The IAAF World Women's Road Race Championships was an annual international athletics championship in road running organised by the International Association of Athletics Federations (then known as the International Amateur Athletics Federation). It was contested from 1983 to 1991, before being replaced by the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships in 1992, an event for both men and women.

The event was a 10 km race in 1983 and 1984, then a 15 km race from 1985 to 1991.IAAF World Women's Road Race Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2013-09-30.

Editions EditionYearCityCountry1st1983San DiegoUnited States2nd1984MadridSpain3rd1985GatesheadUnited Kingdom4th1986LisbonPortugal5th1987Monte CarloMonaco6th1988AdelaideAustralia7th1989Rio de JaneiroBrazil8th1990DublinIreland9th1991NieuwegeinNetherlands

Medalists

Individual 1983 32:23 32:23 32:411984 33:04 33:18 33:251985 49:17 49:25 49:591986 48:31 48:35 48:361987 47:17 48:53 49:151988 48:24 50:18 50:281989 49:34 49:44 50:061990 50:14 50:15 50:191991 48:42 48:43 48:44

Team Team medals were decided by adding the positions of the leading three team members, except in 1984, when the times of the three leading team members were added. 1983 12 19 321984 1:41:24 1:42:33 1:43:111985 19 20 361986 20 24 261987 32 32 461988 21 31 371989 10 15 241990 27 47 621991 22 24 31

Individual Results San Diego 1983 (10 km) 66 starters. 62 finishers RankAthleteTime32:2332:2332:414th32:575th33:036th33:067th33:068th33:149th33:1510th33:19

Madrid 1984 (10 km) 54 finishers. RankAthleteTime33:0433:1833:25433:51534:01634:05734:08834:09934:121034:13

Gateshead 1985 (15 km) 67 finishers. RankAthleteTime49:1749:2549:594th50:285th50:366th50:427th50:568th51:009th51:0810th51:29

Lisbon 1986 (15 km) 75 finishers. RankAthleteTime48:3148:3548:36448:41549:12649:13749:14849:22949:261049:42

Monte Carlo 1987 (15 km) 110 starters. 103 finishers. RankAthleteTime47:1748:5349:15449:21549:33649:35749:41849:43949:481049:56

Adelaide 1988 (15 km) 77 starters. 70 finishers. RankAthleteTime48:2450:1850:28450:29550:42650:43750:46850:51950:591051:00

Rio de Janeiro 1989 (15 km) 85 starters. 68 finishers. RankAthleteTime49:3450:0650:06 4.50:16 5.50:21 6.50:34750:42850:59951:051051:06

Dublin 1990 (15 km) 83 starters. 77 finishers. RankAthleteTime50:1250:1550:19450:20550:27650:30750:32850:37951:001051:06

Nieuwegein 1991 (15 km) 70 finishers. RankAthleteTime48:4248:4348:44448:44548:47649:19749:21849:24949:271049:37

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