The Women's short race at the 2001 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held at the Hippodrome Wellington in Ostend (Oostende), Belgium, on 25 March 2001. 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 (4.1 km)

Individual Rank Athlete Country Time Gete Wami 14:46 Paula Radcliffe 14:47 Edith Masai 14:57 4 Merima Denboba 15:04 5 Worknesh Kidane 15:06 6 Benita Willis 15:06 7 Carla Sacramento 15:07 8 Rose Cheruiyot 15:07 9 Asmae Leghzaoui 15:08 10 Margaret Ngotho 15:20 11 Naomi Mugo 15:24 12 Kathy Butler 15:25 13 Elena Fidatof 15:25 14 Anastasiya Zubova 15:31 15 Iulia Olteanu 15:32 16 Genet Gebregiorgis 15:33 17 Sabina Fischer 15:36 18 Ayelech Worku 15:36 19 Anna Ndege 15:37 20 Anne Keenan-Buckley 15:37 21 Malika Asahssah 15:38 22 Maria McCambridge 15:42 23 Cristina Grosu 15:42 24 Restituta Joseph 15:43 25 Fatiha Baouf 15:44 26 Olga Romanova 15:45 27 Mihaela Botezan 15:50 28 Tina Connelly 15:53 29 Zhor El Kamch 15:54 30 René Kalmer 15:55 31 Una English 15:55 32 Amanda Parkinson 15:56 33 Constantina Diţă 15:58 34 Salome Chepchumba 15:59 35 Helen Pattinson 15:59 36 Sonja Stolić 16:01 37 Cristina Casandra 16:04 38 Elva Dryer 16:05 39 Sigrid van den Bempt 16:06 40 María Paredes 16:06 41 Hana Chaouach 16:08 42 Marta Domínguez 16:09 43 Judit Plá 16:10 44 Pamela Anisumuk 16:11 45 Adélia Elias 16:12 46 Leah Pells 16:12 47 Lisa Karnopp Nye 16:13 48 Sarah Schwald 16:13 49 Ana Oliveira 16:16 50 Seloua Ouaziz 16:18 51 Robyn Meagher 16:18 52 Samukeliso Moyo 16:19 53 Tausi Juma 16:20 54 Rosa Morató 16:20 55 Kristin Ihle 16:21 56 Fátima Cabral 16:24 57 Jéssica Augusto 16:25 58 Ednalva da Silva 16:26 59 Cheri Kenah 16:26 60 Jacqueline Martín 16:28 61 Hareg Sidelil 16:29 62 Hawa Hamis Hussein 16:31 63 Banuelia Mrashani 16:32 64 Liliya Volkova 16:33 65 Stefanija Statkuvienė 16:34 66 Collette Liss 16:37 67 Maryna Dubrova 16:38 68 Mariya Pantyukhova 16:40 69 Carmen Douma 16:41 70 Anna Kotenkova 16:42 71 Juliet Potter 16:43 72 Yumiko Okamoto 16:44 73 Ouafa Frekech 16:47 74 Kim Offergeld 16:49 75 Lwiza John 16:51 76 Patricia Arribas 16:53 77 Fatma Lanouar 16:58 78 Jenny Brown 16:59 79 Freda Davoren 17:01 80 Silvia Paredes 17:03 81 Nathalie Deroubaix 17:03 82 Marlene Acuña 17:07 83 Sara Palmas 17:12 84 Madhuri Saxena 17:13 85 Lurdes Vaz 17:16 86 Célia dos Santos 17:20 87 Corinne Debaets 17:20 88 Yvonne van der Kolk 17:21 89 Tracy Robertson 17:24 90 Tania Poma 17:26 91 Ana de Souza 17:45 92 Kary Tripp 17:46 93 Narcisa Calderón 17:52 94 Guylsara Dadabayeva 17:54 95 Madhuri Gurnule 17:59 96 Platima Bhandari 18:08 97 Krystina Kirova 18:10 98 Tatyana Tratsyuk 18:13 99 Natalya Ilyashuk 18:16 100 Yuliya Arfipova 18:18 101 Renuka Hegde 18:29 102 Sindi Hlawe 18:32 103 Jocinalva Valentim 18:45 104 Wilma Guerra 19:01 105 Zamira Amirova 19:08 106 Diala El-Chabi 19:10 107 Kamilla Ramazanova 19:34 108 Mirvette Hamze 19:40 109 Nargiza Tohtanazarova 19:53 110 Alena Petrova 21:01 111 Rozaliya Zilyayeva 21:21 112 Yevgeniya Balabkina 21:54 113 Lyudmila Polatova 22:09 — Sonia O'Sullivan DNF — Sandra Baumann DNS — Krestena Sullivan DNS — María Cristina Petite DNS — Olivera Jevtić DNS

Teams Rank Team Points Gete Wami 1 Merima Denboba 4 Worknesh Kidane 5 Genet Gebregiorgis 16 (Ayelech Worku) (18) (Hareg Sidelil) (61) 26 Edith Masai 3 Rose Cheruiyot 8 Margaret Ngotho 10 Naomi Mugo 11 (Salome Chepchumba) (34) (Pamela Anisumuk) (44) 32 Elena Fidatof 13 Iulia Olteanu 15 Cristina Grosu 23 Mihaela Botezan 27 (Constantina Diţă) (33) (Cristina Casandra) (37) 78 4 Paula Radcliffe 2 Kathy Butler 12 Amanda Parkinson 32 Helen Pattinson 35 (Juliet Potter) (71) (Jenny Brown) (78) 81 5 Asmae Leghzaoui 9 Malika Asahssah 21 Zhor El Kamch 29 Seloua Ouaziz 50 (Ouafa Frekech) (73) 109 6 Anne Keenan-Buckley 20 Maria McCambridge 22 Una English 31 Freda Davoren 79 (Sonia O'Sullivan) (DNF) 152 7 Carla Sacramento 7 Adélia Elias 45 Ana Oliveira 49 Fátima Cabral 56 (Jéssica Augusto) (57) (Lurdes Vaz) (85) 157 8 Anna Ndege 19 Restituta Joseph 24 Tausi Juma 53 Hawa Hamis Hussein 62 (Banuelia Mrashani) (63) (Lwiza John) (75) 158 9 Anastasiya Zubova 14 Olga Romanova 26 Liliya Volkova 64 Mariya Pantyukhova 68 172 10 Elva Dryer 38 Lisa Karnopp Nye 47 Sarah Schwald 48 Kristin Ihle 55 (Cheri Kenah) (59) (Collette Liss) (66) 188 11 Tina Connelly 28 Leah Pells 46 Robyn Meagher 51 Carmen Douma 69 (Tracy Robertson) (89) 194 12 Marta Domínguez 42 Judit Plá 43 Rosa Morató 54 Jacqueline Martín 60 (Patricia Arribas) (76) 199 13 Fatiha Baouf 25 Sigrid van den Bempt 39 Stefanija Statkuvienė 65 Kim Offergeld 74 (Nathalie Deroubaix) (81) (Corinne Debaets) (87) 203 14 María Paredes 40 Silvia Paredes 80 Marlene Acuña 82 Narcisa Calderón 93 (Wilma Guerra) (104) 295 15 Ednalva da Silva 58 Célia dos Santos 86 Ana de Souza 91 Jocinalva Valentim 103 338 16 Anna Kotenkova 70 Krystina Kirova 97 Tatyana Tratsyuk 98 Natalya Ilyashuk 99 364 17 Madhuri Saxena 84 Madhuri Gurnule 95 Platima Bhandari 96 Renuka Hegde 101 376 18 Yuliya Arfipova 100 Zamira Amirova 105 Kamilla Ramazanova 107 Nargiza Tohtanazarova 109 421 19 Alena Petrova 110 Rozaliya Zilyayeva 111 Yevgeniya Balabkina 112 Lyudmila Polatova 113 446 Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Participation An unofficial count yields the participation of 114 athletes from 34 countries in the Women's short race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published. The announced athlete from did not show.

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See also 2001 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race 2001 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Men's short race 2001 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race 2001 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race 2001 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior women's race

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