The Senior women's race at the 2008 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held at the Holyrood Park in Edinburgh, United Kingdom, on March 30, 2008. Reports of the event were given in The New York Times, in the Herald, and for the IAAF.

Complete results for individuals, and for teams were published.

Race results

Senior women's race (7.905 km)

Individual Rank Athlete Country Time Tirunesh Dibaba 25:10 Mestawet Tufa 25:15 Linet Chepkwemoi Masai 25:18 4 Doris Chepkwemoi Changeywo 25:34 5 Hilda Kibet 25:35 6 Gelete Burka 25:35 7 Priscah Jepleting Cherono 25:36 8 Margaret Wangari Muriuki 25:46 9 Meselech Melkamu 25:51 10 Grace Kwamboka Momanyi 25:54 11 Benita Johnson 25:56 12 Lineth Chepkurui 26:05 13 Asmae Leghzaoui 26:06 14 Koren Jelela 26:12 15 Liz Yelling 26:13 16 Aselefech Mergia 26:28 17 Kareema Jasim 26:29 18 Emily Brown 26:36 19 Saadia Bourgailh-Haddioui 26:36 20 Lisa Jane Weightman 26:37 21 Hayley Yelling 26:39 22 Katie McGregor 26:40 23 Molly Huddle 26:40 24 Kathy Newberry 26:42 25 Simret Sultan 26:43 26 Melissa Rollison 26:50 27 Anna Thompson 26:56 28 Soud Kanbouchia 26:59 29 Ikram Zouglali 26:59 30 Ouafae Frikech 27:02 31 Furtuna Zegergish 27:03 32 Elena Romagnolo 27:06 33 Susanne Hahn 27:09 34 Inês Monteiro 27:12 35 Alessandra Aguilar 27:13 36 Fionnuala Britton 27:14 37 Leonor Carneiro 27:14 38 Laura Kenney 27:15 39 Diana Martín 27:17 40 Jacqueline Martín 27:20 41 Melinda Vernon 27:23 42 Rachel Townend 27:24 43 Meraf Bahta 27:31 44 Mónica Rosa 27:32 45 Faye Fullerton 27:32 46 Yuko Nohara 27:35 47 Aimi Horikoshi 27:40 48 Maria Laghrissi 27:42 49 Renee Metivier-Baillie 27:49 50 Sara Moreira 27:50 51 Amleset Tewelde 27:51 52 Jiang Chengcheng 27:53 53 Jo Wilkinson 27:54 54 Victoria Mitchell 27:57 55 Christine Bardelle 27:59 56 Kazue Kojima 28:04 57 Linda Byrne 28:05 58 Megumi Seike 28:09 59 Kenza Dahmani 28:12 60 Elizet Banda 28:14 61 Judith Plá 28:16 62 Amy Hastings 28:18 63 Alexandra Becker 28:20 64 Elizabeth Wightman 28:25 65 Zhor El Kamch 28:27 66 Deirdre Byrne 28:28 67 Konstadína Kefalá 28:31 68 Aya Manome 28:31 69 Sara Yusuf Yaqoob 28:37 70 Zenaide Vieira 28:45 71 Kazuka Wakatsuki 28:46 72 Ana Dulce Félix 28:50 73 Orla O'Mahoney 28:52 74 Chichi Germia 28:52 75 Catherine Chikwakwa 28:59 76 Maria Zeferina Baldaia 28:59 77 Lisa Harvey 29:00 78 Marelise Retief 29:08 79 Suzanne Binne-Huse 29:15 80 Annette Kealy 29:18 81 Susan McCormack 29:29 82 Ledile Raseboya 29:38 83 Erin MacLean 29:44 84 Francine Nzilampa 29:57 85 Iulia Fernas 30:10 86 Ntombesintu Mfunzi 30:11 87 Rosângela Faria 30:38 88 Sarah Abu Hassan 32:00 89 Anifa Khalilova 35:55 90 Mariana Carpine 40:01 — Fatna Maraoui DNF — Jéssica Augusto DNF — Mahri Gokiyeva DNF — Isabel Cristina Da Silva DNF — Rosa Morató DNF — Maria Kebang DNS — Angeline Nyiransabimana DNS — Tabitha Tsatsa DNS — Nadia Ejjafini DNS

Teams Rank Team Points Tirunesh Dibaba 1 Mestawet Tufa 2 Gelete Burka 6 Meselech Melkamu 9 (Koren Jelela) (14) (Aselefech Mergia) (16) 18 Linet Chepkwemoi Masai 3 Doris Chepkwemoi Changeywo 4 Priscah Jepleting Cherono 7 Margaret Wangari Muriuki 8 (Grace Kwamboka Momanyi) (10) (Lineth Chepkurui) (12) 22 Benita Johnson 11 Lisa Jane Weightman 20 Melissa Rollison 26 Anna Thompson 27 (Melinda Vernon) (41) (Victoria Mitchell) (54) 84 4 Emily Brown 18 Katie McGregor 22 Molly Huddle 23 Kathy Newberry 24 (Renee Metivier-Baillie) (49) (Amy Hastings) (62) 87 5 Asmae Leghzaoui 13 Soud Kanbouchia 28 Ikram Zouglali 29 Ouafae Frikech 30 (Maria Laghrissi) (48) (Zhor El Kamch) (65) 100 6 Liz Yelling 15 Hayley Yelling 21 Laura Kenney 38 Rachel Townend 42 (Faye Fullerton) (45) (Jo Wilkinson) (53) 116 7 Simret Sultan 25 Furtuna Zegergish 31 Meraf Bahta 43 Amleset Tewelde 51 (Chichi Germia) (74) 150 8 Inês Monteiro 34 Leonor Carneiro 37 Mónica Rosa 44 Sara Moreira 50 (Ana Dulce Félix) (72) (Jéssica Augusto) (DNF) 165 9 Alessandra Aguilar 35 Diana Martín 39 Jacqueline Martín 40 Judith Plá 61 (Rosa Morató) (DNF) 175 10 Yuko Nohara 46 Aimi Horikoshi 47 Kazue Kojima 56 Megumi Seike 58 (Aya Manome) (68) (Kazuka Wakatsuki) (71) 207 11 Fionnuala Britton 36 Linda Byrne 57 Deirdre Byrne 66 Orla O'Mahoney 73 (Annette Kealy) (80) (Susan McCormack) (81) 232 12 Alexandra Becker 63 Elizabeth Wightman 64 Lisa Harvey 77 Suzanne Binne-Huse 79 (Erin MacLean) (83) 283 Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result.

Participation According to an unofficial count, 95 athletes from 29 countries participated 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 2008 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race 2008 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race 2008 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior women's race

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