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

Teams Rank Team Points Zola Budd 1 Carole Bradford 10 Ruth Partridge 20 Jane Shields 34 (Julie Laughton) (40) 65 Christine McMiken 7 Gail Rear 18 Mary O'Connor 19 Wendy Renner 23 (Sue Bruce) (32) (Debbie Elsmore) (33) 67 Annette Sergent 3 Martine Fays 4 Anne Viallix 26 Jacqueline Lefeuvre 43 (Maria Lelut) (44) (Isabelle Matthys) (70) 76 4 Lynn Jennings 2 Nan Doak 6 Betty Springs 35 Sabrina Dornhoefer 39 (Leslie Seymour) (54) (Brenda Webb) (67) 82 5 Rosa Mota 5 Albertina Machado 8 Aurora Cunha 22 Fernanda Marques 83 (Leanor Costa) (98) (Lucilia Soares) (99) 118 6 Elizabeth Franzis 17 Susi Riermeier 24 Charlotte Teske 41 Christina Mai 47 (Astrid Schmidt) (69) 129 7 Lyudmila Matveyeva 12 Marina Rodchenkova 16 Yelena Sipatova 49 Irina Mozharova 63 (Marina Vasilyuk) (89) 140 8 Elena Fidatof 9 Paula Ivan 28 Mariana Stanescu 31 Ilinca Mitrea 72 (Viorica Ghican) (73) 140 9 Grete Kirkeberg 15 Christine Sørum 21 Anita Håkenstad 30 Anne Jorun Flaten 75 141 10 Liève Slegers 11 Betty van Steenbroeck 46 Maria van Gestel 60 Ingrid Delagrange 65 (Francine Peeters) (68) (Linda Milo) (95) 182 11 Mercedes Calleja 37 Teresa Recio 45 Montserrat Abello 55 Asuncion Sinobas 58 (Fatima Paz) (81) (Estela Estévez) (112) 195 12 Marcella Robertson 25 Yvonne Murray 38 Christine Price 57 Karen MacLeod 101 (Jean Lorden) (107) (June Standing) (139) 221 13 Krishna Wood 36 Anne Lord 53 Jenny Lund 66 Tania Turney 74 (Penny Just) (96) (Gaylene Clews) (105) 229 14 Cornelia Bürki 14 Sandra Gasser 51 Martine Oppliger 62 Helen Comsa 111 (Genoveva Eichenmann) (116) (Daria Nauer) (124) 238 15 Renata Kokowska 13 Lidia Camberg 86 Anna Rybicka 87 Anna Busko 91 (Małgorzata Birbach) (106) (Izabella Zatorska) (123) 277 16 Susan Berenda 50 Debbie Bowker 64 Carole Rouillard 79 Brenda Shackleton 104 (Maureen de St. Croix) (108) (Angela Chalmers) (120) 297 17 Tigist Moreda 59 Adanech Workula 71 Asselefech Adera 84 Fantaye Sirak 85 299 18 Agnese Possamai 48 Rita Marchisio 76 Rosanna Munerotto 88 Betty Molteni 92 (Alessandra Corti) (114) 304 19 Kumi Araki 78 Eriko Asai 93 Mami Fukao 97 Yuki Tamura 103 (Yoshiko Hidaka) (127) 371 20 Dorthe Rasmussen 27 Kersti Jakobsen 115 Mette Holm Hansen 118 Gitte Karlshøj 125 (Hanne Kjärsgaard) (133) 385 21 Mary Donohoe 61 Ann Hilliard 110 Valerie O'Mahoney 119 Mary Friel 121 (Greta Hickey) (128) (Patricia Griffin) (130) 411 22 Carmem de Oliveira 52 Angélica de Almeida 100 Cássia Pegado 134 Dalvirene de Paiva 137 423 23 Susan Tooby 77 Melissa Watson 109 Ann Roblin 117 Ann-Marie Fox 122 (Lynne Maddison) (129) (Sally James) (135) 425 24 Hassania Darami 56 Fatima Maama 126 Rakiya Maraoui 138 Saadia Bendenoune 142 (Saida Hamama) (146) 462 25 Margreet Verbeek 82 Wilma Rusman 131 Marjan Freriks 140 Ilse Riedeman 141 (Krista Aukema) (145) 494 26 Suman Rawat 132 Surjit Kaur 144 Vijay Nilman Khalko 150 M. Permanik 156 (Nirmala Nair) (159) (Purabi Daas) (160) 582 27 Teresa Duffy 143 Barbara Harkness 148 Paula Hawtin 152 Noelle Harron 153 (Ita Speight) (155) 596 28 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.

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See also 1986 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race 1986 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race

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