The Senior women's race at the 2002 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held at the Leopardstown Racecourse near Dublin, Ireland, on March 23, 2002. Reports of the event were given in The New York Times, in the Herald, and for the IAAF.

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

Race results

Senior women's race (7.974 km)

Individual Rank Athlete Country Time Paula Radcliffe 26:55 Deena Drossin 27:04 Colleen de Reuck 27:17 4 Miwako Yamanaka 27:19 5 Eyerusalem Kuma 27:19 6 Merima Denboba 27:21 7 Leila Aman 27:25 8 Rose Cheruiyot 27:28 9 Pamela Chepchumba 27:30 10 Teyiba Erkesso 27:32 11 Leah Malot 27:35 12 Jen Rhines 27:43 13 Ayelech Worku 27:50 14 Jane Omoro 27:52 15 Kayoko Fukushi 27:53 16 Jepkorir Ayabei 27:58 17 Rosanna Martin 27:59 18 Liz Yelling 28:07 19 Helena Sampaio 28:08 20 Kathy Butler 28:12 21 Yoshiko Fujinaga 28:15 22 Anália Rosa 28:16 23 Milena Glusac 28:18 24 Maria Luisa Lárraga 28:21 25 Ana Dias 28:24 26 Analídia Torre 28:24 27 Beatriz Santíago 28:26 28 Elva Dryer 28:27 29 Rodica Moroianu 28:30 30 Atalelech Ketema 28:33 31 Amy Rudolph 28:37 32 Carmen Oliveras 28:41 33 Inês Monteiro 28:42 34 María Abel 28:43 35 Alessandra Aguilar 28:43 36 Kazue Ogoshi 28:43 37 Nebiat Habtemariam 28:47 38 Rosita Rota Gelpi 28:51 39 Anja Smolders 28:53 40 Fatima Hajjami 28:56 41 Rocío Ríos 28:57 42 Hayley Yelling 29:00 43 Monica Wangari 29:00 44 Fatima Yvelain 29:00 45 Marie McMahon 29:07 46 Angela Mudge 29:07 47 Lisa Harvey 29:08 48 Elodie Olivares 29:15 49 Charné Rademeyer 29:18 50 Teresa Recio 29:19 51 Natalya Berkut 29:21 52 Kim Smith 29:24 53 Stephanie de Croock 29:27 54 Nives Curti 29:28 55 Marina Bastos 29:32 56 Patrizia Tisi 29:35 57 Sarah Dupré 29:36 58 Orla O'Mahoney 29:42 59 Jenny Brown 29:52 60 Veerle van Linden 29:52 61 Alison Rendell 29:58 62 América Mateos 30:02 63 Pauline Curley 30:04 64 Cathérine Lallemand 30:15 65 Monia Capelli 30:21 66 Barbara Brych 30:32 67 Hannah Lawrence 30:42 68 Teresa Duffy 31:02 69 Corinne Debaets 31:18 70 Michaela McClure 31:21 71 Geraldine Hendricken 31:40 72 Irina Matrosova 31:48 73 Margareth Iro 32:08 74 Margaret Danagher 32:25 75 Priscilla Mamba 33:03 76 Yuliya Arfipova 33:18 77 Zamira Amirova 33:56 78 Kanchanamala Udagedara 33:59 79 Daulgoda Inoka 33:59 80 Yekaterina Dirova 34:23 81 Malika Chandrakanthi 34:48 — Zahia Dahmani DNF — Suzanne Binne DNF — Sandra Baumann DNS — Anesie Kwizera DNS — Gulsara Dadabaeva DNS — Taussi Juma DNS — Banuelia Katesigwa DNS

Teams Rank Team Points Eyerusalem Kuma 5 Merima Denboba 6 Leila Aman 7 Teyiba Erkesso 10 (Ayelech Worku) (n/s) (Atalelech Ketema) (n/s) 28 Deena Drossin 2 Colleen de Reuck 3 Jen Rhines 12 Milena Glusac 21 (Elva Dryer) (n/s) (Amy Rudolph) (n/s) 38 Rose Cheruiyot 8 Pamela Chepchumba 9 Leah Malot 11 Jane Omoro 13 (Jepkorir Ayabei) (n/s) (Monica Wangari) (n/s) 41 4 Miwako Yamanaka 4 Kayoko Fukushi 14 Yoshiko Fujinaga 19 Kazue Ogoshi 30 67 5 Paula Radcliffe 1 Liz Yelling 16 Kathy Butler 18 Hayley Yelling 34 (Angela Mudge) (n/s) (Jenny Brown) (n/s) 69 6 Helena Sampaio 17 Anália Rosa 20 Ana Dias 23 Analídia Torre 24 (Inês Monteiro) (n/s) (Marina Bastos) (n/s) 84 7 Maria Luisa Lárraga 22 Beatriz Santíago 25 María Abel 28 Alessandra Aguilar 29 (Rocío Ríos) (n/s) (Teresa Recio) (n/s) 104 8 Rodica Moroianu 26 Carmen Oliveras 27 Fatima Hajjami 33 Fatima Yvelain 35 (Elodie Olivares) (n/s) (Zahia Dahmani) (DNF) 121 9 Rosanna Martin 15 Rosita Rota Gelpi 31 Nives Curti 39 Patrizia Tisi 40 (Monia Capelli) (n/s) 125 10 Anja Smolders 32 Stephanie de Croock 38 Veerle van Linden 43 Cathérine Lallemand 46 (Corinne Debaets) (n/s) 159 11 Lisa Harvey 37 Sarah Dupré 41 Alison Rendell 44 Barbara Brych 47 (Michaela McClure) (n/s) (Suzanne Binne) (DNF) 169 12 Marie McMahon 36 Orla O'Mahoney 42 Pauline Curley 45 Teresa Duffy 48 (Geraldine Hendricken) (n/s) (Margaret Danagher) (n/s) 171 13 Irina Matrosova 49 Yuliya Arfipova 50 Zamira Amirova 51 Yekaterina Dirova 52 202 Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result (n/s: nonscorer)

Participation According to an unofficial count, 83 athletes from 21 countries participated in the Senior women's race. The announced athletes from , , and did not show.

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See also 2002 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race 2002 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Men's short race 2002 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race 2002 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Women's short race 2002 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior women's race

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