2008 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race

Senior women's race at the 2008 IAAF World Cross Country Championships IAAF 36th March 30 Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom United Kingdom Holyrood Park 29 95 1 7.905 km – Senior women 2007 Mombasa 2009 Amman 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. IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS - BYDGOSZCZ 2013 - FACTS & FIGURES - SUMMARY OF PAST CHAMPIONSHIPS https://dt9guucc6nuua.cloudfront.net/competitioninfo/5e21b69b-12aa-45e9-8d89-ad0b8ce676bf.pdf IAAF 2 November 4, 2013 Reports of the event were given in The New York Times, March 30, 2008 Athletics - World cross-country championships - Bekele wins sixth world cross-country title; Dibaba also wins https://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/30/sports/30iht-athletics30.11536086.html The New York Times November 4, 2013 in the Herald, Gillon Doug March 31, 2008 Coronation of King Kenenisa http://www.heraldscotland.com/coronation-of-king-kenenisa-1.877657 Herald November 4, 2013 and for the IAAF. Brown Matthew March 30, 2008 Dibaba takes her fifth gold - Edinburgh 2008 https://www.iaaf.org/news/news/dibaba-takes-her-fifth-gold-edinburgh-2008 IAAF November 4, 2013 Complete results for individuals, March 30, 2008 Senior Race - M Final http://www.iaaf.net/wxc08/results/eventCode=3889/sex=W/discCode=XSE/combCode=hash/roundCode=f/results.html#det https://archive.today/20131104183232/http://www.iaaf.net/wxc08/results/eventCode=3889/sex=W/discCode=XSE/combCode=hash/roundCode=f/results.html%23det dead November 4, 2013 IAAF November 4, 2013 March 30, 2008 Results - 36th IAAF World Cross Country Championships - Edinburgh, GREAT BRITAIN & N.I. 30 MAR 2008 - Senior Race - women http://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-cross-country-championships/36th-iaaf-world-cross-country-championships-3889/results/women/senior-race/final/result IAAF November 4, 2013 March 30, 2008 36th IAAF World Cross Country Championships - Edinburgh - Sunday 30 March 2008 - Senior Race - Women - Results https://dt9guucc6nuua.cloudfront.net/competitiondocuments/pdf/3889/AT-XSE-W-F--1--.RS1.pdf IAAF November 4, 2013 and for teams March 30, 2008 Official Team Results Senior Race - W http://www.iaaf.net/wxc08/results/eventCode=3889/sex=W/discCode=XSE/combCode=hash/roundCode=f/team.html#det https://archive.today/20131104183213/http://www.iaaf.net/wxc08/results/eventCode=3889/sex=W/discCode=XSE/combCode=hash/roundCode=f/team.html%23det dead November 4, 2013 IAAF November 4, 2013 March 30, 2008 Results - 36th IAAF World Cross Country Championships - Edinburgh, GREAT BRITAIN & N.I. 30 MAR 2008 - Senior Race - women - Final - Team http://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-cross-country-championships/36th-iaaf-world-cross-country-championships-3889/results/women/senior-race/final/team IAAF November 4, 2013 March 30, 2008 36th IAAF World Cross Country Championships - Edinburgh - Sunday 30 March 2008 - Senior Race - Women - Team Standings https://dt9guucc6nuua.cloudfront.net/competitiondocuments/pdf/3889/AT-XSE-W-F--1--.ST1.pdf IAAF November 4, 2013 were published. Race results Senior women's race (7.905 km) Individual Rank Athlete Country Time Tirunesh Dibaba ETH 25:10 Mestawet Tufa ETH 25:15 Linet Chepkwemoi Masai KEN 25:18 4 Doris Chepkwemoi Changeywo KEN 25:34 5 Hilda Kibet NED 25:35 6 Gelete Burka ETH 25:35 7 Priscah Jepleting Cherono KEN 25:36 8 Margaret Wangari Muriuki KEN 25:46 9 Meselech Melkamu ETH 25:51 10 Grace Kwamboka Momanyi KEN 25:54 11 Benita Johnson AUS 25:56 12 Lineth Chepkurui KEN 26:05 13 Asmae Leghzaoui MAR 26:06 14 Koren Jelela ETH 26:12 15 Liz Yelling United Kingdom 26:13 16 Aselefech Mergia ETH 26:28 17 Kareema Jasim BHR 26:29 18 Emily Brown USA 26:36 19 Saadia Bourgailh-Haddioui FRA 26:36 20 Lisa Jane Weightman AUS 26:37 21 Hayley Yelling United Kingdom 26:39 22 Katie McGregor USA 26:40 23 Molly Huddle USA 26:40 24 Kathy Newberry USA 26:42 25 Simret Sultan ERI 26:43 26 Melissa Rollison AUS 26:50 27 Anna Thompson AUS 26:56 28 Soud Kanbouchia MAR 26:59 29 Ikram Zouglali MAR 26:59 30 Ouafae Frikech MAR 27:02 31 Furtuna Zegergish ERI 27:03 32 Elena Romagnolo ITA 27:06 33 Susanne Hahn GER 27:09 34 Inês Monteiro POR 27:12 35 Alessandra Aguilar ESP 27:13 36 Fionnuala Britton IRL 27:14 37 Leonor Carneiro POR 27:14 38 Laura Kenney United Kingdom 27:15 39 Diana Martín ESP 27:17 40 Jacqueline Martín ESP 27:20 41 Melinda Vernon AUS 27:23 42 Rachel Townend United Kingdom 27:24 43 Meraf Bahta ERI 27:31 44 Mónica Rosa POR 27:32 45 Faye Fullerton United Kingdom 27:32 46 Yuko Nohara JPN 27:35 47 Aimi Horikoshi JPN 27:40 48 Maria Laghrissi MAR 27:42 49 Renee Metivier-Baillie USA 27:49 50 Sara Moreira POR 27:50 51 Amleset Tewelde ERI 27:51 52 Jiang Chengcheng CHN 27:53 53 Jo Wilkinson United Kingdom 27:54 54 Victoria Mitchell AUS 27:57 55 Christine Bardelle FRA 27:59 56 Kazue Kojima JPN 28:04 57 Linda Byrne IRL 28:05 58 Megumi Seike JPN 28:09 59 Kenza Dahmani ALG 28:12 60 Elizet Banda ZAM 28:14 61 Judith Plá ESP 28:16 62 Amy Hastings USA 28:18 63 Alexandra Becker CAN 28:20 64 Elizabeth Wightman CAN 28:25 65 Zhor El Kamch MAR 28:27 66 Deirdre Byrne IRL 28:28 67 Konstadína Kefalá GRE 28:31 68 Aya Manome JPN 28:31 69 Sara Yusuf Yaqoob BHR 28:37 70 Zenaide Vieira BRA 28:45 71 Kazuka Wakatsuki JPN 28:46 72 Ana Dulce Félix POR 28:50 73 Orla O'Mahoney IRL 28:52 74 Chichi Germia ERI 28:52 75 Catherine Chikwakwa MAW 1964 28:59 76 Maria Zeferina Baldaia BRA 28:59 77 Lisa Harvey CAN 29:00 78 Marelise Retief RSA 29:08 79 Suzanne Binne-Huse CAN 29:15 80 Annette Kealy IRL 29:18 81 Susan McCormack IRL 29:29 82 Ledile Raseboya RSA 29:38 83 Erin MacLean CAN 29:44 84 Francine Nzilampa COD 29:57 85 Iulia Fernas KGZ 30:10 86 Ntombesintu Mfunzi RSA 30:11 87 Rosângela Faria BRA 30:38 88 Sarah Abu Hassan EGY 32:00 89 Anifa Khalilova AZE 35:55 90 Mariana Carpine COD 40:01 — Fatna Maraoui ITA DNF — Jéssica Augusto POR DNF — Mahri Gokiyeva TKM DNF — Isabel Cristina Da Silva BRA DNF — Rosa Morató ESP DNF — Maria Kebang NGR DNS — Angeline Nyiransabimana RWA DNS — Tabitha Tsatsa ZIM DNS — Nadia Ejjafini BHR DNS Teams Rank Team Points ETH Tirunesh Dibaba 1 Mestawet Tufa 2 Gelete Burka 6 Meselech Melkamu 9 (Koren Jelela) (14) (Aselefech Mergia) (16) 18 KEN Linet Chepkwemoi Masai 3 Doris Chepkwemoi Changeywo 4 Priscah Jepleting Cherono 7 Margaret Wangari Muriuki 8 (Grace Kwamboka Momanyi) (10) (Lineth Chepkurui) (12) 22 AUS Benita Johnson 11 Lisa Jane Weightman 20 Melissa Rollison 26 Anna Thompson 27 (Melinda Vernon) (41) (Victoria Mitchell) (54) 84 4 USA Emily Brown 18 Katie McGregor 22 Molly Huddle 23 Kathy Newberry 24 (Renee Metivier-Baillie) (49) (Amy Hastings) (62) 87 5 MAR Asmae Leghzaoui 13 Soud Kanbouchia 28 Ikram Zouglali 29 Ouafae Frikech 30 (Maria Laghrissi) (48) (Zhor El Kamch) (65) 100 6 United Kingdom Liz Yelling 15 Hayley Yelling 21 Laura Kenney 38 Rachel Townend 42 (Faye Fullerton) (45) (Jo Wilkinson) (53) 116 7 ERI Simret Sultan 25 Furtuna Zegergish 31 Meraf Bahta 43 Amleset Tewelde 51 (Chichi Germia) (74) 150 8 POR Inês Monteiro 34 Leonor Carneiro 37 Mónica Rosa 44 Sara Moreira 50 (Ana Dulce Félix) (72) (Jéssica Augusto) (DNF) 165 9 ESP Alessandra Aguilar 35 Diana Martín 39 Jacqueline Martín 40 Judith Plá 61 (Rosa Morató) (DNF) 175 10 JPN Yuko Nohara 46 Aimi Horikoshi 47 Kazue Kojima 56 Megumi Seike 58 (Aya Manome) (68) (Kazuka Wakatsuki) (71) 207 11 IRL Fionnuala Britton 36 Linda Byrne 57 Deirdre Byrne 66 Orla O'Mahoney 73 (Annette Kealy) (80) (Susan McCormack) (81) 232 12 CAN 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. 22em ALG (1) AUS (6) AZE (1) BHR (2) BRA (4) CAN (5) CHN (1) COD (2) EGY (1) ERI (5) ETH (6) FRA (2) GER (1) GRE (1) IRL (6) ITA (2) JPN (6) KEN (6) KGZ (1) MAW 1964 (1) MAR (6) NED (1) POR (6) RSA (3) ESP (5) TKM (1) United Kingdom (6) USA (6) ZAM (1) 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 References Category:Senior women's race at the World Athletics Cross Country Championships IAAF World Cross Country Championships Category:2008 in women's sport of athletics Category:Women's sports competitions in Scotland Category:Women's athletics competitions in the United Kingdom Category:2008 in Scottish women's sport Category:2008 in women's international sport