The Senior women's race at the 1987 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Warsaw, Poland, at the Służewiec Racecourse on March 22, 1987. 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 (5.05 km)

Individual Rank Athlete Country Time Annette Sergent 16:46 Liz Lynch 16:48 Ingrid Kristiansen 16:51 4 Lynn Jennings 16:55 5 Lesley Lehane 16:57 6 Mariana Stanescu 17:04 7 Cornelia Bürki 17:08 8 Krishna Wood 17:11 9 Paula Ivan 17:12 10 Natalya Sorokivskaya 17:13 11 Margaret Wairimu 17:14 12 Martine Fays 17:19 13 Olga Bondarenko 17:20 14 Mary Knisely 17:20 15 Yelena Romanova 17:23 16 Yvonne Murray 17:24 17 Marina Rodchenkova 17:25 18 Anne Viallix 17:25 19 Maria Lelut 17:30 20 Christine Benning 17:30 21 Delilah Asiago 17:31 22 Maria Curatolo 17:31 23 Janet Smith 17:32 24 Rosa Mota 17:32 25 Patricia Demilly 17:34 26 Liève Slegers 17:36 27 Albertina Machado 17:36 28 Wang Xiuting 17:36 29 Elena Murgoci 17:37 30 Sally Ellis 17:38 31 Jane Shields 17:41 32 Nancy Tinari-Rooks 17:42 33 Gail Rear 17:43 34 Svetlana Ulmasova 17:45 35 Maiken Sørum 17:45 36 Mary O'Connor 17:45 37 Monica Wambui 17:47 38 Ana Isabel Alonso 17:47 39 Radka Naplatanova 17:49 40 Ulla Marquette 17:49 41 Carole Rouillard 17:51 42 Anita Håkenstad 17:52 43 Mary Donohoe 17:52 44 Suzanne Girard 17:53 45 Susan Tooby 17:54 46 Iris Biba 17:55 47 Roberta Brunet 17:55 48 Leah Malot 17:56 49 Sabine Knetsch 17:56 50 Iulia Negura 17:56 51 Conceição Ferreira 17:57 52 Jane Ngotho 18:00 53 Sabrina Dornhoefer 18:00 54 Glenys Kroon 18:01 55 Tigist Moreda 18:01 56 Anette Westerberg 18:01 57 Aurora Cunha 18:02 58 Christina Mai 18:02 59 Montserrat Abello 18:03 60 Lynne Maddison 18:03 61 Renata Kokowska 18:03 62 Natalya Lagunkova 18:04 63 Grete Kirkeberg 18:04 64 Karen MacLeod 18:04 65 Asselefech Adera 18:05 66 Marie Granberg 18:05 67 Agnes Pardaens 18:06 68 Teresa Recio 18:06 69 Caroline Mullen 18:06 70 Maree McDonagh 18:07 71 Fiona Truman 18:07 72 Ann Middle 18:08 73 Susan Berenda 18:09 74 Danièle Kaber 18:09 75 Christina Cahill 18:10 76 Saori Terakoshi 18:11 77 Ana Correia 18:12 78 Antje Winkelmann 18:12 79 Wendy Ore 18:12 80 Grazyna Kowina 18:13 81 Christine Price 18:13 82 Sue Bruce 18:13 83 Vanya Gospodinova 18:14 84 Iulia Besliu 18:14 85 Ana Oliveira 18:16 86 Debbie Elsmore 18:17 87 Susan Sirma 18:18 88 Carmem de Oliveira 18:18 89 Isabella Moretti 18:18 90 Sachiko Yamashita 18:19 91 Corinne Debaets 18:22 92 Anna Busko 18:23 93 Fantaye Sirak 18:23 94 Adanech Erkulo 18:25 95 Anne Keenan 18:25 96 Alison Wyeth 18:26 97 Laura Faccio 18:27 98 Amelia Lorza Lopez 18:29 99 Véronique Collard 18:29 100 Anna-Carin Widmark 18:30 101 Anne Lord 18:31 102 Zhang Yanfeng 18:32 103 Izabella Zatorska 18:34 104 Dolores Rizo 18:35 105 Mizuyo Fukumoto 18:35 106 Rosanna Munerotto 18:36 107 Sally James 18:36 108 Astrid Schmidt 18:37 109 Rita de Jesús 18:38 110 Alessandra Olivari 18:39 111 Alena Mocariová 18:43 112 Maria van Gestel 18:43 113 Jenny Lund 18:46 114 Christine Kennedy 18:47 115 Suman Rawat 18:49 116 Cindy Grant 18:51 117 Wanda Panfil 18:55 118 Addis Gezagne 18:55 119 Carmen Díaz 18:56 120 Valerie O'Mahoney 18:58 121 Ewy Palm 18:58 122 Zheng Liyuan 19:01 123 Lesley Graham 19:02 124 Irina Theodoridou 19:03 125 Mahomi Muranaka 19:04 126 Coral Farr 19:07 127 Stefania Colombo 19:07 128 Christine Loiseau 19:12 129 Fatima Maama 19:13 130 Mazal Shalom 19:14 131 Penny Rother 19:15 132 Silvana Pereira 19:20 133 Teresa Duffy 19:22 134 Marleen Renders 19:26 135 Junko Kabashima 19:31 136 Nanda Shaner Yadav 19:31 137 Mary Friel 19:35 138 Katie Fitzgibbon 19:39 139 Rumyana Chavdarova 19:42 140 Rossitza Ekova 19:54 141 Milagro Rodriguez 20:00 142 Paula Hawtin 20:01 143 Vijay Nilman Khalko 20:16 144 Ursula McKee 20:20 145 Maria Belarmino 20:30 146 Katya Krasteva 20:36 147 Purabi Daas 20:45 148 Emperatriz Wilson 20:45 149 Una Barry 21:15 150 Bernadette McAllister 21:24 — Eva Ernström DNF — Eva Svensson DNF

Teams Rank Team Points Lynn Jennings 4 Lesley Lehane 5 Mary Knisely 14 Janet Smith 23 (Suzanne Girard) (44) (Sabrina Dornhoefer) (53) 46 Annette Sergent 1 Martine Fays 12 Anne Viallix 18 Maria Lelut 19 (Patricia Demilly) (25) (Christine Loiseau) (128) 50 Natalya Sorokivskaya 10 Olga Bondarenko 13 Yelena Romanova 15 Marina Rodchenkova 17 (Svetlana Ulmasova) (34) (Natalya Lagunkova) (62) 55 4 Mariana Stanescu 6 Paula Ivan 9 Elena Murgoci 29 Iulia Negura 50 (Iulia Besliu) (84) 94 5 Margaret Wairimu 11 Delilah Asiago 21 Monica Wambui 37 Leah Malot 48 (Jane Ngotho) (52) (Susan Sirma) (87) 117 6 Ingrid Kristiansen 3 Maiken Sørum 35 Anita Håkenstad 42 Grete Kirkeberg 63 143 7 Christine Benning 20 Sally Ellis 30 Jane Shields 31 Fiona Truman 71 (Christina Cahill) (75) (Alison Wyeth) (96) 152 8 Rosa Mota 24 Albertina Machado 27 Conceição Ferreira 51 Aurora Cunha 57 (Ana Correia) (77) (Ana Oliveira) (85) 159 9 Liz Lynch 2 Yvonne Murray 16 Karen MacLeod 64 Christine Price 81 (Penny Rother) (131) (Katie Fitzgibbon) (138) 163 10 Nancy Tinari-Rooks 32 Ulla Marquette 40 Carole Rouillard 41 Susan Berenda 73 (Cindy Grant) (116) 186 11 Gail Rear 33 Mary O'Connor 36 Glenys Kroon 54 Sue Bruce 82 (Debbie Elsmore) (86) (Lesley Graham) (123) 205 12 Iris Biba 46 Sabine Knetsch 49 Christina Mai 58 Antje Winkelmann 78 (Astrid Schmidt) (108) 231 13 Susan Tooby 45 Lynne Maddison 60 Ann Middle 72 Wendy Ore 79 (Sally James) (107) 256 14 Ana Isabel Alonso 38 Montserrat Abello 59 Teresa Recio 68 Amelia Lorza Lopez 98 (Dolores Rizo) (104) (Carmen Díaz) (119) 263 15 Maria Curatolo 22 Roberta Brunet 47 Laura Faccio 97 Rosanna Munerotto 106 (Alessandra Olivari) (110) (Stefania Colombo) (127) 272 16 Liève Slegers 26 Agnes Pardaens 67 Corinne Debaets 91 Véronique Collard 99 (Maria van Gestel) (112) (Marleen Renders) (134) 283 17 Krishna Wood 8 Maree McDonagh 70 Anne Lord 101 Jenny Lund 113 (Coral Farr) (126) 292 18 Tigist Moreda 55 Asselefech Adera 65 Fantaye Sirak 93 Adanech Erkulo 94 (Addis Gezagne) (118) 307 19 Mary Donohoe 43 Caroline Mullen 69 Anne Keenan 95 Christine Kennedy 114 (Valerie O'Mahoney) (120) (Mary Friel) (137) 321 20 Renata Kokowska 61 Grazyna Kowina 80 Anna Busko 92 Izabella Zatorska 103 (Wanda Panfil) (117) 336 21 Anette Westerberg 56 Marie Granberg 66 Anna-Carin Widmark 100 Ewy Palm 121 (Eva Ernström) (DNF) (Eva Svensson) (DNF) 343 22 Saori Terakoshi 76 Sachiko Yamashita 90 Mizuyo Fukumoto 105 Mahomi Muranaka 125 (Junko Kabashima) (135) 396 23 Radka Naplatanova 39 Vanya Gospodinova 83 Rumyana Chavdarova 139 Rossitza Ekova 140 (Katya Krasteva) (146) 401 24 Carmem de Oliveira 88 Rita de Jesús 109 Silvana Pereira 132 Maria Belarmino 145 474 25 Suman Rawat 115 Nanda Shaner Yadav 136 Vijay Nilman Khalko 143 Purabi Daas 147 541 26 Teresa Duffy 133 Paula Hawtin 142 Ursula McKee 144 Una Barry 149 (Bernadette McAllister) (150) 568 Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Participation An unofficial count yields the participation of 152 athletes from 34 countries in the Senior women's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.

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See also 1987 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race 1987 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race

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