The Senior women's race at the 1991 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Antwerp, Belgium, at the Linkeroever Racecourse on March 24, 1991. A report on the event was given in The New York Times.

Complete results, medallists, and the results of British athletes were published.

Race results

Senior women's race (6.425 km)

Individual Rank Athlete Country Time Lynn Jennings 20:24 Derartu Tulu 20:27 Liz McColgan 20:28 4 Luchia Yeshak 20:29 5 Jane Ngotho 20:30 6 Albertina Dias 20:40 7 Susan Sirma 20:46 8 Yelena Romanova 20:50 9 Margaret Ngotho 20:55 10 Marcianne Mukamurenzi 20:57 11 Natalya Sorokivskaya 20:57 12 Fatuma Roba 21:01 13 Nadezhda Galyamova 21:02 14 Jenny Lund 21:03 15 Pauline Konga 21:03 16 Marina Rodchenkova 21:03 17 Conceição Ferreira 21:05 18 Merima Denboba 21:09 19 Annette Peters 21:10 20 Tigist Moreda 21:10 21 Susan Hobson 21:14 22 Izumi Maki 21:14 23 Olga Nazarkina 21:15 24 Nadezhda Ilyina 21:15 25 Viorica Ghican 21:16 26 Nadia Dandolo 21:17 27 Andrea Wallace 21:17 28 Elaine van Blunk 21:18 29 Gwyn Coogan 21:19 30 Martine Fays 21:22 31 Silvana Pereira 21:25 32 Estela Estévez 21:28 33 Véronique Collard 21:29 34 Berhane Adere 21:30 35 Liève Slegers 21:31 36 Alison Wyeth 21:32 37 Gitte Karlshøj 21:33 38 Sonia McGeorge 21:33 39 Iulia Negura 21:33 40 Anuța Cătună 21:34 41 Angelines Rodriguez 21:36 42 Farida Fatès 21:37 43 Trina Painter 21:38 44 Elena Fidatof 21:40 45 Marjan Freriks 21:41 46 Hellen Chepngeno 21:41 47 Lucy Smith 21:41 48 Roberta Brunet 21:42 49 Maria Guida 21:42 50 Rosario Murcia 21:42 51 Shelly Steely 21:44 52 Rita de Jesús 21:45 53 Odile Ohier 21:45 54 Irena Czuta 21:46 55 Tsugumi Fukuyama 21:46 56 Paola Cabrera 21:47 57 Benita Perez 21:48 58 Ana Moreira 21:49 59 Lunuta Alungulesei 21:49 60 Daria Nauer 21:50 61 Megumi Fujiwara 21:50 62 Lisa Harvey 21:51 63 Nives Curti 21:52 64 Aurora Cunha 21:52 65 Catherina McKiernan 21:56 66 Tanja Kalinowski 21:57 67 Carmen Fuentes 21:59 68 Annick de Gooyer 22:01 69 Anne Cross 22:02 70 Claudia Borgschulze 22:03 71 Mikiko Oguni 22:03 72 Sally Ellis† 22:03 73 Valerie Chauvel 22:04 74 Fernanda Ribeiro 22:05 75 Rika Ota 22:06 76 Lisa York 22:07 77 Ria van Landeghem 22:08 78 Lesley Graham 22:09 79 Ingrid Delagrange 22:10 80 Lucía Rendón 22:10 81 May Allison 22:11 82 Linden Wilde 22:12 83 Julia Vaquero 22:13 84 Mary O'Connor 22:13 85 Rizoneide Vanderley 22:13 86 Mariana Stanescu 22:14 87 Krishna Stanton 22:15 88 Hitomi Inoue 22:16 89 Orietta Mancia 22:17 90 Alena Mocariová 22:18 91 Maria van Gestel 22:19 92 Anja de Brabant 22:19 93 Sharon Ann Hayes 22:19 94 Isabella Moretti 22:20 95 Louise Cavanagh 22:27 96 Tamara Salomon 22:29 97 Maria Luisa Lárraga 22:32 98 Maree Turner 22:36 99 Celine Martin 22:39 100 Laura Faccio 22:40 101 Cleuza Irineu 22:40 102 Leticia Martinez 22:42 103 Yvonne van der Kolk 22:42 104 Andrea Whitcombe 22:44 105 Valerie Vaughan 22:51 106 Anne Keenan-Buckley 22:51 107 Inés Rodríguez 22:52 108 Lesley Morton 22:54 109 Marianne van de Linde 22:55 110 Nanda Shaner Yadav 23:10 111 Roisin Smyth 23:13 112 Annie van Stiphout 23:14 113 Jolanda Holdener 23:23 114 Poonam Taneja 23:31 115 Yvonne Kramer 23:35 116 Angelina Tellez 23:39 117 Lukose Leelamma 23:40 118 Maryse Pyndiah 23:44 119 Vally Satayabhama 23:49 120 Teresa McKenna 23:51 121 Suresh Bala 24:06 122 Cornelia Melis 24:30 123 Sheila Seebaluck 24:35 124 Ana Gutiérrez 24:38 — Fernanda Marques DNF — Dolores Rizo DNF †: Athlete marked in the results list as nonscorer.

Teams Rank Team Points Jane Ngotho 5 Susan Sirma 7 Margaret Ngotho 9 Pauline Konga 15 (Hellen Chepngeno) (46) 36 Derartu Tulu 2 Luchia Yeshak 4 Fatuma Roba 12 Merima Denboba 18 (Tigist Moreda) (20) (Berhane Adere) (34) 36 Yelena Romanova 8 Natalya Sorokivskaya 11 Nadezhda Galyamova 13 Marina Rodchenkova 16 (Olga Nazarkina) (23) (Nadezhda Ilyina) (24) 48 4 Lynn Jennings 1 Annette Peters 19 Elaine van Blunk 28 Gwynn Coogan 29 (Trina Painter) (43) (Shelly Steely) (51) 77 5 Liz McColgan 3 Andrea Wallace 27 Alison Wyeth 36 Sonia McGeorge 38 (Lisa York) (76) (Andrea Whitcombe) (104) 104 6 Albertina Dias 6 Conceição Ferreira 17 Ana Moreira 58 Aurora Cunha 64 (Fernanda Ribeiro) (74) (Fernanda Marques) (DNF) 145 7 Viorica Ghican 25 Iulia Negura 39 Anuța Cătună 40 Elena Fidatof 44 (Lunuta Alungulesei) (59) (Mariana Stanescu) (86) 148 8 Martine Fays 30 Farida Fatès 42 Rosario Murcia 50 Odile Ohier 53 (Valerie Chauvel) (73) (Celine Martin) (99) 175 9 Nadia Dandolo 26 Roberta Brunet 48 Maria Guida 49 Nives Curti 63 (Orietta Mancia) (89) (Laura Faccio) (100) 186 10 Jenny Lund 14 Susan Hobson 21 Anne Cross 69 Krishna Stanton 87 191 11 Izumi Maki 22 Tsugumi Fukuyama 55 Megumi Fujiwara 61 Mikiko Oguni 71 (Rika Ota) (75) (Hitomi Inoue) (88) 209 12 Estela Estévez 32 Angelines Rodriguez 41 Carmen Fuentes 67 Julia Vaquero 83 (Maria Luisa Lárraga) (97) (Dolores Rizo) (DNF) 223 13 Véronique Collard 33 Liève Slegers 35 Ria van Landeghem 77 Ingrid Delagrange 79 (Maria van Gestel) (91) (Anja de Brabant) (92) 224 14 Lucy Smith 47 Lisa Harvey 62 Annick de Gooyer 68 May Allison 81 (Tamara Salomon) (96) 258 15 Silvana Pereira 31 Rita de Jesús 52 Rizoneide Vanderley 85 Cleuza Irineu 101 269 16 Paola Cabrera 56 Benita Perez 57 Lucía Rendón 80 Leticia Martinez 102 (Angelina Tellez) (116) 295 17 Lesley Graham 78 Linden Wilde 82 Mary O'Connor 84 Sharon Ann Hayes 93 (Maree Turner) (98) (Lesley Morton) (108) 337 18 Marjan Freriks 45 Yvonne van der Kolk 103 Marianne van de Linde 109 Annie van Stiphout 112 (Yvonne Kramer) (115) 369 19 Catherina McKiernan 65 Louise Cavanagh 95 Valerie Vaughan 105 Anne Keenan-Buckley 106 (Roisin Smyth) (111) (Teresa McKenna) (120) 371 20 Nanda Shaner Yadav 110 Poonam Taneja 114 Lukose Leelamma 117 Vally Satayabhama 119 (Suresh Bala) (121) 460 Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Participation An unofficial count yields the participation of 126 athletes from 30 countries in the Senior women's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.

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See also 1991 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race 1991 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race 1991 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior women's race

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