The Senior women's race at the 2004 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held at the Ossegem Park in Brussels, Belgium, on March 20, 2004. Reports of the event were given in The New York Times, and for the IAAF.

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

Race results

Senior women's race (8 km)

Individual Rank Athlete Country Time Benita Johnson 27:17 Ejagayehu Dibaba 27:29 Worknesh Kidane 27:34 4 Alice Timbilil 27:36 5 Teyiba Erkesso 27:43 6 Lornah Kiplagat 27:56 7 Eunice Chepkorir 27:59 8 Émilie Mondor 28:01 9 Fridah Domongole 28:03 10 Sally Barsosio 28:08 11 Kathy Butler 28:13 12 Olivera Jevtić 28:18 13 Liz Yelling 28:25 14 Margaret Maury 28:29 15 Kate O'Neill 28:37 16 Derartu Tulu 28:39 17 Hayley McGregor 28:41 18 Patrizia Tisi 28:45 19 Zahia Dahmani 28:46 20 Jane Ngotho 28:47 21 Helena Sampaio 28:48 22 Louise Damen 28:48 23 Suzanne Ritter 28:53 24 Rkia Chébili 28:56 25 Kathy Newberry 28:56 26 Anna Thompson 28:57 27 Katie McGregor 28:57 28 Natalie Harvey 28:58 29 Hayley Yelling 29:00 30 Catherina McKiernan 29:04 31 Ann Marie Schwabe 29:05 32 Rebecca Stallwood 29:06 33 Fatiha Klilech-Fauvel 29:07 34 Irene Kipchumba 29:09 35 Christelle Daunay 29:15 36 Justyna Bąk 29:20 37 Yoshiko Ichikawa 29:20 38 Laura O'Neill 29:27 39 Josephine Deemay 29:31 40 Anália Rosa 29:38 41 Nadia Al-Jaffaini 29:38 42 Mounia Aboulahcen 29:40 43 Eyerusalem Kuma 29:41 44 Teresa Recio 29:46 45 Malika Asahssah 29:48 46 Nebiat Habtemariam 29:51 47 Alessandra Aguilar 29:52 48 Rosemary Ryan 29:53 49 Ana Dias 29:59 50 Fatima Yvelain 30:00 51 Kenza Wahbi 30:01 52 Yumi Sato 30:02 53 Miho Notagashira 30:05 54 Judit Plá 30:06 55 Georgie Clarke 30:07 56 Anja Smolders 30:08 57 Mónica Rosa 30:08 58 Maria Zambrano 30:09 59 Alemtsehay Hailu 30:12 60 Olga Machado 30:13 61 Amaia Piedra 30:16 62 Kim Offergeld 30:17 63 Kristina Rody 30:17 64 Kazue Ogoshi 30:20 65 Hafida Izem 30:23 66 Elisabete Lopes 30:26 67 Antje Looper 30:26 68 Stephanie de Croock 30:27 69 Pauline Curley 30:27 70 Stephanie Mills 30:28 71 Jolene Byrne 30:31 72 Silvia Montane 30:40 73 Lisa Labrecque 30:42 74 Faith Kamangila 30:43 75 Fionnuala Britton 30:43 76 Corinne Debaets 30:49 77 Drissia Nadym 30:52 78 Beatriz Ros 30:55 79 Molly Austin 31:00 80 Sylvie Verthé 31:11 81 Restituta Joseph 31:27 82 Emeliana Joseph 31:43 83 Niamh O'Sullivan 31:48 84 Kylie Risk 32:04 85 Maria Moraes 32:13 86 Rosa Apaza 32:19 87 Zenaida Maldonado 32:54 88 Elsa Monterroso 33:21 89 Olesia Orlova 33:23 90 María Díaz 33:42 91 Regina Rendazza 33:49 92 Veronika Kirgizbayeva 35:37 93 Lisha Hamilton 35:42 94 Ruth David 38:12 95 Rachel Witty 38:24 96 Anna Motorina 40:06 — Soud Kanbouchia DNF — Hisae Yoshimatsu DNS — Catherine Chikwakwa DNS — Hawa Hussein DNS

Teams Rank Team Points Ejagayehu Dibaba 2 Worknesh Kidane 3 Teyiba Erkesso 5 Derartu Tulu 16 (Eyerusalem Kuma) (43) (Alemtsehay Hailu) (59) 26 Alice Timbilil 4 Eunice Chepkorir 7 Fridah Domongole 9 Sally Barsosio 10 (Jane Ngotho) (20) (Irene Kipchumba) (34) 30 Kathy Butler 11 Liz Yelling 13 Louise Damen 22 Natalie Harvey 28 (Hayley Yelling) (29) 74 4 Margaret Maury 14 Zahia Dahmani 19 Rkia Chébili 24 Fatiha Klilech-Fauvel 33 (Christelle Daunay) (35) (Fatima Yvelain) (50) 90 5 Kate O'Neill 15 Kathy Newberry 25 Katie McGregor 27 Ann Marie Schwabe 31 (Laura O'Neill) (38) (Molly Austin) (79) 98 6 Benita Johnson 1 Hayley McGregor 17 Anna Thompson 26 Georgie Clarke 55 (Kylie Risk) (84) 99 7 Émilie Mondor 8 Rebecca Stallwood 32 Maria Zambrano 58 Kristina Rody 63 (Stephanie Mills) (70) (Lisa Labrecque) (73) 161 8 Helena Sampaio 21 Anália Rosa 40 Ana Dias 49 Mónica Rosa 57 (Olga Machado) (60) (Elisabete Lopes) (66) 167 9 Teresa Recio 44 Alessandra Aguilar 47 Judit Plá 54 Amaia Piedra 61 (Silvia Montane) (72) (Beatriz Ros) (78) 206 10 Yoshiko Ichikawa 37 Yumi Sato 52 Miho Notagashira 53 Kazue Ogoshi 64 206 11 Catherina McKiernan 30 Rosemary Ryan 48 Pauline Curley 69 Jolene Byrne 71 (Fionnuala Britton) (75) (Niamh O'Sullivan) (83) 218 12 Mounia Aboulahcen 42 Anja Smolders 56 Kim Offergeld 62 Stephanie de Croock 68 (Corinne Debaets) (76) (Sylvie Verthé) (80) 228 13 Malika Asahssah 45 Kenza Wahbi 51 Hafida Izem 65 Drissia Nadym 77 (Soud Kanbouchia) (DNF) 238 14 Regina Rendazza 91 Lisha Hamilton 93 Ruth David 94 Rachel Witty 95 373 Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Participation According to an unofficial count, 97 athletes from 30 countries participated in the Senior women's race. The announced athlete from did not show.

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See also 2004 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race 2004 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Men's short race 2004 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race 2004 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Women's short race 2004 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior women's race

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