The Senior women's race at the 2006 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held at the Umi-no-nakamichi Seaside Park in Fukuoka, Japan, on April 1, 2006. Reports of the event were given in The New York Times, 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 km)

Individual Rank Athlete Country Time Tirunesh Dibaba 25:21 Lornah Kiplagat 25:26 Meselech Melkamu 25:38 4 Benita Johnson 25:43 5 Wude Ayalew 25:47 6 Kayoko Fukushi 25:51 7 Mestawat Tufa 25:59 8 Evelyne Wambui 26:11 9 Faith Jemutai 26:12 10 Alice Chelangat 26:13 11 Blake Russell 26:23 12 Mercy Njoroge 26:26 13 Edna Kiplagat 26:32 14 Ejagayehu Dibaba 26:37 15 Nina Rillstone 26:39 16 Kate McIlroy 26:42 17 Simret Sultan 26:43 18 Bao Guiying 26:43 19 Yoshimi Ozaki 26:45 20 Christine Bardelle 26:45 21 Katie McGregor 26:46 22 Eloise Wellings 26:46 23 Mara Yamauchi 26:47 24 Jessica Ruthe 26:47 25 Megumi Oshima 26:51 26 Sara Slattery 26:51 27 Anna Thompson 26:54 28 Ruhama Shauri 26:54 29 Julie Coulaud 26:59 30 Yumi Sato 27:00 31 María Elena Valencia 27:04 32 Kathy Butler 27:06 33 Colleen de Reuck 27:07 34 Victoria Mitchell 27:12 35 Pascalina Bombo 27:12 36 Rosa Morató 27:13 37 Suzanne Ritter 27:14 38 Dong Xiaoqin 27:15 39 Kate Reed 27:16 40 Natalie Harvey 27:22 41 Sun Wenqin 27:24 42 Anália Rosa 27:25 43 Ana Dias 27:32 44 Xi Qiuhong 27:32 45 Judit Plá 27:33 46 Teyiba Erkesso 27:35 47 Rosemary Ryan 27:35 48 Jiang Chengcheng 27:37 49 Renee Metivier 27:37 50 Kayo Sugihara 27:37 51 Angeline Nyiransabimana 27:39 52 Teresa Recio 27:45 53 Hanan Collette 27:46 54 Emma Rilen 27:49 55 Yesenia Centeno 27:49 56 Zaituni Jumanne 27:50 57 Melissa Moon 27:52 58 Consalater Chemtai Yadaa 27:52 59 Sharon Dickie-Thompson 27:54 60 Poppy Mlambo 28:01 61 Leonor Carneiro 28:03 62 Zhang Chong 28:07 63 Alessandra Aguilar 28:11 64 Inês Monteiro 28:17 65 Michiko Ogawa 28:21 66 Hattie Dean 28:24 67 Olga Minina 28:33 68 Anesie Kwizera 28:36 69 Cláudia Pereira 28:41 70 María Elena Moreno 28:42 71 Park Ho-Sun 28:45 72 Inés Melchor 28:49 73 Rkia Chébili 28:56 74 Kim Hee-Yeon 28:58 75 Susan Michelsson 29:01 76 Lamberte Nyabamikazi 29:02 77 Cari Kuzyk 29:10 78 Rosa Apaza 29:14 79 Yeisy Alvarez 29:19 80 Clemantine Nyiraguhirwa 29:24 81 Gemma Phillips 29:29 82 Genessi Nyirahabimana 29:49 83 Esperance Mukarugwiza 29:58 84 Suh Hyun-Jin 30:12 85 Norelys Lugo 30:12 86 Yolimar Pineda 30:13 87 Lakmini Bogahawatte 30:15 88 Emeliana Joseph 30:26 89 Rosa America Rodríguez 30:34 90 Tanice Barnett 30:38 91 Alda Maurício 30:43 92 Rini Budiarti 30:45 93 Kirsty Smith 30:53 94 Yohamna Luisa 31:53 95 Merrecia James 32:08 96 Tanica Thomas 32:14 97 Yekaterina Tunguskova 32:16 98 Nadine Henry 34:06 — Jéssica Augusto DNF

Teams Rank Team Points Tirunesh Dibaba 1 Meselech Melkamu 3 Wude Ayalew 5 Mestawat Tufa 7 (Ejagayehu Dibaba) (14) (Teyiba Erkesso) (46) 16 Evelyne Wambui 8 Faith Jemutai 9 Alice Chelangat 10 Mercy Njoroge 12 (Edna Kiplagat) (13) (Consalater Chemtai Yadaa) (58) 39 Kayoko Fukushi 6 Yoshimi Ozaki 19 Megumi Oshima 25 Yumi Sato 30 (Kayo Sugihara) (50) (Michiko Ogawa) (65) 80 4 Benita Johnson 4 Eloise Wellings 22 Anna Thompson 27 Victoria Mitchell 34 (Emma Rilen) (54) (Susan Michelsson) (75) 87 5 Blake Russell 11 Katie McGregor 21 Sara Slattery 26 Colleen de Reuck 33 (Renee Metivier) (49) (Sharon Dickie-Thompson) (59) 91 6 Nina Rillstone 15 Kate McIlroy 16 Jessica Ruthe 24 Melissa Moon 57 112 7 Mara Yamauchi 23 Kathy Butler 32 Kate Reed 39 Natalie Harvey 40 (Hattie Dean) (66) (Gemma Phillips) (81) 134 8 Bao Guiying 18 Dong Xiaoqin 38 Sun Wenqin 41 Xi Qiuhong 44 (Jiang Chengcheng) (48) (Zhang Chong) (62) 141 9 Christine Bardelle 20 Julie Coulaud 29 Hanan Collette 53 Rkia Chébili 73 175 10 Rosa Morató 36 Judit Plá 45 Teresa Recio 52 Yesenia Centeno 55 (Alessandra Aguilar) (63) (María Elena Moreno) (70) 188 11 Ruhama Shauri 28 Pascalina Bombo 35 Zaituni Jumanne 56 Emeliana Joseph 88 207 12 Anália Rosa 42 Ana Dias 43 Leonor Carneiro 61 Inês Monteiro 64 (Cláudia Pereira) (69) (Jessica Augusto) (DNF) 210 13 Angeline Nyiransabimana 51 Lamberte Nyabamikazi 76 Clemantine Nyiraguhirwa 80 Genessi Nyirahabimana 82 (Esperance Mukarugwiza) (83) 289 14 Yeisy Alvarez 79 Norelys Lugo 85 Yolimar Pineda 86 Rosa America Rodríguez 89 339 15 Tanice Barnett 90 Merrecia James 95 Tanica Thomas 96 Nadine Henry 98 379 Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result.

Participation According to an unofficial count, 99 athletes from 32 countries participated in the Senior women's race.

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See also 2006 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race 2006 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Men's short race 2006 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race 2006 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Women's short race 2006 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior women's race

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