1997 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race

{{Infobox XC Championships

|Name = Senior women's race at the 1997 IAAF World Cross Country Championships

|Logo =

|Size =

|Caption =

|Organisers = IAAF

|Edition = 25th

|Date = March 23

|Host city = Torino, Piemonte, Italy {{flagicon|Italy}}

|Location = Parco del Valentino

|Nations participating = 42

|Athletes participating = 147

|Races = 1

|Distances = 6.6 km – Senior women

|Website =

|Previous = 1996 Stellenbosch

|Next = 1998 Marrakesh

}}

The Senior women's race at the 1997 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Torino, Italy, at the Parco del Valentino on March 23, 1997. A report on the event was given in The New York Times,

{{ Citation

| date = March 24, 1997

| title = Tergat Leads Kenyans With Dramatic Victory

| url = https://www.nytimes.com/1997/03/24/sports/tergat-leads-kenyans-with-dramatic-victory.html

| work = The New York Times

| access-date = October 27, 2013

}}

in the Herald,

{{ Citation

| last = Gillon

| first = Doug

| date = March 24, 1997

| title = Tulu swoops late to take title but British runner still happy Radcliffe joy as she runs into medal place

| url = http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/spl/aberdeen/tulu-swoops-late-to-take-title-but-british-runner-still-happy-radcliffe-joy-as-she-runs-into-medal-place-1.406714

| publisher = Herald

| access-date = October 27, 2013

}}

and for the IAAF.{{ Citation

|last = Reineri

|first = Giorgio

|title = Report for Senior races - Women's race - Derarta Tulu of Ethiopia, former 10 000m Olympic Champion in Barcelona 1982 won the World Cross Country Championship title after a terrible battle with Paula Radcliffe of Great Britain

|url = http://www2.iaaf.org/wxc97/reports/reportsenior.html

|publisher = IAAF

|access-date = October 27, 2013

|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131029190119/http://www2.iaaf.org/wxc97/reports/reportsenior.html

|archive-date = 2013-10-29

|url-status = dead

}}

Complete results,

{{ Citation

| last = Magnusson

| first = Tomas

| date = September 8, 2007

| title = IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 6.6km CC Women - Torino Parco del Valentino Date: Sunday, March 23, 1997

| url = http://mypage.bluewin.ch/tomtytom/iccu/wxc_iaaf/wxc_SW1997S.html| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071016110951/http://mypage.bluewin.ch/tomtytom/iccu/wxc_iaaf/wxc_SW1997S.html

| url-status = dead

| archive-date = October 16, 2007

| publisher = Athchamps (archived)

| access-date = October 27, 2013

}}

{{ Citation

| date = March 23, 1997

| title = Cross Senior Women - 23-03-97 - Results

| url = http://www2.iaaf.org/wxc97/results/w/xs/rf.html

|url-status=dead

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029192721/http://www2.iaaf.org/wxc97/results/w/xs/rf.html

|archive-date=October 29, 2013

| publisher = IAAF

| access-date = October 27, 2013

}}

medallists,

{{ Citation

| title = IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS

| url = http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/xc.htm

| publisher = Athletics Weekly

| access-date = October 9, 2013

}}

and the results of British athletes

{{ Citation

|title=36th IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS - EDINBURGH 2008 - FACTS & FIGURES - GREAT BRITAIN & NORTHERN IRELAND AT THE INTERNATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY & WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS

|url=http://www.iaaf.net/mm/Document/Competitions/Competition/2008WXC_Facts_Figures_1816.pdf

|publisher=IAAF

|page=2ff

|access-date=October 9, 2013

|url-status=usurped

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927091955/http://www.iaaf.net/mm/Document/Competitions/Competition/2008WXC_Facts_Figures_1816.pdf

|archive-date=September 27, 2013

}}

were published.