The Senior women's race at the 1997 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Turin, Italy, at the Parco del Valentino on March 23, 1997. A report on the event was given in The New York Times, in the Herald, and for the IAAF.

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

Race results

Senior women's race (6.6 km)

Individual Rank Athlete Country Time Derartu Tulu 20:53 Paula Radcliffe 20:55 Gete Wami 21:00 4 Julia Vaquero 21:01 5 Sally Barsosio 21:05 6 Merima Denboba 21:18 7 Catherina McKiernan 21:20 8 Naomi Mugo 21:23 9 Sonia O'Sullivan 21:25 10 Jane Omoro 21:29 11 Lydia Cheromei 21:34 12 Elena Fidatof 21:35 13 Florence Barsosio 21:36 14 Berhane Adere 21:37 15 Annemari Sandell 21:38 16 Azumi Miyazaki 21:43 17 Chiemi Takahashi 21:45 18 Lucy Elliott 21:45 19 Susan Chepkemei 21:46 20 Nadia Dandolo 21:48 21 Kylie Risk 21:52 22 Hayley Haining 21:53 23 Valerie Vaughan 21:55 24 Laurence Vivier 21:55 25 Una English 21:59 26 Amy Rudolph 22:00 27 Getenesh Urge 22:01 28 Laurence Duquénoy 22:01 29 Deena Drossin 22:02 30 Miki Kitashima 22:02 31 Maria Curatolo 22:03 32 Lyudmila Petrova 22:04 33 Kathy Butler 22:07 34 Farida Fatès 22:07 35 Elva Dryer 22:09 36 Marina Bastos 22:09 37 Hiromi Masuda 22:10 38 Gwyn Coogan 22:10 39 Conceição Ferreira 22:10 40 Yelena Kaledina 22:11 41 Wei Li 22:11 42 Anastasiya Danchinova 22:12 43 Nora Rocha 22:12 44 Kristin Beaney 22:12 45 Sachie Ozaki 22:13 46 Valentina Tauceri 22:14 47 Teresa Nunes 22:16 48 Stela Olteanu 22:17 49 Rocío Ríos 22:18 50 Nnenna Lynch 22:19 51 Olivera Jevtić 22:19 52 Yelena Baranova 22:20 53 Anja Smolders 22:21 54 Kore Alemu 22:21 55 Anne Hare 22:22 56 Angela Davies 22:23 57 Melissa Moon 22:25 58 Mariana Chirila 22:25 59 Li Meihua 22:26 60 Ana Correia 22:28 61 Gabrielle Vijverberg 22:29 62 Yamna Oubouhou 22:30 63 Patrizia di Napoli 22:31 64 Galina Aleksandrova 22:31 65 Rkia Yajjou 22:36 66 Ana Elias 22:38 67 Alta Verster 22:39 68 Helena Javornik 22:40 69 Sabrina Varrone 22:40 70 Annemarie Danneels 22:40 71 Cristina Iloc 22:41 72 Linden Wilde 22:41 73 Chantal Dällenbach 22:42 74 Samukeliso Moyo 22:42 75 Liu Shixiang 22:42 76 Natalia Azpiazu 22:43 77 Tina Connelly 22:44 78 Ana Oliveira 22:45 79 Elizabeth Miller 22:46 80 Maria Luisa Lárraga 22:46 81 Takami Ominami 22:48 82 Anikó Javos 22:48 83 Manuela Dias 22:49 84 Viorica Ghican 22:50 85 Yelena Kopytova 22:51 86 Zola Pieterse 22:53 87 Amaia Piedra 22:55 88 Erica van der Bilt 22:58 89 Hao Jianhua 22:58 90 Maryann Murray 23:00 91 Nelly Glauser 23:01 92 Sonja Deckers 23:04 93 Sarah Howell 23:04 94 Iulia Ionescu 23:05 95 Beatriz Santíago 23:06 96 Suzanne Rigg 23:07 97 Rizoneide Vanderley 23:08 98 Mieke Aanen 23:11 99 Lesley Morton 23:12 100 Olga Sheleva 23:14 101 Magdalena Thorsell 23:14 102 Nasria Baghdad 23:19 103 Anikó Kálovics 23:20 104 Andrea Whitcombe 23:23 105 Charné Rademeyer 23:26 106 Helána Barócsi 23:27 107 Sandra Hofmans 23:28 108 Maureen Harrington 23:36 109 Stephanie van Graan 23:42 110 Flor Venegas 23:42 111 Maree Bunce 23:45 112 Lale Öztürk 23:46 113 Nadir de Siqueira 23:48 114 Mundan Anickal Molly 23:51 115 Sue Malaxos 23:53 116 Dalila Tahi 23:54 117 Pauline Curley 23:55 118 Natalia Melnik 23:56 119 Veerle Dejaeghere 24:00 120 Mardrea Hyman 24:03 121 Hasibe Cangir 24:07 122 Anchen Rose 24:07 123 Karla Guerrero 24:09 124 Maria Santana 24:10 125 Noemi Morales 24:17 126 Dolores Valencia 24:19 127 Rani Saini 24:19 128 Ildikó Csendes 24:21 129 Leontina Cespedes 24:26 130 Sarah Horan 24:28 131 Vijaya Sonwane 24:36 132 Gülsen Asikoglu 24:37 133 Berenice Meira 24:37 134 Nili Avramski 24:41 135 Susana Rebolledo 24:47 136 Madhuri Saxena 24:52 137 Dudu Mese 24:56 138 Julia del Rio 25:05 139 Janice Turner 25:12 140 Georgina Fourie 25:21 141 Monica Randi 25:32 142 Ivancica Drugcevic 25:36 143 Ida Kiyindou 25:39 144 Guylsara Dadabayeva 26:24 145 Guylene Duval 28:22 — Anita Weyermann DNF — Agata Balsamo DNF — Virginie Gloum DNS

Teams Rank Team Points Derartu Tulu 1 Gete Wami 3 Merima Denboba 6 Berhane Adere 14 (Getenesh Urge) (27) (Kore Alemu) (54) 24 Sally Barsosio 5 Naomi Mugo 8 Jane Omoro 10 Lydia Cheromei 11 (Florence Barsosio) (13) (Susan Chepkemei) (19) 34 Catherina McKiernan 7 Sonia O'Sullivan 9 Valerie Vaughan 23 Una English 25 (Maureen Harrington) (108) (Pauline Curley) (117) 64 4 Paula Radcliffe 2 Lucy Elliott 18 Hayley Haining 22 Angela Davies 56 (Suzanne Rigg) (96) (Andrea Whitcombe) (104) 98 5 Azumi Miyazaki 16 Chiemi Takahashi 17 Miki Kitashima 30 Hiromi Masuda 37 (Sachie Ozaki) (45) (Takami Ominami) (81) 100 6 Amy Rudolph 26 Deena Drossin 29 Elva Dryer 35 Gwynn Coogan 38 (Kristin Beaney) (44) (Nnenna Lynch) (50) 128 7 Laurence Vivier 24 Laurence Duquénoy 28 Farida Fatès 34 Yamna Oubouhou 62 (Rkia Yajjou) (65) (Chantal Dällenbach) (73) 148 8 Nadia Dandolo 20 Maria Curatolo 31 Valentina Tauceri 46 Patrizia di Napoli 63 (Sabrina Varrone) (69) (Agata Balsamo) (DNF) 160 9 Lyudmila Petrova 32 Yelena Kaledina 40 Anastasiya Danchinova 42 Yelena Baranova 52 (Galina Aleksandrova) (64) (Yelena Kopytova) (85) 166 10 Marina Bastos 36 Conceição Ferreira 39 Teresa Nunes 47 Ana Correia 60 (Ana Oliveira) (78) (Manuela Dias) (83) 182 11 Elena Fidatof 12 Stela Olteanu 48 Mariana Chirila 58 Cristina Iloc 71 (Viorica Ghican) (84) (Iulia Ionescu) (94) 189 12 Julia Vaquero 4 Rocío Ríos 49 Natalia Azpiazu 76 Maria Luisa Lárraga 80 (Amaia Piedra) (87) (Beatriz Santíago) (95) 209 13 Wei Li 41 Li Meihua 59 Liu Shixiang 75 Hao Jianhua 89 264 14 Anne Hare 55 Melissa Moon 57 Linden Wilde 72 Lesley Morton 99 (Maree Bunce) (111) (Sarah Horan) (130) 283 15 Kylie Risk 21 Elizabeth Miller 79 Maryann Murray 90 Sue Malaxos 115 305 16 Anja Smolders 53 Annemarie Danneels 70 Sonja Deckers 92 Veerle Dejaeghere 119 334 17 Gabrielle Vijverberg 61 Erica van der Bilt 88 Mieke Aanen 98 Sandra Hofmans 107 354 18 Alta Verster 67 Zola Pieterse 86 Charné Rademeyer 105 Stephanie van Graan 109 (Anchen Rose) (122) (Georgina Fourie) (140) 367 19 Nora Rocha 43 Karla Guerrero 123 Noemi Morales 125 Dolores Valencia 126 417 20 Anikó Javos 82 Anikó Kálovics 103 Helána Barócsi 106 Ildikó Csendes 128 419 21 Rizoneide Vanderley 97 Nadir de Siqueira 113 Maria Santana 124 Berenice Meira 133 467 22 Lale Öztürk 112 Hasibe Cangir 121 Gülsen Asikoglu 132 Dudu Mese 137 502 23 Mundan Anickal Molly 114 Rani Saini 127 Vijaya Sonwane 131 Madhuri Saxena 136 508 24 Flor Venegas 110 Leontina Cespedes 129 Susana Rebolledo 135 Julia del Rio 138 512 Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Participation An unofficial count yields the participation of 147 athletes from 42 countries in the Senior women's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published. Although announced, the athlete from the did not show.

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See also 1997 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race 1997 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race 1997 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior women's race

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