The Senior women's race at the 1980 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Paris, France, at the Hippodrome de Longchamp on March 9, 1980. A report on the event was given in the Evening Times.

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

Race results

Senior women's race (4.82 km)

Individual Rank Athlete Country Time Grete Waitz 15:05 Irina Bondarchuk 15:49 Yelena Chernysheva 15:52 4 Giana Romanova 15:53 5 Jan Merrill 15:57 6 Svetlana Ulmasova 16:00 7 Penny Forse 16:04 8 Ellen Wessinghage 16:05 9 Kath Binns 16:06 10 Margaret Groos 16:09 11 Raisa Smekhnova 16:09 12 Cristina Tomasini 16:10 13 Julie Shea 16:10 14 Sandra Arthurton 16:15 15 Ingrid Kristiansen 16:18 16 Carla Beurskens 16:19 17 Nancy Rooks 16:20 18 Christine McMeekin 16:20 19 Ruth Smeeth 16:20 20 Charlotte Teske 16:22 21 Brenda Webb 16:23 22 Gunvor Hilde 16:23 23 Amelia Lorza Lopez 16:24 24 Bronislawa Ludwichowska 16:24 25 Lynn Kanuka 16:25 26 Joan Benoit 16:28 27 Deirdre Nagle 16:29 28 Margherita Gargano 16:30 29 Luciana Saccol 16:31 30 Regina Joyce 16:36 31 Shauna Miller 16:37 32 Alba Milana 16:38 33 Mona Kleppe 16:40 34 Sylvie Bornet 16:41 35 Ellison Goodall 16:42 36 Silvana Cruciata 16:44 37 Sara Neil 16:44 38 Marleen Mols 16:44 39 Sabine Ladurner 16:44 40 Mie Poulsen Jensen 16:46 41 Elvira Hofmann 16:47 42 Elise Wattendorf 16:48 43 Véronique Renties 16:49 44 Martine Bouchonneau 16:50 45 Tatyana Sychova 16:51 46 Magda Ilands 16:51 47 Rita Aerts 16:52 48 Fionnuala Morrish 16:52 49 Maria Chwaszczynska 16:53 50 Pilar Fernandez 16:59 51 Francine Peeters 16:59 52 Asuncion Sinobas 17:03 53 Jacqueline Lefeuvre 17:03 54 Wanda Panfil 17:06 55 Mercedes Calleja 17:09 56 Montserrat Abello 17:10 57 Mercedes Buceta 17:10 58 Hilary Hollick 17:10 59 Carol Meagan 17:11 60 Renata Kokowska 17:11 61 Mary Purcell 17:11 62 Veronica Duffy 17:14 63 Angelika Stephan 17:15 64 Rita Schlebert 17:15 65 Veronica Poryckyj 17:17 66 Denise Verhaert 17:18 67 Susan Olsen 17:19 68 Zehava Shmueli 17:19 69 Anette Hansen 17:22 70 Brigit de Nijs 17:22 71 Marie-Christine Christiaens 17:23 72 Kathy Williams 17:23 73 Fiona McQueen 17:24 74 Yana Jones 17:24 75 Nathalie Abelard 17:25 76 Leila Boudina 17:30 77 Frederica Sieders 17:31 78 Dorthe Rasmussen 17:34 79 Barbara Harvie 17:34 80 Angela Mason 17:34 81 Connie Olsen 17:42 82 Carole Bradford 17:42 83 Oddrun Mosling 17:43 84 Karin de Nijs 17:49 85 Mébarka El Hadj Abdellah 17:56 86 Tineke Kluft 17:59 87 Annie Rindt 17:59 88 Margaret Coomber 18:04 89 Sonia McLaren 18:04 90 Vreni Forster 18:07 91 Kim Lock 18:09 92 Siobhan Treacy 18:21 93 Malika Bellounis 18:22 94 Rachel Halle 18:24 95 Joëlle De Brouwer 18:34 96 Joyce Mehaffey 18:42 97 Sheila Doyle 18:44 98 Trudy Kenward 18:47 99 Kerry Robinson 19:10 100 Anna Bukis 19:13 101 Roisin Smyth 19:30 102 Avril McClung 19:48 103 Susan Beattie 20:21 — Vera Kemper DNF

Teams Rank Team Points Irina Bondarchuk 2 Yelena Chernysheva 3 Giana Romanova 4 Svetlana Ulmasova 6 (Raisa Smekhnova) (11) (Tatyana Sychova) (45) 15 Penny Forse 7 Kath Binns 9 Sandra Arthurton 14 Ruth Smeeth 19 (Regina Joyce) (30) (Angela Mason) (80) 49 Jan Merrill 5 Margaret Groos 10 Julie Shea 13 Brenda Webb 21 (Joan Benoit) (26) (Ellison Goodall) (35) 49 4 Grete Waitz 1 Ingrid Christensen 15 Gunvor Hilde 22 Mona Kleppe 33 (Oddrun Mosling) (83) 71 5 Cristina Tomasini 12 Margherita Gargano 28 Luciana Saccol 29 Alba Milana 32 (Silvana Cruciata) (36) (Sabine Ladurner) (39) 101 6 Nancy Rooks 17 Lynn Kanuka 25 Shauna Miller 31 Sara Neil 37 (Veronica Poryckyj) (65) 110 7 Ellen Wessinghage 8 Charlotte Teske 20 Elvira Hofmann 41 Angelika Stephan 63 (Vera Kemper) (DNF) 132 8 Sylvie Bornet 34 Véronique Renties 43 Martine Bouchonneau 44 Jacqueline Lefeuvre 53 (Nathalie Abelard) (75) (Joëlle De Brouwer) (95) 174 9 Amelia Lorza Lopez 23 Pilar Fernandez 50 Asuncion Sinobas 52 Mercedes Calleja 55 (Montserrat Abello) (56) (Mercedes Buceta) (57) 180 10 Marleen Mols 38 Magda Ilands 46 Rita Aerts 47 Francine Peeters 51 (Denise Verhaert) (66) (Marie-Christine Christiaens) (71) 182 11 Bronislawa Ludwichowska 24 Maria Chwaszczynska 49 Wanda Panfil 54 Renata Kokowska 60 (Anna Bukis) (100) 187 12 Deirdre Nagle 27 Fionnuala Morrish 48 Carol Meagan 59 Mary Purcell 61 (Veronica Duffy) (62) (Siobhan Treacy) (92) 195 13 Carla Beurskens 16 Brigit de Nijs 70 Frederica Sieders 77 Karin de Nijs 84 (Tineke Kluft) (86) (Annie Rindt) (87) 247 14 Mie Poulsen Jensen 40 Susan Olsen 67 Anette Hansen 69 Dorthe Rasmussen 78 (Connie Olsen) (81) 254 15 Christine McMeekin 18 Fiona McQueen 73 Barbara Harvie 79 Margaret Coomber 88 (Sonia McLaren) (89) (Kerry Robinson) (99) 258 16 Hilary Hollick 58 Kathy Williams 72 Yana Jones 74 Carole Bradford 82 (Kim Lock) (91) (Trudy Kenward) (98) 286 17 Joyce Mehaffey 96 Sheila Doyle 97 Roisin Smyth 101 Avril McClung 102 (Susan Beattie) (103) 396 Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Participation An unofficial count yields the participation of 104 athletes from 20 countries in the Senior women's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.

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See also 1980 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race 1980 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race

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