The Women's short race at the 2000 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held at the Sporting Complex in Vilamoura, Portugal, on March 19, 2000. Reports of the event were given in The New York Times, in the Herald, and for the IAAF.

Complete results for individuals, for teams, medallists, and the results of British athletes who took part were published.

Race results

Women's short race (4.18 km)

Individual Rank Athlete Country Time Kutre Dulecha 13:00 Zahra Ouaziz 13:00 Margaret Ngotho 13:00 4 Paula Radcliffe 13:01 5 Fatima Yvelain 13:06 6 Yimenashu Taye 13:07 7 Carla Sacramento 13:12 8 Sally Barsosio 13:16 9 Zhor El Kamch 13:17 10 Fernanda Ribeiro 13:17 11 Yamna Belkacem 13:21 12 Rose Cheruiyot 13:22 13 Helena Sampaio 13:22 14 Marta Domínguez 13:23 15 Sonia O'Sullivan 13:23 16 Marina Bastos 13:27 17 Getenesh Urge 13:30 18 Blandine Bitzner-Ducret 13:31 19 Irina Mikitenko 13:31 20 Collette Liss 13:32 21 Iulia Olteanu 13:32 22 Constantina Diţă 13:32 23 Rakiya Maraoui 13:33 24 Restituta Joseph 13:34 25 Galina Bogomolova 13:34 26 Samukeliso Moyo 13:35 27 Asmae Leghzaoui 13:35 28 Rosemary Ryan 13:36 29 Inês Monteiro 13:36 30 Laurence Duquénoy 13:36 31 Genet Gebregiorgis 13:37 32 Kristina da Fonseca-Wollheim 13:37 33 Denisa Costescu 13:38 34 Helen Pattinson 13:38 35 Luminita Zaituc 13:38 36 Jane Ekimat 13:39 37 Zenebech Tadese 13:39 38 Lulit Legesse 13:40 39 Hayley Tullett 13:40 40 Gunhild Haugen 13:41 41 Leah Pells 13:44 42 Ronel Thomas 13:44 43 Seloua Ouaziz 13:44 44 Jeruto Kiptum 13:45 45 Anália Rosa 13:47 46 Elena Fidatof 13:47 47 Bouchra Chaâbi 13:47 48 Lene Hove 13:48 49 Stine Larsen 13:48 50 Mizuho Nasukawa 13:49 51 Bente Landøy 13:49 52 Fabiane Cristine da Silva 13:49 53 Amy Rudolph 13:49 54 Fatima Hajjami 13:50 55 Tausi Juma 13:50 56 Sarah Dillabaugh 13:51 57 Miho Kakehata 13:51 58 Almita Colakoglu 13:52 59 Mizuki Noguchi 13:52 60 Maria Luisa Lárraga 13:53 61 Angela Newport 13:54 62 Cristina Grosu 13:54 63 Melanie Kraus 13:55 64 Karen Harvey 13:55 65 Heather DeGeest 13:55 66 Cristina Casandra 13:56 67 Anne Keenan-Buckley 13:56 68 Justyna Bąk 13:56 69 Anne Cross 13:58 70 Amaia Piedra 13:58 71 Tarath Tsatsa 13:59 72 Suzanne Ritter 14:05 73 Cristina Petite 14:06 74 Sarah Dupré 14:08 75 Jane Makombe 14:08 76 Lucy Wright 14:09 77 Tezeta Sürekli 14:10 78 Prisca Ngetich 14:11 79 Bertha Sánchez 14:12 80 Larissa Kleinmann 14:13 81 Meritxell Calduch 14:14 82 Mary Jayne Harrelson 14:16 83 Margareth Iro 14:18 84 Nathalie Côté 14:19 85 Taeko Matsubayashi 14:20 86 Susanne Wigene 14:21 87 Grethe Koens 14:24 88 Vanessa Veiga 14:25 89 Jenelle Deatherage 14:27 90 Elvan Can 14:30 91 Hawa Hamis Hussein 14:33 92 Siphuluwazi Sibindi 14:34 93 Yelena Tolstygina 14:34 94 Caroline Walsh 14:34 95 Sandra Baumann 14:35 96 Sviatlana Klimkovich 14:36 97 Carmen Troncoso 14:38 98 Selma dos Reis 14:38 99 Mundan Anickal Molly 14:39 100 Anita Weyermann 14:41 101 Ouafa Frekech 14:44 102 Veslemøy Hausken 14:44 103 Ana Ferreira 14:56 104 Anna Kotenkova 15:00 105 Rukia Mkanda 15:01 106 Sibel Özyurt 15:02 107 Chris Udovich 15:12 108 Elizabeth de Souza 15:13 109 Kunnam Parakkal Suma 15:22 110 Natalya Alekseyeva 15:26 111 Madhuri Gurnule 15:28 112 Irina Matrosova 15:30 113 Mukti Roy 15:49 114 Zamira Amirova 16:05 115 Diala El-Chabi 16:57 116 Alena Petrova 17:24 117 Natalya Kobina 17:45 118 Sonia Lopes 18:33 119 Mirvette Hamze 18:35 120 Olesy Jovnir 19:38 — Guylsara Dadabayeva DNF — Carmen Arrúa DNS — Diane Nukuri DNS — Florence Djepé DNS — Annemari Sandell DNS — Dina Cruz DNS — Elsa Monterroso DNS — Breeda Dennehy-Willis DNS — Maria McCambridge DNS — Valerie Vaughan DNS — Olivera Jevtić DNS

Teams Rank Team Points Carla Sacramento 7 Fernanda Ribeiro 10 Helena Sampaio 13 Marina Bastos 16 (Inês Monteiro) (29) (Anália Rosa) (45) 46 Kutre Dulecha 1 Yimenashu Taye 6 Getenesh Urge 17 Genet Gebregiorgis 31 (Zenebech Tadese) (37) (Lulit Legesse) (38) 55 Fatima Yvelain 5 Yamna Belkacem 11 Blandine Bitzner-Ducret 18 Rakiya Maraoui 23 (Laurence Duquénoy) (30) (Fatima Hajjami) (54) 57 4 Margaret Ngotho 3 Sally Barsosio 8 Rose Cheruiyot 12 Jane Ekimat 36 (Jeruto Kiptum) (44) (Prisca Ngetich) (78) 59 5 Zahra Ouaziz 2 Zhor El Kamch 9 Asmae Leghzaoui 27 Seloua Ouaziz 43 (Bouchra Chaâbi) (47) (Ouafa Frekech) (101) 81 6 Iulia Olteanu 21 Constantina Diţă 22 Denisa Costescu 33 Elena Fidatof 46 (Cristina Grosu) (62) (Cristina Casandra) (66) 122 7 Paula Radcliffe 4 Helen Pattinson 34 Hayley Tullett 39 Angela Newport 61 (Lucy Wright) (76) (Caroline Walsh) (94) 138 8 Irina Mikitenko 19 Kristina da Fonseca-Wollheim 32 Luminita Zaituc 35 Melanie Kraus 63 (Suzanne Ritter) (72) (Larissa Kleinmann) (80) 149 9 Gunhild Haugen 40 Lene Hove 48 Stine Larsen 49 Bente Landøy 51 (Susanne Wigene) (86) (Veslemøy Hausken) (102) 188 10 Marta Domínguez 14 Maria Luisa Lárraga 60 Amaia Piedra 70 Cristina Petite 73 (Meritxell Calduch) (81) (Vanessa Veiga) (88) 217 11 Leah Pells 41 Sarah Dillabaugh 56 Karen Harvey 64 Heather DeGeest 65 (Sarah Dupré) (74) (Nathalie Côté) (84) 226 12 Collette Liss 20 Amy Rudolph 53 Mary Jayne Harrelson 82 Jenelle Deatherage 89 (Carmen Troncoso) (97) (Chris Udovich) (107) 244 13 Mizuho Nasukawa 50 Miho Kakehata 57 Mizuki Noguchi 59 Taeko Matsubayashi 85 251 14 Restituta Joseph 24 Tausi Juma 55 Margareth Iro 83 Hawa Hamis Hussein 91 (Rukia Mkanda) (105) 253 15 Samukeliso Moyo 26 Tarath Tsatsa 71 Jane Makombe 75 Siphuluwazi Sibindi 92 264 16 Almita Colakoglu 58 Tezeta Sürekli 77 Elvan Can 90 Sibel Özyurt 106 331 17 Fabiane Cristine da Silva 52 Selma dos Reis 98 Ana Ferreira 103 Elizabeth de Souza 108 361 18 Yelena Tolstygina 93 Svetlana Klimkovich 96 Anna Kotenkova 104 Natalya Alekseyeva 110 403 19 Mundan Anickal Molly 99 Kunnam Parakkal Suma 109 Madhuri Gurnule 111 Mukti Roy 113 432 Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Participation An unofficial count yields the participation of 121 athletes from 33 countries in the Women's short race. The announced athletes from , , , , , and did not show.

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See also 2000 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race 2000 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Men's short race 2000 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race 2000 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race 2000 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior women's race

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