1996 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior women's race

Junior women's race at the 1996 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
Junior women's race at the 1996 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
Organisers	IAAF
Edition	24th
Date	March 23
Host city	Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa
Venue	Danie Craven Stadium
Events	1
Distances	4.22 km – Junior women
Participation	115 athletes from ; 30 nations
	← 1995 Durham 1997 Torino → ;

The Junior women's race at the 1996 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Stellenbosch, South Africa, at the Danie Craven Stadium on March 23, 1996. A preview on the event was given in the Herald,^[1] and a report in The New York Times.^[2]

Complete results,^[3]^[4]^[5] medallists, ^[6] and the results of British athletes^[7] were published.

Race results[]

Junior women's race (4.22 km)[]

Individual[]

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	Kutre Dulecha	Ethiopia	13:27
	Annemari Sandell	Finland	13:32
	Jepkorir Ayabei	Kenya	13:35
4		Kenya	13:49
5	Edna Kiplagat	Kenya	13:50
6		Ethiopia	13:53
7	Cristina Iloc	Romania	13:56
8		Ethiopia	13:59
9		Kenya	14:00
10		Kenya	14:04
11	Ayelech Worku	Ethiopia	14:09
12		Ethiopia	14:12
13		Romania	14:12
14		Ethiopia	14:15
15		Japan	14:16
16		Japan	14:18
17		Japan	14:21
18		China	14:23
19		France	14:26
20		United States	14:27
21	Olivera Jevtić	FR Yugoslavia	14:30
22		Japan	14:31
23		Belgium	14:31
24	Bouchra Benthami	Morocco	14:33
25		United States	14:34
26	Anita Weyermann	Switzerland	14:36
27		Romania	14:38
28		Russia	14:39
29	Judit Plá	Spain	14:40
30	Sara Ferrari	Italy	14:41
31		Romania	14:41
32		Canada	14:41
33		South Africa	14:42
34	René Kalmer	South Africa	14:42
35		Spain	14:45
36	Sunita Rani	India	14:45
37		United States	14:45
38	Alessandra Aguilar	Spain	14:46
39	Anikó Kálovics	Hungary	14:46
40	Bertha Sánchez	Colombia	14:51
41		United States	14:52
42	Katalin Szentgyörgyi	Hungary	14:53
43		Zimbabwe	14:53
44		Spain	14:54
45		Canada	14:54
46	Fabiane Cristine da Silva	Brazil	14:57
47		Switzerland	15:00
48		China	15:01
49		South Africa	15:03
50		Spain	15:04
51		United Kingdom	15:05
52		Belarus	15:11
53		United Kingdom	15:12
54		Spain	15:12
55		Netherlands	15:12
56		Romania	15:13
57		Zimbabwe	15:13
58		South Africa	15:13
59		Zimbabwe	15:14
60		France	15:14
61		China	15:15
62	Katie McGregor	United States	15:19
63		Japan	15:20
64		Japan	15:20
65		France	15:22
66		Italy	15:25
67	Albina Ivanova	Russia	15:26
68		United States	15:26
69		Czech Republic	15:28
70		France	15:29
71		Mexico	15:30
72		Romania	15:32
73		Zimbabwe	15:33
74	Johanna Risku	Finland	15:34
75		United Kingdom	15:35
76	Carmen Douma	Canada	15:35
77		Canada	15:37
78		Portugal	15:38
79		Italy	15:38
80		Brazil	15:41
81		Russia	15:42
82		United Kingdom	15:42
83		South Africa	15:47
84		Italy	15:47
85		Netherlands	15:48
86		Colombia	15:51
87		Italy	15:53
88		Colombia	15:54
89		Canada	15:56
90		Belarus	16:01
91		Belgium	16:01
92		South Africa	16:02
93		France	16:06
94		France	16:06
95		Italy	16:07
96		Belgium	16:10
97		Canada	16:19
98		Finland	16:26
99		Russia	16:26
100		Brazil	16:30
101		Belarus	16:31
102		Colombia	16:37
103		Finland	16:46
104		Belgium	16:49
105		India	16:49
106		Zimbabwe	16:58
107		Croatia	17:10
108		Mozambique	17:56
109		Brazil	18:14
110		Mozambique	18:25
—		Belarus	DNF
—		United Kingdom	DNF
—		Finland	DQ^†
—		India	DQ^†
—		India	DQ^†

^†: of Finland came in 90th in 16:00 min, of India 98th in 16:12 min, and of India 99th in 16:16 min, but all three were disqualified.

Teams[]

Rank

Team

Points

Kenya

Jepkorir Ayabei	3
	4
Edna Kiplagat	5
	9
()	(10)

21

Ethiopia

Kutre Dulecha	1
	6
	8
Ayelech Worku	11
()	(12)
()	(14)

26

Japan

	15
	16
	17
	22
()	(63)
()	(64)

70

4

Romania

Cristina Iloc	7
	13
	27
	31
()	(56)
()	(72)

78

5

United States

	20
	25
	37
	41
(Katie McGregor)	(62)
()	(68)

123

6

Spain

Judit Plá	29
	35
Alessandra Aguilar	38
	44
()	(50)
()	(54)

146

7

South Africa

	33
René Kalmer	34
	49
	58
()	(83)
()	(92)

174

8

France

	19
	60
	65
	70
()	(93)
()	(94)

214

9

Canada

	32
	45
Carmen Douma	76
	77
()	(89)
()	(97)

230

10

Zimbabwe

	43
	57
	59
	73
()	(106)

232

11

Italy

Sara Ferrari	30
	66
	79
	84
()	(87)
()	(95)

259

12

United Kingdom

	51
	53
	75
	82
()	(DNF)

261

13

Russia

	28
Albina Ivanova	67
	81
	99

275

14

Finland

Annemari Sandell	2
Johanna Risku	74
	98
	103

277

15

Belgium

	23
	91
	96
	104

314

16

Colombia

Bertha Sánchez	40
	86
	88
	102

316

17

Brazil

Fabiane Cristine da Silva	46
	80
	100
	109

335

DNF

Belarus

()	(52)
()	(90)
()	(101)
()	(DNF)

DNF

DQ

India

(Sunita Rani)	(36)
()	(105)
()	(DQ)
()	(DQ)

DQ

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

Participation[]

An unofficial count yields the participation of 115 athletes from 30 countries in the Junior women's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.^[7]

Belarus (4)
Belgium (4)
Brazil (4)
Canada (6)
China (3)
Colombia (4)
Croatia (1)
Czech Republic (1)
Ethiopia (6)
Finland (5)

France (6)
Hungary (2)
India (4)
Italy (6)
Japan (6)
Kenya (5)
Mexico (1)
Morocco (1)
Mozambique (2)
Netherlands (2)

Portugal (1)
Romania (6)
Russia (4)
South Africa (6)
Spain (6)
Switzerland (2)
United Kingdom (5)
United States (6)
FR Yugoslavia (1)
Zimbabwe (5)

References[]

^ Gillon, Doug (March 23, 1996), Zola admits she's an also-ran, Herald, retrieved October 26, 2013
^ "RESULTS PLUS - CROSS-COUNTRY - Kenyans Dominate", The New York Times, March 24, 1996, retrieved October 26, 2013
^ Magnusson, Tomas (July 4, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 4.0km CC Women - Cape Town Danie Craven Stadium Date: Saturday, March 23, 1996, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on October 16, 2007, retrieved October 26, 2013CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^ The World Cross Country Championships 1996, Cape Town, South Africa - Individual Results - Junior - Women, IAAF (archived), archived from the original on February 23, 1997, retrieved October 26, 2013CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^ The World Cross Country Championships 1996, Cape Town, South Africa - Team Results - Junior - Women, IAAF (archived), archived from the original on February 23, 1997, retrieved October 26, 2013CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^ IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved October 9, 2013
^ ^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

[herald_01-1] Gillon, Doug (March 23, 1996), Zola admits she's an also-ran, Herald, retrieved October 26, 2013

[times_01-2] "RESULTS PLUS - CROSS-COUNTRY - Kenyans Dominate", The New York Times, March 24, 1996, retrieved October 26, 2013

[archive_04-3] Magnusson, Tomas (July 4, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 4.0km CC Women - Cape Town Danie Craven Stadium Date: Saturday, March 23, 1996, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on October 16, 2007, retrieved October 26, 2013CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

[iaaf_04-4] The World Cross Country Championships 1996, Cape Town, South Africa - Individual Results - Junior - Women, IAAF (archived), archived from the original on February 23, 1997, retrieved October 26, 2013CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

[iaaf_08-5] The World Cross Country Championships 1996, Cape Town, South Africa - Team Results - Junior - Women, IAAF (archived), archived from the original on February 23, 1997, retrieved October 26, 2013CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

[gbr_01-6] IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved October 9, 2013

[iaaf_00-7] 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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