1986 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race

International athletics championship event

Senior women's race at the 1986 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
Organisers	IAAF
Edition	14th
Date	March 23
Host city	Colombier, Neuchâtel, Switzerland
Venue	Planeyse Colombier
Events	1
Distances	4.65 km – Senior women
Participation	161 athletes from 36 nations
← 1985 Lisbon 1987 Warszawa →

The Senior women's race at the 1986 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Colombier, Neuchâtel, Switzerland, at the Planeyse Colombier on March 23, 1986. A report on the event was given in the Glasgow Herald and in the Evening Times.

Complete results, medallists, and the results of British athletes were published.

Race results

Senior women's race (4.65 km)

Individual

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	Zola Budd	England	14:49.6
	Lynn Jennings	United States	15:07.8
	Annette Sergent	France	15:12.2
4	Martine Fays	France	15:14.3
5	Rosa Mota	Portugal	15:18.5
6	Nan Doak	United States	15:22.8
7	Christine McMiken	New Zealand	15:23.6
8	Albertina Machado	Portugal	15:24.4
9	Elena Fidatof	Romania	15:25.3
10	Carole Bradford	England	15:27.5
11	Liève Slegers	Belgium	15:28.3
12	Lyudmila Matveyeva	Soviet Union	15:28.6
13	Renata Kokowska	Poland	15:30.9
14	Cornelia Bürki	Switzerland	15:32
15	Grete Kirkeberg	Norway	15:32.4
16	Marina Rodchenkova	Soviet Union	15:32.7
17	Elizabeth Franzis	West Germany	15:33.1
18	Gail Rear	New Zealand	15:33.3
19	Mary O'Connor	New Zealand	15:33.6
20	Ruth Partridge	England	15:34
21	Christine Sørum	Norway	15:34.7
22	Aurora Cunha	Portugal	15:35
23	Wendy Renner	New Zealand	15:35.4
24	Susi Riermeier	West Germany	15:35.8
25	Marcella Robertson	Scotland	15:36.8
26	Anne Viallix	France	15:37.7
27	Dorthe Rasmussen	Denmark	15:38.1
28	Paula Ivan	Romania	15:38.5
29	Eva Ernström	Sweden	15:39.1
30	Anita Håkenstad	Norway	15:39.6
31	Mariana Stanescu	Romania	15:40.3
32	Sue Bruce	New Zealand	15:40.6
33	Debbie Elsmore	New Zealand	15:41.2
34	Jane Shields	England	15:43.4
35	Betty Springs	United States	15:45.5
36	Krishna Wood	Australia	15:46.7
37	Mercedes Calleja	Spain	15:48
38	Yvonne Murray	Scotland	15:48.7
39	Sabrina Dornhoefer	United States	15:50
40	Julie Laughton	England	15:50.8
41	Charlotte Teske	West Germany	15:51.9
42	Sirkku Kumpulainen	Finland	15:52.3
43	Jacqueline Lefeuvre	France	15:52.7
44	Maria Lelut	France	15:53.2
45	Teresa Recio	Spain	15:53.5
46	Betty van Steenbroeck	Belgium	15:53.8
47	Christina Mai	West Germany	15:54
48	Agnese Possamai	Italy	15:54.6
49	Yelena Sipatova	Soviet Union	15:54.9
50	Susan Berenda	Canada	15:55.7
51	Sandra Gasser	Switzerland	15:56.6
52	Carmem de Oliveira	Brazil	15:57.1
53	Anne Lord	Australia	15:57.3
54	Leslie Seymour	United States	15:57.6
55	Montserrat Abello	Spain	15:57.9
56	Hassania Darami	Morocco	15:58.2
57	Christine Price	Scotland	15:58.5
58	Asuncion Sinobas	Spain	15:59.5
59	Tigist Moreda	Ethiopia	15:59.8
60	Maria van Gestel	Belgium	16:00.4
61	Mary Donohoe	Ireland	16:00.9
62	Martine Oppliger	Switzerland	16:01.2
63	Irina Mozharova	Soviet Union	16:01.4
64	Debbie Bowker	Canada	16:03
65	Ingrid Delagrange	Belgium	16:03.8
66	Jenny Lund	Australia	16:04.1
67	Brenda Webb	United States	16:04.5
68	Francine Peeters	Belgium	16:06
69	Astrid Schmidt	West Germany	16:06.3
70	Isabelle Matthys	France	16:06.5
71	Adanech Workula	Ethiopia	16:06.8
72	Ilinca Mitrea	Romania	16:07.1
73	Viorica Ghican	Romania	16:07.4
74	Tania Turney	Australia	16:07.6
75	Anne Jorun Flaten	Norway	16:07.9
76	Rita Marchisio	Italy	16:08.2
77	Susan Tooby	Wales	16:08.4
78	Kumi Araki	Japan	16:09.1
79	Carole Rouillard	Canada	16:09.7
80	Hassiba Boulmerka	Algeria	16:10.6
81	Fatima Paz	Spain	16:11.6
82	Margreet Verbeek	Netherlands	16:12.8
83	Fernanda Marques	Portugal	16:13.3
84	Asselefech Adera	Ethiopia	16:13.6
85	Fantaye Sirak	Ethiopia	16:14.2
86	Lidia Camberg	Poland	16:14.9
87	Anna Rybicka	Poland	16:15.1
88	Rosanna Munerotto	Italy	16:16.1
89	Marina Vasilyuk	Soviet Union	16:16.7
90	Marie Granberg	Sweden	16:17
91	Anna Busko	Poland	16:17.4
92	Betty Molteni	Italy	16:17.9
93	Eriko Asai	Japan	16:18.2
94	Mébarka El Hadj Abdellah	Algeria	16:19.1
95	Linda Milo	Belgium	16:19.5
96	Penny Just	Australia	16:19.8
97	Mami Fukao	Japan	16:20.1
98	Leanor Costa	Portugal	16:22.2
99	Lucilia Soares	Portugal	16:22.3
100	Angélica de Almeida	Brazil	16:22.4
101	Karen MacLeod	Scotland	16:22.5
102	Sinikka Keskitalo	Finland	16:22.8
103	Yuki Tamura	Japan	16:22.9
104	Brenda Shackleton	Canada	16:23
105	Gaylene Clews	Australia	16:23.1
106	Małgorzata Birbach	Poland	16:23.4
107	Jean Lorden	Scotland	16:24.4
108	Maureen de St. Croix	Canada	16:27
109	Melissa Watson	Wales	16:27.2
110	Ann Hilliard	Ireland	16:30.3
111	Helen Comsa	Switzerland	16:31.8
112	Estela Estévez	Spain	16:32.7
113	Danièle Kaber	Luxembourg	16:41.4
114	Alessandra Corti	Italy	16:41.9
115	Kersti Jakobsen	Denmark	16:42.4
116	Genoveva Eichenmann	Switzerland	16:43
117	Ann Roblin	Wales	16:43.5
118	Mette Holm Hansen	Denmark	16:44.1
119	Valerie O'Mahoney	Ireland	16:44.8
120	Angela Chalmers	Canada	16:45.8
121	Mary Friel	Ireland	16:46.7
122	Ann-Marie Fox	Wales	16:47.2
123	Izabella Zatorska	Poland	16:48
124	Daria Nauer	Switzerland	17:02.4
125	Gitte Karlshøj	Denmark	17:03.8
126	Fatima Maama	Morocco	17:04.8
127	Yoshiko Hidaka	Japan	17:09.1
128	Greta Hickey	Ireland	17:19.7
129	Lynne Maddison	Wales	17:23.3
130	Patricia Griffin	Ireland	17:24.4
131	Wilma Rusman	Netherlands	17:25.6
132	Suman Rawat	India	17:26.9
133	Hanne Kjärsgaard	Denmark	17:27.9
134	Cássia Pegado	Brazil	17:28.6
135	Sally James	Wales	17:29
136	Maryse Justin	Mauritius	17:29.7
137	Dalvirene de Paiva	Brazil	17:30.5
138	Rakiya Maraoui	Morocco	17:32
139	June Standing	Scotland	17:33
140	Marjan Freriks	Netherlands	17:34.3
141	Ilse Riedeman	Netherlands	17:35.2
142	Saadia Bendenoune	Morocco	17:35.7
143	Teresa Duffy	Northern Ireland	17:37
144	Surjit Kaur	India	17:38
145	Krista Aukema	Netherlands	17:40.1
146	Saida Hamama	Morocco	17:42.6
147	Ileana Arroyo	Puerto Rico	17:45.6
148	Barbara Harkness	Northern Ireland	17:56.8
149	Carmen Martinez	Puerto Rico	18:02.7
150	Vijay Nilman Khalko	India	18:10.4
151	Jana Kuceriková	Czechoslovakia	18:13.2
152	Paula Hawtin	Northern Ireland	18:15.9
153	Noelle Harron	Northern Ireland	18:24
154	Carmen Vega	Puerto Rico	18:28
155	Ita Speight	Northern Ireland	18:30
156	M. Permanik	India	18:37.5
157	Betty Sarmiyati	Indonesia	18:53.7
158	Rosita Ocasio	Puerto Rico	18:59.7
159	Nirmala Nair	India	19:04
160	Purabi Daas	India	19:18
161	Elizabeth Gladfelter	U.S. Virgin Islands	21:23.3

Teams

Rank

Team

Points

England

Zola Budd	1
Carole Bradford	10
Ruth Partridge	20
Jane Shields	34
(Julie Laughton)	(40)

New Zealand

Christine McMiken	7
Gail Rear	18
Mary O'Connor	19
Wendy Renner	23
(Sue Bruce)	(32)
(Debbie Elsmore)	(33)

France

Annette Sergent	3
Martine Fays	4
Anne Viallix	26
Jacqueline Lefeuvre	43
(Maria Lelut)	(44)
(Isabelle Matthys)	(70)

United States

Lynn Jennings	2
Nan Doak	6
Betty Springs	35
Sabrina Dornhoefer	39
(Leslie Seymour)	(54)
(Brenda Webb)	(67)

Portugal

Rosa Mota	5
Albertina Machado	8
Aurora Cunha	22
Fernanda Marques	83
(Leanor Costa)	(98)
(Lucilia Soares)	(99)

118

West Germany

Elizabeth Franzis	17
Susi Riermeier	24
Charlotte Teske	41
Christina Mai	47
(Astrid Schmidt)	(69)

129

Soviet Union

Lyudmila Matveyeva	12
Marina Rodchenkova	16
Yelena Sipatova	49
Irina Mozharova	63
(Marina Vasilyuk)	(89)

140

Romania

Elena Fidatof	9
Paula Ivan	28
Mariana Stanescu	31
Ilinca Mitrea	72
(Viorica Ghican)	(73)

140

Norway

Grete Kirkeberg	15
Christine Sørum	21
Anita Håkenstad	30
Anne Jorun Flaten	75

141

Belgium

Liève Slegers	11
Betty van Steenbroeck	46
Maria van Gestel	60
Ingrid Delagrange	65
(Francine Peeters)	(68)
(Linda Milo)	(95)

182

Spain

Mercedes Calleja	37
Teresa Recio	45
Montserrat Abello	55
Asuncion Sinobas	58
(Fatima Paz)	(81)
(Estela Estévez)	(112)

195

Scotland

Marcella Robertson	25
Yvonne Murray	38
Christine Price	57
Karen MacLeod	101
(Jean Lorden)	(107)
(June Standing)	(139)

221

Australia

Krishna Wood	36
Anne Lord	53
Jenny Lund	66
Tania Turney	74
(Penny Just)	(96)
(Gaylene Clews)	(105)

229

Switzerland

Cornelia Bürki	14
Sandra Gasser	51
Martine Oppliger	62
Helen Comsa	111
(Genoveva Eichenmann)	(116)
(Daria Nauer)	(124)

238

Poland

Renata Kokowska	13
Lidia Camberg	86
Anna Rybicka	87
Anna Busko	91
(Małgorzata Birbach)	(106)
(Izabella Zatorska)	(123)

277

Canada

Susan Berenda	50
Debbie Bowker	64
Carole Rouillard	79
Brenda Shackleton	104
(Maureen de St. Croix)	(108)
(Angela Chalmers)	(120)

297

Ethiopia

Tigist Moreda	59
Adanech Workula	71
Asselefech Adera	84
Fantaye Sirak	85

299

Italy

Agnese Possamai	48
Rita Marchisio	76
Rosanna Munerotto	88
Betty Molteni	92
(Alessandra Corti)	(114)

304

Japan

Kumi Araki	78
Eriko Asai	93
Mami Fukao	97
Yuki Tamura	103
(Yoshiko Hidaka)	(127)

371

Denmark

Dorthe Rasmussen	27
Kersti Jakobsen	115
Mette Holm Hansen	118
Gitte Karlshøj	125
(Hanne Kjärsgaard)	(133)

385

Ireland

Mary Donohoe	61
Ann Hilliard	110
Valerie O'Mahoney	119
Mary Friel	121
(Greta Hickey)	(128)
(Patricia Griffin)	(130)

411

Brazil

Carmem de Oliveira	52
Angélica de Almeida	100
Cássia Pegado	134
Dalvirene de Paiva	137

423

Wales

Susan Tooby	77
Melissa Watson	109
Ann Roblin	117
Ann-Marie Fox	122
(Lynne Maddison)	(129)
(Sally James)	(135)

425

Morocco

Hassania Darami	56
Fatima Maama	126
Rakiya Maraoui	138
Saadia Bendenoune	142
(Saida Hamama)	(146)

462

Netherlands

Margreet Verbeek	82
Wilma Rusman	131
Marjan Freriks	140
Ilse Riedeman	141
(Krista Aukema)	(145)

494

India

Suman Rawat	132
Surjit Kaur	144
Vijay Nilman Khalko	150
M. Permanik	156
(Nirmala Nair)	(159)
(Purabi Daas)	(160)

582

Northern Ireland

Teresa Duffy	143
Barbara Harkness	148
Paula Hawtin	152
Noelle Harron	153
(Ita Speight)	(155)

596

Puerto Rico

Ileana Arroyo	147
Carmen Martinez	149
Carmen Vega	154
Rosita Ocasio	158

608

Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Participation

An unofficial count yields the participation of 161 athletes from 36 countries in the Senior women's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.

Algeria (2)
Australia (6)
Belgium (6)
Brazil (4)
Canada (6)
Czechoslovakia (1)
Denmark (5)
England (5)
Ethiopia (4)
Finland (2)
France (6)
India (6)
Indonesia (1)
Ireland (6)
Italy (5)
Japan (5)
Luxembourg (1)
Mauritius (1)
Morocco (5)
Netherlands (5)
New Zealand (6)
Northern Ireland (5)
Norway (4)
Poland (6)
Portugal (6)
Puerto Rico (4)
Romania (5)
Scotland (6)
Soviet Union (5)
Spain (6)
Sweden (2)
Switzerland (6)
United States (6)
U.S. Virgin Islands (1)
Wales (6)
West Germany (5)

References

Chaos as Zola leads England to victory - Zola Budd retained the individual title and led England to a controversial team victory at the world cross-country championships in Neuchatel, Switzerland yesterday..., Glasgow Herald, March 24, 1986, p. 12, retrieved October 22, 2013
Runaway Zola win - Zola Budd led from start to finish to retain her world cross country championship at Neuchatel, Switzerland..., Evening Times, March 24, 1986, p. 17, retrieved October 22, 2013
Magnusson, Tomas (February 8, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 4.7km CC Women - Neuchatel Planeyse Colombier Date: Saturday, March 22, 1986, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on October 16, 2007, retrieved October 22, 2013
IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved October 9, 2013
^ 36th IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS - EDINBURGH 2008 - FACTS & FIGURES - GREAT BRITAIN & NORTHERN IRELAND AT THE INTERNATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY & WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS (PDF), IAAF, p. 2ff, archived from the original (PDF) on September 27, 2013, retrieved October 9, 2013

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