The Senior women's race at the 2000 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held at the Sporting Complex in Vilamoura, Portugal, on March 18, 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

Senior women's race (8.08 km)

Individual Rank Athlete Country Time Derartu Tulu 25:42 Gete Wami 25:48 Susan Chepkemei 25:50 4 Lydia Cheromei 26:02 5 Paula Radcliffe 26:03 6 Leah Malot 26:09 7 Sonia O'Sullivan 26:20 8 Merima Denboba 26:23 9 Ayelech Worku 26:36 10 Ruth Kutol 26:38 11 Irene Kipchumba 26:45 12 Deena Drossin 26:59 13 Jen Rhines 27:11 14 Berhane Adere 27:11 15 Olivera Jevtić 27:14 16 Teresa Recio 27:14 17 Lidiya Grigoryeva 27:15 18 Anja Smolders 27:16 19 Agata Balsamo 27:17 20 Rosemary Ryan 27:17 21 Kylie Risk 27:17 22 Restituta Joseph 27:23 23 Samukeliso Moyo 27:25 24 Annemari Sandell 27:26 25 Magdeline Chemjor 27:29 26 Mizuki Noguchi 27:30 27 Breda Dennehy 27:32 28 Asha Gigi 27:35 29 Ana Dias 27:36 30 Marta Fernández 27:38 31 Silvia Sommaggio 27:41 32 Tausi Juma 27:42 33 Kaori Kumasaka 27:43 34 Hayley Yelling 27:43 35 Constantina Diţă 27:45 36 Rachel Sauder 27:47 37 Kimberly Fitchen 27:48 38 Clair Fearnley 27:51 39 Miyuki Nishimura 27:52 40 María Abel 27:55 41 Mónica Rosa 27:58 42 Tina Connelly 27:59 43 Svetlana Baygulova 27:59 44 Liz Yelling 28:02 45 Rosa Oliveira 28:03 46 Iulia Olteanu 28:04 47 Anne Keenan-Buckley 28:04 48 Silvia Weissteiner 28:09 49 Charné Rademeyer 28:10 50 Miho Kakehata 28:14 51 Julia Vaquero 28:15 52 Conceição Ferreira 28:18 53 Dulce María Rodríguez 28:19 54 Sharon Morris 28:27 55 Donna Garcia 28:35 56 Hayley Haining 28:37 57 Cristina Grosu 28:38 58 Deborah Buhlers 28:38 59 Tara Krzywicki 28:39 60 Alessandra Aguilar 28:41 61 Isabelle Collier 28:42 62 Margareth Iro 28:44 63 Lidia Karwowski 28:52 64 Stefanija Statkuvienė 28:54 65 Tarath Tsatsa 28:57 66 Sabrina Varrone 28:59 67 Lee-Ann McPhillips 29:04 68 Elena Fidatof 29:09 69 Sitar Waru 29:13 70 Yelena Samokhvalova 29:14 71 Bruna Genovese 29:15 72 Rukia Mkanda 29:16 73 Adriana de Souza 29:23 74 Maria Rodrigues 29:24 75 Sherri Smith 29:26 76 Rosângela Faria 29:32 77 Taeko Matsubayashi 29:39 78 Oksana Vasilevskaya 29:41 79 Cristina Casandra 29:45 80 Maria McCambridge 29:59 81 Aruna Devi Waishram 30:00 82 Nebiat Habtemariam 30:00 83 Rosita Rota Gelpi 30:14 84 Judith Leroy 30:17 85 Lisa Harvey 30:47 86 Corinne Debaets 30:52 87 Valerie Vaughan 31:02 88 Katherine Smyth 31:18 89 Mokhantso Raphoto 32:18 90 Kanchhi Koju 32:31 91 Sharda Gawande 32:37 92 Anastasiya Padalinskaya 33:01 93 Pushpa Devi 33:11 94 Rina Das 33:12 95 Tatyana Zavyalova 33:36 96 Anastasiya Sinyak 34:23 — Elva Dryer DNF — Helena Sampaio DNF — Beatriz Santíago DNF — Irina Matrosova DNF — Stephanie Mills DNF — Erica van der Bilt DNF — Analídia Torre DNF — Alla Syomina DNF

Teams Rank Team Points Derartu Tulu 1 Gete Wami 2 Merima Denboba 8 Ayelech Worku 9 (Berhane Adere) (14) (Asha Gigi) (28) 20 Susan Chepkemei 3 Lydia Cheromei 4 Leah Malot 6 Ruth Kutol 10 (Irene Kipchumba) (11) (Magdeline Chemjor) (25) 23 Deena Drossin 12 Jen Rhines 13 Rachel Sauder 36 Kimberly Fitchen 37 (Donna Garcia) (55) (Elva Dryer) (DNF) 98 4 Sonia O'Sullivan 7 Rosemary Ryan 20 Breda Dennehy 27 Anne Keenan-Buckley 47 (Maria McCambridge) (80) (Valerie Vaughan) (87) 101 5 Teresa Recio 16 Marta Fernández 30 María Abel 40 Julia Vaquero 51 (Alessandra Aguilar) (60) (Beatriz Santíago) (DNF) 137 6 Paula Radcliffe 5 Hayley Yelling 34 Liz Yelling 44 Sharon Morris 54 (Hayley Haining) (56) (Tara Krzywicki) (59) 137 7 Mizuki Noguchi 26 Kaori Kumasaka 33 Miyuki Nishimura 39 Miho Kakehata 50 (Taeko Matsubayashi) (77) 148 8 Agata Balsamo 19 Silvia Sommaggio 31 Silvia Weissteiner 48 Sabrina Varrone 66 (Bruna Genovese) (71) (Rosita Rota Gelpi) (83) 164 9 Ana Dias 29 Mónica Rosa 41 Rosa Oliveira 45 Conceição Ferreira 52 (Helena Sampaio) (DNF) (Analídia Torre) (DNF) 167 10 Restituta Joseph 22 Tausi Juma 32 Margareth Iro 62 Rukia Mkanda 72 188 11 Constantina Diţă 35 Iulia Olteanu 46 Cristina Grosu 57 Elena Fidatof 68 (Cristina Casandra) (79) 206 12 Anja Smolders 18 Isabelle Collier 61 Stefanija Statkuvienė 64 Corinne Debaets 86 229 13 Tina Connelly 42 Deborah Buhlers 58 Sherri Smith 75 Judith Leroy 84 (Lisa Harvey) (85) (Stephanie Mills) (DNF) 259 14 Lidia Karwowski 63 Adriana de Souza 73 Maria Rodrigues 74 Rosângela Faria 76 286 15 Aruna Devi Waishram 81 Sharda Gawande 91 Pushpa Devi 93 Rina Das 94 359 16 Oksana Vasilevskaya 78 Anastasiya Padalinskaya 92 Tatyana Zavyalova 95 Anastasiya Sinyak 96 361 Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Participation An unofficial count yields the participation of 104 athletes from 29 countries in the Senior women's race.

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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 – Women's short race 2000 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior women's race

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