The Senior women's race at the 1988 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Auckland, New Zealand, at the Ellerslie Racecourse on March 26, 1988. 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 (5.962 km)

Individual Rank Athlete Country Time Ingrid Kristiansen 19:04 Angela Tooby 19:23 Annette Sergent 19:29 4 Lynn Jennings 19:38 5 Albertina Machado 19:38 6 Yelena Romanova 19:41 7 Regina Chistyakova 19:41 8 Liève Slegers 19:44 9 Jill Hunter 19:46 10 Maria Curatolo 19:46 11 Marie-Pierre Duros 19:49 12 Susan Sirma 19:50 13 Wang Huabi 19:50 14 Wang Xiuting 19:51 15 Malin Wästlund 19:55 16 Susan Tooby 19:56 17 Yuki Tamura 19:57 18 Marina Rodchenkova 19:57 19 Nancy Tinari 19:57 20 Olga Bondarenko 19:58 21 Brenda Shackleton 19:58 22 Jane Ngotho 19:58 23 Conceição Ferreira 19:59 24 Leslie Seymour 20:01 25 Ulla Marquette 20:02 26 Lizanne Bussières 20:04 27 Christine McMiken 20:05 28 Patricia Demilly 20:06 29 Nan Davis 20:07 30 Rosario Murcia 20:09 31 Sabrina Dornhoefer 20:09 32 Jackie Perkins 20:09 33 Jackie Goodman 20:10 34 Fiona Truman 20:10 35 Maria Lelut 20:11 36 Annie Schweitzer 20:12 37 Mónica Gama 20:15 38 Kerstin Pressler 20:16 39 Natalya Lagunkova 20:17 40 Akemi Matsuno 20:17 41 Purity Samuel 20:18 42 Judy Chamberlin 20:19 43 Kersti Jakobsen 20:21 44 Zhong Huandi 20:23 45 Barbara Moore 20:24 46 Martine Oppliger 20:24 47 Esther Saina 20:25 48 Sonia Vinall 20:25 49 Sinikka Keskitalo 20:25 50 Ingrid Delagrange 20:26 51 Isabella Moretti 20:26 52 Antje Winkelmann 20:26 53 Anne Keenan 20:30 54 Ana Isabel Alonso 20:30 55 Małgorzata Birbach 20:31 56 Lesley Graham 20:32 57 Delilah Asiago 20:33 58 Maree McDonagh 20:34 59 Lyudmila Matveyeva 20:35 60 Rosanna Munerotto 20:36 61 Ana Oliveira 20:37 62 Estela Estévez 20:38 63 Christine Sørum 20:40 64 Kazue Kojima 20:41 65 Anette Dwyer 20:42 66 Angelines Rodriguez 20:42 67 Masako Matsumoto 20:42 68 Dolores Rizo 20:44 69 Rose Lambe 20:44 70 Tina Krebs 20:44 71 Grete Kirkeberg 20:45 72 Mary O'Connor 20:46 73 Maria Guida 20:47 74 Sirkku Kumpulainen 20:50 75 Christine Loiseau 20:52 76 Bente Moe 20:53 77 Päivi Tikkanen 20:54 78 Fulvia Furlan 20:55 79 Cristina Agusti 20:55 80 Sheila Purves 20:55 81 Li Xiuxia 20:55 82 Christine Pfitzinger 21:00 83 Eva Svensson 21:01 84 Laura Wight 21:02 85 Mary Donohoe 21:07 86 Catherine Rooney 21:07 87 Roberta Brunet 21:08 88 Satu Levelä 21:08 89 Silvana Pereira 21:10 90 Genoveva Eichenmann 21:10 91 Leah Pells 21:12 92 Yuko Gordon 21:15 93 Sue Malaxos 21:17 94 Gabriela Wolf 21:17 95 Rita de Jesús 21:17 96 Margaret Ngotho 21:18 97 Anita Håkenstad 21:18 98 Anna Müller 21:23 99 Janet Mayal 21:27 100 Grazyna Kowina 21:28 101 Tanja Merchiers 21:29 102 Naomi Yoshida 21:32 103 Chie Katsura 21:32 104 Kerryn Hindmarsh 21:33 105 Maria van Gestel 21:36 106 Daria Nauer 21:36 107 Roseanne Brisbane 21:40 108 Marinete Quintanilha 21:42 109 Sabine Knetsch 21:44 110 Maryse Justin 21:47 111 Sissel Grottenberg 21:49 112 Roisin Smyth 21:57 113 Rita Malone 21:58 114 Tove Lorentzen 22:00 115 Stella Selles 22:02 116 Griselda González 22:02 117 Agnese Possamai 22:09 118 Martha Lungu 22:23 119 Marvis Chiloshya 22:33 120 Nanda Shaner Yadav 22:34 121 Suman Rawat 22:39 122 Vijay Nilman Khalko 22:42 123 Rizoneide Vanderley 22:47 124 Maria Ritter 22:59 125 Elisa Cobañea 23:00 126 Esther Nambela 23:13 127 Adriano Calvo 23:16 128 Surjit Kaur 23:43 129 Raj Kumari Pandey 23:45 130 Mercy Kaluinga 24:40 131 Alison Robinson 24:40 132 Donna Cauvuilati 24:44 133 Chiu Pik Kwan 24:58 134 Bimala Joshi 25:41 135 Menuka Ravat 25:49 136 Onorina Rokowati 25:53 137 Nir Maya Karki 26:46 138 Amelia Likusaileka 27:08 139 Reena Devi 28:59 — Albertina Dias DNF — Montserrat Abello DNF

Teams Rank Team Points Yelena Romanova 6 Regina Chistyakova 7 Marina Rodchenkova 18 Olga Bondarenko 20 (Natalya Lagunkova) (39) (Lyudmila Matveyeva) (59) 51 Angela Tooby 2 Jill Hunter 9 Susan Tooby 16 Fiona Truman 34 (Sonia Vinall) (48) (Laura Wight) (84) 61 Annette Sergent 3 Marie-Pierre Duros 11 Patricia Demilly 28 Rosario Murcia 30 (Maria Lelut) (35) (Christine Loiseau) (75) 72 4 Lynn Jennings 4 Leslie Seymour 24 Nan Davis 29 Sabrina Dornhoefer 31 (Annie Schweitzer) (36) (Judy Chamberlin) (42) 88 5 Nancy Tinari 19 Brenda Shackleton 21 Ulla Marquette 25 Lizanne Bussières 26 (Leah Pells) (91) 91 6 Susan Sirma 12 Jane Ngotho 22 Purity Samuel 41 Esther Saina 47 (Delilah Asiago) (57) (Margaret Ngotho) (96) 122 7 Albertina Machado 5 Conceição Ferreira 23 Mónica Gama 37 Ana Oliveira 61 (Albertina Dias) (DNF) 126 8 Wang Huabi 13 Wang Xiuting 14 Zhong Huandi 44 Li Xiuxia 81 152 9 Christine McMiken 27 Jackie Goodman 33 Barbara Moore 45 Lesley Graham 56 (Mary O'Connor) (72) (Christine Pfitzinger) (82) 161 10 Yuki Tamura 17 Akemi Matsuno 40 Kazue Kojima 64 Masako Matsumoto 67 (Naomi Yoshida) (102) (Chie Katsura) (103) 188 11 Ingrid Kristiansen 1 Christine Sørum 63 Grete Kirkeberg 71 Bente Moe 76 (Anita Håkenstad) (97) (Sissel Grottenberg) (111) 211 12 Maria Curatolo 10 Rosanna Munerotto 60 Maria Guida 73 Fulvia Furlan 78 (Roberta Brunet) (87) (Agnese Possamai) (117) 221 13 Jackie Perkins 32 Maree McDonagh 58 Anette Dwyer 65 Sue Malaxos 93 (Kerryn Hindmarsh) (104) (Roseanne Brisbane) (107) 248 14 Ana Isabel Alonso 54 Estela Estévez 62 Angelines Rodriguez 66 Dolores Rizo 68 (Cristina Agusti) (79) (Montserrat Abello) (DNF) 250 15 Liève Slegers 8 Ingrid Delagrange 50 Tanja Merchiers 101 Maria van Gestel 105 264 16 Sinikka Keskitalo 49 Sirkku Kumpulainen 74 Päivi Tikkanen 77 Satu Levelä 88 288 17 Anne Keenan 53 Rose Lambe 69 Mary Donohoe 85 Catherine Rooney 86 (Roisin Smyth) (112) (Rita Malone) (113) 293 18 Martine Oppliger 46 Isabella Moretti 51 Genoveva Eichenmann 90 Daria Nauer 106 293 19 Kerstin Pressler 38 Antje Winkelmann 52 Gabriela Wolf 94 Sabine Knetsch 109 293 20 Silvana Pereira 89 Rita de Jesús 95 Janet Mayal 99 Marinete Quintanilha 108 (Rizoneide Vanderley) (123) 391 21 Sheila Purves 80 Yuko Gordon 92 Alison Robinson 131 Chiu Pik Kwan 133 436 22 Stella Selles 115 Griselda González 116 Elisa Cobañea 125 Adriano Calvo 127 483 23 Nanda Shaner Yadav 120 Suman Rawat 121 Vijay Nilman Khalko 122 Surjit Kaur 128 491 24 Martha Lungu 118 Marvis Chiloshya 119 Esther Nambela 126 Mercy Kaluinga 130 493 25 Raj Kumari Pandey 129 Bimala Joshi 134 Menuka Ravat 135 Nir Maya Karki 137 535 26 Donna Cauvuilati 132 Onorina Rokowati 136 Amelia Likusaileka 138 Reena Devi 139 545 Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Participation An unofficial count yields the participation of 141 athletes from 32 countries in the Senior women's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.

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See also 1988 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race 1988 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race

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