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

Junior women's race at the 1997 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
Organisers	IAAF
Edition	25th
Date	March 23
Host city	Torino, Piemonte, Italy
Venue	Parco del Valentino
Events	1
Distances	4.689 km – Junior women
Participation	138 athletes from ; 39 nations
	← 1996 Stellenbosch 1998 Marrakesh → ;

The Junior 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[1] in the Herald,[2] and for the IAAF.[3]

Complete results,[4][5][6] medallists,[7] and the results of British athletes[8] were published.

Race results

Individual

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	Rose Kosgei	Kenya	14:58
	Prisca Ngetich	Kenya	14:59
	Ayelech Worku	Ethiopia	15:02
4	Edna Kiplagat	Kenya	15:10
5	Zenebech Tadese	Ethiopia	15:11
6	Kei Satomura	Japan	15:12
7	Emiko Kojima	Japan	15:12
8	Caroline Tarus	Kenya	15:14
9	Anita Kiptum	Kenya	15:15
10	Agnes Kiprop	Kenya	15:15
11	Risa Tanaka	Japan	15:20
12	René Kalmer	South Africa	15:31
13	Worknesh Kidane	Ethiopia	15:32
14	Tomoko Hashimoto	Japan	15:40
15	Judit Plá	Spain	15:46
16	Kumiko Hiyama	Japan	15:48
17	Yuka Hata	Japan	15:51
18	Etaferahu Tarekegn	Ethiopia	15:53
19	Sonja Stolić	FR Yugoslavia	15:54
20	Kutre Dulecha	Ethiopia	15:55
21	Hind Chahid	Morocco	15:57
22	Katie Skorupska	United Kingdom	15:58
23	Merima Hashim	Ethiopia	15:58
24	Cathérine Lallemand	Belgium	16:01
25	Fabiane Cristine da Silva	Brazil	16:05
26	Malika Asahssah	Morocco	16:07
27	Sandra Levenez	France	16:07
28	Samira Bahdaoui	Morocco	16:09
29	Message Mapfumo	Zimbabwe	16:11
30	Erin McClure	Canada	16:11
31	Tatyana Khmeleva	Russia	16:12
32	Soumia Mastacou	Morocco	16:14
33	Yelena Tolstygina	Belarus	16:16
34	Alessandra Aguilar	Spain	16:18
35	Yelena Mikhaylova	Russia	16:19
36	Jennifer Handley	Canada	16:21
37	Laura Suffa	Germany	16:22
38	Iona Oltean	Romania	16:24
39	Larissa Kleinmann	Germany	16:26
40	Rialette Kruger	South Africa	16:27
41	Tanya Povey	United Kingdom	16:27
42	Tatyana Gerasimova	Russia	16:29
43	Ansie van Heerden	South Africa	16:30
44	Bertha Sánchez	Colombia	16:31
45	Mónica Rosa	Portugal	16:31
46	Ilze Kidson	South Africa	16:32
47	Martha Garces	Mexico	16:34
48	Natalia Rodríguez	Spain	16:35
49	Tuula Laitinen	Finland	16:35
50	Marina Munćan	FR Yugoslavia	16:35
51	Suzanne Ritter	Germany	16:36
52	Bouchra Benthami	Morocco	16:37
53	Khadija Touati	Algeria	16:38
54	Paula Hernandez	Spain	16:40
55	Elizabeth Mtombeni	South Africa	16:41
56	Helena Volná	Czech Republic	16:42
57	Irina Danilova	Russia	16:42
58	Kenza Dahmani	Algeria	16:47
59	Ana Rondón	Colombia	16:48
60	Anna Markelova	Turkmenistan	16:49
61	Rosa Morató	Spain	16:49
62	Rachel Nthulane	South Africa	16:50
63	Laura Cernat	Romania	16:51
64	Michelle de la Vina	United States	16:53
65	Catalina Big	Romania	16:54
66	Elizabeth Kampfe	United States	16:54
67	Anke Onsia	Belgium	16:54
68	Tamara Cojocar	Romania	16:55
69	Marja Loukkola	Finland	16:55
70	Johanna Raja-aho	Finland	16:56
71	Hakima Baatouche	Algeria	16:56
72	Nassira Taibi	Algeria	16:57
73	Amy Wiseman	United States	16:57
74	Zivile Balciunaité	Lithuania	16:58
75	Valquíria Santos	Brazil	16:58
76	Francine Darroch	Canada	16:59
77	Marzena Linkowska	Poland	17:00
78	Magdalena Haamwanyena	Namibia	17:00
79	Joelle Franzmann	Germany	17:01
80	Petra Teveli	Hungary	17:01
81	Olena Samko	Ukraine	17:01
82	Yâprak Kalemoglu	Turkey	17:02
83	Silvia Weissteiner	Italy	17:04
84	Laila Hmatou	Morocco	17:06
85	Jilly Ingman	United Kingdom	17:07
86	Tera Moody	United States	17:09
87	Zsanett Teveli	Hungary	17:09
88	Julie Martin	Canada	17:10
89	Donyazad Mimouni	Algeria	17:10
90	Kyla Barbour	United States	17:12
91	Almira Kuci	FR Yugoslavia	17:12
92	Sonia Scheurer	Germany	17:13
93	Sonia Thomas	United Kingdom	17:13
94	Celine Dutot	France	17:14
95	Bianca Cojocar	Romania	17:14
96	Bettina Pintér	Hungary	17:15
97	Louise Brown	United Kingdom	17:15
98	Souad Aït Salem	Algeria	17:17
99	Silvia Fernández	Spain	17:19
100	Ekta Huldhar	India	17:19
101	Marie-Celine Jacquard	France	17:21
102	Orsolya Ritter	Hungary	17:22
103	Cristina Pozzo	Italy	17:23
104	Bridget Quenzer	United States	17:26
105	Ayfer Yigit	Turkey	17:27
106	Celine Larnois	France	17:28
107	Romina Ridolfi	Italy	17:28
108	Maria Lynch	Ireland	17:30
109	Bojana Radojcic	FR Yugoslavia	17:33
110	Hanan Najih	France	17:33
111	Amy Waterlow	United Kingdom	17:34
112	Paulina Rath	Netherlands	17:34
113	Luana Pocorobba	Italy	17:37
114	Nina-Carita Liljedahl	Finland	17:38
115	Sümeyra Tali	Turkey	17:39
116	Elizabeth Benishai	Canada	17:40
117	Kristina Obronek	Slovenia	17:42
118	Aniela Buciu	Romania	17:43
119	Govindassamy Pangadjame	India	17:44
120	Renuka Hegde	India	17:46
121	Irina Podkorytova	Kazakhstan	17:47
122	Kim Hemstreet	Canada	17:49
123	Rosanna Cavoli	Italy	17:49
124	Nebhat Cavus	Turkey	17:52
125	Erika Abril	Colombia	17:55
126	Renuka Goferi	India	17:55
127	Marina Heurtault	France	17:56
128	Isabel Boldo	Brazil	17:56
129	Nathalie Rousseau	Belgium	17:59
130	Nóra Nemere	Hungary	18:03
131	Dildar Mamedova	Turkmenistan	18:06
132	Sandra Cardenas	Colombia	18:14
133	Marijana Stopic	Croatia	18:21
134	Alma Xicotencatl	Mexico	18:23
135	Ana do Nascimento	Brazil	18:26
136	Virginie Koomanikooa	Mauritius	20:40
—	Renate Rungger	Italy	DNF
—	Hilia Mundja	Namibia	DNF

Teams

Rank

Team

Points

Kenya

Rose Kosgei	1
Prisca Ngetich	2
Edna Kiplagat	4
Caroline Tarus	8
(Anita Kiptum)	(9)
(Agnes Kiprop)	(10)

15

Japan

Kei Satomura	6
Emiko Kojima	7
Risa Tanaka	11
Tomoko Hashimoto	14
(Kumiko Hiyama)	(16)
(Yuka Hata)	(17)

38

Ethiopia

Ayelech Worku	3
Zenebech Tadese	5
Worknesh Kidane	13
Etaferahu Tarekegn	18
(Kutre Dulecha)	(20)
(Merima Hashim)	(23)

39

4

Morocco

Hind Chahid	21
Malika Asahssah	26
Samira Bahdaoui	28
Soumia Mastacou	32
(Bouchra Benthami)	(52)
(Laila Hmatou)	(84)

107

5

South Africa

René Kalmer	12
Rialette Kruger	40
Ansie van Heerden	43
Ilze Kidson	46
(Elizabeth Mtombeni)	(55)
(Rachel Nthulane)	(62)

141

6

Spain

Judit Plá	15
Alessandra Aguilar	34
Natalia Rodríguez	48
Paula Hernandez	54
(Rosa Morató)	(61)
(Silvia Fernández)	(99)

151

7

Russia

Tatyana Khmeleva	31
Yelena Mikhaylova	35
Tatyana Gerasimova	42
Irina Danilova	57

165

8

Germany

Laura Suffa	37
Larissa Kleinmann	39
Suzanne Ritter	51
Joelle Franzmann	79
(Sonia Scheurer)	(92)

206

9

Canada

Erin McClure	30
Jennifer Handley	36
Francine Darroch	76
Julie Martin	88
(Elizabeth Benishai)	(116)
(Kim Hemstreet)	(122)

230

10

Romania

Iona Oltean	38
Laura Cernat	63
Catalina Big	65
Tamara Cojocar	68
(Bianca Cojocar)	(95)
(Aniela Buciu)	(118)

234

11

United Kingdom

Katie Skorupska	22
Tanya Povey	41
Jilly Ingman	85
Sonia Thomas	93
(Louise Brown)	(97)
(Amy Waterlow)	(111)

241

12

Algeria

Khadija Touati	53
Kenza Dahmani	58
Hakima Baatouche	71
Nassira Taibi	72
(Donyazad Mimouni)	(89)
(Souad Aït Salem)	(98)

254

13

FR Yugoslavia

Sonja Stolić	19
Marina Munćan	50
Almira Kuci	91
Bojana Radojcic	109

269

14

United States

Michelle de la Vina	64
Elizabeth Kampfe	66
Amy Wiseman	73
Tera Moody	86
(Kyla Barbour)	(90)
(Bridget Quenzer)	(104)

289

15

Finland

Tuula Laitinen	49
Marja Loukkola	69
Johanna Raja-aho	70
Nina-Carita Liljedahl	114

302

16

France

Sandra Levenez	27
Celine Dutot	94
Marie-Celine Jacquard	101
Celine Larnois	106
(Hanan Najih)	(110)
(Marina Heurtault)	(127)

328

17

Colombia

Bertha Sánchez	44
Ana Rondón	59
Erika Abril	125
Sandra Cardenas	132

360

18

Brazil

Fabiane Cristine da Silva	25
Valquíria Santos	75
Isabel Boldo	128
Ana do Nascimento	135

363

19

Hungary

Petra Teveli	80
Zsanett Teveli	87
Bettina Pintér	96
Orsolya Ritter	102
(Nóra Nemere)	(130)

365

20

Italy

Silvia Weissteiner	83
Cristina Pozzo	103
Romina Ridolfi	107
Luana Pocorobba	113
(Rosanna Cavoli)	(123)
(Renate Rungger)	(DNF)

406

21

Turkey

Yâprak Kalemoglu	82
Ayfer Yigit	105
Sümeyra Tali	115
Nebhat Cavus	124

426

22

India

Ekta Huldhar	100
Govindassamy Pangadjame	119
Renuka Hegde	120
Renuka Goferi	126

465

Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

Participation

An unofficial count yields the participation of 138 athletes from 39 countries in the Junior women's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.[8]

Algeria (6)
Belarus (1)
Belgium (3)
Brazil (4)
Canada (6)
Colombia (4)
Croatia (1)
Czech Republic (1)
Ethiopia (6)
Finland (4)
France (6)
Germany (5)
Hungary (5)

India (4)
Ireland (1)
Italy (6)
Japan (6)
Kazakhstan (1)
Kenya (6)
Lithuania (1)
Mauritius (1)
Mexico (2)
Morocco (6)
Namibia (2)
Netherlands (1)
Poland (1)

References

Tergat Leads Kenyans With Dramatic Victory, The New York Times, March 24, 1997, retrieved October 27, 2013
Gillon, Doug (March 24, 1997), Tulu swoops late to take title but British runner still happy Radcliffe joy as she runs into medal place, Herald, retrieved October 27, 2013
Wallace-Jones, Sean, Report for Junior races - Kenya heads the Junior Field once again, IAAF, archived from the original on 2011-08-05, retrieved October 27, 2013
Magnusson, Tomas (July 4, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 4.7km CC Women - Torino Parco del Valentino Date: Sunday, March 23, 1997, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on October 16, 2007, retrieved October 27, 2013CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
Cross Junior Women - 23-03-97 - Results, IAAF, March 23, 1997, archived from the original on 2013-10-29, retrieved October 27, 2013
Cross Junior Women - 23-03-97 - Team Results, IAAF, March 23, 1997, archived from the original on 2013-10-29, retrieved October 27, 2013
IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved October 9, 2013
36th IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS - EDINBURGH 2008 - FACTS & FIGURES - GREAT BRITAIN & NORTHERN IRELAND AT THE INTERNATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY & WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS (PDF), IAAF, p. 2ff, archived from the original (PDF) on September 27, 2013, retrieved October 9, 2013

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[times_01-1] Tergat Leads Kenyans With Dramatic Victory, The New York Times, March 24, 1997, retrieved October 27, 2013

[herald_01-2] Gillon, Doug (March 24, 1997), Tulu swoops late to take title but British runner still happy Radcliffe joy as she runs into medal place, Herald, retrieved October 27, 2013

[iaaf_10-3] Wallace-Jones, Sean, Report for Junior races - Kenya heads the Junior Field once again, IAAF, archived from the original on 2011-08-05, retrieved October 27, 2013

[archive_04-4] Magnusson, Tomas (July 4, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 4.7km CC Women - Torino Parco del Valentino Date: Sunday, March 23, 1997, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on October 16, 2007, retrieved October 27, 2013CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

[iaaf_04-5] Cross Junior Women - 23-03-97 - Results, IAAF, March 23, 1997, archived from the original on 2013-10-29, retrieved October 27, 2013

[iaaf_08-6] Cross Junior Women - 23-03-97 - Team Results, IAAF, March 23, 1997, archived from the original on 2013-10-29, retrieved October 27, 2013

[gbr_01-7] IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved October 9, 2013

[iaaf_00-8] 36th IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS - EDINBURGH 2008 - FACTS & FIGURES - GREAT BRITAIN & NORTHERN IRELAND AT THE INTERNATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY & WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS (PDF), IAAF, p. 2ff, archived from the original (PDF) on September 27, 2013, retrieved October 9, 2013

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