The Senior women's race at the 1989 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Stavanger, Norway, at the Scanvest Ring on March 19, 1989. 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 (6 km)

Individual Rank Athlete Country Time Annette Sergent 22:27 Nadezhda Stepanova 22:34 Lynn Williams 22:41 4 Jane Ngotho 22:57 5 Jackie Perkins 22:59 6 Lynn Jennings 22:59 7 Jill Hunter 23:00 8 Véronique Collard 23:01 9 Yelena Romanova 23:02 10 Maria Lelut 23:03 11 Luchia Yeshak 23:04 12 Conceição Ferreira 23:13 13 Angie Pain 23:15 14 Maree McDonagh 23:17 15 Adanech Erkulo 23:19 16 Margaret Groos 23:20 17 Martine Fays 23:21 18 Albertina Dias 23:22 19 Albertina Machado 23:27 20 Natalya Sorokivskaya 23:27 21 Carla Borovicka 23:28 22 Jeanne-Marie Pipoz 23:28 23 Derartu Tulu 23:29 24 Tuija Toivonen 23:32 25 Annette Hand 23:32 26 Susan Hobson 23:35 27 Regina Chistyakova 23:36 28 Alison Wyeth 23:43 29 Sabrina Dornhoefer 23:45 30 Susan Stone 23:47 31 Kumi Araki 23:47 32 Marie-Pierre Duros 23:48 33 Christine Kennedy 23:49 34 Nelly Aerts 23:49 35 Ana Moreira 23:50 36 Christine Sørum 23:51 37 Maria van Gestel 23:53 38 Akemi Matsuno 23:55 39 Dolores Rizo 23:57 40 Martha Ernstdóttir 24:00 41 Estela Estévez 24:00 42 Ana Correia 24:01 43 Lesley Graham 24:01 44 Lucy Smith 24:03 45 Allison Rabour 24:04 46 Felicidade Sena 24:05 47 Kristina Ljungberg 24:05 48 Lesley Morton 24:09 49 Tigist Moreda 24:10 50 Rita de Jesús 24:10 51 Sue Dilnot 24:11 52 Satu Levelä 24:11 53 Patricia Demilly 24:11 54 Rosanna Munerotto 24:12 55 Mary O'Connor 24:13 56 Jill Purola 24:13 57 Sadako Hayakawa 24:13 58 Carmen Díaz 24:14 59 Daria Nauer 24:14 60 Maiken Sørum 24:14 61 Debbie Elsmore 24:15 62 Sally Ellis 24:16 63 Sachiko Yamashita 24:17 64 Catherine Rooney 24:17 65 Nicki Morris 24:19 66 Carlien Harms 24:20 67 Natalya Artyomova 24:21 68 Joke Kleyweg 24:22 69 Tatyana Pozdnyakova 24:23 70 Carita Sunell 24:23 71 Anna Villani 24:26 72 Laura Faccio 24:29 73 Kirsi Rauta 24:31 74 Tsugumi Fukuyama 24:32 75 Getenesh Urge 24:34 76 Catherina McKiernan 24:36 77 Jackie Goodman 24:38 78 Roisin Smyth 24:40 79 Isabella Moretti 24:40 80 Kirsi Valasti 24:40 81 Marjan Freriks 24:43 82 Sandra Anschuetz 24:44 83 Kaisa Siitonen 24:47 84 Lisbeth Crafach 24:50 85 Joy Terry 24:51 86 Shelly Steely 24:57 87 Nives Curti 25:02 88 Jenny Lund 25:05 89 Barbara Moore 25:09 90 Hilde Marit Fjelltveit 25:10 91 Carmen Brunet 25:11 92 Jytte Pedersen 25:11 93 Rosario Murcia 25:12 94 Cathrine Bendz 25:14 95 Rosa Perez 25:16 96 Tanja Merchiers 25:19 97 Valerie Collins 25:21 98 Grethe Fosse 25:22 99 Tove Schultz 25:23 100 Anja de Brabant 25:24 101 Monica Conti 25:24 102 Natsulov Kawamoto 25:26 103 Inga Nielsen 25:47 104 Anita Nielsen 25:53 105 May Allison 25:56 106 Bente Moe 26:02 107 Ulla Nielsen 26:06 108 Cleuza Irineu 26:16 109 Fernanda Marques 26:22 110 Maria Belarmino 26:34 111 Mazal Shalom 27:03 112 Katerina Pratsi 27:07 113 Frida Run Thordardóttir 27:22 114 Rizoneide Vanderley 27:26 115 Maryse Justin 27:30 116 Margret Brynjolfsdóttir 28:30 117 Corneila Melis 29:18 118 Hulda Palsdóttír 29:48 — Ana Isabel Alonso DNF — Carolyn Schuwalov DNF

Teams Rank Team Points Nadezhda Stepanova 2 Yelena Romanova 9 Natalya Sorokivskaya 20 Regina Chistyakova 27 (Natalya Artyomova) (67) (Tatyana Pozdnyakova) (69) 58 Annette Sergent 1 Maria Lelut 10 Martine Fays 17 Marie-Pierre Duros 32 (Patricia Demilly) (53) (Rosario Murcia) (93) 60 Lynn Jennings 6 Margaret Groos 16 Carla Borovicka 21 Annette Hand 25 (Sabrina Dornhoefer) (29) (Shelly Steely) (86) 68 4 Conceição Ferreira 12 Albertina Dias 18 Albertina Machado 19 Ana Moreira 35 (Ana Correia) (42) (Felicidade Sena) (46) (Fernanda Marques) (109) 84 5 Luchia Yeshak 11 Adanech Erkulo 15 Derartu Tulu 23 Tigist Moreda 49 (Getenesh Urge) (75) 98 6 Jill Hunter 7 Angie Pain 13 Alison Wyeth 28 Sue Dilnot 51 (Sally Ellis) (62) (Nicki Morris) (65) 99 7 Jackie Perkins 5 Maree McDonagh 14 Susan Hobson 26 Joy Terry 85 (Jenny Lund) (88) (Carolyn Schuwalov) (DNF) 130 8 Lynn Williams 3 Susan Stone 30 Lucy Smith 44 Jill Purola 56 (Sandra Anschuetz) (82) (May Allison) (105) 133 9 Véronique Collard 8 Nelly Aerts 34 Maria van Gestel 37 Tanja Merchiers 96 (Anja de Brabant) (100) 175 10 Kumi Araki 31 Akemi Matsuno 38 Sadako Hayakawa 57 Sachiko Yamashita 63 (Tsugumi Fukuyama) (74) (Natsulov Kawamoto) (102) 189 11 Lesley Graham 43 Lesley Morton 48 Mary O'Connor 55 Debbie Elsmore 61 (Jackie Goodman) (77) (Barbara Moore) (89) 207 12 Tuija Toivonen 24 Satu Levelä 52 Carita Sunell 70 Kirsi Rauta 73 (Kirsi Valasti) (80) (Kaisa Siitonen) (83) 219 13 Dolores Rizo 39 Estela Estévez 41 Carmen Díaz 58 Carmen Brunet 91 (Rosa Perez) (95) (Ana Isabel Alonso) (DNF) 229 14 Allison Rabour 45 Rosanna Munerotto 54 Anna Villani 71 Laura Faccio 72 (Nives Curti) (87) (Monica Conti) (101) 242 15 Christine Kennedy 33 Catherine Rooney 64 Catherina McKiernan 76 Roisin Smyth 78 (Valerie Collins) (97) 251 16 Christine Sørum 36 Maiken Sørum 60 Hilde Marit Fjelltveit 90 Cathrine Bendz 94 (Grethe Fosse) (98) (Bente Moe) (106) 280 17 Lisbeth Crafach 84 Jytte Pedersen 92 Tove Schultz 99 Inga Nielsen 103 (Anita Nielsen) (104) (Ulla Nielsen) (107) 378 18 Rita de Jesús 50 Cleuza Irineu 108 Maria Belarmino 110 Rizoneide Vanderley 114 382 19 Martha Ernstdóttir 40 Frida Run Thordardóttir 113 Margret Brynjolfsdóttir 116 Hulda Palsdóttír 118 387 Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Participation An unofficial count yields the participation of 120 athletes from 27 countries in the Senior women's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.

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See also 1989 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race 1989 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race 1989 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior women's race

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