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

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]

Junior women's race at the 1997 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
OrganisersIAAF
Edition25th
DateMarch 23
Host cityTorino, Piemonte, Italy Italy
VenueParco del Valentino
Events1
Distances4.689 km – Junior women
Participation138 athletes from
39 nations

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

Race results

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Junior women's race (4.689 km)

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Individual

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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   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   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   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   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

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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   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

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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]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Tergat Leads Kenyans With Dramatic Victory", The New York Times, March 24, 1997, retrieved October 27, 2013
  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
  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
  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, 2013{{citation}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  5. ^ Cross Junior Women - 23-03-97 - Results, IAAF, March 23, 1997, archived from the original on 2013-10-29, retrieved October 27, 2013
  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
  7. ^ IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved October 9, 2013
  8. ^ a b 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