The Senior Women Race at the 2009 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held at the Al Bisharat Golf Course in Amman, Jordan, on March 28, 2009. Reports of the event were given in The New York Times and for the IAAF.

Complete results for individuals, and for teams were published.

Race results

Senior women's race (8 km)

Individual Rank Athlete Country Time Florence Jebet Kiplagat 26:13 Linet Chepkwemoi Masai 26:16 Meselech Melkamu 26:19 4 Lineth Chepkurui 26:23 5 Wude Ayalew 26:23 6 Hilda Kibet 26:43 7 Ann Karindi Mwangi 26:49 8 Gelete Burka 26:58 9 Maryam Yusuf Jamal 27:00 10 Iness Chepkesis Chenonge 27:00 11 Pauline Chemning Korikwiang 27:03 12 Mamitu Deska 27:04 13 Kim Smith 27:05 14 Sentayehu Ejigu 27:40 15 Ana Dulce Félix 27:42 16 Sara Moreira 27:54 17 Lisa Jane Weightman 27:59 18 Yuko Shimizu 28:02 19 Ana Dias 28:05 20 Judith Plá 28:08 21 Julie Culley 28:08 22 Anália Rosa 28:10 23 Siham Hilali 28:14 24 Alessandra Aguilar 28:18 25 Sarah Ramadhan 28:18 26 Lara Tamsett 28:19 27 Bouchra Chaâbi 28:19 28 Mimi Belete 28:21 29 Lebogang Phalula 28:23 30 Koren Jelela 28:29 31 Diana Martín 28:31 32 Kenza Dahmani 28:33 33 Delilah DiCrescenzo 28:34 34 Salima El Ouali Alami 28:35 35 Élodie Olivarès 28:37 36 Rebecca Donaghue 28:37 37 Catherine Cormier 28:41 38 Stephanie Twell 28:46 39 Dina Lebo Phalula 28:46 40 Kathy Newberry 28:50 41 Habiba Ghribi 28:50 42 Jacqueline Martín 28:51 43 Yeisy Álvarez 28:51 44 Zhu Yingying 28:53 45 Kazuka Wakatsuki 28:54 46 Maria Laghrissi 28:55 47 Federica Dal Ri 28:55 48 Korei Omata 28:56 49 Hatti Dean 29:00 50 Agnes Chikwakwa 29:03 51 Jane Potter 29:04 52 Melinda Vernon 29:04 53 Claudette Mukasakindi 29:05 54 Chisa Nishio 29:05 55 Sarah Tunstall 29:07 56 Johanna Hermiena Van Schalkwyk 29:07 57 Victoria Poludina 29:16 58 Hannah Whitmore 29:19 59 Erin Densham 29:23 60 Dong Xiaoqin 29:23 61 Konstadína Kefalá 29:29 62 Elsa Medhane 29:30 63 Letekidan Gebreyohannes 29:33 64 Elisabete Lopes 29:36 65 Linda Byrne 29:36 66 Sueli Silva 29:38 67 Chantell Widney 29:45 68 Yuki Numata 29:48 69 Samia Akbar 29:51 70 Eden Tesfalem 29:55 71 Ezgamen Kahsay 30:04 72 Tomoka Inadomi 30:07 73 Rosângela Faria 30:18 74 Tebogo Masehla 30:24 75 Lindsey Scherf 30:27 76 Chantelle Wilder 30:42 77 Jackline Sakilu 30:44 78 Myrette Filmalter 30:57 79 Yirgalem Gebrekidan Beraki 31:10 80 Tara Palm 31:23 81 Marilyn Arsenault 31:37 82 Adriana Aparecida da Silva 31:40 83 Mariola Konowalska 32:00 84 Asha Abdalla Khatib 33:17 85 Giuli Dekanadze 33:18 86 Rehab Mohammad Ahmad 36:14 87 Nadima Mirzoeva 38:00 88 Nagah Zenatni 38:50 — Sonia Thomas DNF — Cristina Jordán DNF — Annemari Sandell-Hyvärinen DNF — Safa Aissaoui DNF — Laila Hmatou DNF — Hanane Ouhaddou DNF — Inês Monteiro DNF — Rachelle Malette DNF — Zakia Mrisho Mohamed DNS

Teams Rank Team Points Florence Jebet Kiplagat 1 Linet Chepkwemoi Masai 2 Lineth Chepkurui 4 Ann Karindi Mwangi 7 (Iness Chepkesis Chenonge) (10) (Pauline Chemning Korikwiang) (11) 14 Meselech Melkamu 3 Wude Ayalew 5 Gelete Burka 8 Mamitu Deska 12 (Sentayehu Ejigu) (14) (Koren Jelela) (30) 28 Ana Dulce Félix 15 Sara Moreira 16 Ana Dias 19 Anália Rosa 22 (Elisabete Lopes) (64) (Inês Monteiro) (DNF) 72 4 Judith Plá 20 Alessandra Aguilar 24 Diana Martín 31 Jacqueline Martín 42 (Cristina Jordán) (DNF) 117 5 Julie Culley 21 Delilah DiCrescenzo 33 Rebecca Donaghue 36 Kathy Newberry 40 (Samia Akbar) (69) (Lindsey Scherf) (75) 130 6 Siham Hilali 23 Bouchra Chaâbi 27 Salima El Ouali Alami 34 Maria Laghrissi 46 (Hanane Ouhaddou) (DNF) (Laila Hmatou) (DNF) 130 7 Lisa Jane Weightman 17 Lara Tamsett 26 Melinda Vernon 52 Erin Densham 59 (Tara Palm) (80) 154 8 Yuko Shimizu 18 Kazuka Wakatsuki 45 Korei Omata 48 Chisa Nishio 54 (Yuki Numata) (68) (Tomoka Inadomi) (72) 165 9 Stephanie Twell 38 Hatti Dean 49 Jane Potter 51 Sarah Tunstall 55 (Hannah Whitmore) (58) (Sonia Thomas) (DNF) 193 10 Lebogang Phalula 29 Dina Lebo Phalula 39 Johanna Hermiena Van Schalkwyk 56 Tebogo Masehla 74 (Myrette Filmalter) (78) 198 11 Catherine Cormier 37 Chantell Widney 67 Chantelle Wilder 76 Marilyn Arsenault 81 (Rachelle Malette) (DNF) 261 12 Elsa Medhane 62 Letekidan Gebreyohannes 63 Eden Tesfalem 70 Ezgamen Kahsay 71 (Yirgalem Gebrekidan Beraki) (79) 266 Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result.

Participation According to an unofficial count, 96 athletes from 34 countries participated in the Senior women's race, two athletes less than the official number published.

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See also 2009 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race 2009 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race 2009 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior women's race

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