebet Lagat) (8) (Viola Kibiwott) (23) 19 Lauren Fleshman 11 Blake Russell 15 Shalane Flanagan 20 Shayne Culpepper 21 (Amy Mortimer) (52) (Melissa Buttry) (90) 67 4 Alevtina Ivanova 10 Viktoriya Klimina 28 Natalya Pavlovskaya 30 Liliya Shobukhova 32 (Marina Ivanova) (44) (Olga Roseyeva) (62) 100 5 Bouchra Chaâbi 16 Mariem Alaoui Selsouli 22 Malika Asahssah 41 Saïda El Mehdi 53 (Sultana Aït Hammou) (84) (Seloua Ouaziz) (DNF) 132 6 Anália Rosa 27 Jéssica Augusto 31 Mónica Rosa 37 Marina Bastos 39 (Leonor Carneiro) (73) (Cláudia Pereira) (77) 134 7 Sarah Jamieson 13 Anna Thompson 19 Georgie Clarke 46 Tiffany Levette 65 (Emma Rilen) (66) (Suzy Walsham) (94) 143 8 Rodica Moroianu 35 Julie Coulaud 42 Stéphanie Nonnotte 45 Christine Bardelle 60 (Elodie Olivares) (67) (Christelle Daunay) (68) 182 9 Carmen Douma-Hussar 25 Megan Metcalfe 55 Courtney Inman 56 Hilary Edmondson 59 (Rebecca Stallwood) (74) (Lisa Labrecque) (78) 195 10 Kate Reed 40 Hattie Dean 47 Helen Clitheroe 57 Hayley Yelling 63 (Lisa Dobriskey) (70) 207 11 Jolene Byrne 17 Maria McCambridge 34 Fionnuala Britton 75 Pauline Curley 92 (Niamh O'Sullivan) (98) 218 12 Poppy Mlambo 38 Lebogang Phalula 49 René Kalmer 61 Dina Lebo Phalula 79 (Desiree Kruger) (102) 227 13 Minori Hayakari 36 Yoshiko Ichikawa 43 Terumi Takahashi 82 Ayumi Takada 95 256 14 Fatma Lanouar 29 Habiba Ghribi 48 Safa Aissaoui 85 Amel Tlili 103 265 15 Zulema Fuentes-Pila 50 Silvia Montane 72 Iris Fuentes-Pila 76 Diana Martín 81 (Sonia Bejarano) (87) (Sara Valderas) (88) 279 16 Sandra Amarillo 69 Karina Córdoba 71 Nadia Rodríguez 83 María Peralta 93 316 Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result.

Participation According to an unofficial count, 104 athletes from 29 countries participated in the Women's short race.

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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 – Senior women's race 2005 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior women's race

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