The Senior women's race at the 1982 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Rome, Italy, at the Ippodromo delle Capannelle on March 21, 1982. A report on the event was given in the Glasgow Herald.

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

Race results

Senior women's race (4.663 km)

Individual Rank Athlete Country Time Maricica Puică 14:38.9 Fiţa Lovin 14:40.5 Grete Waitz 14:43.9 4 Agnese Possamai 14:46.9 5 Dianne Rodger 14:49.2 6 Ingrid Kristiansen 14:50.9 7 Yelena Sipatova 14:51.9 8 Raisa Smekhnova 14:55.5 9 Nadia Dandolo 14:57.9 10 Jan Merrill 14:59.5 11 Tatyana Pozdnyakova 15:00.1 12 Kate Wiley 15:01 13 Ann Ford 15:02.2 14 Paula Fudge 15:03.8 15 Lynn Kanuka 15:04.5 16 Jane Furniss 15:06.3 17 Marty Cooksey 15:07.9 18 Galina Zakharova 15:08.8 19 Cristina Tomasini 15:09.6 20 Aileen O'Connor 15:10.4 21 Rosa Mota 15:10.7 22 Pilar Fernandez 15:13.2 23 Brenda Webb 15:18 24 Ruth Smeeth 15:18.3 25 Rita Marchisio 15:21.8 26 Mary O'Connor 15:22.8 27 Joan Hansen 15:23.7 28 Alice Silva 15:23.9 29 Alla Yushina 15:24.2 30 Amelia Lorza Lopez 15:24.6 31 Jacqueline Lefeuvre 15:24.8 32 Annick Lebreton 15:25.2 33 Maria Bak 15:25.8 34 Asuncion Sinobas 15:26.1 35 Margherita Gargano 15:26.3 36 Christine Price 15:26.6 37 Beate Liebich 15:31 38 Nancy Rooks 15:31.4 39 Anne-Marie Malone 15:32.8 40 Renata Kokowska 15:34.2 41 Christina Boxer 15:34.5 42 Yvonne Murray 15:35.2 43 Patricia Appleby 15:35.4 44 Joëlle Debrouwer 15:36.1 45 Wanda Panfil 15:37.1 46 Montserrat Abello 15:37.9 47 Aurora Cunha 15:38.4 48 Sandra Arthurton 15:39.3 49 Mercedes Calleja 15:40.1 50 Carla Beurskens 15:40.4 51 Martine Fays 15:41.3 52 Hilary Hollick 15:43.1 53 Kim Lock 15:43.2 54 Maria Andersson 15:44.2 55 Mona Kleppe 15:45.5 56 Anita Andersson 15:46.9 57 Jeanette Nordgren 15:47.2 58 Isabelle Matthys 15:47.5 59 Betty van Steenbroeck 15:47.8 60 Marie-Christine Deurbroeck 15:49.1 61 Stanislawa Fedyk 15:50.8 62 Marianne Østbye 15:51.5 63 Francine Peeters 15:52.4 64 Katarina Wåhlin 15:52.6 65 Kathy Mearns 15:52.8 66 Jean Lorden 15:56.2 67 Birgitta Wåhlin 15:56.5 68 Charlotte Kaagh 15:57.7 69 Magda Ilands 16:00.4 70 Monica O'Reilly 16:03.2 71 Liz Lynch 16:03.7 72 Zehava Shmueli 16:04.9 73 Ana Isabel Alonso 16:06.7 74 Thelwyn Bateman 16:07.2 75 Lesley Welch 16:09.4 76 Sara Neil 16:09.9 77 Dalila Mehira 16:11 78 Albertina Machado 16:11.6 79 Annie van Stiphout 16:12.4 80 Bronwen Cardy 16:15.5 81 Lynne MacDougall 16:16.8 82 Lucilia Soares 16:17.5 83 Ewa Wrzosek 16:18.3 84 Mie Poulsen Jensen 16:19.7 85 Louise McGrillen 16:21.2 86 Linda Milo 16:22.2 87 Elly van Hulst 16:24.6 88 Conceição Ferreira 16:29.2 89 Eithne Kenny 16:30.9 90 Emily Dowling 16:32.6 91 Valentine Bakker 16:39.5 92 Patricia Deneuville 16:43.2 93 Susanne Nörgaard 16:43.4 94 Mette Holm Hansen 16:52.4 95 Fionnuala Morrish 16:57.6 96 Leila Bendahmane 17:00.7 97 Tracy Long 17:02.8 98 Aichia Bouziane 17:04.9 99 Tineke Kluft 17:06.3 100 Malika Bellounis 17:08.1 101 Kathy Williams 17:10.1 102 Mébarka El Hadj Abdellah 17:19 103 Jacky Winkelman 17:34.7 104 Tracie Kelly 17:50.1 105 Dalila Baouche 18:04.6 — Gabriella Dorio DNF — Celina Sokolowska DNF — Susan Olsen DNF — Ulla Nielsen DNF

Teams Rank Team Points Yelena Sipatova 7 Raisa Smekhnova 8 Tatyana Pozdnyakova 11 Galina Zakharova 18 (Alla Yushina) (29) 44 Agnese Possamai 4 Nadia Dandolo 9 Cristina Tomasini 19 Rita Marchisio 25 (Margherita Gargano) (35) (Gabriella Dorio) (DNF) 57 Ann Ford 13 Paula Fudge 14 Jane Furniss 16 Ruth Smeeth 24 (Christina Boxer) (41) (Sandra Arthurton) (48) 67 4 Jan Merrill 10 Marty Cooksey 17 Aileen O'Connor 20 Brenda Webb 23 (Joan Hansen) (27) (Lesley Welch) (75) 70 5 Kate Wiley 12 Lynn Kanuka 15 Nancy Rooks 38 Anne-Marie Malone 39 (Sara Neil) (76) (Tracie Kelly) (104) 104 6 Grete Waitz 3 Ingrid Kristiansen 6 Mona Kleppe 55 Marianne Østbye 62 126 7 Pilar Fernandez 22 Amelia Lorza Lopez 30 Asuncion Sinobas 34 Montserrat Abello 46 (Mercedes Calleja) (49) (Ana Isabel Alonso) (73) 132 8 Jacqueline Lefeuvre 31 Annick Lebreton 32 Joëlle Debrouwer 44 Martine Fays 51 (Isabelle Matthys) (58) (Patricia Deneuville) (92) 158 9 Rosa Mota 21 Alice Silva 28 Aurora Cunha 47 Albertina Machado 78 (Lucilia Soares) (82) (Conceição Ferreira) (88) 174 10 Maria Bak 33 Renata Kokowska 40 Wanda Panfil 45 Stanislawa Fedyk 61 (Ewa Wrzosek) (83) (Celina Sokolowska) (DNF) 179 11 Christine Price 36 Yvonne Murray 42 Kathy Mearns 65 Jean Lorden 66 (Liz Lynch) (71) (Lynne MacDougall) (81) 209 12 Maria Andersson 54 Anita Andersson 56 Jeanette Nordgren 57 Katarina Wåhlin 64 (Birgitta Wåhlin) (67) (Susanne Nörgaard) (93) 231 13 Betty van Steenbroeck 59 Marie-Christine Deurbroeck 60 Francine Peeters 63 Magda Ilands 69 (Linda Milo) (86) 251 14 Hilary Hollick 52 Kim Lock 53 Thelwyn Bateman 74 Bronwen Cardy 80 (Tracy Long) (97) (Kathy Williams) (101) 259 15 Patricia Appleby 43 Monica O'Reilly 70 Louise McGrillen 85 Eithne Kenny 89 (Emily Dowling) (90) (Fionnuala Morrish) (95) 287 16 Carla Beurskens 50 Annie van Stiphout 79 Elly van Hulst 87 Valentine Bakker 91 (Tineke Kluft) (99) (Jacky Winkelman) (103) 307 17 Dalila Mehira 77 Leila Bendahmane 96 Aichia Bouziane 98 Malika Bellounis 100 (Mébarka El Hadj Abdellah) (102) (Dalila Baouche) (105) 371DNF (Charlotte Kaagh) (68) (Mie Poulsen Jensen) (84) (Mette Holm Hansen) (94) (Susan Olsen) (DNF) (Ulla Nielsen) (DNF) DNF Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Participation An unofficial count yields the participation of 109 athletes from 22 countries in the Senior women's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.

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See also 1982 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race 1982 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race

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