The IAAF World Women's Road Race Championships was an annual international
athletics
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* Sport of athletics, a collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking
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championship in
road running
Road running is the sport of running on a measured course over an established road. This differs from track and field on a regular track and cross country running over natural terrain.
These events are usually classified as long-distance ac ...
organised by the
International Association of Athletics Federations
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(then known as the International Amateur Athletics Federation). It was contested from 1983 to 1991, before being replaced by the
IAAF World Half Marathon Championships
The World Athletics Half Marathon Championships is a biennial international half marathon competition organised by World Athletics. The competition was launched as the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships in 1992 and held annually until 2010. It ...
in 1992, an event for both men and women.
The event was a
10 km race in 1983 and 1984, then a 15 km race from 1985 to 1991.
IAAF World Women's Road Race Championships
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Editions
Medalists
Individual
Team
*Team medals were decided by adding the positions of the leading three team members, except in 1984, when the times of the three leading team members were added.
Individual Results
San Diego 1983 (10 km)
66 starters. 62 finishers
Madrid 1984 (10 km)
54 finishers.
Gateshead 1985 (15 km)
67 finishers.
Lisbon 1986 (15 km)
75 finishers.
Monte Carlo 1987 (15 km)
110 starters. 103 finishers.
Adelaide 1988 (15 km)
77 starters. 70 finishers.
Rio de Janeiro 1989 (15 km)
85 starters. 68 finishers.
Dublin 1990 (15 km)
83 starters. 77 finishers.
Nieuwegein 1991 (15 km)
70 finishers.
References
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Road Race, Women's
Defunct athletics competitions
Road Race Championships
10K runs
Recurring sporting events established in 1983
Recurring events disestablished in 1991
Women's athletics competitions
15K runs