1988 IAAF World Women's Road Race Championships
The1988IAAF World Women's Road Race Championshipswas the sixth edition of the annual internationalroad runningcompetition organised by theInternational Amateur Athletics Federation(IAAF). The competition was hosted by Australia on 20 March 1988 inAdelaideand featured one race only: a15K runfor women. There were individual and team awards available, with the national team rankings being decided by the combined finishing positions of a team's top three runners. Countries with fewer than three finishers were not ranked. This was the only time that the event was held in the first half of the year.[1]
Norway'sIngrid Kristiansendefended her title with a winning time of 48:24 minutes.Wang Xiutingof China was runner-up nearly two minutes behind and was shortly followed byZoya Ivanova,who took third place ten seconds later. Ivanova led a Soviets to a comfortable win in the team competition with a total of 21 points coming from her,Yekaterina KhramenkovaandLyudmila Matveyeva.China, entering the competition for the first time took second in the team race through Wang, fourth-placedZhong HuandiandWang Huabiin 25th. Portugal, the defending team champions, were led to third place byConceição Ferreira.[2]
Results[edit]
Individual[edit]
Team[edit]
Rank | Team | Points |
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![]() Zoya Ivanova Yekaterina Khramenkova Lyudmila Matveyeva |
21 pts |
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![]() Wang Xiuting Zhong Huandi Wang Huabi |
31 pts |
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![]() Conceição Ferreira Albertina Dias Albertina Machado |
37 pts |
References[edit]
- ^IAAF World Women's Road Race Championships.GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2018-02-09.
- ^1988 IAAF World Women's Road Race Championships.Association of Road Racing Statisticians.Retrieved 2018-02-11.