The senior women's race at the 1998 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Marrakesh, Morocco, at the Menara district on March 21, 1998. Reports on 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 were published.

Race results

Senior women's race (8 km)

Individual Rank Athlete Country Time Sonia O'Sullivan 25:39 Paula Radcliffe 25:42 Gete Wami 25:49 4 Merima Denboba 25:56 5 Jackline Maranga 25:56 6 Julia Vaquero 26:06 7 Jane Omoro 26:07 8 Leah Malot 26:16 9 Ayelech Worku 26:17 10 Sally Barsosio 26:27 11 Naomi Mugo 26:33 12 Susan Chepkemei 26:35 13 Hayley Haining 26:40 14 Nora Rocha 26:49 15 Colleen de Reuck 26:51 16 Rocío Ríos 26:53 17 Restituta Joseph 27:00 18 Blandine Bitzner-Ducret 27:03 19 Kylie Risk 27:04 20 Deena Drossin 27:06 21 Getenesh Urge 27:07 22 Svetlana Baygulova 27:07 23 Nyla Carroll 27:08 24 Chiemi Takahashi 27:17 25 Vikki McPherson 27:18 26 Samukeliso Moyo 27:20 27 Yukiko Mita 27:21 28 Yoko Shibui 27:21 29 Elisabeth Mongudhi 27:22 30 Liz Wilson 27:23 31 Joan Nesbit 27:24 32 Natalie Harvey 27:24 33 Beatriz Santíago 27:27 34 Liz Talbot 27:28 35 Conceição Ferreira 27:29 36 Asha Gigi 27:37 37 Nnenna Lynch 27:41 38 María Abel 27:41 39 Leila Aman 27:48 40 Anja Smolders 27:49 41 Yamna Belkacem 27:50 42 Teresa Recio 27:52 43 Christine Mallo 27:53 44 Wioletta Kryza 27:56 45 Ai Fukuchi 27:58 46 Singasi Dube 27:59 47 Manuela Dias 28:00 48 Annemari Sandell 28:01 49 Ana Correia 28:03 50 Mandy Giblin 28:06 51 Hussein Hawa 28:07 52 Kristin Ihle 28:08 53 Lucy Wright 28:09 54 Lisa Dick 28:10 55 Tina Connelly 28:11 56 Valerie Vaughan 28:13 57 Chantal Dällenbach 28:20 58 Charné Rademeyer 28:20 59 Angela Joiner 28:21 60 Sultana Aït Hammou 28:33 61 Marina Bastos 28:37 62 Fatima Yvelain 28:40 63 Zena Wilsnach 28:41 64 Ana Gimeno 28:44 65 Rosa Oliveira 28:50 66 Michele Chalmers 28:53 67 Fatiha Klilech 28:56 68 Maureen Harrington 28:58 69 Fatiha Baouf 29:07 70 Cari Rampersad 29:08 71 Anne Keenan-Buckley 29:11 72 Rosa Mila Ibarra 29:13 73 Maria Moraes 29:26 74 Teresa Duffy 29:31 75 Linda Thyer 29:34 76 Adriana de Souza 29:36 77 Marcela Jackson 29:39 78 Asmae Leghzaoui 29:40 79 Miriam Caldasso 29:40 80 Maria Polyzou 29:45 81 Melody Marcus 29:48 82 Widad Farissi 29:48 83 Message Mapfumo 30:03 84 Irina Troyeglazova 30:29 85 Maria Rodriguez 30:32 86 Saadia Zakar 30:34 87 Marvelous Kativhu 30:51 88 Svetlana Kasymskya 31:46 89 Violet Dudeleva 33:55 90 Rosemary Omundsen 34:32 — Stella Castro DNF — Helena Sampaio DNF — Jacqueline Mota DNF — Joalsiae Llado DNF — Adriana Agudelo DNF — Marta Mokofna DNF — Magdaline Morobi DNF

Teams Rank Team Points Jackline Maranga 5 Jane Omoro 7 Leah Malot 8 Sally Barsosio 10 (Naomi Mugo) (11) (Susan Chepkemei) (12) 30 Gete Wami 3 Merima Denboba 4 Ayelech Worku 9 Getenesh Urge 21 (Asha Gigi) (36) (Leila Aman) (39) 37 Paula Radcliffe 2 Hayley Haining 13 Vikki McPherson 25 Liz Talbot 34 (Lucy Wright) (53) (Angela Joiner) (59) 74 4 Julia Vaquero 6 Rocío Ríos 16 Beatriz Santíago 33 María Abel 38 (Teresa Recio) (42) (Ana Gimeno) (64) 93 5 Deena Drossin 20 Liz Wilson 30 Joan Nesbit 31 Nnenna Lynch 37 (Kristin Ihle) (52) (Michele Chalmers) (66) 118 6 Chiemi Takahashi 24 Yukiko Mita 27 Yoko Shibui 28 Ai Fukuchi 45 124 7 Kylie Risk 19 Natalie Harvey 32 Mandy Giblin 50 Lisa Dick 54 155 8 Blandine Bitzner-Ducret 18 Yamna Belkacem 41 Christine Mallo 43 Chantal Dällenbach 57 (Fatima Yvelain) (62) (Joalsiae Llado) (DNF) 159 9 Conceição Ferreira 35 Manuela Dias 47 Ana Correia 49 Marina Bastos 61 (Rosa Oliveira) (65) (Helena Sampaio) (DNF) 192 10 Sonia O'Sullivan 1 Valerie Vaughan 56 Maureen Harrington 68 Anne Keenan-Buckley 71 (Teresa Duffy) (74) 196 11 Colleen de Reuck 15 Charné Rademeyer 58 Zena Wilsnach 63 Melody Marcus 81 (Marta Mokofna) (DNF) (Magdaline Morobi) (DNF) 217 12 Samukeliso Moyo 26 Singasi Dube 46 Message Mapfumo 83 Marvelous Kativhu 87 242 13 Sultana Aït Hammou 60 Fatiha Klilech 67 Fatiha Baouf 69 Asmae Leghzaoui 78 (Widad Farissi) (82) (Saadia Zakar) (86) 274DNF Tina Connelly (55) Cari Rampersad (70) Linda Thyer (75) Jacqueline Mota (DNF) DNFDNF Rosa Mila Ibarra (72) Maria Rodriguez (85) Stella Castro (DNF) Adriana Agudelo (DNF) DNF Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Participation An unofficial count yields the participation of 97 athletes from 29 countries in the Senior women's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.

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See also 1998 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race 1998 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Men's short race 1998 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race 1998 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Women's short race 1998 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior women's race

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