The Senior women's race at the 1990 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Aix-les-Bains, France, at the Hippodrome de Marlioz on March 25, 1990. 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 Lynn Jennings 19:21 Albertina Dias 19:33 Yelena Romanova 19:33 4 Luchia Yeshak 19:33 5 Nadia Dandolo 19:39 6 Jane Ngotho 19:41 7 Conceição Ferreira 19:45 8 Viorica Ghican 19:47 9 Margaret Wairimu 19:49 10 Nadezhda Galyamova 19:50 11 Olga Nazarkina 19:51 12 Iulia Negura 19:51 13 Regina Chistyakova 19:52 14 Jeanne-Marie Pipoz 19:52 15 Derartu Tulu 19:53 16 Estela Estévez 19:53 17 Annette Sergent 19:55 18 Susan Hobson 19:56 19 Marcianne Mukamurenzi 19:59 20 Martine Fays 20:00 21 Aurora Cunha 20:01 22 Anuța Cătună 20:01 23 Véronique Collard 20:02 24 Jenny Lund 20:03 25 Adanech Erkulo 20:03 26 Carolyn Schuwalov 20:03 27 Julia Vaquero 20:04 28 Natalya Sorokivskaya 20:05 29 Odile Ohier 20:05 30 Angela Chalmers 20:06 31 Getenesh Urge 20:06 32 Gitte Karlshøj 20:06 33 Sabrina Dornhoefer 20:07 34 Elaine van Blunk 20:07 35 Sonia McGeorge 20:08 36 Kumi Araki 20:08 37 Marjan Freriks 20:09 38 Kathrin Ullrich 20:14 39 Liève Slegers 20:15 40 Catherina McKiernan 20:16 41 Kaori Kumura 20:17 42 Naomi Yoshida 20:17 43 Maria Curatolo 20:18 44 Shelly Steely 20:20 45 María Luisa Servín 20:21 46 Martine Oppliger 20:23 47 Laura Adam 20:23 48 Annette Hüls 20:24 49 Lucy Smith 20:24 50 Mónica Gama 20:27 51 Tatyana Pozdnyakova 20:27 52 Leah Pells 20:27 53 Yoshie Terazawa 20:27 54 Anke Schäning 20:28 55 Lisa Harvey 20:28 56 Dolores Rizo 20:29 57 Nancy Patteet 20:30 58 Anette Dwyer 20:32 59 Farida Fatès 20:33 60 Elena Fidatof 20:33 61 Sachiko Yamashita 20:35 62 Corinne Debaets 20:37 63 Maria Starovská 20:38 64 Carlien Harms 20:38 65 Birgit Jerschabek 20:39 66 Tigist Moreda 20:39 67 Anja de Brabant 20:40 68 Roisin Smyth 20:40 69 Fatima Maama 20:40 70 Marian Sutton 20:41 71 Robyn Meagher 20:41 72 Lucilia Soares 20:42 73 Zahra Ouaziz 20:43 74 Ana Isabel Alonso 20:44 75 María del Carmen Díaz 20:45 76 Silvana Pereira 20:46 77 Carmen Fuentes 20:48 78 Addis Gezagne 20:49 79 Annette Fincke 20:49 80 Mariana Stanescu 20:50 81 Nives Curti 20:50 82 Christien Toonstra 20:54 83 Christine Kennedy 20:55 84 Margaret Kagiri 20:57 85 Mary O'Connor 20:59 86 Tanja Kalinowski 20:59 87 Lucinda Martin 21:00 88 Isabella Moretti 21:01 89 Valentina Tauceri 21:02 90 Florence Wangechi 21:02 91 Martha Ernstdóttir 21:04 92 Carmen Brunet 21:05 93 Carole Connolly 21:05 94 Izumi Maki 21:06 95 Anne Viallix 21:06 96 Niamh Murphy 21:06 97 Pavlina Evro 21:07 98 Mébarka El Hadj Abdellah 21:07 99 Alison Wyeth 21:09 100 Liri Brahja 21:09 101 Rizoneide Vanderley 21:10 102 Betty Molteni 21:10 103 Leanne Martin 21:11 104 Daria Nauer 21:11 105 Lotta Legernes 21:13 106 Benita Perez 21:13 107 Blanca Jaime 21:14 108 Luz Fabiola Rueda 21:15 109 Christine Feuillet 21:15 110 Ulla Marquette 21:16 111 Laura Faccio 21:18 112 Teresa Duffy 21:19 113 Claudia Metzner 21:21 114 Ursula Noctor 21:22 115 Joy Terry 21:23 116 Andrea Fleischer 21:24 117 Janet Smith 21:24 118 Rita de Jesús 21:29 119 Donika Hanxhara 21:30 120 Nanda Shaner Yadav 21:32 121 Manushaqe Taku 21:35 122 Solange de Souza 21:41 123 Annet Bezemer 21:43 124 Nelly Glauser 21:44 125 Pauline Konga 21:47 126 Anila Mekshi 21:48 127 Kerstin Streck 21:48 128 Nelly Aerts 21:49 129 Vijay Nilman Khalko 21:52 130 Charulatha Naigaonkar 22:06 131 Brenda Sleeuwenhoek 22:09 132 Karla Guerrero 22:13 133 Lee Hsiao-Chuan 22:15 134 Lukose Leelamma 22:30 135 Zehava Shmueli 22:46 136 Lisbeth Crafach 22:47 137 Olga Avalos 22:49 138 Marie-Cecile Rivetta 22:55 — Fernanda Marques DNF

Teams Rank Team Points Yelena Romanova 3 Nadezhda Galyamova 10 Olga Nazarkina 11 Regina Chistyakova 13 (Natalya Sorokivskaya) (28) (Tatyana Pozdnyakova) (51) 37 Luchia Yeshak 4 Derartu Tulu 15 Adanech Erkulo 25 Getenesh Urge 31 (Tigist Moreda) (66) (Addis Gezagne) (78) 75 Albertina Dias 2 Conceição Ferreira 7 Aurora Cunha 21 Mónica Gama 50 (Lucilia Soares) (72) (Fernanda Marques) (DNF) 80 4 Viorica Ghican 8 Iulia Negura 12 Anuța Cătună 22 Elena Fidatof 60 (Mariana Stanescu) (80) 102 5 Lynn Jennings 1 Sabrina Dornhoefer 33 Elaine van Blunk 34 Shelly Steely 44 (Leanne Martin) (103) (Janet Smith) (117) 112 6 Annette Sergent 17 Martine Fays 20 Odile Ohier 29 Farida Fatès 59 (Anne Viallix) (95) (Christine Feuillet) (109) 125 7 Susan Hobson 18 Jenny Lund 24 Carolyn Schuwalov 26 Anette Dwyer 58 (Carole Connolly) (93) (Joy Terry) (115) 126 8 Kumi Araki 36 Kaori Kumura 41 Naomi Yoshida 42 Yoshie Terazawa 53 (Sachiko Yamashita) (61) (Izumi Maki) (94) 172 9 Estela Estévez 16 Julia Vaquero 27 Dolores Rizo 56 Ana Isabel Alonso 74 (Carmen Fuentes) (77) (Carmen Brunet) (92) 173 10 Véronique Collard 23 Liève Slegers 39 Nancy Patteet 57 Corinne Debaets 62 (Anja de Brabant) (67) (Nelly Aerts) (128) 181 11 Angela Chalmers 30 Lucy Smith 49 Leah Pells 52 Lisa Harvey 55 (Robyn Meagher) (71) (Ulla Marquette) (110) 186 12 Jane Ngotho 6 Margaret Wairimu 9 Margaret Kagiri 84 Florence Wangechi 90 (Pauline Konga) (125) 189 13 Nadia Dandolo 5 Maria Curatolo 43 Nives Curti 81 Valentina Tauceri 89 (Betty Molteni) (102) (Laura Faccio) (111) 218 14 Kathrin Ullrich 38 Anke Schäning 54 Birgit Jerschabek 65 Annette Fincke 79 (Andrea Fleischer) (116) 236 15 Sonia McGeorge 35 Laura Adam 47 Marian Sutton 70 Lucinda Martin 87 (Alison Wyeth) (99) 239 16 Jeanne-Marie Pipoz 14 Martine Oppliger 46 Isabella Moretti 88 Daria Nauer 104 (Nelly Glauser) (124) 252 17 Catherina McKiernan 40 Roisin Smyth 68 Christine Kennedy 83 Niamh Murphy 96 (Teresa Duffy) (112) (Ursula Noctor) (114) 287 18 Marjan Freriks 37 Carlien Harms 64 Christien Toonstra 82 Annet Bezemer 123 (Brenda Sleeuwenhoek) (131) 306 19 María Luisa Servín 45 María del Carmen Díaz 75 Benita Perez 106 Blanca Jaime 107 (Karla Guerrero) (132) (Olga Avalos) (137) 333 20 Annette Hüls 48 Tanja Kalinowski 86 Claudia Metzner 113 Kerstin Streck 127 374 21 Silvana Pereira 76 Rizoneide Vanderley 101 Rita de Jesús 118 Solange de Souza 122 417 22 Pavlina Evro 97 Liri Brahja 100 Donika Hanxhara 119 Manushaqe Taku 121 (Anila Mekshi) (126) 437 23 Nanda Shaner Yadav 120 Vijay Nilman Khalko 129 Charulatha Naigaonkar 130 Lukose Leelamma 134 513 Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Participation An unofficial count yields the participation of 139 athletes from 35 countries in the Senior women's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.

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See also 1990 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race 1990 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race 1990 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior women's race

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