The Senior women's race at the 1992 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Boston, Massachusetts, United States, at Franklin Park on March 21, 1992. Conditions were cool with snow on the ground. Lynn Jennings won her third consecutive World Cross Country title.

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

Race results

Senior women's race (6.37 km)

Individual Rank Athlete Country Time Lynn Jennings 21:16 Catherina McKiernan 21:18 Albertina Dias 21:19 4 Vicki Huber 21:34 5 Nadia Dandolo 21:35 6 Qu Yunxia 21:36 7 Sonia O'Sullivan 21:37 8 Jill Hunter 21:39 9 Susan Sirma 21:40 10 Luchia Yeshak 21:42 11 Hellen Kimaiyo 21:45 12 Jane Ngotho 21:47 13 Estela Estévez 21:48 14 Liève Slegers 21:49 15 Hellen Chepngeno 21:50 16 Susan Hobson 21:51 17 Véronique Collard 21:51 18 Conceição Ferreira 21:52 19 Iulia Negura 21:54 20 Merima Denboba 22:02 21 Daria Nauer 22:03 22 Angela Chalmers 22:03 23 Natalya Sorokivskaya 22:04 24 Zhora Koullou 22:05 25 Elena Fidatof 22:05 26 Christien Toonstra 22:06 27 Annette Palluy 22:08 28 Getenesh Urge 22:09 29 Marie-Pierre Duros 22:11 30 Annette Peters 22:13 31 Geraldine Hendricken 22:15 32 Wilma van Onna 22:16 33 Lisa Harvey 22:17 34 Lisa York 22:17 35 Maria Guida 22:18 36 Julia Vaquero 22:18 37 Nelly Glauser 22:19 38 Berhane Adere 22:19 39 Maria Luisa Lárraga 22:20 40 Iulia Ionescu 22:21 41 Liz McColgan 22:21 42 Sylvia Mosqueda 22:22 43 Fernanda Marques 22:23 44 Martha Ernstdóttir 22:23 45 Anuța Cătună 22:24 46 Angie Hulley 22:26 47 Melinda Schmidt 22:28 48 Mikiko Oguni 22:31 49 Liu Li 22:32 50 Carmen Fuentes 22:32 51 Mónica Gama 22:32 52 Nadezhda Ilyina 22:33 53 Lesley Morton 22:33 54 Lucy Smith 22:34 55 Orietta Mancia 22:34 56 Danuta Marczyk 22:35 57 Marjan Freriks 22:35 58 Manuela Machado 22:36 59 Valentina Tauceri 22:37 60 Izumi Maki 22:38 61 Rita de Jesús 22:38 62 Vikki McPherson 22:39 63 Monica O'Reilly 22:39 64 Laura Adam 22:40 65 Teresa Duffy 22:41 66 Naomi Yoshida 22:41 67 Elizabeth Miller 22:41 68 Jacqueline Etiemble 22:42 69 Fumiko Tsutsumi 22:42 70 Ulla Marquette 22:42 71 Kaori Kumura 22:43 72 Felicidade Sena 22:43 73 Olga Nazarkina 22:43 74 Carlien Harms 22:44 75 Dolores Rizo 22:47 76 Valerie Chauvel 22:49 77 Krishna Stanton 22:50 78 Tina Jensen 22:51 79 Ria van Landeghem 22:52 80 Rosario Murcia 22:53 81 Benita Perez 22:54 82 Sonia Betancourt 22:55 83 Kristijna Loonen 22:57 84 Cristina Misaros 22:59 85 Tamara Salomon 23:03 86 Carmem de Oliveira 23:07 87 Begoña Herraez 23:08 88 Ena Weinstein 23:09 89 Lisa Karnopp 23:10 90 Pauline Konga 23:11 91 Els Peiren 23:11 92 Breda Dennehy 23:12 93 Hatsumi Matsumoto 23:17 94 Sharon Clode 23:23 95 Rizoneide Vanderley 23:26 96 Grethe Koens 23:28 97 Edna Lankry 23:31 98 Leticia Martinez 23:34 99 Martha Tenorio 23:36 100 Najat Ouali 23:50 101 Lynn Clayton 23:52 102 Stella Castro 23:53 103 Solange de Souza 23:57 104 Norma Fernández 24:02 105 Mabel Arrua 24:15 106 Vilija Birbalaite 24:17 107 Frida Run Thordardóttir 24:18 108 Marina Rodchenkova 24:28 109 Kelly dos Santos 24:36 110 Vilma Peña 24:38 111 Shirley Torres 24:51 112 Lidiette Valer 24:53 113 Zulma Ortíz 25:00 114 Nadezhda Tatarenkova 25:33 115 Andri Avraam 25:38 116 Margret Brynjolfsdóttir 25:57 117 Inés Rodríguez 26:21 118 Aparna Bhoyar 26:28 119 Mandy Lo 26:57 120 Sunita Kumari 28:54 121 Isabel Cabeza 29:38 — Jenny Lund DNF — Tigist Moreda DNF — Derartu Tulu DNF — Vally Satayabhama DNF — Bryndis Ernstdóttir DNF — Leelanuna Aparna DNF

Teams Rank Team Points Susan Sirma 9 Hellen Kimaiyo 11 Jane Ngotho 12 Hellen Chepngeno 15 (Pauline Konga) (90) 47 Lynn Jennings 1 Vicki Huber 4 Annette Peters 30 Sylvia Mosqueda 42 (Melinda Schmidt) (47) (Lisa Karnopp) (89) 77 Luchia Yeshak 10 Merima Denboba 20 Getenesh Urge 28 Berhane Adere 38 (Tigist Moreda) (DNF) (Derartu Tulu) (DNF) 96 4 Catherina McKiernan 2 Sonia O'Sullivan 7 Geraldine Hendricken 31 Monica O'Reilly 63 (Teresa Duffy) (65) (Breda Dennehy) (92) 103 5 Albertina Dias 3 Conceição Ferreira 18 Fernanda Marques 43 Mónica Gama 51 (Manuela Machado) (58) (Felicidade Sena) (72) 115 6 Iulia Negura 19 Elena Fidatof 25 Iulia Ionescu 40 Anuța Cătună 45 (Cristina Misaros) (84) 129 7 Jill Hunter 8 Lisa York 34 Liz McColgan 41 Angie Hulley 46 (Vikki McPherson) (62) (Laura Adam) (64) 129 8 Estela Estévez 13 Julia Vaquero 36 Maria Luisa Lárraga 39 Carmen Fuentes 50 (Dolores Rizo) (75) (Begoña Herraez) (87) 138 9 Zhora Koullou 24 Annette Palluy 27 Marie-Pierre Duros 29 Jacqueline Etiemble 68 (Valerie Chauvel) (76) (Rosario Murcia) (80) 148 10 Nadia Dandolo 5 Maria Guida 35 Orietta Mancia 55 Valentina Tauceri 59 154 11 Angela Chalmers 22 Lisa Harvey 33 Lucy Smith 54 Ulla Marquette 70 (Tamara Salomon) (85) 179 12 Christien Toonstra 26 Wilma van Onna 32 Marjan Freriks 57 Carlien Harms 74 (Kristijna Loonen) (83) (Grethe Koens) (96) 189 13 Liève Slegers 14 Véronique Collard 17 Ria van Landeghem 79 Els Peiren 91 201 14 Mikiko Oguni 48 Izumi Maki 60 Naomi Yoshida 66 Fumiko Tsutsumi 69 (Kaori Kumura) (71) (Hatsumi Matsumoto) (93) 243 15 Natalya Sorokivskaya 23 Nadezhda Ilyina 52 Olga Nazarkina 73 Marina Rodchenkova 108 (Nadezhda Tatarenkova) (114) 256 16 Susan Hobson 16 Elizabeth Miller 67 Krishna Stanton 77 Lynn Clayton 101 (Jenny Lund) (DNF) 261 17 Rita de Jesús 61 Carmem de Oliveira 86 Rizoneide Vanderley 95 Solange de Souza 103 (Kelly dos Santos) (109) 345 18 Norma Fernández 104 Mabel Arrua 105 Zulma Ortíz 113 Inés Rodríguez 117 439 19 Vilma Peña 110 Shirley Torres 111 Lidiette Valer 112 Isabel Cabeza 121 454DNF Martha Ernstdóttir (44) Frida Run Thordardóttir (107) Margret Brynjolfsdóttir (116) Bryndis Ernstdóttir (DNF) DNFDNF Aparna Bhoyar (118) Sunita Kumari (120) Vally Satayabhama (DNF) Leelanuna Aparna (DNF) DNF Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Participation An unofficial count yields the participation of 127 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 1992 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race 1992 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race 1992 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior women's race

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